The Three Woes.

 After the fifth trumpet, events  quickly move to the end of the world, and the return of Christ.  At the fifth trumpet, the beginning of the first woe, Satan is released from the bottomless pit.  At the same time, the beast rises out of the sea(Rev.13:1-2).  "The dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority" (Rev.13:2).  What is being described here, is a man that is being control by the devil, who possesses all the characteristics of fierce, ruthless animals.

The harmful creatures that emerged out of the bottomless pit; that hurt people for five months, are obviously modern implement of war. They have a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit (Rev.9:11), who is the devil.

Of course, the doctrines of the Passover, and its mirror image, Atonement; the priesthood being changed from Levi to the royal priesthood of Melchesedec (1 Pet.2:9). For Jesus is both High Priest and King; the first resurrection, which is a spiritual resurrection from spiritual death (Eph.2:1). That resurrection began on the day of Pentecost, when those that were spiritual dead were raised to spiritual life.

 Sadly, these doctrines were not understood in WCG. The emphasis in WCG was material prosperity. The hireling ministers shamelessly told the members, "your job is to pay and pray." That is, pray that God will call more people, to donate more money. So that they could continue to live a sumptuous lifestyle. 

At the height of the church, it had an annual income of $220 million dollars. So that Gerald Waterhouse, with his homosexual tendencies, could travel the world talking foolishness about a place of final training, and Garner Ted, the adulterer, with a private jet, could preached politics on behalf of America.

Like the Chosen Vessel, who knew the terror of the Lord (2 Cor.5:11), I shudder to think what will happen to these ignorant, evil men. They will wish, that they had never been born.

Recondite Events and the Binding of the Devil.

 Between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the sending of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, lots of recondite events occurred. The WCG's hireling ministry were and are ignorant of these events.

The first event was Christ going into the holy of holies in heaven to offer himself for the redemption and reconciliation of God's elect.  On earth, he died for the sins of the whole world, but reconciliation in heaven was only for the sins of God's elect (Heb.9:11-14)..

The second event was, as the High Priest, on the day of Atonement (Lev. 16:20-21) came out of the holy of holies, and laid his hand of the head of goat that represented the devil, and sent him away by a fit man into the wilderness.  Similarly, after Jesus offered himself for the redemption of God's elect, he sent Michael the archangel to bind the devil, (fulfilling the prophecy, "He led captivity captive, and gave gives unto men"(Eph. 4:7-8) and (Col.1:13-14). That is, he took the devil captive, and sent the Holy the Spirit to those who truly believed in him.) and cast him into the bottomless pit.  This event occurred during the forty days that Jesus was on earth. During the battle, Satan disputed about the body of Moses (Jude 1:9).  The reason that is recorded, is to let us know that the battle occurred after the death of Moses.

 After the devil and his angels were defeated(Rev.12:7-8), an angel was sent from heaven with a chain in his hand (Rev.20:1-3), and the key to the bottomless pit.  He bound or shackled the devil and his angels, and cast them into the bottomless pit for a thousand years.

After the binding of the devil, Jesus ascended into heaven, sat down at right hand of the father, and ten days later the Holy Spirit was sent in a blaze of glory. Meaning, the ministers of Christ burn with the love of God, and the warmth of it embraces everyone. Fulfilling the promise, that he makes his ministers a flame of fire (Heb.1:7).

Now Satan will be released at the fifth trumpet(Rev.9:1-3), and Christ returns at the seventh trumpet.

These mysteries are so recondite and abstruse, that they fall into the category Peter calls, "things that are hard to be understood"(2 Pet.3:15-16).

 BTW, I was baptised in water on the 2nd June 1975, by Arthur Suckling. But I had already received the gift of the Holy Spirit, without understanding what God had done for me.

 

To be continued.