The Unveiling Series

John seems to give us the answer when he says that he is a partner with us because he holds fast to the word of God. For that he is going through tribulation with us.

I do not know if you are aware of this fact that more people in the last century died for their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ than in any other century. We are spoiled here in America for we have the right to religious freedom. However, it is not the same for people around the world. They are going through great tribulation which includes the giving of their lives for our Holy Master Adoni Yeshua.

Now, here is another major point that I do not want to skip. What does it mean when John say, “10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” What day are we talking about?

For one thing it is not ‘Sunday’. Would you agree with me that the ‘Lord’s Day’ is the day that He picked for Himself? In the book of Exodus chapter 20 we read of a day in the week that our Lord picked for Himself, “ 8 “ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me,“Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. 19 Write ithe things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. 20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.

Picture yourself being John. You hear a loud voice behind you it says like a trumpet blast. I do not know about you but I would probably be diving for cover. I can just imagine John turning to the sound and then what does he see? The vision of our Lord so shocked him that he fainted - 12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.