"Behold," says the Risen Christ, "I am standing at the door and knocking." There may be three pictures here. Laodicea, The Claims Of Christ ( Revelation 3:14-22 Continued). 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." 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. He opens. What is the meaning of this open door? Revelation 3:10 in all English translations. What can be wider than to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God? A Definitive Study of the Rapture of the Church, pp. (iii) Sin is the death of all loveliness. The Irvingites used to talk about the Lord having a little Zoar. What the application of this may be depends on the context where it is used. They had little strength, but they kept God's word, and they did not deny his name. In the gospel it is said, God gives Him to have life in Himself. Secondly, he gives him a word of prospect. He is forward going to look into the future. In the time of judgment those who are written in the book will be delivered ( Daniel 12:1). 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. So within the Protestant Reformation, those great persons didn't defile their garments, walking with Him in purity, they are worthy. "[51] From Matthew 24, etc., all should be familiar with this quality in prophecies regarding such events. 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. Paul says that his converts in their pre-Christian days were dead through trespasses and sins ( Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5). Oh for ten thousand valiant men to stand about the bed of the truth, each man with his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Mr. Moody would say, "Make a bee line for heaven." (iii) It was a very considerable medical centre. What does it mean? (i) He is he who has the seven Spirits of God. (i) The faithful Christian will be a pillar in the Temple of God. "Even so, Amen.". Thank God that He has set before us the open door. It is a fact of life that certain things sharpen memory which has grown dull. Philadelphia, City Of Praise ( Revelation 3:7-13 Continued). The writer to the Hebrews urges patience, for soon he that shall come will come ( Hebrews 10:37). say you. God is holy because he is different from men; he has that quality of being which belongs to him alone. In entering Gods kingdom, Jews must follow the way of these Gentiles, not Gentiles follow the way of the Jews (8-9).When God judges the ungodly, Christ will protect those who have remained loyal to him. I do not doubt that all this is symbolically expressed. It is not to make known what was in Christ before all worlds, but to disclose the great facts in which God was about to maintain the glory of the First-begotten, when He introduced Him into the world. But how are we to describe or understand "the word of God"? In short, as long as church responsibility exists here below, these addresses apply, and no longer. But nay, this will not do for Christ. See the notes on Luke 2:1. Here two great truths meet us. I do not mean conflicts about the church, but about his soul, It is needless here to cite passages from his extant writings, which prove how sorely he was tried by inward conflicts of unbelief, which amply prove how far he was from the calm enjoyment of the peace of the gospel; but it is an error to impute them in themselves to any other cause than a lack of clear knowledge of grace. This of course connects His present existence with the future as well as the past. This is an echo of an expectation of the Jews which finds frequent expression in the Old Testament. What He is is the main point. And then, thirdly, we shall speak upon a word of promise which is in the text in the tenth verse: "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." The Lord at the close gives a promise suited to the condition. Oh, that they would cease to display their own thought, their own cleverness, and individuality. (iii) Jesus Christ will write upon the faithful Christian the name of his God. "Thou hast a little strength:" there are very few of you, but you have been observant of all precepts and ordinances. I do not think that we should be so slow as we sometimes are in praising one another. It is said of the faithful that they "have not soiled their garments." In the old story of the kings, Abijah alone of all the sons of Jeroboam was spared because in him was found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel ( 1 Kings 14:13). We read of the saints in one place or another. Life in Christ, where there is spiritual intelligence, takes one out of the vanities of the world in principle. Explore high-quality books by self-published authors. Most of the population lived outside the city in huts and feared even to go on the city streets lest they should be killed by failing masonry. He who overcomes will be thus clothed in white raiment and I will not wipe his name out of the Book of Life, but I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels. The solid truth of revelation, the doctrine of the Holy Ghost, a divine experience given to you by that Holy Ghost all this is the treasure of the church, and you are doing a holy thing when you guard it against every adversary. (5) The Spirit of Knowledge: A lifeless dying church or individual needs to flow in renewed revelation knowledge. . The A, B, Come and See Revelation A commentary on the Book of Revelation by Elder James Stroud 9781644689851 (Paperback, 2021) Delivery UK delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days. Zechariah has a vision of the day when all men of all nations and languages shall turn to Jerusalem, "they shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you"' ( Zechariah 8:22-23). He is a "miserable conqueror.". There is not now the sign of activity in service not the robe tucked up, as often remarked. (c) He must have the ability to tell what he has to say, so that his witness may make its true impression on those who hear. Hold on to what you have, that no one may take your crown. Let me hear each one of you say, "I am not going to take any corners, or twists, or windabouts; but, straight away, what God bids me to do I am going to do; what he bids me believe I am going to believe; and if there is anything to be suffered for it, all right. He did not expect great things from them. Revelation 10:7 "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets." "The mystery": A Greek term meaning "to shut" or "to close". Surely love can go no further than that. Remember also that it is so much to the increase of brotherly love to have a clear eye to see the imperfections of our friends. Does it not strike you as being reasonable that, if God has spoken, his creatures ought to believe what he has spoken that after he has laid down the law there should remain no room for questioning? Philadelphia, Promise And Warning ( Revelation 3:7-13 Continued). The Risen Christ speaks of "the shame of the nakedness of Laodicea.". However the future repentance of Israel at Messiahs second coming that will result in the Jews respectful treatment of Gentile believers seems to be in view here (cf. Besides, it is a wise thing, for you that have but little strength, to keep God's word. The Christians were dazzled by the world's power and glory, which was put forth doubtless in protecting, not themselves only, but the public faith of Christendom in that day. 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. (b) It denotes the Spirit in his sevenfold operation. (vi) Nor must the Christian forget that, even as he must watch for Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is watching him. We see the telegraph wires, but we do not see what messages they may carry. 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. 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." There is an immense change in turning to the last three churches. At the same time it is useless to blink the fact: energetic as he was and used of God largely, he was far behind in the understanding both of the church and of the gospel. 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). Observe, First, The greatest honour and happiness any church can enjoy consist in the peculiar love and favour of Christ. 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. 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 ). A return to earth could not be characterized as soon by any stretch of the imagination. God has put us in trust with the gospel, and we will sooner part with all that we have than be false to our trust. In Revelation 3:11 there is promise and warning combined. Daniel sees the "Ancient of days" in one way, and the Son of man in quite another. It is much better to take this saying of Christ as expressing the appeal of the lover of the souls of men. According to Ezekiel the name of the re-created city of God was to be The Lord is there ( Ezekiel 48:35). Then comes the salutation. They had lost the very perception of what was for God. The Sardians had forgotten their lesson. "He is the faithful witness, the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth;" the last displayed when He comes from heaven to earth, as He stands in resurrection the first-begotten of the dead. ], "Probably the most debated verse in the whole discussion about the time of the Churchs rapture is Revelation 3:10." It is the beginning of the changed condition. "You have kept my commandment," he says, "therefore, I will keep you." He is God. If God is the God of Amen, he is utterly to be relied upon. In the Christian life there must be a decisive moment, when a man decides to be done with the old way and to begin on the new. Things which are tepid often have a nauseating effect. Both Puritan Dispensationalists and Partial Rapturists agree that in order to be raptured, one must be faithful. (4.) We will also release more in depth conversations on specific passages of scripture as the Father leads. I know your works. It is a quotation from Proverbs 3:12, but one word is altered. The mind of man sends forth pure water and impure, and it is hard to discern between the two; but from the heart of God there wells up, undiluted and unmingled, a stream of living truth which is more for man's benefit than all else out of heaven. We have yet the last epistle to the angel of the church in Laodicea. And this is seen to be the occasion of the letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. Remember what Solomon says, "The conies are a feeble folk," but he puts them down as wise people, for they have their habitation in the rocks. And no doubt also it was intended in this sense that they had obeyed the word of God. Through Christ, who has the key to life and death (see v. 7; cf. This marks particularly the change in the chapter, and especially in the part before us. . We may safely strike out the word "and," if we respect the best authorities. Still that strength is a matter of degrees and certain churches have a little strength but only a little. for thou hast a little strength ( Revelation 3:8 ). Holy separateness and savour were gone. It began at the coast at Ephesus and it had to find a way to climb up to the central plateau 8,500 feet up. How is it that we here miss that character of direct dealing with us that immediateness of address which is found elsewhere? [Note: Chitwood, p. 101. 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. (i) It has been taken as a warning that the end is near, and that the Coming of Christ is at hand. We long to know Your truth. ], Furthermore, it is not just the testing God promised to deliver them from but the "hour" of testing, the time in history during which these trials will come (cf. Deceived by Satan, they were his zealous instruments, so much the more actively deceiving others, because earnest and honest after the flesh. This is a very significant circumstance, more particularly as in the epistles, which contemplate the Christian company or a family or a friend, the one aim and effort is to place the children of God in immediate communion through Christ with Himself: an inspired apostle writes it no doubt, and the various members of God's family, as well as the servants of the Lord, are owned in their place. 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would that. 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. Believers on earth will meet the Lord in the air and thus escape the hour of trial . The new name of Christ, the Mediator, the Redeemer, the captain of our salvation; by this it will appear under whose banner this conquering believer had enlisted, under whose conduct he acted, by whose example he was encouraged, and under whose influence he fought the good fight, and came off victorious. (iii) Hard as it may sound, the meaning of this terrible threat of the Risen Christ is that it is better not even to start on the Christian way than to start and then to drift into a conventional and meaningless Christianity. (3.) 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,Revelation 3:8; Revelation 3:8. The acts of his government. The Katakekaumene was a great volcanic plain bearing the marks of the lava and the ashes of volcanoes then extinct. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the church ( Revelation 3:13 ). (b) In the ancient world white robes stood for victory. You remember when Peter came to the house of Cornelius, he said, "Now look, I am really not supposed to be here. He stands at the door of the human heart and knocks. But that situation had its perils, and these perils had left their mark more deeply on Philadelphia than on any other city. 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. Revelation 2:17; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 19:12). The expression is very striking, because it not unnaturally implies that the churches were somehow to exist continuously. 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. To try them That is, such persecutions will be the means of trying and proving those who profess Christianity, and showing who were sound and thorough Christians and who were not. The characteristics are general. The Romanists are in general too ignorant to know what is or is not in the Bible. Since John wrote both of the passages under consideration, and both are quotes from Jesus Himself, it makes sense to interpret them similarly, enforcing the idea that Revelation 3:10 means to literally "keep from" rather than to preserve through. There can have been few areas where the Jews were wealthier and more influential. The implication may appear to be that if a Christian denies Christ (Revelation 3:8) he or she will not participate in the Rapture. In entering God's kingdom, Jews must follow the way of these Gentiles, not Gentiles follow the way of the Jews (8- 9). Let us see how the idea of discipline runs through the Bible. Whoever that might be (one, or perhaps more,) was meant by the angel. In Revelation 3:4 there shines through the darkness a ray of hope. He promised to keep them from the hour of testing. If a doctrine be of God, if it has come out of the loving lips of the Lord Jesus, hold it fast, as for dear life. 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 ). Three centuries before, Philadelphia had been given an open door to spread Greek ideas in the lands beyond; and now there has come to it another great missionary opportunity, to carry to men who never knew it the message of the love of Jesus Christ. I do not doubt that God intended this, and that we are thus given a double aspect of the book. The King James and Revised Standard Versions speak of eye-salve. the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1; Acts 11:28). It seems instead to refer to a blessing the whole church could anticipate. "Mission for God exists because worship of God doesn't." -John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad Introduction: 6:10). Before they begin the Christian is heard, as also the bride after they close. The Greeks had three meals in the day. How comes this remarkable introduction of God to Jesus, then from Him through an angel to one servant, who sends to other servants? He who is faithful to the grace of God is often hidden from trials and difficulties which fall without mitigation on those who have been unfaithful in his covenant. I want to suggest to you that if you have done this for some time the era has now arrived when you may go forward to somewhat more. So much, then, with regard to this word of praise. Even when time comes to an end, and the world as we know it ceases to exist, he who is faithful to Christ will still be said in his keeping. Thyatira, I have no doubt, contains within it the mystic representative of Romanism. What it guarantees is protection away from the scene of the hour of trial while that hour is in progress. This is an aorist imperative and describes one definite action. 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. 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. Now I ask any fair mind, whose style does this identification of nature suit but the writer that we are now reading? 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." ], "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. In a certain sense it was better to be a Daniel in the midst of ruin than to have had the best position when times were prosperous, and when things looked fair. (Daniel 12:1-13, Matthew 24:1-51, Mark 13:1-37) If so, how rich and full is the promise: "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." It was adapted by the church. In Greek there are two words for true. There was akratisma, breakfast, which was no more than a piece of dried bread dipped in wine. Truth does not die through being buried. On the day when a Roman triumph was celebrated, all the citizens clad themselves in white; the city itself was called urbs candida, the city in white. The terrible accusation against the Church at Sardis is that, although it has a reputation for life, it is, in fact, spiritually dead. "This is the judge that ends the strife, When wit and reason fail. In Jesus' name, Amen. But there must first be a retrospective notice, in which the Lord would pronounce His judgment of that which bore the name of Christendom here below. 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 word of Jehovah was sent to Jehovah's people. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. Another thing is observable, when one looks into what is said here. Even Luther never had peace in his soul, as the settled state in which he walked. Balderdash. It is only by the grace of God that we can escape the death of sin. It was, therefore, now true that all the promises which had been made to Israel had been inherited by the Church. Jezebel therefore is the appropriate symbol now, as Balaam was just before. It is the second meaning which is intended here. 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." When, for instance, we return to a graveside, the sorrow from which the years have taken the edge grows piercingly poignant again. This seems to imply His own willingness to die, as indeed He became what did not belong to Him personally, and what in short seemed extraordinarily incongruous with the glorious person that had been already described. I am looking forward to the Lord confessing my name before His Father. 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. I am afraid that there are great truths in God's word which we do not intelligently believe, but take for granted. tachy, soon; cf. For justification this is manifest; for a rule of life it is not so apparent, but it is just as real a denial of the gospel. When the Lord is seen in the vision of chapter 1, these are not the ways in which He is described at all "He that hath the key of David.". 288, 289. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock ( Revelation 3:20 ): Actually the church has put Christ on the outside. He "ought himself also so to walk even as he (Christ) walked." The activity was in the clergy, who brought in the basest compromise with the world, and sold the honour of Christ for silver and gold, for ease and dignity. But habitually God's messengers were sent to Israel, even when prophets were raised up. Recall from Revelation 1:9, perseverance, or patience comes through trial and tribulation. Mere orthodoxy does not suffice, but His person, though absent, and the glory due to Him. There are two possible pictures here. I believe that God has blinded their eyes until the fullness of the gentiles has come in. What is taught in Holy Scripture is sure truth to us, and every other statement must bow to it. If you have kept God's word you may be wielding an influence far beyond what you imagine. About; Guide; API; Contact; Login | Join. First, it supplies us with an example. That is the way in which the Church at Laodicea affected the Risen Christ. ], What if some in the church did not keep the word of Christs perseverance? But he that keeps God's word, we may be sure, is deeply in love with it. 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." We just went through one, the celebration of Christmas on December 25th. I know your works; I know that you have a reputation for life, but that you are dead. Many of Jesus' disciples today have "lost their first love," which is Jesus himself (Rev 2:4). Do not throw away the best for the sake of getting something that may be newer, but that must be far inferior. This prepares us for the true meaning of the remarkable chancre in the Apocalypse as compared with the rest of the New Testament. So in the next words our Lord really says, "And I have the keys of death and of hades." But no: it is confessed to John by Jesus as the word of God and His own testimony. Laodicea, Neither One Thing Nor Another ( Revelation 3:14-22 Continued). We have met with instances where they wrote out part of the word of God, and hid it away in a wall; and afterwards, when the wall was pulled down, the priceless record was discovered and used. Revelation 1:1-3 indicates the judgment of which this book is about, was to come soon, for the time is at hand. But of this I would say but a few words, considering the late hour. This then would describe the lasting honour which Christ pays to his faithful ones. I had sooner stand alone then yield with a crowd to an Act of Parliament which was passed to dictate to me the form in which I may worship God. Was it not thus when the epistle to the Ephesians was written by Paul? I believe that result is sure to follow holy conversation and sound preaching. 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. The way and manner in which he performs these acts, and that is absolute sovereignty, independent upon the will of men, and irresistible by the power of men: He openeth, and no man shutteth; he shutteth, and no man openeth; he works to will and to do, and, when he works, none can hinder. 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