revelation 3:10 commentary

What had these Philadelphian believers done that they should be praised? Mark 14:35). That stands for the gift of citizenship in the city of God to the faithful Christian. A new evil appears. Chillingworth said what ought to be true, though I am afraid that it is not "The Bible and the Bible alone is the religion of Protestants." What is there to praise about keeping God's word? If it was bright, the assembly would be elevated morally thereby. "Let us not sleep, as others do," writes Paul to the Thessalonians. The reason is that a remnant is now formed. But the utmost promised in the word that closes the epistle goes not beyond reigning with Him. But it is not at all wonderful as occurring here, where we do find what is extraordinary. Thirteen miles to the west, between Laodicea and the Gate of Phrygia, stood the temple of the Carian god Men. ], "Probably the most debated verse in the whole discussion about the time of the Churchs rapture is Revelation 3:10." The figure of the thief can be employed only for the world or the worldly-minded. It was the last bastion of Asian Christianity. Wake up to holy energy. On one of these spurs, fifteen hundred feet up, stood the original Sardis. Of all things indifference is the hardest to combat. He allowed all sorts of trial to befall His people by letting loose the power of Satan, working by Gentile persecutors. to the angel of the church of Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness ( Revelation 3:14 ). Philadelphia had proved faithful and the reward for her fidelity was still more work to do for Christ. Christ has opened the door for these Gentile Christians, and no Jew is able to close it. All was dark as to truth, and uncertain as to moral judgment. 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. In typical scripture, as well as in prophecy, seven is the regular known sign of spiritual completeness. and the seven stars; I know thy works, that you have a name that you are alive, but really you are dead ( Revelation 3:1 ). 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. But, dear friends, as this expression was used to the angel of the church at Philadelphia, whom I suppose to be the minister of the church, I do not feel that I shall be doing any violence to the text if I take it in reference to each individual; and I have no doubt that there will be individual Christians present at this time who, though they have but little strength, have kept God's word. 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. Learn here, (1.) Believe you God's word, and you have wrought a god-like work. 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. The seven spirits signifies the completeness of the gifts of the Spirit and the universality of his presence. 283-91; Daniel K. K. Wong, "The Pillar and the Throne in Revelation 3:12, 21," Bibliotheca Sacra 156:623 (July-September 1999):303. The reason is as solemn as it is instructive. "Why not?" The Apocalypse looks on things after the Holy Ghost had taken His place in the Christian and in the church on earth above all, after the Son had appeared, manifested God the Father, and accomplished redemption here below. Your book matters, let's make it your way! [1.] "And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest," etc. He that chastiseth his son shall have profit of him and shall glory of him among his acquaintances" (Ecc 30:1). In Revelation 3:9 the promise of the Risen Christ is that some day the Jews who slander the Christians will kneel before them. There was no life or spirit there. "He that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations." "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow yon; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you" ( Isaiah 45:14). At this stage in the Church's history baptism was adult baptism, and at baptism a man took his personal pledge to Jesus Christ. 1. What they did was this they kept the word of God: "Thou hast kept my word, and thou hast not denied my name." We will enter into the third section, the things which will be after these things of the church. It is this picture which is in John's mind. ", In the next place comes Philadelphia. God help you to keep to it. More, however, is meant than simply loving the word, though that is no small thing. The deliberately-formed conviction that the word of God is the standard of our faith, and the unwavering habit of referring everything to it and standing and falling by it, may not deliver us from every error, but they will save us from that which is the nurse and matrix of every error that is, the habit of trusting to our own understanding, or relying upon the understandings of our fellow-men. He is the new and living way into the presence of God. (iv) Apart from all these things, for any man the door of prayer is always open. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works (complete) before God ( Revelation 3:2 ). 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.". Observe, First, The greatest honour and happiness any church can enjoy consist in the peculiar love and favour of Christ. It is for discipline that you have to endure. The promise to the overcomers that they would go no more out refers to their fixed position as pillars in the temple; and with the two massive pillars in Solomons temple in view, saying that overcoming Christians will be placed in the position of pillars in the temple is the same as saying that these Christians will occupy sure, secure, firmly established positions of strength and power, positions which will be realized when they rule and reign as co-heirs with Christ in the [millennial] kingdom." Perhaps this name is a symbol of His character, which overcomers can appreciate only when we see Him (cf. When Paul was writing to the neighbouring Church of Colossae, he says sternly: "Say to Archippus, See that you fulfil the ministry which you have received in the Lord" ( Colossians 4:17). And he was apologizing, but he went into the house of Cornelius. According to Ezekiel the name of the re-created city of God was to be The Lord is there ( Ezekiel 48:35). Third, the Lord also promised to come quickly (Gr. B. John is commissioned to preach. First, their Jewish antagonists would eventually have to acknowledge that the Christians were the true followers of God (cf. They are neutral in principle and practice, being half-hearted about Christ. And in this picture we see certain great truths of the Christian religion. They have the truth in a measure, but not so as to clear souls from bondage, or bring them distinctly into liberty, peace, and the power of the Spirit. the state of those that bore His own name was such that He was obliged to deal thus sternly with them. Second, it supplies us with an inspiration. This characterises the gospel, because it distinctively is the revelation of grace and truth in Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son. 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. Thus grace is always equal to every difficulty. When God told to Moses the blessing which Aaron and the priests must pronounce over the people, he said: "They shall put my name upon the people of Israel" ( Numbers 6:22-27). It is rather to be imputed to the encroaching spirit of infidelity, where there is not also a truckling to superstition. To some it might appear a small thing not to deny Christ's name, but nothing is more precious to the Lord. The persecutions in the Roman empire would furnish abundant occasions for such a trial. I will give to him who overcomes to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and took my seat with my Father in his throne. Those who gather on Sunday evening to study the Word of God. "He that denies me before men," Jesus said, "I will deny before my Father, but if you confess Me before men, I will confess you before my Father which is in heaven." The exact meaning of the words is to be noted. As for others it is all over with them. This was a new kind of evil altogether. "The sons of those who oppressed you shall come bending low to you; and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet" ( Isaiah 60:14). "The last day is a secret," says Augustine, "that every day may be watched." Esau lost his place to Jacob ( Genesis 25:34; Genesis 27:36). Such terms alone become one who is divine. Are you not just taking advantage of an earthly position to escape part of what Christ calls you to? The Risen Christ urges it to buy white raiment from him. That is the way in which the Church at Laodicea affected the Risen Christ. But the drift is plain enough where the conscience is not blunted. Philadelphia was the youngest of all the seven cities. 176-91.]. This phrase says to every one of us: "All these things are meant for you.". Pharaoh honoured Joseph by clothing him in vestures of fine linen ( Genesis 41:42). 1. The rest of the description is out of chapter one. Thus, either to dislocate the New absolutely from the Old, or to see no more than a repetition of the Old in the New, is an almost equal error. . This remark it may be well to add, because a Christian might say "As I am a gentleman, I must walk like one, and still better now that I have Christ." Those ministers that are pro-abortion and pro-pornography and pro every other evil that comes down the pike, who dress in clerical robes and claim to be ministers of Jesus Christ but are really of the synagogue of Satan. Learn here, (1.) I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in, and will sup with him ( Revelation 3:20 ), Eating supper is a very significant act from a Biblical standpoint, from a cultural standpoint at the time of Christ. It is blessedly true that even out of failure a man can redeem himself--but only if he casts himself upon the grace of Jesus Christ. God was announced in His own everlasting being; the Holy Ghost in His fulness of governmental power; the Lord Jesus in that which was connected with the earth, even if He were risen from the dead; and this put in the last place, because He is viewed only in an earthly point of view. (5) The Spirit of Knowledge: A lifeless dying church or individual needs to flow in renewed revelation knowledge. 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? Thank God that He has set before us the open door. Jesus will protect Christians who persevere through trials (cp. "Thou hast a little strength:" there are very few of you, but you have been observant of all precepts and ordinances. Does it not trouble you?" (ii) Laodicea prided itself on its clothing trade. Literally, it is the word of my endurance. "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman (perhaps 'thy wife') Jezebel." But in the meantime I share the truth of God with those that accept, with those that believe. 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. (ii) He is the witness on whom we can rely and who is true. "I know thy works, and thy love, and faith, and service, and patience, and thy last works (to be) more than the first." For this we must stand up and fight to the death. Hence what judges Protestantism is this, that they have the testimony of God's word much more fully than those who had sunk into the mere ecclesiastical formalism of the middle ages. If this is the meaning, this phrase describes the life of untroubled goodness which is lived when, after the battles of earth, we reach the presence of God. Jesus Christ will mark his faithful ones with his new name: what that name was we need not even speculate, for no man knows it ( Revelation 19:12), but in the time to come, when Christ has conquered all, his faithful ones will bear the badge which shows that they are his and share his triumph. It was picked up by the Protestants. For centuries it was a free Greek Christian city amidst a pagan people. The word for salve is kollourion ( G2854) which literally means a little roll of bread. So, it wasn't a complete reformation. The name Sardis (Sardeis, G4454, in Greek) is really a plural noun, for there were two towns, one on the plateau and one in the valley beneath. The phrase is the strongest possible way of putting the matter. 101.] It is the great fact, in contrast with the inspired epistle, that you find even among the ante-Nicene Fathers. Tzamalikos, P. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/CBO9781139208758, pages 120-120, 2013. . Oh, that they would cease to display their own thought, their own cleverness, and individuality. Let him who has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. Cold is psuchros ( G5593) ; and it can mean cold to the point of freezing. How can it surprise those who are ever awaiting Him? Jesus Christ is for ever true to the man who is true to him. 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. When we are confronted with him, we are confronted with no shadowy outline of the truth but with the truth itself. There is an unwritten saying of Jesus: "He who is near me is near the fire." You shall be offensive to them, or they to you, and you shall soon part company." It is His position both ministerial and ecclesiastical His relationship to the angels, or those that morally represented the assemblies to His eye, as well as to the churches themselves. . Christ is no longer the loved and only object of the heart; nor is there the sense of the blessedness of His coming, which leads into waiting for Him; still less is there a glorying in weakness that the power of Christ may rest on them. In the introduction to this letter the Risen Christ is described in two phrases. The white robes may stand for the reward of those who have won the victory. This is the characteristic day of the Christian; it is the birthday of his distinctive blessing, and it assuredly ought to be the especial joy of his heart, not the less because it is the first day, the resurrection day of grace and new creation, not the seventh day of creation rest and law. It is a recommencement, and so far is analogous with that to Ephesus: still, the manner in which the Lord is presented is quite new. What He is is the main point. He ordered them to wear tunics and buskins, that is, actor's boots, instead of sandals. 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. The names of Paul's fellow-labourers for God are written in the book of life ( Php_4:3 ). About; Guide; API; Contact; Login | Join. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Ephesus does not, nor Smyrna, nor Pergamos: the only semblance of it is in threats of present judgment. the whole world . Come, brother, you did not reckon that such usefulness would ever fall to your lot; did you? To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. I take it to be this: that the Lord had in view not necessarily an elder, nor a teacher, but one who might be either or both, and before His mind truly represented, and was in a special way bound up with the responsibility of the state of the assembly. In truth, the moral reason lay in this: that Christ, if rejected as the object of faith, and the only channel of grace, becomes an executor of judgment. In short, as the book itself afterwards shows that the church will be on high outside the scene of its varied troubles and inflicted judgments, so the motive assigned in the preface is of a strikingly holy nature, adapted to those who walk by faith, not by sight, and free from all selfish considerations "for the time is at hand." 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. In no other place do we find anything akin to this. He did not expect great things from them. "Behold," says the Risen Christ, "I am standing at the door and knocking." That is what the Risen Christ means when he speaks of the open door that is set before Philadelphia. "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 shall shut; and shutteth, and no man shall open." The acts of his government. And though Catholics are miserably deluded, Protestants do not understand justification to this day. But when they have observed how you stand to the truth, how solid, and how steadfast you are, they will give over disputing with you, and come to inquire what your views really are. In order to defend themselves on a religions footing, men fall back on a system of ordinances and of the law. 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). When another subject is about to open, the first voice which he heard as of a trumpet talking with him said "Come up hither;" there is no question then of a voice behind. Phillips puts it: "They will maintain a facade of 'religion,' but their conduct will deny its validity.". In Revelation 3:11 there is promise and warning combined. The whole book supposes saints in suffering, and this too in the form of tribulation, with their spiritual experience formed into the associations of Christ's kingdom rather than those of His body the church, yet surely suffering on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. Yet, spite of drawbacks, an open Bible was won for God's children in particular, and for man also. There were works, and labour, and endurance. God does not leave those who have shown that they will not leave him. To get at the armies of Cyrus he had to cross the River Halys. We are NOT reading the Bible each day, just providing a reading plan as well as a 3 or so minute observation or devotion based on that day's content. . We just went through one, the celebration of Christmas on December 25th. Here, perhaps, all that is implied is, that the trial would be very extensive or general - so much so as to embrace the world, as the word was understood by those to whom the epistle was addressed. It is said of the faithful that they "have not soiled their garments." Here we have for the first time the formal recognition of saints not included in the public state of the assembly, yet not so openly separate as was found at a later day. Now we have the church of Philadelphia, the faithful remnant. No doubt, morally speaking, He must needs execute judgment; but John could not lose sight of His divine glory, even where the subject is judgment, and the kingdom everywhere prominent. And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: (1) he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, says this: I know your deeds, that you have a (2) name that you are alive, but you are dead. It is the present imperative and means: "Keep on remembering; never allow yourself to forget." Galatians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Peter 2:4-10). (i) The Risen Christ says: "Remember how you received and heard the gospel." 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. "Within this sacred volume lies The mystery of mysteries; Happiest they of human race To whom our God hath given grace To read, to mark, to think, to pray, To know the right, to learn the way; But better they had ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.". Hence, although there are the most complete contrasts in form, subject, and issues between the gospel and the revelation of John, after all the person of the Lord Jesus is pre-eminently kept before us as the object of God's care and honour in both; and therefore it is that even the souls that could not enter into the main topics of its prophetic visions have always found unspeakable comfort in the various displays of Christ Himself furnished by this book, especially in times of trial, rejection and persecution. "He that overcometh, he shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. God's word was there to deal with human conscience. Isaiah heard God say of this faithful Eliakim: "and I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open" ( Isaiah 22:22). It is very characteristic of the teaching of Proverbs. He who was emphatically the apostle of the uncircumcision was the appointed witness of Christ to those who had been Jews. Whatever novelty comes up, keep to the word of Jesus! I am sure Luther is one from whom we may all learn much; whose courage, faithfulness, self-renunciation, and endurance are edifying and instructive. It is sad. They had lost the very perception of what was for God. The hour of trial What is the great trial which is coming upon the whole world? This at the same time goes on down to the end, and brings in the Lord's coming; for, it will be observed, the coming of the Lord is not introduced in any of the first three, but from Thyatira it is, because the condition intended goes on to the coming of the Lord. 1. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation) write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God ( Revelation 3:1 ). There was deipnon ( G1173) ; this was the evening meal; the main meal of the day; people lingered over it, for the day's work was done. Shebna lost his place to Eliakim ( Isaiah 22:15-25). And I will kill her children with death." With the exception of Smyrna the other Churches are in ruins but Philadelphia still holds aloft the banner of the Christian faith. In early Christian writings we read that Satan is the arche ( G746) of death, that is to say, death takes its origin in him; and that God is the arche ( G746) of all things, that is, all things find their beginning in him. (a) There is a door of missionary opportunity before every man and he need not go overseas to find it. Greatest of the Sardian kings was Croesus, whose name is still commemorated in the proverb, "As rich as Croesus." When the signs come, the Christian will know that the last time is near, even at the doors ( Mark 13:29; Matthew 24:33). Be eager, therefore, and repent. There "a strong angel" is associated with the large scroll. Such is the strength of the promise and the blessedness of it, that the Lord promises His own to be kept from the time. Revelation 10:1 I saw (1) another strong angel coming down out of heaven, (2) clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; 1. But the people of Philadelphia well knew what it was to receive "a new name.". Does it not mean, first, that they had received the word of God; for if they had not heard it and held it they could not have kept it. Read full chapter. In the early Greek manuscripts there was no punctuation at all. The world had got in, as it still remains, and alas! I must be crushed out of existence before my convictions of the truth of the doctrines of grace in the old-fashioned form can ever be taken from me. the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1; Acts 11:28). Let men call you bigot, but never mind, hold you on with all your might, and your Lord will smile upon you. He is going therefore to show unto His "bondmen" a term that would suit not only Christians now, but those who might be in another relationship after we have been taken away from the world. The National Christian Council of Japan in a document found the distinctive difference of Christianity from all other religions in, "Man not seeking God, but God taking the initiative in seeking man." God has promised all Christians deliverance from that outpouring of His wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:10). Here is Christ the lover knocking at the door of the hearts of men. This may well stand for the beauties of life and character which only the grace of Christ can give. It was founded for a special purpose. It seems instead to refer to a blessing the whole church could anticipate. Though others fall, you shall not; though you may be afflicted with others, yet you shall have grace to sustain you. Nevertheless it is God's word and Christ's testimony, though as a whole composed of visions. Hence, evidently, there is a comprehensive term employed with divine wisdom, "to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass." Bible > Commentaries > Revelation 3:9 Library Free Downloads eBibles Revelation 3:9 Like an Israelite? In vain men try to escape! John 12:27). Jesus Christ works through men; and the man who remains completely detached in his attitude to him has by that very fact refused to undertake the work which is the divine purpose for him. Primarily, the meaning is the great persecution that was upon the point of breaking out against the church. The Christian is under continual attack by the powers which seek to seduce him from his loyalty to Christ. But why should you not receive it? In each letter the Lord addresses "the angel." [1.] Its importance was due entirely to its position. 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