Revelation 2 The Crowns Part 2

The class yesterday seemed to fly by for me.  We no sooner got started and it was time to close.  At least we did get through the last three crowns / rewards.   When John was instructed to encourage the church at Smyrna to be “faithful unto death” because a crown of life was waiting … Read more

Revelation 2 Pergamos 1

Pergamos — the Capital of what we now call Turkey…the center of political, social, and spiritual power in the first century.  It is the place where Satan’s Seat was!  The Babylon Mystery Religion was a powerfully entrenched force throughout the known world.  We will see it again when we get to Rev 17 & 18 … Read more

Revelation 2 Pergamos 1

Pergamos — the Capital of what we now call Turkey…the center of political, social, and spiritual power in the first century.  It is the place where Satan’s Seat was!  The Babylon Mystery Religion was a powerfully entrenched force throughout the known world.  We will see it again when we get to Rev 17 & 18 … Read more

Revelation 2 Pergamos & Thyatira

This past Sunday we began to look deeply into the church at Thyatira, the twin sister to Pergamos.  Pergamos was guilty of holding the doctrine of Balaam — eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication.  Lev 20:1-6 gave us insight into this doctrine to understand that it is two-fold.  There is the obvious … Read more

Revelation 2 Thyatira 2

Today’s study on that woman Jezebel and how her influence over our entire culture through the leaven of false doctrine and sin, was quite revealing.  Just to understand how the woman in Matt 13:33 took leaven and put it in three measures of meal, so that the whole lump was leavened, is a picture of … Read more

Revelation 2 Thyatira 3

We finally have been able to say goodbye to the church at Thyatira, and that woman, Jezebel.  It has been an exhaustive study of Jezebel and the doctrine of Balaam, and how Israel, from the beginning sought to rebel against God and worship Baal, and all the derivative deities that are associated.  It was quite … Read more