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0:01Well, I want to talk to you
0:03today about the seven seals from the
0:06Book of Revelation.
0:07One of the things I get asked about
0:09quite a bit
0:10in light of
0:12um my generally considered positive
0:15eschatology
0:17and
0:18the questions I get is like, "Okay, when
0:20do the when do we get the bad stuff, the
0:22seals that are talked about in the Book
0:24of Revelation?"
0:26And for
0:27point of reference, what they're talking
0:28about is
0:30Revelation chapter 6
0:32that
0:33as they begin going through the opening
0:35of the seal
0:37um it's just one
0:40um
0:41chaotic
0:44um thing after another. You know,
0:46conflict on earth, widespread death on
0:49earth. There's the
0:50pale horse, there's the cry of the
0:52martyrs, there's cosmic disturbances.
0:55And and so it seems to be contradictory
0:57to the way
0:59chapter 5 4 or 5 have ended, there's
1:03been a lot of very positive dynamics
1:05that have taken place.
1:07And we want to understand that today.
1:09We're trying to going to try to get some
1:12conclusion in 15 or 20 minutes
1:14um where we won't cover everything that
1:17needs to be covered but enough for an
1:19idea enough to answer that that question
1:23when does it happen? Has it already
1:24happened? Is it as bad as it sounds?
1:27Etcetera, etc., etc. So
1:31what's the context? The context is
1:32Revelation 4, the Apostle John is
1:36invited to heaven. He He saw a door
1:38standing
1:39in heaven and he was invited to come up.
1:41A voice that spoke like a trumpet said,
1:43"Come up here, we're going to show you
1:44things that will take place after this."
1:48And then he goes really through time
1:49travel. He said he was in the spirit and
1:51he saw all these things
1:53and he saw the throne and he saw amazing
1:56things, the sea of glass,
1:58all that. And and despite how awesome
2:01every everything was, you get to chapter
2:04five
2:05and it says, verse one, "And I saw in
2:07the right hand of him who sat on the
2:09throne," which would be the Father,
2:11"a scroll written inside and on the
2:13back, sealed with seven seals." So,
2:14these are the seven seals that we're
2:16talking about. "Then I saw a strong
2:18angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
2:19'Who is worthy to open the scroll and to
2:23loose its seals?'"
2:25"And no one in heaven or on the earth or
2:27under the earth was able to open the
2:29scroll or to look at it."
2:31And so, John says, "So, I wept much
2:33because no one was found worthy to open
2:36and read the scroll or to look at it."
2:39"But one of the elders said to me, 'Do
2:40not weep. Behold, the lion of the tribe
2:43of Judah, the root of David, has
2:44prevailed to open the scroll and to
2:47loose
2:48its seven seals.'" And so, this is where
2:50we get that the confusion on, okay, the
2:53seven seals then that then follow, why
2:54is that all negative if this is a
2:56positive? Uh because the positive is
2:59very clear as you read through the rest
3:02of
3:03chapter five. Chapter five just goes to
3:05verse 14. It's not a very long one,
3:09but it goes, um
3:12uh you know, to pick up on it, verse
3:14six, "And I looked and behold, in the
3:15midst of the throne and of the four
3:17living creatures and in the midst of the
3:18elders stood a lamb."
3:20We know who that is, Jesus. "As though
3:22it had been slain, having seven horns
3:24and seven eyes, which are the seven
3:26spirits of God sent out into all the
3:28earth."
3:29"Then he came and took the scroll out of
3:31the right hand of him who sat on the
3:33throne." So,
3:35the elders that are in heaven in this
3:38setting the Apostle John is at, and he's
3:40weeping because this is terrible. It's
3:42like, "Oh my goodness, there's this
3:44unfinished business in heaven that's
3:46taking place.
3:47Who is worthy to open the scroll and to
3:49loose its seals?" And that word loose,
3:51we want to understand it if you get into
3:54the Greek word behind it and its deeper
3:57meaning, it means to deprive of
3:59authority. Who can deprive the authority
4:02of these seven seals cuz it's basically
4:04establishing the fact that authority had
4:07been lost on Earth through the sin of
4:09Adam and Eve to start with.
4:11And the then of course sin after sin
4:14after sin after sin of individuals,
4:16generations, nations, Israel um had only
4:22re-upped the ante on the lost authority.
4:26And so John's up there like, "Oh my
4:28goodness, we're never going to get get
4:30it back." And he knew that one of the
4:31things that had to happen is that there
4:33had to be a loosing of the seals. He saw
4:35this scroll and it had it would be uh we
4:39would understand it as a a royal
4:41document. And when you have the seal
4:43that's on it,
4:45the seal
4:46um
4:47i- is also symbolic of the fact that
4:50there is a legal
4:52consequence to everything taking place
4:54with that document. And so if the seals
4:57haven't been loose, they haven't been
4:58broken, that means everything that's in
5:00that document, every loss, every gain or
5:03loss that's sealed in there is um
5:07unchangeable. And so there was a need to
5:09change the dynamic of there not being
5:12um
5:13there not being
5:15uh
5:15this being freed from we'll say the
5:19curse that came upon
5:21mankind based on the sin of Adam and
5:23Eve. So this is we want to want to
5:26understand that. So worthy is the lamb
5:29to receive uh
5:32all seven we're going to find out. So we
5:33have this we I make this connection
5:35between the seven horns.
5:36First we want to understand why seven
5:38horns, seven eyes. The lamb who is Jesus
5:40had seven horns and seven eyes. So seven
5:42horns, horns spoke of power.
5:45And so
5:46um if you looked at the fact there are
5:47seven seals that need to be broken as
5:50well. If we think of the lamb of God, we
5:52think of this beautiful lamb, but now
5:54think of that lamb having seven horns
5:56because there are seven seals, and each
5:58seal needs to be broken. So,
6:00that lamb has to come in with all seven
6:03and has to break every one of these
6:06uh
6:06losses that has taken place on Earth
6:09where we can't function with the due
6:11authority that's that's that's designed
6:13for us. And so,
6:15seven horns speaks of the power to take
6:17care of all of them. The lamb has it.
6:19Seven eyes, he has vision to do it. So,
6:22the lamb that was slain had vision and
6:25the power to undo everything that was
6:28lost. The son of man came to save that
6:31which was lost, not just those that were
6:33lost. We're used to thinking of those
6:34that were lost. Everyone needs to get
6:36saved, and so that was his priority, but
6:39there was that which was lost. And that
6:41which was lost is what's taking place
6:42right here. is authority. And so, it's
6:45authority over the planet, the
6:46stewardship over the planet, the rights
6:49over it. And so, there were literally
6:51rights that Satan had that he bragged
6:53about in Luke chapter 4, Matthew chapter
6:554 in the great temptation of Christ.
6:57And he asked him to bow down before him.
6:59He said,
7:00and he showed him the kingdoms of this
7:02world and their glory. He said, "These
7:03have been given to me, and I give to
7:05whoever I will, but if you bow down to
7:07me, I'll give it to you." He knew
7:09somehow intrinsically that Jesus had
7:11come to recover that which was lost. He
7:14just didn't know how he was going to do
7:15so, and so he was like, "Well, if he
7:17bows down to me anyway, he's lost the
7:19whole game.
7:20Uh and so, I'm just going to go for it."
7:22Of course, the Lord challenged him and
7:24said,
7:25um you shall not tempt the Lord your
7:27God. Get away from me. He didn't explain
7:30to him at the time that he was going to
7:31recover all that which was lost by what
7:33he did what he did on the cross. So,
7:37but verse 7, back to where we were of
7:39Revelation 5:7, then he came and took
7:41the scroll out of the right hand of him
7:42who sat on the throne."
7:44And so this is
7:46that that's just huge because it was him
7:48saying, "I'm worthy."
7:50There had to be a lamb that that was
7:51perfect, spotless. Jesus was the
7:53perfect, spotless. He never sinned while
7:56he was in his body.
7:58And so there was someone who had to be
8:00at least the age of 33, age 30 for sure,
8:0333, the age of maturity. And he had
8:06lived through all that and he had never
8:08sinned.
8:10And so when he had taken the scroll,
8:12there was an understanding what of what
8:15uh uh of the resonance of all this that
8:17took place in heaven. Verse 8, "The four
8:19living creatures and the 24 elders fell
8:22down before the lamb, each having a harp
8:24and golden bowls full of incense, which
8:26are the prayers of the saints."
8:28"And they sang a new song." Cuz there
8:30was an awesome song they were singing in
8:32chapter 4, "You are worthy, O Lord, to
8:34receive glory and honor and power. You
8:36created all things and by your will they
8:38exist." It was an amazing song. But
8:40there is a new song. It had to be
8:42updated, upgraded because something
8:44something more had just transpired. And
8:46they sang a new song saying,
8:48"You are worthy to take the scroll."
8:50They're singing to Jesus. "You, Jesus,
8:51are worthy to take the scroll and to
8:54open its seals."
8:56Why? "For you were slain
8:59and have redeemed us to God by your
9:02blood
9:04out of every tribe and tongue and people
9:06and nation." So that's just an awesome
9:08thing and we have celebrated that what
9:09he did, you know, how he redeemed us
9:12through his blood by what he did on the
9:14cross. But there is a part two to the
9:16song that we
9:17um haven't celebrated as much. And this
9:20is what we want to take note of as we're
9:21getting into this this whole teaching.
9:24Verse 10, "And have made us kings and
9:28priests to our God and we shall reign on
9:32the earth." Not just reign after the
9:34fact, after you demolish everything on
9:36planet Earth, you take us to heaven and
9:39we're going to rule and reign somewhere
9:41else. There is an understanding that
9:43there had to be
9:44something that would transpire that
9:47would allow us, humans, the saints,
9:50to reign on Earth.
9:52And so, verse 11. Then I looked and I
9:54heard the voice of many angels around
9:55the throne, the living creatures, and
9:57the elders, and the number of them was
9:5810,000 * 10,000 and of thousands of
10:00thousands.
10:02Basically, they didn't have a number for
10:04a zillion. Saying with a loud voice,
10:07"Worthy is the lamb who was slain
10:10to receive power and riches and wisdom
10:13and strength and honor and glory and
10:15blessing."
10:16Uh those are seven attributes and they
10:19connect with the seven spirits of God,
10:21the seven mountains, the seven
10:22assignments, the seven curses that
10:25needed to be broken, the seven new
10:27privileges and freedoms that were given
10:29to us. So, worthy is the lamb who was
10:30slain
10:31to receive power.
10:34Power of government, riches of economy,
10:36wisdom of education, strength of family,
10:38honor of mountain of religion, glory of
10:40the mountain of arts and entertainment,
10:41and blessing of the mountain of media.
10:43And we've done a separate message on
10:45just those seven as it relates to that
10:47and that's powerful on its own. Verse
10:4913. And every creature which is in
10:51heaven and on the earth and under the
10:52earth and such as are in the sea and all
10:55that are in them, I heard saying. So,
10:58John heard all of them even celebrating.
11:00"Blessing and honor and glory and power
11:03be to him who sits on the throne and to
11:06the lamb forever and ever."
11:08Then the four living creatures said,
11:10"Amen."
11:11And the 24 elders fell down and
11:14worshipped him who lives forever and
11:17ever. Period. And so, that's the end of
11:19that chapter and it's like a glorious,
11:22glorious ending because there is
11:24uh the tears of the first few verses of
11:27John being exposed to the loss of
11:29authority, the inability that we had to
11:31reign, uh to rule and reign on earth as
11:35kings and priests, that that had been
11:37lost and that had been that that was
11:39regained and there was a celebration of
11:42all the angels around the throne. They
11:43upgraded what was already an awesome
11:46song, but they were now upgrading it to
11:49the next level because it was
11:50recognition that he had not just paid
11:52the price so that everybody who calls
11:54upon the name of the Lord could be
11:56saved, but he had changed changed the
11:59equation for who has authority on earth.
12:01And that's why Jesus would say in
12:03Matthew 28, "After he had paid the
12:05price, after he resurrected from the
12:07dead, he calls his disciples and he
12:08says, 'All authority in heaven and earth
12:10there is mine. Go therefore and disciple
12:13nations. I give you now the authority of
12:15kings and priests to disciple nations,
12:18not just disciple individuals, but the
12:20assignment's been upgraded in order uh
12:23to fulfill
12:25the desires of heaven, of seeing the
12:28kingdom come
12:29and it be fully manifested on earth as
12:32it is in heaven. So, that's why it just
12:34almost didn't make sense. You start the
12:35next verse. Now, I saw when the lamb
12:37opened one of the seals, I heard one of
12:39the four living creatures saying with a
12:41voice like a thunder, "Come and see."
12:42And I look and behold the white horse
12:44and he went around conquering and to
12:46conquer. And then there's the next one,
12:48the second seal, and there's conflict on
12:50earth. The horse is fiery red and and it
12:51was just destruction.
12:53Verse five, the third seal, scarcity on
12:56earth and so black horse. The fourth
12:58seal, uh a pale horse and there's just
13:00death,
13:01uh doom and destruction. A fourth of the
13:04earth gets killed with this with the
13:06sword, the hunger, and death, and the
13:08beasts of the earth. And so,
13:10you're like, "Why would they all go into
13:12this incredible celebration like
13:14something awesome had just happened?"
13:16When you're like, "Did he just open a
13:17Pandora box? Is that really what
13:19happened?" Instead of it's almost like,
13:22"Why would you celebrate all this doom
13:24and destruction?" So, we're We're "Okay,
13:25we're missing we're missing something."
13:28And and certainly
13:30we have. And so I'll I'll tell you right
13:33up front what we've we've missed and
13:35then we'll get into explaining it
13:37better. Um
13:38>> [clears throat]
13:39>> when you go into the opening of the
13:40seals, if you understand it from the way
13:42I described it a few minutes ago, that
13:44the scroll the the seals had to be
13:46loosed.
13:48And that word loose me it meant to
13:50deprive of authority. There was a legal
13:53matter that needed to be taken care of.
13:55And that legal matter would
13:58until that's taken care of
14:01there is not this now new ability to
14:03exercise kingship and priesthood, if we
14:06want to put it those two types of
14:08authority. That he has made us kings and
14:10priests to our God and we shall reign on
14:14the earth.
14:15The legal matter that no human could do
14:18had to be taken care of by the only one
14:20who could do it. And it was the lamb,
14:22the perfect lamb who was slain, redeemed
14:24us to God by his blood. And he made us
14:27kings and priests to our God and with
14:30the goal that we shall reign on earth.
14:33We understand out of Romans that
14:34creation groans and travails for the
14:37manifestation of the sons of God,
14:38fulfilling this
14:41um
14:42this desired agenda of heaven. The the
14:47the narrative that heaven has, there's
14:49creation itself understands it and is in
14:52alignment with it. So
14:54the seals, for us to understand, I'm
14:57going to tell you these are not future
14:59happenings that were like dreading, when
15:02is it going to happen? There's different
15:03ones that'll go, I think we're in seal
15:04number six right now, uh seal number
15:07three and there's just been different
15:09speculations.
15:10And um and so
15:13in explaining it to you I'm going to
15:16explain it this way now. I saw when the
15:18lamb opened one of the seals. So when he
15:21loosed one of the seals, he heard the
15:24four living creatures. And so, it's
15:25interesting cuz I've gone through
15:28and done each one of these seals and
15:30they and they coordinate perfectly in
15:33order.
15:34Remember when I was reading you verse 12
15:36of chapter 5? Worthy is the lamb to
15:38receive power of government, riches of
15:40economy, wisdom of education, strength
15:42of family, honor of the mountain of
15:44religion, glory of the mountain of arts
15:45and entertainment, and blessing of the
15:47mountain of media. Well, in exactly that
15:50order
15:51are are each one of these mountains
15:54um addressed as it relates to the seals.
15:56And so, what I'm telling you is
15:59what
16:00what we're reading when we read chapter
16:026, rather than a future reality of
16:05death, doom, and gloom, and devastation
16:07for us,
16:09it is explaining the reality in the
16:11spirit realm that John that John
16:14understood at that time that this wasn't
16:17future stuff, but when he's like, "Come
16:19and see." He opened the seal. So, what
16:21he's seeing first is the mountain of
16:25uh the mountain of government. And he
16:27saw this one who rode a white horse. So,
16:29the white horse um the horse speaks of
16:32power, and the white it this is Lucifer.
16:35It's Lucifer who is the principality of
16:38the mountain of government. And he's
16:40seeing him that he's riding on. He's
16:42going around to conquer conquering and
16:45to conquer. Because he had that was some
16:47authority he had based on the fact that
16:49there was sin in the Garden of Eden that
16:52gave him an opening there. And so, this
16:55is this is the reality he's been
16:58conquering
16:59and he looks to conquer, and he's been
17:00doing that since the very beginning.
17:03And so, what he's now beginning to see
17:05is that's what legally ended from this
17:07moment forward. The reason there's
17:09celebration in heaven is because that
17:12has now that season, that time has now
17:14ended. And and so, there is no more
17:18legal authority for the enemy to be
17:21doing the damage she's been doing. You
17:22go to the second seal verse three, he
17:24opened the second seal, I heard second
17:26living creature say come and see another
17:28horse fiery red went out and was granted
17:31to the one who sat on it to take peace
17:33from the earth. And that people should
17:34kill one another and there was given
17:36them a great sword. And so there was
17:38authority given to bring
17:40death and destruction. The enemy goes
17:43around but to kill, steal, and destroy.
17:46And anytime he has a legal right, he has
17:47exercised it through through history.
17:50And so that second seal um
17:54goes with the mountain of economy.
17:57And and so there is a connection with
18:00Revelation chapter 17. You see that it
18:03talks about the
18:05um
18:07uh the scarlet harlot depending what
18:09version of the Bible you have. And it
18:12talks about her having entered into
18:14adult with all the kings of the earth
18:16and it was all about economics. And so
18:19this is how the enemy has killed, steal,
18:23stolen, and destroyed based on the
18:25authority he had on everything to do
18:27with mountain of economy. So we have the
18:29mountain of government uh explained how
18:31the reality had been. Then it's the
18:33mountain of government. You go to that
18:34third one is the mountain of education
18:36and it's a black horse. And so this is
18:38now power to kill. There is an
18:40understanding that humanism brings
18:43scarcity. It brings you under um it
18:47brings you under bail. And what bail
18:49does, bail brings scarcity. The two
18:52things that people go to bail for that
18:54they did in the scripture was for
18:56protection and provision. And those are
18:58the uh very two things that would be
19:00taken away. It was black. It was a black
19:03power because they would lose
19:04protection, they would lose provision.
19:07And so almost without exception, as soon
19:10as they would so sell out to Bale, they
19:13would come under famine and they would
19:15come under uh defeat from other armies
19:17as well. The very two things that they
19:19would go to. And so,
19:20it it's explaining how the enemy was
19:24like if we took the time if I took like
19:2615-20 minutes on each one of the seals,
19:29we'd explain strategically how the enemy
19:31was doing his destruction, his strategy
19:35for destruction mountain by mountain.
19:37The fourth seal that comes out in verse
19:39seven is the mountain of family and it
19:42talks about the pale horse.
19:44And it said uh it was power was given
19:47over over a fourth of the earth to kill
19:49with the sword. So, people are like,
19:50"When are we going to have this fourth
19:51of the earth being killed with a sword?"
19:53Well, here's the reality. That is what
19:55the enemy has been doing from the
19:58mountain of family alone. And for our
20:00purposes, we can we can understand um it
20:04it even tells how. With the sword, with
20:06hunger, with death, and by the beasts of
20:08the earth. And so, to kill with the
20:10sword,
20:12we could say that's abortion,
20:14um wars, famine. Like those loosely are
20:18going to cover you know, abortion, wars,
20:20and famine. Um And then when it says,
20:23"And by the beasts of the earth," we can
20:25look at the beasts of the earth as being
20:28tyrants. They're like beasts. And um
20:32and so, they're they're in the image of
20:35the beast that's talked about in other
20:36places in Revelation as well. And so,
20:39this has been what's been taking place
20:42on planet earth. And then there's the
20:44fifth seal. And then John saw
20:48under the altar the souls that had been
20:50slain for the word of God. And in that
20:53fifth
20:54um in that fifth seal, he is he is now
20:57seeing the mountain of religion and
20:59there is now the the voice of the
21:02martyrs crying out. And they're ready
21:04for there to be redemption for all the
21:07things they're like, "How long? How
21:08long?" Um when will you avenge our
21:11blood?
21:12And then you understand, you get to
21:13verse nine there, it said
21:16um well, verse 11, "Then a white robe
21:19was given to each of them, and it was
21:20said to them they should rest a little
21:21while longer until both the number of
21:23their fellow servants and their brethren
21:25who would be killed as they were was
21:26completed." That gives us an
21:28understanding there is a day where it
21:30gets decreed and determined from heaven,
21:32no more martyrs.
21:34That there is There is a time where
21:36whatever that was completed, completed
21:39either is like um okay, there was an
21:42allowance. The enemy was given based on
21:46his legal rights. He was like, "Okay,
21:48you can do up to this level of this
21:50destruction and death." And so there
21:53comes a point where it's like no more.
21:55That's it. And so that this is
21:59you know, this is part of the dynamic
22:01taking place in that fifth seal. You go
22:03to the sixth seal and it goes to the
22:06mountain of celebration of arts and
22:07entertainment. And so
22:09it it begins in verse 12, "The sixth
22:12seal, and behold, there was a great
22:13earthquake, and the sun became black as
22:15sackcloth appear, and the moon became
22:16like blood. And the stars of heaven fell
22:19to the earth. So, it's not hard to think
22:21of the stars of Hollywood falling to
22:23earth as a fig tree drops its late figs
22:25when it figs when it's shaken by a
22:27mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a
22:30scroll when it is rolled up, and every
22:31mountain and island was moved out of its
22:34place, and the kings of the earth, the
22:35great men, the rich men, the commanders,
22:37the mighty men, every slave and every
22:39free man hid themselves in the caves and
22:41in the rocks of the mountains, and said
22:42to the mountains, "Fall on us.
22:44Hide us from the face of him who sits on
22:46the throne and from the wrath of the
22:48lamb, for the great day of his wrath has
22:51come, and who is able to stand?" Now,
22:54this is also very much
22:58in alignment and agreement with what
23:00I've pointed out recently multiple times
23:02out of the book of Enoch, the day of his
23:05wrath, um and who is able to stand. This
23:08is like powers and principalities have
23:10been killing and stealing, whoever's
23:12aligned with them no longer have the
23:14right to do so. There comes a time where
23:17that is done, and that's what Enoch saw.
23:19He saw I saw the tribulation. The
23:21tribulation was on evil.
23:24And it was time now for the righteous to
23:26be rewarded. It was for them to exercise
23:29their kingship, their authority, their
23:31priesthood, and it was no longer time uh
23:34for this. And so,
23:36it is telling us in that in that chapter
23:39of all the seals being opened that looks
23:40like devastation.
23:42Uh
23:43so far I've only named six seals, and
23:46there is the seventh one that has to do
23:47with the mountain of media,
23:49and that one would be brought up
23:52later later on. Um and but for our
23:56purposes and our understanding, we want
23:58to see that what's taking place, the
23:59understanding for us,
24:01uh because that's the main point of this
24:03whole thing I'm doing right now is
24:05rather than looking with dread, it is an
24:07explanation of how things had been until
24:11Jesus did what he did on the cross. And
24:14so, what Jesus did on the cross, he
24:16removed their authority to keep doing
24:18that, to keep stealing, killing, and
24:20destroying. And so, what it does The
24:23only thing it lacks is when
24:25uh
24:26is is when these things continue to
24:28happen, is that there
24:30there is
24:31there is a must cuz he said all
24:33authority is given me, go therefore in
24:35that authority. So, when we're given
24:37authority, you can see how it is in a
24:39very practical way in the neighborhood
24:41where there's the cops. If the cops
24:42don't do what they're supposed to do,
24:44and there's whatever it is, shootings
24:46and drug
24:48uh sales and and whatever other illegal
24:51thing goes on,
24:53if even if you have authority there, if
24:55the authority doesn't step into it, then
24:58the damage of there being no authority
25:00can take place. And so, despite the fact
25:02of what Jesus did on the cross, which
25:04only he could do,
25:05we as humans couldn't behave enough,
25:07couldn't do enough things, couldn't be
25:09anointed enough with the Holy Spirit to
25:10do what he did because there had to be a
25:13price
25:14paid of the perfect blood, spotless
25:16blood, he who had overcome sin in his
25:19physical body, and he did so. And so, he
25:21paid the price, and only he was worthy,
25:24and only he could be worthy. And so,
25:27but the celebration point, and he has
25:29made us kings and priests
25:32to our God, and we shall reign on the
25:34earth. This is a part we want to
25:36understand that what he did on the
25:37cross, and what he did for us,
25:40it now requires us stepping into our
25:43part so that um there's not this
25:46continual reality of death and
25:48destruction coming from each one of the
25:49mountains cuz theoretically,
25:51even if he's removed legal authority
25:54from all the damaging powers and
25:56principalities on every mountain, and
25:58he's made angels available to take them
26:00out, take them down, if we don't arise
26:03and shine, that's why he would tell us
26:04in Isaiah 60, "Arise, shine, your light
26:06has come, the glory of the Lord has
26:07risen on you. Yet darkness, deep
26:08darkness, the Lord will arise on you,
26:11and his glory seen on you, and nations
26:13will walk to the light of the sons of
26:15God."
26:16And so, so why you would have that
26:17repeated um in various places, David
26:20would talk about the righteous
26:22inheriting the earth. Jesus would again
26:24New Testament, the meek shall inherit
26:26the earth. Then he would tell us
26:29um you know, the God of peace will crush
26:31Satan under our feet. And he says, "You
26:34are the salt of the earth. You are the
26:35light of the world." But then he says
26:36there's consequences if salt doesn't do
26:38what it's supposed to. If you don't show
26:40up,
26:41uh then you're good for nothing but to
26:42be trampled upon and cast out. So, it's
26:45possible for him to have done all he's
26:48going to do. He's not coming back to die
26:51again. He doesn't need to release the
26:53next measure of anything. He already
26:55released the maximum possible. Greater
26:57love has no man than that he laid down
26:59his life. He laid down his life. He paid
27:02the price with his own blood. So, he
27:04released his blood, then he released his
27:06spirit. He said, "I'm going to go, but
27:08I'm going to send the Holy Spirit. The
27:09Father will send the Holy Spirit when I
27:11go back." So, he did. The Holy Spirit
27:13poured out. And the New Testament church
27:16was birthed out of that. So,
27:19the blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit,
27:22so blood and spirit, the Godhead has
27:24poured out everything they need to pour
27:27out for us to have victory. The rest of
27:30it now, it's not just that we have to do
27:32it alone, that he did all in that kind
27:33of way. No. There is ongoing help. The
27:35Holy Spirit continues to be the helper.
27:38And he knows that we will need the help.
27:40That's why the God of peace will crush
27:42Satan under our feet. Greater our feet.
27:45Greater he that is in us than he that is
27:46in the world. We still need his power
27:49and might. But he is going to wait our
27:52our initiation. He is going to wait. And
27:55just like the children of Israel, he was
27:56not going to start delivering them from
27:58the children of uh of Egypt unless they
28:02began to make a beeline out of Egypt,
28:04out of bondage. They had to make the
28:06courageous moves. They had to be willing
28:09to cross the Red Sea. They had to make
28:12um
28:13They they they had to do their part of
28:16the deal and bargain. And then the Lord
28:19did his part. So, that's where we That's
28:20where we stand uh right now. This death,
28:23doom, and destruction is taking place in
28:25the mountains.
28:26It has no right to be there anymore. And
28:28it's on on us, the sons and daughters of
28:30the king. That's partially why I despise
28:34[clears throat]
28:35um the excess usage of the rapture
28:37message as any kind of hope for us
28:39because instead of taking the authority,
28:43instead of challenging powers and
28:45principalities and telling them you have
28:46no more right here
28:48instead of stepping into Think of the
28:50two authorities, king
28:53and priest. A king is an actual
28:56authority that's there. We're his kid.
28:58We're royalty. When the Bible says he's
28:59the king of kings,
29:01he's not just the king of presidents,
29:03which he is, but we're kings. So, he's
29:05the king of kings. And and so, but he he
29:08is the king, but he has called us to be
29:11kings. And so, we're to exercise that
29:14authority. As he is, so are we in this
29:16world, the scripture tells us somewhere
29:18else. When he says, "You are the light."
29:20When he says, "You are the salt." He's
29:21saying, "Take the kingship."
29:23And then he had an understanding that in
29:26priests, like what what would be the
29:27deal about priests? Why would we need to
29:29That's a secondary type of authority.
29:31Well, the priests, what they had to do
29:33is if the enemy had legal right to
29:36something.
29:37It's what Jesus That's why he did have
29:39to come. He had to die on the cross. He
29:41had to raise from the dead. He had to
29:43conquer uh
29:44death and the grave in that kind of way.
29:46And so, that's why there's not the
29:48celebration in heaven until the price
29:50has been paid because he had to come as
29:53our high priest, the high priest for
29:55the entire universe uh for our personal
29:58sins, but for the redemption and
29:59restoration of society itself, of the
30:02earth itself. The earth is the Lord's
30:04and the fullness thereof. He has creator
30:07rights from the beginning and then he
30:08has redeemer's rights that he paid the
30:10price for uh
30:13to regain that which was lost. And so,
30:16that's what the big celebration in
30:18heaven was about. And so, we want to be
30:21[clears throat] those who piggyback on
30:23that great celebration of heaven. And
30:25that um we don't make it just like an
30:28empty thing that he did. It's like,
30:31"Okay, I paid the price." You know, a
30:33whole 'nother way to look at it is some
30:35is like, "I I just bought you tickets to
30:36get into whatever major event." There's
30:39some uh you know, World Cup soccer going
30:41on right now. So, there's a a major
30:44game, World Cup soccer finals, and I
30:46paid the ticket here, and he's like, you
30:49just don't go in. You just don't want
30:51to. And you don't feel like it. So,
30:53somebody can have paid a heavy price for
30:55it. Maybe they paid $25,000
30:58for the finals, and they give it to you,
31:00and you don't take it. There's There's
31:02an equivalent of that or more even.
31:05Uh uh it's like a ticket that's worth a
31:07million dollars, the authority he's
31:08given us,
31:10and we're like, no.
31:12Um I just I just don't think I don't
31:15think I want to go. I don't want to I
31:16don't want to participate in that kind
31:17of way. I just want to wait out here and
31:19just see how things go and and see if
31:22he'll come and and just do everything.
31:24And so,
31:26he [snorts] is he has put that on us,
31:29and he's let us know, even through the
31:31storyline out of Revelation with the
31:33Apostle John saw, is that
31:36and he has made us kings and priests to
31:38our God. And so, then when it goes into
31:40showing the seals, this is like this
31:42shows
31:43the authority the enemy had that he no
31:45longer has, and why we must then show up
31:48on every one of these mountains. He has
31:51the seven horns, he has power for He has
31:53seven eyes, he has the vision for it
31:55all, seven spirits of God. There's seven
31:57colors of the rainbow. And so, he has a
32:00color coordinated with each one of the
32:02mountains we've talked about in other
32:03places as well, and that this is now a
32:06time for us to rise and shine and not
32:10not come into agreement with doom and
32:11gloom. So, if in any way this serves to
32:15help you not to agree with the seals,
32:17and that we there's there's none of that
32:19that's been We're not sentenced to it.
32:20We don't have to that that doesn't have
32:23to be any of our reality on the planet
32:25anymore. And it's more a sign that the
32:26sons and daughters of the king haven't
32:28stepped into what they could
32:31when we see it happening, not because
32:32it's the will of God or we've been
32:34sentenced to it in any kind of way. So,
32:35let's just be aware of that. The seven
32:37seals
32:39um the seven seals
32:41they were taken care of at this moment,
32:43the legal part. The part that we
32:45couldn't do, Jesus did. And that's the
32:48wonderful thing about it. So, why there
32:49was a big celebration. And now the part
32:51that remains is us arising and shining,
32:55fulfilling our call and our assignment.
32:57And he releases more power, more might,
33:00more angels, all the stuff that we need
33:02so that the God of peace can fully crush
33:04Satan. And that's why it it all ends
33:08in and John already saw this. This is
33:11not like even if my people which are
33:12called by my name
33:14we want to look at [clears throat]
33:15Revelation chapter 11 verse 15.
33:19Then the seventh angel sounded and there
33:20were loud voices in the heaven saying,
33:22"The kingdoms of this world have become
33:26the kingdoms of our Lord and of his
33:27Christ. And he shall reign forever and
33:31ever." If you remember when we started
33:33in chapter 4, Revelation chapter 4, John
33:37was invited to come up to heaven. A door
33:38was open. Come up. We're going to show
33:40you things that are to come.
33:42So, John already saw this. This is
33:45already
33:46he he's been to the future and he's
33:48already seen this. 24 elders who sat
33:50before God on the thrones fell on their
33:52face and worshiped God saying, "We give
33:54you thanks, oh Lord God almighty, the
33:56one who is and who was and is to come
33:57because you have taken your great power
33:59and reigned."
34:01r e i
34:03g n e d "The nations were angry and your
34:06wrath has come and the time of the dead
34:08that they should be judged."
34:11"That you should reward your servants
34:13the prophets and the saints and those
34:15who fear your name small and great and
34:17should destroy those who destroy the
34:20earth."
34:21And so, he's specifically talking about
34:23we'll say the powers and principalities.
34:25They're the ones we wrestle not against
34:26flesh and blood
34:28but destroy those who destroy the earth.
34:30There is a cost to be paid by humanity
34:34that falls in alignment and agreement
34:37that does the work of principalities
34:39that allows them to be their puppet
34:42masters and obeys them.
34:45And so there is a time where
34:47he comes to reward his servants the
34:49prophets and the saints that is just so
34:52um
34:53there's so much biblical basis for that.
34:55Acts 3:21, Jesus is held in the heavens
34:57until the restoration of all things
34:58spoken of by his servants the prophets.
35:00And so prophets particularly Enoch, uh
35:04Daniel, and David, and uh
35:08Isaiah, and Habakkuk, they saw a day of
35:12great great victory. Uh Habakkuk saw the
35:15end the whole earth filled with the
35:17knowledge of the glory of God as the
35:18waters cover the sea. Daniel saw the
35:20kingdom of God fill the whole earth like
35:22a mountain fills the whole earth. And
35:24that it crushed every other kingdom,
35:27every other antichrist, every other
35:29beast, every other system uh was
35:31crushed. And it was the the saints of
35:34the most high. A ruling was made on
35:36behalf of the saints. We're in that time
35:37where the ruling has been made on behalf
35:39of the saints. But you have to
35:40understand a ruling can be made on your
35:42behalf and you still don't step into
35:45what the ruling give you gave you
35:47authority to do. So that's the part we
35:50want to do. We don't want to fear the
35:51seven seven seals and the doom and
35:53gloom, but we do want to recognize that
35:55if we don't do our part to stem uh to
35:59throw off the throw out the illegal
36:02armies of Satan and hell and say no
36:05more, you can't function here. If we
36:07don't align with the Holy Spirit in
36:09finishing the job, then we don't have
36:12the celebration that John already saw.
36:14Uh but the only thing that can hold that
36:16back is it's only a question of who what
36:18generation will be a part of it. John
36:20already saw it. He's already been there.
36:21It wasn't even if my people which are
36:23called by my name. This is not a if my
36:25people which are called by my name. This
36:26is like, he's already been to the
36:28future. He already saw it. The kingdoms
36:30of this world have become the kingdoms
36:32of our God and our Lord, and he has
36:34reigned, and he's rewarded his his
36:36prophets. This is the time has come you
36:38should reward your servants, the
36:39prophets, and the saints, and those who
36:41fear your name, small and great, that
36:43you should destroy those who destroy the
36:45earth. So, he destroys not the earth,
36:47but those who destroy the earth.
36:49And so, he gives us a reward. The The
36:52meek shall inherit the earth. The
36:53righteous shall inherit the the earth.
36:55That's a That's a repeat uh
36:58truth out of the scripture that multiple
37:01You have David talks about that. Jesus
37:03talk talks about that. And And Moses
37:06really um talked about that in the book
37:08of Numbers as well. And so, this is
37:11where the This is where it's all going.
37:13And so, this is all just to encourage us
37:16to rise and shine. Encourage us that
37:18there is there is no sentence of death,
37:20gloom, and and a third dead, or a
37:22quarter dead, that has to take place.
37:26There's no destruction that has to take
37:28place
37:29other than the destruction of those who
37:31are destroying the earth. And And in
37:34that, it is supposed to be a time where
37:36the sons and daughters of the Most High
37:39are prospering. Creation groans and
37:41travails for the revealing of the sons
37:43and daughters of the king. They're
37:45smarter than the church. The church is,
37:47you know,
37:48groaning and travailing for Jesus,
37:50please return and rescue us from all
37:52this.
37:53And creation knows that
37:56he did his part, and that the narrative
37:58of heaven is that there's finally a
38:00generation, or multiple generations, of
38:03the sons and daughters of the king
38:05who get a revelation of what he did and
38:07say, "Okay.
38:09He did the impossible. We're now going
38:11to rise, and we're going to do our part
38:14in securing this incredible
38:16manifestation of the kingdom of God on
38:19earth." So, So you get encouraged with
38:21that. and hopefully it it answers the
38:24question of whether you need to fear
38:26the seven seals.

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