“TAKE ANOTHER LOOK” W1S186 (01-13-21) Revelation 22:3-4
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● Revelation 22:3-4 (TPT) says, “3 And every curse will be broken and no longer exist, for the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there in the city. His loving servants will serve {or, worship} him; 4 they will see constantly his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.”
● Within the minds of people still today, it is believed that there is a curse upon mankind due to his or her disobedience to God. However, “the curse scenario” was believed to have existed within the confines of the law. And since this book is filled with a symbolic revelation of truth, I think Jesus is saying to John that the creation of God is not under any curse, even though the givers of the law said they were.
● Notice these words once we remove the italicized words. It would read: “And every curse will no longer exist, for the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there.” So, wherever you are, the fullness of God as in Father, Eternal Christ, and Holy Spirit are also there. You and all that God is are one and will always remain one. The Creator and the creation are one spirit together even though our minds have not always been in sync with God.
● Revelation 22:3-4 (AMP) says, “There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion]; 4 they will [be privileged to] see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.”
● Now we see the intention open up a bit more to us as we see what it is that no longer exists. As a rule, the Amplified Bible has been known as to Amplify what the King James Version says. Therefore, the greatest drudgery or grind within mankind has been sin, sickness, and death. And we know that the English word “sin” has been defined as the be mistaken or the miss the mark.
● Now, to miss the mark actually refers to missing God’s mark, and I think this could mean to miss out on what Father God thinks about you and has always thought about you. Future defining of this word reveals that it also means to have a mistaken identity within you.
● Now, let’s think about this: Who is the throne, and who lives in the throne? Well, the throne is the dwelling place of God, which is within you…right? And the AMP says, “There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it.”
● God never intended for us to have any mistaken identity, nor illness, nor to experience death. Yet, all of these elements are believed to exist within mankind, the system of the human-education of the mind. God never said, “Thou shalt be fill of sin, full of sickness and disease, and then to die.” For the most part, what the mind believes, the body experiences.
● Why is there no mistaken identity, no sickness, and no death in the city of God? Because “the throne of God and of the Lamb will be {or, are} in it.” Then it says, “and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion];”
● Imagine if you will, the bright radiance of God’s glory within you shining at maximum illumination. Imagine being fully manifested as spirit, yet fully among mankind in this natural realm of appearance. After the resurrection of Jesus from the grave, He manifested as both supernatural, and natural. Why? Because the supernatural and the natural worlds have always been a part of us. The problem has been that we have known how to function as a natural being. So, what if you could function like the resurrected Christ, as the many-membered body of One, how much more effective would you be in ministering to others?
● Jesus did not go away, but simply disappeared from their natural eye-sight and went into clouds, and you are a member of the supernatural cloud of witnesses. You are supernatural or spirit, dwelling in an appearance realm that is extremely important to most, but it should be that we are spirit, ministry supernatural things to those who are only focused on the natural realm. I think John is hearing Jesus proclaim the end result of creation as it was intended from the beginning of time.
● You are a supernatural being who manifested here so that you could live as Christ among mankind who have not learned to focus on the Christ-mind that was implanted within them when they were created by from out of the fullness of God, in the beginning.
● I hope you were enlightened and inspired to “dig deep into the well of Father’s mind within,” as you watch this video lesson!