Revelation Beatitudes of the Everlasting Gospel – Part 2
October 29, 2018
Revelation 14:6,7
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, [7] Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
There are seven beatitude blessings in Revelation. The second promises a blessing to those whose good works do follow them.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Patiently laboring in the work of the Lord, enduring to death of the flesh, will determine the size or degree of the reward at the judgment seat of Christ, and it will be a reward that lasts for all eternity.
I Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Hebrews 10:35-37
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. [36] For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. [37] For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Enduring faith in heavenly things hoped for, but not yet seen, are the substance and evidence of a genuine faith that produces a good report for the believer. It is the good report that assures us we will receive the reward of our labor, when we are made perfect in body, soul, and spirit at the first resurrection by his amazing grace.
Hebrews 11:1,2,39,40
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [2] For by it the elders obtained a good report.
[39] And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: [40] God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
All the saved will be made perfect in body, soul, and spirit at the first resurrection when the Son of man reaps the earth.
Revelation 14:12-16
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. [13] And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. [14] And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. [15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [16] And he that sat on the cloud thrust IN his sickle ON the earth; and the earth was reaped.
The Old and New Testament saved will receive the promise at the first resurrection, and their reward will reflect the degree of their labors and suffering in his service.