Fifth church–Dead church, but the names of the faithful to Christ are written in the Book of Life.

Revelation 3:1-6

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
Click here for a description of the image of the beast.

The corruption of five of the seven churches leads to our Lord Jesus Christ opening the Seven Seals, as described in Revelations 4 and also Revelations 5. That leads to the events of the Seven Trumpets of Revelations 8, 9, and 11, the Seven Thunders of Revelations 10, and the Seven Plagues of Revelations 16. The two faithful witness, or two faithful churches [second and sixth Church], are faithful to the testimony of Jesus Christ, persecuted, and have little strength. A link to each of the seven churches are at the bottom of this post.

The first four churches involved leaving the first-love of Jesus Christ while doing good works, resulting in the lampstand being removed. Then the faithful of Jesus Christ being persecuted where the temple of Satan exists. Then the churches are filled with people who embrace the worldly agenda, but the faithful to Christ are given “hidden bread” to eat. Then the teachings of the beast, the beast giving people what to speak, do, think, and feel, become part of the teaching of the churches. In the fifth church of this post, the church is dead but the names of the faithful to Christ are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

• Message from Christ who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars.
• Churches have a reputation of being alive but are dead
• Names of those faithful to Christ are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Message from Christ who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars…” Revelations 3:1a.

The message to the churches is from the One who has “…the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars…”. We know the seven stars are the seven angels of the churches, as quoted, “The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches…” Revelations 1:20 Angels are messengers of God, so the angels of the churches are among the dead churches of today, and they see that no one is listening to, preaching, or teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ anymore.

Seven is a popular number in the book of Revelations, and can be interpreted as the seven continents of this planet. In other words, the seven angels refer to their global presence in the many churches around the world. The same is true of the seven Spirits of God. The seven continents fit into the prophecies of these last days perfectly. That’s because they weren’t discovered until the time period between the 1950^s and 1970^s. That corresponds to when the United Nations was established in 1945, immediately after World War Two, and brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8:1-14.The global falling away of the churches from the Gospel of Jesus Christ began to happen at that time, as described in the post on 2 Thessalonians 2.

What are the seven Spirits of God? We know they are on all seven continents of this planet. From other verses, we know they originate from the throne of God, “Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ . . .” Revelations 1:4-5 We also know they are described as blazing lamps, blazing with the Light of the World [Jesus Christ], “In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.” Revelations 4:5 We also know the seven Spirits of God have seven horns and seven eyes. “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.” Revelations 5:6 Horns represent power and authority, symbolizing God’s power and authority on all seven continents. Eyes represent seeing and knowing, which God sees and knows about the corruption of the churches happening globally.

The seven Spirits of God sees how dead the churches of today are, and His power and authority is coming to put an end to the government of the beast and its global culture.

Churches have a reputation of being alive but are dead.

“I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.” Revelations 3:1b-3

The Lord knows the churches of today have a reputation of being alive, but they are dead to believing in God the Creator, dead to Jesus Christ, and dead to the Holy Spirit. They only seem to be alive because people fill the seats every Sunday, they have partnered with the community agenda, and are full of good humanitarian works. They have a form of Godliness but deny the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “…having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” 2 Timothy 3:5

Not much remains of the dead churches of today, and what does remain is ready to die. In other words, the church buildings we see with Crosses, bearing the name of Christ, etc. is just a shell, or skeleton of what the Church once was. What is happening within the churches is far from worshipping God, through Jesus Christ, in the presence of the Holy Spirit. “So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.” Ezekiel 33:31-32 

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are to strengthen whatever remains of the Church, to lift up the Cross as the symbol of the atonement He made for our sin, to speak of the Holy Bible as the word of God, and to proclaim the purpose of the coming and resurrection of Jesus, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 And we are to help other Christians to hold on to their faith in Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus quoted Isaiah, referring to Himself, “A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench…” Matthew 12:20 That means He will not break what is wounded of the Church, and He will not put out the smoke where the fire of the Holy Spirit should be within the Church. Our Lord Jesus will never give up on the weakest and frailest of we who live for Him.

The works of the churches are not perfect before His seven Spirits and seven stars. They have partnered with a community culture that rejects Him, rejects the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and rejects the presence of the Holy Spirit. They have partnered with a culture that lives for the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel. The beast gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people. By what they are given to say and do, they are conformed to the mark, name, number of the beast. They are dead as the Church of Christ.

Our Lord Jesus says, “Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent.” What we have heard and received is this, “…that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once.” 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 The churches are to repent and return to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:6-

Our Lord Jesus is returning, ready or not, as He said He would, “Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.” “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be….But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” Matthew 24:27, 36 “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” Matthew 24:37 Click here for a post from Genesis 6, describing how the days of Noah were before the flood.

Click for posts on Matthew 24 concerning the signs of His return.

Names of those faithful to Christ are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

“You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ Revelation 3:4-6

There are a faithful few who live for Jesus Christ in this world where the churches have become secular and have abandoned the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They live in the clothing of the Holy Spirit, not having their garments defiled by living according to worldly standards. We do not wear the fig leaf of humanism, which is worn by those who serve the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel. We walk with our Lord Jesus Christ, in the white “garments” of the Holy Spirit, “…and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Philippians 3:9-11 We are worthy only because He is worthy.

We have victory over this world through our Lord Jesus who has already won the victory over sin death by the atonement for sin He made on the Cross and by His resurrection from the dead. We who live in Him are overcomers, and we who overcome will be clothed in the white garments of eternal life in our redeemed eternal bodies. Our names are written in the Lambs Book of Life, “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelations 13:8 The “him” in that verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast.

Christ Jesus will confess our name to His Father and in front of all His angels, “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32

Click here for pictures of a flyer from a local fallen church.

Click for a post on Isaiah 28:7-8 about “The ministers of the churches have erred, have deviated from the way, err in vision, and stumble in judgment.”
Click for a post on Isaiah 28:9-10 about “To whom will the corrupt ministers teach the knowledge of Christ and the message of the Cross?”

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The Seven Churches

• First church — Lampstand removal from church for leaving the first love for Jesus Christ.
• Second Church–Persecuted and faithful Church, where the temple of Satan exists, is given the reward of eternal life.
• Third church–Those embracing the worldly agenda enters the church, but hidden “bread” given to those faithful to Jesus Christ.
• Fourth church– Teachings of the beast mixed into the church to teach Satan’s “deep secrets”. The faithful to Christ to hold on to what we have in Him.
• Fifth church–Dead church, but the names of the faithful to Christ are written in the Book of Life.
• Sixth Church–Faithful few have little strength but are made pillars in the temple of God and preserved for the eternal New Jerusalem.
• Seventh church– Church is indifferent to Jesus Christ but wealthy by worldly standards. Jesus stands at the door and knocks.

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I found this laying on the ground near to my front door on July 30th. This church is just one of the many lively and wealthy churches in the city. There is another church that is known for its fireworks extravaganza in August, and another one that is known for its “Trunk or Treat” extravaganza in October. The music is fun, lively, good-feel music but no real Gospel roots. It almost recreates the environment of a county fair. Every church in this city is on the same sheet of music, and the chords are composed by the global culture of the beast. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a part of what they do.

“…to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.”
Revelation 2:24-25