THE SOUL
CONT., page 4
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
“I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie – I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you.
Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh of hosts,
"Come, go to this steward,
To Shebna, who is in charge of the household:
‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here,
You who hew a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?
Behold, Yahweh is about to hurl you headlong, O man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
And roll you tightly like a ball,
To be cast into a vast country;
There you will die
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master's house.
I will depose you from your office,
And I will pull you down from your station.
Then it will come about in that day,
That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son
of Hilkiah,
And I will clothe him with your tunic,
And tie your sash securely about him.
I will entrust him with your authority,
And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Then I will set the key of the house of David
on his shoulder,
When he opens no one will shut,
When he shuts no one will open.
I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
“I will depose you from your office,
And I will pull you down from your station.
Then it will come about in that day,
That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son
of Hilkiah,
And I will clothe him with your tunic,
And tie your sash securely about him.
I will entrust him with your
authority.”