(Revelation) Book of the Great Revealing 3
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TO VILLAGE OF SAFE PLACE
1“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in the village of Safe Place (Sardis):
These are the words of the one who has the seven spirits of the Great Mystery and the seven stars: I know what you have been doing. I know you have a reputation of being alive. But while others may see you as alive, I see you as dead. 2Wake up! Do not let death defeat you! Strengthen those things that remain alive before it is too late. For I can see that you have not finished what the Great Spirit has called you to do. 3So remember what you have been given and what you have heard. Return to the right way of thinking. Walk with firm steps and do what needs to be done. But if you fail to wake up, you will not be prepared for my coming. Then for you I will be like a thief who comes when you do not expect it.
4But there are a few among you in the village of Safe Place (Sardis) with a good reputation, who have not stained their regalia. Dressed in pure white regalia, they will dance by my side in the circle of life, for they are worthy of this honor. 5All others who win this victory will also wear pure white regalia. I will not remove their names from the book of life, and I will represent them by speaking their names before my Father and his spirit-messengers. 6Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families.
TO VILLAGE OF FAMILY OF FRIENDS
7“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in the village of Family of Friends (Philadelphia):
These are the words of the holy and true One, the one who has the rightful power#3:7 Lit. key of Much Loved One (David). When he opens the way, no one can close it, and when he closes the way, no one else can open it.
This is what the holy and true One has to say: 8I know what you have been doing. Behold! I have opened a way before you that no one can block. Even though your strength is small, you have stayed true to my message and have not turned away from representing me. 9Look at what I will do to the members of the gathering house of Accuser (Satan) who falsely represent themselves as true-hearted Tribal Members. I will cause them to humble themselves before you to honor you. I will make sure they clearly see that I have loved you.
10Because you have walked with firm steps and stayed true to my message, I will watch over you and keep you safe from the time of great trouble that is coming upon the world, to test the ones who walk the land. 11It will not be long, for I am coming soon. Hold on to what you already have with a strong hand. Then no one will be able to take your headdress of honor away from you.
12To the ones who win the victory I will make them a strong pole in the sacred lodge of my Father the Great Spirit—and there they will remain. I will carve into them the name of my Father the Great Spirit and the name of his sacred village that comes down from the world above—the new Village of Peace (Jerusalem). I will also carve into them my own new name. 13Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families.
TO THE VILLAGE OF THE PEOPLE WILL DECIDE
14“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that meets in the village of The People Will Decide (Laodicea):
These are the words of Heart Speaker, the one who is the trustworthy and honest truth teller. He is the wellspring and chief of all the Great Spirit has created:
15I know what you have been doing, and that spiritually you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either cold or hot! 16But because you are only warm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth. 17The reason for this is that you say, ‘I have acquired great possessions, more than I could ever need.’ But you cannot see that you are to be pitied, for spiritually you are full of misery—poor and blind and naked.
18I counsel you to acquire from me gold that has been purified by fire, and then you will truly have great possessions. You must also acquire from me pure white regalia, to hide the shame of your nakedness, and healing ointment to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19It is from my love that I speak sharply to you, so that you will learn to follow my ways. And then from your heart you will return to my right ways of thinking and doing.
20I stand before the entrance of your tipi, asking you to welcome me in. If any of you welcome me in, I will sit down with you, and we will share a good meal together.
21I will give the ones who win the victory the right to sit with me on my seat of honor in the same way that I also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his seat of honor.
22Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families.”
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