In these last days, are people on earth or in heaven? The gospel we believe today needs to be rethought. The kingdom of God comes to earth because there is an overcoming church and a group of precious people chosen by God, forming the holy city, the New Jerusalem. The God we believe in today is the God of the living, the God who walks with people.

What is the foundation of our faith? It is to live out God's glorious image on earth. People must learn to constantly create, constantly walk with God, and diligently keep and obey God's words.

God's will is to choose those who willingly serve Him to enter the New Jerusalem and reign with Jesus Christ, exercising kingship on earth. This is the glorious image that God wants to restore through salvation when He created us.

Today, we must refocus our minds on God's Word, return to the 《Bible》, and begin to strive until we are complete. Today, God will wipe away our tears. What a wonderful promise, allowing us to achieve an immeasurable and eternal glory in our vain lives on earth.

Introduction

After reading 《Revelation》 chapters 21 and 22, what will we find? In the last days, are people on earth or in heaven? People are on earth. The previous chapter talked about how God chooses treasures, and in this chapter, have you noticed that many of the words from chapter 21 are repeated? So, does this chapter talk about heaven or earth? At this time, we need to ponder, can we enter heaven just by believing in Jesus? Is there a strong basis for this? The Lord Jesus was crucified on the cross and entered Paradise. Is Paradise heaven? No one can say for sure.

The Kingdom of God Will Come to Earth

Therefore, brothers and sisters, you must have a clearer understanding that our Lord's Prayer is: Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. It turns out that the gospel we believe needs to be rethought. The kingdom of God comes to earth because there is one or a group of overcoming churches, as well as a group of God's chosen treasures. This large group of God's chosen treasures forms the holy city, the New Jerusalem, which is made up of human spirits. It turns out that the God we believe in today is the God of the living, not the God of the dead. The God we believe in is the God who is with people.

The words that the Lord Jesus told us are worth pondering: The kingdom of God comes, it comes to earth. The Lord's Prayer that the Lord Jesus said has been fulfilled in this chapter. So, the first thing we need to understand is that when we are on earth, we must live out the image of God. What we believe must return to 《Revelation》. The God we believe in wants us to live out His glory on earth; the salvation we receive allows us to reveal His glorious image.

The angel also said to me: These words are true and trustworthy. (See 《Revelation》 21:5, 22:6) This sentence is mentioned in both 《Revelation》 chapters 21 and 22, and it is true and trustworthy.

Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. (《Revelation》 22:7)

God Is Selecting His Treasures

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (《Revelation》 22:13)

If we carefully ponder, what does this passage talk about? It is about human history. It begins with God and ends with God. The end is about selecting God's treasures. If we understand it this way today, do we desire to go to heaven after death, or do we live out God's glory on earth? We live out God's glory on earth. We wait for the Lord Jesus to come again and reign with us on earth.

Inside and Outside the City

When I read 《Revelation》 22, I have another confusion, which is that there is a distinction between inside and outside the city.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. (《Revelation》 22:1-5)

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. (《Revelation》 22:14)

Is this sentence talking about the New Jerusalem?

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. The Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. (《Revelation》 22:16-17)

When the New Jerusalem comes, there are still these people outside the city, which is worth our consideration.

God Is Constantly Doing the Work of Election

Today, we must be very sure of one thing, that is, God wants to choose His servants, those who willingly serve Him. The people who are precious in Jesus Christ will enter the New Jerusalem. As for what will happen outside the city? We will leave that for moment.

We have come to a conclusion that we are on earth as it is in heaven, that is, the kingdom of God will come to earth. If we ponder it carefully, our end will also be like this. Shouldn't we be like this on earth? At the end of this age, God is selecting His treasures. We will reign with Jesus and rule over the nations on earth.

We must know that we are to be kings, and we will rule over the nations on earth with the Lord Jesus. While I was preparing this passage today, I was constantly being renewed. In the past, I believed that believing in Jesus meant going to heaven, but it turns out that the kingdom of God is to come to earth. The glorious image of God that we live out today, isn't that the salvation that Jesus Christ accomplished for us by being crucified on the cross? Today, when I read these words, many things in me are being renewed. Is it really the case that believing in Jesus means going to heaven? Believing in Jesus is to reign with God on earth and rule over the whole earth.

Today, when we review 《Genesis》, what is it writing about? 《Genesis》 is the foundation of the entire 《Bible》. The foundation of 《Genesis》 is the first eleven chapters, the foundation of the first eleven chapters is the first three chapters, and the foundation of the first three chapters is the first chapter. Chapter 1 writes that God created man on earth, and God put our ancestors Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to manage the land. Isn't this God's revelation to us? Let us represent Him in governing this land.

Those who please God will be blessed and will reign here with Jesus, ruling over the whole earth. That is such a good thing! So, now we must live out the glorious image of God and reflect on what we are doing now and what is it for? What do we value and thirst for now?

Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords. And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, Come, gather together for the great supper of God. (《Revelation》 19:15-17)

Believing in the Lord Is About Doing Practical Things

When we govern this land, do we just shout Hallelujah all day long on earth and not do practical things? Is that the glorious image of God? Is that called serving God? We can carefully ponder and think. Believing in Jesus can bring victory, representing God can carry out salvation and rule over the whole earth in the world. Therefore, brothers and sisters, today you must begin to understand that God's will is for us to reign in this age, forever!

When God created heaven and earth, was it a perfect creation? If it was a perfect creation, did Adam and Eve need to manage it? Was God's creation not perfect? It turns out that God is willing to work with people. God hopes that we can represent Him in exercising kingship on earth and managing everything on earth. When we think about this today, should we do something practical? Or is it enough to just shout Hallelujah all day long? God created man to work for six days and rest on the seventh day to be with God. We don't know how many days our ancestors Adam and Eve stayed on earth before they sinned, but we certainly know that Adam named all the animals on earth according to God's will and then managed them.

In 《Genesis》, when Adam and Eve were on earth, they were not serving God by shouting Hallelujah all day long. He served God by managing everything on earth. Why? Because Adam and Eve had the glorious image of God. In other words, Adam and Eve lived out the glorious image of God on earth, which is called serving God, right? Representing God in managing the beasts on earth, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, that's called serving God, isn't it? If so, has God's will changed today? God's will has not changed from the creation of man until today. It is to let man reign with Him, represent Him in exercising kingship on earth.

We must worship our God in spirit and in truth. Therefore, brothers and sisters, you must understand one thing that the belief system passed down by our church is very real. To what extent is it real? Brothers and sisters must all do proper work instead of shouting Hallelujah all day long.

Some time ago, when I was praying, I had a very strong feeling inside that this highly educated intellectual, Paul, wove tents and fed himself and his co-workers with his own hands, and the church became more and more prosperous. If Paul had not done this, but had just prayed and preached all day long, I don't think he would have done so well. Why did Paul do things every day and then pray and preach, but he was better than Peter who prayed and preached all day long? Because he was doing practical things.

God created us to manage everything on earth, doing practical things is God's original intention, isn't it? We should have found the fundamental things of faith, which is to live out the glorious image of God and the image of creation on earth. Although God created the universe perfectly, people still have to learn to constantly create, to create things to manage everything on earth. I think this kind of faith makes us think more deeply about what is most important in our process of believing in the Lord? It is to live out God's glorious image on earth. God wants to be with us forever and ever!

Trembling Because of God's Word

Will we reign on earth in the future? Or in heaven? I really didn't read in the 《Bible》 that you reign in heaven. If you reign in heaven, what do you manage? In fact, the New Jerusalem comes to earth, and then we manage many things on the new heaven and new earth. What about the outside of the city? There are still many things outside the city that we need to manage. If you are not a practical person today and don't know anything but just shout Hallelujah, you probably won't be able to manage it.

I believe you will rethink what you have received from believing in Jesus for so many years after listening to my sharing. You will think of a sentence, does believing in Jesus mean going to heaven? Some people said to me: Pastor! I don't really want to be a king, I just want to be a cleaner. At this time, I told him: It seems that there is no need to clean in heaven, there is no cleanliness to clean. Now I understand that in the Holy City of Jerusalem, they are all treasures! All those who carefully keep and obey God's words.

We must know that those who carefully keep and obey God's words are blessed.

This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be? Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being? declares the Lord. This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word. (《Isaiah》 66:1-2)

We must tremble because of God's word and reverence God's glorious and awesome name. His words cannot be violated, and we must carefully keep and obey them. Can we start carefully keeping and obeying God's word again? In our days on earth, can we live out a victorious appearance and the glorious image of God?

Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. (《Revelation》 22:7)

In the past few days, I have had deep feelings. I told myself: I am determined to deal with myself. I want to live out God's holiness and glory. I want to tremble because of God's word.

A few days ago, I attended a funeral, which was the wife of a pastor I knew. The pastor's wife was lying in the coffin, tormented by five years of cancer. She went through a lot of pain and finally lay in the coffin. I stood next to her and told myself: God! No matter what, I must live out your glory and carefully keep and obey your words in the world.

In fact, “trembling because of God's word” is very profound. Sometimes I will be like you, with a fluke mentality. Oh, it's nothing. Is it necessary to be like this? Can't I be a little weak? When I saw the person lying in the coffin, I thought in my heart what the 《Bible》 said? You must carefully keep and obey God's words and reverence His glorious and awesome name!

I really started to feel a little frightened. Don't think that I am perfect and holy. I said: God, if I have a fluke mentality, you will add the greatest and greatest disasters and the longest-lasting diseases to me. From now on, I will completely reverence your name and do what your word says. Until one day when I come to see your face, may I be praised before you, and enjoy that immeasurable and eternal glory, which is to reign with you on earth and exercise kingship forever and ever! These words are trustworthy, these words are true!

Abiding in and Obeying God's Word

God did not use any other means to prove anything in this place. Believe if you will, or don't if you won't, but I choose to believe. When I choose to believe, I see God clearly with me. No matter what I do, wherever I go, my God is with me, protecting me until all that He has promised me is fulfilled. How faithful is the word of God!

Here, something very daunting is spoken:

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. (Revelation 22:18-19)

After reading these words, how can I not tremble? I thank God, I knew this sentence long ago, not only did old John write it in Revelation, but Moses also wrote it in Deuteronomy. You cannot add to it, and you cannot take away from it. What does this mean? Moses wrote Deuteronomy, and later old John wrote Revelation. Does that count as adding to it or not? Actually, it does not count as adding to it. Because they are in one system, the faith in Jesus Christ that our God released is a complete system.

Today our church will truly summarize this complete system from Genesis to Revelation. The main theme of the entire Bible is victory! It is to live out the glorious image that God created us to have, that is, to reign with Jesus Christ and exercise kingship on earth.

Our church will begin to exercise kingship on earth. Our full-time co-workers must do practical work, not just lead prayers and Bible studies. One of our brothers has made great progress recently because he has been constantly involved in renovation projects. We prayed for him, and he was delivered, but there was not much progress after the deliverance. Recently, we started to bring him to do renovations, scraping the walls, and we saw the change in his entire life. His ability to do things has improved considerably. When his mother saw the change in her child, she thanked God very much! It turns out that God created people to do things.

We must come out from the control of religion. We must all do practical things. Paul said: If you don't do practical work, you won't get food to eat. Actually, this is a very stern statement. This complete system cannot be added to or taken away from. Let's look at today's Christian faith. If you come from another church, go and check the information you have heard in the Bible to see what has been added and what has been subtracted. There are simply countless additions and subtractions!

Even today, many of the things we say may not be completely in accordance with the Bible. Then we need to have a trembling heart, trembling because of God's word, and then habitually implement the words of the Bible into our lives one by one, and you will surely live out God's glory.

Living Out God's Faithfulness

Some people ask me what salvation is. Some say: When you die, you can go to heaven. Actually, this sentence cannot really be found in the Bible. So what do we find? God wants to enable us to live out His glory. God is restoring His glorious image in us. What is impossible for man is possible for God! So the foundation of our faith returns to the Bible, that is, God wants to restore your and my glorious image through salvation. We were created to have God's glorious image, so today we live out God's glorious image.

If today's faith changes from this perspective, some changes will occur, and it will surely prosper, because there is no decline in the kingdom of God. Some people prohibit praying in tongues, but the Bible says: You must pray in the spirit and also pray with your mind, following God's will. Calamities fall on people because people are constantly adding and subtracting, following people's will instead of doing according to God's will.

Today we have no right to subtract from God's words, nor do we have the right to add to them. We only have one right, which is to abide by and obey God's words. We do what God says. If you don't know how to say it or how to do it, then learn to imitate. Imitate Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph. Imitation is a very good practice, so brothers and sisters must begin to choose to abide by and obey. One thing is very worth considering,

And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” (Revelation 22:10-11)

After reading this, I was very shocked. It turns out that what God said to old John means, let them choose, and I only have one thing to do, which is to spread the gospel.

I know that our brothers and sisters are particularly anxious for their children, praying desperately for them to turn around. I have not seen such a thing in the Bible. At this time, the angel and old John said, people must learn to make their own choices. If they are willing to choose this path of faith, then believe; if they choose not to believe, then there is nothing to do.

We can only choose to do one thing, which is to preach the gospel of God. If people accept us, we enter their house; if they do not accept us, we shake the dust off our feet. This has nothing to do with me! It was the same in the days of Jesus. Whoever is willing, come; whoever is not willing, let him be.

Today we must change and put our minds and thoughts back on the word of God. Some people say: I will pray until he changes, but it seems that there is no such word in the Bible. We often do what the word of God has not told us to do. Is it our wishful thinking to care about the choices of our family members? Many things in us need to return to the word of God in the Bible, one by one to deal with, and begin to strive until complete.

We begin to ponder these words, God lets him do it, do what we should do. No matter who it is, after we are free, we do not let others lose their freedom, we do not offer a warm face to a cold reception. Some people are very enthusiastic and hope that their family members will be saved, but it often becomes wishful thinking. Actually, what is precious is precious, and what is not precious is garbage. Garbage cannot enter the kingdom of God. Those who enter the kingdom of God are God's elect. We must learn to be like Jesus. We do what Jesus does.

Honorable Gospel

Today our church has done one thing, never forcing anyone to stay in the church, those who want to leave can leave, those who want to stay can stay. Those who are willing to stay come to drink the water of life and receive God's grace, those who are not willing, forget it. We cannot let others lose their freedom because we believe in God. We cannot force people to believe in Jesus, because our God is a honorable God, the salvation we believe in is a powerful salvation, and the gospel we preach is a honorable gospel. Do not turn the honorable gospel into a cheap gospel, nor turn the honorable gospel into a humble gospel.

Our God is extremely honorable and glorious. Although He took the form of a servant, He is not a servant. The precious blood of Jesus is an extremely honorable price, it is a priceless treasure. Today we must restore the original powerful and extremely honorable image of Jesus Christ. We ourselves must also begin to live out this honorable image, and not cheapen the gospel. Wherever we go, the gospel we believe in is extremely precious. I never force others to believe in the Lord, and I will not live out a humble appearance when I go out. Wherever I go, what I say is more in line with the Bible. Believe if you believe, if you don't believe, forget it; those who are willing to be healed, come, those who are not willing, let them be as they are.

This era needs a more Bible-based gospel, and needs to go into a deeper level. We must reform layer by layer until we return to the Bible. We must keep climbing spiritual peaks, know God more, until we see God's face, until we live out God's glorious image, until we can completely strike the devil and the enemy, and be victorious! Be a precious person in God's eyes.

Building a Glorious Church

If today in the world, God's church is still disorganized and unable to be victorious, then we have no way to wait for Jesus Christ to come again, because the day Jesus Christ comes again is the day the church is victorious. Can we determine today to build a glorious church on earth? If you choose to live a small life, in the eyes of people you are a good person, but in the eyes of God it is hard to say. We must continue to work hard in spiritual warfare; we must also continue to work hard in doing practical things and in dealing with the spirit of religion.

On the day Jesus comes again, a glorious church will be built. I have contacted many churches and seen many pastors with cancer, heart disease and other diseases. They, like me, are in great need of a church that is victorious because of the word of God. No longer compromise, no longer build churches casually, but focus on building God's glorious church, put the treasures into the vessels, and throw away the garbage. We cannot force him to be God's treasure because he is your family member. We should all repent!

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” (Revelation 21:4)

What a wonderful promise this is. Let us, in this vain life on earth, be able to achieve this immeasurably heavy and eternal glory. Amen!