Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 21 and 22 “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” “We again have the CHORUS which ends each message: To him who overcomes. . . Each stage of the Church has two kinds of overcoming. It must overcome the things which…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 continued “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.” We continue with our look at this verse as explained in (The Keys of Revelation) A famous contemporary artist has dramatically portrayed a portion of this lesson. In the painting Jesus is standing outside a home; he has already knocked on the door…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 continued “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.” As taken from (The Keys of Revelation) “The messages of the Lord to the six previous churches in Asia were sent forth to his followers from a far country (Matt. 25:14,15; Luke 19:12). Although absent from earth, yet he has, in one sense,…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 continued “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.” As taken from (Revelation Notes Southern Wisconsin) A Feast of New Truths If we allow the Lord to come in to sit down with us, he is able to feed us with both the old established truth of the early church, as well…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 continued “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.” As taken from (Revelation Notes Southern Wisconsin) “We find the usage of the term “door” in the scriptures, as seeming to either be representing an opening to an opportunity, or else the close of an opportunity. Being able to see through an open…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 continued “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me.” “Unknown to the Laodicean Church (the nominally professing part), the Lord has returned. He stands at the door. He could not do this if he were not present. He has not been always there as some think. To Sardis he said, “I will…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” “Those watching and learning from the admonishing and teaching, who have become zealous and willing to change their courses, are now told what special blessing they will receive. BEHOLD! This word, behold, is used as a flare —an attention getter —so that we do…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 19 “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore, be zealous and repent.” “The words translated rebuke and chasten, are in the Greek much more forcible than here appears. The first means reproach, disgrace; put to shame, dishonor. The latter, to train or educate like a child or youth. What a call! No wonder that the proud and conceited teachers of popular churches cannot hear the call. No wonder that some who have seen…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 19 continued “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore, be zealous and repent.” As it is explained by the Southern Wisconsin Class “This verse is a continuation of the previous verse, in that the Lord is still trying to get individuals in the seventh church to repent (change direction). Here, he tells us that he is going to rebuke and chasten those whom he loves, his children, in order to get them to…
Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 18 continued “I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.” As taken from The Keys of Revelation. “This message indicates the self-complacent attitude of the nominal Church of Christ, which is completely unaware of its true condition… There…