Revelation Chapter 2
Introduction
Chapters
2 and 3 are the letters from CHRIST to the seven Churches in Asia (modern day Turkey):
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Each was a separate letter to that specific Church, only The Body of Christ has all seven letters to study.
:1-7 To the angel* (messenger) of the Church of Ephesus
write, These things says He Who holds the seven stars in his right hand, Who
walks in the midst of the seven golden Lampstands (Churches): “I know your
works, your labor, your patience (perseverance) (1 Corinthians 3:11-15), and
that you cannot bear (endure) those who are evil (Psalm 139:19-22); and you
have tested those who say they are apostles and are not (2 Corinthians 11:13-15),
and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have
labored for My Name’s sake and have not become weary (Galatians 6:6-10.
Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your
first Love (2 Corinthians 5:12-15). Remember therefore from where you have
fallen; repent and do the first Works (Hebrews 6:1-2), or else I will come to
you quickly (Matthew 24:42-44; Revelation 22:12) and remove your Lampstand from
its place – unless you repent (Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 6:46).
But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans
(a Christian cult that practiced pagan rituals and fornication), which also I
hate. He who has an ear (Proverbs 20:12), let him hear what The SPIRIT says to
the Churches. To him who overcomes (Revelation 12:11) I will give** to eat from
The Tree of Life (Genesis 2:9; Revelation 22:14, which is in the midst of The
Paradise of GOD (Eternal Heaven) (Revelation 22:1-2).
*Each letter starts with this phrase, :To the angel of the
Church at…” angel means messenger or pastor and includes a description of JESUS
as given in Chapter 1.
**The two statements, “He who has an ear, let him hear what
The SPIRIT says to the Churches…” and “ To him who overcomes I will give…” are
at the end of all seven letters.
:8-11 To the angel of the Church at Smyrna write, “These
things says The Frist and The Last, Who was dead and came to Life: “I know your
Works Tribulation and Poverty (but you are Rich (Matthew 6:19-24); and I know
the blasphemy of those who sat they are Jews and are not (Matthew 23:15; Romans
2:17-24) but are a synagogue (congregation) of satan. Do not fear any of those
things which you are about to suffer (Matthew 5:10-12, 10:27-31. Indeed, the
devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and
you will have tribulation ten days*. Be Faithful until death (Matthew 24:13; Revelation
12:11, and I will give you the Crown of Life (1 Corinthians 9:24-27; James
1:12).
He who has an ear let him hear what The SPIRIT says to the
Churches. He who over comes shall not be hurt by the second death (Revelation
20:14-15).”
*A day in scripture can be a period of one year or it can be
a period of one thousand years (Daniel’s week of years in Daniel 9:24-27; 2
Peter 3:8) so this could be ten days or ten years.
:12-17 To the angel of the Church at Pergamos write, These
things says He Who has the Sharp tow-edged Sword (Revelation 19:11-15): “I know
your Works and where you dwell, where satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to
My Name (Acts 4:9-12; Philippians 2:9-11; Revelation 19:16), and did not deny
My Faith even in the days in which Antipas was My Faithful martyr, who was
killed among you, where satan dwells.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there
those who hold the doctrine of Balaam,
who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel,
to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality (Numbers
22-25, 31). Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans,
which thing (likewise) I hate.
Repent , or else I will come to you quickly and will fight
against them with the Sword of My mouth (2 Thessalonians 2:8). He who has an ear
let him hear what The SPIRIT says to the Churches. To him who overcomes I will
give some of the hidden manna to eat (Exodus 16:33-36). And I will give him a
white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him
who receives it.”
:18-29 And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira write, These
things says The Son of GOD, Who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet like
fine brass: “I know your Works, Love, Service Faith and your Patience (Perseverance)
(1 Peter 2:18-25); and as for your Works, the last are more than the first.
Nevertheless I have a few things against you (that you follow), because you
allow that woman (your wife), Jezebel (1 Kings 16:29-32, 21:25-26), who calls
herself a prophetess, who teaches and seduces My servants to commit sexual
immorality (Exodus 34:12-15) and eat things sacrificed to idols (Acts 15:22-29).
And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent
(Romans 1:28; 2 Peter 3:9). Indeed I Will cast her into a sickbed, and those
who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of
their deeds. I will kill her children with death (a deadly disease), and all
the Churches shall know that I Am He Who searches (examines) the minds and
hearts (1 Samuel 16:7; Jeremiah 17:9-10); and I will give to each one of you
according to your Works (1 Corinthians 3:9-15). Now to you I say, to the rest
of Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the
depths of satan (2 Timothy 3:1-9), as they say, I Will put on you no other
burden (Acts 15:28). But hold fast to what you have until I come; and he who
overcomes, and keeps My Works (John 6:29, 14:12) until the end, to him I will
give power over the nations–‘He shall Rule them with a Rod of Iron; they shall
be dashed to pieces like the potters vessels’(Psalm 2:8-9)–as I also have
received from My Father; and I Will give him The Morning Star*. He who has an
ear, let him hear what The SPIRIT says to the Churches.”
*So JESUS is saying that He will give those who overcome the
temptations of sexual immorality and idolatry what He has received from his
Father, Power to Rule over the nations and The Morning Star Which is JESUS (Numbers
23:15-17; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Revelation 22:16)!
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