What Must I Do To Be Saved – Part 2 – The Day of Judgment; The Ark, The Testimony, The Court And The Witness
July 7, 2009 by A Watchman
“As I looked,
“thrones were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat.
His clothing was as white as snow;
the hair of his head was white like wool.
His throne was flaming with fire,
and its wheels were all ablaze.
A river of fire was flowing,
coming out from before him.
Thousands upon thousands attended him;
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The court was seated,
and the books were opened.” (Daniel 7:9-10)
The court was seated…
and the books were opened.
“The Day Of Judgment”!
And I saw the dead,
the great and the small,
standing before the throne,
and books were opened;
and another book was opened,
which is the book of life;
and the dead were judged
from the things which were written in the books,
according to their deeds.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it,
and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them;
and they were judged,
every one of them according to their deeds.
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire
This is the second death,
the lake of fire.
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:12-15)
The Day Of Judgment.
Imagine if you will… That Great and Terrible day… The Day of Judgment…
All men Must stand before the great Judge and give an account of their deeds…
NONE can escape…!
Heaven and earth have passed away…
There is NO Turning back…
What’s done is done…
And nothing can be changed.
You are standing before the King of Kings…
What you ‘believe’ has no relevance here…
The ONLY thing that matters now is… Is your name written in the Book of Life…?
Ten thousand times ten thousand people are there with you…
But when the Great Judge looks at You…
You are only aware of Him… And You…
Nothing else matters…
And as His eyes meet yours… You understand…
There is nothing that is hidden!
In an Instant…
You understand…
YHVH has already given His testimony…
And Moses has also given his witness.
They were there for all to see and read…!
It Is Finished!
Nothing else remains but Judgment!
A covenant was established between man and God thousands of years ago.
An Ark was built as a declaration of that covenant…
The Testimony Of God was in the heart of the Ark of that Covenant…
And Gods mercy seat covered His testimony under the watchful eye of the Cherubim.
“And the nations were enraged,
and Your wrath came,
and the time came for the dead to be judged,
and the time to reward Your bond-servants
the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name,
the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened;
and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple,
and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder
and an earthquake and a great hailstorm. (Revelation 11:18-19)
On the Day of Judgment the ark of His covenant containing His Testimony will appear in His temple.
The 10 Commandments are “The Testimony Of God”. According to scripture YHVH refers to the 10 Commandments as “The Testimony”.
When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)
YHVH commanded Moses;
” You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. (Exodus 25:21)
The book called Deuteronomy literally meaning “second law,” is ascribed by tradition to Moses.
Deuteronomy purports to be the final words of Moses to the people of Israel on the eve of their crossing the Jordan to take possession of Canaan. Moses rehearses the law received at Sinai 40 years previously, reapplying it to the new generation who accept its claim on them at a ceremony of ratification recorded in the Book of Joshua. The bulk of the book is the record of three speeches of Moses, and may be outlined as follows: first, the introductory discourse reviewing the history of Israel since the exodus from Egypt; second, an address of Moses to the people, beginning with general principles of morality and then continuing with particulars of legislation, including a repetition of the Ten Commandments, and a concluding exhortation in which Moses again appeals to the people to renew the covenant; third, a charter of narrative in which Moses nominates Joshua as his successor and delivers the book of the Law to the Levites; fourth, the Song of Moses; fifth, the blessing of Israel by Moses; and sixth, the death of Moses. The legislation is oriented toward life in the Promised Land, with the eventual foundation of a single lawful sanctuary.
Moses commanded the Levites to take the book of Deuteronomy, the book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD YHVH, that it may remain there as a witness against the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:26
26″Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may remain there as a witness against you.
On the Day of Judgment the ark of The Covenant containing The Testimony of YHVH (The Ten Commandments) with the witness of Moses, will appear in His temple. (Revelation 11:18-19)
The court was seated,
and books were opened;
and another book was opened,
which is the book of life;
and the dead were judged
from the things which were written in the books,
according to their deeds.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it,
and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them;
and they were judged,
every one of them according to their deeds.
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire
This is the second death,
the lake of fire.
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire.
You are standing before the great Judge on the Day of Judgment…
And the books are opened.
The Testimony of YHVH (the Ten Commandments) is opened…
The Witness of Moses is opened…
And the Book of Life is opened…!
Do you agree with the Testimony of YHVH…???
Or will you try to tell the Judge that the testimony of YHVH no longer applies…
Is the witness of Moses for or against you…?
What will you say in your defense…???
The Blood of Jesus covers all of my sins???
Who do you think you are talking to…???
To whom do you think you are pleading your case???
A man came running and kneeled down before him. He said, `Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus said, `You know the laws: “Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not tell lies. Do not cheat. Respect your father and your mother’.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; and I will give him the morning star. ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and 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.’
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:18-20)
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4)
Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32)
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. (James 1:12)
Matthew 3:2
” Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:8
” Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach and say, ” Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Mark 1:15
and saying, ” The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 6:12
They went out and preached that men should repent.
Luke 3:3
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;
Luke 3:8
“Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘ We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.
Luke 13:3
“I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Luke 13:5
“I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 24:47
and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Revelation 2:5
‘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.
Revelation 2:16
‘Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Revelation 3:3
‘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.
Revelation 3:19
‘ Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
The ONLY thing that will matter on the Day of Judgment is this…
Is Your Name written in the Book of Life..???
Only those whose names are found written in the ‘Book of Life’ on the day of Judgment will be saved:
Revelation 20:15
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Pauline Christians will tell you that your name is written in the Book of Life when you say their little prayer of repentence; But they are wrong. Our names have been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world. The foundation of the world occurred a long, long time before we ever said any little ’sinners prayer’ and ‘got saved’.
Revelation 13:8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
Revelation 17:8
” The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.
Those whose names are written in the Book of Life were predestined to be saved from being thrown into the lake of fire since before the foundation of the world. But they can have their names blotted out, or erased. YAHU’SHUA tells us;
Revelation 3:5
‘ He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
King David even asked that some might be blotted out of the book of life;
Psalm 69:28
May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
Your name is not in the Book of Life because of Faith alone…
Revelation 21:27
and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Revelation 3:5
‘ He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
According to the above verse (Revelation 3:5), YAHU’SHUA declares that it IS Possible To Have Your Name Erased From The Book Of Life…!
He who overcomes will not have his name erased from the Book of Life!
Having Faith is not enough.
Your faith must bring you to the place of being an overcomer.
Revelation 21
7″He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
8″But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Do Not Be Deceived…
We Will Be Judged ‘According To Our Deeds’…!!!
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ (Matthew 7:22-24)
May YHVH Bless You
And Keep You.
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