An Open Door

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An Open Door

• Revelation 4

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Rev 320

• Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any
  man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come
  in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with
  me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am
  set down with my Father in his throne. He that
  hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
  unto the churches.
• Revelation three ends with Jesus saying get up
  and answer the door!

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On December 8, 2005 God spoke these words to me
while in prayer

• "Who will dine with Me at My table?"
• Gal 111-12 But I certify you, brethren, that the
  gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
  For I neither received it of man, neither was I
  taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus
  Christ.

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• My Children,What can you do or accomplish for My
  glory when I already have all the glory?
  Certainly not more exploits that end in splendor
  and earthly greatness. The one thing I desire
  above all else for My servants, ministers, and
  shepherds is communion at My table! Yes, oneness
  around the heavenly table! A place and time of
  Spiritual intimacy! A continual coming to Me for
  food, for strength, for wisdom, for fellowship.

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• Many of My servants mistakenly get their
  spiritual joy out of service and not out of
  communing with Me. Many are doing more and more
  for a Lord they know less and less about!
• Yes, many will run themselves ragged will burn
  out, will go anywhere on earth, and give their
  bodies to My work, but will seldom keep the
  feast! My children, you must be serious about
  taking your place with Me at My table! In My
  presence is fullness of Joy!

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• This generation has a limited revelation of Me
  because so many of My chosen ones are missing
  from My table!
• Yes, their seats are empty! With all the
  preaching, the praising, the endless talk about
  Me, few find time to dine with Me, to have a true
  appreciation for My table! Few know the grandeur
  and majesty of such a high calling. In My
  presence, My elect become those who care nothing
  for the spectacular the earthly, the things of
  this world, success, ambition or worldly fame.
  They will pray, not for things, not for
  blessings, not to be used, not for anything of
  self, but only for a fuller revelation of the
  glory and vastness of their Lord.

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• Therefore, My Children, I am looking for those
  who are not satisfied to sift through all the
  conflicting voices to find a true word. I seek
  those who will seek a revelation of Me that is
  all their own -- a very deep personal intimacy.
  Who will dine with Me at My table?

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Now Revelations Chapter 4 starts out looking at a
door opening in Heaven

• Let's Read from the Message Paraphrase Bible
  Chapter 4
• A Door into Heaven

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• 4 Then I looked, and, oh!a door open into
  Heaven. The trumpet-voice, the first voice in my
  vision, called out, "Ascend and enter. Ill show
  you what happens next."

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• I was caught up at once in deep worship and,
  oh!a Throne set in Heaven with One Seated on the
  Throne, suffused in gem hues of amber and flame
  with a nimbus of emerald. Twenty-four thrones
  circled the Throne, with Twenty-four Elders
  seated, white-robed, gold-crowned. Lightning
  flash and thunder crash pulsed from the Throne.
  Seven fire-blazing torches fronted the Throne
  (these are the Sevenfold Spirit of God). Before
  the Throne it was like a clear crystal sea.

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• Prowling around the Throne were Four Animals, all
  eyes. Eyes to look ahead, eyes to look behind.
  The first Animal like a lion, the second like an
  ox, the third with a human face, the fourth like
  an eagle in flight. The Four Animals were winged,
  each with six wings. They were all eyes, seeing
  around and within. And they chanted night and
  day, never taking a break Holy, holy, holy Is
  God our Master, Sovereign-Strong, The Was, The
  Is, The Coming.

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• Every time the Animals gave glory and honor and
  thanks to the One Seated on the Thronethe
  age-after-age Living Onethe Twenty-four Elders
  would fall prostrate before the One Seated on the
  Throne. They worshiped the age-after-age Living
  One. They threw their crowns at the foot of the
  Throne, chanting, Worthy, O Master! Yes, our God!
  Take the glory! the honor! the power! You created
  it all It was created because you wanted it.

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Three Doors Are Mentioned in Revelation

• 1) An open door for evangelism and missions
• Which refers to the Church as a place for bearing
  witness to the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus
  Christ. It is the opportunity that god opens for
  the church to carry the gospel to neighbors,
  communities, cities, states and the world.

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• Rev 38 I know thy works behold, I have set
  before thee an open door, and no man can shut it
  for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my
  word, and hast not denied my name.
• Act 18 But ye shall receive power, after that
  the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be
  witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
  Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
  part of the earth.

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• 2) A Door to the Human Heart
• When believers carry the message of the gospel to
  their neighbors, it is then up to the individual
  person to open the door of his heart to receive
  the gospel. This decision is the neighbor's.
  Every person has a door that has to be opened
  before Christ will enter.

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• Rev 320 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock
  if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I
  will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
  he with me.

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• 3) There is the door of revelation
• Once a person opens their heart to Christ, Christ
  reveals glorious things of Himself, of God, of
  Heaven, and of this world. In addition, Christ
  reveals some of the events that are to take place
  as history unfolds itself- some of the events
  that surround the return of the Lord himself and
  the end times.

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• Rev 41 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.

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• 1Cr 212 Now we have received, not the spirit of
  the world, but the spirit which is of God that
  we might know the things that are freely given to
  us of God.
• 1Cr 213 Which things also we speak, not in the
  words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the
  Holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things
  with spiritual.
• 1Cr 214 But the natural man receiveth not the
  things of the Spirit of God for they are
  foolishness unto him neither can he know them,
  because they are spiritually discerned.

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• John saw a DOOR open in heaven...Heard the voice
  of God Himself inviting John to come up and learn
  things that must soon happen...things men did not
  know. Things revealed by God to John of future
  events which were not Johns imagination, but was
  the Word of God Revealed.

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• From this we learn that God is willing to reveal
  those things we do not know and can make
  relations with us a personal event. Yes an event
  where we hear the shepherds voice and learn at
  His feet.
• God longs for our relationship to be personal. He
  waits for an open heart...a willing heart. Do you
  have this kind of relationship...taught by God
  Himself?

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