Rvelation 2:21-22

²¹ I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry] and refuses to do so.

·         Jesus knew that Jezebel wouldn’t repent, but yet He gave her a chance! Jesus is the Shepherd of the True Church, the true chosen ones, and Jezebel was a wolf who tried to pass herself off as a chosen one. Jesus never lets a wolf overtake His sheep! He may allow a wolf to take over a religion, a denomination, a building but never one of His chosen ones! 

·         While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name [in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded and protected, and not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot—the one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost], that the Scripture might be fulfilled. John 17:12

²² Take note: I will throw her on a bed [of anguish], and those who commit adultery with her [her paramours] I will bring down to pressing distress and severe affliction, unless they turn away their minds from conduct [such as] hers and repent of their doings.

·         Jesus is zealous over His true church. When He came into the Temple, He personally overturned the money changers. And here we see that Jesus Himself will throw Jezebel down! People like to always say that such things only come from satan, but Jesus Alone holds the keys to death and hell, Revelation 1:18. We will study on this in far greater detail during our study of the Great Tribulation, later on in Revelation. But the Truth is that satan is not always the one causing bad things to happen for humans.

·         For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes. Hebrews 12:6

·         Our Father loves everyone, even those who are in sin, so everyone will be corrected, Romans 5:8.

·         Our peace is that Jesus’ correction is always done in love and not to get even with us. Jesus’ correction is to set the people free. It may seem bad at the time, but it is always for our own good.  

·         Death of the flesh actually sets a lot of people free from sin. They may have to go to Hades for a while, but Jesus went and cleaned Hades out once before, 1 Peter 3;20, and He will do it again.

·         The Rich Rulers heart, who was cast into Hades, was changed while he was there. He actually started to desire the well being of others above himself, Luke 16. Our Father is not a dictator, He is a loving parent to all men.