Philadelphia had a great characteristic which has left its mark upon this letter. The Lord help you to keep his word, and then to go in for public testimony. Because you have kept my command to endure, I, too, will keep you safe from the hour of testing, which is to come upon the whole inhabited world, to test those who dwell upon the earth. What does it mean? Jesus Christ is for ever true to the man who is true to him. It is a formed and known party of the highest possible pretensions. But even this is not enough for grace. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the church ( Revelation 3:13 ). For a considerable period of human life, it may be, God does not give to all of us a field of usefulness, but he provides a field of trial. A new evil appears. Indeed the same remark will be found true of all the use that is made of Old Testament citations and allusions in the Apocalypse. And so too with our Lord Jesus, as we shall see. The process of becoming the slave of sin does not happen overnight. The reason for the word is that this famous tephra Phrygia, Phrygian powder, was exported all over the world in solidified tablet form in the shape of little rolls. Believe it when circumstances seem to make it questionable; believe it when your own heart fails you; believe it when your sin and corruption rise within you like a fountain of foul waters: thus shall you give glory to the God of truth. Men do not keep things which they consider to be value-less: if men in our day had a higher opinion of the truth they would be more valiant for it. It was a time of drunkenness and feasting and the giving of gifts and celebration as the sun past through the winter solstice. Possibly if they had felt stronger they might have presumptuously quitted the word of the Lord for the opinions of men, as the Galatians did, and then they would have lost their reward. (a) They had received and heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is true that neither of these new names lasted and "Philadelphia" was restored. The address is to the overcomer, who is accordingly put before the call to hear. So often we listen to a message which comes through a preacher and apply it to everyone but ourselves. 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. If I am a master, the conduct that might be proper in a servant would not become me. (2.) The Church is the possession of Jesus Christ. Read full chapter. Revelation 3:13) in a position of safety presupposes that they will have been removed to another location (i.e., heaven) at the periods beginning. James urges patient endurance on his people because the coming of the Lord is drawing near ( James 5:8); soon their distresses will be at an end. (iii) Jesus Christ will write upon the faithful Christian the name of his God. Or perhaps the text may mean that if the temptation shall come you shall be preserved from it. tachy, soon; cf. The framers of this were those that held the doctrine of Balaam. About; Guide; API; Contact; Login | Join. ", In the next place comes Philadelphia. cit., p. 101. That which had produced the mighty results was no longer active, nor could be. If the Lord has rebuked you, then be thankful He loves you. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. In short, as long as church responsibility exists here below, these addresses apply, and no longer. In other things you may be easily persuaded, and readily talked over; but be you doubly stanch in the things of God. I do not in the least doubt that God proves Himself faithful in the worst of times. This then would describe the lasting honour which Christ pays to his faithful ones. 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. 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). So, we find within the church today a lot of relics from the Babylonian system, the Babylonian religion. This is given up now. Some think it a great thing to be members of a popular sect, but when the great curtain rolls up, and all things are seen as they are, and not as they seem, do you not think that that church will be most commended which was truest to the teaching of the Holy Spirit in everything? The Sardians had forgotten their lesson. 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." ( Acts 20:29-31). Is this Christ? We must remember that holy (hagios, G40) means different, separate from. recurring minor shocks drive them to sheer panic. Next, we may be sure that they loved the word of God. It is the great promise of the Risen Christ that he has set before the Christians of Philadelphia an open door which no man can ever shut. . If the Lord chastens you, be thankful you are His child and He loves you. 1. The white robes may stand for the fact that the faithful will be guests at the banquet of God. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life." This to me is treason against sovereign truth. Philadelphia, Those Who Keep Are Kept ( Revelation 3:7-13 Continued). That stands for the gift of citizenship in the city of God to the faithful Christian. Thirdly, This will, by the grace of Christ, soften the hearts of their enemies, and make them desirous to be admitted into communion with them. Their approach is silent and unobserved, until a man finds himself without warning facing eternity. (a) There is a door of missionary opportunity before every man and he need not go overseas to find it. Their character is plain. Greatest of the Sardian kings was Croesus, whose name is still commemorated in the proverb, "As rich as Croesus." We will also release more in depth conversations on specific passages of scripture as the Father leads. If that is the picture here, this phrase contains a warning and tells men to have a care, for Jesus Christ the Judge and King is at the door. In Revelation 3:9 the promise of the Risen Christ is that some day the Jews who slander the Christians will kneel before them. 46-50, 108-37; and Jeffrey Townsend, "The Rapture in Revelation 3:10," Bibliotheca Sacra 137:547 (July-September 1980):252-66.]. Hence it is that the Lord introduces Himself to them as the Amen, the end of every thing human, where all the security is in the faithfulness of God. They have never embraced it, and to them no blessing can came through it. In order to defend themselves on a religions footing, men fall back on a system of ordinances and of the law. Revelation 1:1-3 indicates the judgment of which this book is about, was to come soon, for the time is at hand. 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. "He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." The final and above all the decisive message of grace, which called the Jews outside all earthly associations to Christ in heaven, was given neither by Peter nor by James, and by no other than Paul. I have set it open, and kept it open, though there be many adversaries. (ii) The Church at Sardis was untroubled by any attack from the outside, neither by the heathen or by the Jews. How comes this remarkable introduction of God to Jesus, then from Him through an angel to one servant, who sends to other servants? In the gospel we bear of eternal life in the Son and this in the grace of God given to the believer. "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. He talks to some of you, and you are so dogmatic, and firmly rooted, he calls you pig-headed, and says it is no use arguing with such bigots; and so he goes to argue somewhere else. 1:10 + ). Nevertheless it is God's word and Christ's testimony, though as a whole composed of visions. When God judges the ungodly, Christ will protect those who have remained loyal to him. Jesus doesn't care. The reader is encouraged to "have ears to hear what the Spirit says to the churches", even down to our own day. It has been said that in the New Testament the Coming of Christ is continually used for two purposes. In the introduction to this letter the Risen Christ is called by three great titles, each of which implies a tremendous claim. There is the desire to be great, to be esteemed of men, "rich, and increased in goods, and in need of nothing." Read full chapter Footnotes This Means You ( Revelation 3:14-22 Continued). 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. Regard the new teachers no more than you would the wise men of Gotham, for those who oppose themselves to God's word are fools. The following example shows the process from tribulation to patience: The Christian does not believe in an inescapable fate; but he does believe in a destiny which he can accept or refuse. "Withhold not correction from the child; for, if you beat him with a rod he will not die. It would seem that Archippus was somehow failing in his duty. We read s of twelve members of it that suffered with Polycarp. Trench points out that a witness must satisfy three essential conditions. Thus have I explained what the Philadelphians did. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown. 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. This was that in the new age, all nations would do humble homage to the Jews. Bible > Commentaries > Revelation 3:9 Library Free Downloads eBibles Revelation 3:9 [Note: See Newell, pp. This is the Lord's complaint against them. 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). No such condition appears afterwards. The seven stars are angels of the seven churches: and the seven lampstands are seven churches.". In the early Greek manuscripts there was no punctuation at all. the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1; Acts 11:28). "I rebuke and discipline all those whom I love." Behold, I will make them come and kneel before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you. Of all things indifference is the hardest to combat. 478-507, for further explanation of the four major premillennial views of the Rapture; and see Gerald B. Stanton, Kept from the Hour, for refutation of the partial rapture, the midtribulation rapture, and the posttribulation rapture views. Deceived by Satan, they were his zealous instruments, so much the more actively deceiving others, because earnest and honest after the flesh. They are thus carefully ushered in, but in that prophetic method which was morally fitting, in a series of visions which John saw. That was thirty years before the Revelation was written; but it may be that as long ago as that the rot had set in in the Church in Laodicea and an unsatisfactory ministry had sown the seeds of degeneration. 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. 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. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last." It is implied indeed in the analogy of the Old Testament; for God did not always address His people there. To those who have been true the promise is that they will walk with God. 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 Pastoral Epistles describe those who had drifted away from the true faith by saying that they had a form of godliness but denied its power ( 2 Timothy 3:5). To take the position of a Jew thus is to be one of those that say they are such and are not, but are alas! Paul said, "You are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief. (v) On the faithful Christian Christ will write his own new name. If a man deserves my commendation, I am only paying a debt when I give it to him, and it is dishonest to withhold it under the pretence that he would not use the payment rightly. 290. Sardis was still a wealthy city. THE LETTER TO LAODICEA ( Revelation 3:14-22 ). If a man will open the door, Jesus Christ will come in and linger long with him. He that overcomes should be clothed in white, for there were a few in Sardis who had not defiled their garments, and who should thus walk with Him in white; because they are worthy. If you have been vacillating and shifty and tricky, and have believed everything and nothing, nobody will take any particular notice of what you say, except it be to shut the door against your uncertain prattle. "Let your garments be always white," said the preacher, "and let not oil be lacking on your head" ( Ecclesiastes 9:8). The armies of Caesar travelled that road; the caravans of the merchant-men travelled it; and now it was beckoning the missionaries of Christ. There may be three pictures here. The Christian is under continual attack by the powers which seek to seduce him from his loyalty to Christ. The Greek for truly is Amen. Remember, Christ praises FAITHFULNESS, not success. 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." He is God. Tzamalikos, P. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/CBO9781139208758, pages 120-120, 2013. . John sees the Son of man with the qualities of the Ancient of days. Take no notice of anything I say if it cannot be supported by the word of divine truth. I am far from saying this because I do not feel for them much. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of [my] God." In the descriptions of the second chapter what was said about the Lord is a repetition of what was found in the vision John had just seen. The garments made there were famous over all the world, and the wool of the sheep of Laodicea was a luxury article which all men knew, But, says the Risen Christ, Laodicea is spiritually naked; if it wants really to be clothed it must come to him. 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. Peter and James and John were the pillars of the early church in Jerusalem ( Galatians 2:9). We read of the saints in one place or another. (iii) The Christian must be on the watch against temptation "Watch and pray," said Jesus, "that you may not enter into temptation" ( Matthew 26:41). This, I think, is meant. "So then because thou art neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. It was Jesus' promise that, if a man confessed him before men, he would confess him before his Father; and if a man denied him before men, he would deny him before his Father ( Matthew 10:32-33; Luke 12:8-9). 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." We may first note that the key is the symbol of authority. Loyalty has its sure reward. In the ancient world columns often bore the names of conquerors. "Thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith." Christ does not break in; he must be invited in. 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. But the drift is plain enough where the conscience is not blunted. Did they love the shadow or the glitter of human power? Laodicea has the grim distinction of being the only Church of which the Risen Christ has nothing good to say. I have no intention to enter at any length on this way of looking at the churches as quite by-gone, and the prophecy as at once flowing on; but I mention it because it seems due to truth to name this as well as the other, according to which "what shall be after these" is when the church condition is no longer applicable at all. That is what the Risen Christ means when he speaks of the open door that is set before Philadelphia. Did they like to be near a throne, although it were the throne of Satan to dwell there? You can become one with Me. 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. 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. [2.] If so, some people ought to be very good by this time, for they have had candid friends in plenty. In the ancient world there were at least six cities called Laodicea and this one was called Laodicea on the Lycus to distinguish it from the others. 208-18.]. Sardis, The Threefold Promise ( Revelation 3:1-6 Continued). Now we have the church of Philadelphia, the faithful remnant. 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. This indifference can be broken down only by the actual demonstration that Christianity is a power to make life strong and a grace to make life beautiful. And the same spirit of unbelief which let in the mischief keeps it in, decrying the true application of the two-edged sword now as then. Revelation 3:10, KJV: 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. Laodicea was so proud of the garments it produced that it never realized it was naked in the sight of God. "He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk" how? "The words in this verse must be looked upon as a statement after the fact rather than a conditional statement, somewhat similar to the words, Because thou hast obeyed my voice, in Genesis 22:18." Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Precious souls are there, and our happy service is to help these then, if we can, to a better knowledge of His grace, not, of course, to make light of their being where they are, or of their doing what they do, yet in the fullest love to feel about them as the Lord does. 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 . Faith is the Koh-i-noor among jewels, the queen of the virtues. The reason is that a remnant is now formed. Is this wise? 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. The origin of the passage is much more likely to be in Solomon's Song when the lover stands at the door of his beloved and pleads with her to open. At that time the emperor made the declaration that Christianity should be the recognized religion throughout the Roman Empire. The hour of temptation must come upon all. Until less than a hundred years ago great markets were regularly held on its site. Dead Protestantism. John 12:27). We can rely on his words for he is the Amen. Croesus embarked upon a war with Cyrus of Persia which was the end of the greatness of Sardis. (1.) Did He thus walk? 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. We must leave out "and unto." And are you not to walk as He? "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman (perhaps 'thy wife') Jezebel." by Antiochus of Syria and was named after his wife Laodice. It was literally astride the great road to the east which went straight through Laodicea, entering by the Ephesian Gate and leaving by the Syrian Gate. And here we have for our instruction the fact, that the synagogue of Satan of those who say they are Jews, and are not revives. The address to Sardis also, although allusive to that of Ephesus, is nevertheless no less clearly meant to stand contrasted with it. 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. Be students of God's word and adherents of it. Paul warns the Thessalonians of the terrible fate which awaits the disobedient and the unbelieving when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven and shall take swift and final vengeance on his enemies ( 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9). As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent ( Revelation 3:19 ). (i) It has been taken as a warning that the end is near, and that the Coming of Christ is at hand. And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens ( Revelation 3:7 ); Now he is borrowing a description not out of chapter one in this. "Because this period of tribulation will immediately precede the coming of the Lord to earth in power and great glory (cf. Shebna lost his place to Eliakim ( Isaiah 22:15-25). There is the most careful exclusion of His heavenly position from the relationships of the Lord Jesus that are here brought before us. Revelation 3:3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. "Thou dwellest even where Satan's throne is." The real innovators were those who departed by slip or by will from the very words of the Spirit; and the arbitrariness now would be in maintaining what has not sufficient authority, against that which is as certain as can be. to the angel of the church of Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness ( Revelation 3:14 ). The church in Ephesus tried these pretended apostles, specially the angel, as one that helped them much by grace from the Lord. They who are faithful will share in that whiteness of light which is the garment of God himself. "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy" (Rev 19:10) and a prophetic perspective promotes purpose. It seems instead to refer to a blessing the whole church could anticipate. We call our opponents heterodox, and our zeal for orthodoxy comes to the front; and yet, after all, it may be that we have never exercised a personel faith about those doctrines, so as to think them out for ourselves. (ii) The Risen Christ says: "Repent!" (ii) It is used as a comfort to the oppressed. 283-91; Daniel K. K. Wong, "The Pillar and the Throne in Revelation 3:12, 21," Bibliotheca Sacra 156:623 (July-September 1999):303. All intimates that they are in great, and no doubt just, dread of Him as a judge. The phrase is the strongest possible way of putting the matter. It is "he that openeth, and no man shall shut." Trench makes a list of people in the Bible who lost their place to someone else because they had shown that they were not fit to hold it. If a disputer can once get you away from the Bible, he can swallow you alive; but if you will keep to Scripture, and handle this weapon, "It is written; it is written," the disputer may be the arch-fiend himself, but he cannot possibly get the victory over you. 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." It was precisely because the church was faithful in time of trial that Christ in turn will be faithful to them. 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. Flaccus, the governor of the province, became alarmed at the amount of currency which the Jews were exporting in payment of the Temple tax which every male Jew paid and put an embargo on the export of currency. Verse Revelation 3:10. And why so? "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. It is a quotation from Proverbs 3:12, but one word is altered. (1a) The character of the city of Sardis. "I am the Alpha and Omega, saith the Lord God, that is, and that was, and that is to come, the Almighty." 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. Perhaps this name is a symbol of His character, which overcomers can appreciate only when we see Him (cf. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." 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