Equip listeners to understand Revelation 6–7 as the convergence point of God’s “physical” and “spiritual” timelines—clarifying the roles of the seals, the rapture, Israel’s sealing (144,000), and Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24—so they can watch, persevere, and minister with confidence as end-time signs intensify. UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION PART 4 Video Teaching Pastor Marcos Marrero May 24, 2009 Objective: Equip listeners to understand Revelation 6–7 as the convergence point of God’s “physical” and “spiritual” timelines—clarifying the roles of the seals, the rapture, Israel’s sealing (144,000), and Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24—so they can watch, persevere, and minister with confidence as end-time signs intensify. Home Read the Written Teaching

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PROPHECY BY NUMBERS The objective of Prophecy by Numbers is to explain how God’s plan of salvation for humanity—spirit, soul, and body—follows a divinely ordained numerical and prophetic pattern. By tracing the biblical principles of justification, sanctification, and glorification, and their alignment with prophetic numbers and sequences in Scripture, the teaching reveals how God has structured the unfolding of salvation history and the end-time events leading to Christ’s return. PROPHECY BY NUMBERS Pastor Marcos Marrero December 5, 2021 Objective: The objective of Prophecy by Numbers is to explain how God’s plan of salvation for humanity—spirit, soul, and body—follows a divinely ordained numerical and prophetic pattern. By tracing the biblical principles of justification, sanctification, and glorification, and their alignment with prophetic numbers and sequences in Scripture, the teaching reveals how God has structured the unfolding of salvation history and the end-time events leading to Christ’s return. Synopsis: Prophecy by Numbers presents a comprehensive study of the biblical principle that all things follow a prophetic order rooted in divine numbering. Beginning with 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, it explains how salvation is threefold: the spirit is justified instantly at the new birth, the soul undergoes lifelong sanctification, and the body awaits glorification at Christ’s return. This triune salvation reflects the sequence of prophecy, always revealed as three elements completed by a fourth, as seen in Proverbs 30:21 and the imagery of the four winds, chariots, and horsemen. The work explores how the first three seals of Revelation correspond to deception, wars, and pestilences, while the fourth seal completes the age of grace and ushers in God’s judgment. Historical and present events—such as the release of the antichrist spirit at Christ’s resurrection, the wars that destroyed the Temple, and the pestilences like COVID-19—are identified as stages within this prophetic sequence. The narrative emphasizes how the world’s powers are using crises to push toward a centralized one-world system in opposition to God, preparing the way for the Antichrist. Ultimately, the teaching stresses that while the world heads toward deception, corruption, and control, the redeemed are not left without hope. Justification through faith, sanctification by obedience, and the future glorification of the body guarantee that believers will be “saved to the uttermost.” The rapture is presented as God’s rescue plan, followed by Elijah’s prophetic mission to the Jewish remnant. In all, Prophecy by Numbers underscores that even in judgment, God’s mercy and order prevail, pointing His people toward readiness, endurance, and faith in Christ’s imminent return. Inspired Teaching: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.” We are told in the letter to the Hebrews 7:25 that Jesus saves us to the uttermost; that is that our spirit, soul and body will all be gathered up together at His soon return. There is a spiritual principle at work here that if we understand it, will reveal to us how everything in life follows a carefully numbered and prescribed prophetic pattern. For example: the human spirit is saved instantly at the moment of the new birth, during what is commonly known as the born-again experience. After responding to the conviction of the Holy Spirit and accepting Jesus as our Savior and Lord, our spirit-man is instantly made alive to God—been previously dead or separated from God, for in sin we were conceived—during the new birth experience our spirit-man is immediately transported into the very presence of God’s throne to wait for the completion of the salvation of the soul and of the body. That is why there is joy in the presence of the angels of God in heaven over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10 Ephesians 2:6 “And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” This already happened to the spirit of all who have accepted Jesus as their Savior and Lord. Our spirit-man was raised and sitted with Jesus at the moment of our salvation. 1 John 3:9 “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed (Jesus’ spiritual down payment ) remains in him (the sinner who repents ); and he (the spirit of the person who repented) cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” Italics added for emphasis. The born-again experience can only be applied to our spirit-man who at the moment of our salvation is taken up to the heavenly places and made to sit with Christ Jesus where he—our spirit-man—who has been born of God does not sin. 1 Peter 1:9 “Receiving the END (goal) of your faith—the salvation of your souls.” On the other hand, the goal of our faith is the salvation of our soul or personality, which is a life-long process which ends at the time of our death, when our soul must appear before the judgment seat of Christ to give an account for the things that we did after our salvation be it good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that EACH ONE MAY RECEIVE (a reward or lack of it ) the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” Italics added for emphasis. So that while we are here on this earth we still have to fight the battle between good and evil. 1 John 1:8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” JUSTIFICATION then is for the spirit-man and can only be received by faith in the blood of Jesus and by trust in the grace of God. Romans 3:24-25 “Being JUSTIFIED freely by HIS GRACE through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by HIS BLOOD, through FAITH…” SANCTIFICATION is for the human soul and it is attained by daily obedience to the truthfulness of the Word of God. John 17:17 “SANCTIFY them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” GLORIFICATION which is the transformation of the physical body that goes from glory to glory here on earth until it dies and then waits for that blessed hope, at the return of Jesus Christ to the earth, when it is resurrected a glorified body that will never die: saved to the uttermost. 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 “So when this corruptible has put incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ‘O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’ ” Proverbs 30:21 “For THREE things the earth is perturbed, yes, for FOUR it cannot bear up.” In this proverb the Lord reveals to us a powerful spiritual principle that applies to the inner workings of prophecy itself. Revelation 19:10 “…For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” As I study the Scriptures I find that there are always three spirits at work in whatever situation we are looking at, and the matter is completed when the forth spiritual force comes into play. The testimony of Jesus always completes what the Bible refers to as the four winds. Ezekiel 37:9 “Also He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath’, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Come from the FOUR WINDS, O breath, and breathe on these slain that they may live.’ ” We see the progression of the four winds played out in the foundational doctrine of salvation: The process of Justification, Sanctification and Glorification which can only be completed when Jesus returns to the earth and sets up His kingdom here on earth. Jesus Himself being the fourth which the earth cannot bear up, that is why Armageddon takes place before His kingdom begins. Zechariah 6:1, 5 “Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and behold, FOUR chariots were coming from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze…And the angel answered and said to me, ‘These are FOUR spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth.” The FOUR winds of heaven are FOUR spirits that sometimes are portrayed as chariots that are led by different color horses, or as riders riding on the different colored horses themselves. Revelation 6:1 “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the FOUR living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, ‘Come and see.’ ” The first FOUR seals of Revelation chapter six follow the same pattern of three winds or spirits fomenting a matter and then followed by a forth, which when it is introduced it brings to a full completion the matter that it is dealing with. 2 Corinthians 4:18 “While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” For clarification purposes we need to understand how this principle of things which are seen and not seen works. Everything that is seen falls under the law of entropy; eventually all things that are visible will come to an unavoidable end and thereby accomplish an unseen or spiritual purpose for-ordained by God who sends the four winds to begin with. Revelation 1:2 “Who bore WITNESS (testified) to the WORD OF GOD, and to the TESTIMONY of JESUS CHRIST, to all things that he saw.” As we read the Bible we will find that when describing those things which are seen or visible God uses a lineal formula: He created everything in six days and then rested in the seventh. We see that in the physical TESTIMONY of JESUS CHRIST in the letters to the SEVEN churches; The sixth letter to the sixth church completes the purpose—He opened a door of escape—for the church age, while the seventh church is left behind not part of His work of grace any more. While describing those things which are invisible or spiritual, God uses the three plus one formula revealed to us in Proverbs 30:21. The TESTIMONY of the WORD OF GOD to the seven churches is a spiritual testimony, so that the four horsemen revealed at the opening of the first four seals completes the church age. While the last three seals deals with the consequences. The fifth seal deals with the martyr’s from the beginning of the church age who must wait for the number of their fellow servants and their brethren to be killed as they were—when that number is reached the fourth seal will be released. The sixth seal describes the rapture as Jesus returns in the clouds. Remember how the FOUR chariots were coming from between two mountains made of bronze? I believe bronze here symbolizes the martyr’s who had to die during their trials by fire. The sixth seal completes the beginning and the end of the age of God’s grace, which is bookmarked by the blood of the martyr’s. What a beautiful end to God’s glorious church! The seventh seal introduces a new era, in this case the beginning of God’s Wrath upon all those who rejected the salvation offered to the entire world during the age of God’s Grace. That means that we are eagerly awaiting the introduction of the fourth seal to usher in the completion of God’s Age of Grace. Luke 21:8-11 “And He said: Take heed that you not be DECEIVED. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them. But when you hear of WARS and commotions, do not be terrified: for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately. Then He said to them, nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be FEARFUL SIGHTS and great signs from heaven.” Notice how Jesus connects the opening of the first three seals in Revelation chapter six to His account in Luke: First deception /antichrist, then wars and commotions follow by fearful sights. DECEPTION comes through the spirit of antichrist who is revealed as riding on a white horse. This spirit was released when the guards who witness the angel telling them about the empty tomb were bribed to denied that Jesus had physically risen from the dead. 1 John 4:3 “And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ HAS COME IN THE FLESH is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is NOW already in the world.” You cannot counterfeit something that does not exist. The spirit of Antichrist could not be revealed until after the real Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Matthew 28:3-6, 12-13 “His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the GUARDS shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. But the angel answered and said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for HE IS RISEN, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay’…When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers (guards), saying, ‘Tell them, His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’ ” The above Scriptures officially confirms the very moment when the spirit of antichrist was released and it was THERE already in the world during the days of John’s writings and it is still here with us today until he is given a body to possess in the middle of the Day of God’s Wrath, only to be taken captive at the end of God’s Wrath, and thrown alive into the Lake of Fire. The opening of the second seal represents WARS, I think this seal was probably released with the war that led to the destruction of Herod’s temple before the generation of Jesus’ day ended. It is the same spirit of wars that took the world into two world wars. This same spirit will be given power to make war over one fourth of the earth—the Middle East—when the fourth seal is open and the Lord will intervene on behalf of the nation of Israel. I believe that right now we are smack in the middle of the third seal, which might have been released with the introduction of the atomic age. Revelation 6:5-6 “When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the living creatures saying, ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.’ ” Bread, oil and wine are not only the basis of any economic system, but from God’s perspective they represent the wholeness and wellness of all mankind. Which this present world system wants to control and it is using these tragic events like pestilences to attain their goal. Psalm 104:15 “And wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man’s heart.” According to Luke’s Gospel after the wars and during the third seal we will experience: “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and PESTILENCES; and there will be FEARFUL SIGHTS and great signs from heaven.” The Covid 19 virus is a pestilence. The next event that will follow the pestilence will be great and fearful sights in the sky. Luke 21:25-26 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” The powers that be in the world today, know the faithfulness of the Scriptures and use them to prepare themselves against what God’s plan is for the nations. That is what this third seal is all about; the world is getting ready for the one world government united against Almighty God. Psalm 2:1-3 “Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, ‘Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.’ ” Malachi 2:17 “You have wearied the Lord with your words; yet you say, ‘In what way have we wearied Him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,’ Or, ‘Where is the God of justice?’ ” We are living in the days of the end of the age of God’s Grace, the judgments of God are about to begin and the wicked leaders of the earth are preparing for them. What the wicked leaders of this corrupt world have in mind for the populace is Deception, Division, Corruption, and Total Control over every aspect of our daily lives. From their demonic perspective we are all expendable; the devil’s goal for all humanity is the total annihilation of the human race. For those of us who have been Justified by faith in the blood of Jesus and believe that the rapture of the church is a rescue mission for all who are alive and remain after the saints of old are raised from the dead, we will not be disappointed. For in the twinkling of an eye we will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air and thus will forever be with the Lord. Do not be left behind! Malachi 4:1-2 “For behold the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, that will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.” In order to have a one world government it is imperative to have a one world economy; and a world-wide economic system requires a world-wide monetary system. The key word here is CENTRALITY in order to be governed by one person, and for that you need a world-wide-net system of communications. And to make so many different nations and systems to willingly abandon their sovereignty you need a world-wide-crises. The antichrist spirit masks itself with the mantra of saving the planet, by saving it they mean to take it over and rule it into extinction. Revelation 13:15-17 “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes ALL, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Everything that has been taking place around the world since this Covid 19 pestilence started is nothing more than a big rehearsal for that which is going to be introduced in the world when the FEARFUL SIGHTS appear in the sky. An entire generation of children, now grownup, has been mentally conditioned for such a time as this. As Christians, it is imperative that we teach this new— and mentally different—last generation the truthfulness and certainty of God’s Word. Jesus said that you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Malachi 4:5-6 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” Elijah the prophet comes to the earth after the rapture of the church as one of the Two Witnesses, to turn the hearts of the Jewish children who were left behind, to the Lord. They will seal 144,000 of them for they represent the last generation which is the 144th. God receives them as a first-fruit offering on behalf of all the children left in the world. Thereby sparing all the innocent children around the world from His Day of Wrath. Even in Wrath, God remembers His Mercy! Previous Next Home

Say this prayer out loud: Mighty Heavenly Father, I lift up the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world to Your throne room and I forgive them of their iniquities, the sins they have committed, the curses against them, the curses spoken from them, and the sins of the land they walk on; and I ask You heavenly Father to forgive as them well per Matthew 6:14 KJV “14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:” Demons, loose the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world; the Lord rebuke you per Jude 1:9 “9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” I bind you with fetters of iron to the iron below my feet here on earth preventing you from interfering in the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world, ever again per Matthew 16:19 KJV “19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” And per Psalm 149:6-9 KJV “6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.” Father God, I bless the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world, with open ears, eyes, hearts, and minds to see, hear, receive, and believe the living Word of God because you state in Mark 4:12 KJV “12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.” I pray in hope that they see and perceive, hear and understand so they would believe in Jesus the Son of the living God! And Heavenly Father, I bless the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world with softened hearts to be able to perceive and live by Your Word because even you showed the disciples how hard their hearts were when they didn’t believe when You rose from the dead: Mark 16:14 KJV “14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” I also bless the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world with a spirit of reconciliation because that is the ministry You have given us. Let the spirit of God move forth in the hearts of the people in the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists to forgive and reconcile the nation back to Jesus, the Son of God as Paul states in 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 KJV “18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.” I pray that the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world are restored into the joy of salvation, and to the paths of righteousness as the following scriptures state: Psalm 23:3 KJV “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.” Psalm 51:12 KJV “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” I also pray that past generations deceived by lies would be restored to the truth going forward. I pray that the fruit of the spirit stated in Galatians 5:22-23 KJV “22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” manifests within the hearts of the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world. I pray that those who work in mainstream media, media outlets, and/or as a journalist that they will share truth and fact from the Bible. Declaring the Bible as truth and they are led by the Holy Spirit. I pray that the gifts of the Holy Hpirit stated in 1 Corinthians 12:7-12 KJV “7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” would unite the body of Christ under one leadership, the Holy Spirit and that the Spirit of God moves through each of us so that we know what to pray, how to pray, when to pray, and praise the living God in all that we do. And gracious Heavenly Father, we praise You as Psalm 150:1-6 KJV says “150 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” You are praised because You are. We now walk forward in peace knowing that You and Your angels are moving behind the scenes doing what You need to do to accomplish Your will as Psalm 103:20 KJV says “20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.” In the Name of Jesus, the Son of the living God we pray in unity, Amen!PRAY FOR MEDIA & JOURNALISM PRAY FOR MEDIA & JOURNALISM PRAY FOR MEDIA & JOURNALISM Say this prayer out loud: Mighty Heavenly Father, I lift up the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world to Your throne room and I forgive them of their iniquities, the sins they have committed, the curses against them, the curses spoken from them, and the sins of the land they walk on; and I ask You heavenly Father to forgive as them well per Matthew 6:14 KJV “14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:” Demons, loose the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world; the Lord rebuke you per Jude 1:9 “9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” I bind you with fetters of iron to the iron below my feet here on earth preventing you from interfering in the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world, ever again per Matthew 16:19 KJV “19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” And per Psalm 149:6-9 KJV “6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.” Father God, I bless the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world, with open ears, eyes, hearts, and minds to see, hear, receive, and believe the living Word of God because you state in Mark 4:12 KJV “12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.” I pray in hope that they see and perceive, hear and understand so they would believe in Jesus the Son of the living God! And Heavenly Father, I bless the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world with softened hearts to be able to perceive and live by Your Word because even you showed the disciples how hard their hearts were when they didn’t believe when You rose from the dead: Mark 16:14 KJV “14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” I also bless the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world with a spirit of reconciliation because that is the ministry You have given us. Let the spirit of God move forth in the hearts of the people in the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists to forgive and reconcile the nation back to Jesus, the Son of God as Paul states in 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 KJV “18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.” I pray that the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world are restored into the joy of salvation, and to the paths of righteousness as the following scriptures state: Psalm 23:3 KJV “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.” Psalm 51:12 KJV “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” I also pray that past generations deceived by lies would be restored to the truth going forward. I pray that the fruit of the spirit stated in Galatians 5:22-23 KJV “22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” manifests within the hearts of the mainstream media, media outlets, and journalists around the world. I pray that those who work in mainstream media, media outlets, and/or as a journalist that they will share truth and fact from the Bible. Declaring the Bible as truth and they are led by the Holy Spirit. I pray that the gifts of the Holy Hpirit stated in 1 Corinthians 12:7-12 KJV “7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” would unite the body of Christ under one leadership, the Holy Spirit and that the Spirit of God moves through each of us so that we know what to pray, how to pray, when to pray, and praise the living God in all that we do. And gracious Heavenly Father, we praise You as Psalm 150:1-6 KJV says “150 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” You are praised because You are. We now walk forward in peace knowing that You and Your angels are moving behind the scenes doing what You need to do to accomplish Your will as Psalm 103:20 KJV says “20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.” In the Name of Jesus, the Son of the living God we pray in unity, Amen! Previous Next Home

SPIRITUAL WARFARE Written Teaching Minister Lisa Kane February 12, 2023 Objective The objective of this teaching is to equip believers with biblical understanding and practical guidance for engaging in spiritual warfare. By exploring the unseen spiritual realm, identifying entities and influences described in Scripture, and applying the authority of Christ through prayer, confession, and faith, the message encourages Christians to take back what the enemy has stolen, walk in victory, and labor for the harvest. Synopsis In this message, Lisa Kane of House of Faith Ministries teaches on the reality of spiritual warfare as described in Ephesians 6:12. Believers are reminded that the battle is not against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual hosts of wickedness. The lesson stresses the importance of dwelling in the “secret place of the Most High” (Psalm 91:1), where personal communion with God empowers Christians to fight and overcome. Lisa outlines the different entities found in Scripture—including angels, demons, cherubim, seraphim, watchers, princes over nations, and spirits such as wisdom, knowledge, and fear—showing how they influence the natural and spiritual world. She emphasizes the authority believers carry in Christ, teaching that words of confession and prayer can bind the strong man, silence curses, and release blessings. The message highlights principles of binding and loosing, the power of spoken words, and the responsibility of the church to cover regions in prayer and intercession. Practical examples and personal testimonies illustrate how spiritual warfare affects daily life, from battling depression to praying for rain in drought-stricken California. Ultimately, the teaching calls believers to wage the good fight of faith, to reclaim what has been stolen—joy, health, peace, finances, and freedom—and to labor together as the body of Christ to bring in the harvest. Through persistent prayer, faith-filled confession, and reliance on the Holy Spirit, Christians are equipped to walk in victory and advance God’s kingdom despite the battles waged in unseen realms. Written and/or Transcribed Teaching from Video Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane. I'm recording this on Saturday, February 11th, 2023. And this message is called Spiritual Warfare. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we bless this word and we ask for our ears to be open, our eyes to be open so we can hear and see the spiritual dynamics of your word, the living word of God that we may walk it, apply it to our lives. Let it be a part of our spirit and our soul and our body. Thank you, Father God, for your living word. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scripture. Here we are looking at of course Ephesians 6:12. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Now, as you can see, I am recording this a week early. We're traveling next week, so I want to get this message up. So, we'll be open uh posting it with Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow. Um we're going tonight to the uh mission church uh Rosa deseron in downtown LA and so we're going to have a youth message up and running for you as well tomorrow. So that is all the announcements here at House of Faith Ministries. But we are glad you can join us today. I hope that you truly apply this word and if I could just simply remind you of this because this is very important. You need this in order to deal with spiritual warfare. Okay. Psalm 91:1, "He who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty." This is very important if you want to be in spiritual warfare and take back what is rightfully yours because a thief has stolen it from you. You know, he's stolen your joy, your happiness, your freedom, your finances, your health. You want all that back, you got to go get it and you got to fight for it. So, I'm going to show you how to do all that today in this message. And I want to remind you though that you need to be in the secret place with the Lord. And the secret place is not church. Everyone in church can see you. So that's not secret. So you want to get into the secret place with the Lord in your home or in your car, wherever it is where it's just you and God. And a reminder, you're going to be dealing with entities. I'm going to talk about that. I'm going to identify them all or most of them. And you're going to be dealing with that as you try to go in there. You know, uh, Pastor David just spoke, uh, Thursday night at Bundy Canyon Church here in, um, Wdemar and we were watching online. First thing he says is, "Wow, look at I don't get text messages all day. And the moment I'm going to preach here, I get text message." The moment you press into the Lord, you're going to have all those interruptions. So, just remember that. You've got to shut everything down. You've got to make it a priority. You have to fight for it. So, get into the presence of the Lord, the secret place of the Lord. Okay? that is between you and God. So he can talk to you and you can talk to him. And a little tip if I may give you a bit of advice that I learned many years ago because this is very very helpful. When I would read a scripture and there was something I didn't understand, I wrote the question down that I had in a book, a journal, and I dated it. And then as a few days would go by, because it always took about three days, I always got my answer. That is a relationship with the Lord and you need that. You're going to need that to deal with spiritual warfare. Okay? If you're not a believer in Christ and you're watching this message, you may not understand it. You may even mock it and call it hypocritical. Well, you know, that's your opinion. I suggest you don't watch and I suggest you do repent and then watch and watch how your mind opens up about this. Amen. All right. So, let's go back to that beginning scripture because that's very important here. Therefore, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, uh against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. So, we're going to describe some of the heavenly realm here. I want to show you this because I really truly believe you are going to be in for a world of surprise here. And there's a lot of revelation here as well. You know, as we get closer to the end times, knowledge is growing. And that is because of the Holy Spirit. And that is and he's teaching those that are dwelling in that secret place this revelatory knowledge. Okay. Now, you know, I've heard little comments just to also lay more foundation here about, well, why doesn't God just deal with the devil? and and there and I want to also deal with the concept that a lot of people believe that the devil has a lot of power and a lot of authority. So, I want to address that real quick here. There's a scripture in Isaiah 45 and I'm going to show it to you here in just a moment if you want to open your Bibles to it. Isaiah 45 is talking God is talking to a guy named King Cyrus through the prophet Isaiah. King Cyrus didn't exist for 400 years. So this prophecy is written 400 years in advance. But God is saying something very very important here. And I want you to see this in Isaiah 45:7. I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I the Lord do all these things. Now you know this should change your concept of God. Let's say God versus Satan. There is no God versus Satan. Satan's a tool of God. So Satan's going to have to do what God told him to do. So, think of it like this. When you're dealing with spiritual matters or you're dealing with, let's say, depression or you're feeling convicted about something, you haven't done anything. Let's let's go there and do an example. Let's talk about homosexuality. You have no you can't understand why God says it's a sin. And you're a believer in Christ, but you're struggling with this. So, you know, when God says it's a sin, you you need to be acknowledging that, but you're like, "No, no, these people, they need love. Love is love." And you're feeling convicted, but at the same time, you're rejecting it. So, God will send chastisement to you. Your blessing goes away. You're cur you're under now a curse because it is against the word of God and you're just struggling with this. But you are standing firm and you're holding strong to your conviction because you're saying, "No, no, no. I'm right. You're wrong." You might not be saying it verbally or really kind of thinking it, but that's what your spirit is doing because you're fighting God. Well, eventually God's going to send the devil after you. Why? Because he's trying to get your attention. He's trying to get you to understand. Now, if you're a believer in Christ and all hell breaks loose, that's the devil coming after you. You one have the authority to tell the devil to get below your feet. So, make sure that you do that because the devil runs. The moment you say that he has to run, he's actually lower than the animals. You can go read scripture in gener Genesis about that. So, when you do that, then you go to God and you say, you know what, Lord, I am sorry. Help me understand this. And he says in Isaiah chapter 1, come let us reason together. So he will show you why it's a sin. And if you want to know right now, he says to the whole earth, be fruitful and multiply. And homosexuality cannot do that. Imagine if everyone turned gay, this world would die in a generation or two. That's just the reality of it. So he says it's a sin. And whether you knew a reason or not, you should be honoring the fact that he said it's a sin. You see? So this is how the Lord works. Now, I want to show you some spiritual aspects, entities that exist that we know of from scripture. We don't know all of them, believe you and me. In fact, um, we probably don't even know an eighth of the creatures that God has made in the heavenly realm. Okay? So, I want you to understand this. So, what we know of right now, we know there are angels and demons. I'm not going to show you scriptures on demons. Enough scripture on that you can go read about that. But here uh here's an example of a scripture talking about angels. Luke 1:13. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zachcharias, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bury you a son, and you shall call his name John." Angels have been communicating with people for centuries. The term angel simply means messenger. And so it really doesn't describe anything other than the fact that he's from another dimension, the heavenly realm. Uh, I bring that on because I, you know, I just want you to understand there are angels, there are demons, okay? That that that's the basic entities. There's people that don't believe it. And that's fine if you don't believe it. You're going to see how much you actually do believe when you get to the end of this message. Watch this. So, let's look at other entities that exist. I I need to lay this foundation for you because I need you to understand. So, once you see all the players here, and I may not even grab all the players. I'm just grabbing some of them. You're going to see how they all work together or against you. You're going to see this waring. And this is why we're talking about spiritual warfare. You have to know this. Okay. Look at here. There are cherubim. So in Ezekiel 10:5, "And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court like the voice of Almighty God when he speaks." Now, I'm not describing what these creatures are and I'm not telling you exactly what they do or anything like that. I'm just telling you they exist. Okay? So that's cherubim that exists. We know that from scripture. Ezekiel. Now look at this. We know seraraphim exists. Isaiah 6:2. Above it stood saraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. And with two he flew. Uh see no evil here. I'm just kidding. But you can see saraphim exists. Again I don't know what that is but they exist. Then there's also an entity called watcher. And this is scriptural. There's uh Daniel 4:3-1 17 says, "I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven." Then jump down to verse 17. This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence of the word of the holy ones in order that the living may know that the most high rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever he will, and sets it over the lowest of men. Now, again, I don't know the role of watcher, but you can kind of get an idea that they kind of set up some of the rules and stuff here. You can also go look at um Genesis on watchers. There were 200 fallen watchers. They um mated with women and created giants in the earth. Uh the Nephilim, if you will. So, you can go check that if you're check that out if you're interested just to know more. Then there are entities called princes. This one's interesting. Look at this. Daniel 9:25. Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the prince there shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks the street shall be built again and the wall even in troublesome times. Messiah the prince. We need to remember that because we're going to be talking about that. Let's continue in Daniel to see more about princes because you're going to see how this applies here. Daniel 10:13, "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withtood me 21 days, and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia." So chief, one of the chief princes, there's a lot of princes. So, uh, let's continue on. Let's look at more scripture about this. Daniel 10, this is verse 20 to 21. Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come. But I will tell you what is noted in the scripture of truth. No one upholds me against these except Michael, your prince." That's an interesting scripture. You can really get a lot out of that. Uh so you can understand their princes. Uh prince of America, if you will. You saw prince of Greece, uh, prince of Persia, prince of Rome, prince of Babylon, prince of Ukraine, prince of Russia, prince of Japan. So there's always a prince exist over a country and over that entity, a large one anyways, and now they move as a group. Prince of Israel. Um, so you can see how that works. But there's more. There are also what I like to call influencers, but there are other spirits here. Watch how these guys work. Isaiah 11:2, "The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." So now there are spirits like wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel. So these I like to call them influencers because they're going to influence you. which means there's spirit of anger, spirit of hate, spirit of depression. You're starting to get an idea now of what this heavenly realm is about. And I wanted you to see that so that you understand what you're dealing with. So, let's let's break it down a little bit here. So, you're take a look at the room you're in. Now, you're you're human. You're you're flesh and blood like I am. And you can look and you see your walls or your window. Um, you see your ceiling, your floor, uh, but you know, maybe you're in a room with other people, you see other people, but you don't know what else is in there with you and see the Holy Spirit, you can't see him, but you know that he exists because you can feel the anointing when he exists. Hallelujah. Because it makes a change in you, believe you me. And when you spend time in the secret place of the Lord that I talked about, you'll hear his voice and he will talk to you. you will know what he's saying, where to go, how he draws you in. It's absolutely incredible. You're going to love that. Then you have um you know the prince of a country that's over that area. Think of a church. That church has a prince over it. Okay, so let me explain how this works. Messiah, the prince. So Jesus Christ is the flesh and blood, the the man who came to the earth. He he was born a male child. He grew up. He took the prince of Messiah and he he so Jesus the flesh and the man in the heaven in the earthly realm became the Messiah prince in the heavenly realm. And the two are symbiotic and they work together. You're going to see scripture on this in just a minute. So now the question comes into play because when you start seeing these entities that are around you, who's the strong man influencing that? So we have what's called the prince of America who is our president right now. Whatever his beliefs are is what our prince of America represents in the heavenly. Did you catch that? Now he We saw when Trump became president, a lot of people stating that he's not my president. And um it that punches holes in the spirit realm, by the way. And it takes your covering and breaks it off as soon as you don't as soon as you say that. So, you know, they said that about Trump. You've got other people now saying this about Biden. You have to be very careful with that because we need to keep our covering over America intact. Just because we disagree with what he represents, which we know that some of it is abortion and this is all against biblical. We the Bible, we understand that. But what our duty is is to one, let's not tear the covering down of America. Meaning, let's not speak words like he's not my president because it's going to tear the covering apart from the inside. By the way, what you have to do is now go into the spirit in your secret place and you need to be praying for America's covering and America's leadership and you need to be going to war. This is what you do now. Now, you you're going to find that other people are doing the same thing. Uh see uh Satan worshippers do it. witchcraft people, uh, uh, warlocks and stuff, they're doing this stuff and they do it actively because they're seeing results, which they shouldn't be seeing results if Christians are doing what they're supposed to be doing. You need to hear that, okay? You need to hear that. Now, I want to show you how all this works, how you deal with this, because it comes down to the words of your mouth. You're going to find that your words have been impacting America, impacting your church, impacting your work, your home life. Let's go to my absolute favorite scripture, the Bible that I think I put in at least 98% of my messages here. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth pause the moment you speak with your mouth things happen and this is not only for salvation the scripture but look at this says confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be saved saved means deliverance so taken out of a situation or that also deals with let's say you're you're angry about something and it's been getting you more and more angry you're just building up. You can actually come against that and say, "You know what, Lord? I don't want to be angry anymore. I need to let this go and I need your help." And you see, the moment you speak that, deliverance takes place. And and things in the heavenly start to move that shake that and that entity has to let you go. Then you need to fulfill that place that void in your heart with fruits of the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit. You can ask for joy, love, peace because now you want your spirit to your cup to fill up and that just pours out of you, that love instead of that anger and that hate. So you can see I'm talking about deliverance here as well. So this so I'm going to teach you how to go back and take what was stolen from you. You know your your joy was stolen from you. Your finances, your health, your peace of mind, your sleep, just even your sleep at night was stolen from you. These are things that you can take back and and you know you could pray for things over like over your neighborhood. You know it's as soon as you start I just taught on this about the the confession of the mouth. I did two messages on this. This is how important it is. But you can go and start praying blessings over your neighbors because I'm gonna tell you right now, when they're prosperous, they don't want to steal from you. You see how it blesses you in the long run. What revelation, just simple revelation for that. You know, it's absolutely incredible. But in order for you to take back, you have to deal with the strong man. And Jesus did that. Now, let's go look at scripture on this because I want you to understand what we're dealing with. Now, what the scripture I'm going to show you is dealing with the the church in context. So, what's more important right now is pulling in the harvest. So, if you want to take back your city, let's say uh you live in Las Vegas, what's the spirit that the prince of Las Vegas, what is he influenced by? Money and gambling. So, now you know what that prince is. Well, now you can go in the spirit realm and deal with that because you have to bind the strong man because you can't go into his house if he's awake and alert. He's going to stop you from doing whatever it is you're trying to take back. Let's say you lost $100,000 in gambling and you want to get it back. It was a poor decision. You need to spend more time with wisdom and but you can see you can take it back. It is rightfully yours. But you have to disable the strong man first. Let's go to scriptures. Look at that. We're going to look at Matthew 12:29 first. Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man and then he will plunder his house? Mark 3:27 says the same thing. No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods unless he first binds a strong man and then he will plunder his house. And then look at what Luke 11:21-22 says. When a strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoils. Now, who's the strongest man of them all? Wow, that's a very interesting question, Lisa. Would that be Jesus? You know, when Jesus was baptized, the very first thing he did is he went into the wilderness for 40 days and he fasted and he dealt with the strong man of the land, which was Satan. He dealt with them. He bound him up so tight that it when he would walk into a town, he would walk into a city, their eyes and ears were uncovered because he dealt with their sight and their hearing. that because now they can see and they can hear. People were getting saved, people were getting delivered, casting out demons, people were being healed. Uh people could see their their blindness would go away. The woman with the issue of of blood for 12 years. I mean, here now she had already spent all of her money on doctors. She had been looking for her healing. And here she finally hears of a man who's healing people. And so she thinks of it in her heart like if I could just touch his garment, you know, but because Jesus had dealt with the strong man first, she can now hear and her own understanding because she's a thinker. She's been looking. She had been seeking. But there were blinders where she couldn't find the truth until Jesus came. But because he bound the strong man, she can see the truth now. And that gave her the chance to go get her healing. And she got it. All she did was go and touch his garment and she was healed. And he acknowledged that it was her faith that did it. This is the power of dealing with your strong man. Now, there are scriptures that also deal with this and how you can say these words. Look at this in in Isaiah 40 54:17. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Look at this. And every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. And their righteousness is from me, says the Lord. Look at that. So no weapon formed against you shall prosper. Cannot It won't be fruitful. Let's say you you're a rape victim. You have the right to take back your sanity, your peace, your comfort, your joy, your trust because that entity, that evil thing that attacked you cannot be fruitful. And then look at this. Any words that come against you, every tongue which rises against you, you shall condemn. Do you see this theme here? Do you notice in the beginning of this message I said you need to get into the secret place with the Lord. You are going to be entering in and dealing with these spiritual entities because this is what Jesus has been training you to do. So this is how you're going to get back what the enemy has stolen from you. And then you can see what you can stop. So like if the enemy is coming against you, you're at your workplace and all of a sudden I mean accusations are coming all over and you're innocent, you know it. And you're just sitting there going, "All right, Lord." And you say you say to all the entities that are around you, you simply say, "You will not be fruitful. You will not prosper. I bind you in the name of Jesus." Because now you're stopping the strong man because you're the stronger man because you're spending time in the secret place with the Lord. So what did Jesus say? When you see Jesus, you know his father. Well, when you see Lisa, you know Jesus. Do you see how this is? So when you get into the secret place and you are imitating Christ, you are learning of Christ. You are learning how Christ ministered, now you can go get the harvest. And now you can keep the enemy from prospering against you. You get to do this. This is your responsibility. You should be doing it. You got to understand that this is you dealing with the spiritual entities that are waring around you. So yes, you have this prince over America that he's influenced because now by the laws and the rules and the principalities that exist, the door is open for evil to rule there in America because of what our leadership believes. He has the right to believe that by the way. Now that doesn't mean you have to take that on and support it. No. In fact, it is your responsibility to say no. And that when you don't support it and you come into the secret place, you're not sending out accusations. You're not speaking words against America. You're not defiling America. You're not cursing America. You bless your land and your area because you say, "Lord, here's your scripture. You say that that that's a sin. I agree with you. I and I'm not supporting abortion. I am not supporting homosexuality. I'm standing in your word. And when you do that, your area is covered. So now, like in my area, I live in California, Southern California. What was one of the things that we dealt with was drought. Drought, by the way, is spiritually represented in the scripture as you're not spending time with God. And California has gone there. And you can see some of the woke thoughts that are coming out of this region. However, I said, Lord, I don't have to live in this drought. I could have got up and move and I'm still contemplating it. Still looking. We're traveling next week to go look at things. But I'm going to tell you here and right now that I said, "No, I don't have to live in drought. I'm gonna pray for rain." And so now during this process, so I start praying for it. It's like a year and a half now, two years ago. I start praying for rain. I'm like, "Okay, Lord, let's bring the rain. I thank you for the rain." And I'm just asking for more rain, asking and asking, asking. We we had a pretty good fall this past fall in autumn. We had a lot more rain than normal. But I'm watching these news articles of these naysayers coming in saying, "Oh, we're still in a drought." And I went to God and I and God appreciates this. I went to him and I said, "Shut their mouths, Lord, because what I'm trying to bless, they're trying to curse and I don't want to be waring with them anymore." So, I went to God and I said, "Shut their mouth." And then what happened? We end up with what, eight atmospheric rivers that hit California, Northern California. We have rain for days and the drought level is nearly gone. We, you know, there's still a little bit. I'm still praying for rain. We We got to fill up all of our lakes that were gone. But see, I have the right to do that because I know where I stand in the scripture because I spend time in the secret place with the Lord. This is your right, too. You have the right to do all this. Look and and see, you got to deal with that strong man. You got to bind him. Look at the scripture on this. Watch again. This has to deal with you're seeing in context with the church and the the representation of the church, the entity of the church. Whatever church that you're at has that entity. So Jesus beca, he was the man, but he took on Messiah Prince and he was a prince. That's he's a prince. So he operated both in the physical and the spiritual and he teaches that us. I'm going to show you that scripture here. So now you may not be as strong as Jesus, but you have Jesus on your side. You and Jesus now under his covering, his friendship. You get to come up under it with him. And the two of you get to operate in that. And you can. So when I went to the Lord and I said, "Shut their mouths." Look at the scripture. Watch this. This is exactly what I did. This is Matthew 16:17-19. Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjon John, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." You see, this is the responsibility of the church to be doing this. Are you listening, church pastors? Listen very carefully. Watch this. And the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Verse 19. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. You ever feel a tickle in your throat and you say, "Oh, I think I'm coming down with something." Guess what? You open the door. Come on in, sickness. That's what you did. Watch your tongue. Watch what you say. Let's look at it from um by the way these scriptures are only found in Matthew about binding things and look at this in Matthew 18 because now we're dealing with it from I now the perspective of a person coming uh that's hurting the church that's hurting like I went to the father about these naysayers I I don't know these people who are writing these articles about droughts but that's what they believe in. There's nothing I can do. I can't go fly up there. I probably could have and and try to convince them that you're wrong. We can do this together, but because they're not believers in Christ, there's nothing I can do about it until the Lord brings them in. So watch how now you can deal cuz see when the church is trying to get together to go take a city and start evangelizing and to take back the harvest they are going to be dealing with the individuals in the church that are going to curse it or no that's not my thing that's not my calling but see that's the covering you're under if you're attending that church listen to this very carefully now in Matthew 18 we're going to read verses 15 through 20 moreover if your brother sins against you that's somebody coming against what the pastor, the leadership is calling for that prince in the heavenly realm to be the strong man of that region. You see, the church is here. He's got a a prince. Now, that prince can be strong if that headship of the church, which is the pastor and the elders, they need to be in the secret place with the Lord. They need to get together as well and they need to say, "I'm taking back my city." which means I'm coming against drugs, alcohol, vandalism, robberies, uh theft. Yeah, you name it. You got crimeridden areas in your city. Well, the church can take that back and bring in the people. What you have to do is you have to get in there and say the words, open their eyes to see, open their ears to see, hear, watch. I'm going to show you this in scripture, but let's I was kind of jumping ahead here. says, "So if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you've gained a brother. But if you not hear you, now you take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established." Notice how he says that. Every word may be established. Again, we're dealing with spoken words, blessings, cursings. Got to be careful with what you say. Verse 17. And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. Assurely I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. You see how the principle works. Remember the very first scripture, Ephesians 6:12. We don't fight against flesh and blood, but we fight against principalities, principles, rules, regulations, laws. You see, somebody is coming against you and saying no, we can't do this. Look at the the story of the 12 spies. 10 spies said no. Two said yes. And those two had to wait 40 years. So, it impacted them big time. But they got back, didn't they? They got to go in the promised land. They got back what they were what was stolen from them. You got to hear this. You got to understand. And you got to fight for this. You have to to take the effort to go fight for it. Look at this. 1 Timothy 6:12. Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of an eternal life to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. So now this is why the elders and the pastor have to get together behind the strong man. You need to tell them sin, you are not welcome here. We're shutting you off. And we're also speaking to the spirit of each person because each person now has a spirit that represents themselves in the spirit realm. Say, I open your eyes to see. I open your heart to receive. I open your ears to hear you. This is the responsibility of the church to take back. Now, imagine if every region did this. I think uh the Lord would be really definitely having a Holy Spirit revival being poured Home Watch the Video Teaching

The Shadow of Evil To reveal the biblical mystery of evil—its origin, purpose, and end—within God’s plan of grace, showing how Christ’s redemptive work assures believers of victory over darkness. The Shadow of Evil Pastor Marcos Marrero October 9, 2023 The Shadow of Evil Objective: To reveal the biblical mystery of evil—its origin, purpose, and end—within God’s plan of grace, showing how Christ’s redemptive work assures believers of victory over darkness. Synopsis: In The Shadow of Evil, Pastor Marcos Marrero explores one of Scripture’s deepest mysteries—the origin, nature, and ultimate defeat of evil. Drawing from both Old and New Testament passages, he presents evil as a shadow: the antitype and opposite of God’s goodness. From the rebellion of Lucifer, through the curse of the law, to the rise of the Antichrist, Pastor Marcos traces how this shadow has taken form in creation and history. The book explains God’s redemptive purpose in allowing evil to manifest so that it could be fully exposed, judged, and defeated through Jesus Christ. Pastor Marcos shows how humanity, created in God’s image, plays a central role in this cosmic struggle. He emphasizes Christ’s atoning sacrifice as the antidote to sin and death, a victory that will culminate in the binding of Satan, the thousand-year reign of Christ, and the eternal glory of the New Jerusalem. Rich with biblical references and prophetic insight, The Shadow of Evil is both a theological study and a call to recognize God’s purpose and grace revealed “before time began.” It assures readers that while the shadow of evil is real, its days are numbered, and God’s eternal light will triumph forever. Sample first pages of the Book/Manual: Introduction: 2 Timothy 1:9 "Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began." (Bold and italicized added for emphasis) Before time began means that before God created our universe, He not only had a purpose for creating it—which had been hidden from us—but within that purpose was also intricately hidden the mystery of grace, and both were destined to be revealed to us in Christ Jesus. Romans 16:25 "Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret (hidden) since the world began." (Words in parenthesis and italicized are added by me unless otherwise noted.) I believe this mystery to be the revelation of the purpose behind the creation which is two-fold, God's purpose and grace. Now we who presently know God's mercy and have tasted of the sweet nectar of God's grace toward us, in the salvation that we now enjoy in Jesus, have also been given the privilege to know the hidden purpose behind the creation in which we now exist. Romans 11:33 "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God (God's purpose and grace)! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!" It is with confidence in the abilities given to us by the Holy Spirit through the power of His grace that works within us that we now endeavor in searching out what God's real purpose was behind the creation of our universe, and how grace was the bulwark that sustained that purpose. Daniel 2:22 "He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him." I believe the key that unravels the mystery behind the purpose for creation lies in understanding the meaning of darkness and its interaction with light. We could also call it the struggle between good and evil. In either case, the true revelation of the mystery behind God’s creation can only bring glory to God and to Jesus Christ, who is the manifestation of God's grace, through whom also the abilities to reveal such secrets is given to us. Daniel 2:47 "…'Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.'" Chapter One: The Shadow Psalm 91:1 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." So many things within our physical realm serve as types of spiritual truths: Water Baptism, Holy Communion, and Holy Matrimony, which must be between a man and a woman in order to preserve its significance, all serve as symbols of great spiritual truths. I believe shadows to be a great metaphor—if not the greatest—for explaining the purpose behind the creation of our universe. For it is only within the physical and visible parts of our universe that shadows are cast, since without a physical figure exposed to the light in three-dimensional space the shadows cannot reveal their silhouettes. 2 Corinthians 4:18 "While we do not look at the things which are seen (the things that cast shadows), but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary but the things which are not seen are eternal (there will be no shadows in the future eternity, for our eternal physical bodies will have flesh and bones animated by pure energy)." Since Paul admonishes us, regarding the interactions between the physical and the spiritual, to put our emphasis on those things which are spiritual—the things which cast no shadows—then let us ask this question: What spiritual type does a shadow represents? Within our natural understanding, our shadow is but a silhouette of our physique; from the general perspective a shadow/shade can be a shelter from the hot bright sun, or as in the Psalm above metaphorically speaking, a shadow can be seen as a covering of protection that God Himself provides for those who dwell in the secret place revealed to us in God's amazing grace! But there is a greater mystery revealed to us in Psalm 91 if we look closely; God is Spirit, and spirits cannot cast shadows for they are in essence energy—energy manifests itself as light which casts no shadows—so we must interpret the phrase, the shadow of the Almighty metaphorically of course. But just like the Light of God casts a good metaphorical shadow of protection, a shadow can also be interpreted as an opposite or a negative of what the real thing embodies. It is the same with God's goodness, which casts a metaphorical shadow which represents the opposite or a negative of the reality it mimics. You see, God is God, but He is also Good—as a matter of fact, the only One who is Good—that means that in the presence of Good, the opposite of Good—Evil—has to exist as a contrast, like a lurking shadow which has no entity; and since we know that the antitype of Good is Evil, the shadow represents the opposite of all that is Good, which is what Evil is: a shadow or opposite of God's goodness. Mark 10:18 "So Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.'" After being called "Good Teacher" by someone who was seeking salvation, Jesus makes the point to the seeker that if he is going to call Him Good, he is calling Him God also, since only God is good. Jesus seems to be going out of His way to make this point to us. Why is the fact that only God is Good so important? In order to know the importance of this question, we must ask another question first; Does Evil exist only here, part of our present creation, or did Evil exist before God created the universe, way back in infinity time or the time before time began? We can establish by reading the Scriptures that Evil took on essence when iniquity was found in Lucifer whose name means light bearer, who up to that moment was good and perfect; since he had been created in the image of God, like the rest of the angels and archangels. But we know that his nature was changed immediately from light-bearer to devil after he rebelled and was instantly removed from the Kingdom of the Heavenly Lights. Devil means the personal supreme spirit of evil. He also became Satan which means adversary or opposite; that means that Lucifer became Satan, the shadow or opposite of all that is Good, which is God. But the very fact is that Evil had to exist in some type, without essence of course, before the fall of Lucifer for Lucifer to be able to turn to it and become the essence of it. That brings us to what I call The Shadow of Evil. Way back in infinity time—before the creation took place—God, who is Good and has always been Good and is the only Good; outside of God, Evil had to exist but only in principle, due to the fact that the very goodness of God, which is the essence of God Himself, necessitated the existence of Evil, outside of God, to exist in principle; in order to affirm that goodness is Good and that Evil is bad, by the presence of the antitype—the shadow—which represented the very existence of Evil itself, yet without essence or form. God is infinite and He dwells in an infinity which is and will always remain undefiled, even by the mere presence of Evil. So that Evil could only exist as a metaphorical shadow that was cast by the Light of God's goodness, but existed only in principle, without essence or form. In other words, how can only God be Good if there is no antitype or contrast to His goodness? How can we be called physical humans if we do not cast shadows when exposed to the light? Angels are made of light/energy, they do not cast shadows. How can God be the only Good if there is no opposite or antitype to His goodness that defines what goodness is not? This brings us to the first part of His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. What was God's real purpose for the creation of our universe? Following the premise that I've just laid out, and employing our knowledge of God's character and virtue, it would have been impossible for God to create creatures that embodied the goodness and sovereignty of God in infinity time, without risking the corruption of infinity time itself. Here is what I mean, let's say that God creates the same angels that He created when He created our universe, but let us place them in infinity time before God created our universe. Since Evil had no essence back then, none of the angels could have known what Evil was. They would only have knowledge of the goodness of God, but since God created them after His own image which includes God’s sovereignty, at some point in time, one or some of these good angels might venture to test the boundaries of their existence and come to the flawed conclusion that there is goodness everywhere, believing therefore that they could be good without God. That flawed thinking is what brought Lucifer down, and the many that followed him. Isaiah 14:12-15 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars (the angelic class that God created) of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the pit." No one can be like God on their own for only God is Good; that means that anyone outside of God and without God becomes the opposite of what God is. The shadow which represented the fullness and sum of all that is called Evil, in an instant indwelled Lucifer, the entity who dared to claim to be like God, and by so doing became the host of Evil and the antitype of all that God is. Here's where you can purchase this book of this book is published: Amazon Barnes & Noble Xulon Press Book Found Here Previous Next Home

REST IN TIMES OF TROUBLE To encourage believers to remain steadfast in love, forgiveness, and prayer during times of hatred, strife, and lawlessness, while trusting God’s ultimate justice and relying on the Holy Spirit’s restraining power against evil in the world. REST IN TIMES OF TROUBLE Pastor Marcos Marrero Objective: To encourage believers to remain steadfast in love, forgiveness, and prayer during times of hatred, strife, and lawlessness, while trusting God’s ultimate justice and relying on the Holy Spirit’s restraining power against evil in the world. Synopsis: This teaching, based on 2 Thessalonians 1:7, highlights the believer’s hope of finding rest in Christ amidst troubling and contentious times. Scripture reveals that hatred is the root of strife, and as lawlessness increases in the last days, love will grow cold (Matthew 24:12). The message draws from both biblical truth and personal testimony—such as the 1961 Bay of Pigs incident—to illustrate how easily crowds can be manipulated by hatred and how vital it is for Christians to remain sober-minded and not influenced by the venom of strife. Believers are reminded that God’s justice will prevail, that every person will face judgment (Hebrews 9:27), and that those in Christ already share in eternal life (John 11:26). The church, empowered by the Holy Spirit, serves as a restraining force against lawlessness, exercising authority through prayer and spiritual warfare (2 Thessalonians 2:7). Practical examples—including the stopping of a neighborhood fight through prayer—demonstrate the power of intercession to bring peace. Ultimately, the lesson urges the church to rise in unity, resist the pull of hatred, and enforce God’s peace through love, forgiveness, and fervent prayer, knowing that prayer works and that rest is promised to the faithful when Christ returns. Inspired Teaching: 2 Thessalonians 1:7 “And to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels.” Even for well-disciplined persons, we can all agree, that we are living in the midst of distress and highly contentious days. There are so many misguided people out there, many of which have a huge platform that allows them to stir up trouble and to sow the seeds of hatred and division, just for the sport of it, who do not care in the least if their rhetoric harm others. However, if we understand the spirit behind it, it will make it easy for us Christians to understand what all this chaos is all about and help us not to get caught up in the emotional turbulence of these last days. Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.” The root of all the contentions that flare up constantly all over the world is the spirit of hatred, but as long as the spirit of love and forgiveness has the upper hand, the strife is contained. But if it seems that strife and contentions are ruling the day, maybe it is because we are living in the last days, because Jesus told us that during the last days the love of many would grow cold. Matthew 24:12 “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” So, the key for us believers is not to get caught up in the emotional hatred of the day, but rather continue in love, forgiving one another, even as the Lord forgave us all and gave to us His unconditional pardon. I know that for many of you out there, you may feel that the hatred and contentions of these last days will not have a direct impact on your personal life, but you have to remember that most people think that way, and if by chance you happen to get caught up in it, because of your failure to prepare yourself for such an occasion, you may end up failing to respond properly in your heart with the spirit of love and compassion, and instead you may lose your composure and respond with evil intent. When the Bay of Pigs invasion took place in Cuba in 1961, I was just 14 years old. Castro’s soldiers came to our house and arrested my dad and brother who was eight years older than me; I guess I was too young so they did not take me. They arrested everyone that they thought might be a threat to them, even though we lived far from the place where the invasion took place. Their strategy was to lock up everybody that might join with the invading forces in an uprising against the communist government. They took all the people that they arrested and put them in the yard of a government owned building. They put machine guns facing them in the two corners of the yard facing the building, and were ordered to shoot them if an invasion started near our town. I was there on the street watching in unbelief, looking as it all took place. Then communist agitators started fanning the flames of hatred toward those innocent people of the town, whose only crime was that they had not previously joined the communist militia in support of Castro. A large crowd of people had gathered on the street to see, like I had, all that was taking place. To my amazement the people of the town who knew the innocence of those who were locked there for no good reason, all of the sudden under the impulse of those communist agitators who were calling out for vengeance, joined them, calling out loud for the execution of those who were locked in the yard. I was there, in their midst, looking at them and saying to myself, that is my dad and my brother in there, how could you say that, but they were blinded by such a strong hatred that all they wanted was blood. I will never forget that day as long as I live, and thankfully the invasion did not come any where near us, so that eventually, after two weeks most of them were released, including my dad and brother. Who were the people in the crowd? Some of them were our very own neighbors. I remember thinking, as they were loudly chanting for the execution of innocent blood, the many times that my dad had so selflessly helped many of those in the crowd in their hour of need, for it was a small town of about three thousand people. But you see there is no reasoning with the spirit of hate, and the only protection against it is for us not to get emotionally involved with the propagation of such hatred, for those agitators can get pretty good at it. 1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” When the believers were first filled with the Holy Spirit, many thought that they were drunk with wine, but under the influence of the Spirit of Love those believers transformed the world for the good of all mankind. Those in the crowd back in 1961, that were calling for the murder of innocent people appeared to me to be drunk as well, however their intoxication came as the result of them partaking of the venom of hate. By telling us to be sober, Peter means for us not to get intoxicated with the venom of hatred and strife that the world is constantly peddling. Remember that Peter was an eyewitness of that hatred, as he was there, present, when those who were so blinded by their hatred took our Lord away and beat Him into a bloody mess. What about all the injustices that are continuously taking place? 2 Thessalonians 1:6 “Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you.” God always has the final say. That is why He has appointed a day for every single individual to appear before Him in final judgment. Nobody gets away with anything, for if they repent and our Lord forgives them, then the sufferings that our Lord endured on behalf of all mankind pay in full for their misdeeds as well as ours; now that is something that we should all be glad about. Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” Now those of us who are in Christ have already been judged and have already passed into life eternal, though it does not yet appear like we have, because we are still here in this world. John 11:26 “And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” So that the only reason that we are still here is for our presence to be a restraining force against the spirit of strife and lawlessness that wants to intoxicate the whole world and drive them into killing each other. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 “For the mystery of lawlessness (hatred stirs up strife) is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” What restrains the mystery of lawlessness, which is nothing more than hatred stirring up strife, is the Holy Spirit that is within us, His church. Once the Holy Spirit takes the church away to meet the Lord in the clouds, His restraining presence is removed as well. What that means is that we are privileged to exercise God’s restraining power over all these demonically manufactured crises, through our prayers of binding and loosing that which God has already foreordained to be bound and to be loosed. But how can we be effective in this ministry of restraining and reconciliation if we ourselves get caught up in the vileness and hatred that is so pervasive out there? 2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. The evil one is a master at manipulating human emotions and does not care who is right or who is wrong. All that he is interested in is causing hatred to flourish, for that is what stirs up strife and contentions. I once heard screaming outside of my kitchen window that looked into the street to see a fight had broken out between three or four teenage boys. And in the middle of the chaos from inside my kitchen window I prayed: Lord, this is my neighborhood, I bind every spirit of contention that is at work right now between those boys and in my street. Immediately the fracas stopped, amazingly they started to converse as to what offenses they had committed against one another, and it was then that they saw the whole thing as a simple misunderstanding and shook hands in friendship. Needless to say my jaw dropped, as I turn to my wife who was standing next to me and asked her, did that really happened? I was just praying instinctively, but even in my best faith posture I did not expect such immediate results, yet there it was, once the spirit of contention was removed, animosity slipped away and reason prevailed. Imagine the power that the church has if we can just come together in the spirit of unity and enforce our restraining power over all the power of lawlessness that has engulfed our land! PRAYER WORKS! Previous Next Home

WHAT DO THE FIRST FIVE SEALS IN REVELATION REPRESENT? The objective is to investigate the first five seals of Revelation by allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture, examining the progression of the first four horsemen and the change that occurs with the fifth seal. This teaching encourages believers to recognize what the seals reveal about Christ, the world around us, and our responsibility to watch and pray. WHAT DO THE FIRST FIVE SEALS IN REVELATION REPRESENT? Minister Lisa Kane September 11, 2026 Objective: The objective is to investigate the first five seals of Revelation by allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture, examining the progression of the first four horsemen and the change that occurs with the fifth seal. This teaching encourages believers to recognize what the seals reveal about Christ, the world around us, and our responsibility to watch and pray. Synopsis: In Revelation, Jesus alone is worthy to open the seven seals. As the first five seals are opened, a pattern begins to emerge. The first four introduce horses and riders associated with conquering, the removal of peace, economic imbalance, and death—yet throughout each, we can also see Christ as the believer’s righteousness, peace, provision, and life. The fifth seal brings a noticeable change: there is no horse or rider. Instead, John sees the souls of those who were martyred for the Word of God and their testimony, resting beneath the altar as they wait for their number to be completed. Could the imagery of the first four horses help us understand Jesus’ command to watch—like a watchman seeing approaching riders become clearer as they draw nearer? And could the seals describe conditions that began developing following Christ’s ascension and become increasingly recognizable as His return approaches? The investigation leaves us with the question every believer should consider: Are you watching and praying? Inspired Teaching: Revelation 5:1-7 NKJV And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. 4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open [a]and read the scroll, or to look at it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and [b]to loose its seven seals.” 6 And I looked, [c]and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. What is a seal? As a noun, dictionary.com tells us that it’s used as evidence of authority. Remember in the introduction I spoke of knowing who God speaks to? The seals are like mail addressed to the church that only one is worthy can open. Jesus was obedient to death on the cross and He is found worthy to open the seals. What does this tell us? Could this mean that these seals begin from Jesus’ ascension in Acts 1? First Seal Revelation 6:1-2 NKJV Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the [a]seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. Allow me a moment to put on my teacher hat: ‘crown’ in Greek is ‘stephanos’ meaning to twine or wreath. It’s a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games, or a symbol of honor. Back to investigator, we see a white horse with a rider that is not identified, who has a bow, crown, went out conquering and to conquer. What does this mean or represent? Since the crown isn’t a king’s diadem, could this be about someone who overcomes? Psalm 7:11-12 NKJV 11 God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready. Isaiah 1:18 NKJV 18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. Romans 8:37 NKJV 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 2 Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. Revelation 12:11 NKJV 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Why would Scripture connect a white horse, overcoming, righteousness, and a stephanos crown if they were completely unrelated themes? Could these passages be describing the same spiritual reality from different perspectives? White horse - White as snow Bow (no arrows) - God has His bow bent and ready even in anger Crown - Crown of Righteousness Conquering - More than Conquerors To Conquer - Overcame by the blood of the Lamb This investigation is not intended to close the discussion, but to begin it. The evidence presented here is an invitation to continue searching the Scriptures for yourself. As you compare Scripture with Scripture, ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom, remembering that He never contradicts the Word He inspired. Second Seal Revelation 6:3-4 NKJV 3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come [b]and see.” 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. If the first seal points toward believers overcoming through Christ, what happens when peace is removed from the earth? Does Scripture describe this removal of peace elsewhere? Isaiah 63:2 NKJV 2 Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress? Revelation 19:15 NKJV 15 Now out of His mouth goes a [a]sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. John 16:33 NKJV 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you [a]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Matthew 10:34 NKJV 34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. Hebrews 4:12a NKJV 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, Ephesians 6:17 NKJV 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; Revelation 1:16 NKJV 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. Fiery Red Horse - Red garments from winepress (Jesus treads the winepress) Peace Removed - Find Peace in Jesus People should kill one another - Result of no peace Has a great sword (doesn’t strike?) - God's Word is called a sword Whether these scriptures fully or partially explain the second seal, it brings us questions to our mind. Why fiery red? Why a horse? Why doesn’t the rider use the great sword? Why isn’t this rider named just like in seal one? What kind of world do you see without peace? If I may make a suggestion, take a moment to ask the Lord to help you understand what is meant with this second seal. Third Seal Revelation 6:5-6 NKJV 5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales[c] in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A [d]quart of wheat for a [e]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” If the seals begin with Jesus’ ascension, what does the color black represent and why is it associated with imbalance by the scales in the riders’ hand? What can cause an imbalance? Could it mean drought or something that affects the availability of wheat or basic necessities? Jeremiah 14:2 KJV 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. Jeremiah 14:4 NKJV 4 Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads. Notice, the rider is not using the scales. There’s a pattern evolving. I’ll bring that more to light once we’re through the fourth seal. What about the voice? Notice that John never says the rider announces the prices. Instead, John hears 'a voice in the midst of the four living creatures' speaking. The rider possesses the scales, but another voice declares the value of the wheat and barley. Why? Is that distinction important? What is a denarius? Matthew 20:2 NKJV 2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. If a denarius is a day’s wage, then it appears that the normal wage no longer supports normal purchases. And what does ‘do not harm the oil and wine’ mean? Why are wheat and barley carefully measured, yet oil and wine are protected? Luke 11:3 NKJV 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. Jesus taught His disciples to pray for their daily bread. Could this connection help explain why wheat appears here? Or is Scripture inviting us to look even deeper? Just as peace is found in Jesus, so our daily bread is found through Him. Notice the distinction in cost between wheat and barley. Why would Scripture distinguish between them? How about the oil and wine? James 5:14 NKJV 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 1 Timothy 5:12 NKJV 23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent [a]infirmities. 1 Peter 2:24 NKJV 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose [a]stripes you were healed. Oil and wine appear together elsewhere in Scripture. Oil is associated with anointing, while wine was used medicinally. Could this explain why the voice says not to harm them? Or is Scripture pointing us toward another purpose?" Black horse - Drought / Mourning Scales - The rider is not using the scales Voice - Not the rider? A Quart of Wheat - Daily Bread (prayer) Denarius - A day’s wage Wheat - Wheat requires an entire day's wage. Barley - Barley provides three times as much for the same wage. Do not harm oil or wine - Healing or is there more? The more questions we ask of Scripture, the more Scripture answers with Scripture. Whether these passages fully explain the third seal or simply add to the evidence, the investigation reminds us to slow down, observe carefully, and allow God's Word to interpret itself. Continue asking. Continue searching. The journey is far from over. Fourth Seal Revelation 6:7-8 NKJV 7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And [f]power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. The color of this horse is pale. Jeremiah 30:6 NKJV 6 Ask now, and see, Whether a [a]man is ever in [b]labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale? What happens to a person’s face when they feel intense pain and distress? The Bible uses that imagery here in the fourth seal. Does this mean that this seal is like a woman in labor with birth pangs? Did you catch the change in the fourth seal? The rider is identified as Death and he has power over a fourth of the earth. The first three seal riders were not identified and the tools they had in their hands were not in use. Also, Hades follows him. Is there a difference between Death and Hades? Hebrews 9:27 NKJV 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 NKJV 6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Comparing these passages suggests a distinction between Death and Hades. Death claims the body, yet the soul continues to exist. If so, where does the soul go after death? Acts 2:27 NKJV 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. What did Christ do when He died on the cross? Christ has been the central theme of the first three seals. Is He still the central theme in the fourth seal? Colossians 1:14 NKJV 14 in whom we have redemption [a]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. What can Death and Hades do with their power over a fourth of the earth? “To kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.” What is the sword? A sword is a weapon that can kill and defend. Isaiah 21:15 NKJV 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, From the bent bow, and from the distress of war. Hebrews 4:12 NKJV 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. They are authorized to kill with hunger. Hunger is just one type of death among many, but as we examine these specific forms of death, let's also see how Jesus responds to each one. Matthew 5:6 NKJV 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Matthew 4:4 NKJV 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” God fed Elijah during the famine. David testified that he had not seen the righteous forsaken nor their descendants begging bread. Jesus fed the five thousand and later the four thousand. 1 Corinthians 15:55 NKJV 55 “O[a] Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” Death and Hades are authorized to kill with death. Why would John, the Beloved add ‘death’ in here again? It’s the same word in Greek for His name as it is used here. There are several scriptures that mention something twice. Could that be that this is important and that’s why it is mentioned here twice? I wonder, another way to see this is that there are many ways to die and including it here a second time may cover those other kinds of death. How do you see this ‘second’ time ‘death’ is mentioned in the fourth seal? They are also authorized to ‘kill’ with beasts of the earth. Ezekiel 14:21 NKJV 21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it? Pale Horse - Pain, distress, sickness Rider has a name - Death Death - The body dies Hades - A place for a soul after the body dies Have power/authority - This horse has power and uses it unlike the first 3 seals Fourth of the Earth - Limited Authority Sword - Weapon that can kill or defend Hunger - Jesus takes care of His own Death - Mentioned again? Twice - important Beasts of the earth - One of the four judgments Here's something interesting to note: Seal 1 - Do you see Christ give Righteousness? Seal 2 - Do you see Christ give Peace? Seal 3 - Do you see Christ give us Daily Bread? Seal 4 - Do you see Christ give us Life after Death? In your journey thus far, what do you see of the first four seals? Fifth Seal Revelation 6:9-11 NKJV 9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. Let’s pause and look at the progression of the first four seals leading into the fifth seal. Seal 1 - Overcomes / Conquers - Christ conquers Seal 2 - Removes Peace - Christ becomes peace Seal 3 - Economic Imbalance - Christ provides Seal 4 - Death and Hades - Christ is life Did you notice when you read Revelation 6 on the 5th seal that there is no horse for the 5th seal. This change brings us to this question, why does John the beloved, the author of Revelation use horses in the first 4 seals? Is it because a distant watcher will see the progression of the horse as it gets closer to the watcher? With the riders far away, what do we see? We see the dust of the horses’ hooves flying around the rider and the horse, but we cannot identify who the rider is. We don’t know if the rider is good or evil, for us or against us. As this ‘dust’ gets closer, we’re able to see more. We’re able to see the rider, what he/she is holding, wearing, doing, etc. Matthew 24:4-5 NKJV 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. With Jesus’ warning regarding the beginning of sorrows, or the beginning of the end, is it possible Jesus is telling us that when we see these riders get closer, not to ‘misidentify’ them? And when I mean ‘see these riders’, see what the first four seals tell us? Could these seals be showing us things that began following Christ's ascension and have continued to develop throughout the Church Age, becoming increasingly recognizable as the riders draw nearer? Using seal two as an example, what happens when peace is removed? When people are not at peace, how do they act, especially to ‘what can I do to get my peace back’? The question we need to ask is how do the people on the earth react when these seals are realized? The representation of ‘horses approaching’ explains how the first four seals look from when Christ ascended until now. Let’s continue with seal five. Seal 5 shows us what happens to those who die by martyr, die for Christ Jesus. Could seal 5 be a continuation of seal 4 by being specific to martyrdom? What is an altar of souls? Leviticus 17:11 NKJV 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ Earlier we observed Hades as one location associated with departed souls. Here Revelation introduces another location: beneath the altar, where the souls of martyrs are seen. Dying as a martyr is a sacrifice. Seal five appears to show us the result of the sacrifice. Acts 7:59-60 NKJV 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Did you notice that Stephen is the first recorded martyr in the Bible after Jesus ascended? John 20:31 NKJV 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 3:16 NKJV 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Matthew 28:5-6 NKJV 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. The Bible is specific in showing us where martyred souls ‘wait’ while the earth continues to move forward in time. Yet, these martyred souls are not quiet. What do they say? “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” And what answer do they receive? “Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.” What is the purpose of the fifth seal? Is it to show us what happens when someone is martyred? It can be encouraging. Why do they need to wait? Their number is not complete, but what are they doing in the meanwhile? Resting. Seal 1 - Overcomes / Conquers - Christ conquers Seal 2 - Removes Peace - Christ becomes peace Seal 3 - Economic Imbalance Christ provides Seal 4 - Death and Hades - Christ is life Seal 5 - Martyrdom - Resting while patiently waiting While they wait, what is God doing? Here we are approximately 2,000 years later waiting. What are we waiting for? His return. Are you watching and praying? If you reached the end of this teaching, you will know that there is a sixth and seventh seal. I will post a separate teaching on those two. Previous Next Home

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