“TAKE ANOTHER LOOK” W1S186 (01-27-21) Revelation 22:8-11
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Revelation 22:8 (NKJV) says, “Now I, John, saw and heard these things {NKJV translators agree: am the one who heard and saw}. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.”
● It is apparent that what John both heard and saw caused him to feel a sense of humility, so that he was prompted within as if he should fall down and worship this angel who showed things to him. However, once again, we know that this English word for angel comes from the Greek word angelos {ǎn–gĕh–lŏs} of which the Strong’s Concordance defined this word as to bring tidings, or a messenger.
● Revelation 19:9-10 (NKJV) “9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
● The testimony of Jesus is the spirit or the essence of prophecy, which means that we speak from the Christ-mind within, and not from our outward, human-form experiences from life. Too often, the events of life around us influence our prophetic insight, and therefore, they influence the words of Prophecy the flow out of us, which means that we fail to deliver a pure-word, but yet a tainted word filled with the cares of this life.
● Now, while this may look like these words would not come from Jesus, the fact is that Jesus treats the creation of God the same as Father-God treats Him. This is a picture of our union as One with the Eternal Christ.
● Whether this heavenly messenger is one of the spirit-beings of the unseen-realm, or Jesus Himself, still He says, “I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book,” then He climaxes verse 9 with the words, “Worship God.” Then in Revelation 22:10, John receives some very specific instructions.
● Revelation 22:10 (TPT) “And he said to me, “Don’t keep secret the prophetic words of this book, for the time is near.”
● In other words, this word “seal” or “keep” come from the Greek word sphragizō {sfddräw–gedd’–zō} meaning to stamp for security or preservation. And this word comes from the Greek word sphragis {sfddräw–gēss} which means, a signet as in fencing in or protecting from misappropriation.
● The many-membered-body of One, as in “As He is, so are we,” as the Eternal Christ fully functions as spirit in a human realm of appearance, we also function fully in our spirit-form, manifesting in this human-form awareness. Do not keep this revelation of the Eternal Christ in you a secret from all others, because the time of the unveiling of its revelation was prior to A.D.70, and is past due to be shared with the whole-world.
● Revelation 22:11 (AMPC) “He who is unrighteous (unjust, wicked), let him be unrighteous still; and he who is filthy (vile, impure), let him be filthy still; and he who is righteous (just, upright, in right standing with God), let him do right still; and he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
● So, although this verse seems very confusing in several translations, it really is quite simple. I think this is prophetically telling us that there will be those who will do their worst at being unrighteous, wicked, filthy, and impure around us in this earthly realm.
● But while people do what they think is right within their own individual mistaken identity, means that the only way we will reach them with this prophetic revelation of Christ, is the remain as the example of God’s righteousness and holiness. Let the righteous maintain a straight course and the holy continue on in holiness. This is not meaning that we should be religious as in putting on the act of Christianity, but to walk as Christ walked in this earth, which was by the revelation of His Father’s mind within.
● Revelation 22:11 (TPT) “Let the evildoers be at their worst and the morally filthy continue in their depravity—yet the righteous will still do what is right, and the holy will still be holy.”
● In other words, “let the righteous still do what is right, and let the holy ones still be holy.” Sometimes taking on the responsibility as mature believers can seem to be a real struggle while maintaining our freedom at the same time. But just remember that setting a standard of conduct in life as sons and daughters of God who walk a righteous and holy path as the creation of God, is not a bad thing at all, but it is as if you are shining the God-light within so that someone else can find their way to the truth that makes all mankind free.
● I hope you were enlightened and inspired to “dig deep into the well of Father’s mind,” as you watch this video lesson!