7 things JESUS asks of us

 

The LORD JESUS said:

Revelation 3:20

King James Version

20 Behold, 

I stand at the door, and knock: 

if any man hear my voice, 

and open the door, 

I will come in to him, 

and will sup with him,

 and he with me.

In the FIRST three chapters of the BOOK of REVELATION, the LORD JESUS revealed much.

Here are SEVEN things He asks of us, in the third chapter, after having given His epistle to the seven churches of Asia, through His apostle, John:

1. Be zealous.

2. Repent.

Revelation 3:19

King James Version

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: 

be zealous therefore, and repent.

3. Hear my voice.

4. Open the door.

5. Sup with Him.

Revelation 3:20

King James Version

20 Behold, 

I stand at the door, and knock: 

if any man hear my voice, 

and open the door, 

I will come in to him, 

and will sup with him, 

and he with me.

6. Overcome.

Revelation 3:21

King James Version

21 To him that overcometh 

will I grant to sit with me in my throne, 

even as I also overcame, 

and am set down with my Father 

in his throne.

7. Hear what the Spirit said unto the churches.

Revelation 3:22

King James Version

22 He that hath an ear, 

let him hear what the Spirit saith 

unto the churches.

The Lord truly desires to have fellowship with us, the body of His church.

The Lord knows my response.

What about you?

What is your reponse?

I agree with apostle John:

1 John 5:3

King James Version

3 For this is the love of God, 

that we keep his commandments: 

and his commandments are not grievous.

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JESUS introduces HIMSELF to the 7 churches

 

The LORD JESUS said:

Revelation 1:8

King James Version

8 I am Alpha and Omega,

the beginning and the ending, 

saith the Lord, 

which is, 

and which was, 

and which is to come, 

the Almighty.

How did the LORD introduce Himself to the SEVEN churches in Asia?

Why is it important to know that?

This BOOK is the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

The HOLY SPIRIT wants us to know the might, and power, of the LORD.

It is time we acknowledged His power over ALL people, the churches, and over EVERYTHING God gave Him.

For greater emphasis, Spirit and I highlighted the words JESUS spoke of Himself, even as all words on these verses were His.

To the church of EPHESUS:

Revelation 2:1

King James Version

2 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; 

These things saith he 

that holdeth the seven stars 

in his right hand, 

who walketh in the midst 

of the seven golden candlesticks;

To the church of SMYRNA:

Revelation 2:8

King James Version

8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; 

These things saith the first and the last, 

which was dead, 

and is alive;

To the church of PERGAMOS:

Revelation 2:12

King James Version

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; 

These things saith he 

which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

To the church of THYATIRA:

Revelation 2:18

King James Version

18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; 

These things saith the Son of God, 

who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, 

and his feet are like fine brass;

To the church of SARDIS:

Revelation 3:1

King James Version

3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; 

These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, 

and the seven stars; 

I know thy works, 

that thou hast a name that thou livest, 

and art dead.

To the church of PHILADELPHIA:

Revelation 3:7

King James Version

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 man openeth;

To the church of LAODICEA:

Revelation 3:14

King James Version

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; 

These things saith the Amen, 

the faithful and true witness, 

the beginning of the creation of God;

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WHICH church are YOU?

 

Deuteronomy 5:32-33

King James Version

32 Ye shall observe to do therefore 

as the Lord your God hath commanded you: 

ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

33 Ye shall walk in all the ways 

which the Lord your God hath commanded you, 

that ye may live, 

and that it may be well with you, 

and that ye may prolong your days in the land 

which ye shall possess.

From this tab, we got to know about the SEVEN churches in the Book of Revelation.

Out of the SEVEN churches JESUS admonished six of them.

He wanted each church to take specific measures to correct themselves.

Or to hold on fast to what they have.

The Lord warned that He was to come quickly.

In summary, based on my simple understanding of the SEVEN churches, here's what I found regarding what they represented:

The church of EPHESUS -- unfaithful

The church of SMYRNA -- dishonest

The church of PERGAMOS -- unfaithful

The church of THYATIRA -- corrupt

The church of SARDIS -- imperfect

The church of PHILADELPHIA -- faithful

The church of LAODICEA -- lukewarm and proud

Which one are you?

Updated 10 November 2023

REVELATION 1 to 3 describes JESUS

 

Revelation 3:14

King James Version

14 And unto the angel of the church 

of the Laodiceans write; 

These things saith the Amen, 

the faithful and true witness, 

the beginning of the creation of God;

What a wealth of material on the Lord JESUS!

The Book of Revelation has much to say about the LORD.

Here's how Revelation 1 to 3 describes the LORD:

The faithful witness.

The first begotten of the dead.

The prince of the kings of the earth.

Who loved us.

Who washed us from our sins in his own blood.

And had made us kings and priests unto God and his Father.

He will come with the clouds.

The Alpha and Omega.

The beginning and the ending.

Which is, which was, and which is to come.

The Almighty.

Standing in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.

Clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

His head and hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;.

His eyes were as a flame of fire;

His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace.

His voice as the sound of many waters.

In his right hand seven stars.

Out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword.

His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

The first and the last.

He is he that liveth, was dead, and alive forevermore.

He has the keys of hell and death.

He knows the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

He will kill Jezebel's children with death.

That all the churches may know it is he who searches the reins and hearts.

He will give everyone according to our works.

He will give the morning star to those who overcome.

He is the root and offspring of David.

He is the bright and morning star.

He has the seven Spirits of God.

He has the seven stars.

He has the key of David.

Whatever He opens, no one can shut.

Whatever He shuts, no one can open.

He will come quickly.

The Amen.

He is the faithful and true witness.

He is the beginning of the creation of God.

He rebukes, and chastens.

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JESUS is HEAD of the CHURCH

 

Ephesians 5:27

King James Version

27 That he might present it to himself 

a glorious church, 

not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; 

but that it should be holy and without blemish.

The true born again worships JESUS.

For He is head of the church.

What verses testify of this?

Here's where SPIRIT led me:

Matthew 28:18-20

King James Version

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 

All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, 

and teach all nations, 

baptizing them in the name of the Father, 

and of the Son, 

and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things 

whatsoever I have commanded you: 

and, lo, 

I am with you always, 

even unto the end of the world. 

Amen.

Ephesians 1:20-23

King James Version

20 Which he wrought in Christ, 

when he raised him from the dead, 

and set him at his own right hand 

in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, 

and power, 

and might, 

and dominion, 

and every name that is named, 

not only in this world, 

but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put all things under his feet, 

and gave him to be the head 

over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, 

the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 5:23

King James Version

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, 

even as Christ is the head of the church: 

and he is the saviour of the body.

Colossians 1:18

King James Version

18 And he is the head of the body, 

the church: 

who is the beginning, 

the firstborn from the dead; 

that in all things he might have the preeminence.

1 Corinthians 11:3

King James Version

3 But I would have you know, 

that the head of every man is Christ; 

and the head of the woman is the man; 

and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 1:10

King James Version

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, 

by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

that ye all speak the same thing, 

and that there be no divisions among you; 

but that ye be perfectly joined together 

in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Colossians 2:10

King James Version

10 And ye are complete in him, 

which is the head of all principality 

and power:

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

King James Version

19 What? 

know ye not that your body 

is the temple of the Holy Ghost 

which is in you, 

which ye have of God, 

and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, 

which are God's.

1 Corinthians 12:12

King James Version

12 For as the body is one, 

and hath many members, 

and all the members of that one body, 

being many, 

are one body: 

so also is Christ.

Ephesians 2:10

King James Version

10 For we are his workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus unto good works, 

which God hath before ordained 

that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:14-22

King James Version

14 For he is our peace, 

who hath made both one, 

and hath broken down 

the middle wall of partition between us;

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, 

even the law of commandments 

contained in ordinances; 

for to make in himself of twain one new man, 

so making peace;

16 And that he might reconcile both unto God 

in one body by the cross, 

having slain the enmity thereby:

17 And came and preached peace to you 

which were afar off, 

and to them that were nigh.

18 For through him we both have access 

by one Spirit unto the Father.

19 Now therefore ye are no more 

strangers and foreigners, 

but fellowcitizens with the saints, 

and of the household of God;

20 And are built upon the foundation 

of the apostles and prophets, 

Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together 

groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom ye also are builded together 

for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

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The LORD's command to the SEVEN churches

 

The LORD JESUS said:

Luke 5:32

King James Version

32 I came not to call the righteous, 

but sinners to repentance.

Do you know how JESUS wants His churches to be?

I think it's mighty clear in the FIRST three chapters of the Book of Revelation.

Here's what SPIRIT taught me, summarizing the Lord's command.

This is based on the verses from the seven churches:

The church of EPHESUS

-- Repent, from having left your first love.

-- Do the first works.

The church of SMYRNA

-- Be faithful unto death.

The church of PERGAMOS

-- Repent, from having held the doctrine of Balaam, which caused a stumblingblock before the children of Israel.

-- Repent, from having held the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.

The church of THYATIRA

-- Repent, from having allowed Jezebel, who called herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce the Lord's servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

-- Hold fast to what you have already, till the Lord comes.

The church of SARDIS

-- Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain.

-- Remember how you have received and heard; hold fast, and repent.

The church of PHILADELPHIA

-- Hold hold fast what you have, and let no man take your crown.

The church of LAODICEA

-- Be zealous, and repent, from being lukewarm, and from being proud, miserable, and blind.

Does it matter that these seven churches of Asia existed a long time ago?

Are the commands of Jesus still relevant these days?

How are our churches these days?

Are they true to the Lord?

Churches who say they are of CHRIST, must:

1. Love Jesus.

2. Be faithful.

3. Repent.

4. Hold fast to what pleases the Lord.

5. Be watchful.

6. Strengthen the things that remain.

7. Be zealous.

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"Watch", for JESUS will come unexpectedly.

Revelation 3:3

King James Version

3 Remember therefore 

how thou hast received and heard, 

and hold fast, and repent. 

If therefore thou shalt not watch, 

I will come on thee as a thief, 

and thou shalt not know 

what hour I will come upon thee.

Lastly, we reach the end of this FIRST 3-chapter series on the Book of Revelation.

Let's now have a look at what Spirit led me to on this third chapter:

Jesus has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars.

Revelation 3:1

King James Version

3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; 

These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, 

and the seven stars; 

I know thy works, 

that thou hast a name that thou livest, 

and art dead.

Jesus has the key of David.

Whatever He opens, no one can shut.

Whatever He shuts, no one can open.

Revelation 3:7

King James Version

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 man openeth;

Jesus said, the "hour of temptation" will come upon all the world, to try all who dwell upon the earth.

Revelation 3:10

King James Version

10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 

I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, 

which shall come upon all the world, 

to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Jesus will come quickly.

Revelation 3:11

King James Version

11 Behold, 

I come quickly: 

hold that fast which thou hast, 

that no man take thy crown.

Whoever overcomes will be made a pillar in the temple of God, where he shall stay.

Jesus will write upon the overcomer, the name of His God, and the name of the new city of God -- the new Jerusalem.

This new city will come down out of heaven from God.

Revelation 3:12

King James Version

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, 

and the name of the city of my God, 

which is new Jerusalem, 

which cometh down out of heaven from my God: 

and I will write upon him my new name.

Jesus is "the Amen".

He is the faithful and true witness.

He is the beginning of the creation of God.

Revelation 3:14

King James Version

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; 

These things saith the Amen, 

the faithful and true witness, 

the beginning of the creation of God;

Jesus wants us to make a stand.

He rejects those who play safe.

Revelation 3:15-16

King James Version

15 I know thy works, 

that thou art neither cold nor hot: 

I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, 

and neither cold nor hot, 

I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Jesus loves, but if need be, He rebukes, and chastens.

The Lord asks us to be zealous, and to repent.

He waits for us to let Him into our hearts.

Revelation 3:19-20

King James Version

19 As many as I love, 

I rebuke and chasten: 

be zealous therefore, 

and repent.

20 Behold, 

I stand at the door, 

and knock: 

if any man hear my voice, 

and open the door, 

I will come in to him, 

and will sup with him, 

and he with me.

To those who overcome, Jesus will let him sit with Him in His throne, for Jesus went through the same thing.

He overcame, and now sits with His Father in his throne.

Revelation 3:21

King James Version

21 To him that overcometh will I grant 

to sit with me in my throne, 

even as I also overcame, 

and am set down with my Father 

in his throne.

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NOTES on REVELATION 2

 

Revelation 2:29

King James Version

29 He that hath an ear, let him hear 

what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

We now come to Revelation chapter 2.

Here are the verses Spirit led me to take note of:

Jesus hates the deeds, and doctrine, of the Nicolaitans.

Revelation 2:6

King James Version

6 But this thou hast, 

that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, 

which I also hate.

Revelation 2:15

King James Version

15 So hast thou also them 

that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, 

which thing I hate.

The tree of life is in the midst of the paradise of God.

If we overcome, we get to eat of the tree of life.

Revelation 2:7

King James Version

7 He that hath an ear, 

let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; 

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, 

which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

The tree of life was also spoken of in the Book of Genesis.

Genesis 2:9

King James Version

9 And out of the ground made the Lord God 

to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, 

and good for food; 

the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, 

and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

The tree of life was also made mention on the last chapter of Revelation.

Revelation 22:1-2

King James Version

22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, 

clear as crystal, 

proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street of it, 

and on either side of the river, 

was there the tree of life, 

which bare twelve manner of fruits, 

and yielded her fruit every month: 

and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Jesus speaks about Satan.

"the synagogue of Satan"

Revelation 2:9

King James Version

9 I know thy works, 

and tribulation, 

and poverty, 

(but thou art rich) 

and I know the blasphemy of them 

which say they are Jews, 

and are not, 

but are the synagogue of Satan.

"where Satan's seat is"

"where Satan dwelleth"

Revelation 2:13

King James Version

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 days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, 

who was slain among you, 

where Satan dwelleth.

"the depths of Satan"

Revelation 2:24

King James Version

24 But unto you I say, 

and unto the rest in Thyatira, 

as many as have not this doctrine, 

and which have not known the depths of Satan, 

as they speak; 

I will put upon you none other burden.

Jesus spoke of the "second death".

Revelation 2:11

King James Version

11 He that hath an ear, 

let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; 

He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Jesus warns the church of "that woman Jezebel".

Revelation 2:20-22

King James Version

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, 

because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, 

which calleth herself a prophetess, 

to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, 

and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; 

and she repented not.

22 Behold, 

I will cast her into a bed, 

and them that commit adultery with her 

into great tribulation, 

except they repent of their deeds.

Jesus searches our hearts, and rewards us accordingly.

Revelation 2:23

King James Version

23 And I will kill her children with death; 

and all the churches shall know that I am he 

which searcheth the reins and hearts: 

and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

The Lord talks about giving "the morning star" to those who overcome.

Revelation 2:28

King James Version

28 And I will give him the morning star.

Jesus is known to be the morning star.

Revelation 22:16

King James Version

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you 

these things in the churches. 

I am the root and the offspring of David, 

and the bright and morning star.

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Nicolaitans