Christ was standing outside this church knocking to gain entrance (v. 14-22įinally, the church in Laodicea became lukewarm and opinionated, thinking she was rich, but not realizing that she was poor, blind and naked (vv. Laodicea – the church in lukewarmness and opinions – vv. How can the church hold fast what she has received?…only by the strengthening of the seven Spirits of God. The church in Philadelphia alone received the Lord’s praise. But she also needed the Lord’s strengthening to hold fast what she had so that no one might take her crown (v. Philadephia – the church in recovery needing to hold fast – vv. Is this not also the condition of the church today? How can the church be saved from deadness and incompleteness? …only by the intensified operation of the seven Spirits. The church in Sardis had become dead with none of her works completed before God (3:1-2). Sardis – the church in deadness and incompleteness – 3:1-6 How can the church be saved from such mixture and corruption?…only by the burning and judging of the seven Spirits of God.
The deep things of Satan had corrupted the church in Thyatira (v.
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Thyatira – the church full of mixture and apostasy – vv. How can the worldliness within the church be purged away?…by the exposing and operating of the seven Spirits. Then there was union with the world that pervaded the church in Pergamos (v. Pergamos – the church in union with the world – vv. How can the church overcome such persecution?…by the empowering of the seven Spirits. Then there was the church in Smyrna that received no rebuke as she was suffering severe persecution and needed to be faithful unto death (vv. Smyrna – the church suffering intense persecution – vv. How can we be constrained to return to our first love?…through the operating of the seven Spirits. May the Lord recover us to our first and best love for Him. There was the leaving of the first love by the church in Ephesus (v. Ephesus – the church leaving her first love for Christ – Rev. They are also the degraded conditions we need to overcome today. Though their condition is prophetic of the seven stages of church history, it was the actual condition of each church at the time John was writing Revelation. If you read the epistles to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3 there was much the churches needed to overcome. The condition when the apostle John was writing to the seven churches in Asia was very dark. However, if we acknowledge that the seven Spirits here refer to the Spirit in the Godhead, we must address how the one Spirit of God, was revealed to John as being “the seven Spirits.” Seven Spirits needed in the condition of degradation This is because the seven Spirits are ranked with God, the eternal Father and Jesus, His Son. Undoubtedly, “ the seven Spirits who are before His throne” mentioned in this blessing refers to the Spirit in the Godhead. “ Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth” obviously refers to God the Son. “ Him who is and who was and who is coming” surely refers to God the Father. The blessing to the receivers of Revelation is from the Divine Trinity. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. John’s opening greeting in Revelation 1:4-5 says, It’s a matter of essence and function or economy…one in His essence, yet seven in His function.īut let’s look at the context of Revelation… The Blessing of the Divine Trinity including the seven Spirits of God How can the Spirit of God be both one and seven? As such, it’s worthy of our consideration. This apparent contradiction unfolds a divine mystery of profound significance that affects our present Christian experience. 1:4)?Īlso how can we reconcile the fact that Ephesians 4:4 speaks of “one Spirit” while Revelation 1:4 speaks of “seven Spirits”? How then can we reconcile this divine fact with the apostle John’s vision of the seven Spirits of God in Revelation (Rev. As believers in Christ, we hold dearly the truth in the Bible that our God is one, yet three–Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matt.
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