It is privilege to have journeyed this way and be moved in a manner that makes our entire life meaningful. Only Christ can share to the deep and remain the same. Every other religion is a religion but he is not a religion, nor a lie. He is Christ. He is Truth and Truth is Strength.

Revelation 4:1-5

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 

The first experience was the voice of a trumpet, everyone is meant to come to the place of the throne which is the place of perfect salvation. The churches were supposed to journey to God but they were trapped in the shadow of death as in Psalm 91. Coming to God is the ultimate goal. The course of the earth is designed by the devil to ensure no one comes to God because their ascension will destabilize the forces of the heavenlies where he is. He came down from the mountain of God and stood in the air where disobedience is crafted, where nations are empowered so as to keep souls busy here without ascending, the more we grow in the wisdom of the world, the more we are in bondage. Man thinks that as he grows older he will come into rest but there is always a goal set before man which he runs to attain because the earth is designed so that no soul will have time for God.

God sent help through John to the Church in Asia. Though it was in the Holy Place, it needs to spend enough time in the place of ‘under the shadow’ to get to the Most Holy Place where the Light there is not human light. There is a light in the outer court that gives information but we need to get to a realm where we will not depend on the sun for light. Though we cannot bring the whole church to the light as it is now for men have been weakened by someone who has used his strength to weaken them but God has determined that there will be a people whose lives will show the Life.

There were seven trumpets that sounded which are messages for climbing. The seven churches represent the voice of the trumpet. There was need there for them to complete the voice of the trumpet in the Holy Place and move to the voice of the thunder which is the voice of God. Revelation 4 is an upward movement. Rapture will make no sense if we don’t make an upward movement. The man-child company in Revelation 12 was the critical mass who moved from the voice of the trumpet to the voice of the thunder; they were caught up to God and his throne. There is need for us to move to gain God’s strength.

The materials the apostles got were not gotten by vision but by experience; they were experiential. There is how men will journey to God. We cannot serve God if we are not being raised, caught or taken up.

Psalm 122:1-4

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 

The design of Zion is for upward movement; it is not everywhere that can help us to go up. There is a house of the Lord and a congregation of the saint designed primarily for upward movement. Some souls don’t see any need for upward movement. To go up is to ascend and we need the voice of the trumpet to ascend; when going up we are going against gravity. Anything that is earthly cannot go against gravity. There must be a joy in our hearts when we hear a message for upward movement. There is no place we can find strength and joy except in the Spirit. We must learn to keep our order and parameter in the spirit, if we journey in the flesh, we will gather weight and not ascend; we will die.

Psalm 122:8

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 

Jerusalem has no relevance without the house which is the house of ascension. We should not use our mouths or social media to address the issues of the Church for we cannot address the issue of the Church there. It is within the borders of the Church that Zion will be raised. We must take our vocation seriously. John was taken so as to show others the way. We are meant to be compass to the men who are in trouble to lead them back into the house of the Lord. Even if we come down to our last strength we should not lose strength for heaven is counting on it and it will be the hope of our resurrection.

A door was opened in heaven which was the voice that the church in Philadelphia needed to hear for they were close to that door. They had fought Satan but in fighting the spirit, a door was needed so that they could gather what was needed to ascend to God. They were just following God; they did not see the picture of their voyage for if we are shown the picture of our voyage we will be strengthened but it will not be by faith. We would not be able to build our spiritual lives if we run away from vigil for in it is corporate strength. As long as we are in this flesh we will suffer, not lack of physical things but groanings in order for the body to give way so as not to kill what is in man.

What kept the door open was to the keeping of the Word. He will not open it if we have not used our last strength to open it. We must never give up on the Word for it is better to die with the Word than give up. It is the last strength that we have that will give way to the strength of the Lord. When we are prospering; we are not really prospering for our generation will still go through the same process of fighting. The things and Testament that David was ordained to go through did not allow him to enjoy royalty. The holding on of the things that we have will pave way for what is to come. We should let the last strength that will remain in us be the strength to hold on to the Word of God. We should not just keep church but we should keep the Word of God. If we will keep church it is for us to keep the Word.

The resolve in our hearts must be that the Will of the Lord will prosper in our days. Amen!