<TITLE>15. Par 161-170</TITLE>L-161 Now, from 4 to 6 is a salute to the church. Now, we want to take on this 4th and 6th.
Now, before we strike it, I want everybody to try to think hard now. What is it now? It is the revelation of Jesus Christ, where God took the veil off of the time... Here's time, that Jesus couldn't see when He was here on earth: the church ages, what would take place. So God took the veil away, pulled it back, and let John look in and see what each church age was going to do, and wrote it in a book, and sent it to the seven churches.
What is it? Christ revealed in the days of His--His action. It's full of action, the Book is. And it's a--a prophetic Book that Christ has give--God has give to us by His Angel, wrote by John, and a blessing to everybody that'll read It or hear It read. What a... For the time is at hand when this is all fulfilled.

L-164 Got a good setting now... And remember, we're keeping the church in mind. Over on one side the church begin; over on the other side the church ends. More into it Monday night when we hit the church ages.
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is,... which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before the throne.
Now, we're getting into the mysterious and deep parts of the symbols. It's addressed to the seven churches which are in Asia Minor. They had a--they had... The--the ages at that time was to come in the future. And He exalted them and--and praised them for their work and what they'd done. But now, it's addressed to them churches, the seven churches which are in Asia Minor.

L-166 Now, Asia Minor wasn't all of Asia, the continent of Asia. It was just a little part. They claim, a place about the size of--of state of Pennsylvania (See?), or something like that, or Indiana: just a small place where these seven churches set. There was more than them churches at the time. And... But it revealed their character. Now, I'm reading here what I got from the--reading from the history of it.
And he is to... "Cursed is he that heareth and... or, and don't listen to It..."
And--and now, it comes down into the time of this 4th verse that we want to explain something here: "From Him which was, and which is, and is to come, and has the seven Spirits... from the seven Spirits which are before His throne." Now, the "Spirits," we'll get to them later.
Now, here it expresses, if you'll notice in--in there... Also in the 7th verse, or the 8th verse, He comes again and said, again expressing. Now, watch, the seven churches is addressed, "From him which is, which was, and which is to come." Which was (one time), is now, and which is to come. Now, He expresses here His threefold--His threefold manifestation of His work.

L-170 Now, if you'll take the 8th verse, we'll come to it just in a minute, but take the 8th verse:
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, which is,... which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Now, we're holding the 4th and the 6th verse in view; both of them are the same. One He says, "To He which was, which is, which is to come." What's He trying to put before the church? His Deity. Today people try to make Him a--a prophet. He's more than a prophet. And some people try to make Him three gods. He's not three gods. He's one God that lived in three offices, three manifestations of the same God.


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