But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection” (
Clothing is symbolic of putting on righteousness. We do know that they did not rebel against or withdraw from the Empire. He wrote that in the Church, “there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Did Christ criticize them for their prosperous textile industry? Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.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.Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Some have erred by finger-pointing judgments at others, pronouncing them to be Laodicean. Again, the Laodiceans’ record of helping to restore the sight of other people is nothing to be condemned, but rather complimented. Christians are told that they should resist pulling back-and especially so in the time of the end. Illustration #3 was eye salve. Although they were indisputably in serious spiritual condition, they were offered an opportunity to change. That can be true in religion as well. Not only was Laodicea located on major trade routes that connected it to important cities like Ephesus, Smyrna and Sardis, but also it was a center of textile production and banking.Perhaps not surprisingly, the church of Laodicea is noted as being wealthy in the Bible (see Revelation 3:17). In John's vision, recorded in the book of Book of Revelation, Christ instructs John to write a message to the seven churches of Asia Minor. As with wealth, what was a physical strength became a convenient and evident teaching tool about a potential spiritual weakness. Each of the following attributes are found in the letter as Jesus identified Himself as divine investigator before outlining the problem of the church.Greek meaning is first in point of time (Beginning) or first in Rank (Ruler) Rev. We’re admonished to pull together, not to be found “forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” ( Why did Christ refer to wealth in His warning to Laodicea?
He said, is eagerly ready to vomit them out of its mouth vs. 16 their complacency made them useless to Him, their empty religiosity made Him sick.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: There can be no doubt that Revelation is an end-time book, that its message is for what Moffatt so aptly translated a phrase in Daniel as “the crisis at the close.” It contains instruction for As we will see the church in Laodicea needed to be reminded of these truths.No word of commendation or praise for this compromising and unbelieving church. Laodicea was but one of seven churches in western Asia Minor at the time that Christ gave the message of the book of Revelation to John on the island of Patmos. “But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul” ( Although the Laodiceans had extensive physical resources, they were spiritually bankrupt. While each church received a unique message, Christ told John that You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? I have to admit I am always a little sad at the end of a study. Instead of asking or trying to determine “Who is Laodicean?” have you asked yourself “What is Laodicean?” Perhaps they did not even need the grace of God for sustenance that, they can handle the church and their personal lives with their wisdom and goodness. Verse 20 is often used as an evangelistic appeal, yet its original context communicates Christ’s desire for fellowship with His lukewarm church in Laodicea. Illustration #1 was wealth. The church at Laodicea had not been infected nothing of heresy of persecution. Well, today we complete our study on the Seven Churches of Revelation. No, wealth wasn’t the problem. “The extent of its wealth is illustrated by the fact that Laodicea was rebuilt And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?
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