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Verse Revelation 2:14. _I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE_] Their _good
deeds_ are first carefully sought out and commended; what was _wrong_
in them is touched with a gentle but effectual hand.
The...
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BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE - As against the church at
Ephesus, Revelation 2:4. The charge against this church, however, is
somewhat different from that against the church at Ephesus. The cha...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
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BALAAM. See Num 22-25.Joshua 13:22.
CAST, &C. See Numbers 25:1, &c.; Rev 31:16, &c. 2 Peter 2:15.Jude
1:11.
stumblingblock.
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_that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught_ As we should say "who
adhere to the practice taught by Balaam, of eating.…" It is called
_doctrine_, because it is a thing that was _taught_the words are...
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THE CHURCH IN PEROAMUM...
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ἜΧΕΙΣ. A reads ἔχει.
βαλεῖν. A reads βασιλεῖ.
14. ΚΡΑΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΣ ΤῊΝ ΔΙΔΑΧῊΝ ΒΑΛΑΆΜ. As we
should say “who adhere to the practice taught by Balaam, of eating
…” It is called _doctrine_, because it is a...
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_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...
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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...
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THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM,— As _Balaam_ has the same signification in
Hebrew which _Nicolas_ has in Greek, and both signify "conquerors of
the people," (which name might probably have been given to Balaa...
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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...
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But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them
that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed...
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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...
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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...
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Cp. Numbers 25:1.; Numbers 31:16; Acts 15:28; 1 Corinthians 8:9; Judg
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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...
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BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE. — The word “few” is not to
be taken as though the ground of rebuke was a trifling one. The little
leaven might leaven the whole lump; and those who had been brave...
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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...
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ὀλίγα, the errorists are a mere minority; they do not represent
or affect the main body of the church, whose fault is not sympathy but
indifference. This carelessness arose probably from contempt or f...
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The message to Pergamos, the Benares or Lourdes of the province....
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them
that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to (f) eat things
sacrific...
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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,...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE,.... The members of this church
before their open separation from the apostasy; who still continued in
the communion of the corrupt church of Rome, though they rem...
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But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them
that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed
u...
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_But I have a few things against thee_ Things that deserve reproof,
and require reformation; _because thou hast there_ Those whom thou
oughtest to have immediately cast out from the flock, _that hold...
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HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM; imitate Balaam in their spirit and
teachings. When Balaam could not obtain permission to curse Israel, he
counselled Balak to seduce the Israelites to fornication and idol...
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The letter to the congregation at Pergamos:...
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BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAST THERE THEM
THAT HOLD TO THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT BALAK TO CAST A
STUMBLING- BLOCK BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO EAT THINGS
SACRIFI...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST THEE; though I have much to commend
thee for, yet I have some things to accuse thee of, and to complain of
thee for. BECAUSE THOU HAST THERE THEM THAT HOLD THE DOCTRINE...
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Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
For, speaking no longer by the Spirit of God, but setting up another
law of fornication contrary to the law of God,[95]
Tertullian The Prescription Again...
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Revelation 2:14 But G235 have G2192 (G5719) things G3641 against G2596
you G4675 because G3754 have G2192 ...
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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...
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‘But I have a little against you, because you have there some who
hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock
before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idol...
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Revelation 2:14. The defects of the church are next alluded to. There
were in Pergamos SOME THAT HELD FAST THE TEACHING OF BALAAM. Comp.
Numbers 25; Numbers 31:16. The sins next mentioned are in all
p...
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THERE
(εκε). That is παρ' υμιν (among you). A party in the church
that resisted emperor-worship, to the death in the case of Antipas,
yet were caught in the insidious wiles of the Nicolaitans which...
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THE "DOCTRINE" OF BALAAM
The doctrine of Balaam
Compare (_ See Scofield) - (2 Peter 2:15); _
(_ See Scofield) - (Jude 1:11) _
was his teaching Balak to corrupt the people who could not be cursed....
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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...
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_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...
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A FEW THINGS. Probably, they emphasized individuality to the point
where church discipline was ignored. In the error of Balaam (Numbers
25:2; Numbers 31:16) false teachers at Pergamum taught Christian...
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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;...
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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....
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Corinthians 6:13; 1
Corinthians 7:2;...
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Doctrine [δ ι δ α χ η ν]. Rev., better, teaching.
Balaam. See Numbers 25:1-9; Numbers 31:15; Numbers 31:16. Compare 2
Peter 2:15;...
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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...
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But thou hast there — Whom thou oughtest to have immediately cast
out from the flock. Them that hold the doctrine of Balaam — Doctrine
nearly resembling his. Who taught Balak — And the rest of the
Moa...