A Timely Word Concerning the World Situation and the Lord’s Recovery
Message One
The World Situation as the Indicator of God’s Move on Earth, the Vision of World History from Christ’s Ascension to the End of This Age, the Spreading of the Truths of the Lord’s Recovery as a Preparation for His Coming Back, and Persevering in Prayer, While Discerning “the Signs of the Times”
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Dan. 2:32-35 Concerning this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its abdomen and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. …A stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image at its feet of iron and clay and crushed them….And the stone…became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Matt. 24:14 …This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Word of Appetizer
How does the world situation relate to God’s move on earth?
The world situation is the indicator of God’s move on earth. All the major events of human history have been arranged and matched by God for His move on earth; since God has a purpose to accomplish with mankind on earth, He surely has the sovereign authority to manage the situation in human history.
The vision of the great human image in Daniel 2 is a vision of “what will happen in the last days”; it is a prophetic illustration of the history of human government, sovereignly arranged by the Lord for the carrying out of His economy.
Spiritual Burden
We need to see that the world situation as the indicator of God’s move on earth, the vision of world history from Christ’s ascension to the end of this age, the spreading of the truths of the Lord’s recovery as a preparation for His coming back, and persevering in prayer, while discerning “the signs of the times”.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
We need to be in our spirit so that we can be men on earth with God’s heart, men to whom heaven can be opened to see the vision of God concerning the destiny of the world.
The world situation is the indicator of God’s move on earth.
The first four seals opened by the Lamb-God give us a vision of world history from Christ’s ascension to the end of this age.
The spreading of the truths of the Lord’s recovery will be a preparation for the Lord’s coming back to bring the recovery and restoration not only to Israel but also to the entire creation.
In the present environment of the world, we need to devote ourselves to and persevere in prayer, while discerning “the signs of the times”.
The Experience of Life
We need to realize that we are in the midst of “birth pangs”, that “the kingdom of God is near”, and we need to gain God to the fullest extent to accomplish the goal of His divine economy. It is through His stripping, consuming, and tearing down that God dispenses Himself into those who love Him and seek after Him; our outer man is being consumed so that our inner man may be renewed day by day; the desire of God’s heart is that we would gain Him in full as life, as the life supply, and as everything to our being, which ultimately consummates in the New Jerusalem.
Practice and Application
May the Lord burden us to learn the divine truths of the gospel and to spread them everywhere for His recovery.
In the present environment of the world, we need to devote ourselves to and persevere in prayer, while discerning “the signs of the times”; our prayer should always be aimed at the interests of God, that is, at Christ and the church as God’s interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God’s economy.
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View over the Whole Outline
Key Verses (1)
Rev. 1:10 I was in spirit on the Lord’s Day and heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet.
Dan. 2:32-35 Concerning this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its abdomen and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. …A stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image at its feet of iron and clay and crushed them….And the stone…became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
I. In our spirit we can see the vision of God concerning the destiny of the world
II. The world situation is the indicator of God’s move on earth
- We need to be in our spirit so that we can be men on earth with God’s heart, men to whom heaven can be opened to see the vision of God concerning the destiny of the world.
- All the major events of human history have been arranged and matched by God for His move on earth; since God has a purpose to accomplish with mankind on earth, He surely has the sovereign authority to manage the situation in human history.
- The vision of the great human image in Daniel 2 is a vision of “what will happen in the last days”; it is a prophetic illustration of the history of human government, sovereignly arranged by the Lord for the carrying out of His economy.
- After coming to defeat Antichrist and to crush the aggregate of human government, the corporate Christ—Christ with His overcoming bride—will become a great mountain to fill the whole earth, making the whole earth God’s kingdom.
Key Verses (2)
Rev. 6:1-2 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, …and behold, a white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer. And when He opened the second seal, …And I saw, and behold, another horse, a red one, went forth; and to him who sits on it, to him authority was given to take peace from the earth, and that men should slay one another; and to him a great sword was given. And when He opened the third seal, … and behold, a black horse; and he who sits on it had a balance in his hand. And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius and three choenixes of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine. And when He opened the fourth seal, …and behold, a pale horse, and he who sits upon it, his name is Death; and Hades followed with him. And authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with death and by the beasts of the earth.
III. The first four seals opened by the Lamb-God give us a vision of world history from Christ’s ascension to the end of this age; they show us that immediately after His ascension there has been a four-horse race continuing through the entire age of the church until Christ’s return.
- The first seal consists of a white horse and its rider, signifying the spreading of the gospel; the bow without an arrow signifies that Christ’s fighting for the constitution of the gospel of peace is finished and that the victory is won.
- The second seal consists of a red horse and its rider, signifying the spreading of war; red signifies the shedding of blood, and a great sword signifies weapons for fighting; to take peace from the earth signifies that war is continuing on the earth.
- The third seal consists of a black horse and its rider, signifying the spreading of famine; a balance, a scale used to weigh precious things, being used here to weigh food signifies the scarcity of food; do not harm the oil and the wine signifies the presence of famine.
- The fourth seal consists of a pale horse and its rider, signifying the spreading of death; Pale signifies the color of the appearance of those stricken with the plague; Hades following Death signifies that Hades receives and retains those whom death has killed.
Key Verses (3)
Matt. 24:14 …This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Rev. 22:20 He who testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
1 Kings 8:48 …If they return to You with all their heart…and they pray to You toward their land…, the city…, and the house…built for Your name.
IV. The spreading of the truths of the Lord’s recovery will be a preparation for the Lord’s coming back to bring the recovery and restoration not only to Israel but also to the entire creation
V. In the present environment of the world, we need to devote ourselves to and persevere in prayer, while discerning “the signs of the times”
- Immediately after Christ’s ascension, these four things—the gospel, war, famine, and death—began to run like riders on four horses, and they will continue until Christ comes back; The spreading, running, and racing of the gospel of the kingdom throughout the whole inhabited earth is the kernel of the divine history within human history.
- We are preaching the full gospel that encompasses everything from Matthew through Revelation—the gospel of God’s eternal economy, may the Lord burden us to learn the divine truths of the gospel and to spread them everywhere for His recovery.
- We need to realize that we are in the midst of “birth pangs”, that “the kingdom of God is near”, and thus, pray the last prayer in the Bible—“Come, Lord Jesus!”
- According to Solomon’s prayer in 1 Kings 8:48, we always need to pray toward the Holy Land, typifying Christ as the portion allotted by God to the believers; toward the holy city, signifying the kingdom of God in Christ; and toward the holy temple, signifying God’s house, the church, on the earth.
Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week
D1
T1 Our human spirit as the organ for us to realize and respond to God’s move(Rev. 1:10)
(Please illustrate that we need to be in spirit so that we can see the vision of God concerning the destiny of the world.)
T2 The world situation is the indicator of God’s move on earth(Dan. 2:32-33)
(Please illustrate that the carrying out of God’s economy has much to do with the world situation.)
D2
T1 The world situation has been remodeled to fit in with the prophecies in the Bible(Rev. 17:12)
(Please illustrate that the Bible prophesies that the Roman Empire will be revived, all of this will transpire in Europe.)
T2 Antichrist will be the power of Satan, the embodiment of Satan(Dan. 7:8, 20)
(Please describe the characteristics of the coming Antichrist.)
D3
T1 As the stone, Christ was not cut out with human hands(Dan. 2:34-35)
(Please illustrate that how does Christ, as the stone was cut.)
T2 Christ will strike the ten kings with Antichrist(Dan. 2:34-35)
(According to Daniel 2, please illustrate that this will entail the crushing of the entire human image from the toes to the head.)
D4
T1 The first four seals is a running of the four-horse race(Rev. 6:1-8)
(Please illustrate that what does the first seal, second seal, third seal, and fourth seal signify?)
T2 The first four seals is a vision of world history from Christ’s ascension to the end of this age (Rev. 5:1-14)
(Please illustrate that the running of the four-horse race began from Christ’s ascension and continues through the entire age of the church to Christ’s coming back.)
D5
T1 The gospel of the kingdom, which includes the gospel of grace (Matt. 24:14; Acts 20:24)
(Please illustrate that God’s wisdom is to make this age to be an age of gospel preaching.)
T2 The full gospel encompasses everything from Matthew through Revelation(1 Tim. 1:3-4; Rev. 22:1-2)
(Please illustrate that we are not preaching a partial gospel but a whole, complete gospel, a full gospel.)
D6
T1 It takes a long time to execute God’s judgment(Job 1:6-8; 2:1-6)
(Why is the Satan judged by God, he is still moving and working today?)
T2 No matter for whom we are praying, our prayers should be aimed at the interests of God, that is, at Christ and the church(Dan. 6:10)
(Daniel prayed toward the Holy Land, the holy city, and the holy temple three times a day by opening his window toward Jerusalem. What does this indicates?)
