Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 26, 2018

Revelation 2:18
And to the Messenger of the Assembly in Thyatira write!
These things saith the Son of the God
Who is having His eyes as a flame of fire, and His feet like to fine brass;.................

All the greek texts agree

Stephens 1550/Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus
kai tw aggelw thV en quateiroiV ekklhsiaV grayon tade
legei o uioV tou qeou o ecwn touV ofqalmouV autou wV floga puroV kai oi podeV autou omoioi calkolibanw

The greek has "the/o Son/uioV of-the/tou God/qeou".
This phrase is mentioned only 1 time in Revelation, and that in the 4th Assembly of Thyatira. Why that particular Assembly?

The 1st time the phrase "Son of God" is mentioned is in Matt 4:3:
Mat 4:3
And approaching the one trying said to Him "if Son Thou art of the God be saying!
that the stones, these, breads may be becoming
Last time used [outside of Revelation]:
1John 5:20
We are knowing yet that the Son of the God is arriving and is giving to us understanding that we are knowing the true One, and we are being in the true One, in the Son of Him, Jesus Christ.
This One is the true God, His life age-abiding.

Some useful verses:

Revelation 21:7
The one overcoming/conquering shall be enjoying tenanting, these
And I shall be being to him God and he into Me son
2 Corinthians 6:18
'And I shall be to ye into Father and ye shall be into Me sons and daughters' is saying Lord Almighty
Acts 2:
17 “And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
18 And I will be a Father to you,
and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty.

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 27, 2018

Reve 2:18
..............Who is having His eyes as a flame of fire, and His feet like to fine brass...........

3827 labbah lab-baw' for 3852; flame:--flame.
Strong's Number H3827 matches the Hebrew לַבָּה (labbah), which occurs 1 time in 1 verse

Now this is astounding.
The hebrew word for "flame" #H3827 occurs only 1 verse in the entire OT:

Exo 3:2 [Acts 7:30]
and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Yahweh in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush.
And he seeth and behold! the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.

I found a couple of verses in the OT that use the phrase "flame of fire", depending on Bible versions.

Joel 2:5
As the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains they skip,
As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble,
as a mighty people set in array for battle
Psalm 104:4 [Hebrews 1:7]
Who makes His messengers spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.

5395. phlox flox from a primary phlego (to "flash" or "flame"); a blaze:--flame(-ing).
Strong's Number G5395 matches the Greek φλόξ (phlox), which occurs 7 times in 7 verses.

Depending on Bible versions, that phrase is used only in 5 verses of the NT

Act 7:30 [Exodus 3:2]
“And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord[fn] appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.
NKJV))
Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels He says: “Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire.”

It is used 3 times in Revelation, Reve 2:18 and:

Rev 1:14
and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Rev 19:12
and his eyes are as a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems -- having a name written that no one hath known, except himself,

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 27, 2018

2:18
.........and His feet like to burnished-lustrious copper.............

Shown in Revelation 1:15

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 27, 2018

Revelation 2:19http://biblehub.com/revelation/2-2.htm
I have known thy works,
and the love, and the ministration, and the faith, and thy endurance,
and thy works -- the last-ones, more of-the first-ones

New American Standard Bible
'I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
I have known thy works, and love, and ministration, and faith, and thy endurance, and thy works -- and the last are more than the first.

A few very minor variances [doesn't affect the verse]:
diakonian kai thn pistin in the T-R is in reverse order compared to the 3 other G-Ts.

Stephens 1550/Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus
oida sou ta erga kai thn agaphn kai thn diakonian kai thn pistin kai thn upomonhn sou
kai ta erga sou kai ta escata pleiona twn prwtwn
Byzantine Majority
oida sou ta erga kai thn agaphn kai thn pistin kai thn diakonian kai thn upomonhn sou
kai ta erga sou ta escata pleiona twn prwtwn
Alexandrian
oida sou ta erga kai thn agaphn kai thn pistin kai thn diakonian kai thn upomonhn sou
kai ta erga sou ta escata pleiona twn prwtwn
Hort and Westcott
oida sou ta erga kai thn agaphn kai thn pistin kai thn diakonian kai thn upomonhn sou
kai ta erga sou ta escata pleiona twn prwtwn

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 28, 2018

Revelation 2:20
But I am having against thee, much.
That thou suffer the woman of thee Jezebel, the one saying herself prophetess to be and she is teaching and deceiving the bond-slaves of Me to prostitute
and to be eating idol-sacrifices.

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 29, 2018

2:20
.................Thou suffer the woman of thee Jezebel the one saying herself Prophetess to be and she is teaching and deceiving the bond-slaves of Me to prostitute and to be eating idol-sacrifices.

Strong's Number G2403 matches the Greek Ἰεζάβελ (Iezabel), which occurs 1 times in 1 verse
Strong's Number H348 matches the Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל ('Iyzebel), which occurs 22 times in 19 verses
YLT)
1st time used in OT:
1Ki 16:31 [Revelation 2:20]
And it cometh to pass -- hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? --
then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians,
and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it,

Last time in OT:
2Ki 9:37
and the carcass of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel,
that they say not, This is Jezebel.'

Jezebel - Wikipedia
Jezebel's story is told in the Books of Kings.
She was a Phoenician princess, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre (1 Kings 16:31 says she was "Sidonian", which is a biblical term for Phoenicians in general).
[4]
According to genealogies given in Josephus and other classical sources, she was the great-aunt of Dido, Queen of Carthage.[4] Jezebel married King Ahab of the Northern Kingdom (i.e. Israel during the time when ancient Israel was divided into Israel in the north and Judah in the south).
Ahab was the son of King Omri, who had brought the northern Kingdom of Israel to great power, established Samaria as his capital, and whose historical existence is confirmed by ancient inscriptions on the Mesha Stele and the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.[5]........................

During Jezebel's reign official royal support for Yahwism had weakened. According to 1 Kings 18 Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh (1 Kings 18:13) and used royal provisions to support the prophets of Baal during the famine in Samaria (1 Kings 18:19).
Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Carmel to kill the prophets of Baal and show the power of Yahweh............................

Elijah ordered the people to seize the prophets of Baal and Asherah, and they were all slaughtered. In 1 Kings 19:2, Jezebel tells him: "If you are Elijah, I am Jezebel!" After the prophets are slain, Elijah fled from Jezebel's wrath (1 Kings 19:1-3).
Elijah fled for his life to the wilderness, where he mourned the devotion of Israel to Baal and the lack of worshipers of Israel's God.

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 29, 2018

Revelation 2:21
and I give to her time that she should be repenting
and not she is willing to repent out of the prostitution/whoredom of her

New American Standard Bible
'I gave her time to repent,
and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
King James Bible And I gave her space to repent of her fornication;
and she repented not.

A half of verse is missing from the T-R compared to the other G Ts. Doesn't appear to change the meaning.

Stephens 1550/Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus
kai edwka auth cronon ina metanohsh
******************* ek thV inappropriate contenteiaV authV
kai ou metenohsen
Byzantine Majority
kai edwka auth cronon ina metanohsh
kai ou qelei metanohsai ek thV inappropriate contenteiaV authV
Alexandrian
kai edwka auth cronon ina metanohsh
kai ou qelei metanohsai ek thV inappropriate contenteiaV authV
Hort and Westcott
kai edwka auth cronon ina metanohsh
kai ou qelei metanohsai ek thV inappropriate contenteiaV authV

prostitution/whoredom/immorality/fornication/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202>.

There are different forms of #G4202 [from the root word #G4205.
[It appears that is where we get the english word "inappropriate contentography" from]

4202. inappropriate contenteia por-ni'-ah from 4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:--fornication.
Strong's Number G4202 matches the Greek πορνεία (inappropriate contenteia),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses

I won't list all 25 verses it is used in [one can just use a concordance for that]

However, the exact form of #G4202 occurs in 12 verses, 2 verses in the Gospels:

Matthew 5:32
but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202>, doth make her to commit adultery/<3431>
and whoever may marry her who hath been put away, doth commit adultery/<3429>.
John 8:41
ye do the works of the father of ye."
They said therefore to Him "we of whoredom/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202> have not been born;
one Father we have -- God;"

And 6 times in Revelation

Revelation 2:21 Revelation 9:21 Revelation 14:8 Revelation 17:2,4 Revelation 18:3

Revelation 17:
1 And there came one of the seven Messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me,
‘Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great harlot/Prostitute/inappropriate contenthV<4204>
who is sitting upon the many waters,
2 with whom the kings of the land did commit whoredom/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202> and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202> were those inhabiting the land;’
3 And he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a Woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns,
4 and the Woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202>

Revelation 18:3
2 and he did cry in might — a great voice, saying, ‘Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,
3 because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom/inappropriate contenteiaV<4202> have all the nations drunk,
and the kings of the land with her did commit whoredom/4203>,
and merchants of the land from the power of her revel were made rich.

LittleLambofJesus · Jun 30, 2018

Revelation 2:22
Behold! I shall be casting her into a couch, and those committing adultery with Her into great tribulation,
if not they shall be repenting out of the works of her.

2825. kline klee'-nay from 2827; a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating):--bed, table.
Strong's Number G2825 matches the Greek κλίνη (klinē),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses

The exact form of this greek word is used 1 other time:
Matthew 9:6
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) "be rousing, take up! thy bed and be going away! to the house of thee".

Luke uses #2825 in one of his "end time" discourses, referring back to Sodom and Lot,
and the analogies of the 2 men and 2 women, 1 being taken, the other left:

Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:
34
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36
Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.[/quote]Sodom is also mentioned in Revelation:

Revelation 11:8
And their corpse/s shall be being in the broad-square of the great City.
which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our/their Lord was crucified.

..................those committing adultery<3431> with Her into great tribulation.............

#G3431 used only 1 time in Revelation.

The exact word form is used 3 times, 2 of those in Matthew concerning 1 of the 10 commandments:

Matthew 5:27
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, not thou shalt be committing adultery

Matthew 19:18
"Which ones?" he asked him. Jesus answered: not thou shall be murdering; not thou shall be committing adultery; not thou shall be stealing; not thou shall be testifying falsely;

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 2, 2018

Revelation 2:23
and Her children I shall be killing<615> in death.
And know shall all the assemblies that I am He Who is searching reins and hearts,
and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.

615. apokteino ap-ok-ti'-no from 575 and kteino (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:--put to death, kill, slay.
Strong's Number G615 matches the Greek ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō),
which occurs 83 times in 71 verses

Jeremiah 17:10
I Yahweh, searching heart, examining the affections/kidneys/ 03629 kilyah
and giving to man Ways of him, as fruit of his doings. [Revelation 2:23]

.

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 3, 2018

Revelation 2:24
And to ye yet I am saying, and to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as not having this teaching, who not know the depth of the Satan, as they are saying;
not I shall be casting upon ye other burden;

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 4, 2018

Revelation 2:25
but that which ye have -- hold!, till I may be arriving.

arriving<2240>

2240. heko hay'-ko a primary verb; to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively):--come.
Strong's Number G2240 matches the Greek ἥκω (hēkō), which occurs 29 times in 26 verses.

This word is also used in conjunction with the parousia and the day of the Lord:

Matthew 24:14:
And shall be being proclaimed/preached the Gospel of the Kingdom in whole the inhabited-land<3625> into a testimony into all the nations
then shall be arriving<2240> the end.

Luke 13:
34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children,............
35 Behold! the house of ye is being left to ye desolate,
and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may be arriving<2240>, when ye may say, 'Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord'.

2 Peter 3:
10 Shall be arriving<2240> yet the Day of the Lord — as a thief in the night,
n which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away,
and the elements with burning heat be dissolved,
and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

Last time used:

Revelation 18:8
because of this, in one day, shall be arriving <2204> Her plagues,
death, and sorrow, and famine.............

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 5, 2018

Revelation 2:26
and the one conquering/overcoming, and the one keeping unto the end My works,
I shall be giving to him authority over the nations,

the end<5056>

5055. teleo tel-eh'-o from 5056; to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt):--accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform.
Strong's Number G5056 matches the Greek τέλος (telos), which occurs 42 times in 41 verses.

I will quote verses from the Olivet Discourse of Matt, Mark and Luke:

Matthew 24
6 and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to pass, but the end<5056> is not yet.

13 but he who did endure to the end<5046>, he shall be saved;
14 and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.
Mark 13
7 and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end<5046> [is] not yet;
13 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end<5056> — he shall be saved.
Luke 21
9 and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end<5056> [is] not immediately.’

Used 4 times in Revelation:

Revelation 1
8 ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end<5056>, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming — the Almighty.’
Revelation 2:26
and the one conquering/overcoming, and the one keeping unto the end<5056> My works,
I shall be giving to him authority over the nations,
Revelation 21
6 and He said to me, ‘It hath been done!
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the end<5056>
I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;
Revelation 22
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega — the Beginning and end<5056> — the First and the Last.

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 5, 2018

Revelation 2:27
27 and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken in pieces—
just as I also have received from My Father........................

Used 1 other time in Revelation:

Revelation 18:12
lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel<4632> of ivory, and every vessel<4632> of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,

Daniel 2
35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer.
The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found.
But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 7, 2018

Revelation 2:28
and I will give to him the morning star. 29 He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

The greek separates these 2 words with the article "the'. It is used only 2 times in the NT.

the morning<4707> star<792<.
ton astera ton prwinon.

4407. proinos pro-ee-nos' from 4404; pertaining to the dawn, i.e. matutinal:--morning
Strong's Number G4407 matches the Greek πρωϊνός (prōïnos), which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the Greek concordance of the NASB

2 Peter 1:19
And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,[fn] which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

Rev 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My messenger to testify to you these things in the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

the Bright and Morning Star
o asthr o lamproV o prwinos

Isaiah 14:12 shows a similar phrase:

Isaiah 14:12
"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning<1966>, son of the dawn<7837>!
You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!

1966 heylel hay-lale' from 1984 (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star:--lucifer.
7837 shachar shakh'-ar from 7836; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial):--day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

LittleLambofJesus · Jul 8, 2018

This concludes chapter 2 and the first 4 Churches of Revelation. They all end with:

He who is having an ear — let him hear! what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Next chapter is the last 3 Churches.............

Revelation chapter 3: The last 3 Churches

peterlindner · Aug 19, 2018

LittleLambofJesus said:
2:8
"And to The Messenger of the in assembly of Smyrna, write!.................

The T-R appears to deviate from the other 3 texts in this verse.

Only YLT uses the word "Smyrneans" and the order is reversed:
'And to the *messenger of the assembly" of the Smyrneans write

Smyrna means “sweet smelling” and comes from the root word for myrrh.

The word "myrrh" is only used 3 times in the NT.
At the birth of Jesus, at the cross and at His burial

Matthew 2:11
and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him,
and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,
John 39:
18 and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first --
bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.
19 They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial;
and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

grain=myrrh=fruit=meat
"brought forth fruit...some a hundred fold". The promise was to Abraham. His seed was from 100. Jesus is the promise... his seed was 100. A pound of seed is 5,760 grains... the millenium. The log of 5,760...?

LittleLambofJesus · Sep 2, 2018

peterlindner said:
grain=myrrh=fruit=meat
"brought forth fruit...some a hundred fold". The promise was to Abraham. His seed was from 100. Jesus is the promise... his seed was 100. A pound of seed is 5,760 grains... the millenium. The log of 5,760...?

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that........

Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches

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Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!

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