Found this little chorus to share. Quit promising God you wil do better. Rest in Him!. “No, more looking at myself, put my failures on the shelf, no more looking at mistakes, it’s a waste of time. For the Lord, he does not see, anything of me. All he sees is the blood that was shed up on the tree. And I don’t have to change myself. It isn’t up to me. No more making resolutions To do better next time. Hallelujah, I am free! "Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

I trust  your rest during the  Christmas season was enjoyable, yet the holidays of the world have a tendency to draw us back into the worlds system if we are not careful. Remember  the book of Revelation ended by saying: "And he said to me, Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, for the time is near" Revelation 22:10. We can't put the words of prophecy  back on the shelf until a more convenient time. The end is certainly near and He also says in verse 12, "Behold, I come quickly, and My reward is with Me to render to each one as his work is."  There is an ever present need to watch and be ready.  During the First  coming of Christ those Jewish leaders who had their Bibles missed Him. Pagan Magi, on the other hand, saw the prophecy concerning the King of the Jews and sought Him and found Him.  Let us keep looking for Him and His second coming. Join me for fellowship in the book of Matthew  which we will call the "Matthew Prophecies."

At the end of Revelations there is a tremendous conclusion "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely." (Revelation 22:17). To appreciate this we have to remember what was said in the first three chapters. Jesus is walking amongst the churches exposing their lack. In short they were lacking Him. They had sought to add something else to the church. Something of the world, some false teaching, some religious form, or they had just subtracted Him. He was no longer the chief love or He was bottled up and they needed to answer the door and let Him come into the church. We certainly see this in churches today trying to be more relevant or more woke and add some thing, take away something rather than just simply Christ. Saints, Christ is enough for the church. Remember He also said to those churches in chapters 2 and 3 “he that has an ear let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches”. Now fast forward to Revelation 22 : 17. The Spirit and the bride say Come! Finally after having revelation the bride and the Spirit are one! Do you realize and see that the church is just Christ.? Would you agree that Christ is sufficient for the church. Nothing else is needed. The church is Christ! It is Christ plus nothing! May we agree with the Spirit and say one simple word. Come! When this word of Revelation awakens a portion of the bride other believers will see, hear their cry and join in and also say, Come! Not only that, but unbelievers will see such a testimony that they will hear this as a invitation to come and drink of this Living Water. This means that they see something in the church. What they see is the church enjoying and drinking this Christ as their all and in all and they desire this living water. Oh Lord Jesus come! I trust this book of Revelation has revealed to us that He is all the world needs, that the Messiah/Jesus is who Israel needs, and of certainly He is all that the church needs. Amen!

To say that He is the Alpha and Omega is to declare that "in Him all things were created, and all things have been created through Him and unto Him. And He is before all things, and all things cohere in Him; And He is the Head of the Body, the church; that He Himself might have the first place in all things; …And through Him He will reconcile all things to Himself — through Him, the things on the earth or the things in the heavens." (Colossians 1:16-20) By, In, To, Through, and Unto Him, Everything!. 7x’s in 5 verses we see such prepositions pointing to Jesus. We objectively know that Jesus is central to Gods plan, but do we realize how much?! “All things” is quoted 6 x’s in these 5 verses. EVERYTHING from beginning to end on the earth is handled by the Son. Paul saw this. Jesus Himself did not declare this so clearly until the last book of the Bible. “I am the Alpha and Omega.” He can say it clearly because it is true according to the eternal purpose of the triune God who chose us In Him before the foundation of the world, and we see in revelation 21,22 Everything is brought into eternity future By Him and through Him and unto Him! He therefore is able to declare by the authority of the Trinity that He is the Alpha and Omega! Even the Father Himself handles everything with Christ. And the Spirit is only able to operate in us because of Christ. His movement in us is the not only because of Jesus but it is the very life supply of Jesus’ life. He is producing Christ’s life in us, in the church. The Father and the Spirit are thus giving way, deferring to Him that He might have the first place in all things. If the Godhead choses to handle all the universe with Christ and do nothing apart from Him, should we not subjectively in our daily life have such an ongoing experience with every item in our lives ? Yes, whether it be large or small He should be our Alpha and Omega throughout our living.

"Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things written in it, for the time is near." (Revelation 1:3). We have made a mistake in the churches - we have kept this book for our prophetic series and enlightenment. We have reserved it for the ” experts “ to come in and explain it for us. No Saints, it is for you, you are the qualified ones. Praise the Lord for preachers and teachers that bring it to our attention but this book it is for your daily enjoyment, it is there to prepare you not only for his coming but to enable you to see him today. To enjoy him as your life today. He says here “behold I come quickly and I bring my reward with me.” We need this revelation the day after we’re saved! This book is necessary to really understand the entire purpose of God‘s word. After going through it with me I pray that we will make it a part of our Christian living. "And he said to me, Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, for the time is near." (Revelation 22:10)

These few verses in chapter 22 Symbolically describe eternal life’s enjoyment in that day. How would you describe it? How do you describe the life that is enjoyed between the Father, Son, and the Spirit for eternity? You can’t. It’s indescribable. But it is wonderful. It is perfect love and mutual enjoyment forever. Thus we have images to help us see: A crystal fountain flowing through the lamb from the throne of God supplying the tree of life with its vine along the sides of the river and all the participants expressing this life with his name on our faces. What an image! We will enjoy eternal life. But did you know we are to participate and enjoy this eternal life in this earthly temporal environment. We can start today quite easily. Amen

John chapter 14 Jesus prophesied that he would go and prepare a place for us so that we could be where he is at. Where is Jesus! Religion says that he is in heaven and he will prepare a place in heaven. The scripture says in John 14 I am in the father and the father is in me. And he says I am going to prepare a way for you to be in me and I will be in you. He more clearly said the father and I will come and make our abode in you. This has happened on the cross, it happened in resurrection, it happened in ascension and it is happened by his imparting his life into us through the spirit. And it will be a grand reality as defined here in chapter 21 and 22. Our perfect enjoyment of being in him and the father and they in us. Amen

I realize we are spending much time looking at the new Jerusalem in chapter 21 there is so much to see. There are so many misrepresentations. Even today fellowshiping with saints the references made at looking forward to going to heaven and being in this city. I understand And I do not correct saints, but this is the fulfillment of Jesus‘s prayer : Thy kingdom come thy will be done on the earth as it is in heaven. Do you remember that?! It starts in the millennium and it’s absolutely fulfilled in this kingdom of God on earth dwelling with his people. Dwelling in his people. Here in this city we can see all the people of the earth from the patriarchs to Israel unto all the believers in the church that have come together as one mutual unique habitation. Until then may our fellowship wherever we meet be a miniature representation of that new holy city. May those who experience the church where you fellowship say Christ is there! Everyone you meet just wants to talk about Jesus. May these last days and it’s coming trials drive us to that representation on the earth until he comes.

I hope you are reading this chapter and the next chapter and praying over them. They are a wonderful picture of God’s eternal habitation in the bride the lambs wife. Have you ever considered that this foursquare city is actually the holy of holies that God desires to live in eternally. The tabernacle was Square but small. The temple holy of holies was square a little bigger but inadequate. The church today is certainly the holy of holies of the spirit of God on the earth but she needs to mature and overcome. God wants all his people Gathered together as one as his eternal expression in the holy of holies. This is the dwelling place of the glory of God forever in his bride. Amen

In Revelation 21 we see materials such as gold that is transparent like no one has ever seen. Precious stones like Jasper that are also clear with a greenish hue and other stones. We see giant pearls as the gates of the city. What do all of these have in common? They all were formed out of difficult environments. Gold we know is not naturally gold as we see it, but it is refined in the refiner‘s fire. Pearls are produced from a grain of sand that irritates the oyster until it gives up its prized gift. And precious stones do not come out of the ground like we see them in our jewelry, but rather are selectively chosen chiseled out of rock and cut to perfection. Do you see how in our life in Israel’s life and every believers life that God has brought irritations, fire and testing, and chiseling and cutting that we might be suitable material mature and complete as we march through time, through the tribulation, and through the millennium prepared as a perfect bride for his habitation?Did you know that in the garden of Eden there were four rivers and on the shores of those four rivers these three things could be found: "And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there." (Genesis 2:12) Bdellium is a pearl like substance along with precious stones/onyx and gold. These are the seeds for God‘s eternal purpose. Do you think this is accidental that these are mentioned in Genesis or just coincidence? By no means. God has an eternal purpose, he plants all the seeds, and he has watched them grow into reality here in Revelations the last two chapters.