☆No 69 That Day (I will draw all peoples to Myself.)
This painting consists of parts of Revelation and helps with the Holy Spirit.
So, this is painted that John was in the Spirit and looked at it on the island called Patmos.
First of all, there was a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones, twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes, and they had crowns of gold on their heads.
Before the throne, there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And amid the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures.
The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
Those are the beginning which take place on the Lord’s Day. Then there was a scroll in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
This is the Book of Life which is sealed with seven seals, and those names written in the Book will not die during those woes.
Therefore, John wept much to desire to see it. So, the Lamb who was slain, Jesus was able to open it and He did for him.
However, behold the visions appeared which must take place one by one after this. And when an angel sounds each trumpet of seven, the woes come on the earth.
Then when the sixth angel sounded, the four angels who are bound at the great river, the Euphrates, killed a third of mankind.
The number of the army of horsemen was two hundred million.
In the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.
They are Moses and Elijah. Those are plagues for repentance.
So, all the believers would not get any harm. Then John saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven.
He had a little book open in his hand and cried in a loud voice. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Now when the seven thunders uttered their voice, John was about to write, but he heard a voice from heaven saying to him, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”
So, he knew the words of the seven thunders uttered, but he did not write them. And now John took the little book from the angel.
All of his life was written in the book, it was telling him that he would have longevity with God.
So, he rejoiced when he saw it and said,” Praise be!” So, his mouth became sweet as honey.
But since the angel said to him, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”, he knew a thing that should be done, and his stomach became bitter.
After this, John made a wise move that he did not put the words the seven thunders uttered in a jar and hide them in a cave but into the word of God.
So, he made the worth book for hiding the word of angels and gathered the words of Jesus for that. And he hid it in his Gospel sealed up.
Mary, because of you, John could write his Gospel. So, thanks for telling him many things about Jesus.
So, his Gospel began with this word that is the origin of the purpose of making his book: “ In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Therefore, today we can find those words in his Gospel. Now I will quickly show you that paragraph.
That was written in his Gospel chapter 12 from verse 27 to verse 33. Now let me show you one by one.
Jesus said. verse 27. “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour? But for this purpose, I came to this hour.
verse 28. “Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.” That means God drew Jesus and now He will draw all.
verse 29. Therefore, the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.” That is the key to the mystery of God.
Because some heard it as just thundering, but others heard it as words of heaven.
And verse 30. Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.”
Those are the words God will tell all believers when and how the Rapture is going to take place.
And verse 31. Now, just on That Day in heaven, Jesus says, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.”
verse 32. “ And if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all peoples to Myself.” That is just a word, John heard the seven thunders voice.
And John sealed up his own words after His words that this He said, signifying by what death He would die. Perfect! His work was complete.
Since too much for it, nobody has found a code of God until now. However, we could find it now through the Holy Spirit.
That matter means that God will tell us beforehand when the Rapture should come.
So, we can prepare for that. By the way, I think Rapture is kind of a lifeboat. Please imagine the movie “Titanic”.
According to this story, when the ship crashed into an iceberg, no one got on a lifeboat.
Women and children who need protection are first. In this case, some remained on the ship and chose the death of their own choice.
In the movie, Rose got on a lifeboat at once, but she got off the boat to help her boyfriend Jack.
For Rose, loving him was more important than her own life. I think the same thing will happen at that time.
When people who believe in Him hear His voice, they can choose to stay on earth or take the Rapture.
In the same place in the book of John, Jesus said, “He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”
Therefore some of them will be left behind for making war with Satan, and telling the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
So, Jesus said “If anyone serves Me, My Father will honor.” So, they will become a king and live with Christ for a thousand years.
Therefore, Jesus shall be called “King of Kings and Lord of Lords.” Now, let me return to Revelation, and talk about a scene of Rapture in the book.
Then John looked and saw a great white throne appear in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and a garland of twelve stars on her head.
Then being with a child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.
And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her child as soon as it was born.
She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
The woman is Mery, the mother of Jesus Christ. And she shelters us from Satan in the middle of the seven-year tribulation.
And thus I saw the Rapture in the vision, those who are caught up to heaven in the breast milk of Mary.
Why do I see it in the vision, the reason is that now we do not yet see the thing that God brought us up unto, a promised land, flowing with milk and honey.
And wilderness is just a promised land flowing with milk and honey. And the land where we have a place prepared by Jesus that He once told us.
Mary! So worthy is you who was the mother of Christ, to give Salvation for us from tribulation.
Because of you who feed us as feed Son of man when He was a child by your milk. and we stay there until His second coming to the earth.
Therefore when all of us who take the Rapture cry with a loud voice, “Praise be to God! “, our mouths became sweet as honey-like John was.
Now, war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon called the Devil and Satan who was cast out to the earth with his angels.
And when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman. but she was given two wings of a great eagle so that she might fly into the wilderness.
So, the dragon spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, so that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
How were going Satan and his companions after that? John looked at a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.
And another angel cried with a loud voice to Him, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come.”
So, He did. And another angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horse’s bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.
Then there was another sign in heaven, seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.
And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God.
Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.
And there were three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon.
For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.
Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying,
“It is done!” and there were noises and thunderings and flashes of lightning, and there was a great earthquake.
Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
And there was the exceedingly great plague. And the angel said, “The kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of Babylon’s fornication.”
Babylon is the great city that reigns over the kings of the earth.
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,” Thus with violence, the great city Babylon shall be thrown down and shall not be found anymore."
Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance and cried out when they saw the smoke of Babylon burning saying, “What is like this great city?”.
After these things John heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!“
After this, Babylon the great was fallen. Then there was an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven,
“Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of those which kings captains mighty men horses and somebody else.”
More after this, the beast which was full of names of blasphemy was captured, and with him the false prophet.
These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. So, there were great plagues running for three years and a half but the wrath of God was concluded.
Then the thousand years King dome come. But when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison. Amen!
March 2022 Oil 980mm×1240mm
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