Woe, woe, woe! Some may say: I am a Christian, where does the woe come from? When I die, I will go to heaven. Is that so? What kind of Christian are you? All blessings come from God, and all calamities also come from God. Are you clear about this as a Christian?

If you are a Christian who loves the world and has no Mingding Destiny, then there is really no way to escape God's judgment. Therefore, we must love God as Christians! There are two kinds of Christians: one who loves God, does not love the world, and has Mingding Destiny; the other who loves the world, does not love God, and has no Mingding Destiny. The key to which type of Christian you want to be lies in your own choice!

Revelation chapter 8 describes a scene of the end times in the future. These disasters cannot be avoided or resisted by humans. Only our God can bring us out of these disasters! If you belong to God, you will come out of this woe, woe, and be lifted up to God. If you belong to the world, these great disasters will come upon you. Therefore, through studying this chapter, we should know how to make choices and how to walk the path ahead. I hope everyone can enter into God's will!

Reflection 1:

Are we the people of the earth?

If we are the people of the earth, then Woe! Woe! Woe!*

Reflection 2:

How to escape the coming disasters?

Therefore, all our brothers and sisters should be citizens of heaven.

The rhythm of the end times revealed in Revelation is accelerating

The initial chapters of Revelation talk about the seven churches, spanning nearly two thousand years, discussing what will happen when the seven churches overcome. The overcoming church is God's will. Then God will open the seven seals. During the entire process from the first six seals to the opening of the seventh seal, the rhythm is constantly accelerating. The stage of opening the seventh seal includes the seven trumpets, which means the time of blowing the seven trumpets is compressed into the time of opening the seventh seal. The seventh trumpet includes the seven bowls.

In other words, the speed of opening the seventh seal is seven times faster than before. The rhythm of this entire process is getting faster and faster. The stage of the seven churches is a very long period of time, and the seven seals are not a very short period either. But when the seventh seal is opened, the rhythm becomes very fast. The seven trumpets occupy one-seventh of the time of the seven seals, and the seven bowls occupy one-forty-ninth of the time of the seven seals. The seven bowls are God's wrathful judgment, occupying only the time of one trumpet.

We are living in an era today where we are actually witnessing an event. This event, the entire era is an accelerating era, and the rhythm is getting faster and faster. Not only is science and technology getting faster and faster, but also the rhythm of the end times. Today, our brothers and sisters must know one thing, that is, today we are living in the rhythm of the end times. There is a key point in the rhythm of the end times, which is the seventh trumpet.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.(1 Corinthians 15:52)

This verse speaks of the key to the rapture of the church, which is the sounding of the last trumpet, the seventh trumpet. The seventh trumpet is the key. If we are raptured when the seventh trumpet sounds, then the seven bowls have nothing to do with us. If we have not been raptured, then it's troublesome. Recently, there have been some short videos about the sound of trumpets in the air from all over the world. Regardless of whether this trumpet is related to the seven trumpets blown by the angels, one thing is certainly related to us, that is, the overcoming church is the key.

Why is the overcoming church the key? Because the raptured church is the overcoming church. The letters to the angels of the seven churches in the previous chapters of Revelation are all about the overcoming church. What we are studying today in Revelation chapter 8 speaks of the opening of the seventh seal, which is a crucial moment. Because once the seventh seal is opened, the disasters of the end times will begin to descend. Before the great tribulation comes, that is, before the seventh seal is opened, Revelation chapter 7 speaks of God preparing His servants, sealing them with His seal. There are a total of one hundred and forty-four thousand people.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.(Revelation 7:9)

Who are these people from all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues mentioned here? They are those who come out of the great tribulation. In other words, we will see God preparing His servants. If it is from the first trumpet to the sixth trumpet, the disasters in between are also extraordinary. These disasters are God's judgment of the world. These disasters are not prepared by God for His people, because God has already sealed His people, sealed His servants.

Another key thing we need to know is that this great tribulation is God's judgment and is definitely not beyond God's control. Will this great tribulation affect Christians? It will affect, but if an overcoming church and an overcoming Christian listen to the pure gospel, listen to the words of God's servants, then these people will surely come out of the great tribulation, that is, God will not bring disasters upon His people.

Those who are sealed by God are all virgins. What does it mean? Virgins are those who have not been contaminated by the world, have not been contaminated by the devil, are not with one foot in the world and the other foot in the kingdom of God, that is, those who completely belong to God. Today, we Christians must be pure Christians, not contaminated by the customs of the world, not loving the world or the things in the world. If you love the world and the things in the world, the love of God is not in you.

What kind of people does God seal? Those who completely belong to God. Those who completely belong to God will surely be spared from the coming great tribulation. That is why I always encourage everyone to be a resounding Christian, not to love the world, not to contaminate the world, and to be a faithful disciple. If you love the world and the things in the world, you will not escape this great tribulation. Loving the world while loving God is called spiritual adultery.

The Great Tribulation is God's Judgment

The great tribulation is God's judgment. It is a judgment on this world and also a judgment on Christians. God will not let go of this world. God does not pity this world like a Santa Claus. Our God is a consuming fire. God will judge this world as He judged the generation of Sodom. God will judge this world as He judged the people of Noah's generation.

Therefore, today our brothers and sisters must know that God's judgment on Christians is not a joke. If a Christian loves the world and has no Mingding Destiny, then there is really no way to escape God's judgment. We Christians must love God. There are two kinds of Christians: one who loves God, does not love the world, and has Mingding Destiny; the other who loves the world, does not love God, and has no Mingding Destiny. The key to which type you want to be lies in your own choice.

In fact, disasters do not come from the devil, they come from God. Disasters are not prepared for those who love God, but for those who belong to the world. So what kind of Christian do we want to be today? We want to be an overcoming Christian, a Christian with Mingding Destiny. If you have no Mingding Destiny, what can you do in the church? Even if you stick a Christian label on your forehead, it is useless. The key is to be an overcoming Christian, a Christian who completely possesses a heavenly value system.

Whether you can come out of the great tribulation, whether you will be judged by God or rewarded by God, depends entirely on what is in your head. If your head is filled with eating, drinking, and having fun, then you will surely fall into judgment. Eating, drinking, and having fun in this world is absolutely impossible to escape the coming disasters. Only by loving God, having Mingding Destiny, and paying the price in this world can you obtain rewards and become an overcoming Christian.

Are you heavenly or earthly?

Ask yourself: Are you heavenly or earthly? If you are earthly? Then Woe! Woe! Woe! So if we are still a person who loves the world, then we must start changing our minds and intentions from now on and turn back to God. If you are heavenly, then you are part of the overcoming church. The overcoming church is part of heaven, because the Lord's Prayer in the Bible says: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

That is to say, God's will will be carried out in the overcoming church without any obstacles, just as it is in heaven. Then this small piece that belongs to us belongs to our God. This small piece does not belong to this world, does not belong to the earth, and we, these people, are not the people of the earth. The Bible also says: The kingdom of God is part of heaven, the kingdom of God is the kingdom of heaven, and the kingdom of heaven will descend on earth.

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.(Matthew 12:28)

That is to say, wherever we cast out demons by the Spirit of God, the kingdom of God has come upon that place. Then we continue to do healing and deliverance, continue to cast out demons and release the captives, the kingdom of God will descend on this land. That is to say, the overcoming church is actually part of heaven. Here heaven and earth are connected. Jacob dreamed of a ladder to heaven, the top of the ladder reaching heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending. He said a word.

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”(Genesis 28:17)

God's temple on earth is also the church, so there is such a concept as whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. This kind of concept is actually clearly reflected in Ephesians. What does Ephesians say?

even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,(Ephesians 2:5-6)

In fact, it is not after we die that we sit together with Jesus in heaven, but we sit together in heaven while we are alive. That is to say, our concept today must gradually move toward faith and move forward. The overcoming church is part of heaven, that is to say, woe to the earth and the people on earth has not much to do with us.

Will we be affected? We will be affected, so today we have received all kinds of spiritual blessings in the heavenly places. Why do we receive all kinds of spiritual blessings in the heavenly places? Because this place of ours is part of heaven.

And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,(Ephesians 1:22)

An overcoming church is in such a situation. Today I want to ask you: Are you heavenly or earthly? You must start preparing well, and at any rate, you must start changing your worldly value system, and then constantly let the heavenly value system form within you.

Some time ago, I had a very big gain : Because I used to know a very influential pastor, he said that he had made a mistake in the years of his service, that is, he did not put the Christian entrepreneurs and corporate executives together to shepherd them well. I wanted to follow this concept, so in December I built a group called Christian Entrepreneurs, originally to give them a special training. After I built the group last December, I gave them a lesson, but I felt something was amiss in my spirit. After a few months, I prayed again, and recently I disbanded that group.

Why disband it? I discovered one thing, that is, some or many of these entrepreneurs and corporate executives have worldly value systems in them, and it is very dangerous to use worldly value systems to manage the church. I also know that there are some churches that treat these entrepreneurs as treasures, even making them deacons and elders in the church, and as a result, such churches increasingly deeply possess worldly value systems.

Worldly value systems really lead them to set KPIs and assess performance for the employees of the church. In fact, I have been struggling quite a bit during this period of time, always thinking about how I should manage. Later, I decided not to manage, what is it called not managing? Not managing is called a heavenly value system. I want our brothers and sisters and the leaders of our church to become sons of God. What are the sons of God? That is, they are children in God's house with heavenly value systems, they are to be masters instead of slaves.

The worldly value system of management is very low. I realized one thing : The worldly management method is called scientific management, but scientific management is very disrespectful to people. If we manage people by means of scientific management today, I don't think that thing is efficient. Let me put it this way: What does the army rely on to manage? It relies on the military police. What do the military police rely on to manage? Do they rely on the military police of the military police? Then who manages the military police of the military police...? The whole thing will be an endless cycle.

So, our brothers and sisters, do you want to be slaves or children of God today? Freedom is not negotiable. Today I want to learn a concept, that is, people need to be respected. That is to say, each of us has the image of God. I want to put the heavenly value system in the hearts of our brothers and sisters. No matter where you are, including in a business, in a company, working, being a boss, or working in someone's house as a maid or doing housekeeping, you must know one thing: you have the glorious image of God on you, you are not a slave.

You are a child of God, and if you are a child of God, whether the master or boss is there or not, you will work hard. Such management will transcend all these so-called scientific management. Because all scientific management is based on distrust of people. The management of our heavenly value system is--trust others. Are you really trustworthy? In fact, it is better to manage through education than anything else. General scientific management is to squeeze out all the value in people. We are shaping this person into a valuable person. These are completely different two logical system.

So today, everyone must know, do not love the world and the people and things in the world, do not build the Tower of Babel, and do not climb the Tower of Babel.Do not indulge in the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Do not discern good and evil, and do not cater to the flesh. Do not follow the customs of this world. These are all worldly value systems.

If you want to be a heavenly people of God, you must have the glorious image of God on you. If you want to be an earthly, then you are doing a slave on earth, a slave of the world. What does this concept determine? Because the devil of this world will pierce you with sorrow. Who can save you from the coming judgment? No one, because you belong to the people of the earth, so the disasters that appear in the seven trumpets are extremely severe disasters.

The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood; and a third of the living creatures in the sea died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.(The name of the star is Wormwood.)A third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.(Revelation 8:7-11)

Can one survive in such an environment? Very difficult. The years of war are quite cruel. World War I was very cruel, World War II was also very cruel, and World War III will be even more cruel.

Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.(Revelation 8:12)

Can you imagine that after a nuclear war, one-third of the earth cannot see the light? These worldly disasters are all for the worldly people. Who can escape these disasters in our daily life? When I wake up in the morning and swipe some videos on my mobile phone, the most I see are car accidents.

Recently, there was a news : A family went to visit relatives happily, but in the end they did not come back, because they had a car accident, and everyone died. We should not love this world, and we should not follow the customs of this world. Those who are worldly are the people of the earth, which is woe! Woe! Woe! The people in this world are all caught up in the world, unable to help themselves.

Yesterday, someone called me. I thought they were wishing me a happy New Year. It turned out not. They said that their grandson had been crying for several hours, only a month old. I took them all to pray for the child, and finally it was prayed for. There are disasters everywhere in this world. Some people always think that it is very good to have money in this world, but this money can pierce you with sorrow.

Today, the people on earth use the spirit of the world with a worldly guise, which is a very common phenomenon. They use a spiritual guise to cover up, because their motive is not for the people of the earth, their motive is for their own enterprise, so they believe in the Lord. He wants God to bless his enterprise, he wants to be a senior executive of the enterprise, he does not want to be a heavenly citizen. No matter what you do, you cannot escape God's coming judgment.

To Bring People Out of the Great Tribulation

The pure Gospel is preached to them, so as to bring them out of the great tribulation. Whether they are entrepreneurs or corporate executives, they are brought into the heavenly nation and become part of the Church!

When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Revelation 8:1)

With God, a thousand years is like a day, and a day is like a thousand years. So our silence in heaven for half an hour is equivalent to twenty years on earth. God will be silent in heaven for half an hour. Why? I think this is God giving mankind a chance. In Noah's time, God gave the people of that era 120 years. Noah built the ark for 120 years and preached the Gospel for 120 years, but no one listened. The moment Noah entered the ark and the door closed, the people of that era regretted it, but no one could escape the flood.

God's judgment on the world always has obvious waiting periods. Rahab of Jericho, God could have carried Joshua to destroy the people in this city, but because of Rahab's prayer, God allowed the two spies to live in Rahab's house. When Jericho was destroyed, God let Rahab's family come out of the great tribulation. Rahab also became a woman in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

God patiently waits to give people a chance. Our God is full of grace and mercy. People are very rebellious. They don't repent until disaster strikes them. A classmate of mine said that if his prayer was answered, he would believe in the Lord with me. After the prayer was answered, he did not believe. Then another prayer was answered, but he still did not believe. Many people see so many miracles and are still stubborn and rebellious, but God still patiently waits and gives them a chance.

I think these 20 years are given to the 144,000 servants of God who have been sealed. These 144,000 servants of God will preach the pure Gospel with Mingding Destiny and great power in 20 years, making these people disciples of the Lord, removing the control of their families, and becoming disciples of the glorious church.

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb (Revelation 7:9)

These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation. Our God gives us 20 years to bring these people from the world into the heavenly realm, to become heavenly citizens, to build a glorious church, and to become part of the glorious church, which is to become part of the heavenly realm, and to be brought into this rapture. It goes on to say:

And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. (Revelation 8:4-5)

The prayers of the saints will reach God. The victorious church is to build a praying church, not a listening church. As far as I know, we are the church with the most prayers. Some churches find intercession teams to pray, but the pastors of the church do not pray.

But here, each of us is a praying person. This prayer can open the trumpet of God's judgment on the world. The day of the Church's rapture is getting closer and closer. The earth will be greatly shaken, and the things on earth will be shaken away. We must be heavenly, spiritual, and resounding Christians with a heavenly value system. You can push history forward and open the trumpet of God's judgment on the end of the world. If what is shaken will be shaken away, then hold on tightly to God.

Some people are very strange. They are very concerned about my buying real estate, but not about the kingdom of God. We must be heavenly Christians. We can buy real estate, but our hearts belong to Jesus Christ. These worldly Christians have nothing to do with us. Our task is to bring people out of the great tribulation. If it were not for me bringing these classmates and good friends, they might have really been ruined. If you are saved, but you are still a Christian without Mingding Destiny, busy with worldly things all day long, what good will it do when the great tribulation comes?

Since we Christians are going to be victorious Christians, we must renounce the love of the world and the things in the world, renounce the customs of this world and the pride of life, and renounce catering to the flesh and lustful desires. We must become people who love God, have Mingding Destiny, and can pay the price for Mingding Destiny, and become Christians with a heavenly value system.

Some time ago, a sister came to my office. I asked her where she went for the Chinese New Year. She said she went on a trip and booked her tickets a long time ago, but I didn't think it was fun. Finally, she called me while she was out playing, saying that she was very ill and that she was sick throughout her trip. Eating, drinking, and having fun only bring disaster because when I was casting out demons, Lao Ma told me that there was no way to mess with her because she didn't eat, drink, or have fun, and she didn't even recognize her relatives. In this way, Lao Ma could not do anything to her because Lao Ma could not tempt these people with Mingding Destiny.

Don't think that this Lao Ma is made up by me. It really exists. This kind of evil spirit corrupts those who have no Mingding Destiny, love the world and cater to the flesh, have lust of the eyes, pride of life and knowledge of good and evil. Those who are willing to pay the price, have Mingding Destiny and love God will not be controlled by anything. With the heavenly logical system, Lao Ma cannot do anything to you. Senile dementia, cancer, joint pain, deafness and blindness all come from Lao Ma. It is the sum of all diseases.

Our brothers and sisters must know that the era we are in today is attacking the powers of darkness, releasing the people of God from these powers of darkness. The most important thing is the transformation of people's thoughts and minds, which is the key to bringing people out of the great tribulation.

Today, we must enter into this Gospel of great power, become heavenly citizens, become people who receive heavenly blessings, and become people who trample all things under their feet. We must become part of the victorious church, not like the Israelites, who felt that serving God was cumbersome and offered the worst sacrifices to God, and as a result, God used dung as a mask on their faces, making them suffer more than death and live in extreme pain. Love the world, and the world will pierce you with sorrow. There are still many things we have to deal with now. We must start dealing with them from the value system.

Today, an entrepreneur brother called me and said that his brother called him and forced him to hold a third anniversary memorial for his mother. He felt that this was a lot of pressure for him. In fact, he could just not do it, but because his worldly value system was super heavy, he was very painful. He hoped that someone would help him in his difficult times, but no one helped him in his difficult times. It was our brothers and sisters who prayed and brought him out of that difficult situation. It was the grace of God that enabled him to come out, so why rely on people?

People who cannot get out of these worldly logical systems, if this is the situation, then when the great tribulation comes, can they get out of the great tribulation? They cannot get out. It is impossible not to be victorious. We must deal with ourselves. Evil spirits are also part of God's creation. Evil spirits also come from God. Evil spirits also belong to angels. God allows these evil spirits to exist in order to choose His people from all nations.

If you are captured by the devil, the disasters of the world will fall on these people. Not only will God deal with you, but these evil spirits will also deal with you. This is God's will. Those evil spirits are also servants of God. The corrupt angels are also servants of God. Then we, these heavenly citizens, will come out of the great tribulation and will have more and more heavenly glory day by day, and will have more and more God's image day by day.

Conclusion

Are you going to be an earthly citizen or a heavenly citizen? You have to make your own choice. If you are going to be an earthly citizen, it will be woe! woe! woe! If you are going to be a heavenly citizen, you will surely come out of the great tribulation, and then come before God to enjoy God's eternal glory and will surely receive God's reward. Through Revelation, we can see God's plan and see how this world is changing in such a rhythm. How should we choose?

May God bless everyone!