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[9] He is of the opinion that the letters have a prophetic purpose disclosing the seven phases of the spiritual history of the Church. Other writers, such as Clarence Larkin , [ 10 ] Henry Hampton Halley , [ 11 ] Merrill Unger , [ 12 ] and William M. Branham [ 13 ] also have put forward the view that the seven churches preview the history of ...
When the 'police' (Greek: rhabdouchoi, "lictors", verse 35) came to order the jailer to release him, Paul chose this time to reveal his Roman citizenship (cf. Acts 22:22–29; 25:1–12), which higher standards of legal treatment than other people in the empire should prevent him and his companion to be publicly humiliated, and the violation of ...
In the letters to the early Christian churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, Jesus makes reference to a synagogue of Satan (Greek: συναγωγή τοῦ Σατανᾶ, synagoge tou satana), in each case referring to a group persecuting the church "who say they are Jews and are not".
Revelation 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [2]
Titular Bishops of Thyatira Name Position From To Pantaleon Bruns OSB Auxiliary Bishop in Paderborn, Holy Roman Empire 20 Jan 1721 [13] 15 December 1727 [14] [15] Stephanus Ladislaus Luzenszky: 7 September 1729 [16] [17] 1734 [18] Bartolomeo Gradenigo: Coadjutor archbishop of Udine, Republic of Venice: 24 August 1734 13 March 1762 [19] [20]
The Signs of the Times (1832), a commentary on The Apocalypse by Rev. Dr. Alexander Keith. [86] Horae Apocalypticae (1837), a commentary on The Apocalypse by Rev. Edward Bishop Elliott. [87] Vindiciae Horariae (1848), twelve letters to the Rev. Dr. Keith, in reply to his strictures on the "Horae apocalypticae" by Rev. Edward Bishop Elliott. [88]
Thyateira (also Thyatira; Ancient Greek: Θυάτειρα) was the name of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"), Manisa Province. The name is probably Lydian .
Third Epistle to the Corinthians, a correspondence of two letters allegedly sent by the Corinthians to Paul, and then a reply letter allegedly sent by Paul to the Church of Corinth. It was considered genuine for some time by the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church , but is now widely dated in the second half of the 2nd ...