2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.
3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
These two churches are the bookends; Smyrna happened in the days of the persecuted Way, and Philadelphia happens after all of the centuries which exist inbetween. They have the same enemy, and will both be killed. The first are the souls under the altar.
2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
6:9 And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.
This fifth seal happens after the pseudoprophetes commands that those who don't believe the name of blasphemy will be starved into submission or death. He will try to make you tell lies about God. He will persecute you, and his hordes of followers will turn you over to him for their 30 coins. To the Law and to the Testimony! if they speak not according to this word, there is no light in them.
3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
These two churches are the bookends; Smyrna happened in the days of the persecuted Way, and Philadelphia happens after all of the centuries which exist inbetween. They have the same enemy, and will both be killed. The first are the souls under the altar.
2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
6:9 And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.
This fifth seal happens after the pseudoprophetes commands that those who don't believe the name of blasphemy will be starved into submission or death. He will try to make you tell lies about God. He will persecute you, and his hordes of followers will turn you over to him for their 30 coins. To the Law and to the Testimony! if they speak not according to this word, there is no light in them.
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