26 April 2020
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Trumpet #7- The Heavenly Temple, Part 2 (TMF:1360)

Friday, May 01, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #7- The Heavenly Temple, Part 2 (TMF:1360) - Daniel Litton
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       But here in the future, the Heavenly Temple, of which the Jewish earthly Temple represented, will be opened permanently, and we see the real Ark of the Covenant here in the midst of the Temple. The ark that was used on earth was the copy of the real one which is in Heaven. Do you remember? God told the Israelites how to design it. Regardless, the significance here is that with the Holy of Holies opened, that means that all believers in Heaven will get to experience God’s presence forever. We will be in his presence on a permanent basis, which is truly awesome, and we will be surrounded by his love forever. We enter everlasting fellowship with him. Now, “the flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail” represent God’s powerfulness, awesomeness, and majesty. Christ is King, and he is going to rule on the renovated earth for the Millennial Kingdom, and in the new Heaven and new earth, forever.

Trumpet #7- The Heavenly Temple, Part 1 (TMF:1359)

Thursday, April 30, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #7- The Heavenly Temple, Part 1 (TMF:1359) - Daniel Litton
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       And, of course, God rewards those of us who have loved him throughout time, giving us the desires of our hearts and eternal peace with him. Finally, the elders mention that God is going to lock up Satan and his demonic forces, so that they can no longer bring harm to God’s world and his people. Finally, we read: “Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail” (Revelation 11:19, ESV). This first sentence here about God’s temple in Heaven being opened is very significant. Let us remind ourselves that in the Old Testament, God’s temple was closed to everyone, that is the Holy of Holies, where the ark of the covenant was, except to the high priest. Only he could go in that area of the Temple. But here in the future, the Heavenly Temple, of which the Jewish earthly Temple represented, will be opened permanently, and we see the real Ark of the Covenant here in the midst of the Temple.

Trumpet #7- The Twenty-Four Elders, Part 2 (TMF:1358)

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #7- The Twenty-Four Elders, Part 2 (TMF:1358) - Daniel Litton
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       Notice then that the twenty-four elders fall on their faces and worship God, telling about how great and powerful he is to have accomplished this task. They first thank God for what he has done by establishing Christ’s rule on the earth. They note that God was and is, for he is the only non-created being in existence. And it is by his great power that he has accomplished this wonderful triumph over sin and Satan, taking the world back to be entirely and only under his influence. They point out how the nations were against God and his ways, and how God was righteous to deal with them as he did—with his wrath against them. It is also true that God is going to judge people who have died apart from Christ, without receiving God’s gift of salvation because they wanted to do it their own way. They wanted to be their own gods, like Satan talked about in Genesis 3. Recall? And we know that God is going to throw these individuals into the Lake of Fire.

Trumpet #7- The Twenty-Four Elders, Part 1 (TMF:1357)

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #7- The Twenty-Four Elders, Part 1 (TMF:1357) - Daniel Litton
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       Next John talks about the twenty-four elders. He had talked about them previously, and as to who these saints of God are there are definitely varying opinions. It’s likely that these humans are twenty-four choice saints that God has chosen to represent the saints who have died up until this time. This group could include the Eleven Apostles, plus the Apostle Matthias, as well as twelve representative Christians of the twelve Tribes of Israel. It may also be that these are just twenty-four chosen saints besides the Apostles and representatives of the twelve tribes. The time we first meet these individuals is near the beginning of the Book of Revelation, in chapter 4. Some might want to note that they have to be from the Church Age since they exist before the martyrs of the Tribulation period, and the 144,000 sealed Jews. And that seems plausible, unless somehow God had these people there beforehand (as if the space-time continuum was altered).

Trumpet #7- The Trumpet of Encouragement (TMF:1356)

Monday, April 27, 2020
Peace to Live By: Trumpet #7- The Trumpet of Encouragement (TMF:1356) - Daniel Litton
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       The seventh Trumpet here is one of encouragement really. It describes what is about to happen in the near future, and these events are told as if they have already happened. They are spoke about in the past tense, even though they haven’t happened yet, and even though there still must be some things which take place first before this. Nevertheless, the loud voices in Heaven tell us the ultimate truth, and that is that the current world system has become Jesus’ kingdom, and he is going to maintain rulership of this kingdom forever in the future. Remember, this is what we have been praying about as Christians, in our Lord’s prayer, that God’s kingdom would come, that his will would in fact be done, on earth as it already is in Heaven. And that prayer, that calling into existence from us, his saints, is about to be fulfilled. Thousands of years of prayer pays off. Next John talks about the twenty-four elders. He had talked about them previously, and as to who these saints of God are there are definitely varying opinions.