They thought they were rich and secure, but Jesus said they were "poor, blind, and naked."
V.17 The Laodiceans were lukewarm because they trusted in materialism. V.14 Jesus is the origin of God's creation, the creative force of God. V.10 God's promise to keep His Church from the Tribulation. V.8 Philadelphia has a little strength, places importance on God's Word, and has not denied Jesus as God's Son. V.7 Philadelphia is the faithful Church in the last days. V.1-5 Sardis is the dead Protestant church that kept too many of the pagan rituals and holidays of the churches of Thyatira and Pergamos after the Reformation. REVELATION 3: SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, LAODICEA V.20-23 The unrepentant Church of Thyatira (carnal Christians) will go through the Tribulation because of her spiritual fornication. V.17 The white stone is the stone of acceptance, the black stone signifies rejection.
V.14 Pagan idol worship often involved sexual orgies. In verse 10 Jesus spoke of death, because many of them were to be martyred. V.8-11 Jesus did not call the Church of Smyrna to repentance because He knew they would be purified by the sufferings they would endure. V.6 The Nicolaitanes established a priesthood over the laity. V.5 Jesus will not stay in a loveless church. V.4 The labor of the church at Ephesus was not motivated by love.
V.2 "I know thy works"-Jesus is aware of what we do and our motivations. REVELATION 2: EPHESUS, SMYRNA, PERGAMOS, THYATIRA (3) Personal application: universal message to His churches. (2) Historic application: there are seven periods of Church history. (1) Local application: written to the churches at that time. The messages of Christ to the seven churches are applied in three ways: V.20 "Angel" means "messenger," usually a supernatural being carrying divine messages. V.19 The word "hereafter" is meta tauta which means "after these things." John was to write about what he had seen (Chapter 1), the things which were (Chapters 2 and 3), and the things which would be "after these things" (Chapters 4 through 22). V.14-17 The only description of Jesus in the New Testament is here: Jesus in glory. V.13 Jesus often referred to Himself as "the Son of man." This term is used interchangeably with "Son of God" in referring to Jesus. In the revelation, the Church had taken that place. V.12 The seven candlesticks refer to the Old Testament tabernacle when Israel was God's light in the world. V.10 "The Lord's day" may refer to a particular day of the week, or John may mean "unto the day of the Lord," which would refer to the days of the end times. 11, we see that He is eternally co-existent with the Father. V.8 Since this statement is also made by Jesus in v. V.6 The Church will reign with Jesus during the Kingdom Age. Jesus, the faithful witness, is our example to be a representative of God in our walk and in our talk. V.5 "First begotten" refers to Jesus being first in prominence, not first in time, to be raised from the dead. V.4 Seven is the number of completeness: seven days in a week, seven colors in a rainbow, etc. 19 of this chapter for the key to understanding the Book of Revelation. (4) Futurist view: it is a straightforward account of what is to come. (3) Spiritual view: a spiritual allegory without direct application to actual events. (2) Historic view: symbolizes the historic problems the Church has had with the world. (1) The Preterist view: symbolizes the struggles of the Church against Rome. The various interpretations of Revelation: V.3 The revelation was meant to be read in the churches. The route by which the revelation came to John is given here. V.1 The word "revelation" in Greek is apocalypse and means "unveiling." This book is the unveiling of Jesus Christ in His relationship to the Church, to judgment, and to what is to come.
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