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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 59
REVELATION 2:11 – 3:22
Revelation 2:26
Let’s just drop in at verse 9 where the Lord is speaking to the nation back here through Moses.
"The LORD shall establish thee as an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways.(Now, here’s where it’s going to spread out to) 10. Deuteronomy 28:11
"And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow." Thou shalt not borrow." Deuteronomy 28:13a
"And the LORD shall make you the head, (that is of the nations) and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath, if thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God…." Luke 1:67-71
"And his father (that is John the Baptist’s father) Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, (Israel). That we (the nation of Israel) should be saved from our enemies, and the hand of all that hate us;" You know, I always stop and ask people, who were Israel’s enemies then? The Arab world has always been their enemy.
Luke 1:72
"To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;" Remember what Romans 15:8 said?
Romans 15:8
"Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promise made unto the fathers:" Well, here Zacharias is repeating the same thing. Now, continuing on in Luke, verse 73.
Luke 1:73-75
All right, now come back with me again to Revelation chapter 2, verse 26.
Revelation 2:26-29
Now, let’s go right on into chapter 3. Revelation 3:1a
"And unto the angel (or the leader or the minister) of the church (or the assembly) in Sardis write; These things saith he who has the seven Spirits of God,…" What are the seven Spirits of God? Isaiah 11:1
Now here come the seven Spirits of God) 2. And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of understanding, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of might, the spirit of knowledge and the spirit of the fear of the LORD." Revelation 3:1b
"…that hath the seven Spirits of God, (God the Son, Jesus of Nazareth) and the seven stars; (He’s the One who’s in control of these Jewish congregations. that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead."(spiritually) Dead! Huge mega-churches, but I wonder how much spiritual life is in them. You are alive, you’ve got all these works, but you are spiritually dead.
Revelation 3:2A
All right, so here’s the admonition.
Revelations 3:2-3a
3. Remember therefore, how thou hast received,…" The Word of God! All right, reading on in verse 3.
Revelation 3:3c
"…If therefore thou shalt not watch. (If you will not stay spiritually alert) Now, let’s go back and see how the Apostle Paul warns the Church Age believer in much the same way. Let’s go back to I Thessalonians chapter 5. Now listen, has the world ever been more prone to want peace than we are tonight? My, the whole world wants peace. Peace.
Oh, if only the world could settle down and have peace, and so that’s what the anti-Christ is going to capitalize on. Revelation 3:3
All right, back to Revelation again and pick up the words of the Lord Jesus Himself as He is now speaking to these seven Jewish congregations.
Revelation 3:4a
"Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments;…" It’s the way it’s been through church history. Revelation 3:4b
Revelation 3:5a
Does God possibly blot people out of the book of life? Moses and Paul both made the suggestion that if God would spare Israel, He could blot their names out, but of course, we know it didn’t happen.
Revelation 3:5b
Revelation 3:6
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." (or, assemblies) Now, if I understand Scripture correctly, there is no condemnation to the Philadelphian church. Revelation 3:7
All right, now verse 8, this same Son of God, the Son of Man, can tell this congregation exactly what He told all the others.
Revelation 3:8
works: behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." Revelation 3:9a
Does that sound like church language to you? The church is never referred to as a "synagogue"
Revelation 3b
"…which say they are Jews, (Church language? Hardly!)
"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from…"

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