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Voice Of Prophecy

H.M.S. Richards

The Forgetful Angel

Lift up the trumpet and love Jesus is calming again. Cheer of pil dreams. Be joyful. Jesus is calming. Again, This is the voice of prophecy. A voice crying in the wilderness of these modern days. Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Call me again, call again. Again. From our voice of Prophecy studios in Los Angeles, California, we welcome you to this half hour of inspiration ad music with the king's Heralds del Delker, Brad Braley and the voice of prophecy. Speaker HMS Richards, A seventh day Adventist minister Of Jesus name bring forth him Lord, bring the Lord Sacred strong wheel at his feet may fall. We'll join the Everlasting Song and join the Our Father, which art in heaven. We seek thy blessing upon every listener to the broadcast today. Guide and strengthen every Christian. Open the hearts of non-Christians to the glory and the truth of thy word. Bless, especially as we open the great book of Revelation prophecy. In Jesus name, The heart Of Sin. Oh Jesus. Blessed redeemer sent from the heart of God hold us who bow before the near to the heart of God. Teach me to pray. Lord Teach me to pray. This is my heart. Today I long to teach me to pray. Lord, teach me to pray in Me. Constant. This is my, please grab me. Oh Lord, care men lost and souls in despair. Oh, give me Paul living in the this is my please grant. And The thrilling story of the savior's power over the forces of nature is hurt. Now in song master, the tempest is raging. Master the is raging the our toing high. The sky is shadowed with blackness. No shelter or help is not that how alive asleep we each moment so madly grave in the angry the winds and the way shall I be Steve. Whether the wrath of the storm toss, sea, or demons or men or whatever it be, no water can swallow the sheep lies the master and all shall sweet peace shall sweet. The over the element sweetly rest her son in the and heavens within my linger, blessed redeem me Lord, no more. And with joy, I shall make the blessed hall and rest on the bless. For sure. The winds and the way shall ob will peace whether the of the storm to sea or demons or men or whatever it be can swallow the sheep, the they all shall, sweetly, they all shall. And now here is H HMS Richards, the voice of prophecy speaker, his subject, the forgetful angel. Seven letters to seven angels written by an apostle in the penitentiary. Think of it. And by the way, according to quite reliable tradition, he was the only one of the 12 apostles who died a natural death. It may be of interest to our voice of prophecy listeners to hear the record of the death of the apostles as given in Fox's book of martyrs. We might mention first, however, that John the Baptist was beheaded and Jesus our Lord, scoured and crucified the first Christian martyrs. Stephen was stoned to death. Now for the 12 apostles James beheaded by Herda gripper, Philip scoured and crucified, Matthew killed with a sword. James the last stoned, Mathia stoned Jerusalem then beheaded Andrew crucified at Odessa. Mark dragged to pieces by an infuriated mob on the streets of Alexandria. Peter crucified head downward at his own request. Jude, the brother of James, crucified at Odessa Bek beaten and crucified Thomas thrust through the spear. Some claim, however, he was killed by a mob in India. Luke also killed to the spear reported however he was hanged on olive tree in Greece. Simon Zilo crucified in Britain. Then of course the Apostle Paul, not one of the 12 beheaded at Rome by order of Nero. But there's no record of the execution of the Apostle John often called the apostle of love. What about this penitentiary from which John wrote the book of Revelation with all its wonderful visions. The entire island of Patas was an imperial penitentiary where prisoners were made to work in the quarries and mines this island off the western coast of Asia Minor in the NC is about 10 miles long, five miles wide. There's a cave or Grotta on the side of its highest hill where some feel John lived here on the Sabbath day. He had his first great vision. This vision has seven parts, each being a message or letter to an angel. Remember this book of revelation is Christ's own book. For in the very first verse we read the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him to show unto unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. This is the only book in the Bible that was divinely named the emperor of Rome could snatch the holy apostle away from his ministerial duties as a leader of God's church and put him on a lonely island. But he could not shut heaven away from him. Here he was honored by the greatest revelation that ever came to a prophet of God. The prophecies which it includes covered the past, the present of John's day and the future. Right onto the end of time to our day. At the beginning of his visions, John uses the expressions I saw 35 times I beheld seven times. I looked five times he showed me two times there appeared two times. I heard 28 times, 18 times we are told to behold and four times to come and see. Revelation is a book of symbols and we must expect figurative and symbolic language. Justice Jesus while on earth used parables to teach his lessons. So in this revelation of Jesus Christ, we must find symbols and figures. One was that it prevented the enemies of God's truth from destroying these prophecies, thus preserving them for the people of God. This great prophecy of revelation is not only a revelation of the future in events to come but a revelation of Jesus Christ himself. It is really Christ unveiled. In other words, it is not only a revelation by him but of him. We look at the beginning of the first great vision given to John in the Sabbath day, revelation one 10 in which he sees the Lord Jesus Christ walking in the midst of seven golden candlesticks and holding seven stars in his right hand. The prophet is told that the seven stars and the seven golden candlesticks have an important meaning. The stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches. Revelation one 20. In fact, this whole prophecy is addressed to the seven churches which are in Asia as we read in verse four, how appropriate for the true churches of Christ to be represented by candlesticks, giving light to the world. And this message ought to bring hope and comfort to every Christian minister because the seven stars represent the angels of the seven churches or the ministers of the seven churches. As Waymo translation has it, stars represent faithful teachers and each minister is to be that every true minister is the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message. Haggai one 13, the word angel means messenger. So these seven letters are addressed to the ministry of the seven churches. They are identified with the churches. The message to the whole church is addressed to the angel or minister of the church. Some people have wondered why the book of Revelation was sent to only seven of the many Christian churches in the world. At that time there were churches at Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, Corinth, and many other places that only so. But even in that one Roman province of Asia, there were many other churches besides the seven mentioned. For instance, Trez, assau, malitus, Colossi. Others why were just seven mentioned. Well, for one reason, seven is the sacred number of scripture from Genesis to Revelation. She's used over 50 times in the book of Revelation alone, scholars of scripture everywhere recognize that the number seven represents completion. The universal church in all times and places of course in his general teaching, the message to each of the churches is applicable to Christians in all ages just as they were applicable to the different churches existing at that time. But why are the seven churches in Revelation always mentioned the same order? There must be some reason. It must be because they covered a certain period of time in the history of Christianity from the time that Jesus ascended from the Mount of Olives until he returns in glory. Let us look now at his message to the first church revelation to when we call this the message to the forgetful angel. And you'll see why under the angel of the church of Ephesus, right, these things, Seth, he that hold at the seven stars in his right hand who walk within the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. Notice a message to the angel of the church of Ephesus. This word Ephesus means desirable. It pictures the Christian Church as founded by Jesus, guided by the apostles until the last of these holy men died about the year 100. In the very first part of this message, the people in that church and all of us are reminded that Jesus is interested in his true ministers, that he cares for for them. I know thy works, he says, and th labor and thy patience. Jesus doesn't overlook the faithful service of his people and how thou can not bear them, which are evil. Thou has tried them, which say they're apostles and they're not. We know this was true in the early church. We learned from acts of 13th chapter, many who claim to be teachers of the truth were discovered to be imposters. The message continues a message of encouragement and has born and has patience. And for my namesake has labored and has not fainted. I wonder if this can be said of each of us. Have we born much for God? Have we suffered much for him? If we had patience, read the book of Acts and see how the original Christians endured for their faith. But after giving this commendation, the Lord Jesus finds fault with the angel of his church. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against the because thou was left, I first love the warm enthusiasm of their first conversion slowly cooled like many a marriage is ruined when the first love fades away. The drudgery and day by day experiences seem to rub it off. How can one regain that first love in the marriage relationship or the true church relationship? The next verse tells us, remember therefore from when thou has fallen and repent and do the first works, the angel had forgotten he was forgetful. That's what brings in coldness and drifting away. The change from love to carelessness. Forgetfulness. That's the trouble. We forget to do the first works. We forget what we were like. We need to take stock of our present condition to think back on the first days of our conversion, our enthusiasm for God, our sacrifice. Have you forgotten? Remember those things again. Then do the first works and the first love. We'll come back. How often I've advised people who have lost their first love in marriage to think back on the old days and do the first works. When a young man first meets the girl who is finally to be his wife. He does everything he can to please her, gives careful attention to his person, gets a haircut, shines his shoes, has his clothes pressed, keeps himself immaculately clean, performs little acts of kindness and courtesy. He's careful about his conduct. He brings a presence from time to time. He writes affectionate letters. Surely we one can't hope for love to maintain its pristine beauty. Unless these actions remain a part of the daily married life, one should be even more tender, more considerate, more patient than at the beginning. So it isn't a Christian life. We must repent and do the first works. If we wish that first love revived, then Jesus says in verse five, I will come under the quickly and will remove that candlestick out of his place except our repent. The light will be taken away. The lamp in the window for the wander, a torch for instruction, a candle for the dying. The light of the church had gone out. It needed to be rekindled. But the forgetful angel is not left with condemnation. Again come the words of encouragement, but this thou has that thal haist, the deeds of the nickel tns, which I also hate. They were certain apostates of that age. Then the farewell letter in verse seven, he that ha to hear, let him hear what the spirit sat unto the churches to him. That overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. What a promise this was to those people in those ages there in the very beginning of things there in the Ephesus period is the promise. But the promise of Christ stands sure if we repent and do the first works of love, the candle will burn. The light of truth will shine forth from every believing heart. If we open our ears to hear the words of the Holy Spirit through his word, we may rest in the promise that every overcomer will eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. And what a promise that is. Yes, my friends, it's your promise and mine. And we can overcome. They overcame him. That is Satan. By the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, Jesus blood our testimony. That's the unanswerable overcoming argument that wins the battle for us. So let us all repent and do the first works. Slam God, us from Lord Jesus. Lord I to be Jesus I to be like Jesus the Fathers. Holy Jesus. Until next week, this is Orva Iverson wishing you God's blessing. And as together we accept the challenge to look up and go forward in faith, Have faith in God, remember and repent. Have faith in God, his work of love. Augment. Have faith in God before the hour is spent, have faith. 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