Revelation Explained

All right, beautiful. So today we'll be reading from the book of Revelation chapter 22 and verses 6 to 11 inclusive. So Revelation 22 and verses 6 to 11.

And the Holy Bible says, Then he said to me, these words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take place. Behold, I am coming quickly.

Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

Then he said to me, see that you do not do that, for I am your fellow servant and of your brethren, the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God. And he said to me, do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him be righteous still.

He who is holy, let him be holy still. And all glory be to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever and ever. Amen.

Amazing, incredible words, as always, because they are simply the words of the almighty, true divine God. Jesus Christ is the true divine God. There is no other God but him.

There is no other way but him. There is no other life but him. There is no other kingdom but his kingdom.

There is no other word but his word. Simply Christ is the reason for our existence. Simply Christ is the reason for our identity.

Simply Christ is the reason for every season. He is the only one. This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

So help you God, who is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. Whether you like it or not, whether you believe it or not, whether you accept it or not, the truth will always be the truth, and that is Jesus Christ is God revealed in the flesh, period, my beloved.

There is no one else, and there is nothing else outside of him. Everything outside of Christ is just one big lie. A life lived outside of Christ is a wasted life.

A life lived outside of Christ is no life at all. True love can only be found when you find Christ. True love can only be found when you find Christ.

You can tell me that you love. You can tell me that you are in love, but I'll ask you this, have you found Christ? Because if you haven't, then I have no idea what kind of a love you're talking about. And maybe, maybe because you have a conscience that is open to the voice of Christ, maybe that's why you have a glimpse of his true divine love.

But if you are not open, with an open conscience, if you are not fanatic on whichever way you are following outside of Christ, then that love is definitely not the true love, because true love comes from one source and one source only, and that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, period. Believe you me, sooner or later, every single human being will come to this realization and this truth. When the spirit leaves the body, you will know then and then only there is one God and his name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

While you have the chance, my dear friend, while you're in the flesh and still breathing in this flesh, you have the opportunity to come to Christ and say, Lord have mercy on me. I don't know you, I don't even believe in you, I don't even know if you truly exist or not, but I am seeking you from the heart. I mean well, my intention is in the right direction, but please help me and don't be angry with my ignorance.

I'm seeking your help. If you truly exist and if you truly, if this God is Jesus Christ, then show me. I want to come to you.

I'll give my life to you, but show me please Lord. Teach me how to find you. How can I show you? No one will come except Jesus because there is no other one.

You can call on any name outside of Christ, none of them will show up. This is guaranteed because God, he made a promise in the book of Isaiah, my glory I give no one. So when you call upon the name of God, God will not give his glory to a prophet, will not give his glory to the most amazing person in existence.

God never gives his glory to no one. So when you call upon the name of God, God himself will show up and this God is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. No other God will show up.

This is guaranteed, my beloved, it's guaranteed. But we need to seek this true divine God with honesty. You see, you need to be honest to yourself.

Don't come in a hypocritical way. Don't come in a way that you are sounding kind of boastful about yourself that I am someone special and I'm with my intelligence, I'll find God. You're an ignorant person.

You're blind, my dear friend. Come with humility, come with honesty. And what is the honesty of every single human being? One thing, I come as a sinner.

I come confessing that I have sinned before you, God. I am not worthy of you, God, but I am seeking your mercy, your kindness, your forgiveness. When you come with a contrite heart, when you come with a heart open to the voice of the true divine God, I can guarantee you one million percent, Jesus Christ is the only one who's going to show up.

Stamp sealed. Don't waste your breath. No one else will come.

There's definitely one God who created everything and everyone visible and invisible, both spiritual and tangible physical realms. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And as Christians, obviously, so you don't get me wrong, we believe in the triune God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

But I'm talking about Jesus Christ here. I'm talking about Jesus Christ. Definitely is God revealed in the flesh.

Very good. So now let's come to Revelation 22 and let's read verses six to 11. But before I come to verse six, I'll just do a small recap because it's been about four or five weeks since the last time we spoke about chapter 22.

I'll read verse five. It's not on the screen or maybe it's on the screen. It is.

There shall be no night there. They need no lamp nor light of the sun for the Lord God gives them light and they shall reign forever and ever. So in the next life, this is what we stopped at verse five last time.

So in the next life in the kingdom of God, there will be no night moon and there will be no sun day. In other words, there will be no aging in the next life. Why do we age? Why do we grow older? Because of the night and the day.

The night came and the day came and then the night came and the day came and the night came and the day came and I'm growing older and as I'm growing older, I'm aging. Now I look like Santa Claus. If you saw my photo when I was a little kid, you would not say that kid is me.

I'm totally different. I've changed. To be fair, maybe 90% I've changed.

I have a photo of mine. I was in year six. I was 12 years old.

When I look at it, I say, man, what happened to you? You've been smashed around. All right. By the way, I was gorgeous.

Yeah. I'm still gorgeous. Okay.

Just kidding. Not the reason we age because of the night and the day in heaven, there will be no more night, no more sun day. Why? Because the Lord God gives them light.

So in heaven, there is no more day and night because the light of the next life is the Lord God. And who is the Lord God? Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Jesus Christ of Nazareth will be the light of the next world.

That's why whatever age we're going to be. And by the way, all of us will be the age of the Lord Jesus on the second coming when he gives us the glorified body, which is 33 years of age. Everyone will rise in that mature age because the age of Christ is maturity is perfection.

So the Lord will give you his age, the perfect age, the perfect matured age, and you will live in that age forever. Never ever you'll grow any older. No more wrinkles, no more cries, no more worries, no more problems, no more pains, no more sicknesses, no more issues, no more this went against me and that hates me and this one stabbed me and the other one killed.

No more. Everyone will love everyone and everyone will have one focus. Jesus Christ, the light of the next life.

Isn't that amazing? No more center link payment, no more carers payment, and no more cash money, and the ATO comes. No more. All right, so verse six, then he said to me, these words, these words that I've said to you prior to verse six, these words are faithful and true.

And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take place. Then he said to me, these words are faithful and true. Why is John the beloved mentioning here that the angel said to him that these words are faithful and true? Why? For one simple reason.

When was the book of revelation written? Around 95 100 AD. Over 1900 years ago. Over 1900 years ago, this book was written in an island, small island in the of the Mediterranean sea called Pedmos of current Greece.

And what a country Greece is. It's a beautiful country. When he wrote these words, people that read the book of revelation in the second century, in the third century, in the fourth century, they read the Lord saying I'm coming quickly.

And they waited. It's been 1900 years, and the Lord still hasn't come. So when you wait for something to happen, and you waited one month, one year, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, you'll give up.

When you say it hasn't happened, you're gonna give up. You're gonna say, well, where did it? Where is it gonna happen? You know what might as well pack myself up and move on with my life. Forget it.

It will never happen. Imagine not 30 years, not 90s 1900 years and still hasn't happened. And that's why the Lord Jesus is saying to the angel to reveal it to john the beloved, that all these words written in the book of revelation are faithful and true.

Meaning no matter how long it takes, and how far it stretches, it will happen. It will happen sooner or later. It will.

Why? Because every word that is written and documented in the Holy Bible is faithful and true. It will happen. Now, the word faithful has got to do with promise.

And the word true has got to do with never changing. Truth means never changing. But faithfulness has got to do with the promise.

What do I mean by that? Every word was uttered from the mouth of God is faithful. Meaning when God speaks, that word is a promise. And when God promises, he always delivers.

God never fails in whatever he says he does in whatever he promises he delivers. That's why God is faithful in every word that he said and came out of his mouth. He is faithful to making sure the word will be done, will be done, even if it takes 1900, 2000, a million years, whatever I said, will never go in vain.

Everything will come in tuition. I am faithful. And it is true.

Meaning my word never changes. I will never say one thing today and I change it after a thousand years. Whatever I said today in a million zillion years thereafter will be the same.

I am the God that is never changing. I never change my mind. I never change my thought.

I never change my way of thinking. I never change my ways. My ways are always the same.

My word is always the same, never changes. Then he said to me, these words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take place.

This is why the Lord says, say that these words are faithful and true, because at the end of verse six, he says for these, the things which must shortly take place. Well, shortly it's been 2000 years. See, 2000 years to God is shortly.

So for you humans, 2000 years you've given up, but don't ever give up because my word will be done no matter how long it takes. Because a thousand years to God is like a day and a day is like a thousand years. So what is 2000 years for God? Two days, a blink of an eye, my words will happen.

And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel. Whenever you see the words Lord God, the words Lord God, it's referring to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Yes.

When you see in the holy Bible, the word God try on father, son, Holy spirit, the Lord. Sometimes in certain places it's referred to the God, the father, but the Lord God is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I'll tell you why I'm going to read it.

It's not on the screen, but I will read this. It is in Genesis three, eight. When we go to the book of Genesis chapter three and verse eight, we read the following.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. When Eve ate from the forbidden tree and gave her husband to eat from it, the moment Adam ate, they found themselves naked.

They hid behind a tree. The Lord God came walking in the garden saying, Adam, where are you? So who walked in the garden? Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Why he walked because the only one who put on the flesh and walked is the son of God.

God, the father didn't put on the flesh. God, the Holy spirit did not put on the flesh. Who put on the flesh? The second person of the Holy Trinity, who is the logos, who is the son of God, who is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who is God himself as well.

So the Lord God is Jesus Christ of Nazareth because he walked in the garden. So the Lord was seen in the Old Testament as well, not only in the New Testament and the Lord God of the Holy prophets sent his angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take place. Why here it says that the Lord God of the Holy prophets, why the prophets mentioned here to say that the book of revelation is a prophetic book like the prophets of the Old Testament, just like there are books of prophecies in the Old Testament.

So as there is a book of prophecy in the New Testament called the book of revelation. So the prophets of the Old Testament and the book of revelation are all prophetic books, are all prophetic books. And the Lord God of the Holy prophets sent his angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take place.

Shortly take place and it's almost 2,000 years have gone by, but my words are faithful and true. So don't ever lose hope on what I say and what I promise. Shortly take place.

You may say, well this prophecy has been going on for almost 2,000 years, 1900 years and a bit. So when will they be taking shortly place? Well these words will come into fulfillment either on judgment day, on the second coming of the Messiah or when the spirit leaves the body. The words will be faithful and true when the spirit leaves the body, every word is fulfilled.

Whatever the Lord says will be fulfilled. If the Lord says you break my word, you will be judged. When the spirit leaves the body, the word will judge you.

And if you have believed in the word and accepted the word and lived by the word, when the spirit leaves the body, the word will deliver you. That's why it will take place shortly, either on judgment and second return or when the spirit leaves the body, whichever comes first. Some people at the end will live when the second coming comes.

They will die with a blink of an eye and they'll transfigure, they'll change into that glorified body which Saint Paul alludes to in his epistles to the first Thessalonians and second Thessalonians and also in Romans as well. He talks about they will change those people who are still on earth living in the flesh. When the Lord comes in his second coming, they will die and rise in a blink of an eye.

So whichever comes first, but definitely the things which must shortly take place will take place because God's words are faithful and true. Verse 7. Behold, I am coming quickly. I am coming quickly in chapter 22 is mentioned three times.

We'll come to it. It is mentioned three times. I'm coming quickly.

Why is it mentioned three times? Because I'm coming quickly, God the Father. Second one, I'm coming quickly, God the Son. Third one, I'm coming quickly, God the Holy Spirit.

The try on God is coming quickly. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And this is why it is mentioned three times.

I am coming quickly in chapter 22. Behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Blessed is he who keeps, meaning the word keeps here means, blessed is he who believes in every word that is written in the book of Revelation. And more so, blessed is he who lives this word, not just believes in it, but living the word.

See, my beloveds, we may say, I believe in the Lord Jesus. It is easy said than done. It is very easy to say, I believe in the Lord.

Yet it is so hard to say, I live for the Lord. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book, meaning, blessed is he who lives the Lord Jesus on a daily basis while on earth. Blessed are you if you truly follow me from the heart.

Blessed are you. And notice here, he is saying, blessed is he. He spoke in a singular format because the Lord is seeking every single one of us.

He's seeking every single one. Don't go to the Lord and say, Lord, so-and-so did this, and so-and-so said that, blaming everyone. He said, no, no, no.

What have you done for me? Don't say to me, because of so-and-so, you couldn't come and follow me. Because of so-and-so, you veered off the road and you stopped coming. I am talking to you.

Speak on your behalf. Don't blame anyone else but yourself. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

I am coming quickly. You know, my beloveds, if we look at our life on earth, I can assure you it's like a dream, no matter how long it is. When we grow older, when we grow older and we look back, we wonder, where did all these ye's go? How did they go? Did they just evaporate? Like 50 ye's, what happened? 70 ye's, where did it go? 90 ye's, it's like yesterday.

100 ye's, it feels like yesterday. When I look at myself, I remember the other day, I was a little kid playing in the street with the neighbor's kids. Where did the ye's go? I'm coming quickly, because our life evaporates, my beloveds.

Time flies. Before we know it, we've aged. Before we know it, I have white hair and white beard and I have wrinkles all over my face.

I don't look like Mariah Carey anymore. Even Celine Dion aged, poor thing. And everybody ages and everybody must go one day.

So the Lord, his words are faithful and true. He's saying, I'm coming quickly, because even if you live a thousand ye's, before you know it, it's gone. And you know when it is gone, as if you've never lived it.

The day that goes by, as if I've never lived it, isn't it? So the Lord's saying, I'm coming quickly. In other words, what are you doing with the life I gave you? Are you gambling with it? Are you playing with it? Are you taking it as if it's a joke? Are you on holidays? Because if you're on holidays, they will take you to the best places of that country. They will never show you the slumps and the dumps of the country.

When you come to Sydney, they'll show you Darling Harbour and the Harbour Bridge and the most spectacular places in Sydney. And they'll take you to the Three Sisters, the Blue Mountains. Will they take you to those little dark alleys in the city? Never.

So don't live as if you're on holidays. Live reality. Reality.

What are you doing with your life? Where are you? Are you focusing on your sins? Are you focusing on your shortfalls? Are you admitting that you're a sinner? Or you think you're a saint? As some think, the moment I believe in Jesus, I'm a saint. No such thing. The Lord called us to sainthood, but are we? The Lord said, I am your dad, but are we his son? For God's sake, are we? We need to be responsible and we need to be serious.

I'm not talking about being pessimistic. Be optimistic in the Lord. Have faith in the Lord, but take it serious.

Don't gamble with this life you cannot afford. Once it's gone, don't gamble with it. Behold, I'm coming quickly.

Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. And what are the words of the prophecy of this book? Faithful and true. Nobody will escape them.

What I say goes and what I say happens and what I promise I deliver. The Lord says, he who has the son has eternal life, but he who does not have the son has no life in him and the wrath of God is upon him. This is true and faithful.

Never changes. If you have the son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you have life. If you don't have him, you have no life.

Even if you're living, you're dead. You're dead. So my daughter, my son, take it easy in the sense that Christ is the everlasting God.

Have faith in that, but don't ever take it easy when it comes to your deliverance and your salvation. Don't ever take it easy. Be diligent.

Be alert. Be awake. Read the signs and watch where the Lord is treading to follow in the footsteps of the only good shepherd that leads you to green pastures and still waters.

Be diligent. Verse 8. Now I, John, saw and heard these things and when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel. John the beloved, one of the 12 apostles of Christ.

Now I, John, saw and heard these things. I, John, saw and heard. And then, what is he saying? I saw and heard these things and when I heard and saw, reversed it.

At the beginning, I saw and heard. Yes? I'll read again. Now I, John, saw and heard these things and when I heard and saw, he swapped it.

At the beginning, I saw, then I heard. Then he comes again and says, I heard, then I saw. Now John here is given a vision.

How do we know it's a vision, not a dream? Because he said, I saw and I heard. But when I heard, then I saw. What is the difference between a vision and a dream? A dream, you are fully asleep.

You're snoring it off. You're in deep sleep and you see a dream. But a vision, you are fully awake, opposite to the dream, fully asleep.

A vision, you are fully awake, but you are taken into a status where you don't see, recognize any surroundings, but you are fully awake, but you are seeing and you're hearing things. That is a vision. A vision being fully awake, but taken like captured, raptured in a way, captured where you are removed from any sensation that is external to you and you are captivated to what you are really seeing while you are fully awake.

That is a vision. So he saw a vision. Why? Because he saw things and heard things, but when he heard them, he saw them.

Meaning, at the beginning when I saw them, I understood nothing, but I heard afterwards. When I heard, then I began to see. That's what he's trying to say.

Now, why? Because what vision is John the Beloved seeing? He's seeing heaven. And what is heaven all about? Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And what is Jesus Christ of Nazareth? The Logos, the Word.

John 1.1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Now, since John the Beloved introduces the Lord Jesus to the entire world as the Logos, as the Word, well, the Word in its nature can only be heard first, then seen. You can never see the Word at the beginning.

You can only hear the Word. See, now I'm talking words to you. Can you see them? You can only hear them.

This is the nature of the Word. It can only be heard first. It cannot be seen.

This is why when I saw, I understood nothing, but when I heard, when I heard, then I began to understand, then I began to see. Because Christ is the Word. He cannot be seen at the beginning.

He can only be heard. When you hear His voice, when you believe in what you heard, the moment you believe in what you've heard, the Word will reveal Himself to you. You can never see Christ.

It takes God to reveal Himself to you. But what needs from you to happen is hear the Word, believe in the Word, accept the Word, and let it dwell in your heart. The moment you accept what you heard, the Word will make you see.

You with me? So when people come and say, prove to me that God exists, wrong approach. Even though there are ways to prove God exists, but I'm talking in the biblical theological sense, yes? It is the wrong approach to say, I want to see God. You cannot see Him because He is the Logos, He is the Word, and the nature of the Word must be heard first.

Then, why it must be heard? Because God will never force Himself on you. He created you on the basis of love, and with love comes freedom. He gave you the choice to choose Him freely, willingly.

That's why He will come as the voice first. You need to hear Him first in order for you to exercise your rights of freedom, or rights to freedom. When you hear Him, and then you freely choose to believe, then once you believe in Him, you've given Him the right to come and reveal Himself to you without breach, without being seen as a thief.

See, a thief breaks in, but the person that comes with the good intention knocks at the door. When the person knocks at the door, he's showing love and respect, but the one who breaks in is disrespecting the owner. The Lord will never disrespect you.

That's why He will knock. When He knocks, you're gonna hear, but you won't see until you open the door. And when will you open the door? When you accept what you just heard.

When you accept that knock, when you open the door, then you will see the Logos. And I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

My goodness, an angel of God revealed to John the beloved certain things John wanted to worship at his feet. What are you gonna do, John, and all of us when we see not an angel, but the creator of angels? How are you gonna react? If you're reacting in this way before an angel, how are you gonna react before God? If you think an angel is awesome, what are you gonna say when you see God, the one who created an angel with one word? How awesome is God then? How much more awesome is He? He fell at the angel's feet to worship Him. Wow, let me tell you this.

If an angel appears here, everybody will run for their life. You'll be this scared. If you're not used to it, you'll be very frightened.

But you see, when the Lord comes out of love and mercy, He gives you this grace where you can withstand a vision. Otherwise, we will fall dead from fear. But the Lord graces us with His presence, and He gives us that ability to withstand the beauty that He is revealing to us.

But the ultimate beauty that surpasses all beauties is Christ. Heaven is amazing, but Christ is much more amazing. When you enter heaven, all you're going to do is, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

But when you see Christ, you won't talk anymore. You'll just go blank, gone. Not one single word will be left in this intellect.

It'll disappear. He'll blow your mind away from the beauty that He has. That is the truth, my beloved.

I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Verse 9. The angel is replying now, then he said to me, see that you do not do that, for I am your fellow servant. Don't worship before me, otherwise you'll get me into trouble.

I'm nothing but an angel. You do not worship the angel. Why? Because I am also a fellow servant just like you.

You're a servant, I'm a servant. We're all servants. So you don't worship a servant.

Don't do that, John. So the angel warns John the Beloved here. For I am your fellow servant and of your brethren the prophets.

Again, he mentions John is a brethren to the prophets. Why? Because the book of Revelation is a prophetic book, just like the prophets of the Old Testament. John the Beloved wrote a prophetic book in the New Testament.

So the next time somebody asks you, what is the prophetic book of the New Testament? Say the book of Revelation. If anybody says, is there a prophetic book in the New Testament? Say yes, book of Revelation. And if anybody asks you for your own information, is there a book of Psalms in the New Testament? Say yes.

Now the book of Psalms is in the Old Testament. But is there a book of Psalms in the New Testament? Say yes. Which one is it? John the Gospel according to Saint John chapter 1 verses 1 to 18 is the Psalm of the New Testament.

The Gospel according to Saint John chapter 1 verses 1 to 18 is the book of Psalm of the New Testament. For I am your fellow servant and of your brethren the prophets and of those who keep the words of this book. So this angel is a fellow servant of John the Beloved and the prophets and whoever keeps the words of this book.

Meaning, I am your fellow servant, John the Beloved, as an apostle of Christ. I am the fellow servant of all the prophets of the Old Testament and I am a single one of you that keep the word of this book. So when you believe in the book of Revelation and when you live the word by the grace of the Lord, the angels of heaven are your friends.

They look after you. Not only saints, but angels as well. And by the way, angels are much more powerful.

They don't show themselves, but angels are much more powerful than saints. Much more powerful, very powerful. I won't say much more, but they are powerful.

When we seek the Lord, when we want to follow the Lord from the heart, we're not lying, we're not falsifying, we're not acting, we're not making it up. When we are genuine, we're coming to the Lord Jesus and saying, Lord, I really want to follow you, but I'm weak. I'm struggling, I'm falling, I'm drifting, I'm walking away a lot of times from you.

But please, Lord, I really want to live for you and follow you, my Lord. When you come from the heart, rest assured all of heaven is with you. And just like the Lord showed Elijah, the disciple of Elijah of the Old Testament, he said, those who are with us are more than those who are against us.

He was referring to the angels of heaven in relation to their foul spirits that went after Satan. He's saying that the angels of heaven are much more than all the foul spirits put together and Satan included. They're much more than them in number, in power, in everything.

Therefore, do not be afraid of Satan and his foul spirits, because those who are with you are much more than those who are against you. And the ultimate friend that surpasses all angels put together and all saints put together is the Holy Spirit that dwells in you through the sacrament of the holy baptism. God is your friend, the Holy Spirit.

So you've got a problem, you've got an issue, you're going through some rough seas, things are not happening the way you want them, illness is threatening you, financial crisis threatening you, friendships threatening you, people threatening you. What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? Fear nothing, fear no one. When God is with you, who is against you? Amen? Be happy.

And then at the end of verse 9 he says to John the beloved, worship God. Don't ever dare to fall at my feet and worship me. How dare you? I'm a servant.

Worship is only given to God and God alone. When we have our both knees hitting the ground, that is a symbolic gesture of worshiping God. The two knees hitting the ground is for God alone.

One knee, respect. Maybe we do it to others, but both knees only for God. Worship God, don't worship anyone else.

And this is the belief of the true church of Christ, the Holy Apostolic Universal Church. This is the belief of the Holy Apostolic Universal Church. We only worship God, we don't worship no saints, we don't worship the Holy Mother, we don't worship anyone else but the Holy Trinity and Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

No one else. If I know as a bishop that the church I belong to worships any figure outside of Jesus Christ, I will deny that church. I will take these uniforms and throw them away because I will not accept it.

Yeah? So those who have ears to hear, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. Worship is only to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. We venerate our Holy Mother, we venerate the saints, that's all.

I will never, not I, the Holy Mother will not accept it from me. She will rebuke me, she will tell me off. If I go and say, Mother, I love you, I worship you, please forgive me.

She will smack me and then she will show me the way to her beloved son and she will say straight to my face, you only worship my son and my son is the only one that can forgive you and me and everyone else. Rest assured, this is from the Holy Mother and every single saint. But we honor them, we venerate them, oh yes.

Why? The Lord demands that from all of us and when August comes, we will talk about the Holy Mother. There is a time under the sun for everything. There is a time to talk about the Lord Jesus, there's a time to talk about his mom and there's a time to talk about his beautiful children, the saints.

No hard feelings, this is all biblical. Oh my, my mom, my mom, man, I die for my mother. But I'll leave it for August, if I'm still around, pray for me.

Worship God. What is worship? Submission to God, being submissive to God. How do we worship God? It's a question.

Like you hear it, worship God, worship God. So how do I worship God? Well every time you do what he says, you're worshiping him, you're being submissive to him. Okay, when God came and says do not steal, so I, I find a box on a table, it's not mine and then a thought comes into my head and says, you know what, I'm gonna stretch my arm and I'm gonna take it.

And then there is this voice inside of me says to me, do not take it, it's not yours. If I listen to this voice and pull my hand back and not take it, I have worshiped God. Worshiping God is doing what he says, he said do not steal.

When I pulled back and did not take what was not mine, which is stealing, I worshiped God. It's very simple. So worshiping is not about kneeling, which is important.

It's not about like doing certain gestures and lifting your hands up or down or putting them together. No, it's doing what he says. If you love me, do as I say.

If you truly love me, love one another. How can you say to me that you love me yet you don't see me, but the brother you see with your own eyes you don't love. So if you cannot love the brother that you can see with your own eyes, how can you love God that you can never see? You're lying.

If you love me, love one another. In this, the world will know you are my disciples. How do you reflect Christ to the world when you show his love? Now who did Jesus Christ of Nazareth love? Did he love those who loved him? He loved those who despised him.

He loved those who nailed him on the cross. He loved those who shredded his body. He loved those who spat, kicked, punched, ridiculed, and pulled him in the streets of Jerusalem.

He loved them all. And he said it while he was hanging on the cross to give his last breath. Father, forgive them for they do not know what they're doing.

So if you're waiting to love the ones who love you, you still don't know Jesus Christ yet. Love your enemy, the Lord says. You see, love has to be tested, my beloved.

Love cannot be tested in good times. Love will be tested in difficult times, not in good times. That's why in marriage, there's a condition.

Will you take her, my son, in sickness and in health? See, they put the word sickness before health. Well, obviously, if you're going to accept her in sickness, you will definitely accept her in health. If you're going to accept her in poorness, you will definitely accept her when she's a billionaire.

If you're going to accept her when she's a pain to you, obviously you're going to love her when she is paradise for you. Love gets tested when it is tough, not when it's easy, my beloved. Verse 10, so we can finish the verses.

And he said to me, do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. I'm going to take you to the book of Daniel. Again, it's not on the screen, but we go to the book of Daniel chapter 12.

And let's see what the book of Daniel chapter 12 and verse 9 says. Here in verse 10, the angel is saying to John the beloved, and he said to me, do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book. Why? For the time is at hand.

The time is near. The time is very close. Do not seal the words of this book.

Why? Because the time is at hand. It is very, very close, meaning the Lord Jesus is on his way back. It's very, very, very close, my beloved church.

Very close. Look in Daniel 12, chapter 12, verse 9. Look what the archangel Gabriel is saying to the prophet Daniel. And he said, this is archangel Gabriel speaking to Daniel the prophet.

And he said, go your way. He said to Daniel, go now. It's not your time.

Go your way, Daniel. For the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Wow.

So when it is still not the time for the word, seal it. But when it is time for it, don't seal it. And in Revelation 22, verse 10, he's saying, do not seal the words.

Why? Of the prophecy of this book. For the time is at hand. My beloved, just look around you and see what's happening in the world.

The time is definitely at hand. Stop chasing nonsense. Stop fighting over nonsense.

Stop saying this is my chair and this is my throne and this is my glory and this is my position and this is my fame. The time is at hand. When the time comes, your fame, your glory, your throne, your position, your chair will be washed away and you with it.

Stop fighting over foolish things. The time is at hand. And look at us.

What are we arguing about? Nonsense. Nonsense. You didn't buy me.

You didn't get me. You didn't take me. You didn't.

Enough. Enough. My daughter, my son, don't fight over things.

If you have food on the table, thank God. If you have a dry bread, thank God. There are people don't even have that dry bread.

If you have a roof over your head, thank God because there are people don't have this privilege. If you have people that love you, thank God because there are people don't have this privilege. If you have health, thank God because there are people do not have this privilege.

What are you fighting for? What are you fighting about? The time is at hand. do not seal the word of the prophecy of this book because the time is at hand but when he said to Daniel said go now it's not your time seal it you know I because the book of Daniel was written 2,400 years ago for the 21st century not for his time that's why the Archangel Gabriel said to Daniel go to sleep it's not your time write the book Daniel but seal it nobody will understand the coding of this prophecy until the time comes then it will be unsealed you know when the book of Daniel became alive 21st century it was written over 2,400 years ago now it's alive Daniel the Prophet is awakened in the 21st century every word he said is for us not for him not for any other century it's for now and it is the Daniel that Daniel's prophecy that talks about the Great Tribulation when you read in the book of Daniel about the 70 weeks he divides them into three segments seven weeks 62 and one he's talking about the end of times but here the angel is talking to John the Beloved after 2,400 years have gone by and he said do not seal it don't seal the word because the time is at hand Christendom the Christian world needs to wake up church leaders they need to wake up they can't be lethargic anymore and they can't be cowards anymore they need to face because the time of martyrdom is coming as well you see martyrdom began at the beginning of Christianity it will come in the end of Christianity but I am praying and I ask everyone to pray for the Lord to still have mercy and stretch it out a little bit more I pray World War three nuclear warheads is not to be used as yet it's not fun like imagine one rocket coming from China to Australia on those one of those cross-continents you know those heavy-duty rockets one rocket will fix Australia not Sydney Australia all of it one rocket kiss it goodbye no more life everything will be destroyed I was watching this documentary apparently what America has what is registered is 1,700 nuclear warheads the unregistered figure is 10,000 they're not gonna disclose everything what are you talking about the world is very well known to do one thing beautifully lies the world is nothing but one big lie every country lies to another country and they call themselves the United Nations it's the funniest name they've ever given themselves because there is no such thing as united it should be called the ununited nations the dismantled nations the liars of all liars nations what united unity is only found in Christ truthfulness is in him faithfulness is in him outside of him is one big lie the world is placed in the bosom of Satan the father of all lies you're expecting the world to be honest with you impossible one thing I like about Donald Trump if there is one thing I'll say this he will always refer to those mainstream medias as the fake news very true are you're from CNN yeah fake fake news fake news because they are fake news is is just telling the honest truth they're all fake they'll tell you one thing but they'll do something else do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand my beloved we need to pray for the Middle East because the Middle East and more so Israel plays a pivotal role in the end of times prophecies one of the main point of nuclear warheads starting across the globe is when Israel is striked by a superpower Iran is not a superpower but they will come a superpower from the east and we addressed this in previous sessions and those superpowers that will come from the east is Russia and China you know we pray for things to change in the Middle East to the better honestly I pray for that whether it's a governmental change a mentality change but we need to change things because at the moment it's not healthy at all pray my beloved because what is happening in the Middle East don't say I live in Australia I'm far away it's none of my business no this is influencing what will happen on a global level later on we need to pray and ask the Lord Jesus to bestow his peace his tranquility in every country and now as we speak in the Middle East more so so all these games that they are playing it will backfire one day a lunatic will come and will press the button you know who's holding the hand or the finger from pressing that button Jesus Christ of Nazareth you know why because he has his bride still on the face of this earth his bride is the church for the sake of those faithful Christians who are the bride of Christ he's just prolonging this disaster from happening so as Christians what are we doing my son stop going to the club my son stop taking drugs my son stop gambling my son stop drinking my son stop swearing my son stop stealing my daughter what are you doing with yourself what are you doing my child what are you going stop focusing on your external beauty focus on the heart make it beautiful for Christ the external beauty will fade away whether you like it or not I'm not being harsh I'm just telling you out of love pre warning you the focus on your external beauty is only temporary make your heart beautiful for the Lord for the time is at hand doesn't matter your nose is big you have elephant ears normally Assyrians like myself are very well known with big with big noses you know like Middle Eastern normally I'm bigger doesn't matter what so what people say you've got a big nose be proud yes I've got a big nose because at least with my big nose I have a v8 I can breathe in more than you so you're going spending ten fifteen thousand and getting the doctor to chip it away and now it's so fragile any tiny little thing it will break it be a man my leave it big breathe in more brother be happy live happy with a big nose who cares as long as you have a big heart you have a big heart for the Lord for the Lord my beloved let me finish this first 11 this is beautiful beautiful he who is unjust let him be unjust still he was filthy let him be filthy still he was righteous let him be righteous still and he was holy let him be holy still what the Lord is saying in verse 11 to every single one of us he's saying listen after I have said everything that I needed to say and after I have done everything that I needed to do and after I have given up my life for you on Calvary on the cross shedding my precious blood to save you to redeem you purchasing you from the grip of Satan and from hell and eternal condemnation and death after doing all of this and you are still being stubborn not willing to come to me not willing to listening to me not willing to accepting me then whatever way you want to be let it be I can't do more what I've done I can't do more than that I've given you my life what else do you want me to do for you and you're still not happy you're still rejecting me what else could I have done and I haven't done it Wow when you read in Isaiah chapter 1 how the Lord God who is Jesus Christ of Nazareth is coming arguing with his Israelite nation he said he says to them I have done everything for you what have I not done for my vineyard was there anything left that I haven't done for my vineyard that I have I didn't do I've done everything I've cleansed the ground I've taken all the rocks out of it I made it a fertile soil I've planted the vine tree and I waited for the grapes to be given to me and at the end I received nothing what else can I do for you that I haven't done already what else what else and that's why he says who he is unjust after all I've done you still want to be unjust be unjust he who is what filthy remain filthy he was righteous remain righteous and he was holy remain holy because I can't do more I died for you what else do you want and I rose from the dead for you what are you asking but look at this duetto here John the Beloved puts it beautifully look at this he who is unjust parallel to it righteous he was filthy parallel to it holy what is unjust you see when a person is unjust it leads them to filthiness why because justice what is justice the Word of God the Word of God is law the Word of God is justice is law when you do not accept the Word of God you are being unjust when you are rejecting the Word of God it leads you to filthiness because the only way you are cleansed when you accept what I have said to you when you reject my word there is nothing but filthiness and what is the opposite of filthiness holiness but you see what led a person to filthiness is their rejection to the Word of God which is justice my word will enlighten you my word will cleanse you my word will save you will deliver you rejecting my word you will remain in your sins and your sins is nothing but filthiness but when you accept my word my word will take you to being righteous who is a righteous person a righteous person is the one who does the will of God is the one who does the work of God the Holy Bible says Christ is our righteousness when you accept the word you're accepting Christ and since you're accepting Christ who is the righteous one you become righteous it is through Christ the righteous one we become righteous and when you accept Christ and become righteous righteousness will lead you eventually to holiness and this is what I'll be finishing off we're on the word holy you know we talk about saints and we say they are holy people of God and what is who is a holy person and what is holiness you see some maybe to someone when I say this man is holy you see immediately you think of someone that does miracles and wonders healing people and doing wonders in life now that is a holy person nothing to do with it whatsoever the word holy to understand it and in the Greek language there is a word called agios if I'm mispronouncing it my apologies because I'm not Greek agios is a compounded word two words in one agi means not yos earthly so holy means not earthly who is holy the one who is not earthly now who is the one who is not earthly the one who lives in the world but not for the world the Lord came to the disciples he says to them you were of the world but since I have chosen you to be my portion you will no longer belong to the world you belong to a holy person is not the one that raises the dead and does wonders and miracles a holy person that walks on earth but lives for Christ that is holiness I walk on earth but my heart my thought is in heaven that is a holy man or a holy person in other words don't chase the pleasures and the treasures of the world eat drink dress go come fine but don't worship no material things don't fight over material things my daughter you're getting married you're fighting with your fiance for a diamond ring don't fight poor guy he can't afford a 50,000 ring are you marrying him for the diamond ring or are you marrying him for his good looks well he's John now it's gotta be good-looking bro are you marrying for him or marrying him for what he's doing for you you see the diamond ring is both hearts coming into unity with the sacred heart of Christ that is the diamond ring when the two hearts unite with the heart of the Lord Jesus this is the diamond ring this is the diamond ring that never fades away that is everlasting a holy person is the one who lives for the Lord Jesus not for themselves not for this world because the world is nothing but vanity vanity my children vanity he who is holy let him be holy still Wow he who lives for me let him always live for me don't ever change don't let anything change you don't let anything take you away from the Lord live for him and through him for others and this is why when you live for the Lord Jesus whatever others do it's beside the point you see whoever you live for the way they react will affect you if you're living for a for a person the way they react toward you will affect you but if you're living for Christ and people deal with you in whichever way they choose to deal with you you should never be neither happy when they're nice to you nor upset when they are not nice to you because you're not living for them you're living for Christ so you need to be influenced by Christ not by people if you are living for Christ therefore when Christ talks you're influenced because you are only influenced by the person whom you chose to live for and love and this is where look I'll read you this it's I love I love st. Paul and I love it when he says this I'll have to read it it says epistle to the Romans Romans chapter 12 this is exactly what verse 11 is all about Romans chapter 12 look at st.

Paul he says I besiege you I beg you I besiege you therefore brethren my brothers by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable to God which is your reasonable service I'll read it again I besiege you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice he is saying offer your bodies as a living sacrifice acceptable to God now linguistically speaking there is a contradiction in this verse st. Paul and what is it there is no such thing as a living sacrifice because a sacrifice is something that is being killed slain when you offer an animal in the Old Testament when they used to offer an animal as a sacrifice they used to slain that animal the moment you slain it it is dead st. Paul says offer your bodies as a living sacrifice st.

Paul is there such a thing as a living sacrifice sacrifices are dead they're being killed he says yes there is what is it st. Paul he said offer your bodies as a living sacrifice as a Christian a true follower of Christ be living to the voice of Christ and be dead to the voice of the world be a sacrifice dead to the world be living to Christ whatever the Lord says be all ears and whatever the world says be all death whatever the Lord says be all living and whatever the world says be all dead and a dead person cannot see cannot hear cannot go and cannot come when people talk to you about the world say I see nothing I know nothing I hear nothing but when they talk to you about Christ say I am all ears please entertain me more and he who is holy let him be holy still and life is worth a living just because Jesus Christ of Nazareth lives let us stand for the finale pray please in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit one God amen Lord make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred let me so love where there is injury pardon where there is doubt faith where there is despair hope where there is darkness light where there is sadness joy or divine master grand that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand to be loved as to love for it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life amen may the Lord Jesus bless you guide you and protect you all the days of your life now and forevermore amen go in peace the peace of Christ be with you always my beloved God bless