Subj:	Revelation 11:19
Date:	98-05-06 07:22:10 EDT
From:	SERVFATHER

Revelation 11:19
	And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the
ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great hail.

  This verse is talking about the wrath of God, and what will be happening at that time. 
There is many places in the Word, that talk about this time.  Let us study a few. 
Remember you need to put all the pieces together, to understand the whole picture.  

     As you can see these thunderings and lightnings are also present with the seals.     

Rev 8:5	And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it
into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6	And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

   There is also the mention of them at the last vial.

Rev 16:17	And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a
great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18	And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great
earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and
so great.

     And as we have just finished with chapter 11 it is also connected to the last trump. So
when you read all these different symbols, like seal, vial or trump thay are all talking about
the same time, just in different ways. 

Rev 11:14	The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15	And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he
shall reign for ever and ever.

    Now let us look in the prophets and let us get a bigger picture of events that will
happen at that time.

Isa 30:30 	And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew
the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a
devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. (The Lord will be angry and
he will let everything he created know it.)

Ezek 38:22	And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain
upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an
overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. (The Father is trying to get our
attention, with all the things he allows to happen.)
23	Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of
many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.(The world will know the Father.)



Ps 97:3	A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4	His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5	The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord
of the whole earth.
6	The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7	Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols:
worship him, all ye gods. (All the people that thought they were "christians" will be
confused, because at this time they will know they really were not.)

Isa 2:19	And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake
terribly the earth.(What will people do at that time, they will try to hide.  Because they will
be ashamed of what they have been doing, instead of working for the Lord.)
20	In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they
made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;(They will get rid of
everything they thought was important, because they will know it never was.)
21	To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of
the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
(Because they will not want to face the Lord, they will try to hide.)

Isa 28:17-18	Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and
the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding
place.(This is what the Lords hail will do, it wiill destroy all the lies that have been told
and destroy the one world system and it's power over people.)

Isa 29:6	Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
(This is how the Lord makes his appearance..he does not come in quietly, when he is
angry.)

Ezek 13:13-14  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind
in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in
my fury to consume it.
14	So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and
bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall
fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.(This is telling you that the false security that people have will be torn down by the
Lord.  The"churches" tell the people a bunch of nonsence that does not protect them or do
them any good.  So when the Lord comes to earth, everything they believed in will come
down around them.)

     Let us discuss this a little more. "Churches" teach "All you have to do is believe, and
you will be saved."  So people actually think as long as they believe that Jesus was on
earth and that he died they are all set.  But what they don't know is that Jesus is the Word
of God and if you believe in the Word of God, you you read it, know it, and follow it.
What the people are really saying is simple.  "Oh I believe in the Word of God, now I am a
christian."  They don't pick up the Word and learn it and follow it.  That is because that is
what they have been taught by "the churches". They listen to "man" instead of to The
Lord.
    There is nothing new under the sun people will always be the same.  They were the
same when Jesus was earth.  Why do you think the "religious" community was angry at
Jesus?  They taught "traditions of man"  and Jesus taught "The Word of God". Jesus told
them that because people follow the "traditions" then the Word becomes useless. As it is
written;
     In Matthew it tells of the "religious" community asking Jesus why his followers didn't
do what "man" had told them to do?  Jesus didn't answer their question, he asked one of
his own. Jesus said why does the "religious" community go against the Word of God, with
your "laws"?

Matt 15:2
2	Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their
hands when they eat bread.
3	But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment
of God by your tradition?

    Then Jesus gives them an example of one of their "laws". He tells them about the
commandment of God Honor your mother and Father.  he tells them that their "law"
makes God's laws worthless, because you can't follow their law and keep the
commandment of God.

Matt 15:6
6	And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the
commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

      Then Jesus tells them what they are and that is, they say they are "religious", but what
hey are thinking and doing is far from God.  Just like "christians" today.

7	Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8	This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their
lips; but their heart is far from me.
9	But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Mark 7:6
6	He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites,
as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7	Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of
men.
8	For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the
washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9	And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may
keep your own tradition.

Mark 7:13
13	Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have
delivered: and many such like things do ye.

    So as you can see people have not changed and they will be ashamed when Jesus
returns and they know what they were doing.  They will also be confused, because they
trusted their "churches" to tell them what they needed to know.  The problem is they
didn't trust the Lord and do what he said in the Word.  So they will find out the hard way
they are not really christians and never were.  That is why Jesus will say get away from
me. I never knew you...What a time of shame. Are you doing what the Lord has told you
to do according to his Word, not according to your "church"?

     The Lord is angry because all he wants is our love, real love.  And all he gets from
most people is nothing, they don't even talk to him, unless they need him.  They don't trust
him, because they have questions and they don't go into his Word and get the answers.
Did you know that it is a two way street?  Did you know the Father wants to talk to you
and answer your questions and show you his love for you?  That is why he sent His Word
to earth, so he could talk to us if we were hurting or if we were confused or if we were
lonely.  He knows this World is not a good place to be and we are his children and he
loves us.  But his children don't want to listen to him when he tries to help, they just do it
their way or some other "mans" way.  Think about it...

In His Service