The Plagues – 5th

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(Revelation 16:10) And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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In the Tabernacle of Witness, and within the Holy Place, dwelt the Ark of the Covenant. The top of the Ark was bordered by a Crown of gold and within this Crown, the Mercy Seat. From the ends of this Seat, the wings of two Cherubim extended over the Ark. When the blood of a Lamb was placed upon this Mercy Seat, the Spirit of the LORD would appear above it and the Light of His Glory would fill the Tabernacle. 
As we know, Moses Tabernacle on Earth was only a shadow of JESUS Tabernacle in Heaven…
And its Seat but an image of His Throne. The Ark’s Crown, the Symbol of God’s Authority in the Law, the Bread from Heaven, and the High Priests Branch. Testaments that have established Kingdoms and Governed Nations. Yet spoke of an Everlasting Dominion in a Kingdom that…
Ever lives in JESUS Law, His Gospel and SPIRIT, and ever breathes; Judgement, Mercy and Faith.
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However with the Blood of JESUS Sacrifice rejected, this Mercy Seat becomes a Judgment Seat, overshadowed by the Archangels Michael and Satan. Whose authourity abides in the letter of the law without mercy. And whose dominion wrestles continuously without rest between the seasons of blessing and cursing; of life and death. In the Book of Revelation, in the Dragon; that is, the Covenant of the Law cast to Earth, we see its Seven Heads Crowned. The Seven Times of God’s Creation which travail in the Law, which purpose creates, and brings forth Christ in us, who ascending into Heaven, leads captivity captive.
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As it is written: “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.” 
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…Brethren: Does JESUS throne abide in you. Is His Blood upon it. And does the WORD of His Kingdom live and breathe in you? 
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Yet upon the Beast rising from the Sea, that is, JESUS Gospel corrupted; we see its Ten Horns Crowned. In the Books of Daniel and Revelation; these Ten Horns are Ten Kings. They are Ten Commandments, the Testament of God’s Rule on Earth. Referred to in Scripture as the “Kings of the Earth”, their Authourity has established nations and, without JESUS blood.
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The Seat of the Beast declared in the 5th Plague refers to a Judgement Seat that has replaced the blood of the Lamb, with the blood of bulls and goats. Gospels that have replaced JESUS Faith with the works that abide under the Authority of the Law. Of Gospels that deny the SPIRIT of God that moves upon the face of the waters of baptism and repentance. That deny the blood of sin forgiven,
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and reject the seal of JESUS Name; that is the Promise of the the Holy Spirit; JESUS in you.
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Of Gospels as we have heard in previous plagues that reject the Testimony of the Prophets and Apostles. Which blaspheme JESUS name. And from this blasphemy sores multiply; men’s traditions; religious doctrine and beliefs, void of True Light. JESUS says;
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Matthew 6:  The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.  But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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Remember; the Light of the Moon ordained to rule the night is the Law. And Light of the Sun ordained to rule the day, is JESUS Faith.
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Brethren; This tabernacle, is in you and me. Its Seat is the table of our heart, and its dominion and kingdom, that of either JESUS or man. If religious dogma reigns in us,  then we sit as God upon JESUS Throne. If we have replaced JESUS Salvation with creeds that save us, then we are desolate and know it not. This sin and its consuming wickedness, has gone out from our churches and into our communities, just as it did in Ezekiel’s day.
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The beast that rises from the sea is JESUS testimony altered. In its corrupted testimony, is a grievous wound, an image; creeds of men’s blasphemy.
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While this wound like Jeroboam’s hand is healed, its sin is never forgiven. From its sin has come a consuming darkness, that fill the Kingdoms of this World. Darkness that fills God’s WORD in us.
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This darkness resides in our laws. Statutes that once established good communities, have bred worms and from their curses, violence and lewdness, overflow our communities. Our honour of parents, and love for one another is devoured by laws, that set us against one another. And as hope is devoured we seek death. The weeping and gnashing of teeth JESUS warned of. Worse still, same sex marriages, reverse the God’s order of things, and as men rejoice, its vile depravity is as salt and brimstone in the hearts of those who rejoice in them. For all of these are given to men, that we might consider what we have done to HIS WORD.
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Make no mistake. IF JESUS Dominion bound in His Faith and Commandments lives in you without spot, then you abide in the Kingdom of God. Let HIS FAITH in you be clean.
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However if His Gospel in us is touched by the idolatry of church teachings, then we must repent. And if we Repent, JESUS will turn again, and purge and cleanse His Dominion in us until we are changed, and Glory of His Truth and His Commandment of an endless Life, become in you and me an everlasting Kingdom. JESUS Kingdom. Amen.
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LORD, the things Peter bound on earth, You have bound in Heaven. Bind these too LORD in JESUS Name.
Amen.