Revelation 14:6 – Revelation 15:6

Three Angel’s Messages and the Close of Mercy

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The first angel’s message demands that we give glory to Jesus. What does this mean? We bring glory to Jesus by exalting the eternal principle of love that he lives by. This is a beautiful point. God is pleased when we keep His law and God is overjoyed when we fulfill the intent of His law through selfless love.

 

This is the meaning of  “Give glory to Him…”

 

I have taken several minutes to explain the differences between keeping the law and fulfilling the law because the third truth in the eternal gospel centers around worship.

 

The third truth in the eternal gospel is that Jesus is to be worshiped as God. He is the Creator of Heaven, the angels, the Earth and mankind. The first angel’s message demands that everyone worship and honor Jesus.

 

“Worship Him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

 

There is no wiggle room on this demand. These four times, “the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water” are mentioned in this verse because they are the four items that are destroyed by the first four trumpets.

 

The heavens, 4^th trumpet

The earth, 1^st trumpet

The sea, 2^nd trumpet

Springs of water, 3^rd trumpet

 

Worship and the Ten Commandments.

The Greek word for worship means, “to kiss” as in an act of submission. In Arab countries, people often greet one another with “the kiss” of submission. Kissing is an act of submission – affectionate submission.

 

Summary:

 

-- The first angel’s message begins with the opening of the 4^th seal.

 

-- The first angel’s message begins with the censer being cast down.

 

-- The first angel’s message begins at a time when the world will be willing to listen.

 

-- The first angel’s message marks the beginning of the judgment of the living the hour of   judgment has come upon us.

 

-- The first angel’s message is an announcement that the judgment bar of Jesus just began!

 

Three eternal truths are found in the first angel’s message:

 

1.   Jesus is Sovereign God, “Fear God…”

2.   Jesus is the Judge of mankind “the hour of His judgment has come”

3.   Jesus is entitled to worship that belongs to God “and worship Him who made…”

 

2.   Who delivers the first angel’s message?

 

The 144,000 will deliver the three angel’s messages. The 144,000 do not yet exist, and the three angel’s messages have not been given out yet. The 144,000 will be selected, sealed and empowered to give the three angel’s messages. This will be their mission and destiny and it could not be done any other way. One cannot carry out this mission and destiny without being selected by God, empowered by His Holy Spirit and having the sinful nature removed.

 

It’s humanly impossible to give the three angel’s messages!

 

I know of a church group in particular claims to be preaching the three angel’s messages, but their claim is not valid. For that matter, various religions, church groups and church leaders make all kinds of claims that are not Biblical, so this is not new nor surprising.

 

Here’s a short list showing why the three angel’s messages haven’t begun:

 

1.   The first angel’s message sets up a universal test to see who will worship Jesus Christ and during this test, Jesus judge’s mankind on the basis of each decision.

 

In other words, the first angel’s message impacts the entire world – everyone on Earth – at the same time because judgment day for the living begins on Day 1. The demand to worship the Creator comes as a test that everyone will either submit to or reject. The length of this test is 1,260 days because this is the duration of God’s Two Witnesses.

 

2.   Although we haven’t yet examined it in detail, it is not possible for the second angel’s message to have been given. Babylon does not yet exist. No one can give a message saying that Babylon is fallen when Babylon (the composite beast) hasn’t even come up out of the sea!

 

3.   The third angel’s message, the warning against worshiping the beast and receiving his mark hasn’t been given because: (a) the beast has not yet appeared on Earth and (b) the mark of the beast doesn’t exist at this time.

 

The point here is that the three angel’s messages are yet future. They occur at a specific time and they are specific message that address the context and circumstances of the moment for the whole world. Each message impacts the whole world – all 144,000 cells in a timely setting!

 

4.   What are the options?

 

The options to these three messages is painful. Because the three angel’s messages are so blunt and decisive, there will we no wiggle room. We will either submit and obey God’s Ten Commandments as commanded by Jesus or rebel.

 

This brings the composite beast into focus. The composite beast rises (the crisis government is formed) for the purpose of appeasing God, but it sets up laws contrary to God’s laws. The composite beast will persecute the saints because obeying God is contrary to its authority.

 

The gulf between obeying the three angel’s messages and obeying the laws of the crisis government will be so great that no one will be able to straddle the fence very long.   

 

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