Sunday Bible School
August 11, 2024
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XII
Sunday Bible School
August 11, 2024
The Preparation of the Church for the Rapture - Revelation - Part XII
Summary of the President’s Message
The Sunday Bible School on August 11, 2024 was held live, directly from the Communications Center of Radio and TV Maanaim, in the city of Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, with the participation of pastors Gedelti Gueiros, Gilson Sousa and Josias Junior.
Message from Pastor Gilson Sousa:
We greet all our brothers and sisters with the peace of the Lord Jesus! We are starting
Sunday Bible School. The subject to be presented is the book of Revelation: the message of the Holy Spirit resonates in the midst of the Faithful Church, in relation to the prophetic markers that are being fulfilled in our day, in the preparation of the Church for the rapture.
Pastor Gilson Sousa presented the answers given by various brothers to the questions posed, as well as various experiences and testimonies relating to Sunday Bible School..
Word from Pastor Gedelti Gueiros:
I greet you all with the peace
of the Lord. Let’s answer the questions.
Question
When reading Revelation, chapter 1, verse 10, did the voice John heard convey a relative or absolute truth? Why?
Answer: Absolute Truth, because it came from eternity.
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,” Revelation 1:10
This question was answered through the video contributions received.
Question
Reading Revelation, chapter 1, verse 2, what are the three (3) testimonies of John after being notified of the things that must soon happen? Identify the Holy Trinity.
Answer:
• He testified to the Word of God - The Father.
• He testified to the testimony of Jesus Christ - The Son.
• He testified of all that he has seen - The Holy Spirit
“who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of
Pr. Gilson Sousa conducting the Sunday Bible School
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Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.” Revelation 1:2
This question was answered through the video contributions received.
Question
Reading Revelation, chapter 1, verse 1, identify the person of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Answer:
• Revelation of Jesus Christ: The Son.
• Which God gave Him: The Father.
• And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John: The Holy Spirit.
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,” Revelation 1:1
This question was answered
through the video contributions received.
Question
Reading Revelation chapters 2 and 3, identify the glorious titles attributed to the Lord Jesus in each of the letters written to the churches of Asia. Quote the text and make the prophetic application of each title.
Answer:
a. Letter to the church of Ephesus - Revelation 2:1.
Answer:
Glorious Title: He who holds seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the life of the seven golden lampstands.
Prophetic Application: “The control of the ministries and
Pr. Gedelti Gueiros leading the summary of the Sunday Bible School
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the church in all 7 prophetic periods is in the hands of the Lord Jesus”.
b. Letter to Smyrna - Revelation 2:8
Answer:
Glorious Title: the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life.
Prophetic Application: Dying with Christ is the certainty of rising up from the dead first to meet him.
Revelation 2:8 – “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:”
c. Letter to Pergamos - Revelation 2:12
Answer:
Glorious Title: He who has the sharp two-edged sword.
Prophetic Application: The Word of Jesus discerns between what comes from the Lord and what does not. Between revelation and interpretation.
d. Letter to Thyatira - Revelation 2:18
Answer:
Glorious Title: the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass.
Prophetic Application: Feet that rush to the final judgment, trampling on the serpent’s head and removing the condemnation of sin.
e. Letter to Sardis - Revelation 3:1
Answer:
Glorious Title: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars.
f. Letter to Philadelphia - Revelation 3:7
Answer:
Glorious Title: He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David.
Prophetic Application: “the control of prophecy in the hands of the Lord Jesus”.
g. Letter to Laodicea - Revelation 3:14
Answer:
Glorious Title: the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God.
Prophetic Application: The Lord Jesus is the pioneer and perfector of faith.
Before making any comments, it should be made clear that the study of the book of Revelation leads us to understand the moment we are living in. One thing is what you are living through, another thing is prophecy. The church is a teacher when it understands the moment it is living in. The
faithful church receives everything that is being worked out in eternity. In this way, teaching is not static, but dynamic. Many men, servants of God, have professed many things. The value of many men who have passed on, such as Martin Luther, John Calvin and others, continues. But what is important is what the Holy Spirit is speaking to us at this time. John Calvin brought important studies on grace, but said nothing about the baptism with the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, or the revealed Word.
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Prophetic Application: Global emphasis on the operation of the Holy Spirit upon the churches.
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Doctrine, therefore, is not static, but dynamic. That’s why doctrinal understanding is being refined in our midst every day.
We are living in a time called “soon”, which is fundamental to understanding the moment we are living in. The Greek translation of “soon” refers to the Messiah’s time for his church and his judgments. This is the essence of the book of Revelation.
The Lord Jesus is present throughout the history of the Church. Man changes, but the Holy Spirit does not.
We begin to see, letter by letter, the information present in the book, as shown in the chart on the previous page.
Jesus wrote the 7 parables about the kingdom of God. Each parable corresponds to a letter written by Paul. We see the action of God’s Word, Jesus, in each letter. The Word works in each of the church’s times. The verb does not enter through the senses. What enters through the sensory organs is religion. But what enters directly into the mind is God’s revelation. When God works in man’s life, God doesn’t use the senses (sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste). From the moment God speaks to man, his senses are commanded by revelation. When revelation comes, the enemy can’t reach us. When the light (revelation) is present, the enemy is blinded. It is, therefore, necessary to bring to the brethren the conviction of the moment we are living in. There is a reaction against the Word, an opposition against doctrine.
John, the writer of Revelation,
had the spirit of prophecy. It was he who laid his head on the chest of the Lord Jesus and heard his heartbeat.
We find the operation of the Lord’s spirit in the book of Isaiah.
“The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the.” Isaiah 11:2
All the spirits mentioned in Isaiah acted at different times in the church, in each of the letters. At first, in Ephesus, the apostolic church needed to define itself. Paganism was before them and Judaism had a cult. The church needed to experience the Holy Spirit. This was necessary for there to be a government of the Holy Spirit himself. In Ephesus, all the operations of the seven Spirits of the Lord were concentrated, because of the need to consolidate the doctrine. At this time, a complete operation of all the spirits of God took place.
Paul’s letters were written, as were the letters of James, Peter and Jude, to define apostolic doctrine. Thus, all the operations of the Spirit of the Lord were present at the time of Ephesus. The Spirit of Counsel was in “repent and do the first works”. The Spirit of Knowledge was in the fact that the Lord knew who the apostles were and who they were not (“And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not,”).
The glorious titles of the Lord Jesus were manifested at the beginning of each letter. Each letter will be studied, along with the operations of the Spirit of the Lord, for each church
era (age).
May the Lord Jesus bless you all.
Pr. Gedelti Gueiros President of the Maranata Christian Church