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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
September 27, 2012
Case No. AVU-G-12-05, Order No. 32651
Case No. AVU-G-12-03 and -06, Order No. 32650
Case No. AVU-E-12-07, Order No. 32652
Contact: Gene Fadness (208) 334-0339, 890-2712
Website: www.puc.idaho.gov
Gas, electric decreases effective for Avista customers on Oct. 1
Northern Idaho customers of Avista Utilities are getting reductions to both their electric and natural gas bills effective Oct. 1.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved three Avista applications that reduce rates largely due to declining natural gas prices. Combined, rates for natural gas customers decrease by about 5.6 percent and electric rates about 1.3 percent. A fourth application, a proposed 2.1 percent reduction to Avista's annual Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) surcharge, is expected to be ruled on soon.
The largest decrease (about 3 percent) comes from Avista's annual Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment (PGA). Costs associated with providing gas supply for customers vary from year to year as the wholesale price of natural gas and transportation-related expenses change. Natural gas utilities in Idaho file a PGA at least yearly to account for those changing prices. Overall, prices today are lower than they were in 2011. Consequently, the company will reduce by $2.14 million the amount it collects in its PGA account. Another $1.55 million of an un-refunded credit balance will be used to offset a potential rate increase next April. Avista has filed a notice with the commission to file a combined electric and natural gas base rate case on or after Oct. 10 for proposed new rates that, if adopted, would be effective in April.
A second gas rate decrease (2.6 percent) is attributable to the temporary suspension of programs to fund natural gas efficiency programs.
Lower natural gas prices due to changing gas supply now make it cost ineffective for Avista customers to invest in natural gas energy efficiency programs. Consequently, the commission has approved Avista's application to temporarily suspend its gas efficiency programs while still meeting its contractual obligations for agreements executed before Sept. 1, 2012. Customers who qualify for rebates associated with the programs will have until Nov. 1 to send all required rebate forms to the company.
As a result of the company's proposal to temporarily suspend gas efficiency programs, the company will zero-out the rider that funds those programs. Residential and small-commercial customers now pay about 2.7 cents per therm for gas efficiency programs. There will still be about $390,000 in the account to fund the efficiency programs and the rider will continue to be collected through Oct. 1. Avista will work with commission staff to determine the most appropriate method to refund customers the remaining $390,000.
Electric rates will decline about 1.3 percent as a result of the commission's decision to adopt an Avista application to reduce the rider used to fund electricity conservation programs. Revenue from the electric rider now collected from customers at the current level will exceed the amount needed to fund the programs during the next year. Avista is reducing the amount collected in the rider by $3.46 million.
In its Washington and Idaho territories, Avista realized about 59,000 megawatt-hours of savings from energy efficiency programs, 115 percent of the company's goal. In its Idaho territory alone, the savings were 19,908 MWh during 2011. However, the end of the federal stimulus act that provided tax incentives for energy efficient measures and a sluggish economy that discourages customers from investing in energy efficient appliances has resulted in Avista needing only about 55 percent of projected revenue collected from customers in the rider.
The Snake River Alliance and the Idaho Conservation League opposed reducing the rider, stating the utility did not present enough evidence that it will over-collect the amount needed in rider funds and that the utility's projections should be made for two years, not just one year. Reducing the rider amount now may result in the company's failure to aggressively pursue energy efficiency programs in the future, they argued.
The commission said that allowing rider funds to accumulate "could undermine customers' confidence that their rates are prudently used to fund cost-effective programs. We find it would not be prudent for the company to retain rider funds for which it has no existing or projected use."
The commission said it still expects Avista to pursue all cost-effective efficiency programs and notify the commission if the new rider proves insufficient to fund the programs. The commission directed Avista to file a report within 60 days advising it about the opportunities the company believes exist for increasing customer awareness about energy efficiency issues and the company's current programs.
Avista, headquartered in Spokane, serves about 125,000 electric customers and about 75,000 natural gas customers in northern Idaho.


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When a company providing financial services emphasizes digital convenience, you'd think that also applies to its customer service. After all, nearly every major bank and credit union pushes online banking, mobile banking, text and email alerts and electronic bill payment.
But there seems to be a digital divide between financial institutions promoting digital and thinking digital — as many of their customers do. At no time was this more apparent than in my interactions with two credit card issuers on the same day, in two potentially difficult situations, all regarding lowly email.
I've had a couple of VISA cards with Bank of America for years due to its relationship with Alaska Airlines. Recently, one of my cards was refused when trying to buy postage at USPS.com. A few days later, my online bill paying service notified me that, "Bank of America Credit Card has changed your account number." Then Quicken stopped updating the account, saying it was no longer valid.
Sinking feeling increasing, I sent a secure customer service message on the Bank of America website asking what was going on — Bank of America has a history of immediately canceling card numbers if a security breach is suspected and has done this to me before. I waited for a response.
And waited. Two mornings later, hearing nothing by secure message, I called. Yes, person-at-the-end-of-the-endless-ad-and-option-tree confirmed, there had a been a mass breach by a merchant processor. Yes, my card had been cancelled and a new account number issued. I would be getting a letter with a new card in several days.
So, I innocently asked, since the account information includes my email address, why wasn't I notified by email? Bank of America can't send emails to everyone in a mass breach, came the reply.
But wait: the bank can send everyone a physical letter?
My call was escalated to a floor supervisor. That's when the digital disconnect and discourse devolved to a state even Kafka might appreciate. To paraphrase and condense:
"So what about the email or text fraud alerts I set up?"
"The alerts don't actually notify you unless actual fraud has already occurred. It won't notify you if your card is canceled."
"Why did I have to find out from the Postal Service website, then my online bill payer service and then Quicken that my card is no longer valid — and your customer service never responded to my secure message on your website?"
"I can't comment on our security procedures."
"Really? What if I were stranded while traveling with a non-working VISA through no fault of my own and no notice from you?"
"You have to let us know whenever you travel to prevent that. Even in the U.S."
I was incredulous. "Even in the U.S.? No other card I hold has that kind of a policy."
"I can't comment on their security procedures."
"That's a bullshit policy."
"Do not use such vulgarities with me."
This is when I realized I was arguing with a script, a poorly designed ELIZA program, or a chair. "Bullshit bullshit bullshit," I intelligently riposted.
"Thank you for calling." Click.
I had to wonder if his goal secretly had been to see how much he could goad me so he could finally use the word "vulgarities." Thirty minutes of my life and a small amount of adrenalin, gone forever.
Fast forward to the same afternoon, in what seemed to be an alternate credit card universe.
As I've written before, I have a frequently abused email address, often mistakenly used by others with a similar name. I had started getting emails about someone else's Best Buy-branded credit card, including legal change-in-term notices — stuff the right person really needed to see.
Finding no way to message card-issuer Capital One without knowing how to log into the card holder's account, I sighed, picked up the phone, and called the number on the contact page.
Within five minutes, a supervisor found the account, deleted my email address and arranged to send notices to the account holder by physical mail. And even thanked me for pointing it out. Capital One knew how to deal with email communications issues! I was almost giddy.
What did these two wildly divergent experiences illustrate? While digital may be touted an imperative for business cost savings and customer service, some companies fail by not realizing digital savvy applies to understanding digital communication, not just digital presentation. Social media, texting and even email counts.
Oh, and that secure Bank of America customer service reply? I finally noticed it sitting in my account inbox on the Bank of America website a month later. Without the promised email notification to let me know it was there.
In it, the customer service rep carefully provided detailed information about the wrong credit card.

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Robert Hirsch's ambitious photographic project "The Sixties Cubed," a collection of more than 40,000 images inside clear plastic cubes, was large enough to need two separate galleries when it was first presented in Buffalo last year.
But at 6 p.m. Saturday, visitors to Jamestown Community College's Weeks Gallery (525 Falconer St., Jamestown) will have an opportunity to see the work in its entirety. Hirsch's installation, which considers the political and social upheaval of the 1960s, is the centerpiece of the Weeks Gallery's ArtHappening. The event will begin with a viewing of the artwork at 6 p.m., followed by a 6:30 presentation by Hirsch. Jamestown student Oliver Burdo and Buffalo band Mercury Rising will play songs from the '60s at 7 p.m. An 8:30 p.m. reception will feature performances from Sitar Jams and Family Funktion.
The installation, Hirsch wrote in a statement, "explores how visual media interacts with the exceptional as well as daily life. Although its legacy is hotly debated, one overarching theme that defined this turbulent decade was an intense drive by a minority counterculture to generate alternatives to conventional institutions and social customs. At its best, the 1960s was a chapter of new possibilities."
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Just read how challenging it is to keep in touch with seniors who have no computer. Duh...... What happened to the good old telephone or the U.S. Mail. Pretty sad one might have to put out a little effort to those we love. I am sure a senior with no computer would be thrilled to receive a phonecall or a letter. I am a senior and have a computer but to those I know who don't I do send a letter (typed on computer of course) or call or print out information they seek on my computer. Some of this modern technology has gone too far for me. Sunnygram, Celery, or Presto???? No thanks...
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Whenever I`m in Tomahawk, or passing through other towns around the state, I always buy a few picture postcards. When my elderly relatives and friends without computers get them in the mail they are thrilled. It`s too bad picture postcards aren`t as popular as they once were. They`re fun to send , and recieve. I even send them to my out of state friends who have computers, and they like them also.
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by Richard Creaser
ORLEANS — The Lake Region Rangers hosted the visiting Richford Falcons for an impromptu doubleheader Monday afternoon. Saturday's regularly scheduled match between the two teams was rained and snowed out and, due to poor field conditions back in Richford, the two teams opted to reschedule their May 30 game to take advantage of good weather and a dry field. The two wins boosted Lake Region's season record to 8-5, while Richford fell to 4-8.
The sudden change gave Ranger Isaac Miller a chance to do something he had not yet done this season — pitch the start of a game. Miller has been used primarily in relief through the season. With five total games scheduled for this week alone, Coach Eric Degre had to make use of all his pitching assets, and that included giving Miller the ball for the start of game two.
"You just always have to be ready," Miller said of his new assignment.
As a reliever, one might expect Miller to start strong and then tail off as the innings and pitch count rises. That wasn't the case as Miller struggled through the first inning, surrendering a single, three walks, and a run on 30 pitches. He also struck out two batters in the inning.
"That first inning was not good," Miller said after the game. "When I came out in the second I just got in my mind that the guys behind me would make the plays if I just put it in play. I think I kind of got in my own head a little in the first."
Miller would cruise through the next four innings, throwing only 39 pitches, while adding four more strikeouts, in the winning effort.
Offense was not lacking as the Rangers teed off on Richford's Jake Cunningham. If game one could be characterized as a pitcher's duel, game two was anything but, at least from the Falcons' perspective.
The Rangers would tie up the game in the home half of the first and, while Cunningham and Miller would both run through a quick second inning, Cunningham ran into trouble in the third. Back to back walks to Billy Cashin and Sam Barbeau set the table for an RBI single to Matt Messier. Dustin Bathalon would then follow up with a big two RBI double that gave the home side a 4-1 lead.
The Rangers would explode for four more runs in the bottom of the fourth, courtesy of four singles, a double, a walk and an error. The Rangers would add another run in the bottom of the fifth. Miller would finish out the fifth with a commanding 9-1 lead.
The defense that carried the Rangers through 13 innings of baseball that day experienced a bump in the top of the seventh inning. Two hits, a walk, and three errors later the Falcons found themselves having closed the gap to just four runs with only one out. Coach Degre went back to Messier, who started the first game, to finish off the Richford rally. Messier would strike out Jose Ramirez and get Deli Hue to fly out to right the ship and preserve Lake Region's 9-5 win.
Messier's first game shutout win was a positive step forward for both the sophomore and the Rangers as a team. The team has struggled with defensive and offensive consistency this season, Coach Degre said. On Monday afternoon, it appeared the pieces were finally falling together.
"We've been cooped up these last four days so everyone was kind of anxious to get out and play some baseball," Coach Degre said after the first game. "We manufactured some runs and Matt pitched an outstanding game. We played some great baseball."
Messier credits his strong performance with solid command of his fastball. His ability to pound the strike zone with his fastball gave him the confidence to throw in the zone. Messier would retire nine batters in the game.
"Defensively, we were a lot better than we have been," Messier said. "I'd say this was probably our best defensive game of the year."
Messier also gives credit to his catcher, Jeremy Dean, for his part in the shutout. In the realm of high school baseball, passed balls are almost a given as young pitchers and young catchers try to strike an often imperfect balance.
"In high school baseball passed balls are gonna happen," Messier said. "He didn't allow any and that's something pretty amazing. That made sure that the guys who got on didn't go anywhere."
The Rangers defensive game was exceptional, until the last inning of the second game that is. Routine plays remained routine and a few exceptional plays helped keep the damage to a minimum.
"We've had some problems with our defense this year," Coach Degre said. "But we've been working on that. Friday we did an hour of groundball drills in the gym."
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May 2009
Posts: 187
I have a dilemma,
toki (8 month old neutered with his own room) likes to dig up the carpet. I take him out walking 40 mins-2hours, 4-5 times a week, and let him run around the house and yard for 2 sessions of 2 hours on the days I can't take him walking. But still he will occasionally dig up the carpet, probably 1-2 times a week. And I NEVER catch him in the act, it is only in his room when he is alone that he does it. He has tons of soft toys, hard toys, balls, kongs, rawhides, and the busy cube (not all out at once, they get rotated) and an egg chair with a blanket and pillow
I was letting him have free run of his room because it is completely dog safe. However, now i'm thinking I should crate him during the time I am home/on errands and not able to hang out with him. But my work keeps me away for 12 hours, so i guess I'll just let him loose in the room during that time...this at least decreases the chances of him getting into trouble, he is housebroken and was crate trained for a few months while I wasn't working
Now, check me, does my plan make sense or do you think crating him will just make him more likely to tear up his carpet when he is loose in his room while I'm at work?
The way I saw it was that instead of a wire cage being his crate I gave him a small room as his crate and it would "ideally" work the same, a place of his own....so I guess him tearing up the carpet is like a pup tearing up his bed while in the crate...but near carpet is harder to come by then new beds, although may add up to the same price
Is this just a teenager high energy phase and he'll stop tearing at the carpet eventually? when is eventually? I can't wait
May 2009
Posts: 2217
First thing I would suggest is DOUBLE that exercise schedule. When Moto was 8 months he went on 3 three mile walks A DAY. Your little guys needs WAY more exercise.
May 2009
Posts: 187
I was thinking that, but once or twice a week we go on a 2 hour walk which is way more than 3 miles and he would come home and dig up the carpet.
He gets at least 2 miles in a day, except those days he just runs around the house, then he probably gets more, we like laser tag and frisbee
plus i heard you aren't suppose to overdo the activity, someone told me its the dog's age x 5 min, not like I listen to that
maybe its just one of those phases, like his chewing the wall phase, he got over that by the way, it just took a week and some bitter lime. i wish i could figure out a way to teach him to stop, he probably just doesn't realize its bad.
May 2009
Posts: 3664
Personally, when it comes to giving a room for a dog, I would line the floor with carpet. I know it looks nice and can be comfortable to lay on; but any messes permanently remain in the carpet fibers (no matter how hard you try to clean it) and any fibers ingested by your pups can be hazardous for his health.
Once we get situated in a house, we too will dedicate a room just for the dogs (if not for them, than to at least keep most of their stuff in one place). We will reline the floor with a sheet of linoleum flooring, or something else non-absorbent, won't look too pretty but it's easy to clean and you can see everything they did on it.
How long, do you think, it takes him to start ripping up the carpet? Sometimes boredom can cause them to be destructive. Even after a long walk, playing at the dog park, and a game of 'catch and tug'; Tikaani will still get bored of being in the crate within an hour, making anything in his reach fair game to becoming confetti.
May 2009
Posts: 187
sometimes it only takes him a couple hours, i think he is bored/lonely, it is only me and him here
the house came with carpet and luckily there hasn't been any messes but I really wanted some sort of linoleum or wood cause it is easy to clean and the dog hair doesn't get suck everywhere.
But I don't know the first step in putting in linoleum and I don't really want to hire someone...do you happen to know how to do it or a quick fix without pulling up the carpet, not like that's hard since toki did most the work for me
May 2009
Posts: 4786
Let's see a picture of his home remodeling, maybe all you need to do is finish ripping the carpet up.
"Common sense isn't so common"
May 2009
Posts: 187
well he pulls the entire carpet up off the floor so you see the padding and wood underneath, but does little damage to the actual carpet. does lots of damage to that soft padding.
I just put the carpet back down and nail it down each time...i just bought bigger nails
it doesn't happen that often once or twice a week, its tolerable
he is doing well with crating though, better than i thought, just a naughty pup
i'm trying to find a dog to petsit off of craigslist for a bit and see if he is more happy having a friend
May 2009
Posts: 437
I would section off a part of the room with an x pen and put linoleum underneath it. You can buy extra sheets from your local floor person. My house is all carpet and hardwood floors. Koda will be in the dining room and put in an x pen (who needs a table when you have a puppy lol). I purchased a 10X15 sheet of linoleum from a local store that was scrap for practically nothing. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it will keep him from ruining the floors. The ends will be weighed down outside of the pen.
I would watch out for larger nails. You would be surprised what dogs can dig out. I would just make sure he is 100% safe. Even the carpet tack board nails can hurt.
May 2009
Posts: 187
hey great idea, if they cut it to size i could probably do the whole room and tuck it under the molding right ontop the carpet. : )
i wish I could borrow someone's dog for a week and see if he is happier, it always makes me sad when I see him chasing his tail makes me think he wants another furry friend
May 2009
Posts: 4786
How about doggy daycare for a day or 2 a week? He can make some furry friends that way without the added stress of another dog at home and burn off some of his extra energy. Just a thought.
"Common sense isn't so common"
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May 2009
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In my experience, under-exercising a dog is a cumulative effect. It's like sleep deprivation. If you sleep 12 hours one day, it doesn't make it any easier to only sleep 4 hours per night the next two nights. If you exercise him for 1 hour daily, you will see a better effect on his boredom than if you exercise him for 2 hours every other day.
That being said, I think you can attack the issue from multiple fronts. Daycare as Lindsay suggested is a great idea. Aside from draining his energy, it will provide him mental stimulation that he doesn't normally get. Also, the linoleum idea is a great one. Romi posted instructions on how she made a playpen
May 2009
Posts: 187
that makes sense, cumulative effect.
I work at night, so daycare is out
but because I work at night I can walk him everyday...I just need to motivate myself to not go to sleep when I come home after being awake and on my feet all through the night
i'll keep you posted on how things go
thanks for all the good ideas
May 2009
Posts: 4786
One of the good things I found with day care when working nights, was that it allowed me to sleep during the day while my pup was having a good time. I didn't make it an everyday routine, and I had to do drop offs and pick ups by certain hours, so I definately lost sleep, but it was a god send those 1 or 2 days a week. Not an option for everybody, though, given times and erratic schedules. Sounds like you're working on it, keep us updated.
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May 2009
Posts: 154
I echo the "more exercise" sentiment. When Snickers was young we spent well over an hour outside EVERY morning before I went to work plus two shorter (30 minutes or so) walks each evening. He also went to doggy daycare - at first 3 times a week and then twice a week and then when he was older I transitioned to using a dog walker twice a week instead and reserve doggy daycare for special occasions.
I am a firm believe in Better Behavior Through Exhaustion. :)jenna -> founder of nyc shiba rescue, inc.
snickers -> master of shiba mind control
August 2017
Posts: 9
I know this an old thread but it's the best that fits my issue. My 10 week Ashi is starting to dig at all the corners of our apartment (we are home). She's digging the whole corners away to the floor underneath & then will move to another corner . Is there any tips to get her to stop? Besides trying to find something to cover all the corners? We're moving at the end of the month so it's getting emptier and emptier in here.
August 2017
Posts: 3495
Did you read through and try the tips mentioned?
10 weeks is still young. You need to exercise and tire out your pup or crate your puppy with a tasty treat/toy
August 2017
Posts: 1272
Ozzy used to go for the corners of our carpet at our apartment as a puppy haha. We mostly covered them with furniture / rugs and just made sure to watch him. We anticipated when he was going for the corner (looking at it, approaching it) and intervened before he got to it. We kept "pocket toys" in our pockets at all times haha. So when we saw him preparing to do something he shouldn't, we were able to redirect him and set him up to win. Now it's very natural for him to just automatically redirect to a toy. Sometimes you really gotta make it exciting, gotta make you and playing with you more interesting than the carpet competition.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith went 18-of-19 passing Monday night, finishing one completion shy of qualifying for the most accurate single-game performance in NFL history.
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According to Matt Barrows of The Sacramento Bee, the 49ers will ask the NFL to review Smith's fourth-quarter throw to Michael Crabtree, an 8-yard gain that was ruled a lateral. If the NFL agrees the pass went forward, Smith's final line in a 24-3 win over the Arizona Cardinals will change to 19 of 20 for 240 yards.
Former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner currently owns the NFL accuracy record, which requires a minimum of 20 passes. The now-NFL Network analyst was with the Cardinals when he completed 24 of 26 passes (92.3 percent) against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 20, 2009.
If Smith is credited with another completion to Crabtree, he'll move to the top spot at 95 percent.
We watched the play in question several times, and we're not convinced the 49ers have a case. Smith plants his foot on his own 18 and throws to Crabtree, who takes a half step back before making the catch.
It didn't look like a forward pass to us, but we'll leave this one to The People Who Decide These Things.
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I want you to look with me at Revelation 22 verses 6 to 12 and I'll read them and then we'll study them. "And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophet sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly, blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book. And I, John, saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not for I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren, the prophets, and of them who keep the words of this book, worship God. And he saith unto me, Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. He that is righteous, let him be righteous still. He that is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come quickly and my reward is with Me to give every man according as his work shall be."
Now in this particular portion we have some tremendous stress laid on the suddenness of the coming of Jesus. Now the Bible has much to say about the fact that Jesus will come quickly, that He will come suddenly, that He will come in a moment, in an hour that you think not, that it will happen in the twinkling of an eye, that it will be sudden, that it will be swift and that it will be final.
Now as we come to this portion of the book of Revelation, needless to say it's the end. By the time we arrive at chapter 22 the great themes of Revelation have already unfolded and the doors have been opened. The rebellion, for example, of angels and man is over. The rebellion has been finally smashed by this point in Revelation. The Kingdom has already been ushered in. The rebels are in the lake of fire. Not only that, but the King of kings is on the eternal throne, assuming His sovereign right as King of the earth, King of the universe. Absolute and unchangeable holiness characterizes everything within the universal Kingdom of God, sin has been deleted from existence. And the redeemed bought by the blood of the Lamb slain at Calvary are now in resurrection eternal glory. Everything is over that ever dealt with man, except for the permanency of eternity, it alone abides in chapter 22. And as we enter into chapter 22, life is everywhere because here we find infinite and eternal life and there's no way that death can intrude on eternal life. And the chapter begins by talking about the river of water of life. And we see ourselves in heaven in the eternal place.
The earth and the heavens have been recreated by chapter 22. The blazing prism of diamond transparent light, the glory city Jerusalem, has settled down in to the eternal state. Light, beauty, holiness, joy and the presence of God and the Lamb, worship and praise to God and the Lamb, service and likeness to Christ are all eternal realities.
Earlier in the book of Revelation we saw in chapter 2 and 3 the church with all of its trouble, with all of its problems. We saw its history. We saw its character. And then we saw what happened in the Rapture. We saw the church exalted to heaven in chapter 4 and then we saw the Tribulation begin to unfold in chapter 6. And we saw the seals broken and the trumpets blown and the bowls of wrath poured out and the terrible horrible judgment that fell upon men so that over half the earth died in three and a half years. Monotonous scenes of wonder and horror.
Then we saw Satan's man, the Antichrist, coming up out of the pit and capturing the world with his demons and carrying it off into the worship of Satan and running the course of unparalled blasphemy. And then we saw them all cast into hell to sink there forever. We saw the final deeds of Satan. We saw his release during the Kingdom already in Revelation. And then his final binding in the pit. We saw the breaking down of all rebellion and the shaking down of the old heaven and the old earth and the creating of a new heaven and a new earth. And we've seen sin and death and hell all set aside. We've seen redemption complete, paradise regained in mortal peace.
You say, "Well that wraps it up." Yeah it does. You say, "What's left?" Chapter 22 verses 6 and following is left. You say, "Well what is it?" Well, it's a few closing remarks and the basic emphasis is everything that you've read here is going to happen. Now because it's going to happen, you better do something, you better respond, you better react to it. Jesus is coming. The Tribulation will come when men will die and men will...men who are alive will scream to die to relieve them from the torment of judgment. And Jesus will return in great glory and set up His Kingdom. It all will happen. And the answer comes, "So what!" And so, John answers..."Here's so what..." starting in verse 6.
And the characteristics of these verses basically are simple. They are short, rapid fire, almost breathless, fast shots with very pointed significance. They are single statements independent, yet each dealing with the needed response of men to the coming of Christ. They almost give the feeling as you read through it of a furious rush, a kind of a wild fury in a last desperate moment and you see it because he says in verse 7, "Behold, I come quickly," and that's a breathless statement. Then you see it in verse 12, "Behold, I come quickly." You get over in verse 20 and you read, "Surely I come quickly." There's a kind of urgency here. The genius of the Holy Spirit has made these statements quick and pointed and fast that we might catch the emotion along with the truth in the context. And finally when you get to verse 20 there's almost like a sigh and John says, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
So the very passage is pregnant with urgency. It's pressing the Christian to respond and take care of some very important things. And it's also pressed with the urgency of warning to the believer, to the unbeliever I should say.
Now tonight we're going to look primarily at verses 6 to 12 and we're going to see that Christians immediate responses to Christ's imminent return. If Jesus is really coming, what does that demand out of me? If His return is really near, what do I do? You say, "Well, do you believe His return is near?" Indeed I do. The Bible says that the Tribulation will be ushered in by a great time of world peace, and the world is screaming for peace. Lawlessness, false religions, devil worship and apostasy are in the heyday and these are to be signs of the end.
We've looked at a lot of signs and we believe Jesus is coming. And if He's coming and if He's coming soon, then it requires something of us. Let me give you four things that it requires: immediate obedience, immediate worship, immediate proclamation and immediate service. Those are the four...obedience, worship, proclamation and service. First of all, look at verse 6 and 7 and look at immediate obedience. "And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophet sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which must shortly be done." These are true things. "Behold, I come quickly, blessed is he that keepeth or obeys, takes to heart and to life, the words of the prophecy of this book."
He says this is going to happen just like it says it is and you better be ready to obey. You better put these things into your life and make them part of your living. The coming of Jesus Christ demands that your life counts today. This is the day, this is the hour, work while of this day and while you may for the night comes when no man can work. We need to have a real awareness of His return and it can change our lives.
You know that when we really live in the light of the coming of Christ it has a profound effect on us? I'll give you an illustration. When I was a little kid I was always making up stories...really wild ones. My Dad was a preacher for Moody and we were back in Philadelphia and I was going to a little school in Rockledge(?) outside of Philadelphia. And I went one day to school and I announced to the whole class that my father had taken an axe and chopped off both his feet, that he missed the log that he was swinging at. And, of course, the whole school went into just frenzy. And, of course, the teacher was calling and they were sympathizing with my mother and all this kind of thing.
And so, as it turned out there was a meeting of the PTA that week and my father showed up...which was not too good for me. And so the teacher really let me have it. And so I was angry with the teacher. And so, as a result of my anger with the teacher I decided that I would rebel a little bit. So I'll never forget one time during that week she left the room, so I thought, "Now I'm just going to really go," I was in the second grade. And so I got up and I went from desk to desk, just jumping, just running from desk to desk, see. And of course I was a hit. Right? They loved it. They ate it up. I mean, the kids were...I mean, they weren't even involved, you know, she could come in and it wouldn't effect them at all and they were having a great time. And I'll never forget, she walked in and caught me right in the middle of two desks.
Well, you know, I received quite an education as a result of that...at that point. And you know, it altered my behavior a great deal. I...from then on I...cause when that happened I was...I was absolutely shocked because I couldn't hear her coming down the hall. You know, usually you can hear the patter of those orthopedic type shoes. That's...I mean, she was kind of an older teacher, you know, but apparently she had the silent type, right? And I didn't...and I was shocked and I lived for a long time in mortal fear that if ever I did anything when a teacher was gone she'd catch me doing it. So I began to live in the imminent return of the teacher.
And, you know, it had a profound effect on my behavior. Well this is something I think like the Spirit of God wants to lay on us a little bit and it's not only...it's not the fear idea at all, but it's the consciousness of the presence of somebody who represents authority. Jesus is coming and there needs to be a sense in which we catch obedience as a result of that. The anticipation of an authority or someone we really love usually changes the way we behave.
I remember when my father would go away for meetings when I was kid and my mom would come in and announce that he was coming back the next day. We would shape up. I mean, I'd take the trash out, my sisters would make the beds. You know, dad's coming home, let's get it all together and do right for one day. And you know, mom would say, "Ah, they've been great kids," you know, six days...whew! One day. But the very sense that we knew he was coming changed the way we behaved.
Now in verse 6 this is what he begins to say, these words, all the words of Revelation, all these prophecies are faithful and true, you can count on. They're going to happen. "And the Lord God of the holy prophet sent His angel to show unto His servant the things which must shortly be done." This comes from God, God is sending you this information and God does what He says. This book is worthy of your obedience because its truth is established. This isn't something spun out of John's brain, these are from God. This is no forgery, the book of Revelation, this is no fairy tale full of sound and fury signifying nothing. This is divine and authoritative.
You say, "How do you know it's not a forgery?" Because forgerers don't write books that exalt Christ and condemn humanity. They're not in the business of doing that. This book is accurate. So says the angel from God to John. At the very beginning we learned, didn't we? Chapter 1 verse 1, "The revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto Him to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass. And He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John." This is from God at the beginning and at the very end full circle he says, "This is from God...everything in here is from God." If God says there's going to be tremendous hailstones, the size of a hundred pound cake of ice, they're going to be. If God says that there's going to be blood over a span of two hundred miles to the depth of the horses' bridles, there's going to be carnage and blood shed like you can't believe. If God said there's going to be fire to scorch the earth, it's going to be. If God says the third of the rivers are going to turn rotten and sour and polluted, it's going to be. And if God says the sea is going to have the same thing, it's going to be. And if God says one third of the men are going to be killed and later on a fourth of the remaining ones are going to be killed, then that's what's going to happen. And if God says demons are going to come out of hell in the blackness of the pit in chapter 9, is going to released and demons are going run all over the earth to infest the earth, then that's exactly what's going to happen. You see, God has a perfect record. He bats one thousand in terms of Revelation.
He said Adam and Eve would die, and they did. He said the world would perish by water and it did. He said Babylon would fall and it did. He said Tyre would fall and it did. He said Jerusalem would fall and it did. He said Messiah would come and He did. He said Messiah would be born of a virgin and He was. He said Messiah would be born in Bethlehem and He was. He said Messiah would be slaughtered and He was. The future record will be just as perfect as God's past record, He's never missed anything yet and, you know He won't miss anything in the future. He said judgment will come on the land and the water and the sea and men and it will. He says war will come killing half the world and it will. He says nations will gather to Armageddon to fight and they will. He says the Antichrist will come and he will. He says believers will be martyred and they will. He says Messiah is coming back to reign and He is.
Get it in your brain, if God said it it will happen. The book of Revelation isn't some kind of fairy tale, it's true. And the very fact, mark this, the very fact that God says it means it will happen because He said, "My Word shall never return unto Me...what?...void. It will always accomplish the purpose to which I send it."
Now look at verse 6 and let's look at some specifics. He says, "These words are faithful and true and the Lord God of the holy prophet sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which must...here's the word...shortly, en tachei(?)." We get a word tachometer from this. You know what a tachometer is on your car? It measures the RPMs of your engine, I think. Speed is the word, en tachei, shortly means rapidly, quickly. It measures speed, not soon. It's not saying He shall come soon, it's saying He shall come fast. It will come like a shot out of the blue. God is patient and God is long-suffering. But when time comes for Him to arrive, He'll come fast.
You know, there are people who argue that Jesus isn't coming. That's a typical heresy of liberalism, that Jesus isn't coming. And the argument Peter brings up in 2 Peter chapter 3, he's writing and he's telling them about these false prophets whom he calls "wells without water," which is an interesting thing...clouds that don't have any rain in them, and so forth. And then he says to them, they're going to say in verse 4 of 2 Peter 3, "Where is the promise of His coming?" See? All you people go around saying Jesus is coming, where is He? We haven't seen Him around. "For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." Oh, they say, "Well, He won't come because everything is just going on like it always goes, you know." Which is a ridiculous argument, it's like saying I'll never die because I never have. And then he goes on to say, "But they are willingly ignorant of the fact that by the Word of God were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water by which the world that then was was overflowed with water and it perished." They must have forgot that all things didn't continue as they were. Back in Genesis 6 God wiped out the whole world with water. Guess again, fellows. It hasn't always been like you say it has. And he says, "In the heavens and the earth which are now by the same Word are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." God destroyed it once with water, He'll destroy it again only not with water, with what? With fire.
"Yeah, but He's waited so long." And then he says this, "Beloved, be not ignorant of this thing, one day is with the Lord as...what?...a thousand years, and a thousand years as a day." God doesn't have a clock.
You say, "Well why doesn't He come back if He's going to come?" And he gives the answer. "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise." It's not that He's not going to do what He says, "But He's long-suffering, not willing that any should...what?...should perish." And so the stupidity of the argument in 2 Peter that nothing is going to happen because nothing ever has doesn't even begin to cover the ground. If God says it will happen, it will happen.
Now he says this, at the end of verse 6, he says, "I wanted to show unto His servants." Who are they? Who are these doulos? Who are these servants? They're believers. Do you know that in Romans chapter 6 it tells us that we're the servants of the Lord? It says simply, and there's a lot more in that sixth chapter, but let's just pull that one thought out, chapter 6 and verse 17, "But God be thanked that whereas you were the servants of sin you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered unto you." Then verse 22, "And now being made free from sin you became servants to God." When you were saved you became a servant of God. You are His doulos. You are His bondservants. And He wants you to know what's going to happen. Why? Because He wants you to obey these things. The book of Revelation isn't for unbelievers...they can't tell one end of it from the other. The truths of this book are for you and for me that we might get a grip on what's going to happen and immediately obey. Look at verse 7, "Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book." Keep these in your heart and mind, obey the spiritual principles that are here. Give heed, tereo is keep and it means to give heed or observe in your living the principles that are here.Jesus simply said this, "If you love Me, you will do...what?...keep My commandments." He said it three times in John, chapter 14, He said it in verse 15, verse 21 and verse 23. And then when you get over to 1 John he repeats it and repeats it and repeats it..."If you love Me you'll keep My commandments. You can tell you're saved if you keep My commandments...keep My commandments...keep My commandments." I've said it so many times, I'll say it again, the most important word in the Christian life is obedience. That's what it's all about...that's what it's all about and we'll say more about that in a minute.
But we need to be obedient. We need to be keeping the words of the prophecy of this book. We need to give adherence to them, observe them, heed them because He's coming. There are some direct commands to the church in chapter 2 and 3 that we need to obey. There are some principles that we see through the book of Revelation that we need to obey, giving God glory, praising Jesus Christ, occupying ourselves with strategic things that matter. We need to be obedient to the principles of this book.
Now let me talk a little bit about obedience. There are many kinds of obedience. There's a kind of obedience that is a threat, but that doesn't really get to the core. You know, some guy was saying this week, I was listening to some tape and he said, "There was a little kid and he was standing in his highchair, just standing right up there. And his dad said to him, `Sit down.' And he just stood there. He said, `I said sit down.' He just stood there. His dad said, `Sit down or I'll knock you down.' And the kid sat down. And he said to his dad, `I may be sitting down but I'm standing up in my heart.'" Well, you see, that's obedience but that is not the spirit of obedience. You got it? That's legalism. The same person I was listening to said that he had a person that was involved in his church and he said that they made $120 a week and they gave to the Lord $10.20. And he said that's obedience to an Old Testament law but that's not the spirit of obedience. That it almost...that almost sounds like a legalism, which is an interesting thing.
You say, "Well what are you trying to say?" Well I'm trying to say that there's a difference between obedience and the spirit of obedience. I don't have anything in my kitchen posted that says, "Don't smash your kids with a rolling pin." Just so I remind myself. I don't have anything that says, "Don't hit your wife with the shovel."
You say, "That's horrible." I don't have to remind myself of things like that. "Don't drown your children in the bathtub." We don't have rules like that hanging in the bathroom. There's a certain sense, you see, in which love pervades everything and we don't need those rules. I mean, I love my children and I love my wife and because of that I don't need to do that. You see? There's a different spirit. And, you see, I want to obey in terms of my right relationships. If I make a promise to my children, I want to keep them not out of legalism to them but because I love them. And I think my children feel the same to me. They want to obey me not so much out of fear but out of a desire to obey me because they love me. That's the difference and that's exactly what Paul meant and I want to take a minute to show it to you, the difference between obedience and the spirit of obedience is in Romans 13 in verse 8, "Owe no man anything but to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." Do you see? And he goes on to say the law says don't commit adultery, don't kill, don't steal, don't bear false witness, don't covet, etc., etc., etc. But he says this, it's all comprehended in one saying, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Love, verse 10, is the fulfilling of the law.
You see, if I love somebody, I willingly submit myself. And if I really love God, do I need to have the Ten Commandments nailed up in my house? And do I have to say, "Oh, I don't want to do that, God will step on me?" No. You know, whenever...I don't know how you are affected, but whenever I sin I don't react to sin by saying, "Oh no, now I'm going to get it." That's a foreign reaction. You don't react either do you? You say, the first reaction is, "God, I'm sorry that I grieved You," right? Sure. Because that's the spirit of obedience. The spirit of obedience is that which...now watch this and here's a definition...it is that which permits me to obey in an area where there's no enforcement. You get that? So the spirit of obedience is committing myself to obey in areas where there's no enforcement, you see? It's because I just want to obey. It's because the love of my heart demands that I obey...not out of fear but out of adoration and love. And so, God doesn't ask us to get a bunch of rules and tack them up and make sure we obey them. God just asks us to love Him. And if we love Him we'll fulfill the whole law.
And that's why...that's so different than legalism. Legalism is doing it, doing it...oh I want to be holy, I want to be pious, and if I don't do that somebody won't think I'm pious and God will take three Brownie points away from my score. You know, see. That is totally foreign to God. That is nauseating to God. That's a system of legalism. What God wants to see is a heart that is so overflowing with love that it obeys out of the natural flow of life, not out of fear. And so, the Christian should have a spirit of obedience because of his love for the Lord. We ought to read His Word and we ought to learn the principles and we ought to obey them.
You see, Revelation is not entertainment. So many people think the book of Revelation is entertainment. Oh, Revelation, whoppee, you know, we can all see all those strange things, you know. Revelation is not entertainment. You know what it is for me? It's motivation. I study this book and I get motivated. I get super charged to get a job done and get a job done right now. We know these things are going to happen. What did Peter say in 2 Peter 3:11? He says, "Seeing that these things shall be dissolved, man, the end of the world is coming, what manner of persons ought you to be?" You don't just sit around speculating about it, you do something. "You ought to be holy and godly, you ought to look for and hasten to the coming of the day of God." He goes on to say you ought to be, at the end of verse 14, in peace without spot and blameless. This is motivation...not entertainment.
And so, what does the Word of God say? Jesus is coming. So what? Immediate obedience. Whatever the principles are in the Word of God it's time to obey them, right now because Jesus is coming.
Second thing, immediate worship. I love this, verse 8, this is so human. "And I John," I've told you before why John does this. He's so overwhelmed with the stuff that he gets in on, he says, "And I John, I saw it all, me." See. It's a shocking thing. It's the same reason that he talks about himself like in John 21, you know, where Peter was following Jesus and Peter looked around and Jesus had just told Peter the wonderful news that He was going to get crucified. And so Peter looks around and says, "What about him?" And it says that Peter turned...the text says in John 21, "And Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved." The one who reclined on His breast at supper. That's John. He could have said, "John," but not John, he says, "You know the one that Jesus loves, who was next to Him at the supper." See. He adores the fact of his relationship to Christ. He's overwhelmed about everything that he's involved in...his whole thing with God is absolutely overwhelming to him. So everything is this fantastic thing. "You know me, I'm the one that Jesus loves." See. He just adores that thought.
So he uses the same thing here, he says, "And I John saw these things and heard them." And then he says, "And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things." Well that's interesting. What is he doing there? Well he's been there before. You go back to chapter 19, he gets so carried away, this angel, another angel came and showed him the marriage supper of the Lamb in 19 and verse 10, he says, "I fell at his feet to worship him." He's doing the same thing again. "And he said unto me, See thou doeth not, I'm thy fellow servant and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." Now they must have thought it was getting to be like a broken record because if you go back to 22 and verse 9, the same thing. "He says unto him, See thou do it not." Cut it out, John. "I'm thy fellow servant of thy brethren the prophets and of them who worship...who keep the words of the book, worship God." Get up, John, I'm only an angel.
Now there are several beautiful things about that. I don't think John meant to be idolatrous. He was just so overwhelmed and so thrilled with what he was learning that he had a hard time distinguishing between the messenger and the one who sent him. And in a very real sense that's a kind of a beautiful thought, isn't it? Have you ever been mistaken for Jesus Christ? I've been in the ministry for a few years now and nobody yet has fallen down at my feet and worshiped me. I've never had to say, "Oh, get up...you're mistaken." That will be the day. But, you see, there would be something beautiful about that. They thought...they thought Paul was a God, you remember. I'm sure there are some Christians who are so Christlike that some people haven't been too sure but that Christ wasn't around. And so John starts to worship the angel and in verse 9 the angels gets him up. He classifies himself, you see, with other created beings who are also in God's service. And he says, "Worship God...worship God." Listen, that's an immediate priority in the Christian life is worship.
You say, "Yeah, I know, what is worship? Is worship organ music and stained glass windows? What is worship?" Well, a few weeks ago we did a little study on worship in Psalm 26, let me just brief you on it. Turn to Psalm 26 and let's see what worship is, just simple...and here we have a beautiful picture of worship. David is worshiping. And he gives us the ingredients of worship. First we see the worshiper and then we see his worship. There are four characteristics of a true worshiper...four characteristics of a true worshiper. First of all, trust. In order to really worship God trust is the key to everything. If you're not really trusting God, you're worship is a sham. If you're saying, "O God, I praise You for who You are and I thank You for all Your power and I praise You for being the God You are," and then you go out of there and chew your fingernails off because you can't figure out where the next $10 is going to come from...your worship was a mockery. Or if you're praising God and praising God for all of His power, all of His sustenance and then going around like a nervous wreck and popping barbiturates, something isn't right. There's something being lost between the statement of your trust and the actuality of it. Worship in its purest sense begins with actual real trust in God. That is what pleases God above everything else is that you really trust Him.
Now look at verse 1, "Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity, I have trusted also in the Lord." He says you look at my heart, Lord, I trust You...I trust You. That's the basis of real worship, trusting God. And there are a lot of people who sing the songs and they get the kind of funny feeling that you get on Sunday when something hits your emotions and they come to church and they own a Bible and they maybe read it and they may be praying, they maybe praise God but they don't trust Him...they don't really trust Him. True worship begins with trust...total trust.
Then the second thing that makes up true worship is a preoccupation with God's loving kindness. Verse 3, "For Thy loving kindness is before my eyes." This is the second characteristic of a true worshiper. He not only trusts God but he's preoccupied with God's loving kindness. He is totally absorbed in the grace of God.
There's a third thing about him, the end of verse 3, "He walks in truth." You cannot truly be worshiping God and living in sin. You can't be worshiping God and living in error.
The fourth thing, we're just going fast, in verse 4, he doesn't get involved with evil doers, "I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites."
Four characteristics of a true worshiper...number one, he trusts God, absolutely and completely. Number two, he's preoccupied with God's loving kindness. He's so overwhelmed with God's grace that he wouldn't worry about anything because he knows His grace is sufficient. Third, he walks in truth, he abides in the Word, constantly constantly constantly. That's true worship. Fourthly, he never fools around with evil doers. Now that's the characteristic of a true worshiper, and we could go a lot further than that but just suffice it to say at that point. Now because David is a true worshiper, in verse 6 he arrives to worship, "I'll wash my hands in innocence, I'll encompass Thine altar, O Lord." I'm coming to Your altar to worship.
Now there are four...well let's say five ingredients of true worship. Four characteristics of a true worshiper, here are the five ingredients of worship. Number one, thanksgiving. You want to really worship God? Be the right worshiper, first of all, and then give Him thanks, verse 7, "That I may make known with the voice of...what?...thanksgiving." You know what it is that is worship? It is thanksgiving. "God, I just want to thank You. I just want to praise You for what You've done." Constant thanksgiving. Then he says in verse 7, the second thing is praise, "Tell of all Thy wondrous works." Have you ever recited to God His wondrous works? You say, "Do I need to do that?" That's worship. Remember how they used to pray in the Old Testament? "O God, who made the earth and the sky and the sea and the land and God who delivered Israel out of Egypt and God..." You know how they used to do? They used to recite the whole thing sometimes, it seemed like they'd go on forever. You can read some of the great...read the prayer of Habakkuk, for example, in the little book of Habakkuk. He goes on and on and on and on and on, he doesn't even bother to ask God for anything,he just keeps reciting everything God did. That's worship, that's praise for His wondrous works.
There's a third thing...thanksgiving, praise, the third commodity that makes up worship is the love of His presence. Verse 8, "Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house and the place where Thy honor dwelleth." He was in love with the presence of God. That's worship. Living every moment in the conscious presence that He's there.
There's another one, and this gets us right back to where we started, trust...verse 9, "Gather not my soul with sinners, I'm asking You, God, nor my life with bloody men in whose hands is mischief and their right hand is full of bribes, but as for me I will walk in mine integrity, redeem me and be merciful unto me." He's trusting God. God, this is my problem, You're going to take care of it.
And so, true worship is thanksgiving, praise, loving His presence, trusting Him and then it wraps up in verse 12 with the commitment. "My foot standeth in an even place." In other words, I won't go where I'm going to stumble. "In the congregations will I bless the Lord." I'll stay on level ground and bless the Lord. That's a simple, simple picture of true worship. It's to be the right person and carry to God your thanks, your praise, your trust, your commitment and to love His presence...that's worship. And so he says to him worship God.
Do you really worship God? Do you...it all boils down to trust. Nobody else to worship but God. And it says in Colossians 2:18, "Let no man beguile you of your reward in the voluntary humility and worshiping of angels." You could lose your reward if you're to worship angels. There are some cults, are there not, that revere and worship angels. That is not scriptural.
So, in all worship God is the object, verse 9, worship God. The book of Revelation demands an immediate response of worship and praise to God. You say, "Well, do we have a song or a praise that we could give Him?" Sure, it's all through the book of Revelation. Just read chapter 4, 5, 7, 11, 15 and 19 and you can read the whole worship song of the redeemed.
So what are we saying? His soon return demands what? Immediate obedience and immediate worship. Now we come to the heart of the thing...immediate proclamation. Now this is not a message to be hidden, it's a message to be spread. Look at verse 10, "And he saith unto me, Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand." If you saw somebody moving fast toward absolute destruction and you were able to stop them and you didn't, that's a serious serious indictment. And so we need to be busy not sealing the words of this book, but preaching it. Since there is tremendous warning, we cannot close the book of Revelation, we must speak its truth. The term "at hand" means imminent, it means the next event on God's clock is the return of Jesus. And because He's coming we need to spread the Word. Now we've been studying Acts and you remember He said, "After the Spirit is come upon you you shall be witnesses unto Me." And then the Bible says that Jesus ascended into heaven and two men stood by in white apparel and they said, "Why stand ye gazing up into heaven, this same Jesus who is taken up from you shall...what?...so come in like manner as you've seen HIm go." Why should you be a witness? Because Jesus is coming back and you better get busy, spread the Word.
The failure to proclaim the truths of this book and the warnings of judgment that are to come is to disobey God. This is not to be a closed book. This is not to be a sealed book. It is to be open to men. And I honestly believe in my heart that a Christian who fails to study the book of Revelation, who fails to understand the truths of judgment and to proclaim those truths is disobeying God. And I believe that a great church will always be a Second Coming church. I don't believe that you can have a great church that does not constantly proclaim the return of Jesus Christ. We must live in the light of the return of Christ. That ought to change our lives for two reasons. Number one, because when He returns we're going to have to face Him for the record of our deeds. And number two, the godless are going to face Him.
Now he goes on in verse 10, "Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand." Then a shocking verse, verse 11, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still." You say, "What is it saying?" It's a strange verse. It's simply saying this, if a man is unjust and he rejects this message, let him be unjust forever. If a man is filthy and he rejects the message, let him be filthy forever. My dad always used to say, "Death never changes anything, it only crystallizes into permanency what you were in life." If you lived your life unjust and filthy that's the way you'll live your eternity. If you lived your life righteous and holy, that's the way you'll live your eternity.
If the warnings of this book are not sufficient to change a man, then God has no more to say, let him be unjust forever. I have nothing else to say. It's a sobering thought that a decision made against Christ can become so much a part of a character that it damns a man's soul and some day he's unable to believe. And then every hearing of the gospel only produces more antagonism. There's a shocking kind of lingering sickness that comes into every one of us, or should come as we read that verse. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. People say, "Is there a second chance?" No there's no second chance. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. Eternal separation from God.
We must proclaim this message. Jesus is coming. The world needs to hear. And when they hear the gospel it either makes them right or it confirms them wrong. If it does not absolve of sin, it condemns of sin. If it doesn't soften the penitent heart, it hardens and hardens. If it is not, said Paul, a saver unto life, it is a saver unto death. And so the angel says proclaim this prophecy, preach it, preach it, preach it.
How long has it been since you sat down with somebody and talked to them about the coming of Jesus Christ? And I'm not just talking about the glib happy-go-lucky bumper sticker approach. I'm talking about how long has it been since you sat down and talked to somebody about hell? How long has it been since you warned somebody about the eternal damnation that comes as a result of rejecting Jesus Christ? How often do we soft pedal these things? I believe, beloved, that it's time that we commit ourselves to proclaim the truths of judgment because Jesus is coming. So we see in these prophecies the necessity of immediate obedience, immediate worship, immediate proclamation. I don't know how long we have. What we do we do now, or we don't do it.
Lastly, immediate service, verse 12, "Behold, I come quickly and My reward is with Me to give every man according as his work shall be." Behold, I come quickly...again suddenly, swiftly. And the Bible has so much to say about this. The fact that when He comes that nobody is going to be ready, the world is going to be shocked when this happens. In Mark there is indication of the urgency that is going to take place when Jesus comes...the shock that's going to come upon men. It says in verse 33 of chapter 13, "Take heed, watch and pray for you know not when the time is for the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey who left his house and gave authority to his servants and to every man his work and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore for you know not when the master of the house cometh, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crow or in the morning, lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping." Sad thing.
Over in Luke, just a thought out of chapter 12 verse 35, "Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning and ye yourselves like men that wait for their lord when he will return from the wedding that when he cometh and knocketh they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, he that...that He shall gird Himself and make them to sit down to eat and will come forth and serve them. If He shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have permitted his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when you think not."
It's time to do what you're going to do for the Lord and do it now. We're to watch, to be ready and to serve. You say, "Well, what's this big deal about service?" Well the Bible simply says that you need to be serving Him because when He comes back, look at it, verse 12, "My reward is with Me to give to every man." You say, "Well isn't that materialistic?" And I've talked about this and I've maybe have shared with you this before but people will always disparage that is a motive when it is not a bad motive, to serve Christ for a reward, that's a natural thing. This illustrates to me so many times in athletics, if a guy runs a race, runs his very best and wins, you don't say, "Oh, materialistic, crass, selfish." You expect him to do that, right? If a general takes his army out to battle and he wins the battle, you don't call him materialistic. If a guy loves a girl and comes to her and says, "I love you so much I want to marry you," she doesn't say, "Oh, materialistic, it's not enough to love me, you have to marry me." That is strange because that's normal. There are some things that are the natural reward of other things and reward from our Lord is the natural result of faithful service.
My grandfather had in his Bible a poem written and it goes like this, "When I stand at the judgment seat of Christ and He shows me His plan for me, the plan of my life as it might have been, and I see how I blocked Him here and checked Him there and would not yield my will, will there be grief in my Savior's eyes? Grief though He loves me still? He would have me rich but I stand there poor, stripped of all but His grace, while memory runs like a haunted thing down a path I can't retrace. Then my desolate heart will well nigh break with tears I cannot shed, I will cover my face with my empty hands, I will bow my uncrowned head. O Lord, of the years that are left to me, I give them to Thy hand, take me, break me, mold me to the pattern that Thou hast planned."
We need to be busy serving the Lord. We need to orient our priorities. We need to strip out all the garbage in our lives and get down to the business of immediate obedience, immediate worship, immediate proclamation and immediate service. Some of you said, "Some day I'm going to start a Bible study...some day I'm going to get going and study the Bible...some day I'm going to witness to my neighbors...some day I'm going to do this...and some day I'm going to teach a class...and some day...some day...some day," and it just fades. It's time to do it. It's time to do it.
You say, "Well, I'm not even a Christian, what do I do?" Verse 17 says what you do, "Let him that heareth come, let him that is a thirst come and whosoever will let him take the water of life freely." It's still time to come before Jesus gets here.
When Napoleon's army invaded Russia, they came to a village. And in this village everyone had fled except one man who was a farmer. He was a courageous man. And he stood in the face of Napoleon's army. And they saw his calmness and they saw his courage and they decided not to shoot him. But they decided they would mark him and brand him for life. And so they had a branding iron which they heated and they burned the letter "N" into the palm of his right hand.
"What does that mean?" he said.
"It stands for Napoleon," they said. "And you now belong to him."
The man promptly picked up an axe and put his hand on a block and chopped it off. He said, "The hand belongs to him, I don't." That's courage. He believed in something and he gave up his hand for it.
You say, "What are you trying to tell me?" I'm trying to tell you this, if you have anything in your life that belongs to anybody but God, cut it off. It's time to get it together and do those things that need to be done in these last times. I think we can spin our wheels and as I said this morning, we can fool around with diddly things that mean absolutely nothing to anybody and not be ready when Jesus comes to receive a full reward. Look to yourselves, said John, that you lose not the things you have wrought but that you receive a full reward. Immediate service, immediate proclamation, now is the time to tell them about Jesus. Immediate worship, now is the time to begin to trust God and show Him you love Him. Immediate obedience, now is the time to do the things you know He wants you to do.
Our Father, we're so thankful tonight that we've just been able to examine these thoughts. And, Lord, we feel so inadequate. Lord, we feel that we fail You so miserably. Father, I know in my own heart I just really don't do those things that I ought to do so many times. And, Lord, it's easy for me to say...Well, I'm so involved in preaching to so many...and this and that that I don't have time to witness to somebody who lives near me or that I meet somewhere...it's easy for me to just kind of slough off my responsibility. God, I'm sorry when I've done that. I don't know when Jesus is coming, Lord, but I know He's coming and He's coming soon and I'm ready in my heart but I'm not sure that I've done everything I should do. Father, I want to be sure that I've shared Christ with all those that need to hear that I can reach. I want to be sure I've lived the fullest kind of service to You that I can live, that I might receive a full reward, not for my glory but that I might cast it at the feet of Jesus Christ. And, Father, I know I haven't always been obedient but I want to be and I want to have the spirit of obedience that makes me obey because I love You not because I'm afraid of You.
And, God, I want to worship you with a pure heart and I want to say I trust You and I want to really be trusting You so that when You come I'll have nothing lacking. And, Father, I would pray that for everyone who is here. We pray in Christ's name. Amen.
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Hook: Standard Dry #14 - 10
Thread: Rusty Brown 8/0
Tail: Synthetic Fibers Dun
Body: Goose or Turkey Biot Rusty Brown
Wing Case: Dun Medallion Sheeting
Hackle: 1X Short Dun
Wing: Clear Medallion Sheeting
Thorax: Rusty Brown Superfine
(Pattern From Shane Stalcup's, Mayflies "Top to Bottom")
Notes on the Fly
Over the last season this fly has out produced every spinner pattern I have ever tried. Have you ever wondered why a standard Rusty Spinner has no hackle, but standard 'Real Spinners' have legs? There are three things that really set this fly apart from others in it's class. The Medallion wings are very realistic, unlike other synthetic fibers, gathered hackle, or hen tip wings. The biot body gives off a nice buggy appearance with natural segmentation, and the flush short hackle gives the all important appearance of legs.
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The only thing I would caution when using this pattern is the poor casting qualities of it's spent medallion wings. These can cause some major leader twisting so beware. One way I have over come this issue is smashing up the wings, or even slicing them up. The fish do not care, and if you examine a real spinner on the water they rarely look perfect, because after all, they are dead.
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