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is not for this world. We are making the model of the heavenly Banquet Hall that we shall see in the spiritual world.

There was a reason why David mentioned Melchizedek, who was a priest. The priests in Israel had been descendents only from the family of Levi. Since Aaron, the brother of Moses, became the first priest of Israel, all priests had been from the family of Aaron. But the author of Hebrews spoke of the necessity of another priest. Christ was born as a descendent of the family of Judah.

The priests in the order of Melchizedek are not the priests in the order of Aaron but in the order of the Lord Jesus. Jesus, who went into the Most Holy Place before us, has entered on our behalf (Heb. 6:19-20). Jesus gave martyrs fine linen when he met them under the altar (Rev. 6:11). Fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints during their lives in this world (Rev. 19:8). Fine linen is the holy clothes for those who are in the order of Melchizedek to wear in the spiritual world.

The armies of heaven would be following Jesus, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean (Rev.

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19:14). John the apostle described the scene of the war where the armies of God would be following Christ, who has his name written “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS” (Rev. 19:16). Fine linen is the clothes for the members of the army.

They are the souls required to win the war in the spiritual world. All inhabitants of earth will worship the beast (Rev. 13:8). Their names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world (Rev. 13:8). Therefore, the souls of those who will worship the beast or his image and receive his mark on their foreheads or their hands cannot be in the army of the Lord (Rev. 20:4). Only those whose foreheads are marked in the names of the Lamb and God can be on the side of God. It is the war between light and darkness. The book of Revelation describes the scenes of the war (Rev.19:19-21, 20:7-10).

Many people have been studying Revelations by referring to many other books, but they have not understood it. If my preaching about the words of God were illogical, I would be a dishonest servant of God. The truth is not complicated.

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