Reading in Revelation 14:6-20, there are voices from angels of heaven which are informative and purposeful; to fear God and give Him glory because the hour of judgment has come (v. 7). The messages call for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus (v. 12).
The eternal destiny for those who reject Jesus is devastation. Reading further, another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe (v. 15).”
Still another angel called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle to gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine. The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath (v. 19).
This day with God, we have been given insight into the future and we can make a difference in the life of many people if we warn about this judgment upon those who reject Christ. What is needed is a great awakening.
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Hi Mark,
Yes we need a Great Awakening, to “obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus ”
According to Jesus, which Commandment is the Most Important?
This is a question of fact about the content of the text in the 66 Books of our Bible. It is comparing the words of Jesus with the words of Paul (and other men) regarding which one is the Most Important Commandment and which one is the Second commandment, which together fulfill the Law and the Prophets. (Not The Law the Prophets & the Writings, not “All Scripture,” not “The whole Bible”)
It isn’t a question of men’s opinions about “what Paul really meant” or “what Paul must have known” or “what Paul was actually referring to here” or “what Paul was clearly implying” or “what we must conclude that Paul was assuming”, etc. etc.
These lines of reasoning all go back to the false idea that “Paul must have been right and Paul couldn’t possibly be wrong, so whatever Paul was thinking at the time must have been correct, and we just have to figure out what Paul’s intended meaning was and what Paul was really thinking when he wrote these words.” That would mean that your opinion about the unknowable unwritten “mind of Paul” becomes the “Word of God.” No. Wrong.
Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. The words spoken by Jesus, recorded in our Bible by Matthew Mark Luke & John, should be above all other words. This has literally been the Orthodox position for almost 2000 years. Paul is inferior, Jesus is superior. The words of Jesus are superior to the words of everyone else in the Bible and to everyone else in the world. Jesus is in agreement with the Law and the Prophets and came “to fulfill them.” [Matthew 5:17-20]
What Jesus clearly and specifically said is also superior and more important than your opinions about what you think Jesus meant or implied, but didn’t say elsewhere. For example, when Jesus was speaking about “a new command I give you,” Jesus didn’t say THE new commandment, or the FIRST commandment, or the MOST IMPORTANT commandment, or the ONE commandment, or the GREATEST commandment, or ONE RULE.
The false teaching about “one rule” is the false teaching of the Pharisees of Paul’s day, and Paul the Pharisee was pushing this false teaching. This contradicts the clear specific teaching of Jesus about the first and greatest commandment and the second. Jesus warned us about the Pharisees in Matthew chapters 15 & 16, and quoted the Prophet Isaiah regarding them:
“These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.”
[Isaiah 29:13]
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Thanks Matthew for sharing that Jesus’ teaching is superior and more important. That Jesus is the Word of God made flesh.
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Amen!!!
Mark you are showing the wisdom of God. May He bless you.
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Thanks for reading Gracie. May He bless you too.
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