November 6, 2022 · Revelation 3:8–9

The Church Alive

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have…

“What has God filled it out for you through all this? It's hope. Hope in the kingdom come to earth. That's why he's giving them all these pictures. You're gonna be part of the pillar of the temple of God. You're gonna have your name written. All these things. You're this key, the door is open because when we start to recognize that Jesus is knocking on the door and the door is open, then Christ is coming to work, and so this idea is that God is going to transform the world. The city of God is ended here, and it is going to save our planet. … Really the answer is, God is going to come and he's going to drop the new Jerusalem from the heavens, he's going to land on earth, and that's how we're going to save the world. Through the blood of Christ, and everyone being saved. That's literally the hope that we have. This isn't the hope of escaping this world for something better. This is the hope of God transforming this world. We need to escape our escape fantasies! We don't hope for a ticket to heaven. Heaven has its ticket and it's on its way here! … That's what happens. The new kingdom, the new city, the new Jerusalem literally comes down from the sky and lands on earth, and then guess what happens? This planet is now God's throne.”