This is the last book of the New
Testament, the book of Revelation, chapter 1.
Right from chapter 9 to the end of
the chapter.
This is a very precious work of the
Lord.
We will read it slowly.
And after this, we will hand the meeting
to Brother Stephen Tong.
The book of Revelation, chapter 1, verse 9.
I, John, wrote your brother a compliment in
tribulation in the kingdom and places of Jesus
Christ, but on the island that is called
Patmos, for the word of God and for
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
I, John, wrote your brother a compliment in
tribulation in the kingdom and places of Jesus
Christ, but on the island that is called
Patmos, for the word of God and for
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
I was in the Spirit, and the Lord
said, and I heard behind me a loud
voice as of a thumper, saying,
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
First and the Last.
And what you see, write in a book
and send it to the seven churches which
are in Asia, in Tushit, Nanyang, Pagoda, Teotihuacan,
Tzadik, Teotihuacan, and Laodicea.
What you see, write in a book and
send it to the seven churches which are
in Asia, in Tushit, Nanyang, Pagoda, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan,
and Laodicea.
Then I turned to see the voice that
spoke with me, and having turned, I saw
seven golden lampstands.
In the midst of the seven lampstands, one,
as a son of man, saw his drumming
down to the sea, girded about the chest
a golden band.
His head and his hair were white like
wood, as white as snow, and his eyes
like a flame of fire.
His feet were like fine rocks, as if
he was flying in the spring, and his
voice the sound of many waters.
He had in his right hand seven swords,
out of his mouth ran a sharp two
-edged sword, and his countenance was like the
sun shining in the sky.
When I saw him, I smiled at his
feet as he did, but he laid his
right hand on me and said, say to
me, do not be afraid, I am the
first and the last.
I am he who lives, who is dead,
and behold, I am alive forevermore.
Amen.
And I have the key of freedom and
of life.
Write the things which you have seen, and
the things which are, the things which are.
Write the things which you have seen, and
the things which are now, and the things
which are in the future.
When you see the seven stars in
my right hand,
and the seven golden lamps, and the Lord
and His blessing to the women's world is
clear.
Dr. Stephen Fong and I would like to
share the Lord's Prayer with you.
Dear Heavenly Father, we do praise and thank
thee for giving us another opportunity.
That we may meet together in the name
of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
We want to thank thee for thy precious
words.
Now we look to thy Holy Spirit to
quicken thy word to our hearts.
That we may not only read thy word,
but we may hear thy word.
We do submit ourselves to thee.
And trust thy Holy Spirit to do the
work.
And it is all for the glory of
God the Father.
We ask in the name of our Lord
Jesus.
Amen.
It is written in the book of Hebrews.
Yet once, not only the earth was shaken,
but the earth and the heavens will be
shaken.
That which is created will all be shaken
away.
Only that which cannot be shaken will remain.
Now brothers and sisters, we are living in
a day of great shaking.
We find that everything that is created is
being shaken.
All that belongs to the old creation will
be shaken off.
Only that which is of the new creation.
Only that which is of Christ.
That will remain forever.
So when we are living in such a
day of shaking.
It is very essential for us to have
that heavenly vision.
Because without that heavenly vision.
We will not be able to distinguish what
is of the old creation and what is
of the new creation.
We will not be able to see what
can be shaken and what cannot be shaken.
And without that heavenly vision.
We will not be able to let go
that which can be shaken.
And lay hold upon that which cannot be
shaken.
And without that heavenly vision.
We will not have the strength to press
on towards the goal.
It is therefore of extreme importance.
That we touch that heavenly vision.
And also be obedient to it.
So that is the burden that we have
during these two evenings.
We talk about the vision given to the
Apostle Peter.
And we also share about the vision given
to Paul.
And this evening we would like to share
together on the vision given to John the
Apostle.
今天晚上我們要來交通的就是給約翰的意象
雖然三個使徒得到不同的意象
但他們的意象卻是合一的
因為這些意象都是一個同樣的意象的一部分跟一個階段
彼得是放下根基
保羅在根基上建造
然後約翰就把它承前起來 所以畢生證明
我也仰望我們的主
我們能夠抓住給彼得的意象
我們能夠接受從先父給我們的意象
看到耶穌是基督是永生神的兒子
並且這樣地向他承認 我們就成為佛士
我們主耶穌說 在這個盤子上我要建造我的教會
明君的前世前稟不能勝過他
然後我們看到那個馬賽的下面那一章
就是第七章
我們的主帶彼得與約翰上天化山
那邊彼得就得到一個國度神國度的意象
因為神的國度裡面基督乃是眾王
我們的本分就是要聽祂
在神國我們的主是最高的
摩西與尼亞不能跟他同等
乃是神的旨意叫我們不見一人只見耶穌
這就是神的國度
弟兄姊妹我們有沒有看到我們的主耶穌乃是最高的
我們有沒有完全對祂詳述
我們在這裡是不是主光聽祂
我們是不是只不見一人只見耶穌 It is that vision of the kingdom
這就是國度那一個意象 來建造教會 就是建造教會就使到天國從天上被帶到地上
And then finally we find the Lord continue
to reveal to people That the church in
its initial state is just like a white
sheet It is tied on four corners And
it descended out of heaven upon the earth
從天上垂到地上來 在這塊白布裡面有這樣四肢的走獸
它是一個昆蟲 神對彼得說的話 就是起來宰了吃
換句話說 彼得所看到的意象
就是這個教會裡面包括了什麼
這個救恩是從猶太人來
但救恩不光為了猶太人
先祖們的傳統必須要提措
因為外邦人也會得救恩
在神面前不論猶太人或者外邦人都是不決定
但是神所決定的 人不可以說是俗物 And eating in the scripture
means fellowship In the church of God We
receive all who have been received by the
Lord Jesus Our fellowship is with all God's
people And this is the vision given to
people 這是給彼得得到的意象 我們也可以說這是主天意象的一個根基
但因為我們都看見這個意象 但這並不是完整的 Therefore you find
the Lord apprehended another man He apprehended Saul
the Pharisee He appeared to him on the
road to Damascus And there Paul caught the
heavenly vision In the heavenly vision he saw
a universal man The head is in heaven
Represented by the risen Lord And the body
covers all the earth Includes all who are
believers, the followers of our Lord Jesus Jesus
is Lord 主耶穌祂是主 祂是凡事上的主
祂給每一個人都有祂的主義
我們是像這個在地下的牛
我們必須去尊重來做父神所給我們的責任 Completely to him
and to his will So you find God
said Lord who are you?
Lord what shall I be?
Seeing the vision God capitulated to the Lord
Himself 看到了意象,老羅就把自己完全讓出來用
這邊他就看到一個宇宙的人
但是他的意象繼續到大馬之城
他看到一個小的人 這是亞納尼亞
亞納尼亞使他的眼睛打開
使他充滿了聖靈
他就接受到地方的教會裡面
這是老羅看見的意象
一個宇宙的教會怎樣造起來?
來自地方的教會來建造起來
這是來建造他教會的方式
你記得我們是三十支教之前
他說我要把教會倒在這個盤子上
意思就是他將要到這個教會 這是宇宙性的教會
包括神所有的子民 從第一位信耶穌的人
到最後一位信耶穌的人 在這環球上每一處
包括在主要教會裡面 讓他怎麼來造?
他首先在耶路撒冷做
然後在安提亞他來繼續造
在以夫所繼續造
在羅馬繼續造
他繼續在歷史文化在各處來建造 And by the building of the church
local 他來先做地方先造地方的教會 他就造起了一個宇宙教會
所以弟兄姊妹 這邊主靈的事來是很實際的 教會並不是一個禮道理
不光是一個理想
乃是活出來的
乃是這個弟兄姊妹活出來
可能是渺小的男男女女
但是彼此交通起來 Identifying with one another 彼此認同
都是在基督理合為一 彼此相愛 互相稱呼弟兄姊妹
教會就這樣的造起來 這是保羅得到的天上的一項
感謝神到了末了 保羅能夠見證
我沒有違背那個天上的一項 但願我們也有這樣的見證
但這也不是結果而末了 We find that vision is continual With
that vision given to John the Apostle The
scripture we read in the beginning That is
Revelation chapter 1 From verse 1 to...
From verse 9 to verse 20 We call
this vision The Patmos vision Why is it
so?
Because John the Apostle was exiled to the
island of Patmos We know that
the Apostle John Was among the first who
followed the Lord Jesus You remember in John
chapter 1?
When John the Baptist said Behold this is
the land of God Two of his disciples
left him and followed Jesus And they stayed
with Jesus that night And one of them
was John And he did not name that
disciple He named the other one Angel But
we know that the other one was John
himself So John was among the first who
followed the Lord Jesus And he was one
who was closest to the Lord And he
was the one who lived the longest among
the top apostles After Paul and Peter were
martyred And we find that evidently John moved
from Jerusalem to Ephesus So he ministered
to the churches in Asia Now the Asia
is not Asia the continent It is Asia
the Roman colony And it is Asia Minor
And in Asia Minor there were a number
of churches there And John he ministered to
these churches while he was satan in Ephesus
But during the reign of Emperor Domitian He
was arrested and exiled to Thessaloniki Now Thessaloniki
was a barren rocky island And he was
in the agency And
most likely he was exiled there to be
a slave laborer He would work in the
mine there And he was exiled for the
word of God and for the testimony of
Jesus Now if we read it
within the context Probably the word of God
there refers to the Old Testament And he
referred to Moses and the prophet That is
the word of God at that time And
the word of God prophesied about the coming
Messiah You know our Lord Jesus after his
resurrection He explained the disciples From Moses and
the prophet and the song Because all these
spoke of him So that composed the word
of God And the testimony of Jesus And
the testimony of Jesus referred to That our
Lord Jesus has come upon this earth And
yet accomplished the work of salvation He is
Lord over all things Now you find the
apostle John He preached the word of God
and he testified about Jesus John preached the
word of God and he testified about Jesus
You find all the early apostles did that
They will quote the Old Testament And they
will use the word of the Old Testament
to prove to the people that Jesus is
the Messiah They will use the word of
the Old Testament to prove to the people
that Jesus is the Messiah They will praise
Jesus Christ and he crucified And because of
the word of God and the testimony of
Jesus John was exiled to the island of
Patna And he labored there in the mine
Now most likely on the Lord's day He
was free from labor And if we can
visualize it If we can imagine When he
had that free time You can imagine what
he would do Probably he would sit on
a rock And we will look across the
Asian Sea He
will look across the Asian Sea To the
continent there Because in clear day You can
see the outline of the land across the
sea And where the seven churches of Asia
were located You know his heart was still
with God's people there You know his heart
was still with God's people there Because before
he was exiled he was serving there He
took care of the sheep there But now
he was on an island He could no
longer cater the flock But his heart was
still with them So he must be looking
across the sea And he was thinking about
the churches in Asia He didn't know what
happened to these people Who will take care
of them What were their conditions now And
as he was thinking about these things Suddenly
he heard a voice A loud voice like
a trumpet voice And when he heard that
voice He turned back to look at the
voice You know brothers and sisters He was
looking across the sea He was looking at
the seven churches in Asia He was looking
at them with his physical eyes He was
thinking of them with his mind He was
thinking of them in his heart But the
voice came from behind So he turned back
In other words He was not looking at
the physical conditions of the land He
was not thinking of the physical state of
the church The voice turned him
back And showed him a vision It is
a heavenly vision Now what did he see
As he turned back He saw seven golden
lamps And in the midst of the seven
golden lamps There was one like the Son
of Man standing there Now this is the
Cosmos vision The seven golden lamps Is
explained to us Because the Bible tells
us The mystery of the lamps Is the
seven churches in Asia So we do not
need to try to find out What the
lamp stands represent The lamp stands represent the
churches in Asia There were seven churches in
Asia Now as a matter of fact During
that time there were more than seven churches
in Asia Because we find there is a
church that collapsed There is a church in
Hyderabad And so you find actually there were
more than seven churches in Asia But the
Holy Spirit took out these seven churches And
Holy Spirit took out these seven churches Because
these seven churches represent the churches throughout Asia
Now every church is represented by a lamp
stand The church in Ephesus Now Ephesus is
a city in Asia There in that city
There is the church of God And in
that church we have all God's people there
But the church in Ephesus on earth Represents
the heaven before God as a golden lamp
stand Now you have a church in Smyrna
And yet before God it is represented by
another golden lamp stand And these seven churches
in Asia In the sight of God they
are seven golden lamps No matter what are
the conditions of the seven churches in Asia
Before God they are represented by seven golden
lamps Now we remember when Moses built the
tabernacle You remember God commanded him to build
the tabernacle And to build everything according to
the pattern of the map And one of
the vessels in the tabernacle is a golden
lamp stand Now if you read Exodus chapter
25 Or Exodus 37 You will find how
this golden lamp stand was built But in
the tabernacle You find there is only one
golden lamp stand With seven branches Because it
speaks of the unity You know seven is
a perfect number And these seven form one
lamp stand So it speaks of the unity
But here you find there are seven separate
lamp stands Why?
Because here it speaks of responsibility Here it
speaks of responsibility Every church is directly responsible
What is the church?
Before God the church is a lamp stand
Now remember the church is not the light
The church is a light holder Because Christ
is the light He said I am the
light of the world But that light is
being held up by the church So remember
the church is not the end The church
is a means to an end The church
is a vessel It is a vessel that
holds the light God permits Christ Jesus the
testimony of Jesus to the church And it
is the responsibility of the church to hold
the testimony of Jesus It is
very interesting Because when you notice all the
different furniture in the tabernacle You
find that most of the furniture are made
of wood And overlaid with gold
You know in the Holy of All You
have the ark Ark is made of wood
But it is overlaid inside and outside with
pure gold But the mercy seat is of
pure gold There is no wood in that
mercy seat Now when you come to the
holy place You find the golden altar of
incense And it is also made of wood
But overlaid with gold And you come to
the golden table of silver It is also
made of wood But overlaid with gold And
yet you find it is very interesting Because
that lantern is made of pure gold There
is no wood in it Now you know
wood in the scripture represents human nature Gold
represents the nature of God Now we will
say If the lantern is of the church
And then it should be made of wood
Because the church is composed of people like
you and me And thank God overlaid with
gold Now we will think that is what
the church is Now when you ask a
person What is the church?
Now those who are ignorant Older would say
Well on the second corner of the square
there is the church In other words it
points to a building So people say now
we go to church Now what do you
mean by go to church?
You go to a building Where the church
meets And so we know that that is
not the church The building with stone or
with wood or whatever is not the church
And I think we know that The church
is not an organization And we know that
We know that the church is an organism
And it is composed of believers Not just
people gather together But people who believe in
the Lord Jesus And they gather together Now
that is the church Because the word church
in Greek And
they gather together In the name of the
Lord Jesus Now we find that this is
the church So in other words The church
is composed of people like we are tonight
Then it should be wood Because we are
all wood And they overlay the gold That
should be the lampstand But strange to say
We find in typology We find that in
reality In the eyes of God The church
is a golden lampstand There is no wood
in it Now what does it mean?
It means that in the church All that
is of the old creation All that belongs
to Adam All that belongs to the flesh
All that originally we were All these will
be dealt with by the cross Passed off
by the cross And what remains is Christ
and Christ alone So it is golden It
is pure gold There is no wood in
it Unfortunately Today we find in the church
Man, man, man Man's idea Man's opinion Man's
way Man's method Everything is just man That
is wood But in the sight of God
What the church really is Is none other
but Christ himself That is the reason why
in 1 Corinthians 12 It says the body
is one But there are many members Even
though the members are many But the body
is one Now notice What the Holy Spirit
says So also is the Christ Now we
will say So also is the church Because
the church is one body With many members
And yet the Holy Spirit says So also
in the church Does the Christ Because the
church is Christ himself It is a function
of Christ It is Christ in you Christ
in me That forms the church So if
you will forgive me I will give you
a simple formula You know spiritual things can
never be put into a formula Because if
you put it into the formula It becomes
mechanical For the sake of explanation Now let
me try to explain it You forget the
formula But you remain the explanation Those
on this earth Supposing Singapore There are only
Three believers One is Peter One is Paul
And one is John Now suppose in Singapore
There are only three believers Now what is
the church in Singapore Well the church in
Singapore Is made up of Peter, Paul and
John Now these men Are holy men These
men are apostles They are the queen Of
believers Now surely If the church is composed
of these three men Now that church will
be a glorious church Now if the church
is composed of these three men They will
have no problem whatsoever But is that true
You will find Peter He always likes to
be the first And you remember John And
when our Lord Jesus was going to Jerusalem
All the disciples thought that the Lord was
going to be crowned king And you find
John and James They asked their mother To
come and ask for them They want to
sit on the right and the left of
the Lord Jesus And the other ten disciples
were indignant about it Because everyone wants to
have the top place You know John He
is called a son of thunder And when
the thunder strikes He is terrified So you
find Paul Again is a very strong willed
person You find that he even opposed
Peter At the face He wasn't compromising anyway
Now if these three men Form the church
Everyone wants to be the top And you
will find the church will be broken into
three churches You have a teaching church You
have the Pauline church You have the Johannes
church Brothers and sisters You find what is
the church The church is the Christ in
Peter Plus the Christ in Paul Plus the
Christ in John Ego to the church Is
that correct?
Because that will mean The landscape will be
made of wood Overlaid with gold You
find the man is still there But fortunately
overlaid with gold So what will be the
formula?
The formula will be this The Christ in
Peter Minus Peter Plus the Christ in Paul
Minus Paul Plus the Christ in John Minus
John Now It equals to The Christ Go
brothers and sisters Before the Lord The church
is a golden landscape Because in the church
there is nothing but Christ himself All that
is man Is crossed out by the cross
Only that which is Christ remains It is
a golden landscape You know the light You
do not put the light Under the bush
You do not put the light Under the
couch And
you do not Put the light In the
secret place That you find in Matthew Mark
And Luke Mark You know Bushel What is
bushel?
Bushel is a measurement You measure the wheat
Or the grain With a bushel It means
that the light Cannot be put under the
bushel Because the bushel Will cover the light
Now brothers and sisters How Christ the light
Is covered By bushel today The anxieties Of
this life What shall we eat What shall
we drink What shall we do clothes with
This is like a bushel And it covers
the light Because we are Hidden after the
things Of this life Therefore the light of
Christ Is hidden And what do you mean
By the couch The couch is a place
Where you lie down And relax In other
words If we seek For the meaning Of
life Then you find The light of Christ
Is being hidden Now you do not Put
the light In a secret place You have
to put The light On the lamp You
have to put The light On the lamp
And the church Is the lamp Now if
you will Allow me to describe More You
know if you go Back to Exodus Chapter
25 You know how is This lamp stand
built It is built Of one talent Of
pure gold In other words It is built
of one piece Of gold Because that piece
Of gold represents Our Lord Jesus It represents
The divine light And out of That piece
Of gold The lamp stand Is built Now
how is it built You find that It
is decent work You know you do not
Melt the gold And pour it into a
mold Then you can Reproduce it Everywhere No
you find that The church is not Built
that way You find that It is one
piece Of gold That is beaten Beaten Beaten
We do not know How many Beaten Beats
That gold will be With us And so
finally A beautiful Form Of a lamp stand
Is built So brothers and sisters You find
that Even though The Christ in us And
the Christ in you It will build up
the church Not only Our old man Ourself
Needs to be beaten away Now this we
understand You know our own opinion Our own
feeling Our own practice Our own wisdom Our
own strength Now all these things Has to
be beaten away This we understand But even
the life Of Christ In each one of
us Also needs to be beaten Now it
is killed gold Why should the killed gold
Be beaten It is not for the sake
Of beating off the refugees It is to
be beaten Into a form Brothers and sisters
How we need to go Through this together
You know in the church There will be
problems Now you cannot find A church that
has no problems Now thank God for problems
Because when there are Problems Then we will
go Through it together We all like the
gold That is being beaten Into form And
finally The lamp stand Then the lamp stand
So it is a piece of work And
you find it is Exquisite It is beautiful
You find that there is The base And
there is a stalk And if you read
1 Timothy 3 Verse 15 Now what is
the church The house of God Is the
church of the living God It is the
base and pillar Of these three So here
you find The church has a base And
it has a stalk The church is the
base And the pillar of the tree And
then you find There are seven branches And
the branches are made of Cups Knobs And
flowers The cup Is
like an element Now if you read Psalm
16 It says the Lord Is the portion
Of my inheritance And of my cup So
we find the cup The seeds of that
Which is still in it And it is
shaped like an almond Because the almond flower
Is the first flower That comes out after
winter So it speaks of resurrection So you
find the church Is filled with the resurrection
life Of the Lord Jesus And then upon
the cup There is a knob And the
knob Is the concentration of life So it
speaks of Life abundance And then out of
the knob Comes out a flower It is
the beauty Of the life of Christ There
you find The fruit of the Holy Spirit
As you find in Galatians 5 So what
is the church The church is a golden
lantern And it is full of the life
of Christ It manifests the beauty of Christ
It holds up Christ As the light of
the world That is what the church is
Before God Now when you look at the
church On earth today Now even when you
look At the seven churches in Asia You
read chapter 2 And chapter 3 of Revelation
You find that most of the churches Need
to repent The conditions are Not very good
That is the condition you find In the
churches on earth And yet the churches Before
God It is a glorious church Now what
is What measures The success and the failure
Of the church on earth You know people
today Measure the success Or the failure of
the church By the numbers And if you
increase In great numbers Then the church is
successful And if the number is small Then
the church fails But brothers and sisters God
measures The success and the failure Of the
church According to the golden lantern According to
the golden lantern How close you are To
the thought of God Concerning the church How
much in the church Is truly Christ That
measures the success Or the failure Of the
church on earth But thank God You find
that There are seven golden lanterns And at
the front Of the seven golden lanterns There
was one light The standard man Brothers and
sisters The seven golden lanterns Form the background
And the one Like the standard man Is
actually the center Of the picture What God
wants us to see Is to see The
center And the church Is just the background
Of the picture He tries to Push forth
To make Christ More prominent You know when
you are doing A painting You need to
paint The background But The thought of the
painter Is not the background He uses the
background To try to make The thing that
he wants you to see More prominent So
never make the church The foreground The church
is only a background Is it hidden In
a sense And it is To make Christ
more Manifest So here you'll find He saw
one Like the son of man Now why
does the bible Say like son of man
We know he is The son of man
As well as the son of God But
at that time When John saw the Lord
He saw the Lord In a very different
manner You know John knew The Lord very
well He even leaned upon The breast of
the Lord He knew the Lord so well
He was so close to the Lord And
yet when he saw In the technical vision
He saw the Lord In a different light
He saw the Lord As like the son
of man Why?
Because he saw The risen Lord He saw
the Lord in heaven He saw the Lord
As the great high priest You know as
our Lord Was risen And ascended to heaven
He was anointed By God the Father And
God anointed him As the high priest According
to the order Of Malthus the god So
here you'll find The risen Lord In the
glory Of the great high priest So here
When our Lord was on earth He was
the apostle Chained by God But now he
is in heaven He is the anointed Great
high priest Of the church Brothers
and sisters Please listen to me What is
our Lord Doing today You'll find that He
is walking Among the seven churches He is
like the high priest Who is tending The
lantern He is looking After the light Of
the seven golden lanterns If you see that
The light is getting dim Then he'll pour
More oil into it So here you'll find
He was attending The lantern Trying to restore
The testimony of Jesus In these churches Because
by the description Of the son of God
We know that he is there As the
great high priest Because his garment Reached to
the ground You know that is the garment
Of the high priest And garment Of righteousness
He is full of righteousness He is the
righteous one He is our advocate Before the
father And then you'll find He has a
golden girdle Across his back You know you
usually Girdle across your waist Because in the
orient You'll find people Were flowing down So
when you want to work You girdle it
up But here you'll find It is a
golden girdle Across his breast Breast speaks of
love And sympathy He is full of divine
love And sympathy He never gives us up
And you'll find his hair Is white as
wool It speaks of wisdom He is full
of wisdom And you'll find his eyes Like
a flame of fire He is full of
discernment And people look at the appearance But
he looks into our very heart And it
speaks Like fine brass Is burning in a
furnace It speaks of judgment He is full
of judgment What he sees He judges And
his voice Is the voice of many waters
It speaks of full of power And in
his right hand Seven stars In other words
He holds the message Of the church's responsibility
And right hand speaks Of support He will
supply Those who are responsible Spiritually responsible For
the church With grace And
out of his mouth I stop to explore
Going forth In other words His words are
full of authority And his countenance Is the
sunshine of his power It speaks of his
inner beauty Because if you are healthy You
have rosy cheeks So it speaks of his
inner beauty Full of beauty Brothers and sisters
Thank God we have a great high priest
Not only for each one of us Individually
He is able to save us To the
uttermost But thank God He is also the
great high priest Of the church And he
is there Trying to recover The church to
its original glory As our Lord Jesus Never
gives any one of us up So our
Lord never gives us His church He is
there doing The work of recovery And he
is calling Those who overcome In the different
sects Of the church In different situations There
will be people Who will respond to the
Lord What the Lord has revealed Himself to
them They will not They are not disobedient
To the heavenly vision And these are the
overcomers And through the overcomers The Lord is
going to get His glorious church To be
the bride of the land So this is
the testimony It is the consummation Of the
heavenly vision So may the Lord Have mercy
upon us That in spite of What we
see on earth May we see What God
has Before us That this is our faith
This will enable us To press on Towards
the goal Dear
Heavenly Father We want to thank thee Even
though men May fail And men always fail
But Lord thou Never fail How we praise
and thank thee That once thou Has apprehended
us Thou will never let us go But
thou will continue To recover us To what
thou Has destined us to be It is
all thy worship It is all of grace
How we praise and thank thee That thou
hast never given us up Not only individually
But even together So Lord once again We
humble ourselves before thee And allow thee to
work with us Until thy work is done
Thy purpose is fulfilled And Christ is glorified
We ask in the name of our Lord
Jesus Amen