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Rev. 2:18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has
eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:
Rev. 2:19 I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and
that your deeds of late are greater than at first.
Rev. 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls
herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they
commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
Rev. 2:21 I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Rev. 2:22 Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery
with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.
Rev. 2:23 And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I
am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according
to your deeds.
Rev. 2:24 But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching,
who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them I place no other
burden on you.
Rev. 2:25 Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.
Rev. 2:26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL
GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;
Rev. 2:27 AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE
POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;
Rev. 2:28 and I will give him the morning star.
Rev. 2:29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
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Revelation 3A
o Thyatira had more trade and craft guides (or unions) than any other
Asian city
Looking at the letter, the description of Christ taken from chapter 1 focuses on
the eyes of fire and the feat of glowing bronze
o Both His eyes and the feet are glowing like a hot flame or furnace
Revelation 3A
o But beginning in v.20, the rest of the letter turns negative, and its one of
the lengthier letters
The original Jezebel was a Phoenician wife of the evil king Ahab
The behavior of this woman in Thyatira is identical to the things credited to the
original Jezebel in Israel
o The Jezebel said it was appropriate for believers in that city to eat the
meat sacrificed to idols in the temples or guild suppers
o Clearly this was wrong, as Paul himself had written against the practice
in his earlier letters to Corinth
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Revelation 3A
o Christ says he gave time for the woman to repent, but she didnt want to
cease her immoralities
The eect of these judgments will be to make clear to the rest of the churches
that Christ is at work in His role of judge over the church
o And they He awards outcomes to His children according to their deeds
In the day of the letter we can imagine that those who were
following this Jezebels teaching suddenly succumbed to a
disease
Revelation 3A
But Jesus will not cast any more burden on the believers
o To those who believe (overcome), they will have the authority over
nations to rule with Christ
But in the kingdom, the role will reverse and the true believers
will have the power to rule with Christ
And they will have the morning star, a symbol for Christ Himself
in Rev 22:16
Turning to the prophetic view of this church, lets start by remembering this
church begins at the end of the previous church period
o That period of Pergamum ended with with Roman Empire in about 600
AD
Slowly the two halves dissolved into the nations of Europe and
the Middle East
o But as the Roman Empire crumbled, a new power rose in its place that
continued to wield power across the new borders
This married church was set loose from her attachment to the
Roman Empire
Revelation 3A
o Look back through the letter to Thyatira with this church period in mind
Purgatory
Indulgences
Penance
Worship of Mary
Revelation 3A
o When we look at history, we see this exact judgment fulfilled during this
period of church history
Jesus says in v.21 that He gave Jezebel (the Catholic Church) the
opportunity to repent
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Then in the later 13th century, Jesus judgment of a
terrible pestilence came to the Jezebel and her children
o The Black Plague first appeared at the dawn of the fourteenth century
Revelation 3A
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o Since there was no understanding of its cause, the common view in that
day was it was a judgment from God
They died by the hundreds, both day and night, and all were thrown in ... ditches and
covered with earth. And as soon as those ditches were filled, more were dug. And I,
Agnolo di Tura ... buried my five children with my own hands ... And so many died that all
believed it was the end of the world.
How many valiant men, how many fair ladies, breakfast with their kinfolk and the same
night supped with their ancestors in the next world! The condition of the people was
pitiable to behold. They sickened by the thousands daily, and died unattended and without
help. Many died in the open street, others dying in their houses, made it known by the
stench of their rotting bodies. Consecrated churchyards did not suffice for the burial of
the vast multitude of bodies, which were heaped by the hundreds in vast trenches, like
goods in a ships hold and covered with a little earth.
Two Italian Writers
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o This period began in 600AD and ended in 1587AD, because of an event
that triggered the next church period
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Revelation 3A
Rev. 3:1 To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God
and the seven stars, says this: I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are
alive, but you are dead.
Rev. 3:2 Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I
have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.
Rev. 3:3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent.
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.
Rev. 3:4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and
they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
Rev. 3:5 He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase
his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before
His angels.
Rev. 3:6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
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o On one day a local slave in the city noticed one of the guard soldiers on
the city wall lose his helmet over the wall and down the side of the
mountain
Thinking the helmet lost, the slave was surprised to see the same
soldier appearing a short time later from out of the side of the
mountain and then climb down the hillside to retrieve his
helmet
The slave realized that there must be a secret entrance into the
city through the mountainside
In 214 BC, Antiochus the Great lay siege to the city, and during
the siege this slave was captured
Revelation 3A
10
She was worshipped as the mother of all life and of all gods
Turning to the letter, the description of Christ to this city was that Christ had
the Seven Spirits of God and the seven stars (or angels)
o The emphasis on the whole (i.e., 7) Spirit and the angels of the churches
communicates the authenticity of the church
First Jesus says they have a name they are alive but they are dead
Thats why Jesus says He has not found their deeds complete in
His sight
If they do not wake up, then Jesus will return when they do not
expect
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11
Eph. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
o Then Jesus says that there are a few people in Sardis who have not
soiled their garments
They will walk with Jesus in white, for they are worthy
Rev. 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the
Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.
Rev. 19:8 It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine
linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Revelation 3A
12
But other have done the deeds of faith and have earned a
reward for their righteous acts
o Putting both the description of Christ together with His exhortation and
the warning, its clear that Jesus knows this is a true church that has the
Spirit
And its at risk of a bad judgment when the Lord returns to judge
each believer in Sardis
o Finally, Jesus tells the overcomer (the believer) will thus be clothed in
white garments
Jesus is reminding the believer that this is the way to earn the
white garments
But as well, the believer will not be erased from the book
of Life
And Jesus will surely confess their name before God, just
as Jesus promised
Matt. 10:32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him
before My Father who is in heaven.
The Book of Life records all those who are saved (we will
see it later in Revelation)
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13
This church became the true church reflected in the way Jesus
says this period will have the seven Spirits of God
After 1517 AD, the true Church was now distinct from the
Catholic Church
But with the return to orthodox teaching came an over emphasis on doctrines,
and creeds and orthodoxy and a dearth of works of charity and of seeking the
lost with the Gospel
o The Reformation church evolved into very much a club or a society
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So Jesus warned that he would visit the church when it does not expect Him
and pass judgment
o When the Reformation Church began, one protestant faith dominated
Lutherans
o But in 1648, the Thirty Years war between Protestants and Catholics
ended with the Peace of Westfalia
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