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THE BOOK OF REVELATION. CHAPTER 2:18-23 “ And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes. Sunday University. THE BOOK OF REVELATION. CHAPTER 2:18-23
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 andas for your works, the last are more than the first. 20Nevertheless I have a few things Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 against you, because you allowthat woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 23I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:18-23 minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.” Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What is happening? • Jesus Christ is addressing his church directly. • The church is being disciplined and encouraged. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What is happening? • Jesus Christ is calling out specific violations of his commands. • The church is challenged to repent. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What is happening? • We learn what Jesus Christ HATES. • We learn what Jesus Christ loves. • We learn that Jesus Christ is in our midst. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What we learn: • Jesus Christ is the exclusive authority of the Church! BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Churches of Revelation BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Churches of Revelation BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION EPHESUS: • HOME TO ONE OF THE 7TH WONDERS OF THE WORLD - TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS. • CULT OF ARTEMIS, GODDESS OF HUNT AND FERTILITY – PROSPERITY AND MONEY. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Church at ephesus: • Confronting things that are evil is good. • Confronting bad leadership carefully in Christ is good. • Working hard for the gospel of Jesus Christ is good! BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION the problems • Left your first “love” • “agape” – brotherly love, affection and goodwill toward others. Benevolence, generosity in fellowship. • A lost love for the gospel! BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus said • Jesus Christ disciplines the CHURCH for becoming more of a BUSINESS institution than a family – REPENT!!! BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus said • Jesus Christ HATES the flaunting of Christian liberties for the sake of personal pleasure, often offending the weaker. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Churches of Revelation BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION SMYRNA • LARGE PORT CITY – KNOWN FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND BEAUTY. • COINS from Smyrna read “Smyrna, 1st in asia…for its beauty and splendor”. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION SMYRNA • When viewed from a distance, writers of antiquity tell us that it looked like “A CROWN SITTING ON THE SUMMIT OF A HILL”(Aelius Aristides, writings of Orations) BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION SMYRNA • HISTORY reports that there was a great and grievous slaughter of Christians here when the local jewish elite convinced the city officials to kill them. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION SMYRNA • HISTORY also reports that the early church father Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (AD 69-156) was killed here for faith in jesus, by fire and sword. • (Martyrdom of Polycarp 3:1-3) BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus said • TRIBULATION, POVERTY, AND PERSONAL SLANDER OF CHARACTER WILL HAPPEN TO A PORTION OF THE CHURCH. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus said • FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH - IN TRIALS THERE WILL BE PEACE AND COMFORT; IN POVERTY THERE WILL BE RICHES; SLANDER WILL YIELD HONOUR. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus said • THE PERSECUTED CHURCH – IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF TRUTH IN THE MIDST OF PRESENT DAY LACK OF CONVICTION. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Churches of Revelation BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION PERGAMUM • 1000 FT above the Caicus River valley. • Known for its libraries and love of knowledge. • Many shrines to Zeus, Athena, Asclepius, Hygeia and Apollo. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION PERGAMUM • The first imperial temple in asia minor designed to worship a man (Caesar Augustus) as a god. • The imperial cult was the strongest in Pergamum. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION PERGAMUM • Every 5 years the Pergamene games were held in worship of the imperial family. • One of the few cities in the empire to receive the “RIGHT OF THE SWORD”. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION PERGAMUM • Horrible oppression and economic punishment would come if a citizen did not participate in worshiping the imperial family. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION the PROBLEMS • “Nicolaitans” – A sect who upheld their Christian liberty to the point of allowing the practice of idolatry and sexual immorality in the Church. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus says • Your steadfast conviction in the presence of satan’s power and rebellion pleases me. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION What Jesus says • Your idolatry offends me! • Your loose morals offend me! • Repent and be acquitted of your guilt. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Churches of Revelation BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Thyatira • The name means perpetual sacrifice or continual offering. • A city with a large military to protect the super trade guilds that exist in metallurgy, dye and wool. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Thyatira • The land is surrounded by hills, and this city was known for its abundant crops. • The Church was small but powerful in many ways. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION Thyatira • The WORSHIP of the god of nature “BAAL” flourished here. • Baal – the god of prosperity. If one wanted to succeed, he or she had to worship the gods of the guilds and city. BIBLE discovery seminary & college
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 and His feet like fine brass:(khal-kol-ib-an-on – unique metal smelted in such a way as to create a unique metal more valuable than gold )19“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 andas for your works, the last are more than the first. 20Nevertheless I have a few things Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 against you, because you allowthat woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2:17-23 minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.” Sunday University
THE BOOK OF REVELATION the words • “jezebel” – a woman, literally or figuratively, who calls herself a prophetess, meaning, who speaks for god, Who causes people to practice sexual immorality and idol worship. BIBLE discovery seminary & college