Revelation 2:1-7
The letter to the congregation at Ephesus:... [ Continue Reading ]
The letter to the congregation at Ephesus:... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS WRITE: THESE THINGS SAITH RE THAT HOLDETH THE SEVEN STARS IN HIS RIGHT HAND, WHO WALKETH IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS:... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW THY WORKS, AND THY LABOR, AND THY PATIENCE, AND HOW THOU CANST NOT BEAR THEM WHICH ARE EVIL; AND THOU HAST TRIED THEM WHICH SAY THEY ARE APOSTLES AND ARE NOT, AND HAST FOUND THEM LIARS;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HAST BORNE, AND HAST PATIENCE, AND FOR MY NAME'S SAKE HAST LABORED, AND HAST NOT FAINTED.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS I HAVE SOMEWHAT AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAST LEFT THY FIRST LOVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
REMEMBER, THEREFORE, FROM WHENCE THOU ART FALLEN, AND REPENT, AND DO THE FIRST WORKS; OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY AND WILL REMOVE THY CANDLESTICK OUT OF HIS PLACE, EXCEPT THOU REPENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THIS THOU HAST, THAT THOU HATEST THE DEEDS OF THE NICOLAITANES, WHICH I ALSO HATE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES: TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF GOD. The seven open pastoral letters which are included in the Book of Revelation all have the same outline: the command... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SMYRNA WRITE: THESE THINGS SAYS THE FIRST AND THE LAST, WHICH WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE:... [ Continue Reading ]
The letter to the congregation at Smyrna:... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW THY WORKS AND TRIBULATION AND POVERTY (BUT THOU ART RICH), AND I KNOW THE BLASPHEMY OF THEM WHICH SAY THEY ARE JEWS AND ARE NOT, BUT ARE THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR NONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH THOU SHALT SUFFER. BEHOLD, THE DEVIL SHALL CAST SOME OF YOU INTO PRISON THAT YE MAY BE TRIED; AND YE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION TEN DAYS. BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES: HE THAT OVERCOMES SHALL NOT BE HURT OF THE SECOND DEATH. In the case of Ephesus it was internal decay that caused the pastoral letter to be written, in the case of Smyrna it was enmity and persecution from without. There is a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN PERGAMOS WRITE: THESE THINGS SAITH HE WHICH HATH THE SHARP SWORD WITH TWO EDGES:... [ Continue Reading ]
The letter to the congregation at Pergamos:... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW THY WORKS, AND WHERE THOU DWELLEST, EVEN WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS; AND THOU HOLDEST FAST MY NAME, AND HAST NOT DENIED MY FAITH, EVEN IN THOSE DAYS WHEREIN ANTIPAS WAS MY FAITHFUL MARTYR, WHO WAS SLAIN AMONG YOU, WHERE SATAN DWELLETH.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAST THERE THEM THAT HOLD TO THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT BALAK TO CAST A STUMBLING- BLOCK BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO EAT THINGS SACRIFICED UNTO IDOLS, AND TO COMMIT FORNICATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO HAST THOU ALSO THEM THAT HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANES, WHICH THING I HATE.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPENT, OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY, AND WILL FIGHT AGAINST THEM WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES: TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE HIDDEN MANNA, AND WILL GIVE HIM A WHITE STONE, AND IN THE STONE A NEW NAME WRITTEN, WHICH NO MAN KNOWETH SAVING HE THAT RECEIVETH IT. As in the case of the other letters, the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA WRITE: THESE THINGS SAITH THE SON OF GOD, WHO HATH HIS EYES LIKE UNTO A FLAME OF FIRE, AND HIS FEET ARE LIKE FINE BRASS:... [ Continue Reading ]
Praise and reprimand for the congregation at Thyatira:... [ Continue Reading ]
I KNOW THY WORKS, AND CHARITY, AND SERVICE, AND FAITH, AND THY PATIENCE, AND THY WORKS; AND THE LAST TO BE MORE THAN THE FIRST.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTWITHSTANDING I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU SUFFEREST THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL, WHICH CALLETH HERSELF A PROPHETESS, TO TEACH AND TO SEDUCE MY SERVANTS TO COMMIT FORNICATION, AND TO EAT THINGS SACRIFICED UNTO IDOLS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I GAVE HER SPACE TO REPENT OF HER FORNICATION; AND SHE REPENTED NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED, AND THEM THAT COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER INTO GREAT TRIBULATION, EXCEPT THEY REPENT OF THEIR DEEDS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL KILL HER CHILDREN WITH DEATH; AND ALL THE CHURCHES SHALL KNOW THAT I AM HE WHICH SEARCHETH THE REINS AND HEARTS; AND I WILL GIVE UNTO EVERY ONE OF YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR WORKS. This is the longest of the seven pastoral letters, and it shows peculiar conditions in the little city of Thyati... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT UNTO YOU I SAY, AND UNTO THE REST IN THYATIRA, AS MANY AS HAVE NOT THIS DOCTRINE, AND WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN THE DEPTHS OF SATAN, AS THEY SPEAK: I WILL PUT UPON YOU NONE OTHER BURDEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
An admonition and a warning to the congregation at Thyatira:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THAT WHICH YE HAVE ALREADY HOLD FAST TILL I COME.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE THAT OVERCOMES, AND KEEPETH MY WORKS UNTO THE END, TO HIM WILL I GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; AS THE VESSELS OF A POTTER SHALL THEY BE BROKEN TO SHIVERS; EVEN AS I RECEIVED OF MY FATHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL GIVE HIM THE MORNING-STAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES. These words are addressed to the faithful believers in Thyatira: But to you I say, the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not hold this doctrine, that did not know the depths of Satan, as they say: I do not cast upon you another... [ Continue Reading ]