- 1. What is the significance of the hidden manna and the white stone?
- (Questions about Bible Prophecy and the End Times)
- What is the significance of the hidden manna and the white stone (Revelation 2:17)? Many commentators give varied, helpful insights on the significance of these two items the Lord held out to encourage ...
- Created on 20 November 2009
- 2. Gathering Unto His Name - The Seven Meetings of an Assembly
- (Norman Crawford - Gathering Unto His Name)
- ... church, but it is a condemnation of the system which the Lord says He hates (Revelation 2:15). Elders are deacons in service (1 Timothy 3:8-13). This word applies to their spiritual ministry as well as ...
- Created on 22 June 2006
- 3. Gathering Unto His Name - Distinctions
- (Norman Crawford - Gathering Unto His Name)
- ... and the Lord in the midst is their link to each other (Revelation 2:1), and is the Center of each gathering (Matthew 18:20). There are as many as forty differences in the New Testament between the church ...
- Created on 22 June 2006
- 4. Torrey - Man -18- Future Destiny of Believers
- (What the Bible Teaches - R.A. TORREY)
- ... awe." This kingdom cannot be shaken. XX. PROMISES TO THE OVERCOMER. Revelation 2:7 RV — "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, ...
- Created on 21 May 2007
- 5. Judges - 07 Deborah and Barak
- (No King in Israel - History of the Judges)
- ... never raised by God (Revelation 2:20), and she was using that position to teach practices that were contrary to God’s Word. Clearly she was out of her place in an assembly, for God never gave a place ...
- Created on 22 October 2009
- 6. Is remembering the Lord a privilege of the Church?
- (Bible Questions and answers about the Church)
- ... 28); the Body is indestructible (Matthew 16:18 vs. 1 Corinthians 3:17; Revelation 2:5; 3:16); being in the Body is irreversible (John 10:28 vs. 1 Corinthians 5:12, 13); the Body’s testimony and visibility ...
- Created on 19 November 2009
- 7. Fundamentals -2.02- Inspiration, Proof
- (The Fundamentals)
- ... in verses 15 and 16 of the same chapter he does the same with the writings of Paul, classifying them “with the other scriptures.” Finally, in Revelation 2:7, although it is the Apostle John ...
- Created on 08 May 2007
- 8. Old Testament History - 3.2 - Balaam
- (Old Testament History)
- ... would now endeavor to turn the people from Jehovah. If he succeeded in this, the consequences to Israel would be such as Balak had desired to obtain. By his advice (Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14) the ...
- Created on 24 April 2007
- 9. The Person of Christ - 38 - Israel and the Nations
- (The Person of Christ)
- ... it. In I Corinthians 6:1-5 it was a rebuke to carnality; in II Timothy 2:8-12 it was a reminder to consecration, and in II Peter 1:16-19 it was a revelation for confirmation. In Revelation 2:25- 27 and ...
- Created on 22 June 2006
- 10. Torrey - Christ -1.4- Jesus is Jehovah of the OT
- (What the Bible Teaches - R.A. TORREY)
- ... to the fruit of his doings." In Revelation 2:23, it is Jesus who does what is distinctly said of Jehovah in the Old Testament passage: "And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches ...
- Created on 22 May 2007
- 11. Judges - 04 Early Departure and Ephesus
- (No King in Israel - History of the Judges)
- ... it most. In the case of the assembly in Ephesus, we find that they had power to overcome the foe and to judge those who had false claims to be apostles (Revelation 2:2). They had maintained outward fidelity ...
- Created on 22 October 2009
- 12. Torrey - Satan -3.2- The Work of Satan
- (What the Bible Teaches - R.A. TORREY)
- ... before God day and night. The Greek word for "devil" means traducer, accuser, slanderer. (Compare to Job 1:6-9; 2:3-5.) Revelation 2:10 — "Fear none of those things which thou shalt ...
- Created on 21 May 2007
- 13. Judges - 02 Compared with the churches of Revelation 2 and 3
- (No King in Israel - History of the Judges)
- ... of truth by which they had tested those who proved to be false (Revelation 2:2-3). That knowledge was coupled with their works, labor and patience, so it was proven in reality of life and conduct. Thus ...
- Created on 22 October 2009
- 14. Should one assembly judge errors in another?
- (Bible Questions and answers about the Church)
- ... Word as far as I can see, for cutting off an assembly, but we are not obliged to have fellowship with every assembly. The Lord in His messages to the Seven Churches of Asia (Revelation 2: and Revelation ...
- Created on 14 February 2011
- 15. Eternal Security - Objections Against
- (Ironside - Eternal Security)
- ... your salvation depended upon your personal faithfulness. Question 18 – Revelation 2:10 What about such a Scripture as this? “Be thou faithful unto death and I, will give thee a crown of life?” ...
- Created on 11 July 2006
- 16. Judges - 06 Ehud
- (No King in Israel - History of the Judges)
- ... era represented in the letter to the assembly in Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-17) to the period of church history during which there was world favor. Constantine professed conversion to Christianity, and ...
- Created on 22 October 2009
- 17. Torrey - Holy Spirit -1.2- Person Pronouns
- (What the Bible Teaches - R.A. TORREY)
- ... the deep things of God. Revelation 2:7 — "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in ...
- Created on 22 May 2007
- 18. What crowns will God give as rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ?
- (Questions about Eternity, Heaven and Hell)
- ... of glory that fadeth not away." Revelation 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 ...
- Created on 23 October 2013
- 19. Training for Reigning - 25 - Why can't we go there? pt3
- (Training for Reigning)
- ... the people. But notice the Lord’s words in Revelation 2: 6, 15: "which I also hate," "which thing I hate." Next, contrast the use of the word "kleeros" (from which "clergy" ...
- Created on 03 November 2009
- 20. Training for Reigning - 06 - Getting ready for Canaan
- (Training for Reigning)
- ... With such knowledge they would be enlightened in their struggle to become "overcomers." (Compare v. 5 with Hebrews 12: 10-11; Revelation 2: 1-7). He sought also to know (to discover, to reveal) ...
- Created on 03 November 2009
- 21. Letters to the Churches of Asia - 09 - Flavian Persecution
- (Letters to the Churches of Asia)
- ... system) for one hour: these shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: 17:12,14. The number ten is here to be interpreted as in Revelation 2:10, where the Church of Smyrna is to be ...
- Created on 28 April 2007
- 22. Will Science one day enable us to live forever in our physical bodies?
- (Bible Questions about creation and science)
- ... our relationship as a child of God, will never loose its impact. We will never grow bored of being in God’s family. (Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 21:1-2) ...
- Created on 23 October 2013
- 23. Letters to the Churches of Asia - 22 - Pergamum
- (Letters to the Churches of Asia)
- Chapter 22: The Letter to the Church in Pergamum Revelation 2:12 These things saith he that hath the sharp-pointed two-edged sword. I know where thou dwellest, where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest ...
- Created on 27 April 2007
- 24. Letters to the Churches of Asia - 24 - Thyatira
- (Letters to the Churches of Asia)
- Chapter 24: The Letter to the Church in Thyatira Revelation 2:18 These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like bright bronze: I know thy works, and ...
- Created on 27 April 2007