K140. Did God create evil or sin?

"God created the world right? There is evil in the world right? Then God created evil right? Therefore God must be evil right? Follow the logic in this Video and see..." - See the video posted by Kingdmculture below.
https://youtu.be/MjSNp7PuIkY

The logic of the world on sin
People believe in the logic of the world because they do not know God. However, sadly many people in our churches today are still believing in the logic of the world too. They may believe in God but their logic about the things of God is still the logic of the world. They said, "The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was created by God right? There is evil in the world right? God who created the tree is evil right? But, since God can never be evil, then the tree is evil right? Since the tree is something which determines what is good and evil, it is the law and therefore it is evil right? If we do not know what is good and evil, we do not know the law, and therefore we do not have sin right? .. .. So, God sent His son to remove the law so that we do not need to know or keep any law !!!"
I will tell them, Your logic may sound logical but it contradicts biblical logic. Please think, If you were God, do you want to make things so complicated? Would you create the tree, let the tree become the lawgiver, and then remove the tree or the law forever because they brought sin? No, if God Himself had created the tree or given the law for a purpose, He won't remove it !

What is sin?
Sin is not just bad habits, watching pornography, and feeling condemnation against ourselves. Sin is lawlessness against God. Sin is the transgression, rebellion, or disobedience against God's laws:
1Jn 3:4 KJV  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:4 LITV  Everyone practicing sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
The root problem of our sin is not the law, radical legalism, immorality, fear, lust, pride, greed, flesh, homosexual activities, drug addiction, faithlessness, stress, worry, or condemnation; it is the lawlessness which started at the garden of Eden. Today men may learn to overcome the problem of lust, greed, and many sinful deeds, but they may not know the root problem of their sins. The root problem is: When Adam and Eve departed from God's law or disobeyed God's command, lawlessness came into the hearts of men and into the world, and the lust of the flesh multiplied (1Jn2:16-17). The root problem is: Men sinned against God or against God's words.
Jesus came to pay the penalty of sin. Of course, we cannot do anything to deserve for what He did; we do nothing under grace. However, there is one thing we must still do under grace, ie. to repent and turn away from sin or lawlessness.
Yes, we know that we are the sinners who need to be saved from sin. We call 'being saved from sin' as salvation. Is it 'being saved from death, from judgement, from fear, from condemnation, or from poverty'? Yes, certainly, but it does not explain the real meaning of 'being saved from sin'. Many say that 'being saved from sin' is when we are separated from sin, we no longer have sin, we are cleansed from sin, we are forgiven, we are covered, or we are .. and etc, however, forgiveness is not salvation.
Leonard Ravenhill said, "Many preach forgiveness; but forgiveness is not salvation!" (see https://plus.google.com/103386467367636094616/posts/eXJroDpXqVw).
R. A. Torrey said, "Many begin with Him as our Savior, as their sin-bearer and our Deliverer from the power of sin, but they must not end with Him merely as Savior; they must know Him as Lord and King."
I would say, Amen, we must OBEY Him as Lord and King too. It is because salvation is not true salvation until it leads us to know and obey Him as Lord and king. We can never obey what we do not know. Hence, we must obey Him who will teach us and give us God's laws and commandments too.
However, most preaching by the worldly or lukewarm preachers on 'being saved' is undeniably positive and good, but it can never explain the positive side of salvation. For example, we know that we are really saved from darkness only when we have the light or when we see the light. Similarly, we know that we are really saved from lawlessness only when we have the law or keep the law of God too. Since sin or lawlessness is not a created thing; it is the absence of law, it can be overcome only when we have the law of God.

Sin is the absence of the law of God
Like darkness and evil, sin is not a created thing. sin is the absence of something. Sin is not darkness or evil, but it is related to darkness and evil. Sin is the absence of God's law. Hence, when Adam turned away from the law of God, Adam turned to the absence of His law (or turned to lawlessness and nakedness). Hence, contrary to what many preachers said, God's law is not the opposite of grace; God's law is the opposite of lawlessness, and hence, God's law and grace are not mutually exclusive.
Gen 3:6-7 KJV  And when the woman .. did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.  (7)  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ..
2Co 4:6-7 KJV  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ ..
Heb 10 :16-17 LITV  "This is the covenant which I will covenant to them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My Laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds;"  (17)  also He adds, "I will not at all still remember their sins" and their lawlessnesses (see Heb 8 :10 too).
Please think, How will God write His laws on our hearts or minds? Is it achieved by supernatural 'inscribing' of His laws on our hearts, brains, or organs? Of course, no. Writing on our hearts is just a figurative way to say that He will teach us to do and keep His laws in our lives. Have you read the parable of the Lord below? It is also a figurative way to describe the 'lawlessness' of a believer, a sinner, or a descendent of Adam today.
Mat 22 :11-15 KJV  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:  (12)  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.  (13)  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  (14)  For many are called, but few are chosen.  (15)  Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
The Jews were known to be God's chosen people who received God's favors and God's law. Today there are many who think that they themselves are the chosen people too because they are saved by the blood of Jesus. But, if the Jews rebelled and crucified Jesus, it should be a fearful warning to all who think that they are the chosen and yet they still want to rebel, live, and argue like the lawless.
Yes, many were God's chosen people because they were saved, protected, or bought by the blood, for example:
1. Abel who offered his sacrifice with blood,
2. the Israelites who put the blood on the door posts of their houses
3. the Jews who offered the yearly blood sacrifice through the priest, and
4. the Christians who were cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ
However, did the Israelites become immune to the curse of sin and death forever after they applied the blood on their door posts? No, three thousands of them died on the day when they rebelled against God at mount Sinai. If the Israelites, the Jews, or the chosen people still perished when they sinned against God, they can be a fearful warning to all of us who are the chosen people too. Yes, the blood of Jesus is undeniably more powerful than the blood of the animals but it would become bad theology if we teach that His blood is more powerful because it can still give us the immunity to the penalty of sin when we will still sin or rebel like the Israelites. It is certainly a false doctrine if we teach that that is grace or that grace is greater than all our sins or rebellion against God:
Heb 10:26-29 KJV  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  (27)  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.  (28)  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:  (29)  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Many will still try to argue, "We are saved by grace; not by the law. How can you keep talking about the law or keep the law?" I will tell them, Do you know that we are not saved by the wedding garment; but we must have the wedding garment? We are not saved by the Holy Spirit; but we must have the Holy Spirit. Similarly, we are not saved by the law; but we cannot make it to heaven if we are 'lawless' too. In another words, we cannot make it to heaven with the absence of His law.

Sin does not come from keeping of God's law
Sin comes from breaking of God's law or from not keeping God's law. Many will argue, "But didn't Paul and the Apostles tell us to ignore the law? They told us repeatedly and clearly not to keep the law too. It means 'not to keep any law', including God's law !"
Act 15:5-6 KJV  But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.  (6)  And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Act 15:23-24 KJV  And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:  (24)  Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
Rom 2:25 KJV  For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Gal 6:13 KJV  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
The Bible verses above are the only four places that you will find when you type "keep the law" in your search on a KJV Bible. However, the Apostles had made it clear to us that 'the law' is 'the law which required the Jews to be circumcised'. It could be the law of Moses, the law of the Old Covenant, the law of circumcision, the Pharisees' law, or any Jewish law. Hence, the Apostles explained clearly that we should not keep any law or custom for circumcision; but we are doing fine if we will just keep the law of God or the Ten Commandment to honour God and obey His commandments:
Act 15:24-30 KJV  Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment .. (28) For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;  (29)  That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
The main objective of the Apostles' decree was not to add the burden, the law, or the requirement of circumcision to the believers. But please think, Do you think that keeping the Ten Commandments is a burden too? No, in fact, the Apostles wrote and told the church to keep the law of God or the Ten Commandments by abstaining from idol worship and fornication. The Apostles' rejection of 'the law' which enforced circumcision was not equivalent to their rejection of all the laws and commandments of God; instead, it reinforce the commandments of God:
Eph 6:2-3  Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)  (3)  That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Hence, sin separates men from God
Sin can separate men from God because God hates sin. God does not hate men. But, if men continue in sin, God cannot continue to have fellowship with men. Many think that the blood of Jesus is the ultimate solution to remove all the past, present, and future sin of every man. Some may even apply it like the 'liquid solution' literally. Yes, the blood of Jesus pays the penalty of sin for every man, but ultimately men must still keep the law of God. If men cannot keep the law of God perfectly well on earth after being purchased by His blood, they must still keep the law of God in Spirit and in truth. Many hyper grace preachers preach that the law can visit them up to their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation and condemn them, but only grace can make God remember their sins no more. I will tell them, Wrong:
1. Firstly, it is not the law of God that condemned, killed, or slew us; it is sin:
Rom 7:11-17  For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.  (12)  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.  (13)  Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.  (14)  For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.  (15)  For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.  (16)  If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.  (17)  Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
2. Secondly, you will never find "grace makes God forget your sins" in the Bible. Instead, you will find "God remembers your sins no more because of His laws":
Heb 10:16-17 KJV  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;  (17) And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Hence, the blood of Jesus Christ is not an end by itself; the end is to restore men so that men can become God's people who have the law of God in them. His blood does not only cleanse, but also restore. When that happens, God can have fellowship or communion with men. When that happens, sin can no longer separate men from God:
Exo 25:21-22 KJV  And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.  (22)  And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Heb 8:10 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
I will tell them, If you you cannot get the doctrine of sin correct, how can you preach right believing or true repentance? No, you can only preach pseudo-repentance and keep repenting or confessing like the Pharisees. If you cannot understand what God hates the most and why God hates it the most, how can you preach repentance or grace? Do you know that
1. God hates sin the most not because it makes men lustful, greedy, and proud; but because it makes men disobedient.
2. God hates sin the most not because it makes men faithless and unscrupulous; but because it makes men lawless.
1Sa 15:22-23 KJV  And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.  (23)  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
I will tell them, Do you know that king Saul is not only the chosen one from God's chosen people, he is also the anointed one? He was chosen by grace. Hence, what God said to Saul is still applicable to all of us. If we have no obedience, God cannot have fellowship with us. Obedience is like repentance: it can never be obsolete before we are saved, after we are saved, or after we have become His people. Men must keep obeying God even after they are saved or become His people; otherwise they are not His people or they have not repented yet.

We are saved not to obey ourselves; but to obey God
I will ask them again, Have you prayed for God's protection for couples or given God's benediction for husbands and wives during your marriage seminars or counseling? Do you pray for the marrying gays, lesbians, adulterers, or siblings without asking them to repent? If you tell them to repent, please tell them honestly to obey God's commandments. If you know that there are God's commandments, how can you preach:
1. that there are no more God's commandments to obey?
2. that you have no more need to obey God after you have believed?
3. that you can never sin even if you disobey God?
4. that the people do not need to obey God and turn away from sin to be saved?
5. that the people do not need to obey God's law; but only your 'command' to love God, to do good, to be godly, to rest, to be carefree, to abstain from watching pornography, to love the people, to be gracious, to think positively, to judge no one, to confess righteousness, to take Holy Communion to prosper, .. and etc?
No, you or your words can never replace God or God's commandments, no matter how anointed or how fantastic you think about yourselves. Please think again, You are not saved by your obedience; you are saved by Christ to obey God and His commandments; you are saved not to obey yourselves. However, are you still saved if you do not obey God after being saved? No, I don't think so. Just look at king Saul.
Like king Saul, you may think of the sacrifice of God, grace, Jesus, blood, .. and etc, but you may still be unrepentant, self-centered, self-righteous, and lawless in God's eyes. Why? Your focus is only thinking of getting the justification for yourselves by the sacrifice, without the thinking and doing of the will and commandments of God (Mat 7:21-22). You may justify yourselves and argue that the sacrifice is your obedience to God and that Jesus has obeyed all the commandments on your behalf so that you do not obey anymore, but you are like king Saul before God:
1Sa 15:19-20 KJV  Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?  (20)  And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have .. (22) And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? .. (23)  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.  (24)  And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
I will tell them, You told others that they have no more law or commandment, but you also told them that they must love God and others. Isn't loving God and others a commandment? If you argue that it is not a commandment, is it just your option? An option to love is different from a commandment to love. Unlike a commandment, an option does not have any consequence if you do not do it or keep it. However, Jesus has never given us the option to love. He did not just preach thinking, feeling, or affection of love, He preached and gave the commandment to love instead. Obviously commandment is the doing part of love, not just the feeling of love.
Joh 13:34-35  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.  (35)  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Joh 14:31  But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Mar 12:29-31  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:  (30)  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  (31)  And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
1Jn 2:7-9  Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.  (8)  Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.  (9)  He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
2Jn 1:5-6  And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.  (6)  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

A believer today can still be tempted by the devil to sin against God
I have said that sin is not just bad habits or things we do against ourselves or others; it is lawlessness against God or transgression of God's laws. Many preachers argue, "But the tree brought lawlessness. Lawlessness is from the tree or the law (not from us). Therefore, if any men do not eat from the tree, do not know the law, or do not follow any law, they can never be condemned by the curse of the law. The Bible tells us that cursed is the men who ate from the tree or nailed to the tree. So, today we do not eat from the tree or keep the law, instead we eat from the Holy Communion. When we eat from the Holy Communion, we become strong, not only spiritually, but physically also. We get healed and prosper too. The tree brought law and curse to men; but the Holy Communion brings grace and peace to the believers .."
I will tell them, Your logic can only deceive the people who are lawless. A man who truly want to repent and turn away from lawlessness will know that your lawless logic is not from God. Just think, Can darkness come from light? No, certainly not, how can darkness or absence of light come from light? Neither can evil or the absence of good come from good too. Similarly, it is absurd to say that sin, lawlessness, or the absence of law came from the law too.

Sin came from the absence of law
Many will ask, "If sin or lawlessness did not come from the tree or law, where did it come from? Please don't tell us that it came from men. We believe that God created men perfectly well and sinless. So, sin can never come from men."
I will ask them, If darkness did not come from light, where did it come from? It simply came from the absence of light; it did not come from God or from somewhere else. Evil did not come from God too; it just came from the absence of good. If you still probe further and ask, "Where did absence of light or absence of good come from?", I give up trying to talk sense into you. I don't know how to answer you. Absence of light is just absence of light. It did not come from anywhere. Similarly, lawlessness is just absence of law too. If you cannot accept it and you would still press for an answer and hope that you can shift the blame to Satan or the tree, you will be disappointed. I will not say that sin or lawlessness came from Satan because people of the world can still keep probing and ask, Where did Satan come from .. ? Who created Satan? .. and so on ..
Today we have been redeemed and restored by grace through faith in the blood of Jesus (Eph 2:8). Many said that Abraham walked with God before the law was given, and therefore, we are now where Abraham was without the law, and hence, we should have no more law under grace. I will tell them, No, with the blood of Jesus, we are now back to Adam's position before he sinned, at the garden of Eden where God's law and commandment has already been given. There is always God's law and commandment in the kingdom of God. Without law, God can never be the judge in the final judgement day and hell can never be established in His kingdom to punish the fallen angels and shut up evil.
Rev 20:12 KJV  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

   Our names will be written in His book
          if His laws are written in our hearts

Rev 20:15 KJV  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Heb 8:10 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 10:16-17 KJV  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;  (17)  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Hence, we are no more under the schoolmaster (Gal 3:23-25) to have the law of God written on the stones; but we are still under Christ to have the law of God written in our hearts. His law does not save us; but His law does show whether we are written in His book of life. The mark of the beast does the reverse. It does not kill; but it shows whether we are removed from the book of life.
Many think that if they have been saved, they can never be 'unsaved'. They argue that the blood of Jesus or hyper grace is so powerful that they can never be judged even if they sin or rebel in the future. But God has never said that, if they are saved, they are forever saved irregardless of what they will do in the future. On the contrary, God said that He can save them and destroy them:
Jud 1:4-5 KJV  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.  (5)  I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
God said it so clearly: If He saved His people who were under His law and then destroyed them if they believed not or rebelled, He can also save those who are under His grace and then destroy them if they still behave like the rebellious Israelites or ungodly men too.

Sin can still come by the preaching of the Lawless one
Many preachers today try to preach a perverted version of sin for hidden motive. It may not be a motive for personal gain, for selfishness, or for lustful desire, it could be something supernatural, subtle, and lawless. We can understand that no one can preach about sin or against sin perfectly correct. However, if a preacher tries to project himself as a Superstar, Holywood star, KungFu star, or K-pop star, with his new, dramatic, exciting, mysterious, or popular definition of sin contrary to the Bible's teaching, he is just a 'fallen star'.
Jud 1:10-13 KJV  But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves .. (13)  Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
2Th 2:3-8 KJV  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;  (4)  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.  (5)  Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?  (6)  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.  (7)  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:7-12 LITV  For the mystery of lawlessness already is working, only he is holding back now, until it comes out of the midst. (8) And then "the Lawless One" will be revealed, "whom" "the Lord" "will consume" "by the spirit of His mouth," and will bring to nought by the brightness of His presence. (9)  His coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and miraculous signs and lying wonders,  (10)  and in all deceit of unrighteousness in those being lost, because they did not receive the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.  (11)  And because of this, God will send to them a working of error, for them to believe the lie,  (12)  that all may be judged, those not believing the truth, but who have delighted in unrighteousness.

There are no superstars in God's kingdom, only servants
Some may argue that they have never told people to be superstars, but they have only encouraged them to be the 'kings and priests', successful preachers, rich pastors, the 'anointed' ones, the superstar's 'donkeys', or the 'as Christ is so are we' .. and etc.
Rev 1:3-6 KJV  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand .. (5) And from Jesus Christ ..  (6) And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father ..
Rev 5:9-14 KJV .. (10) And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth .. (14) And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
I will ask them, Have you read the Bible verses above? Do you know that John was talking about himself as the 'king and priest' too? Was he talking about reigning in our current situation, study, life, ministry, company, or career path? No, I don't think so although I know that God has helped many of us tremendously in our career and life. I won't preach my life into the words of God or Revelation, put it 'on a silver plater', and expect everybody to follow my example. If I do that, I am giving false promises and I would be answerable to God for twisting His words, especially Revelation:
Rev 22 :18 KJV  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Obviously John was not reigning like king or priest when he saw the vision in his prison. He was not in a prison with air-conditioner. He did not eat and live like a king too. He did not start a successful prison ministry and became a rich pastor too. It would be absurd if we assume that he was also a successful businessman or 'bestseller' who sold books and messages. Hence, those who twist the teaching of the 'kings and priests' and give the false impression that all the disciples of Jesus Christ could live like kings, successful preachers, and rich pastors, were obviously trying to preach a different gospel or revolution.

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