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Verse Revelation 3:12. _A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE_] There is probably
all allusion here to the _two pillars_ in the temple of Jerusalem,
called _Jachin_ and _Boaz_, stability and strength. The _Church_...
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HIM THAT OVERCOMETH - See the notes on Revelation 2:7.
WILL MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD - See the introductory
remarks to this epistle. The promised reward of faithfulness here is,
that he w...
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CHAPTER 3
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea
_ 1. Sardis: The reformation period (Revelation 3:1)_
2. Philadelphia: The faithful remnant (Revelation 3:7)
3. Laodicea: The indifferent and apostate Churc...
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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 PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia was about 30
miles SE. of Sardis. Like Sardis it was subject to frequent
earthquakes, and consequently never attained any great size. The
conditi...
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_PHILADELPHIA_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM SARDIS AND WAS THE SECOND
CITY IN IMPORTANCE IN THE PROVINCE OF LYDIA. IT IS FIRST MENTIONED IN
REVELATION, AND THE PRAISES BESTOWED UPON THE CHURCH SHOW T...
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And to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia, write:
These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key
of David, he who opens and no man will shut, and shuts and no man
opens. I k...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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TEMPLE. sanctuary. Greek. _naos_. See Matthew 23:16 and App-88.
UPON. App-104.
NEW JERUSALEM. See Revelation 21:2; Revelation 21:3;...
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_Him that overcometh_ Lit. HE THAT OVERCOMETH, I WILL MAKE HIM, as in
Revelation 2:26.
_a pillar_ Used of chief men in the Church in Galatians 2:9, and
perhaps 1 Timothy 3:15. All Christians are livin...
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THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA...
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ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ. א* reads αὐτῷ.
Ἡ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΟΥΣΑ. With א*ACP 1 …; Text. Rec[134] i.e.
Beza and Elzevir, reads ἢ καταβαίνει with B2 And[135]; אc
reads τῆς καταβαινούσης.
[134] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA REVELATION 3:7-13:_ Philadelphia
means brotherly love. The purpose of the city of Philadelphia was to
spread the Greek language and the Greek way of life. This wa...
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DISCOURSE: 2500
EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA
Revelation 3:12. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the
temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon
him the name of my God, an...
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WILL I MAKE A PILLAR— As a _pillar_ is both an ornament and a
support of the building, so these martyrs and confessors shall
accordingly have greater power, and thus bear the weight of government
in t...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 9
Text Revelation 3:7-13
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the
key of David, he that o...
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Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and
he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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3:12 temple (a-12) _ Naos_ , the house itself (or the inner shrine).
see 1 Corinthians 9:13 ....
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A PILLAR] i.e. he shall have a permanent place in the 'temple,' i.e.
the Church, here the glorified Church: cp. 1 Kings 7:21; Galatians
2:9; Ephesians 2:20;...
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TO THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA Christ speaks as He by whom alone comes
entrance into the Church, the spiritual house of God (Revelation 3:7).
The Church is praised for its faithfulness in persecution....
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THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (CONCLUDED)
1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit
and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its
life is witho...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
TO THE *CHURCH IN SARDIS - REVELATION 3:1-6
V1 ‘Write to the *angel of the *church in Sardis. I hold the 7
spirits of God and the...
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WILL I MAKE A PILLAR. — A pillar, and an unshaken one. There may be
reference to the frequent earthquakes which had shaken down buildings
in their city. Those who overcome will prove real supports to...
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The message to Philadelphia....
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The reward of steadfastness here is a stable relation to God and
absolute (trebly verified) assurance of eternal life, permanence ἐν
τῷ ναῷ (verbally inconsistent with Revelation 21:22) τοῦ
θεοῦ μου ...
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LET NO ONE TAKE THY CROWN
Revelation 3:7
For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide
door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in
His Name. Once He open...
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The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the
Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things
remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is
lar...
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TO THE ENDURING CHURCH
Verse 7 Twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis was the town of
Philadelphia. It was located in a very fertile but dangerously
volcanic area. The city was founded by Attalus II w...
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(9) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,
and he shall go no more out: (10) and I will write upon him the name
of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new...
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To the Angel of the church of Philadelphia. There were several towns
of this name; here is understood that which was near Sardis, in Lydia.
Here is no more than an admonition to persevere, to hold tha...
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(7) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things
saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,
he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no...
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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 Philadelphia
I. INTRODUCTION
A. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one
another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this
all will know that...
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There is no threat of removing the candlestick: that was settled.
Judgment, setting aside the assembly, was fixed. But this body would
be treated as the world, not ecclesiastically as a corrupt assemb...
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HE THAT OVERCOMETH,.... In the hour of temptation, in this period of
time; that stands his ground then, sustains the shock of the beast,
with courage and intrepidity, and overcomes him:
WILL I MAKE A...
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Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and
he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, _which is_ new Jerusale...
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_Behold, I come quickly_ To put an end to those trials which for the
present are so painful; _hold that fast which thou hast_ With resolute
fidelity; _that no man take thy crown_ That no person or thi...
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A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD; give him a permanent place in God's
spiritual temple. Compare Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 PETER 2:5.
THE NAME OF MY GOD-THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD-MY NEW NAME; thus
mark...
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The letter to the congregation at Philadelphia:...
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HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND
HE SHALL GO NO MORE OUT; AND I WILL WRITE UPON HIM THE NAME OF MY GOD
AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD, WHICH IS NEW JERUSALEM, W...
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THE ASSEMBLY AT SARDIS
(vv. 1-6)
The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character,
for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a
revulsion from it. Sardis mean...
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PHILADELPHIA (VERSES 7-13)
The City
Philadelphia was founded in 140 BC by the king of Pergamos. The name,
Philadelphia, means “brotherly love.” It was a center of Greek
culture, learning, and langua...
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7-13 The same Lord Jesus has the key of government and authority in
and over the church. He opens a door of opportunity to his churches;
he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door...
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HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD:
though by _the temple of God_ in this place some understand the church
of Christ on earth, where those always were, and are, and alway...
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Revelation 3:12 He G846 overcomes G3528 (G5723) make G4160 (G5692)
pillar G4769 in G1722 temple G3485 My...
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‘He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the Temple of my God,
and he will leave it no more, and I will write on him the name of my
God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem whi...
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Revelation 3:12. We have now the promise to him that overcometh, which
is divided into three parts, not two. (1) HIM WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN
THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD. He shall not merely be a living stone...
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HE THAT OVERCOMETH
(ο νικων). Nominative absolute as in Revelation 2:26, resumed by
the accusative αυτον (him).A PILLAR
(στυλον). Old word for column, in N.T. only here, Revelation
10:1; Galatians...
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GO NO MORE
See (Psalms 23:6).
Contrast (Hebrews 13:14)....
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Revelation 3:12
The Pillar in God's Temple.
I. "To him that overcometh," reads the promise; and the first thing
that we want to understand is what the struggle is in which the
victory is to be won. I...
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CONTENTS: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to
Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy.
Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world....
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_Epistle the fifth._
Revelation 3:1. _Sardis,_ once a flourishing city, the residence of
ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians.
This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, wh...
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I WILL MAKE HIM. The victory prize is to be permanently with God! See
Psalms 27:4. _IN_ THE TEMPLE. The church of Christ (Ephesians 2:22). I
WILL WRITE ON HIM. When one enters Christ's church, the spi...
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_Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God._
THE PHILADELPHIAN CONQUEROR
I. The conqueror is to be a temple-pillar. Not an outside, but an
inside pillar. The interior colonnade...
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_Philadelphia._
PHILADELPHIA--THE PATIENT CHURCH
Philadelphia furnishes us with the exemplar of the patient church; the
exercise and training of patience is its peculiar call, and the
perfection of p...
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GOD'S PILLARS
He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God.
Revelation 3:12.
A few miles out of Edinburgh there is a wonderful old building called
Rosslyn Chapel. From far an...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:7 _Philadelphia_ is praised for
enduring in faith. In recognition for the aid after an earthquake in
A.D. 17, the city was briefly renamed Neocaesarea (“Caesar’s New
Ci...
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6. PHILADELPHIA.
Vs. 7-13. Here is a church on which Christ bestows unmixed praise. She
had "little strength"; few in numbers and poor in resources. The
vicissitudes of the city, because of earthquake...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:7. PHILADELPHIA.—Situated at the foot of Mount Tmolus,
and named after Attalus Philadelphus, King of Pergamos. It was a
centre of the wine trade. HOLY AND...
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EXPOSITION
REVELATION 3:1
_The epistle to the Church at Sardis. _This Church is one of the two
which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no
blame; Sardis and Laodicea receive no...
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6. PHILADELPHIA: THE CHURCH OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Background: Philadelphia was the youngest city of the seven
mentioned in the letters. The city was established in 189 BC and was
named after two brothers...
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And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation)
write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God
(Revelation 3:1),
And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in...
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1 John 2:13; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; 1 Kings 7:21; Ephesians 3:15;...
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Pillar [σ τ υ λ ο ν]. The word occurs, Galatians 2:9; 1 Timothy
3:15; Revelation 10:1. The reference here is not to any prominence in
the earthly church, as...
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THE CHURCHES AT SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, AND LAODICEA
Revelation 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at
Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven...
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I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God — I will fix him as
beautiful, as useful, and as immovable as a pillar in the church of
God. And he shall go out no more — But shall be holy and happy...
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In this verse Christ promises. threefold reward to them that finally
overcome all the temptations and trials of this life.
1. They shall be PILLARS in God's temple, that is, honourable and
glorious m...