The Church
of Philadelphia
The church of Philadelphia is a
prophetic church (meaning it does not exist yet) and it will appear in the end
times of which we are now living. This church will consist of regenerated
Christians and non Christians from many different religions and denominations
(baptists, pentecostals, catholics, evangelicals, protestants, Greek orthodox,
buddhists, muslims) etc. Amongst them there will be no leader because by the
time they will have entered into the church of Philadelphia, they will have all
gone through the same spiritual levels of education and they will have all been
taught by God.* This
church of Philadelphia is being established today. Its members
will have reached a spiritual level where under no circumstance will they be
fanatical of their beliefs. These beliefs will take time to be abolished
because it took these people many years of struggle to acquire them. Time
(maybe even years) will be required to break down this belief system. When
dogma or a strong belief is abolished, love fills its place because love
accepts everything. The stages we need to cross to get to love are:
1)
An understanding that a
Philadelphian cannot criticize.
2) Respect of
every fellow man’s pure and good way of worshipping. For example, some people
will want to lent meaning not eating certain foods because they believe this
will help them, other people may not eat at all. Some others will want to pray
in the morning or at night, muslim men wash their feet and hands several times
a day. It does not matter, let everyone worship as they please. We are not here to place judgement.
3) Sincere
love, not with words but with action. These actions are, a Philadelphian will
not criticize any person and in no way criticize any fellow Christian brother
or his belief system. Not even his enemy will he criticize.Neither will he
invite his siblings to his form of thinking through judgement. This form of
thinking will be the foundation of Philadelphia. This spirit will create the
church of Philadelphia. If we have this spirit within us, we now belong to this
church. Where will we find this church of
Philadelphia?
a.
The Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21)
b. And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God. (revelations 21:3)
If we criticize, if we lie, if we
are fanatics, if we judge and have ego, we belong to the other churches.
Attention then! He that hath an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith unto the churches (revelations 2:7), And I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day and night. (revelations 12:10). And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea.
2 And
I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is
with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for
the former things are passed away.
5 And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said
unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And
he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I
will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He
that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall
be my son.
8 But
the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death. (Revelations 21:1-8).
The Voice of God, through the Holy
Spirit is working to create the church of Philadelphia in the manner that God
is granting to it (through spiritual messages) and through the gospel of the Kingdom.
The members of this church will be Christians and non-Christians irrespective
of their individual belief systems. The key elements that the Gospel of the
Kingdom professes are:
1) cohesion (or unity), that we may
all be united no matter what religion or dogma we may be,
2) indivisibility - that we may
never be divided or singled out but all of us acting together as one
3) the abolishing of physical death
- that we may find the elements which corrupt our body and weed them out so
that we may never taste death
4) the establishment of the Kingdom
- a society where we will be governed by God’s rules
5) the creation of God’s people -
people who will be trained in the good and bad and willingly they will choose
to stay with the good, which is God.
Let’s see what the Lord says about
this church of Philadelphia when he refers to it in the book of revelations .
7And
to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is
holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no
man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I
know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can
shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not
denied my name.
9 Behold,
I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are
not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet,
and to know that I have loved thee.
10
Because thou hast kept the word of my
patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which
thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (Revelations 3:7-11)
*Taught by
God is a key common trait of those who will become members of the church of
Philadelphia. For a Christian who seeks to learn more about God, the way that
God teaches him is when he enters into his sanctuary and starts reading the
Holy Bible. Thomas also suggests to read the speeches that he writes which he
calls the “regenerative teachings of the Voice of God”. Once a person does
this, he will have questions of which he will seek answers to. One way to get
answers to these questions is by talking to colleagues who are on the same
spiritual path or by praying to God directly. Over time thoughts and ideas will
come to the person who prays. He will go through a period of idea evaluation
and gradually through time he will adopt the ideas that help him on his path
and those that don’t. Over time the person who is studying will be able to
discern which ideas come from an angel (they are usually commands or
instructions) those which come from the devil (which raise fear, doubt etc) and
those which come from the Lord Himself (because they will be soothing and
filled with love and wisdom). The key point during this whole process though is
not to get stuck on one idea and become a fanatic about it. This will impede
your learning curve and cause you to get stuck on a specific spiritual level.
Thomas insists on not getting stuck but on moving forward. One way to move
forward and for God to enlighten you is for you to be a spirit of contribution.
Seek to help others whether they are loved ones or complete strangers. You can
help through kind words and dialogue, financially or just giving of your time.
This learning process will eventually evolve and you will be able to get direct
messages from God. I compare this path of spiritual growth to the cleaning of
our bodily antennas so that we can receive God’s messages. Patience,
perseverance and time are required for you to clean up all your old and bad
habits and replace them with Christ centered habits. You will be able to
determine your level of understanding and adoption of Christ’s teachings by
comparing yourself to Paul’s definition of love which is outlined in 1
Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t
brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t
seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t
rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love
never fails. You will also be able to determine your spiritual level by
seeing how many of the spiritual gifts you possess: For
to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word
of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith, by
the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit; 10 and
to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another
discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another
the interpretation of languages. 1 Corinthians 12:8-10.
Once a
person gets some or all of these gifts and becomes love as Paul describes it,
the angels, Jesus and eventually God will visit with them and they will be
instructed directly by them. These will be the people who will become members
of the church of Philadelphia.
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