·
Amen, the wicked
will learn from us.
· We are told to
always forgive and here we see that we will forgive all who ever come against
us and not only will we forgive them, we will help them.
· Here is a great
place to ask the question, when will the evil people of the world bow down
before us and acknowledge that we were right? Every time in the New Testament
when one man bows to another we are told that it is wrong. Yet, Jesus clearly
tells us that the wicked will bow down before us and acknowledge openly that we
were right.
· This happens
after Jesus returns. Because when Jesus returns all of the chosen ones, whether
they are alive or dead in Him, are transformed to be just like Him. We are
changed from being men, to being just like Jesus.
·
Beloved, we are
[even here and] now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what
we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we
shall [as God's children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just
as He [really] is. 1 John 3:2
· So the wicked
will bow to us during the Millennial Reign of Christ and beyond. This brings up
another great Truth, how will the wicked learn if they are in Hell? Why would
they learn that Jesus loved them if they were in Hell? I was always taught that
the wicked are sent to Hell for all of eternity to live in anguish, torment,
and fear. Yet Jesus tells us that the wicked will be around us and have to
acknowledge and learn from us. The Truth is awesome and there is a ton of Truth
concerning what Jesus spoke to the Church of Philadelphia.
10 Because you have guarded and kept My word of
patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant
endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial
(testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the
earth.
·
Here is the first
time that we see with any of the seven churches where Jesus proclaims that He
will keep them. But we know the Truth that Jesus has always kept His children.
This is another reason I have a problem with these churches being seven
different ages of Churches. I know that I keep talking about the church age
thing, but it was so prevalent of a teaching when I was growing up. There is a time of the Great Tribulation, we
will discuss this a great deal later in our study of Revelation, but true
believers have always had trials. We have always needed Jesus to keep us and we
will always need Him to keep us, and He did and He will! What is eye catching
to me is that Jesus only says that He will keep the church of
Philadelphia.
·
When I read about
Philadelphia and the other churches I can see how they could exist side by side
during the time of the Great Tribulation. Philadelphia being the true believers
empowered by Christ to preach and serve the world and the other churches being
the one led by the anti-christ and the false prophet. This is nothing new
though, true believers have always been challenged by false so called Christian
leaders. To me Jesus is always Jesus, and He has always had a church of
Philadelphia that He has been empowered to hold fast to His Word, and there has
always been these other false churches. And there always will be, especially
during the last days, a church of the anti-christ that has left the Truth of Jesus,
a church that has as its elders, false leaders, teaching false doctrines of
men, proclaiming that they are working for God, while all along their works are
dead.
·
So as I wrote in
the beginning of the study on Revelation 2, if these are seven different times,
seven different churches, or seven different styles of churches, doesn’t really
matter as much as the Truth that Jesus is with His chosen ones and the only way
anyone can succeed, is because Jesus is in them causing to succeed!
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