It has been said that Sardis stood like some gigantic watch-tower, guarding the Hermus valley. I do not doubt that all this is symbolically expressed. He did not expect great things from them. We shall find it in relation to Christ dealing with church matters in Revelation 3:1-22; we shall find it in His relation to the earth inRevelation 5:1-14; Revelation 5:1-14: but it is always the fulness of the Spirit in governmental power, and not the same Spirit viewed in His unity forming the church into one body. Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 49:23; Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 37:28; Zechariah 8:20-23). It was theirs, they heard it and had no wish to hear anything else. A city with a history like that knew what the Risen Christ was talking about when he said: "Watch!". A church may have a very short muster-roll, and yet it may be very dear to God, who thinks more of quality than of quantity, more of obedience than of numbers. The Sardians had thought themselves too safe to need a guard; and so Sardis fell. As with the promises given to the other churches in chapters 2 and 3, this one is applicable to all Christians, not just the original recipients of the letter. Cf. 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. In all probability they were, like most of the churches of that day, possessed of very little pecuniary strength. Let them abide in the place of patience, even though there be tribulation, as there must be if they are content to endure for Christ's sake now. Let them cry "Lo here, or lo there," but believe them not. When, for instance, we return to a graveside, the sorrow from which the years have taken the edge grows piercingly poignant again. Some would get a few copies of the New Testament, and go about and sell them in their baskets; and so they kept the truth. As long as true apostles were on earth, Satan was never able to have Judaism recognized in the church of God. [Note: Ibid., p. Sardis, A Lifeless Church ( Revelation 3:1-6 Continued). Let us bear our protest: the gold is good enough for us. He ordered them to teach their sons lyre-playing, the song and the dance, and retail trading. Bible > Commentaries > Revelation 3:9 Library Free Downloads eBibles Revelation 3:9 I hope for that day. Is it supposed that we shall cheer him on to do better by always finding fault with him? (ii) We cannot say that that meaning is impossible and yet it does not seem to fit the context, for the atmosphere of the passage is not so much warning as love. You read the Gallup Polls and all and it is rather frightening to find out how many ministers do not really believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, do not believe in the virgin birth, do not believe that there is an actual heaven or hell. You may never become more numerous, or more influential; but do let it be true of you, that you have kept God's word. "In the death chamber he asked forgiveness from the victim's family and told them he was sorry for what he had done. I know your works; I know that you have a reputation for life, but that you are dead. Out in the villages, or in the crowded city hearts await 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. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. He is the new and living way into the presence of God. (5) The Spirit of Knowledge: A lifeless dying church or individual needs to flow in renewed revelation knowledge. Christ would make this church's enemies subject to her. Such is the strength of the promise and the blessedness of it, that the Lord promises His own to be kept from the time. Nor is this all. That which had produced the mighty results was no longer active, nor could be. 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; this hour seems to refer not to any of the vials which will be poured out on the antichristian states, but to some affliction and distress which will befall the reformed churches, and will light upon the outward court worshippers among them It seems to be the last struggle of the beast of Rome, and to denote some violent and sharp persecution, such as what Daniel mentions, that never was before nor since; but it will be but short, but one hour, the twenty fourth part of a prophetical day or year, perhaps about a fortnight; yet it will be very extensive; it will reach all the world, the whole Roman empire, and all that dwell upon the earth, that are called by the name of Christians, and will try them, whether they are so or not; Christ will now have his fan in his hand, and purge his floor of all his formal professors and hypocrites; and it will be known who are his true churches, and pure members; and these he will keep close to himself, and preserve safe amidst all the distress and confusion the world will be in. It means: "Never stop keeping the commands of the gospel." Believe it when others contradict it, and you are a conquerer over them all. Where the same evils exist, and all that which would keep the church as a chaste virgin espoused to Christ is gone, no wonder that these warnings are misunderstood. But it assumes a somewhat different shape when it becomes a question of assemblies which had not been, so far as we know, sending messengers at all. First I would remind you that our text has in it A WORD OF PRAISE. Of all things indifference is the hardest to combat. towards rebuilding and Sardis recovered itself by the easy way. (iii) Jesus Christ will write upon the faithful Christian the name of his God. He may speak but seldom of himself, and this he does so effectually that there are not wanting those who have questioned whether after all he were "the disciple whom Jesus loved." A certain Mardian soldier called Hyeroeades had seen a Sardian soldier accidentally drop his helmet over the battlements, and then make his way down the precipice to retrieve it. I may be a fool, and an old-fashioned bigot, but I am not a turncoat, and I cannot quit the word of the Lord. May every church of the Lord Jesus Christ, whether it have little strength or much, be concerned to be steadfast in the faith loyal to King Jesus firm in the truths which Christ has taught us by the Holy Ghost. Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick.It is based on the 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from early twentieth-century Vienna to 1990s New York City.The plot centers on a doctor who is shocked when his wife (Nicole Kidman) reveals that she had . Joab and Abiathar lost their places to Benaiah and Zadok ( 1 Kings 2:25). It is implied indeed in the analogy of the Old Testament; for God did not always address His people there. This seems taken up here, and applied in a far larger way for purposes suitable to the Apocalyptic prophecy. The Lord simply takes notice of these in His call. 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." "I know thy works, and thy love, and faith, and service, and patience, and thy last works (to be) more than the first." ", Come you, then, and search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Christ and let it not be said that you will not come unto him that you might have life. He is going back to Isaiah 22:0 for this description. "And I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet." This does not go along with the public state of the church now. Faith is the Koh-i-noor among jewels, the queen of the virtues. Do not imagine that there is anything like arbitrary innovation in this. For a considerable period of human life, it may be, God does not give to all of us a field of usefulness, but he provides a field of trial. (3.) the unblushing worldliness one sees in the combination of Dissenters with Papists and infidels springs from just, pure, holy, and unselfish motives. First, it supplies us with an example. The revelation of grace is precisely what is not found in this book. (i) He is he who has the seven Spirits of God. In each letter the Lord addresses "the angel." Good men in the dark days of Popery found out the truth, but they only lived, perhaps, in some quiet village, or shut up in a monastery, and the most they could do was to write down what they knew and so keep it. 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. Now, why should God's word be kept in this way? The beginning of the third chapter introduces the protestant state of things. We have most of us heard what conflicts he had, and not merely at the beginning of his career but to the end. Blessed shall he be who only wanted to know the Lord's will that he might do it unquestioningly, caring nothing what the will of other people might be in the matter. 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. (1.) and keeps to it with all its force. You may have but little strength, but do you keep God's word? Behold, I stand at the door, and knock ( Revelation 3:20 ): Actually the church has put Christ on the outside. That is what the Risen Christ means when he speaks of the open door that is set before Philadelphia. All intimates that they are in great, and no doubt just, dread of Him as a judge. 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 man who refuses to open is "blindly at strife with his own blessedness." They could do but little where money would be required. Their works weren't complete. Secondly, Christ can discover this his favour to his people in such a manner that their very enemies shall see it, and be forced to acknowledge it. [4.] True believers may be likened to those mites in the cheese which eat their way into it, and penetrate into the centre by feeding upon all that lies in their way as they advance. Explore high-quality books by self-published authors. John sees the Son of man with the qualities of the Ancient of days. If they are what they should be, they will not think so much of our little praises as to be unduly exalted thereby; but they will be sometimes so encouraged as to be nerved to higher and nobler things. It was the last bastion of Asian Christianity. Revelation 1:1-3 indicates the judgment of which this book is about, was to come soon, for the time is at hand. Your book matters, let's make it your way! [Note: Gundry, p. Did they like to be near a throne, although it were the throne of Satan to dwell there? 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. It is possible that when Jesus Christ is called the Amen it is a reminiscence of his own way of speaking. The Greek is elegchein ( G1651) and it describes the kind of rebuke which compels a man to see the error of his ways. It is the hope of the Psalmist that the wicked will be blotted out of the book of the living ( Psalms 69:28). Revelation 3:10 Context. "Behold he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him." "Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; with their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet" ( Isaiah 49:23). But even this is not enough for grace. This has ever been the chief snare, as it is now. ( Matthew 24:48-51). Thus grace is always equal to every difficulty. We must leave out the word "Amen" it is spurious, and only mars the sense. Your wisdom is not to try to gain keenness of mind that you may emulate the critic, but to lay hold upon God's word, and cling to it, for therein shall be your safety and your victory. Revelation 3:1. Then history repeated itself. 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 Philadelphian church was not great, but it was good: it was not powerful, but it was faithful. Jesus declares Himself to be all this; yea, more than this "the living one, and I became dead." "[50] A secondary meaning applies the text to the final judgment. Seven hundred years before this letter was written Sardis had been one of the greatest cities in the world. In order to make this more realised by the believers then or at any other time, be it remarked that we have another word remarkably annexed which lies altogether out of the beaten path of the Lord. God has promised all Christians deliverance from that outpouring of His wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:10). Philadelphia, City Of Praise ( Revelation 3:7-13 Continued). He opens a door of opportunity to his churches; he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door of entrance, opens the heart; he opens a door of admission into the visible church, laying down the terms of communion; and he opens the door of admission into the church triumphant, according to the terms of salvation fixed by him. But before the Spirit of God could fitly launch him into the visions of the future, there must be a retrospective glance. There were a few futile attempts at rebellion; but Cyrus followed a deliberate policy. I will confess his name before the Father. I know it from this fact that, as a general rule, the man that keeps God's word has an open door before him. that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God." He will be as much marked by power in the day of glory, as by contented weakness in the present scene of grace. ], What if some in the church did not keep the word of Christs perseverance? For it is somewhat novel, especially in the New Testament. 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. First he sees a huge angel towering over land and sea, and holding a small scroll in his hand. It is a sweeping intimation of the very same way in which the Lord threatens to come on the world. Every letter finishes with the words: "Let him who has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches." The Jews who were the great merchants and bankers of the world and spread through out the Roman empire would soon be brought low, as well as the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. I shall put it home to you, dear friends, again. For this we must stand up and fight to the death. He therefore "sent and signified this by his angel unto his servant John." So, we find within the church today a lot of relics from the Babylonian system, the Babylonian religion. It is the fruit of the patience of God to a sinful world; it sets before men the exemplary patience of Christ in all his sufferings for men; it calls those that receive it to the exercise of patience in conformity to Christ. It is not only, be it observed, that they will not be in the place, but they will be kept out of the hour, of that coming temptation. Trench points out that a witness must satisfy three essential conditions. According to Ezekiel the name of the re-created city of God was to be The Lord is there ( Ezekiel 48:35). But He says that He became dead. This is the right kind of resolution. This picture has been derived from two different sources. You have been steadfast; therefore I will employ you." 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 Lord has revived the true hope of His return; there are those who are thus waiting for Christ, and this epistle seems emphatically to apply to such. I know thy works: behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ( Revelation 3:8 ): That to me is exciting. It is true that neither of these new names lasted and "Philadelphia" was restored. 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. To those who have been faithful comes the threefold promise. I believe that God has blinded their eyes until the fullness of the gentiles has come in. 12 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. [Note: Chitwood, p. Obedience, fidelity, and a free confession of the name of Christ, are the fruits of true grace, and are pleasing to Christ as such. (2.) Not the common text, but this is the true order. Do not throw away the best for the sake of getting something that may be newer, but that must be far inferior. It is a setting aside of man altogether; and the reason is that Laodicea is the glorification of man and of man's resources in the church. This would mean even more in the ancient world than now. 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. Jesus alone has authority to admit to the new Jerusalem, the new city of David. I do not think that we should be so slow as we sometimes are in praising one another. I could not be in communion with a church whose chief guide and authority is another book than God's word, and whose acknowledged Head is other than the Lord Jesus Christ. to the angel of the church of Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness ( Revelation 3:14 ). He who was emphatically the apostle of the uncircumcision was the appointed witness of Christ to those who had been Jews. The state of the church in Ephesus has the same generality. 453-55. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, hold fast, repent. If you have little talent, it is a pity you have not more; but still it is for your praise if you quit yourselves like men, and stand fast in the faith. B. John is commissioned to preach. He asks the Colossians to pray that a door of utterance may be opened for him ( Colossians 4:3). If it was bright, the assembly would be elevated morally thereby. If we have but little strength, we mean to let the times and the spirits go where they like, we shall keep to the Holy Spirit and to his eternal teachings. In this there seems to be couched a gentle reproof: "Thou hast a little strength, a little grace, which, though it be not proportionate to the wide door of opportunity which I have opened to thee, yet is true grace, and has kept thee faithful." The world had got in, as it still remains, and alas! I believe that that open door will be open to us until the Lord comes. 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. On this pillar shall be recorded all the services the believer did to the church of God, how he asserted her rights, enlarged her borders, maintained her purity and honour; this will be a greater name than Asiaticus, or Africanus; a soldier under God in the wars of the church. How shall this great change be wrought? Laodicea prides itself on the magnificent garments it produces but spiritually it is naked and nakedness is shame. Whatever discovery may be made by the wise men of the age, let Christ be wisdom unto you. And no doubt also it was intended in this sense that they had obeyed the word of God. In chapter one, He was known as the faithful and the true witness. 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." He is able to tell his message, for never did man speak as he did. In short, "the hour of temptation" is, I conceive, a larger term altogether than the "great tribulation" ofRevelation 7:1-17; Revelation 7:1-17, and still more than the unparalleled tribulation which is to befall the land of Israel. thou wert cold or hot. Yet Smyrna was poor and Philadelphia was small. Revelation 3:3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. The faithful ones will be citizens of the city where there is always the presence of God. They meditated upon it; they sought to understand it; they took delight in everything which came from the mouth of God. we're increased with goods, we have need of nothing; you know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked ( Revelation 3:17 ): Interesting how the church observes itself and how Jesus observes the church. How is it that we here miss that character of direct dealing with us that immediateness of address which is found elsewhere? This gives us, as is obvious and familiar to almost every reader, the threefold division of the book of Revelation. This is a strange title and may go back to either of two origins. 208-18.]. And so the day will come when they will acknowledge that Jesus is the Messiah and I pray and long for that day. ( Revelation 3:1-6 Continued). There is an immense change in turning to the last three churches. They were not like that famous church at Corinth, where everybody could teach everybody, but where nobody cared to learn of any one. 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. Heresy is always the product of the searching mind; it is, in fact, the sign of a Church that is alive. To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He was not in the least worried, for he thought that all he had to do was to retire to the impregnable citadel of Sardis, recuperate and fight again. But there is much more here. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." More Resources: Revelation 1: Jesus is the Heart of Revelation Read Articles By Subject Spiritual Deceptions Prophecy Walking through Revelation Revelation 1 Commentary: The Revelation of Jesus Seven Churches See the album Less. Supposing that we have not such big heads as some have, and cannot excogitate or multiply sophisms and inventions as they do, it will be no small thing to be commended at the last, in these terms "Thou hast a little strength, but thou hast kept my word." The ropes hang down in our belfry, but the glorious chime is aloft. The verse seems intended to comfort the whole church rather than to challenge unfaithful or potentially unfaithful Christians. The first time a man sins he does so with many a qualm. It was situated where the borders of Mysia, Lydia and Phrygia met. Daniel sees the "Ancient of days" in one way, and the Son of man in quite another. I have not found your works completed before my God. 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. He that chastiseth his son shall have profit of him and shall glory of him among his acquaintances" (Ecc 30:1). Doubtless the infidels hope to gain the day, as the superstitious are very confident on their part; but the truth of it is that the devil will get the upper hand to the destruction of them both, and then find that the Lord will appear in His day for His own judgment of all the adversaries. This medical school was famous for two things throughout the world, ointment for the ear and ointment for the eyes. 149. Paul says that his converts in their pre-Christian days were dead through trespasses and sins ( Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5). We agree with Beasley-Murray that it is certainly possible that, "an identical period of trial is referred to in both Revelation 2:10 and Revelation 3:1. They are many and most would paint pictures which would be vivid and real to the people of Philadelphia. They dragged down the Christian from his own heavenly associations to that of a spurious Jew. (b) Some scholars think that what is here promised is fixity of moral character. Therefore, as it is a holy thing, a heavenly thing, a priceless thing, keep you God's word. (b) There may be a reference to the old story of Enoch. (vi) Nor must the Christian forget that, even as he must watch for Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is watching him. Since the whole Philadelphia church was faithful (Revelation 3:8) Revelation 3:10 is probably not an inducement to remain faithful. He can tell of God, because he came from him. This was a new kind of evil altogether. which is about to come . A Church with a positive message is bound to be one to which there will be opposition. There "a strong angel" is associated with the large scroll. The hour of trial What is the great trial which is coming upon the whole world? Remember, Christ praises FAITHFULNESS, not success. The hour needs its man quite as much as the man needs the hour. This seems conveyed in the peculiarity of the words: so careful is the Holy Ghost to watch over the glory of Christ even in that which told out the depths of His humiliation. Mr. Moody would say, "Make a bee line for heaven." The Jews lost their place to the Gentiles ( Romans 11:11). The Risen Christ advises Laodicea to buy gold refined in the fire. I will be glad to share with you and become one with you just open the door.". People may not be true to their principles, and often are not. The history of Sardis had its vivid examples of what happens to the garrison whose watch is slack. It is the only view that can honestly say that Christ could return at any moment, because it alone teaches that Christ will come to rapture the church before the 70th week of Daniel 9 or the Tribulation period begins and that nothing else must happen before His return." It was not yet a question of coming out from the public body. Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:5). Here the Lord seems to me to notice its working at the same time that God was in a measure using for good those that were faithful in the heathen persecutions. But no: it is confessed to John by Jesus as the word of God and His own testimony. Once it was a question of not denying His faith, as was found in Pergamos; but here it is Himself personally. The reader is encouraged to "have ears to hear what the Spirit says to the churches", even down to our own day. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ( Revelation 3:6 ). Pharaoh honoured Joseph by clothing him in vestures of fine linen ( Genesis 41:42). He must, therefore, be ever on the watch. Your book matters, let's make it your way! In vain does Satan seek to cast down those who resting on Christ's love have Him as the loved object of their life and soul. 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. It is the beginning of the changed condition. On this monumental pillar there shall be an honourable inscription, as in those cases is usual. "To you I say, the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not known this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. The Risen Christ is telling the lethargic Sardians to remember the thrill with which they first heard the good news. 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