An angel setting forth representation (human or not), an ideal representative of each assembly is meant. No man knows the day and the hour when for him eternity will invade time. which is about to come . Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." This book then is the revelation of Jesus Christ, "which God gave unto him." (d) It has been suggested that the white robes stand for the resurrection bodies which the faithful will some day wear. Balderdash. 1. There the Holy Ghost was the only one competent to minister and effectuate such grace according to the counsels of God, and in the ordering of His love. A certain Mardian soldier called Hyeroeades had seen a Sardian soldier accidentally drop his helmet over the battlements, and then make his way down the precipice to retrieve it. I counsel thee buy from me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness does not appear; anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see ( Revelation 3:18 ). Still hold on to the promise made to you in the word of God, and to the manifestation of God which is seen in Christ Jesus, and you will be doing your God the honour which he deserves at your hands, and he will say, "I know thy works; for thou hast a little strength, but thou hast kept my word." [Note: Ibid., p. The words of men are trifling in value; it takes a mass of them to come to the value of a farthing; but any one word of the Lord is worth a mint of gold. Added to Bible Bulletin Board's "Spurgeon Collection" by: Tony Capoccia Bible Bulletin Board Box 314 Columbus, New Jersey, USA, 08022 Websites: and Email: Online since 1986. The emphasis of his pulpit ministry is the careful study and verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible, with special attention devoted to the historical and grammatical background behind each passage. So many Jews emigrated here that the Rabbis inveighed against the Jews who sought the wines and baths of Phrygia. This is the difficulty in which those are involved who suppose that angelic beings are here meant. In his book Out of Nazareth Donald Baillie cites three witnesses to the uniqueness of this conception. Another thing is observable, when one looks into what is said here. For whom it was more immediately designed: The angel of the church of Philadelphia; this also was a city in Asia Minor, seated upon the borders of Mysia and Lydia, and had its name from that brotherly love for which it was eminent. What can be wider than to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God? Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy ( Revelation 3:4 ). It is not a question of someone stealing their crown but of God taking it from them and giving it to someone else, because they were not worthy to wear it. Sardis, The Imperatives Of The Risen Lord ( Revelation 3:1-6 Continued). But if a man has a faith tried and refined in the crucible of experience, there is nothing which he cannot face; and he is rich indeed. So much, then, with regard to this word of praise. I may be a fool, and an old-fashioned bigot, but I am not a turncoat, and I cannot quit the word of the Lord. They have the awful ignominy of Judaizing the church of God. Here observe it is not now a trial by false apostles. The Lord bids them in effect to have nothing to do with her, and He will give the true power when He takes it Himself. [2.] (2.) 3:14-22 And to the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the witness on whom you can rely and who is true, the moving cause of the creation of God. Learn here, (1.) "[46] "The thrust of the verse is against this interpretation. We read of the saints in one place or another. There was considerable devotedness in the middle ages, spite of the darkness and ignorance that prevailed in point of doctrine. There was no guard and once again Sardis fell because it was not upon the watch. There is alethes ( G227) , which means "true" in the sense that a true statement is different from a false statement. Those enemies are described to be such as said they were Jews, but lied in saying so--pretended to be the only and peculiar people of God, but were really the synagogue of Satan. Mark 14:35). Beale believed that this "hour" probably refers to the end of the churchs present experience of tribulation, just before Christs second coming. When the signs come, the Christian will know that the last time is near, even at the doors ( Mark 13:29; Matthew 24:33). "To you I say, the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not known this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. Let there be at least individual even if unvalued faithfulness to the Lord Jesus. Also, both churches received their opposition from the Jews.He who carries the key of David has the authority to allow people into or shut them out from the city of David, which here is symbolic of the new Jerusalem, the kingdom of Jesus Christ (7; cf. I do not the least doubt that those who are commonly called the Waldenses and Albigenses, and others perhaps of similar character, are referred to here. He didn't want to become one with the Gentile. It has been said that an author can write a good biography if he loves his subject or hates him but not if he is coldly indifferent. This can hardly be denied to Jezebel at least; whilst "the remnant" represents those who, without being Protestants, form a witnessing company apart from popery, yet before the rise of Protestantism. Shocks were an everyday occurrence. God we don't want to go on living in a lie or a fallacy. Literally, it is the word of my endurance. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name ( Revelation 3:11-12 ). But when they have observed how you stand to the truth, how solid, and how steadfast you are, they will give over disputing with you, and come to inquire what your views really are. The mixture of relations is always wrong; the oversight of them is loss, their denial ruinous. The Church is the possession of Jesus Christ. When the Roman peace gave it its opportunity it became, as Pliny called it, "a most distinguished city.". Writing ones name on something indicated ownership in Johns day, as it does now. In Revelation 3:3 we have a series of imperatives. The problem is that to so many Christianity and the Church have ceased to have any relevance and men regard them with complete indifference. The man who refuses to open is "blindly at strife with his own blessedness." This promise is a reversal of all that the Jews had expected; they had expected that all nations would kneel before them; but the day was to come when they with all nations would kneel before Christ. I know of one only spirit to whom I desire to be subject, and that is the Spirit of all the ages, who never changes. Thus we must read the text and translate it. Jesus will protect Christians who persevere through trials (cp. It was the last bastion of Asian Christianity. All was the fruit, doubtless, of what had been works before, but in far greater maturity now. In each letter the Lord addresses "the angel." how loyally He accepts, and will not speak inconsistently with, the place of man to which He stooped. You may never become more numerous, or more influential; but do let it be true of you, that you have kept God's word. Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, perfect one" (SS 5:2-6). We have intervention on every side. Sardis, Death In Life ( Revelation 3:1-6 Continued). Did they love the shadow or the glitter of human power? There was failure in this respect. I must be crushed out of existence before my convictions of the truth of the doctrines of grace in the old-fashioned form can ever be taken from me. The hour of temptation must come upon all. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works (complete) before God ( Revelation 3:2 ). Yet, spite of drawbacks, an open Bible was won for God's children in particular, and for man also. This clearly is what He was on the earth. There are some to whom he early opens the gate of usefulness, because he sees in them a spirit that will bear the temptation of success; but in many other cases it is questionable whether they could bear promotion, and therefore the Lord permits them to be tried in different ways until he sees that they are found faithful, and then he puts them into his service, and gives them an opportunity of bearing witness for him. That stands for the gift of citizenship in the city of God to the faithful Christian. Joab and Abiathar lost their places to Benaiah and Zadok ( 1 Kings 2:25). [Note: See Stanton, pp. True grace, though weak, has the divine approbation; but, though Christ accepts a little strength, yet believers should not rest satisfied in a little, but should strive to grow in grace, to be strong in faith, giving glory to God. 71-72; Thomas R. Edgar, "An Exegesis of Rapture Passages," in Issues in Dispensationalism, pp. And no doubt also it was intended in this sense that they had obeyed the word of God. The faithful, staunch, God-fearing men that would not budge an inch, or change a letter, or shape a syllable, to please all the kings and princes of the earth, shall be found to praise and honour in the day of the Lord's appearing. "In the death chamber he asked forgiveness from the victim's family and told them he was sorry for what he had done. Thus, either to dislocate the New absolutely from the Old, or to see no more than a repetition of the Old in the New, is an almost equal error. There are seven Churches, yet in each of them the Spirit operates with all his presence and power. It was to her that one day all men would humbly make their submission. And Jesus is always wanting to eat supper with people. never to be marked by anything that men can wonder at or admire? Lord, if there is something wrong in what we are doing, how we are doing it, let your Spirit reveal to our hearts. I warrant you if you get faith into your soul, and the word becomes your joy and comfort, you will never let it go. Daniel is clothed in purple by Belshazzar ( Daniel 5:29). The godly remnant of Jews, having to do with a special and most fierce but circumscribed tribulation, have only to flee to the mountains in order to escape till Jesus appears in glory, to the confusion of their foes. "I have not found your works perfect," says the Risen Christ, "in the sight of my God." The conclusion of this epistle, Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:13. to the angel of the church of Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness ( Revelation 3:14 ). The subject-matter of this epistle, where. Revelation 2:10 c, 25; Revelation 3:4). If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and you'll not know what hour I'm coming upon thee ( Revelation 3:3 ). Philadelphos ( G5361) is the Greek for one who loves his brother. The fire must be kept burning. They stored it up as bees store away honey, and they were as ready to defend it as bees are to guard their stores. Every letter finishes with the words: "Let him who has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches." Through sin the yearning for the highest can become the craving for power; the wish to serve can become the intoxication of ambition; the desire of love can become the passion of lust. Particular care is taken here to show it to us. This means that in the district there were at least 7,500 male Jews. While, therefore, he had all that is properly Christian, he also had very special communications of another character for saints who will follow us at the end of this age. Their character is plain. the state of those that bore His own name was such that He was obliged to deal thus sternly with them. God therefore writes for our comfort, admonition, and general blessing in whatever way it may be wanted; He takes for granted that we are interested in whatever He has to say to us. "He that overcometh, he shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Does it not trouble you?" But no man knows when eternity will invade his life and God will bid him rise and come; and that must warn the careless to prepare to meet his God and cheer the oppressed with the thought of the coming glory of the faithful soul. Laodicea prided itself on three things; and each is taken in turn and shown at its true value. One like the Son of man is next seen "in the midst of the seven candlesticks," which, as we are told, were the seven churches, but these viewed according to the Lord's mind about them as a standard of divine righteousness. 159.] The name of God, in whose cause he engaged, whom he served, and for whom he suffered in this warfare; and the name of the city of God, the church of God, the new Jerusalem, which came down from heaven. Hold on to what you have, that no one may take your crown. Observe, (1.) There make your mark, and put your foot down. 2. Sardis, Past Splendour And Present Decay ( Revelation 3:1-6 Continued). I am supposing now a scale which attracts the world's attention. But he that keeps God's word, we may be sure, is deeply in love with it. Men's scheme was a mistake, their flight foolish. The sides of the ridge were smoothly precipitous; and only where the spur met the ridge of Mount Tmolus was there any possible approach into Sardis and even that was hard and steep. Secondly, Christ can discover this his favour to his people in such a manner that their very enemies shall see it, and be forced to acknowledge it. But why should you not receive it? (John 5:1-47) And now that grace and truth were about to be utterly set at naught, as He Himself had been before by that which bore His name on the earth, John was more than any other suited to let us see the solemn visions of God avenging the slighted rights of His own Son; and this, first, by providential judgments; lastly, by Christ Himself coming in the personal execution of judgment. Since they have honored Him on earth He will acknowledge them in heaven (cf. This is a strange title and may go back to either of two origins. Philadelphia had proved faithful and the reward for her fidelity was still more work to do for Christ. I value more a solid confidence in the word of God than even the knowledge that comes out of it; for that faith is a saving habit, a sanctifying habit, in every way a strengthening and confirming and preserving habit. What is taught in Holy Scripture is sure truth to us, and every other statement must bow to it. . "Mission for God exists because worship of God doesn't." -John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad Introduction: One knows how readily the heart can thus escape from what is really the blessedness of the witness which the Lord has placed in our hands. Ever and again the Christian must stand before the Cross and remember again what God has done for him. It is the fulness of the Holy Ghost's energy as an overruling power. (a) It denotes the Holy Spirit with his sevenfold gifts, an idea founded on the description of the Spirit in Isaiah 11:2. In Hierapolis, six miles away from Laodicea, there was a "Congregation of Jews" which had power to levy and to retain fines, and an archive office where Jewish legal documents were specially kept. This too is special. He is going therefore to show unto His "bondmen" a term that would suit not only Christians now, but those who might be in another relationship after we have been taken away from the world. Search us, O Lord, know our hearts, try us, O God, know our thoughts, if there is a way of unrighteousness, if there is a way of deceitfulness, God help us that we would not deceive ourselves, and be blind to the truth. The framers of this were those that held the doctrine of Balaam. And here He is loving the church in this sad condition. One can understand their passing through the scene of his power, but to be dwelling there is significant. Tzamalikos, P. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/CBO9781139208758, pages 120-120, 2013. . "Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. The holy pilgrims were not so rude as to tell him to go; they only talked about heavenly things, which he did not understand, and he went of his own accord. ( Luke 6:26). You can become one with Me. But those who loved the Lord showed their love then not so much by intelligence in His ways, as by unsparing and habitual self-denial. Tiberius, the Roman Emperor, in his kindness remitted all tribute for five years and gave a donation of 10,000,000 sesterces, that is, L400,000. Cf. There are opportunities before you now which were not there before: these are placed before you especially because you have been tried, and have been proved faithful. In short He is carefully regarded as man on earth, as the sent One who lives on account of the Father in the gospel as a man on earth, in the revelation as a man most truly wherever He may be seen, whether in heaven or on earth. Second, God promised the Christians in this church that they would not go through the Tribulation period (Revelation 6-19). Because you say, I am rich and I have acquired riches, and I need nothing, and are quite unaware that it is you who are the wretched and the pitiable one, the poor and the blind and the naked one, I advise you to buy from me gold that has been refined by fire that you may be rich, white raiment that you may be clothed and that the shame of your nakedness may not be openly displayed, and eye-salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. What is the meaning of this open door? (ii) It has been suggested that the door which is set before the Philadelphians is none other than Jesus himself. It is essentially a special case instead of the general one we have seen. If God is the God of Amen, he is utterly to be relied upon. Heresy is always the product of the searching mind; it is, in fact, the sign of a Church that is alive. Believers on earth will meet the Lord in the air and thus escape the hour of trial . "Because the grace of God keeps our people to their moorings. It vanished from history under Persian rule for two centuries. Nevertheless, they will be aware of the next event including the end of the horrible counter attack represented by the sixth trumpet of Revelation 9:13-21 and 11:7-13 that corresponds to Daniel 11:40-43. In the three previous churches it may be noticed, the call to hear is first, because the Lord is still dealing with the general conscience of the church. He is seen as the all-powerful and Sovereign Judge at the Great White Throne Judgment. The percentages are down around fifty to sixty percent that don't believe in these things. To the church at Sardis 1. Life was lived in an atmosphere of insecurity. If you have kept God's word you may be wielding an influence far beyond what you imagine. (b) It denotes the Spirit in his sevenfold operation. That night he led a party of Persian troops up by the fault in the rock. We are NOT reading the Bible each day, just providing a reading plan as well as a 3 or so minute observation or devotion based on that day's content. "How do I know that they will accept it?" He is God. Does it not then stand in the place of Jezebel? In the time of Vespasian Philadelphia was in gratitude to change its name again to Flavia, for Flavius was the Emperor's family name. It was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. In principle it is true of all that are really faithful, but there may be Christians, as we know there are, involved in one or other of the various states which have been described, and which apparently go on to the close. He shall be seen by every soul if there be any difference to the sorest anguish above all of those that pierced Him ( i.e. There is positive evidence of the most convincing and satisfactory kind for the insertions, omissions, or changes, which may be mentioned from time to time. Clericalism came in rapidly after this. Hezekiah had a faithful steward called Eliakim, who was over all his house and who alone could admit to the presence of the king. The Sardians had thought themselves too safe to need a guard; and so Sardis fell. Those men of old time whose influence upon their own age seemed so little, nevertheless prepared the way for those braver spirits who, by-and-by, shone forth like the stars of the morning. According to Ezekiel the name of the re-created city of God was to be The Lord is there ( Ezekiel 48:35). But Philadelphia also prominently brings out the Lord in person as also in His moral glory. (i) Watchfulness should be the constant attitude of the Christian life. The most vivid example of this kind of rebuke is the way in which Nathan opened David's eyes to his sin ( 2 Samuel 12:1-14). Montefiore, the great Jewish scholar, said that the one thing which no Jewish prophet or Rabbi ever conceived of is the "conception of God actually going out in quest of sinful men, who were not seeking him, but who were turned away from him." Did He not look with exceeding satisfaction in His grace upon that servant who felt and answered to His own feelings about His people? He is able to tell his message, for never did man speak as he did. (John 5:1-47) Yet with all this another feature betrays John, and suits him as the writer most strikingly. It was adapted by the church. Revelation 3:1. We may first note that the key is the symbol of authority. He is seen in His glorious return to this earth in defeat of His enemies. By keeping the gospel they are prepared for the trial; and the same divine grace that has made them fruitful in times of peace will make them faithful in times of persecution. When he came back to Antioch he told how God had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles ( Acts 14:27). 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. He opens a door of opportunity to his churches; he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door of entrance, opens the heart; he opens a door of admission into the visible church, laying down the terms of communion; and he opens the door of admission into the church triumphant, according to the terms of salvation fixed by him. Then, in Him that held them all in His right hand, and walked in the midst of the seven golden lampstands, we have Christ not merely as holding fast those ideal representatives, but as also taking interest in the assemblies themselves. Is not this the revival of that dreadful scourge that had afflicted the early church (even Smyrna)? [Note: Thomas, Revelation 1-7, p. Thus we have all sorts of links in the chain. This would mean even more in the ancient world than now. That peace came with the dominion of Rome. (iv) Repeatedly the New Testament urges the Christian to be on the watch for the coming of his Lord. She is using here opportunities of service. [5.] People may not be true to their principles, and often are not. And I will kill her children with death." How can it surprise those who are ever awaiting Him? It was picked up by the Protestants. There are only two of the seven churches which receive no censure or rebuke from Jesus Christ; and of these two - viz., the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia - the former receives but little praise though much sympathy. The Church was the Israel of God ( Galatians 6:16). Revelation 10 Commentary Interval before the seventh trumpet (10:1-11) During the lengthy interval before the blowing of the final trumpet, John has several other visions. Whichever picture is behind this, the sense is that the faithful ones will wear the unmistakable badge of God. People will be willing to hear what you have to say, and, what is more, people will be converted by what you say, for God has set before you this open door, and no man can shut it. (4) The Spirit of Might: A lifeless dying church or individual needs new strength to enter into its lifeless body. (2.) God's threat passed on by Nahum to the disobedient people was: "I will let nations look on your nakedness, and on your kingdoms shame" ( Nahum 3:5). The Risen Christ advises Laodicea to buy gold refined in the fire. It was founded for a special purpose. We are soon going to be entering into the Lent season which was borrowed from the Babylonian system. In such a state, all sorts of things may trouble the man who cannot rest without a question on the Lord, no matter how able and honoured he may be. Now I ask any fair mind, whose style does this identification of nature suit but the writer that we are now reading? They had also little strength in the direction of talent. They have the truth in a measure, but not so as to clear souls from bondage, or bring them distinctly into liberty, peace, and the power of the Spirit. And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: (1) he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, says this: I know your deeds, that you have a (2) name that you are alive, but you are dead. Before they begin the Christian is heard, as also the bride after they close. It is only by the grace of God that we can escape the death of sin. This is the right kind of resolution. Humanly speaking, anyone would say that there was not a more prosperous town in Asia Minor. How came this? Our last point was to be A WORD OF PROMISE; for, according to the tenth verse, it is written, "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." So now He is warning concerning His coming for the church. The Jews who were the great merchants and bankers of the world and spread through out the Roman empire would soon be brought low, as well as the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. The hour of temptation - A time of sore and peculiar trial which might have proved too much for their strength. In Paul's last address to the elders of Ephesus he warns them that grievous wolves will invade the flock from outside and from inside men will arise to speak perverse things. And in this picture we see certain great truths of the Christian religion. It is a new state of things; but when we come to Philadelphia there is far more evidence of all things new. I take it to be this: that the Lord had in view not necessarily an elder, nor a teacher, but one who might be either or both, and before His mind truly represented, and was in a special way bound up with the responsibility of the state of the assembly. In later days it became a very great city. When Talkative came up to gossip with Christian and Hopeful, he chattered away upon all sorts of topics, and they were wearied with him. Jesus Christ gave no rebuke to this church, as was true of the church in Smyrna. None the less is it "the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ," even if it consists not of that which ministers directly to the edification of the Christian in his own position, but indirectly as announcing the doom of such as despise God and do their own will in the face of His revelation. ", It often happens that, when a great earthquake comes, people meet it with courage and self-possession, but ever. 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