The real meaning is that the promise is to those who have practised the same kind of endurance as Jesus displayed in his earthly life. "Watch, therefore," said Jesus, "for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming." The Lord simply takes notice of these in His call. If he speaks of Him as the Lamb above, the description is founded on His being the rejected sufferer on earth. Men's scheme was a mistake, their flight foolish. The insistence on the Son's part in creation was due to the heretics who explained sin and disease by saying that the world had been created by a false and inferior god. In gratitude it changed its name to Neocaesarea--the New City of Caesar. He who is not written in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire ( Revelation 20:15); only they who are written in the Lamb's book of life shall enter into blessedness ( Revelation 21:27). He didn't want to become one with the Gentile. It is no mere transient cloud of error; it is a body in the highest worldly position a queen, but also pretending to the highest spiritual power a prophetess so-called, that was now permanently settled in Christendom, giving birth to a distinct progeny of iniquity "her children." III. Enoch walked with God on earth and continued to walk with him in the heavenly places. The faithful will share Christ's power at His coming, and be associated with Himself in His kingdom. Do you not in this merely sink to the world's level? In the writing to the angel of the church in Smyrna, a totally different state of things meets us. Hence, although there are the most complete contrasts in form, subject, and issues between the gospel and the revelation of John, after all the person of the Lord Jesus is pre-eminently kept before us as the object of God's care and honour in both; and therefore it is that even the souls that could not enter into the main topics of its prophetic visions have always found unspeakable comfort in the various displays of Christ Himself furnished by this book, especially in times of trial, rejection and persecution. (i) Watchfulness should be the constant attitude of the Christian life. "Hark! The Lord sent the letter to the church in Philadelphia to praise the Christians for their faithfulness in spite of persecution and to encourage them to persevere. Hold on to what you have, that no one may take your crown. 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. Habits grow upon him until he can no longer break them. Here two great truths meet us. Like an Israelite? If anything is to be rescued from the impending ruin of the Church in Sardis the Christians there must wake from their deadly lethargy and watch. Jesus Christ gave no rebuke to this church, as was true of the church in Smyrna. Behold, I have set before you a door which stands open and which no man shuts, because you have a little strength and because you have kept my word, and have not denied my name. It is not now to bring them whether or not servants out of that position or even worse, and entitling them to take the place of children of God. The man who will not submit to Christ has necessarily resisted him. ], "When Solomon built the temple following his ascension to the throne, he had a worker of brass from Tyre construct two massive pillars for the porch. "These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass." I should not wonder that the kindly words of God's people may be but a rehearsal of that "Well done, good and faithful servant" which will one day sound in their ears; and be a useful rehearsal, too, helping them on their weary way. 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. Laodicea, Neither One Thing Nor Another ( Revelation 3:14-22 Continued). An angel setting forth representation (human or not), an ideal representative of each assembly is meant. At the same time they fatally compromised Christ by alliance with the world, and there followed the practical return to the world out of which grace had taken the church in order to union with Christ in glory. "In the death chamber he asked forgiveness from the victim's family and told them he was sorry for what he had done. The effect went on; the spring was gone. Trench points out that a witness must satisfy three essential conditions. Yet it was a wealthy city, situated at the junction of several important roads and trade routes. There was ariston ( G712) , the midday meal. Here observe, [1.] Believe you God's word, and you have wrought a god-like work. They may express either the reason why the door stands open before the Christians of Philadelphia or the reason why they will be given those who belong to the synagogue of Satan. The stars stand for the Churches and their angels. Writing ones name on something indicated ownership in Johns day, as it does now. But more than this, it is Christ seen according to the largeness of His glory. Thus then it is with the seven golden lampstands. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief." So now He is warning concerning His coming for the church. If that light was ineffectual, if there was evil mixed with it, the state of the assembly would partake of it. It is not "from the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." (ii) It has been suggested that the door which is set before the Philadelphians is none other than Jesus himself. (b) The things a man must do lie to his hand. palliated most by those who owe their professional status to this frightfully corrupt and corrupting influence. Not a bit. 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. Clarke's Commentary. And the way to "maintain the spiritual glow" ( Romans 12:11, Moffatt) is to live close to Christ. Elegchos ( G1650) is the corresponding noun, and Aristotle defines it: "Elegchos ( G1650) is the proof that a thing cannot be otherwise than we say." Revelation 1:1-3 indicates the judgment of which this book is about, was to come soon, for the time is at hand. It is a recommencement, and so far is analogous with that to Ephesus: still, the manner in which the Lord is presented is quite new. If we do not provoke Christ to shut this door against us, men cannot do it. Surely something is meant outside the ordinary course of things, where so unexampled a style of address is found. And then another part of the inscription is, [2.] The subject-matter of this epistle, where. I will not be long on the next point, while I just remind you that there is A WORD OF PROSPECT: "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." [1.] Hyeroeades knew that there must be a crack in the rock there by means of which an agile man could climb up. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. This we find formally and doctrinally in his gospel. We have most of us heard what conflicts he had, and not merely at the beginning of his career but to the end. Much of the revelation concerning the ministry of the Holy Spirit to those saved in the tribulation is based on inference, but a continued ministry of the Holy Spirit to believers in this period, though somewhat restricted, is evident. The Lord was pleased to afflict after the declension from apostolic purity, and above all from first love. It has been said that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" and eternal watchfulness is the price of salvation. Then follows the last of these four churches. "I know thy works, and thy love, and faith, and service, and patience, and thy last works (to be) more than the first." A man comes, as Seneca had it, to hate his sins and to love them at the same rime. Two other roads passed through the gates of Laodicea, that from Pergamum and the Hermus Valley to Pisidia and Pamphylia and the coast at Perga and that from eastern Caria to central and west Phrygia. At the same time there is the most careful guard against the supposition that he was not in the full enjoyment of his own place in Christ. It is much better to take this saying of Christ as expressing the appeal of the lover of the souls of men. Verse 2: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and hisleft footon the earth, God is testing you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Let us see how the idea of discipline runs through the Bible. The persevering Christian shall win the prize from backsliding professors, who once stood fair for it.". To try them that dwell upon the earth - To test their character. 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). I have set it open, and kept it open, though there be many adversaries. Nothing can be simpler. The address is to the overcomer, who is accordingly put before the call to hear. All intimates that they are in great, and no doubt just, dread of Him as a judge. Sin is the killer of life's loveliness. So too the witness of grace and truth which came by Jesus Christ was, in His mind, if not in man's, the most suited medium for revealing the coming judgments of God. 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. They are many and most would paint pictures which would be vivid and real to the people of Philadelphia. This is exactly Laodiceanism. But if any of you try the double-shuffle in religion the plan of trying to believe a little of everything and not much of anything if you try to hold with the hare and run with the hounds, you will be tempted to deadly error, and it will serve you right. We may safely strike out the word "and," if we respect the best authorities. The reference of the voice behind is exclusively to the seven churches. 6:10). (ii) It was a great centre of clothing manufacture. Here is a warning against what we might call "spasmodic Christianity." If we have but little strength, we mean to let the times and the spirits go where they like, we shall keep to the Holy Spirit and to his eternal teachings. Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick.It is based on the 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from early twentieth-century Vienna to 1990s New York City.The plot centers on a doctor who is shocked when his wife (Nicole Kidman) reveals that she had . This word, the churches, in the Philadelphian state, will keep pure and incorrupt, and observe the ordinances of it according to the directions given in it; and will believe the promise of Christ's personal coming, and patiently wait for it: wherefore, Christ promises as follows. When the children of Israel had hopelessly betrayed the Lord when their departure was complete before His eyes not only in the first rent-off portion, the ten tribes of Israel, but even the remaining two, when there was a stay and a lengthening of the tranquillity, when not only Judah, but even the house of David, the anointed king, the last regular link between God and His people, failed, then we find that God addressed not His people, but an only chosen faithful servant as His witness. He shuts the door. Of all things indifference is the hardest to combat. The following example shows the process from tribulation to patience: "He that denies me before men," Jesus said, "I will deny before my Father, but if you confess Me before men, I will confess you before my Father which is in heaven." I know your works. That is the way in which the Church at Laodicea affected the Risen Christ. The persecutions in the Roman empire would furnish abundant occasions for such a trial. So within the Protestant Reformation, those great persons didn't defile their garments, walking with Him in purity, they are worthy. To get rid of him, Christian said to Hopeful, "Now we will talk a little about experimental godliness and when they began to speak about what they had tasted and handled of divine truth, Mr. Chatterbox dropped behind. The Maeander entered that valley by a narrow, precipitous gorge through which no road could pass. They were not ashamed of revealed truth, but, on the contrary, they took it for their possession, their heritage, their treasure, their all. 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. I shall put it home to you, dear friends, again. 290. I am supposing now a scale which attracts the world's attention. We must leave out the word "Amen" it is spurious, and only mars the sense. It is true that neither of these new names lasted and "Philadelphia" was restored. There is the most careful exclusion of His heavenly position from the relationships of the Lord Jesus that are here brought before us. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRIBULATION THE CHURCH WILL EXPERIENCE, AND THE GREAT TRIBULATION. On this monumental pillar there shall be an honourable inscription, as in those cases is usual. And this is seen to be the occasion of the letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. But the point of interest here is, that succession and ordinances became defined as a system about this very time. They wanted everything that was precious: "gold" or divine righteousness in Christ "white raiment," that is to say, the righteousnesses of saints; "that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see." It was not merely the tendency of individuals. (i) The Church at Sardis was untroubled by any heresy. ], Fifth, Jesus Christ will identify with His faithful people. ", Come you, then, and search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Christ and let it not be said that you will not come unto him that you might have life. Mark 14:35). The time soon came when the message was not sent to the people directly. 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. The seven spirits signifies the completeness of the gifts of the Spirit and the universality of his presence. Those who keep the gospel in a time of peace shall be kept by Christ in an hour of temptation. It was under his authority, and indeed by his call, that the famous council sat at Nicea, and the faith of the Trinity was publicly established. Now there are many today who are not watching for the return of Jesus Christ. "In him," says Paul, "all things were created" ( Colossians 1:15; Colossians 1:18). ], "In light of the concept of the imminent coming of Christ and the fact that the New Testament does teach His imminent coming, we can conclude that the Pretribulation Rapture view is the only view of the Rapture of the church that comfortably fits the New Testament teaching of the imminent coming of Christ. Hence, evidently, there is a comprehensive term employed with divine wisdom, "to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass." Revelation 3:10 Because of what will be happening at the end time, "persevering" or "courageously enduring" without compromising will certainly be no small accomplishment. "Withhold not correction from the child; for, if you beat him with a rod he will not die. "Because this period of tribulation will immediately precede the coming of the Lord to earth in power and great glory (cf. And next week as we get into chapters four and five. Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell on the earth. Revelation 3:8-10King James Version. The faithful ones will be citizens of the city where there is always the presence of God. after that, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, final judgment of all those who have followed satan in rebellion against yehovah throughout history will occur, they will be cast into the "lake of fire" along with satan and his spirit-being followers, and eternity in perfect unity in the spirit with elohim the father and elohim the son Next, we may be sure that they loved the word of God. Philadelphia had a great characteristic which has left its mark upon this letter. The reason is manifest, because the way in which we are called to walk is always according to the place and relations in which we stand. II. He would give them grace to bear up under trials with a Christian spirit, and in such a manner that their salvation should not be endangered. There is perfect liberty now liberty for service, liberty for every one that belongs to the Lord. Here again we find a description of the Holy Ghost decidedly different from what meets us in the New Testament generally. As the King James Version has it, "I will come in and sup with him." Come, brother, you did not reckon that such usefulness would ever fall to your lot; did you? to the angel of the church of Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness ( Revelation 3:14 ). He must, therefore, be ever on the watch. 1:10 + ). And in this picture we see certain great truths of the Christian religion. Humanly speaking, anyone would say that there was not a more prosperous town in Asia Minor. Oh, how patient the Lord is. 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 you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their garments and they will walk with me in white raiment, because they are worthy. 3. In this there seems to be couched a gentle reproof: "Thou hast a little strength, a little grace, which, though it be not proportionate to the wide door of opportunity which I have opened to thee, yet is true grace, and has kept thee faithful." Revelation 3:10 by Grant Richison| Nov 17, 1998| Revelation| 43 comments Read Introduction to Revelation "Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." Jesus now turns to a promise for those who persevereunder trial. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the church ( Revelation 3:13 ). How is it that we here miss that character of direct dealing with us that immediateness of address which is found elsewhere? [Note: Beale, p. (iii) It was a very considerable medical centre. May God grant to us that whatever form of temptation may come upon the face of the earth, we may stand fast for his truth, so that none of us may perish like Judas, the son of perdition. Is not this a very serious fact? Like all the letters it begins with a series of great titles of Jesus Christ. This figures prominently in the theories of millennialists, who take the passage as emphasizing that Christians shall be delivered from not through the great trial, "implying the rapture of the church before the time referred to as "the great tribulation. And that isn't to say that God doesn't call people as He did to the Jews, but He has not called me. Now, I shall speak for myself and for you, and I know that we can bear witness that this promise is true. I know thy works: behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ( Revelation 3:8 ): That to me is exciting. 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. "We are chastened of the Lord that we may not be condemned along with the world" ( 1 Corinthians 11:32). Rev. How shall this great change be wrought? 2. The verse seems intended to comfort the whole church rather than to challenge unfaithful or potentially unfaithful Christians. He will make them pillars in the spiritual temple of God, the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:22; cf. One of these days we are going to go into the phone booth and change our clothes and we are going to come out with super power and we are going to just point at the Russians and they will just shrivel and die. Many understand by the hour of temptation the persecution under Trajan, which was greater and more extensive than the preceding ones under Nero and Domitian. [2.] Login Register. In entering God's kingdom, Jews must follow the way of these Gentiles, not Gentiles follow the way of the Jews (8- 9). Own . There may be individual reality even where the associations are miserably untoward. Outskirts Press helps authors develop and publish high-quality books by offering exceptional design, printing, publishing, distribution, and book marketing services. Now we have the church of Philadelphia, the faithful remnant. And I am persuaded there is no place which is more likely to generate neutrality than a sound and true position, if there be not self-judgment maintained and godly sincerity. Nothing is more common among Protestants, than to admit a thing to be perfectly true because it is in the word of God, without the smallest intention or thought of acting upon it. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. But I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love." This clearly is what He was on the earth. Those who gather on Sunday evening to study the Word of God. The remnant is here plain. The revelation of grace is precisely what is not found in this book. It seems to me to mean just this, "You have been faithful; therefore I will use you. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the strongest contrasts by the same inspired writer. It is "he that openeth, and no man shall shut." For the posttribulational interpretation, see Mounce, p. 119; aand Ladd, p. Secondly, he gives him a word of prospect. They have been firm and steadfast in their confession of the faith once delivered unto the saints, and the Lord who gave them the grace to be so will give them yet more grace as the recompense of their fidelity. And all of the enemies of God we are just going to subdue when we are manifested finally as the sons of God before the world. (b) It is just possible that there is a reference to the custom of branding a slave with the initials of his owner to show that he belongs to him. (i) The Risen Christ says: "Remember how you received and heard the gospel." I do not say when, where, or how; but as surely as He lives, will the Lord vindicate the truth He has given, and the testimony He has raised up for His name. Why, there are great folk among us that never care to believe according to God's word at all. Its importance was due entirely to its position. He will reward them at his return (10-11). Whoever that might be (one, or perhaps more,) was meant by the angel. Galatians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Peter 2:4-10). He may call others. It is the fulness of the Holy Ghost's energy as an overruling power. God's word was there to deal with human conscience. Particular care is taken here to show it to us. This, I think, is meant. The church in Ephesus tried these pretended apostles, specially the angel, as one that helped them much by grace from the Lord. which is about to come . Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:5). Old Testament prophecy dispensational truth is introduced now. Revelation 2:9). This is given up now. "I became dead (records John), and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages." They have never embraced it, and to them no blessing can came through it. To those who have been true the promise is that they will walk with God. It was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Philadelphia, Those Who Keep Are Kept ( Revelation 3:7-13 Continued). Yet the Lord owns whatever is good. But there is much more here. But it is a solemn thing to feel that such a crisis was even then come, as far as regarded the church of God here below. "There is no promise in Revelation that God's people shall escape suffering and death, but there is the promise that no harm can come to their souls."[48]. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches ( Revelation 3:21-22 ). But the people of Philadelphia well knew what it was to receive "a new name.". Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." The promise of the Risen Christ is that the victor will sit with him in his own victorious throne. what said those who preferred "great tribulation," rather than commit adultery with her? That which must keep a Christian faithful is the vision of a world for Christ, for the coming of such a world depends on the fidelity of the individual Christian. More, however, is meant than simply loving the word, though that is no small thing. If you only influence one child, who can tell what that child may be? That does not matter; but it does matter that you be faithful to your Lord. We will speak upon the text to-night with a view to that, and we shall notice, first, that there is a word of praise: God praises this faithful messenger of the church. "I know thy 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. They hoarded up divine knowledge in their memories, preserved it in their affections, used it in their experience, and practised it in their lives. He will reward them at his return (10-11). It was a greater proof of fidelity when all was out of course to stand faithful than to be faithful when all things were regular. Let us weigh a little more these remarkable words. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and will have my meal with him, and he with me. The process of becoming the slave of sin does not happen overnight. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands." It is rather an imminent event that will come suddenly and unexpectedly (Walvoord). Holy is the description of God himself "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts," was the song of the seraphs which Isaiah heard ( Isaiah 6:3). This is a message to the angel of the church at Philadelphia, and it is full of instruction to churches and ministers at this present time "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." 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