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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Revelation Chapter 2 (continuation)

A Letter to the Church in Pergamum

Verse 12: To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
Verse 13: I know where you live – where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness who was put to death in your city – where Satan lives.

This is the church that Satan finally established his seat of power in Christianity. Apostate Christianity – when Constantine the Great became emperor. His previous religion was the worship of the “Unconquered Sun”. He became a Christian after he saw a vision of a cross in the sky. He described himself as the “defender of the church” but was actually a meddler in church affairs. The interfering emperor convened an ecumenical council in 325 AD, at Nicea where some 1500 delegates gathered to define the doctrine of the Godhead. And the unholy doctrine of a “3-in-1 (see more details in http://jmhe-blogko.blogspot.com (under label "doktrina ka ba" ) God was then formulated. From then on the Roman subjects were challenged by the bishops to receive the “Christian trinity belief” as it was formulated at Nicea. The belief in the Trinity, which consists of the tri-unity of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit was thereby the only valid creed for all Christians. It became the state-furthered religion. To this day the majority of Christians accept the teaching of the Trinity as a basic Scriptural doctrine without reservation. Hence, actually Christianity was mixed Paganism and made the official religion. This was the beginning of the first and largest denomination – the Roman Catholic Church.

Pergamos – meaning “citadel” pointed to the stronghold of the Roman Catholic system – which was very similar to the religious system of Nimrod of Babel (Babylon) – the seat of Satan.

Verse 14: Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.
Verse 15: Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

We read in Numbers Chapters 22 and 24 how that Balaam, who did not belong to the children of Israel, succeeded in getting the children of Israel to fornicate with the Moabites. Balak, the Moabite king, had bribed Balaam, a soothsayer, to prophesy evil against Israel.

The spirit of Balaam was in Constantine when he used the same “doctrine of Balaam” to unite Paganism and Christianity. God hates idolatry and spiritual fornication. The “doctrine of Balaam” is still widely embraced by organized religious churches around the world.

Verse 16: Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Verse 17: He who an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

God came upon the unrepentant ones with the Sword of His mouth and took away the candlestick while lighting another. But to those who had the ears to hear and to the over-comers, God allowed them to partake of the hidden manna which was the rich spiritual truths of God’s Word. They were also each given a white stone signifying that they had the revelation and fellowship of God (Matthew 16:17-19). They were the few precious saints of Christ in that hour. Likewise, there are a few of such precious saints of Christ in this present hour. They will all receive their new name when they go up in the grace with their new body.

A Letter to the Church in Thyatira

Verse 18: To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
Verse 19: I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
Verse 20: Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

Christ stood with fine brazen feet ready to judge the church if she did not repent. Because He had gone through the fiery judgment of God for us.

Thyatira means “dominating female”. In the days when the Apostle John received this vision, there was a woman named Jezebel, who called herself a prophetess and taught in the church in the city of Thyatira. She also seduced the ministers of God to coming fornication with her and made them eat food offered to idols.

Mother church dominated the world through her politico-religious system. One such ritual was the continual sacrifice, another meaning of the word Thyatira of the Body of Christ which they called “Mass”.

Verse 21: I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
Verse 22: So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.
Verse 23: I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who search hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Did the Roman Catholic Church repent? No, she did not and she will never ever repent. She made herself to be a great prophetess and claimed divine authority in all her words.

Verse 24: Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets.
Verse 25: Only hold on to what you have until I come

To the messenger and those who did not embrace the doctrine of Jezebel or learn what was called the deep things of Satan, Christ admonished them to hold on to what they possessed and He would not put upon them any additional burden. And His promise to them was:

Verse 26: To him who overcome and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations
Verse 27: He will rule them with an iron scepter, he will dash them to pieces like pottery – just as I have received authority from my Father.
Verse 28: I will also give him the morning star,

For those saints who will persevere to the end and overcome, what a day it will be when they shall live and reign with Christ in the Age of Regeneration (Matthew 19:28). They will cease to live in a dark chaotic age because they will receive the bright morning star - Jesus Christ, together with Him, they shall rule the nations righteously with true justice.

Verse 29: He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…

Next topic is Revelation Chapter 3 – God bless you.

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