The church in Manila, 1007 Ongpin Street, Manila (2026)

28/05/2026

Revelation 3:7
…These things says the Holy One, the true One, the One who has the KEY of David, the One who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens.

Isaiah 22:22
And I will set the KEY of the house of David upon his shoulder— when he opens, no one will shut; when he shuts, no one will open.

Hymns, #541…speaks of the things that replace Christ, such as the law of letters, philosophy, and religion. All these things are really “Shebnas” that replace Christ. According to Isaiah 22, Shebna was “fired” and replaced by Eliakim as the steward over the king’s house. Darby said that Shebna typifies a false Christ. He should be removed and replaced by Christ. Christ should not be replaced by us. Instead, we should be replaced by Christ. All of us are “Shebnas” who should be removed and replaced by the real Eliakim. Christ, our Eliakim, should replace everything and everyone in God’s economy.

Christ has a big key to open the treasury of all His riches. When He opens the treasury, no one will shut. When He shuts the treasury, no one will open. Christ is the One who can open up to us all the riches of God embodied in Him. He can also shut the door to these riches…His opening and His shutting are all for one thing—the enjoyment of His riches as the treasure.

I believe the direct application of Isaiah 22:22 is this—Christ has the key to control the door of God’s treasury, in which are the riches of God in Christ for our enjoyment. We have experienced both His opening of these riches to us and His shutting up of these riches. When He shuts up these riches, we have the feeling of being dried up or inwardly deprived. Our experience indicates that Christ is the One who has the key to all His riches. (Life-study of Isaiah, 2nd ed., pp. 293-295)

27/05/2026

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27/05/2026

Revelation 3:11
I come quickly; HOLD FAST what you have that no one take your crown.

[The churches in Revelation 2 and 3] were seven actual churches in Asia Minor…At that time there were many churches in Asia Minor, but God chose only seven for prophetic representation [1:3]…God chose these seven churches as a prophecy to foretell the pathway the church takes on the earth... (CWWN, vol. 50, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (3),” pp. 765, 767)
..Five of the seven churches were rebuked. One did not receive a rebuke, and one received only praise. The one which received only praise was Philadelphia…Laodicea is a distorted Philadelphia. When brotherly love is gone, Philadelphia immediately turns into the opinions of many. This is the meaning of the word Laodicea…In the eyes of the Lord, the characteristics of Laodicea are lukewarmness and spiritual pride…Brothers and sisters, if you want to continue in the way of Philadelphia, remember to humble yourselves before God.

Those around us may be full of death, but we do not need to be conscious of the fact that we are full of life. Those around us may be poor, but we do not need to be conscious of the fact that we are rich. Those who live before the Lord will not be conscious of their own riches. May the Lord be merciful to us that we may learn to live before Him.

Laodicea means to know everything, but in reality to be fervent about nothing. In name it has everything, but it cannot sacrifice its life for anything. It remembers its former glory but forgets its present condition before God. Formerly, it was Philadelphia; today it is Laodicea.

Today every child of God has to choose the pathway he should take with regard to the church. We must learn to stand on the ground of Philadelphia. Always keep the Lord’s word and never deny His name. Hold fast the brotherly stand and never be proud!…Once you are proud, you become Laodicea and are no longer Philadelphia!…Which way do you want to take? May God bless His children and may the brothers take the upright path with regard to the church. (CWWN, vol. 50, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (3),” pp. 765-766, 768, 783-787)

26/05/2026

Revelation 1:10
I was in spirit on the Lord’s Day and HEARD behind me a loud voice like a trumpet.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me; and when I turned, I SAW seven golden lampstands.

Because the Spirit today is speaking to the churches, we need to be in the churches in order to be rightly positioned to hear the Spirit’s speaking…Even though the believers in the churches are in a position to hear the Spirit’s speaking and thus can easily have ears to hear, not all of them will closely follow His speaking. Hence, there is the call for the overcomers…Overcomers are produced by having an ear that can hear, and the ear to hear is produced through the Spirit’s speaking to the churches…Those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit says to the churches should hear, and those who hear will be overcomers... (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4222-4223)

In spiritual things, seeing depends on hearing. The writer of Revelation first heard the voice (1:10) and then saw the vision (v. 12). If our ears are dull and cannot hear, then we cannot see (Isa. 6:9-10). The Jews would not hear the word of the Lord, so they could not see what the Lord was doing according to the new testament (Matt. 13:15; Acts 28:27). The Lord always wants to open our ears to hear His voice (Job 33:14-16; Isa. 50:4-5; Exo. 21:6) that we may see things according to His economy. The dull ears need to be circumcised (Jer. 6:10; Acts 7:51). The sinners’ ears need to be cleansed with the redeeming blood and anointed with the Spirit (Lev. 14:14, 17, 28). To serve the Lord as priests, we must have our ears cleansed with the redeeming blood (Exo. 29:20; Lev. 8:23-24). According to Revelation, as the Spirit is speaking to the churches, we all need an opened, circumcised, cleansed, and anointed ear to hear the Spirit’s speaking.

We need to both see and hear. Among our physical senses, which is more important—seeing or hearing?…Hearing is deeper than seeing. Thus, we must tell the Lord, “Lord, I need to both see and hear. Have mercy on me, Lord, and grant me eyes to see and ears to hear.” We may have to struggle with the Lord, telling Him that we must be able to both see and hear. (Lifestudy of Revelation, pp. 116-117)

25/05/2026

Revelation 2:1
…These things SAYS He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, He who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.

In Revelation 2 and 3 Christ is the Spirit who SPEAKS to all the churches… At the beginning of each of the seven epistles recorded in chapters 2 and 3, it is the Lord who speaks to a certain church (2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14). But at the end of each epistle, it is the Spirit who speaks to all the churches (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). In Revelation 2 and 3 the speaking of the unlimited, life-releasing, sevenfold intensified, pneumatic Christ to the seven churches at the beginning of each epistle becomes the speaking of the sevenfold intensified, all-inclusive life-giving Spirit to all the seven churches at the end of each epistle universally. Here we see that the speaking Christ becomes the speaking Spirit, the Spirit who speaks to all the churches. This implies that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are one. Christ as the Spirit speaking to the churches is the processed Triune God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4220)

啟二1“…那右手中握著七星，在七個金燈檯中間行走的，這樣說。”

在啟示錄二、三章，基督是向眾召會說話的那靈。 ……在二、三章所記載的七封書信中，每封開頭都是主向一個召會說話，（二1，8，12，18，三1，7，14，）但七封書信的末了都是那靈向眾召會說話。（二7，11，17，29，三6，13，22。）在二、三章，那無限、釋放生命、七倍加強、是靈的基督，在每封書信開頭向七個召會個別的說話，成了七倍加強、包羅萬有、生命之靈，在每封書信末了向召會個別的說話，成了七倍加強、包羅萬有、賜生命之靈，在每封書信末了向召會普遍的說話。從這裡我們看見，說話的基督成了說話的那靈，就是向眾召會說話的那靈。這含示父、子、靈是一。基督作為向眾召會說話的那靈，乃是經過過程的三一神。（新約總論第十四冊，一二九至一三○頁。）

22/05/2026

Revelation 10:7
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he is about to trumpet, then the mystery of God is finished, as He has announced the good news to His own slaves the prophets.

Today the indwelling Christ and the church are a mystery…Christ’s dwelling in us is a mystery. When non-Christians receive too much money in change from a cashier in a restaurant, they are pleased and consider it a bargain. But when we receive extra change, we return it…The unbelievers cannot understand what kind of people we are…Although today is a time of mystery, when the seventh trumpet is sounded, the mystery will be over. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, Christ will be manifested, and the whole earth will recognize Him.

In the opening of the seals, Christ is silent, but in the sounding of the trumpets, He is no longer silent. In the seventh trumpet the good news that God announced to His own slaves the prophets, as in Isaiah 2:4; 11:1-10; 65:17-20; and 66:22, will be fulfilled; that is, the kingdom in its manifestation will come (Rev. 11:15), and the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem will follow (21:1-3). (Life-study of Revelation, p. 300)

21/05/2026

Revelation 10:2-3
And He had in His hand a little opened scroll. And He placed His right FOOT on the sea and the left on the land; and He cried out with a loud VOICE just as a lion roars. And when He cried out, the seven thunders uttered their own voices.
..Christ’s placing His feet on the sea and on the land [in 10:2] is His treading on them, and to tread on them is to take possession of them (Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:3; Psa. 8:6-8). This indicates that Christ is coming down to take possession of the earth. Only He is worthy to open the scroll of God’s economy, and only He is qualified to possess the earth. In Joshua, God told the people that they would possess whatever part of the land the sole of their foot would tread upon. They were to walk through the good land, and wherever they set their feet, that would be their possession. Based upon the same principle, Christ, as another Angel sent by God, will come to tread upon the sea and the earth, for the earth and the sea have both been given to Him as His inheritance (Psa. 2:8). Although the earth and sea have been usurped by His enemy, and although He has been tolerating this for centuries, one day He will tolerate it no longer. He will come to claim His rightful inheritance.

Revelation 10:3 says that Christ “cried out with a loud voice just as a lion roars.” A lion’s roaring is likened to a king’s wrath (Prov. 19:12; 20:2). This indicates that Christ, as the King of the earth, is provoked to wrath. In the Gospels Christ spoke like a lamb, but in Revelation He roars like a lion. Chapter 3 mentions the word of the Lord’s endurance. Endurance means toleration. But by the time of chapter 10 the Lord no longer exercises endurance. Rather, in His coming to take possession of the earth, He roars like a lion... (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 297-299)

啟十2～3“手裡拿著展開的小書卷，右腳踏在海上，左腳踏在地上，大聲呼喊，好像獅子吼叫，呼喊完了，就有七雷發聲說話。”
..〔基督〕腳踏在海上與地上，〔2，〕就是據有海與地，（申十一24，書一3，詩八6～8，）指明基督降臨是來據有地。只有祂配展開神經綸的書卷，也只有祂夠資格據有地。在約書亞記裡，神告訴以色列人，凡他們腳掌所踏之地，就是他們的。他們要行過美地，凡他們腳掌所踏之地，都必歸他們為業。根據同樣的原則，基督是神所差的另一位天使，祂要來踏在海與地上，因為地與海都已經賜給祂為業。（詩二8。）雖然祂的仇敵篡奪了地與海，多少個世紀以來，祂也一直容忍著，但有一天祂不能再容忍了，祂要來取回祂合法的產業。

啟示錄十章三節說，基督「大聲呼喊，好像獅子吼叫」。獅子的吼叫，像王的忿怒；（箴十九12，二十2；）這指明全地的王基督被激怒了。在福音書裡，基督說話像羔羊，但是在這裡，祂吼叫像獅子。啟示錄三章裡提到主忍耐的話。忍耐的意思是容忍。但到了十章，主不再忍耐了；當祂來據有地的時候，祂要吼叫如獅子。...（啟示錄生命讀經，三六二至三六四頁。）

20/05/2026

Revelation 10:1
And I saw another strong ANGEL coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the RAINBOW was upon His head, and His face was like the sun, and His feet like pillars of fire.

Revelation 4:3
And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the THRONE like an EMERALD in appearance.

In this vision CHRIST has a rainbow upon His head. Here the rainbow indicates that Christ in His judgment upon the earth and in His coming to take possession of it will keep the covenant that God made with Noah concerning the earth (Gen. 9:8-17). The rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant with man and all living creatures that He will not destroy them again with a flood (vv. 8-17). The book of Revelation shows that God will judge the earth with all its inhabitants. The rainbow around His throne [4:3] signifies that God is the covenanting God, the FAITHFUL God, who will keep His covenant while executing His judgment upon the earth. He will not judge mankind again with a flood nor destroy all mankind, but will keep a part of mankind to be the nations of the new earth for His glory (21:24, 26)...

This rainbow around God’s THRONE is like an emerald in appearance. An emerald is a precious stone whose grass-green color signifies the LIVES on earth. This indicates that as God is executing His judgment upon the earth, He will remember His covenant and will spare some of the lives on earth, as indicated in Genesis 9:11. An emerald, being a precious stone, is SOLID. God’s reminder to keep His covenant is solid. There is this solid reminder around the throne.

In Revelation 4:5 we are told that “out of the throne come forth lightnings and voices and thunders.” All of these signify God’s wrath in His judgment. In the Epistles, out of the throne of grace come the mercy and grace of God for anyone who approaches Him through the redeeming blood of Christ. But here, out of the throne of judgment come forth lightnings, voices, and thunders as warnings to the sinful world. In the book of Revelation, after all of God’s judgments have been executed, the throne of God will be the throne of eternal life supply, out of which will proceed the river of water of life with the tree of life growing in it. All the believers who are participating in God’s mercy and grace today by APPROACHING God’s throne of grace will ENJOY the river of life and the tree of life out of God’s throne as their life supply for eternity, while the unbelievers, who will be judged by God’s throne of judgment, will have no share in the eternal enjoyment issuing out of God’s eternal throne. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 296-297, 208-209)

19/05/2026

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19/05/2026

Lamentation 3:22-23
It is Jehovah’s lovingkindness that we are not consumed, for His compassions do not fail; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentation 5:19 You, O Jehovah, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
..In the third lamentation Jeremiah spoke of God’s loving-kindness, compassions, and faithfulness, and at the end of the fifth lamentation he appealed to God’s eternal being and His eternal throne, His unchanging government…God’s eternal being and throne are higher than His lovingkindness, compassions, and faithfulness.

According to the New Testament, God’s salvation is a matter of His love (John 3:16), His grace (Eph. 2:8), and His righteousness (Rom. 1:17). God’s love and grace may change, but God’s righteousness cannot change, because His righteousness is related to His government (Psa. 89:14)…God’s lovingkindness and compassions can change, but God’s person and His government remain unchanging forever.

Jeremiah ended Lamentations not with God’s lovingkindness, compassions, and faithfulness but with God’s eternal being and His throne. This is a strong sign that in writing Lamentations Jeremiah touched God’s economy…There, in 5:19, he touched God’s person and God’s throne.

In the New Jerusalem, God will be fully unveiled in His person and in His government, both of which are the unshakable foundation of His dealing with us. At that time, we will see God Himself as the eternal King with His eternal, unshakable kingdom (Heb. 12:28). (Life-study of Lamentations, 2nd ed., pp. 14-15)

18/05/2026

Revelation 11:15
…The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.
..Christ alone is the proper Owner of the earth. He paid the price on the cross to purchase the entire earth so that one day the kingdom would be established on it (13:44). Every inch of this earth belongs to Christ. We do not agree that any part of the earth belongs to anyone else. All others are usurpers; Christ is the unique Owner. Moreover, He is coming back to take possession of the earth (Rev. 10:1-2)…Wherever our travels may take us, we need to learn to declare, “This is my Lord’s property. Temporarily it is usurped by the enemy, but one day my Lord will come to claim what is His.” Sooner or later, the kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ...

We need to remember that we are members of the royal family, kings of the kingly family. Even when we are at a restaurant, we should remember that we are kings eating there. We are heaven-born kings; hence, we should
never sell our royal status. If we consider that we are kings, we would not act lightly, talk loosely, or behave meanly. We can even preach the gospel with this in view. We may tell others that we are kings. Then we may start our preaching of the gospel by saying, “The Bible tells me that, as a child of God, I am a king.” There are many ways to preach the gospel. We need this kind of vital preaching of the gospel.

In eternity the believers as sons of God and as the constituents of the New Jerusalem will all be kings. The angels will be serving ones (Heb. 1:13-14), serving us. They are the servants of the royal family, and we are kings over the nations. This is the kingdom of God in eternity. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4291-4292, 4437-4438)

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