January 05, 2014
The First Vision
A reading from the Book of Revelation 1, 9 – 20:
I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus. I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, which said, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Perganum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe,. with a gold sash around his chest. The hair of his head was as white as white wool or as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. His feet were like polished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water. In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp row-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun as its brightness.
When I caught sight of him I fell down at his feet as though dead. He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld. Write down, therefore, what you have seen and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards. This is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
We had a sunny day on Saturday but it was cold with temperature at about minus 20 Celsius. It was great to see the sun and in a few days the temperature will be up to 5 degrees Celsius, which is about 40 degrees F. We need a lot of heat these days to keep our houses warm.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“I bless you My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who walk with Me every day. When Saint John the Apostle was on earth he saw many visions and received many messages from Me and from angels. I would appear to him in a special way as it is written concerning the first apparition. I came to him for a special reason as I had a message for the seven important churches of Asia Minor. The seven stars that I held in My hand where the seven angels of these churches and the lampstands were the churches themselves. Every church has at least one angel attached to it and every church is a light for the people who come there to pray and to receive Me in Holy Communion.
I want churches established in every area of each country so that the people living there can come to Me to pray and to be blessed. I want at least one priest in each parish who will guide those who believe in Me. Every priest must go and visit the people of his parish and speak with them and show them how important it is to come and pray in My church. Come My dear friends and follow Me.”
Father Melvin