Hi there!
So the Lord allowed someone to figure this out, and I am dying to share it! Revelation says in chapter 18
But what does this mean? It goes like this "I am all I need, I love pleasure and I am not guilty of sin". Now how does this relate to Jesus? Basically MYSTERY is saying "I don't need the Lamb, I am ashamed of Him, that He should think He needs to die for my sins".
Now, John says "He that denies the Son does not have the Father" (in 1 John 2:23), in other words, if you are ashamed of the Lamb, you have no power over sin. Moreover, Jesus says "If you are ashamed of Me, I will be ashamed of you" (Luke paraphrase). In other words when it says in Revelation that God will judge MYSTERY, He will judge her for being ashamed of the Lamb, for being ashamed of the Christ!
The beauty of this part of scripture, is that it reveals how we will all be judged: are we ashamed of Christ or not? What evidence is there, that we are not ashamed of the Lamb? Clearly there is a point to asking this wisely, Jesus talks about the elect being deceived, one can easily see that the Devil will be more than willing to say we are ashamed or we ought to be ashamed - that's why the Lord records the thoughts of MYSTERY's heart, He does not say "this is what MYSTERY thinks in her head".
What we should get, is that God knows what is in our heart.
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
So the Lord allowed someone to figure this out, and I am dying to share it! Revelation says in chapter 18
But what does this mean? It goes like this "I am all I need, I love pleasure and I am not guilty of sin". Now how does this relate to Jesus? Basically MYSTERY is saying "I don't need the Lamb, I am ashamed of Him, that He should think He needs to die for my sins".
Now, John says "He that denies the Son does not have the Father" (in 1 John 2:23), in other words, if you are ashamed of the Lamb, you have no power over sin. Moreover, Jesus says "If you are ashamed of Me, I will be ashamed of you" (Luke paraphrase). In other words when it says in Revelation that God will judge MYSTERY, He will judge her for being ashamed of the Lamb, for being ashamed of the Christ!
The beauty of this part of scripture, is that it reveals how we will all be judged: are we ashamed of Christ or not? What evidence is there, that we are not ashamed of the Lamb? Clearly there is a point to asking this wisely, Jesus talks about the elect being deceived, one can easily see that the Devil will be more than willing to say we are ashamed or we ought to be ashamed - that's why the Lord records the thoughts of MYSTERY's heart, He does not say "this is what MYSTERY thinks in her head".
What we should get, is that God knows what is in our heart.
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
