Revelation 2-3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:21

I gave her space to repent - " This alludes to the history of Jezebel. God first sent Elijah to Ahab to pronounce a severe judgment upon him; upon which Ahab showed tokens of repentance, and so God put off his punishment. By these means the like punishment pronounced against Jezebel was also put off. Thus God gave her time to repent, which she did not, but instead of that seduced her sons to the same sins. See 1 Kings 21:1-29. According to the Mosaical law, the punishment of idolatrous... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:22

Behold, I will cast her into a bed - " This again alludes to the same history. Ahaziah, son of Ahab and Jezebel, by his mother's ill instruction and example, followed her ways. God punished him by making him fall down, as is supposed, from the top of the terrace over his house, and so to be bedridden for a long time under great anguish, designing thereby to give him time to repent; but when, instead of that, he sent to consult Baalzebub, Elijah was sent to pronounce a final doom against his... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death - " That is, I will certainly destroy her offspring and memory, and thereby ruin her designs. Jezebel's two sons, being both kings were both slain; and after that, all the seventy sons of Ahab; ( 2 Kings 10:1 ;); in all which the hand of God was very visible. In the same manner God predicts the destruction of the heretics and heresies referred to; see Revelation 2:16 . It should seem by the expression, I am he which searcheth the reins and the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:24

But unto you I say, and unto the rest - " But unto the rest, etc. This is the reading of the Complutensian, and seems preferable to the common one, as it evidently shows that the rest of the epistle wholly concerns the faithful, who have not received the former doctrine of error. I will put upon you none other burden is a commendation of the sound part of the Church, that they have no need of any new exhortation or charge to be given them, no new advice but to persevere as usual. See Romans... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:25

That which ye have - That is, the pure doctrine of the Gospel, hold fast till I come - till I come to execute the judgments which I have threatened. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:26

Power over the nations - Every witness of Christ has power to confute and confound all the false doctrines and maxims of the nations of the world, for Christianity shall at last rule over all; the kingdom of Christ will come, and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:27

He shall rule them with a rod of iron - He shall restrain vice by the strictest administration of justice; and those who finally despise the word and rebel shall be broken and destroyed, so as never more to be able to make head against the truth. This seems to refer to the heathen world; and perhaps Constantine the Great may be intended, who, when he overcame Licinius, became the instrument in God's hand of destroying idolatry over the whole Roman empire; and it was so effectually broken as... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:28

And I will give him the morning star - He shall have the brightest and most glorious empire, next to that of Christ himself. And it is certain that the Roman empire under Constantine the Great was the brightest emblem of the latter day glory which has ever yet been exhibited to the world. It is well known that sun, moon, and stars are emblems, in prophetic language, of empires, kingdoms, and states. And as the morning star is that which immediately precedes the rising of the sun, it probably... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:29

He that hath an ear - Let every Christian pay the strictest regard to these predictions of Christ; and let them have a suitable influence on his heart and life. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2

The seven epistles compared: homiletic prologue. In order to avoid repetition when we come to deal specially with each epistle, it seems desirable to notice some circumstances common to all and some peculiar to a portion. I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THESE LETTERS COMMON TO ALL . What are these? what are the points on which they all seem to agree? 1 . In all Christ assumes different aspects. He does not appear to all alike. He approaches each in some special... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2

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