It cannot buy happiness nor give a man health either of body or of mind; it cannot bring comfort in sorrow nor fellowship in loneliness. Because you say, I am rich, [endowed with great foundations and funds, we're rich.] He is the new and living way into the presence of God. See, I am just a coming to relieve them under the trial, to reward their fidelity, and to punish those who fall away; they shall lose that crown which they once seemed to have a right to, which they hoped for, and pleased themselves with the thoughts of. Ephesus was the first presentation of the general public state. Spiritually speaking, the Risen Christ declares that there was not a more poverty-stricken community. [Note: Beasley-Murray, p. First, it supplies us with an example. "Because he himself has suffered and been tempted he is able to help those who are tempted" ( Hebrews 2:18). ], "The threefold occurrence of onoma (name) is impressive and amounts to a threefold assurance of his identity with God." The Apocalypse looks on things after the Holy Ghost had taken His place in the Christian and in the church on earth above all, after the Son had appeared, manifested God the Father, and accomplished redemption here below. THE LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA ( Revelation 3:7-13 ). In Revelation 3:8-9 there is a problem of punctuation. The truth was that it was so lifeless that it was not worth attacking. It would be the falsest possible deduction to suppose that Daniel and his three companions, possibly others also, were not personally as pleasant to the Lord as David was. Satan revives the old Judaizing spirit, at the very time that God re-asserts the true principle of Christian brotherhood, and, above all, makes Christ Himself to be all to His people. I am far from saying this because I do not feel for them much. Thank God we have a little strength. (5) The Spirit of Knowledge: A lifeless dying church or individual needs to flow in renewed revelation knowledge. They know what they believe and they have no desire to change" If a man does not believe the doctrines of grace, he comes to hear me once, and he says, "I am not going there any more." "Be watchful, stand firm in your faith," he urges ( 1 Corinthians 16:13). Jezebel was a mother indeed a holy mother, said the deceivers and deceived. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. Wake up to holy energy. Exodus 28:36). 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. "What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. If God is the God of Amen, he is utterly to be relied upon. And this is seen to be the occasion of the letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. Are you not just taking advantage of an earthly position to escape part of what Christ calls you to? Laodicea, The Christ Who Knocks ( Revelation 3:14-22 Continued). In short, as long as church responsibility exists here below, these addresses apply, and no longer. Revelation 3:10 is part of the Letter to the Church of Philadelphia (Rev 3:7-13). Modern ideas do not affect me in the slightest. There was no guard and once again Sardis fell because it was not upon the watch. In fact, the principal burden of the great prophecies about to be unveiled was that of strengthening and encouraging the church against that very event. (1a) The character of the city of Sardis. As the King James Version has it, "I will come in and sup with him." 12 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 new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. First, their Jewish antagonists would eventually have to acknowledge that the Christians were the true followers of God (cf. 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. (v) On the faithful Christian Christ will write his own new name. It is implied indeed in the analogy of the Old Testament; for God did not always address His people there. "Therefore," he says, "watch!" He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches ( Revelation 3:21-22 ). 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. "And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest," etc. "I know thy works, and thy labour, and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil [men]; and thou didst try them which say they are apostles and are not, and didst find them liars." He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but will confess his name before my Father, and before his holy angels ( Revelation 3:5 ). Amen is the word which is often put at the end of a solemn statement in order to guarantee its truth. When this earthquake devastated it, Tiberius was as generous to Philadelphia as he had been to Sardis. Buy. Nobody cares a button about him. They had shown this in the trials which they had experienced; he promises now, that in return he will keep them in the future trials that shall come upon the world. It was, therefore, now true that all the promises which had been made to Israel had been inherited by the Church. Holman Hunt was right when in his famous picture The Light of the World he painted the door of the human heart with no handle on the outside, for it can be opened only from within. "And I gave her space that she should repent; and she will not repent of her fornication. In his book Out of Nazareth Donald Baillie cites three witnesses to the uniqueness of this conception. This is the right kind of resolution. The Lord simply takes notice of these in His call. Persistent faithfulness and devotedness still characterised them at Ephesus. Nevertheless it is God's word and Christ's testimony, though as a whole composed of visions. The terrible thing about sin is that it can take the loveliest things and turn them into ugliness. If men would take away from us certain dainties which are sweet but which are not needful, we might be content to let them spoil us of such superfluities; but if they come to take away bread and water from the poor and needy, then we cannot have it. Not a bit. Revelation Unwrapped: Commentary on Revelation by John Richardson. The nature of the rock meant that it developed cracks. We can rely on his words for he is the Amen. This is an aorist imperative and describes one definite action. "Pretrib Rapture" - Revelation 3:10. "Faithful are the wounds of a friend" ( Proverbs 27:6). 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. Offensive against Himself, they were wholly opposed in principle to grace. But the day comes, if he goes on taking what is forbidden, when he does without a qualm that which once he would have been horrified to do. Through the lower town flowed the River Pactolus, which was said in the old days to have had gold-bearing waters from which much of the wealth of Sardis came. This is exactly as we would have it. It vanished from history under Persian rule for two centuries. The beginning of the third chapter introduces the protestant state of things. God is beginning the end, the resolution of all things, the gathering together (resolution, summing up) of all things in one in Jesus ( Ephesians 1:10 ). Of all things indifference is the hardest to combat. Solon knew only too well the chances and changes of life which Croesus had forgotten. They had also little strength in the direction of talent. The Gospel; so called because it gives an account of the patience of Christ, in the midst of all his outward meanness and humiliation; and because it is a means of implanting and increasing the grace of patience, which God is the efficient cause of, and Christ is the example of; that patience, which bears a resemblance to his, in enduring afflictions, reproaches, persecutions, desertions, and temptations, and in waiting for his kingdom and glory; and because both the preachers and professors of the word have need of patience, and should exercise it in like manner as Christ did. Jesus Christ is for ever true to the man who is true to him. [Note: Swete, p. How can it surprise those who are ever awaiting Him? the Jews). These are the men that Christ shall stoop from his throne to honour: they that have trifled with his word shall be lightly esteemed: they that have wilfully broken one of the least of his commandments, and have taught men so, shall be least in the kingdom of heaven. But nay, this will not do for Christ. The seven Spirits therefore refer, as I believe, to the Holy Ghost acting in the way of government. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Those who still dared to live in the city were reckoned mad; they spent their time shoring up the shaking buildings and every now and then fleeing to the open spaces for safety. At the same time another way of looking at the book is by taking "the things that are" as already past and gone. There is an open door before you which no man can shut. [Note: Chitwood, p. The Rapture and the Second Coming cannot occur back to back but must be separated by the seven-year Tribulation. The revelation of grace is precisely what is not found in this book. (ii) He is he who has the seven stars. We so believe it, as to treat it as a matter of fact, valuable for everyday use; this is the surest way to keep in, even to the end. Their subjection to the church is described: They shall worship at thy feet; not pay a religious and divine honour to the church itself, nor to the ministry of it, but shall be convinced that they have been in the wrong, that this church is in the right and is beloved of Christ, and they shall desire to be taken into communion with her and that they may worship the same God after the same manner. All through the Old Testament God is the Holy One; and now that title is given to the Risen Christ. Teach us thy Word that we might in its precepts and live in its light. 102. "Who calleth herself a prophetess, and teachest and seducest my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols." 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. The clergy encouraged by a misuse of scripture every sort of commerce with the world's evil ways; as it is said here, "who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication." This is one of the main sources of confusion on the subject of the Apocalypse to this day. On that day the inspired writer John was in the power of the Holy Ghost with a view to take in and give out the visions he was to see. We must therefore look for another explanation. 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. When the Turks and Mohammedanism flooded across Asia Minor and every other town had fallen, Philadelphia stood erect. Take equally little notice of what any man says, be he orator, thinker, bishop, or whatever he may be. "[49] The looming persecution against the church is starkly evident in all the New Testament books, and hardly any of them failed to address the situation. But it is another thing when we hear of the angel of this or that assembly. We have intervention on every side. When the prodigal son returns, it is the best robe that is put upon him ( Luke 15:22). He shuts the door. 176-91.]. But the man who says, "I am going straight for glory, and if anybody is in my way so much the worse for him, for I am bound to take the right road;" such a man will find a pretty clear track. There is nothing worse than a state in which a man is orthodox because he is too lazy to think for himself He is actually better with a heresy which he holds intensely than with an orthodoxy about which in his heart of hearts he does not care. II. Those who at Christ's call are caught up to heaven. (vi) Nor must the Christian forget that, even as he must watch for Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is watching him. The Jews claimed they were the people of Gods kingdom and tried to shut the Gentiles out. Thus the creed commonly called Nicene, which had for its object the assertion of Christ's consubstantial deity, was published at this same time. Would God not keep them from the hour of testing? The Philadelphian saints, like the limpet, which has but little strength, stuck firmly to the rock, and they are commended for it. "To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? The time soon came when the message was not sent to the people directly. The things that he saw were the glory of Christ in relation to this book, as described in the first chapter, on which we have already touched. And here, it has been well observed, a notable change takes place. 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." The ground of such a thought lies in the fact that the introduction to Sardis indicates the Lord beginning again a new state of things. I cannot but think that this state of things is referred to here: "Thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth." What the application of this may be depends on the context where it is used. (John 5:1-47) Yet with all this another feature betrays John, and suits him as the writer most strikingly. Out in the villages, or in the crowded city hearts await you. I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in, and will sup with him ( Revelation 3:20 ), Eating supper is a very significant act from a Biblical standpoint, from a cultural standpoint at the time of Christ. Bible > Commentaries > Revelation 3:9 Library Free Downloads eBibles Revelation 3:9 1. Undoubtedly the inference is mistaken; still there is no possibility of charging the writer with putting himself forward in the manner in which he has written. This gives us, as is obvious and familiar to almost every reader, the threefold division of the book of Revelation. Go ahead! Because thou hast kept the word of my patience - My word commanding or enjoining patience; that is, thou hast manifested the patience which I require. John then, as it is said, "testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ." Philadelphia, Promise And Warning ( Revelation 3:7-13 Continued). When Abraham is pleading with God for Sodom, he appeals to God: "To slay the righteous with the wicked, far be that from thee" ( Genesis 18:25). "Repent; or else I am coming to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth." He asks the Colossians to pray that a door of utterance may be opened for him ( Colossians 4:3). The acts of his government. my beloved is knocking. We Jews are not supposed to go into the house of a Gentile, but the Lord told me to come so that is why I am here." The figure of the thief can be employed only for the world or the worldly-minded. I am not now speaking of what was done out of superstition, either to Mary or the church, when each was made a sort of bona Dea, but of the fruit of looking to Christ however simply. "Because the grace of God keeps our people to their moorings. Furthermore, the promise of Luke 21:17 is explanatory of what is meant here. Philadelphia is one of seven churches addressed with its own letter in Revelation 2 & 3. Such land is fertile; and Philadelphia was the centre of a great grape-growing area and a famous producer of wines. But John saw "in the midst of the [seven] lampstands one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot." Writing ones name on something indicated ownership in Johns day, as it does now. Again, dear friends, we ought to hold fast to the truth of God, because, if we have little strength, it is there that we shall get more strength. We have most of us heard what conflicts he had, and not merely at the beginning of his career but to the end. When God told to Moses the blessing which Aaron and the priests must pronounce over the people, he said: "They shall put my name upon the people of Israel" ( Numbers 6:22-27). 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 ). After the death of Alexander there were many claimants for the power. (3) The Spirit of Counsel: A lifeless dying church or individual needs to heed the counsel of God. John 1:51; John 3:3; John 3:5; John 3:11). It is said of the righteous that "they will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father" ( Matthew 13:43); and it is said of God that he covers himself with light as with a garment ( Psalms 104:2). You remember when Peter came to the house of Cornelius, he said, "Now look, I am really not supposed to be here. 2. Remember, Christ praises FAITHFULNESS, not success. 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. "He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." Christ puts them in mind of what he had done for them: I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it, v. 8. 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 can tell of God, because he came from him. ], "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. Oh, that they would cease to display their own thought, their own cleverness, and individuality. The salutation is from God in His own being, the ever-existing One, He who is, and who was, and who is to come. Yet the Lord owns whatever is good. never to be marked by anything that men can wonder at or admire? [Note: Thomas, Revelation 1-7, pp. If you only influence one child, who can tell what that child may be? They set up to be more righteous and holy than the rest, whom they denounced as Antinomian because they stood in the true grace of God. For every position we are set in, no matter where it is or what, there is always the gracious power of God as our resource; but it is to sustain the person walking in consonance with the relationship in which God has been pleased to put him. Old Testament prophecy dispensational truth is introduced now. The old saying is true: "Fate is what we must do; destiny is what we are meant to do." Thus the Lord speaks with exceeding tenderness of those that were true to His name. There is a divine link in the sense as there was in the Spirit's mind an undistinguished reference; but then the Apocalypse gives it an incomparably larger range, and a more profound character. The Lord does not blame us for having little strength, but for having little love, little faith, little zeal, little consecration. In short, "the hour of temptation" is, I conceive, a larger term altogether than the "great tribulation" ofRevelation 7:1-17; Revelation 7:1-17, and still more than the unparalleled tribulation which is to befall the land of Israel. Literally, it is the word of my endurance. John 12:27). Hold fast God's word and never mind what comes of it for the moment; God's seed may not grow in a day, but it will grow. "And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him" ( Genesis 5:24). Sardis stood in the midst of the plain of the valley of the River Hermus. Moffatt translates it: "Though they keep up a form of religion, they will have nothing to do with it as a force." It is rather to be imputed to the encroaching spirit of infidelity, where there is not also a truckling to superstition. In the ancient world a king kept a register of his citizens. Furthermore, in addition to the inner possession and the hearty belief of the truth, we must be ready to adhere to it at all times. When Cicero was travelling in Asia Minor it was at Laodicea that he cashed his letters of credit. Brother, cling to God's word; cling to infallible and immutable revelation! May we not presume that it is for the express purpose of graciously encouraging His servants as well as to anticipate the doubts and cavils of unbelief? Once it was a question of not denying His faith, as was found in Pergamos; but here it is Himself personally. Oh, that men who have ten talents would not be so anxious to be original in their teaching! There is for the faithful Christian the promise of a settled serenity in the peace which Jesus Christ can give. The error then is not in seeking the best supported text, but in allowing tradition to tie us to comparatively modern and certainly to corrupted readings. What had these Philadelphian believers done that they should be praised? . Where was the endurance of hope? The effect went on; the spring was gone. "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam." The Lord has revived the true hope of His return; there are those who are thus waiting for Christ, and this epistle seems emphatically to apply to such. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock ( Revelation 3:20 ): Actually the church has put Christ on the outside. "And he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.". The remnant is here plain. 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. (2.) "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman (perhaps 'thy wife') Jezebel." God as such is then introduced in Old Testament style and character, but at the same time applied to New Testament subjects; the Holy Ghost also is similarly brought before us. We never hear of angel as an official title in the ordinary arrangements of the New Testament. He didn't want to become one with the Gentile. Did He thus walk? He takes notice and keeps account, how long he has preserved their spiritual liberties and privileges for them. He may call others. It was on the edge of a great plain called the Katakekaumene ( G2618) , which means the Burned Land. It is quite another thing for Christians. Keep the word of God, and the word of God will keep you. In Jesus is reality. He is seen as the true God in the outpouring of His wrath upon a Christ-rejecting world. 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 The names of Paul's fellow-labourers for God are written in the book of life ( Php_4:3 ). But that cannot happen if every day a man lives in the presence of Christ; he who walks hand-in-hand with Christ cannot be taken unawares by his coming. The Katakekaumene was a great volcanic plain bearing the marks of the lava and the ashes of volcanoes then extinct. If the thought of the age happens to be right, well and good; but it is not upon temporary opinion that we rest. What a solemn conjunction, that there should be this close proximity between Satan's throne without, but withal the mercy of God still maintaining that fundamental faith of Christ's own personal glory! As we have so often seen, the Jews divided time into two ages, the present age which is wholly bad, and the age to come, which is wholly good with in between the terrible time of destruction when judgment will fall upon the world. "As many as I love, I rebuke." Jesus dictates letters to the remaining three of the Seven Churches of Asia. In Revelation 3:12 we come to the promises of the Risen Christ to those who are faithful. You find here a scope, therefore, that leaves ample room for man. towards rebuilding and Sardis recovered itself by the easy way. (a) He must have seen with his own eyes that of which he tells. It is Christ coming in judgment. You know it is true that God is doing a wonderful work here and it is exciting to see what God is doing, but we have hardly touched the county. and the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not, but a synagogue of Satan." (b) We see the offer of Christ. People in Philadelphia well knew what security lay in a promise that "they would go out no more. 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." Your wisdom is not to try to gain keenness of mind that you may emulate the critic, but to lay hold upon God's word, and cling to it, for therein shall be your safety and your victory. This seems taken up here, and applied in a far larger way for purposes suitable to the Apocalyptic prophecy. Here we have for the first time the formal recognition of saints not included in the public state of the assembly, yet not so openly separate as was found at a later day. Yet, spite of drawbacks, an open Bible was won for God's children in particular, and for man also. "Behold, I come quickly!" It is a question of faith in God. Two of them were called Zeuxis and Alexander Philalethes. Revelation 3:10, NASB : Because you have kept Myword of perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of thetesting, that hour which is about to come upon the wholeworld, totest those who live on the earth. [Note: See Charles C. Ryrie, Basic Theology, pp. Therefore, as it is a holy thing, a heavenly thing, a priceless thing, keep you God's word. 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