- Jesus said to John speaking of the seven churches:
"And unto the angel of the
church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God,
who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are
like fine brass; I know thy works, and charity, and service,
and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to
be more than the first. Notwithstanding I have a few things
against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which
calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants
to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented
not.
- Behold, I will cast her into a bed,
and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation,
except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children
with death; and all the churches shall know that "I am he
which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every
one of you according to your works.
- But unto you I say, and unto the
rest of Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which
have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will
put upon you none other burden. But that which ye have already
hold fast till I come.
- And he that overcometh, and keepeth
my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of
a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received
of my Father. And I will give him the morning star. He that hath
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." (Revelation 2:18-29) (NOTE: "Thyatira
was the least important commercially than politically. The church
in Thyatira corresponds to the time period when the church was
firmly established not only as a church, but also as a state
(A.D. 590-1517). It begins with the first pope, Gregory the Great,
and continues to the time of the Protestant Reformation. (The
Hebrew Greek Key Study Bible (KJV) AMG Publishers, p.1561)
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