If not, I come to thee — who wilt not wholly escape when I punish them. And will fight with them — Not with the Nicolaitans, who are mentioned only by the by, but the followers of Balaam. With the sword of my mouth — With my just and fierce displeasure. Balaam himself was first withstood by the angel of the Lord with "his sword drawn," Numbers 22:23, and afterwards "slain with the sword," Numbers 31:8.
REVELATION 2:16 ou=n The Textus Receptus, following a P 1 2053 vg syrh _al_, omits ou=n. A majority of the Committee preferred the reading with ou=n, which is supported by A C 046 1006 1611 1854 syrp...
Verse Revelation 2:16. _WILL FIGHT AGAINST THEM WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH._] Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:12. He now speaks for their edification and salvation; but if they do not...
REPENT - See Revelation 2:5. OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY - On the word “quickly,” see the notes on Revelation 1:1. The meaning here is, that he would come against them in judgment, or to pu...
II. THE THINGS WHICH ARE, THE SEVEN CHURCH MESSAGES, AND THEIR PROPHETIC MEANING CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Ephesus: The post-apostolic period (Revelation 2:1)_ 2. Smyrna: The period of persecution (Revelati...
REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22. THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter the...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PERGAMUM. Revelation 2:12. Pergamum was a town of great importance about 50 miles NE. of Smyrna. It was one of the most renowned centres of paganism in Asia, and possessed...
THE CITY OF _PERGAMOS_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM THE SEA, AND WAS ONCE CAPITAL OF. KINGDOM BY THE SAME NAME. IT STILL EXISTS, IS CALLED BERGAMOS, AND HAS. POPULATION OF ABOUT 14,000, OF WHOM 3,300...
THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
And to the angel of the Church in Pergamum, write: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword. I know where your home is. I know that it is where the throne of Satan is; and yet you hold f...
WILL. Omit. FIGHT. make war. Greek. _polemeo._ Occ only in Rev. and James.. threat which is not addressed to the Church of this age. AGAINST. Greek. _meta._ App-104. WITH. Greek. _en._ App-104....
_Repent_ The Angel, i.e. the whole body of the Church represented by him, is bidden to repent: because not only are the Nicolaitans guilty of the sins their doctrine involved, but the whole Church (an...
ΜΕΤΑΝΌΗΣΟΝ. So T. with אP 1, and Latt.; L. and Tr. add οὖν with AB2C. See n. on μνημ. οὖν, Revelation 2:5. 16. ΜΕΤΑΝΌΗΣΟΝ. The Angel, i.e. the whole body of the Church represented by him, is bidden to...
THE CHURCH IN PEROAMUM...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN PERGAMOS REVELATION 2:12-17:_ Pergamos was a noted Roman city. It was a center for culture and education. It had one of the great libraries of the ancient world. Jesus describ...
ΜΕΤΑΝΌΗΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΜΕΤΑΝΟΈΩ (G3340) каяться (_см._ Revelation 2:5). ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ приходить. _Praes._ используется для описания определенного момента в будущ...
DISCOURSE: 2488 EPISTLE TO PERGAMOS Revelation 2:13. I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those d...
WILL FIGHT AGAINST THEM— He does not say that he will fight against the _church,_ but the _Nicolaitans; therefore repent,_ that is, "Be wise, and separate yourselves from those seducers, or else you s...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 6 Text Revelation 2:12-17 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword: 13 I know where thou dwellest, eve...
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. A B C read, 'Repent, therefore' [ oun (G3767)]; 'Aleph (') h, Vulgate, Syriac, omit 'therefore...
__ The Prophetic Section 20 The vision is figurative. The explanation is literal. _ It must not be further "explained_ ". The seven stars are seven messengers. The seven lamp stands are seven eccles...
THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22) Since 'seven' is the perfect number, the 'seven churches' represent all the Churches of the province of Asia. At the same time, t...
REPENT] RV 'Repent therefore,' i.e. by casting out the Nicolaitans....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 LETTERS TO THE 7 *CHURCHES - REVELATION 2:1-3 TO THE *CHURCH IN EPHESUS - REVELATION 2:1-7...
CHAPTER II THE CHURCH ON THE FIELD OF HISTORY. Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, He th...
The message to Pergamos, the Benares or Lourdes of the province....
The church as a whole must repent of her too tolerant attitude to these errorists, but the threatened visitation is directed against the errorists themselves in the shape of some physical malady or mo...
BEWARE OF EVIL TEACHERS Revelation 2:12 Notice the Lord's commendation of the church at Pergamos (from which we get our word _parchment_). He recognizes their peculiar dangers and their difficulties-...
The next movement in the Book consists of the unveiling of the Lord in His relation with the Asian churches, and therefore with His Church. It is impossible in such brief notes as these necessarily ar...
TO THE COMPROMISING CHURCH Pergamos was the capital of the province of Asia. It was built on a large conical hill overlooking a broad fertile valley 30 miles north of Smyrna and 15 miles inland from t...
To the Angel of the Church of Pergamus. -- This Church is exhorted to do penance, and reprehended, as the seat or throne of Satan. It is only said, that the bishop lives where this satanical seat is,...
(12) And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; (13) I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
The Church in Pergamos I. INTRODUCTION A. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself...
The first great fact is, that the assembly in this world is subject to judgment, and to have its whole existence and place before God as light-bearer in the world set aside; secondly, that God will do...
REPENT,.... This is said to those who were truly godly in those times, but still retained their communion with these corrupt men, and had not, as yet, separated from then; nor had they protested again...
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. Ver. 16. _Or else I will come unto thee_] He was in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks b...
_Repent_, therefore, of these irregularities; _or else I will come unto thee quickly_ In the way of chastisement; _and will fight against them_ Those corrupt members; _with the sword of my mouth_ With...
The letter to the congregation at Pergamos:...
REPENT, OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY, AND WILL FIGHT AGAINST THEM WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH....
THE ADDRESS TO EPHESUS (vv. 1-7) Each local assembly is addressed on the basis of its responsibility as a testimony for God. Each of these assemblies actually existed and were functioning as assembl...
PERGAMOS (VERSES 12-17) The City Pergamos was a city high in the mountains. It was located at 1,000 feet elevation. It was another city with a large population, around 200,000 and the world’s second...
12-17 The word of God is a sword, able to slay both sin and sinners. It turns and cuts every way; but the believer need not fear this sword; yet this confidence cannot be supported without steady obe...
REPENT; thou that art guilty of conniving at such things, change thy mind and practice, and let those who have entertained these opinions, and run into those filthy practices, change their hearts and...
Revelation 2:16 Repent G3340 (G5657) else G1490 come G2064 (G5736) you G4671 quickly G5035 and G2532 fight...
MESSAGES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22). The Son of Man now gives John messages to the seven churches. Each of them follows a general pattern. Firstly an introduction based...
‘Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.' Notice that it is the whole church that is told to repent (‘you'). They are failing...
Revelation 2:16. The exhortation follows. REPENT THEREFORE, as in Revelation 2:5 to Ephesus, OR ELSE I COME ONTO THEE QUICKLY. Comp. on Revelation 2:5, but note that the word ‘quickly' is now added, a...
REPENT THEREFORE (μετανοησον ουν). First aorist (tense of urgency) active imperative of μετανοεω with the inferential particle ουν (as a result of their sin).I COME (ερχομα). Futuristic present mi...
CONTENTS: Message to Ephesus concerning things «which are.» Their first love left. Message to Pergamos concerning false doctrines. Message to Smyrna concerning persecutions. Message to Thyatira concer...
_Epistle the first._ Revelation 2:1. _The angel of the church of Ephesus,_ or the messenger of Christ; for the apostles, and apostolic men, while they remained in any church, were always regarded as t...
TUM FROM YOUR SINS. Forgiveness requires turning from sin first. IF NOT I WILL COME. A grim warning to the unrepentant....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:16 IF NOT, I WILL COME TO YOU SOON. Jesus’ threat refers to his disciplinary action against the church, as at Corinth (1 Cori
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:14 BALAAM. A prophet who advised Moab’s king to tempt Israel into sexual and spiritual adultery (Numbers 25:1;...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:12 Believers at _Pergamum_ remained faithful during persecution, but they allowed false teaching. Pergamum was an important center for pagan and imperial religion....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:1 Revelation 2:1 consists of seven “letters” or royal edicts. Each follows a pattern: (1) The royal author describes himself in terms from ch....
3. PERGAMOS. Vs. 12-17. The church at Pergamos had "held fast my name and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr who was slain among you." The deluge of fi...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:12. SHARP SWORD.—Suggesting unusual severity of asserting, and unusual severity of dealing (see Revelation 1:16; also Ephesians 6:17). “On the one hand, it...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 3:1 _The epistles to the seven Churches. _Once more we have to consider rival interpretations. Of these we may safely set aside all those which make the seven letters to be pict...
3. PERGAMOS: THE CHURCH THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THE WORLD SYSTEM *Background: Pergamos was the great religious center of the area. ZEUS WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BORN THERE. The great altar of Ze...
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks (Revelation 2:1); So the desc...
2 Thessalonians 2:8; Acts 17:30; Acts 17:31; Ephesians 6:17; Isaiah
I will make war [π ο λ ε μ η σ ω]. The words war and make war occur oftener in Revelation than in any other book of the New Testament. "An eternal roll of thunder from the throne" (Renan)....
THE CHURCHES AT PERGAMOS AND THYATIRA Revelation 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish, by way of introduction, to set before you the various seven statements which occur in the Letters to the seven Chur...