The book of Revelation needs to be spiritually discerned. The whole book is the revelation or (unveiling) of Jesus Christ in YOU. The book of Revelation is showing us the path that is personal to each of us, that we must follow to become the overcomers. Jesus overcame this world & so shall we. Jesus showed us the way, the book of Revelation show’s us the truth, so we may also become the life. The only way into this city of God is the path of the overcomer. This book is not a history book, it is not about county’s, it is about you & your overcoming this world & ascending to the world of the spirit, not by dying but by living. Jesus showed us the way in His ascension, death could not hold Him. Death is our enemy & in 1Cor.15:13 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. In order to posses this City we must become this City, THE CITY OF GOD! GLORY!
Heb.11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God
Matt.5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. That is our destiny to become that City of Light. To be that lighthouse, to bring the world out of their darkness & into His marvelous light.
12 Gates, 12 Tribes 12 Names 12 Pearls to come into the City
Rev.21:12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (We will build on the 12 foundations.)
15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. (We will be as pure gold, come through the fire of our afflictions.)
16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. (Another lesson, 144,000. God’s govt. number is 12×12, talking 2.
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about the city. His highest, Perfection, His perfection is LOVE. Oh, that is what we will be , there is not any limit here, Our Destiny.)
18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. (We are precious gems unto the Lord.)
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
(In order to come through each gate there is a pearl, pearl means we will do some suffering to come through each gate as it is an attribute or personality trait that must be formed in us.)
(As formed in the natural in an oyster. Sand gets into the oyster & starts to irritates, continues to rub & the pearl is formed. This pearl is formed in us as we go through each gate to come into the Kingdom of God or City.)
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (the Lord God & the lamb is in the Temple. You are the Temple of God.)
23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. (this city that we are doesn’t need natural light because our God is all the light we need.)
24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. (He is making us the Kings & Priests of this whole earth. We will show our light to the whole world so all nations will walk by its light.)
25 On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. (Everyone will be welcome into this city, they shall know the way.)
26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. (This city is for all).
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27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. (nothing impure, no flesh, no double mindedness, only as we learn to love the Lord thy God with all our heart soul & strength & to love your neighbor as yourself, the new creation in Christ.) GLORY!!
(We must allow the Holy Spirit to do a work in us, change our nature, transform our mind, that it is not a fleshly mind but only the mind of Christ. No more double minded, no more eating from the tree of Knowledge of good & evil. Coming into that Higher consciousness. Not of the world any longer, that mentality is gone. You are lifted up, you came up higher or ascended & living in the world of Spirit, what a beautiful anointing. Partaking only of the Tree of Life, for we are the branches, Christ is the Tree & God is the ground in which we are planted.)
1st. gate Reuben- means Behold a Son-My Baby
(As you come into this gate, it is your new birth, the Spirit in you is quickened to life.)
John 10: 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
(This is an excellent thing God has done. It is a miracle, People when they first come to Jesus are as unstable water. (water seeks the lowest place.) We need to help the Reubenites to enter another gate. They cannot excel, because they are still unclean. (ways are not changed) the flesh is there, they are still in the outer court.)
2nd. Gate- Simeon-Means- Hearing.
(Gate of Simeon & Levi are very close together. We start to hear the word of God & it takes on meaning, takes on life. We want to hear more, a hunger takes place).
3rd. Gate-Levi- Means Joined- United.
(Levi was the tribe from which the Priest was taken, leaving to minister from the Spirit, spiritual service. Minister to people’s needs, ministering unto the Lord also, waiting on Him. Looking to Him, fellowship with Him. We minister to others, for we know our needs are met.)
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4th Gate Judah- Means- Praise- Reverence.
(In the natural we start to praise Him, raising hands, worship with our lips. But here we learn true worship is in the spirit & in truth. Judah always was first in battle & always has the victory.)
5th. Gate – Zebulan- Means- Dwelling Place- Habitation.
(Within us we start to see a change, Father starts to show us He has taken up His habitation in us. We long for more of God & His ways.)
6th. Gate- Issachar- Means- Reward- From the root word Hired, Compensation.
(We have been bought with a price by our Lord & we must sell out to Him. He is our reward, so we are under contract to Him. He has exclusive rights to us. Selling out to God. He is the first & last to us.. He is everything to us, you don’t belong to yourself or to man. We will obey Him, letting Him have total will in our life. Jesus prayed this in the garden, when He prayed for the will of the Father. We learn to do His will.)
Gen. 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
(The word is telling us we are a strong people, we are willing to take on the burdens of the world. We can see He is bringing us to a pleasant place. We learn to rest from our labor & we labor in His rest.)
7th. Gate- Means- Umpire- Put things in it’s proper perspective- executes judgment – ministers Judgment.
(In this gate we come into pureness, righteousness a wisdom of judgment, to set the captives free.)
Matt. 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
(Most people judge by the appearance of things & not righteous judgement, which you should judge by the spirit.)
John 5:22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, (that is the son in us.)
Vs.24 24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
(His judgement only brings life.)
(We can not judge anyone with the wrong kind of judging, wrong for us to have a condemning fault finding attitude toward anyone. You will reach them by love, understanding, tolerance & encouragement. It is by prayer that changes you & by prayer they will be changed.)
Matt.12:20 20 A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench, Till He sends forth justice to victory; (When we meet some one who is bruised & hurt, we will not put salt in their wounds, but, we will not put the fire out of their life, when God is doing a work in that fire. We will pray them through the fire but not out of the fire. Dan shall judge the people. except for the grace of God, we could be in the same situation.)
(One who passes through the gate of Dan, will become a judge. A judge unto Victory!)
8th. Gate Gad- Means -troop – Company – Army – Overcomers
We will be armed & prepared. Through God’s choice & much disciplined training & equipping we become the overcoming army.
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Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the Lord is coming, For it is at hand:
2 A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.
3 A fire devours before them, And behind them a flame burns; The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness; Surely nothing shall escape them. (going back to Eden, restoration, we left the wilderness.)
4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like swift steeds, so they run.
5 With a noise like chariots Over mountaintops they leap, Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble, Like a strong people set in battle array.
(Man’s day is over, everything that can be shaken will be removed & this is why they are trembling. # of the beast 666, man was created on the sixth day. We have made man God! Man has come to his fullness, man, man, man, or 666 & this beast sits on the throne the mind in man. But, the Lord’s day is the 7th. Perfection in HIM, Sabbath Day. The day the Lord has made. This day we are learning to rest in Him. Cease from our own labor. Being a willing vessel that He may flow through us. We no longer look to the arm of flesh. We know no man after the flesh any more. We look to know man. This is the day the Lord has made & be glad in it. A great people, a strong people. This is the army coming forth, the overcoming army. This is God’s Army!)
6 Before them the people writhe in pain; All faces are drained of color.
7 They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like men of war; Every one marches in formation, And they do not break ranks. (They do all they are called to do, led by the Spirit of the living God that dwells in them!)
8 They do not push one another; Every one marches in his own column. Though they lunge between the weapons, They are not cut down. (they will not
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hurt one another, stay in line & do their job. Fall on the word they will not be wounded, will just be set free.)
9 They run to and fro in the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They enter at the windows like a thief. (Behold I come as a thief in the night.)
10 The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble; The sun and moon grow dark, And the stars diminish their brightness. ( natural light will not suffice, even the night time lite goes out. We are going through the gate of Gad now & becoming that Army.)
2 Tim 2:3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (We are on maneuvers now. He is training us through our experiences, becoming disciples. We will not go around the mountain anymore. We will say yes & endure.)
9th. Gate – Asher – Happy -means – Level – Be Blessed – Prosper
(Asher speaks of happiness & contentment in every circumstance of your life. In this gate you have learned to be able to come into the silence of God. Complete knowing all is well, trusting HIM, it is a knowing everything will work for the good. You have a peace that passes all understanding. That is the gate of Asher. Coming though this gate we learn to be content. Happy if we have a lot, happy if we don’t. They are Asher (happy ) if they do , they are Asher (happy) if they don’t. Asher when the south wind blows & Asher when the cold north winds come. As you enter this gate, Asher will minister, anointed with the oil of gladness.)
Phil. 4:11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:
10th. Gate – Naphtali – Means – wrestling – root word struggle – twist
(Speaks of the long dark night of our soul & the wrestling that one goes through in this dark night. Coming into the new day, from child to adult. Coming into high places, speaking living words.
In Gen. 32 We read the story of Jacob. Jacob’s name means deceiver. As you read the scriptures with Jacob, he was running from his brother Essau. Essau was
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coming after Jacob with 400 men. Jacob was scared & greatly afraid. Jacob tried to get out of his difficulty. Jacob schemed a plan as the story goes on, he was trying to deceive his bother.
There is a struggle going on in us as well. We are wrestling with the old man & our old ways & the new man or the new creation man that is being formed in us. We are doing this in our night season, known as the dark night of our soul. But the dawning is breaking forth, the new day is here. The day star is arising in our hearts. Until that day star arises in our hearts, you will be in struggle & turmoil with the old man. That bright & morning star will mature in us. Jacob wrestled all night & so do we.
Vs. 25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. (Jacob saw as we will see the hollow of his thigh. His leg was out of joint. God will change the way we walk, the way we live. This will cause pain, Naphtali never gives up.)
26 And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!” (let me go as the day breaketh, the wrestling is over Jacob lived in the blessing realm, now he was coming into judgement. Judgement starts in the house of the Lord. Judgement leads to blessing.)
27 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” (Jacob received a revelation of himself in this experience.)
28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.” (Prince of God.)
29 Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.” And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there. (after his long dark night he received his blessing.)
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” (We shall know Him as we shall see Him face to face.)
31 Just as he crossed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip. ( Sun rose upon him, a new day arose, he limped, God altered his walk, no
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longer self sufficient Jacob, but trusting limping ISRAEL, his new name. his new nature. Israel means Prince of God). Naphtali is a great soul, but the spirit wants to come into authority.)
11th. Gate Joseph – means to Add – continue to do a thing
Gen.30:22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
24 So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The Lord shall add to me another son. “She saw another son. Jesus first son, God was seeing another son, a many membered son.
Isa 62:10 Go through, Go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people; Build up, Build up the highway! Take out the stones, Lift up a banner for the peoples! (This gate speaks of being chosen of God, to be an overcomer & go on to reign, making us Kings & Priests. To be a preserver of life, to family & nation, even to the world. The first fruit company. This gate of Joseph will bring you from one who has caught a vision, to one that is fulfilling that vision. It is not enough to tell our brothers of our dream, we must experience the dream. Telling them of our dream makes them envious & hate us.)
Study (Chap. 13:5 & in chap. 5 of Duet. Chap4 in Acts, chap 1 in Heb. All dealing with the man Joseph. God is using him to teach us many things. We will experience some things that Joseph did, not in the same way, but in type & figures.
Coming through the gate of Joseph you will come through a stripping, strip you of your fellowship, make you naked, expose you to shame if possible. This can come through family, friends, church, but it is a stripping. A separation.
Gen. 37:36 JOSEPH WAS SOLD AGAIN. HERE WE SEE God is already getting him prepared for down the line. Putting him in place to the throne of Pharaoh. But, it doesn’t look like it. Coming through this gate we are being put in line for the throne, but, it doesn’t look like it.
Rom. 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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12th. Gate Benjamin – means – Son of my right hand.
Gen. 35:16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
Vs.18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; (son of my sorrow) but his father called him Benjamin. (son of my right hand)( speaks of sitting on the throne with the Father. Authority this is our adoption, our redemption of our body. Benjamin does not go through any processing, except he is hid & preserved until God’s time. Processing is in Joseph, everything hinges on Benjamin. Joseph would not feed them corn until Benjamin was in their mist. This is when the feeding takes place. We are the Benjamin Company this day, that will feed the nations the word of truth so they may have life & that which is more abundant. Joseph gave the silver cup of redemption & turned it over to Benjamin. Just as Jesus told us we would do the works that He did & even greater works. Why? Because we have entered the gates into the City & have become the City. The many membered body of Christ. The City that is full of Light. No more darkness in us).
Rev. 21: 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
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7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8
Glory to God
Pastor Jean