Like the formation of a pearl inside an oyster, which entraps a grain of sand to stop the irritation in it, the pearly gates entraps the devil (ignorance) in us. It is the True Knowledge that the Brides of Christ will teach to Her children. The pearly Gates seal off the entrance to the New Jerusalem like a filter, only allowing the Truth in obedience to the Ten Commandments to pass.
All non-truth will be bound up in the pearl like a grain of sand. Revelation 20: 1-3. And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand, he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil satan, bound him a thousand years. Cast him into the abyss, shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time.
So the key here is education, only true education can bound up ignorance within us. After a while we will try to test this truth, to see if our well being is in fact derived from holding fast the obedience to the commandments. Revelation 20: 7-10. When the thousand years have been completed, satan shall be loosed from his prison and shall go out to deceive the nations, which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to war, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints, the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of the heaven and devoured them. The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet, they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages. The Faithful have suffered enough, knowing that the commandments are true; they will reject past temptations. In this symbolic metaphorical act, the devil (disobedience to the commandments) is cast into destruction. Those that disobey the commandments will be tormented mentally until their second death, which will seem consciously endless unless they repent. The thousand-year period is an angel's number. It seems endless when one is suffering, a day seems like a thousand years, when one is happy time seems to go so quick. If we live forever, as our intention should be, time will not matter. 2nd Peter. 3: 8. However, let not this one thing be hidden from you beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.
Each individual has to confirm with the Truth Jesus, that His Commandments are in fact True. We, from the bottom of our hearts have to profess, the only way into the New Jerusalem (happiness, shalom) is through the obedience to the Commandments. The temporary pleasure that one derives from disobedience to the Commandments, is false joy; and can only be falsely maintained if the bad deeds are exhilarated by speeding up or by constancy, only to end up in death due to its very nature. Comparable to a serial killer.
Love on the other hand is everlasting. We can Love living people forever but not the dead; they are soon forgotten. If we love to give life, the joys will last forever; but if we try to derive pleasure from killing, eventually all will end. If we work towards living forever, we will live forever; but if we work towards death, life will end quickly. We have the choice to do either, which do you prefer? Life or Death. If you prefer death, you are a great concern to the Truth; psychologically there is something terribly wrong with that reasoning. How can anyone prefer death to life unless they have not tasted the fruits of life? We must not be greedy and eat from the forbidden fruit until the Lord gives it to us. The Lord has given us the Commandments to eat; now we must drink, which means obey them. When we are truly faithfully hungry for more Truth, the Lord will give the forbidden fruit from the tree of life. The reasons been that it is the Lords Body, available to Receive and not at disposal for the taking. The Lord knows His Sheep and His Sheep know Him, metaphorically the Green Emerald Rainbow is the pasture of True Knowledge that He will feed them. Revelation 4: 3. He that was sitting like in appearance to a stone of jasper and a sardius, a rainbow round the throne like in appearance to an emerald.
The righteous acts of the Holy Ones.
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This Cup symbolizes the Blood of Jesus that is drunk in obedience to the Ten Commandments. They are the Good deeds performed by the Grace of Christ's Sacrificed Body. Without It, there is no eternal life. Without It, our robes can never be washed white. John 6: 53. Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Revelation 7: 14. I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. He said to me, These are they who have come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes; making them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 19: 8. To her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Whatever we take comes from the devil and whatever we receive, comes from the Lord. What we steal comes from within, what we receive comes from Love. If we receive hate we must give the other cheek, in so suffering, the giver of that hate can weigh up the two opposite gifts; and see which one of the two gifts carry more weight. No comparison, the other cheek will rise as if on a cloud to Heaven above. The giver of hate will fall like a lead sinker to the bottom of Hell. In time, the devil must fall due to the great burden of sin. Gravity is created as a result of want and explodes due to weakness. Love wants us, who can resist its righteous gravity? For Love is the strongest and will conquer all. Only Love can overpower hate due to its greater Truth. However, what is Love? You might ask.
Love is to give.
Hate is to take.
To receive hate, is to love.
To take love, is to hate.
So if you receive love and give hate,
You do not love.
But if you give love and receive hate,
You love.
Can one love and not hate?
Or hate and not love?
Whether you love hate or hate love,
It is better to love love,
Than to hate hate.
So kiss-kiss and hug-hug,
If you want to love love.
And better still love to love love,
Than to love love.
"Love you always," says the ignorant.
"Love you now," says the wise.
"How much do you love me?" says the unloved.
"I am in love," says the beloved.
When you truly love someone,
It is because they truly love you.
If either does not love,
It is not true love.
It is a one-sided love,
Therefore, not true love.
For there must be two,
To be in love.
One can not love,
If there is nothing to love.
God is one:
And has no other to love.
That is the ultimate love:
To be the only one,
So no one else can be that one.
So if one is taken,
Two remains and so on.
Love and be vain.
That is God's gift to man.
However, remember:
It is God's will,
To those who know Him.
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