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“Hey, All I want is the Good Life!”

May 21, 2009 on 3:44 pm | In Prophetic Word | No Comments

Prophetic Words Concerning America and the Church in America
by Pastor Dawn Wilson
Mighty Warrior Church

“Hey, All I want is the Good Life!”

2 Chronicles 12:1-5

Rehoboam and all Israel forsook the law of God. Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to the Lord.

Shemiah, the prophet, spoke to Rehoboam and said, “You have forsaken Me, so also have I forsaken you to Shishak.”

- America has publicly forsaken God’s ways.

- America has forsaken God and looked to man to be our help and our aid. We see this exampled in our last election – BOTH sides looking to a man to be the answer to America’s problem.

- If we continue in this way God will forsake us to the help and aid of the man we have sought to be our help.

Verse 8

“But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

- If we are forsaken by God to the aid of man America shall come to know the difference between the blessings of serving God and the bondage of the rule of man.

Verse 12

“… conditions were good in Judah.”

- America is willing to accept the bondage of the rule of man AS LONG AS we get “good conditions” in our lives.

- America’s heart is set on possessing “good conditions” and NOT on keeping God’s ways. We see this exampled in our last election as our votes were based upon who would keep us in the “good life” and NOT upon who would make righteous and godly decisions. Abortion ceased to be a major concern as America – including the church – voted.

- America in her pursuit to keep the good life is forsaking the abundant blessings which come from following God and keeping His ways.

- America is forsaking the abundant blessings of God for the “good” brought through a man.

- America is settling for the “good” brought through a man and NOT pushing to the perfect which comes only from serving God.

Verse 14

“… did not set his heart to seek the LORD.”

- America has ceased to set her heart to seek the Lord.

- America’s heart has turned from seeking God and is now set on a pursuit to keep the “good life”.

To the Body of Christ in This Hour

Romans 12:1-2

“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”

- Let us repent and turn from our pursuit of the “good life”.

- Let us repent and present ourselves as living sacrifices to God.

- Let us pursue God and His perfect ways – discerning what is good, acceptable and perfect.

Act 17:26-27

“and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;”

- We have been appointed by God to live in this day and in this nation of America that we should seek God.

- Our God given destiny is to be His light in these perilous times in America.

“Why Does America Not Prosper?”

May 21, 2009 on 3:41 pm | In Prophetic Word | No Comments

2 Chronicles 24:20

“ … Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? …”

Prosperity comes through God’s favor and blessing.

God’s favor and blessing, which bring prosperity to a nation, comes only through serving God and walking according to His word.

2 Chronicles 26:5

“…as long as he sought the LORD, God prospered him.”

- America’s prosperity is shaken because we’ve transgressed God’s commandments and not kept His ways.

- America’s prosperity has not totally plummeted because of the fruit America has produced through outreach and aid given to the needy is still producing its harvest. The fruit of America’s good works are still producing their harvest.

2 Chronicles 25:6-9

“He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver. 7 But a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim. 8 “But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.” 9 Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “The LORD has much more to give you than this.”

Israel sought to lean on the power of man to be their help. A man of God spoke out in that hour – God ALONE has the power to help and to bring down.

- America has begun to seek man and not God to be her help

- America has begun to not rely on or depend on the help and aid of God.

- It is time for the church – the man of God – to speak out in this hour, “God ALONE has the power to help and to bring down.”

The king asked the man of God, “What about the money I’ve spent to hire these troops.” The man of God answered, “God has much more to give you than this.”

- Much money has been spent by the American government in hopes of bringing prosperity again to our nation. This money will not and can not bring back the favor and blessing of God – and thus can not bring back true prosperity.

- It is time for the church – the man of God – to rise up and answer the predicament of our nation with these words, “If America will turn her trust again to God, seek His ways, and obey His word God has MUCH MORE favor, blessings and true prosperity to give to her.”

2 Chronicles 25:16-17

“As he was talking with him, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.” 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face each other.”

The king told the godly counselors to stop – to cease speaking. He refused to listen and heed godly counsel. He instead listened to, heeded, and took the counsel of the ungodly.

- America has a choice in this hour – who will she listen to and heed – whose counsel will she take?

Our prayers must cry out for America to listen to and heed the voice of God through His prophets.

We still have a season to cry out for the repentance of our nation. We still have a season to cry out for our nation to heed God’s voice and turn.

2 Chronicles 25:19-20

“You said, ‘Behold, you have defeated Edom.’ And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?” 20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, that He might deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom.”

The king’s heart had become proud. In his pride he refused to listen.

- America’s heart has become proud in her boasting. Pride has blinded her eyes from seeing her true condition. She sees herself still as the world power and world protector she once was – she is blind to the collapse of her foundation due to moral failure and her failure to keep and obey God’s word.

We still have a season to cry out for America to humble herself before God. We still have a season to cry out for America’s pride to be removed and she listen to and heed God’s voice.

2 Chronicles 25:27

“From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. “

- From the time of America’s turning from following the Lord the enemy has conspired against her to kill her.

- The enemy hates America because of her good works – the aid she has given to those the enemy has sought to destroy through his acts of destruction.

- The enemy hates America because of the church and the church’s redemptive work which exists in her.

- The enemy seeks for an opportunity – opening – to bring His forces of destruction to America in order to kill her.

- America’s turning from following the ways of the Lord gives the enemy opportunity – makes an opening for him to bring against America what he has conspired to do in order to kill her.

Proverbs 25:28

“a city that is broken into and without walls …”

- America is in danger of being a city without the walls of God’s favor and blessing which are our covering of protection.

- Without God’s covering of protection America will easily be broken into and plundered by the conspiracy of the enemy.

We are indeed in a season that yet remains for America to repent and turn again to God’s ways BEFORE the covering of God’s protective walls are completely removed from her.

We are indeed in a season that yet remains for the prayers of the church to prevail BEFORE the covering of God’s protective walls are completely removed from our nation.

This is a call to prayers of intercession which cry out for America’s repentance.

This is a call to intercessory prayer which cries out for America to listen to and heed God’s prophetic voice in the earth.

Acts 3:19

“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

If America will repent times of refreshing will indeed come upon her from the presence of the Lord.

If America will repent God’s “much more” favor, blessings, and prosperity will be poured out upon her.

God’s word to the church in this hour

2 Chronicles 7:14

“and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

This is a call for the church to repent and turn from our wicked ways.

This scripture clearly states that FIRST the church must repent and turn from her evil ways THEN God will hear, forgive our sin, and heal our land.

This is a call for the church to repent and turn from our wicked ways so that God will hear our prayers of intercession made on America’s behalf and heal our land.

Let us – the church – repent from our evil ways and turn again to God. After we repent and turn again to God then let us cry out for America to follow suit.

1 Peter 4:17

“For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?”

The Greek word translated as “judgment” means “a decision for or against.”

The decision for or against repentance begins with us – the household of God. The decision to repent or not repent first lies with us – the church.

If we would see America repent and be healed, we the church must first decide for repentance and repent of our evil ways. The decision for repentance begins – is first – with us – God’s household.

Will we, the church, decide for our own repentance and turning from our evil and wicked ways?

Matthew 11:20

“Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.”

We, the church, are the city of our God. We, the Body of Christ, are where the miracles of God are taking place.

Will Jesus denounce us because we refuse to repent of our evil and wicked ways in this hour?

This is a call for the church to repent and turn from our wicked ways.

“How Can the Church Repent From Her Wicked and Evil Ways if She Knows Them Not?”

May 21, 2009 on 3:34 pm | In Prophetic Word | 1 Comment

I was interceding on behalf of the church – calling for its repentance from its evil and wicked ways. God asked me this question as I prayed, “How can the church repent from her wicked and evil ways if she knows them not?”

He then instructed me to look at the seven churches found in the book of Revelation in order to know the evil and wicked ways Jesus found in the church and called for repentance from.

Ephesus – A call to intimacy

Revelation 2:2-6

“’I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3 and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary. 4 ‘But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 ‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place–unless you repent. 6 ‘Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”

Ephesus was a church of service – Jesus commends her for her deeds and toil. Ephesus had persevered and endured for the sake of Jesus’ name and had not grown weary. They did not endure evil men but put them to test. They did not look at “title” by which men called themselves but tested the “title” for proof of the ministry gift the title implied was given by the Holy Spirit.

Verse 4 -5

“But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place–unless you repent.”

From where had mankind fallen? They had fallen from walking intimately with God in the Garden of Eden.

Jesus tells Ephesus to remember from where they had fallen – to remember the intimacy with God lost through the fall and now restored to mankind through His finished work upon the cross.

Jesus tells Ephesus to remember the place of intimacy with Him. Jesus tells Ephesus to remember the place of lavishing Him with their love.

Jesus is calling back to intimacy with Him a church which had fallen into doing good works for Him and in His name and did not walk intimately with Him.

Jesus is calling Ephesus back to an intimacy which produces good works.

~ Evil Way = Good works without intimacy with Jesus ~

Jesus instructs Ephesus to repent and do the deeds – intimacy with Jesus – they had done at first.

Verse 6

“Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”

Many only look at one aspect of the deeds of the Nicolaitans – their doctrines of “free love” and sexual licentiousness. Yet, these doctrines do not encompass all the deeds of the Nicolaitans which Jesus hated.

The Nicolaitans deeds also encompassed setting up a hierarchical system in the church. They separated the church into priest and laity. This separation – this hierarchal system – broke down the unity of all believers. This separation – this hierarchal system – broke down the priesthood of all believers.

Jesus hated not only their doctrines of licentiousness; He also hated the hierarchical system they set up in the church. This hierarchical system was a direct violation of the unity of believers and the priesthood of all believers He had purchased at the cross.

Verse 7

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Jesus instructs us to HEAR what the Spirit says to the churches. We can not ignore what is spoken to these seven churches as not applying to us. Jesus tells us to HEAR – to pay attention to and heed – what the Spirit says to the churches.

Smyrna – A call to faithfulness

Revelation 2:9-10

“’I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 ‘Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. “

Smyrna was a church who endured much persecution through tribulation, poverty, and blasphemy.

Jesus tells the church of Smyrna to not fear what lay ahead of them and to be faithful until death.

Jesus found no evil or wicked way in the church of Smyrna.

The ten days referred to in Verse 10 must likely refers to ten periods of persecution they endured under Roman emperors from Nero to Diocletian.

Pergamum – A call to purification

Revelation 2:13-16

“I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 ‘But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15 ‘So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 ‘Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.”

The church at Pergamum dwelled where satan was enthroned. Jesus commends them for holding fast to His name and not denying the faith even when Antipas, a faithful witness of the gospel, was killed.

Pergamum was a church who did not deny Jesus or their faith even when they were threatened with possible death.

Verse 14

“’But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.”

Jesus said He had this against the church at Pergamum – some held the teachings of Balaam which were stumbling blocks.

1Corinthians 8:9

“But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.”

1 Corinthians 8:12-13

“And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.”

~ Evil Way #1 = Teachings which cause others to stumble ~

Verse 15

“So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. “

~ Evil Way #2 = Clergical hierarchy ~

As we learned from the church of Ephesus – Jesus hates the deeds of the Nicolaitans which included a hierarchal system which separated the church into priest and laity.

This doctrine separated believers into groups of “have” and “have not” concerning the anointing of God and thus ability to be used of God.

This separation broke down of the unity of all believers. It was broke down the priesthood of all believers. It broke down the truth of ALL anointed and ALL gifted by the Holy Spirit.

Verse 16

“’Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. “

Jesus calls the church at Pergamum to repent from these teachings will cause others to stumble and which separate and divide the church into groups of “have” and “have not”.

Jesus called the church at Pergamum to purification from unclean teachings.

Thyatira – A call to cleansing from false teachings

Revelation 2:19-25

“’I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. 20 ‘But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 ‘I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. 22 ‘Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. 23 ‘And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24 ‘But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them–I place no other burden on you. 25 ‘Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.”

Jesus commends the church at Thyatira for their deeds, love and faith, service, and perseverance. These deeds were greater that at the first.

Thyatira was a church who did greater deeds through faith working in love.

Verse 20

“But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.”

Jesus said He had against the church of Thyatira that they tolerated Jezebel who “called herself” a prophetess.

The church of Thyatira did not do as the church of Ephesus – who did not endure those who “called themselves” and were not – instead the church of Thyatira tolerated her.

This false prophetess taught and led Jesus’ bondservants astray. She taught them to commit acts of immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

Jesus calls this woman Jezebel because she is doing as Jezebel of the Old Testament who filled Jerusalem and Judah with idolatry through her teaching and leadership.

~ Evil way = Tolerate false doctrines and those teach them ~

Verses 21-22

“I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. 22 ‘Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.”

This woman had departed from the truth of the gospel and having departed from it she began to preach and teach a perverted gospel. Jesus gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent.

Jesus then calls the church to repent of her deeds.

Verse 23

“’And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.”

Jesus’ statement that he would kill her children with pestilence meant that He would destroy the fruit of her false teaching. Pestilence equals pests – insects – who eat plants and the fruit of plants. Jesus said that her false teaching would be destroyed.

Verse 24

“’But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them–I place no other burden on you.”

Jesus placed no other burden BUT not tolerating false teachers and their doctrines.

Verse 25

“Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.”

What did they have? They had greater deeds done through faith working in love. Jesus tells them to hold fast to this work until He comes.

Sardis – A call to wake up

Revelation 3:1-4

“”To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 ‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 3 ‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 ‘But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.”

Jesus says of the church of Sardis, “I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.” He then commands them to, “Wake up and strengthen what remains and were about to die. He tells them that their deeds have not been completed before God.

~ Evil way = Deeds are undone – the good works God prepared beforehand that they should walk in them are not completed or being completed (Eph. 2:10). They are not running the race that has been set before them. Instead they are asleep / dead – not moving. ~

Verse 3

“So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.”

Jesus commands them to remember what they have received and heard – and upon remembering to keep it. He then commands them to repent.

Jesus also tells them that if they will not wake up His coming would be like a thief in the night to them – they would not know the day nor the hour.

Verse 4

“But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.”

God can be very graphic at times. He reminded me of the season I worked as a nurse’s aid in a nursing home. Those who were in the state of constant sleep latterly “soiled” their garments with excrement. Jesus is saying some have not gone so far asleep as to soil themselves. These ones will walk with Him and be clothed in robes of white, which equal robes of righteousness.

Philadelphia – A call to steadfastness / perseverance

Revelation 3:8-11

“I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 ‘Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie–I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. 10 ‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 ‘I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”

Jesus commends the church at Philadelphia for their deeds – they had kept His word and not denied His name.

Jesus tells them He has set an open door before them which no one can shut because they have a little power. He would make those of the Jewish race come and bow down at their feet and know that He has loved them.

I personally believe Jesus is promising a wide open door of effective ministry to the Jewish nation. The Jewish nation will come to know the love God has for them and for the gentiles.

Jesus tells the church of Philadelphia because they had kept His word of perseverance He would keep them from the hour to testing that is coming upon the whole world.

Verse 11

“I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”

Jesus told them to hold fast to what they have. What did they have – a little power and a wide open door for effective ministry.

Jesus found no evil or wicked way in the church of Philadelphia.

Laodicea – A call to dependence and reliance upon God

Revelation 3:15-20

“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 ‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. 17 ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20 ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.”

Jesus says of the church at Laodicea that He knows their deeds and they are neither hot nor cold but lukewarm.

Hot water is used for cleansing. Cold water is used for refreshing. Lukewarm water is used to induce vomiting.

Laodicea was a church whose deeds induced Jesus to vomit – spit them out of His mouth – just as lukewarm water is used to induce vomiting.

Verse 17

“Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,”

Jesus was induced to vomiting by the church of Laodicea because they said they were rich, wealthy, and had need of nothing. They did not know their true condition was wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

~ Evil way = Pride of self sufficiency and not dependant upon God. Pride of “I can do it myself” and not relied upon God.
God is no longer their source of provision. ~

Jesus was induced to vomiting by their pride of self sufficiency. Jesus was induced to vomiting because Jehovah Jireh was no longer their source of all provision.

Verse 18

“I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.”

Jesus’ words “buy from me” was commanding them to return to their true source of provision.

They were to first buy from God gold refined by fire that they may be truly rich. They were to have true riches – which are treasures stored in heaven which do not rust or run out.

Secondly they were to buy from God white garments and clothe themselves that the shame of their nakedness was not revealed. They were to be clothed in the white robes of righteousness and being clothed in Jesus’ righteousness their shame / sin is covered.

2 Corinthians 5:2-3

“For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, 3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.”

Romans 4:7

“BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.”

Third they were to buy from God eye salve that they may see.

Matthew 13:16

“But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

Eye salve would open their eyes and being opened to see their eyes would be blessed.

Verse 19

“Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.”

Jesus commanded them to be zealous and repent.

Verse 20

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.”

We have made a full circle as we finish the words Jesus spoke to the churches. Jesus began this discourse to the churches with a call to intimacy and He ends with a call to intimacy – to open to him so that He may come in and dine with us.