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Slide1
You’ve Got Mail
Letter to ThyatiraSlide2
Revelation
2:18-29
“
18
"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like
burnishedSlide3
bronze
.
19
"
'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
20
But I have this against you, that
youSlide4
tolerate
that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants
to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
21
ISlide5
gave
her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
22
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into
greatSlide6
tribulation
, unless they repent of her works,
23
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give
toSlide7
each
of you as your works deserve.
24
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do
notSlide8
lay
on you any other burden.
25
Only hold fast what you have until I come.
26
The one who conquers and who keeps my works
until the end, to him I will give authority over
theSlide9
nations
,
27
and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
28
And I will give him
theSlide10
morning
star.
29
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches
.”
Revelation 2:18-29Slide11
You’ve Got Mail
Letter to ThyatiraSlide12
I. Thyatira ---
Jezebel’s
citySlide13
II. Location of ThyatiraSlide14
40 miles
southeast of P
ergamum Slide15
III. Trade GuildsSlide16
Today,
we would call a
trade guild a
UNION
…Slide17
Today
we
would call a
trade guild a UNION…
TRADE GUILDS:
w
eavers – tanners – bonze cobblers – pottery workersSlide18
Thyatira’s
most well-known Christian convert
was…Slide19
Thyatira’s
most well-known Christian convert
was…
…
Lydia
(
mentioned in Acts 16
), Slide20
U
nlike
our
unions
in America, members of a
guild worshiped
the
god
of a
particular profession
. Slide21
If you
DID NOT BELONG
to
a
Guild
you
got…Slide22
Pergamum
was
center of
emperor worship…Slide23
Pergamum
was
center of
emperor worship…
Thyatira
was the
capital for
the
Guilds
…Slide24
POPULAR ROMAN GODS
Apollo
Bacchus
Ceres
Cupid
Diana
Faunus
Fortune
Hebe
Janus
Juno
Jupiter
Juntas
Lares
Libertas
Mars
Mercury Ops
Quirinus
Minerva Mars VestaSlide25
Bacchus
- God of wine and
pleasure
Isis
- Egyptian goddess of
fertility
Jupiter
- God of the
sky
Hercules
- God of
victory commercial activities
Mercury
- Messenger of the gods
of trade
Minerva
- Goddess of
trade guilds
Venus
- Goddess of love, beauty and
prostitutes
Quirinus
–
rape
of the Sabine
womenSlide26
E
very
Guild had
a
god
. For
example, your local:
Slide27
E
very
Guild had
a
god
. For
example, your local:
electrician
had a Guild god…
Slide28
E
very
Guild had
a
god
. For example
your local:
electrician
had a Guild god…
plumber
had a Guild god…
Slide29
E
very
Guild had
a
god
. For example
your local:
electrician
had a Guild god…
plumber
had a Guild god…
friendly
telephone
company…
Slide30
E
very
Guild had
a God
. For example
your local:
electrician
had a Guild god…
plumber
had a Guild god…
friendly
telephone
company…
Internet service
provider...
Slide31
IV. Real
purpose
for the Guild
gods...
Slide32
IV. Real
purpose
for the Guild
gods...
These guild gods would
enable you
to
drink
a little more often.
Slide33
D
uring
the early days of the Empire, it was against Roman law to
DRINK
INTOXICATATING DRINKS
except at the
feast of your
god
.
Slide34
Marcus Aurelius
"
meditations."
“
multiplicity of
Roman gods
and
Roman Guilds
is the fact that that's the way we can
get drunk
.”
Slide35
You would come to your guild:
Slide36
You would come to your guild:
drink
Slide37
You would come to your guild:
drink
eat some
meat offered to an
idol
Slide38
You would come to your guild:
drink
eat some
meat offered to an
idol
drink
more
wine
Slide39
then
the
Guild
prostitutes
were brought in and
sexual immorality
would
begin…
Slide40
This normally happened at least
once a month
.
Slide41
V. Our Text
Slide42
Revelation
2:18
“
18
"And to the
angel
of the
church
in Thyatira
write: 'The words of the
Son of God
, who has
eyes
like a flame of fire, and whose
feet
are like
burnished bronze
.”
Slide43
“
omnipresent
”
all
presentSlide44
“
omnipresent
”
all
present
“
omniscient
”
all
knowingSlide45
“
omnipresent
”
all
present
“
omniscient
”
all
knowing
“
omnipotent
”
all
powerful
Slide46
Revelation
2:18
“…
eyes
are like a
flame fire
and….
feet
are like
burnished bronze
.”
Slide47
Christ’s eyes on this Church are able
to…Slide48
Christ’s eyes on this Church are able
to…
penetrate
and see
into the
DARKNESSSlide49
Christ’s eyes on this Church are able
to…
PENETRATE
and see
into the
DARKNESS
see
all the
WONDERFUL
GOODNESS
Slide50
Are they in trouble
?Slide51
Are they in trouble
?
T
here's
no church of the seven more
EXTERNALLY
SUPERIOR
… Slide52
Revelation
2:19
“
19
"'I know your
works
, your
love
and
faith
and
service
and
patient endurance
, and that your latter works
exceed the first
.Slide53
T
he
brothers in Ephesus
had
left
…Slide54
T
he
brothers in Ephesus
had
left
…
Pergamum
had
remained faithful
even…Slide55
T
he
brothers in Ephesus
had
left
…
Pergamum
had
remained faithful
even…
Thyatira
,
as far as what they
are
doing
, they
surpass…Slide56
w
orking
church
Slide57
w
orking
church
loving
church
Slide58
w
orking
church
loving
church
c
hurch
with
faith
Slide59
w
orking
church
loving
church
c
hurch
with
faith
known for
service
Slide60
w
orking
church
loving
church
c
hurch
with
faith
known for
service
t
hey’re
persevering
Slide61
w
orking
church
loving
church
c
hurch
with
faith
known for
service
t
hey’re
persevering
growing
Slide62
Now God is
not writing this
church off as
useless
…
Slide63
Now God is
not writing this
church off as
useless
…
If
I had read verse 19
and
were
looking for a
church…
Slide64
It was everything a congregation of God's people
ought…
Slide65
It was everything a congregation of God's people
ought…
Revelation
2:20
“
20
But I have
this
against
you…,”
Slide66
r
evival
Slide67
r
evival
r
epentance
Slide68
r
evival
r
epentance
e
valuation
Slide69
r
evival
r
epentance
e
valuation
i
mprovement
Slide70
r
evival
r
epentance
e
valuation
i
mprovement
c
hecking
our current urgency for
the lost
…
Slide71
Revelation
2:20
“20
But I have this against you, that you
tolerate that woman Jezebel
, who calls herself a prophetess and is
teaching
and
seducing
my servants
to practice
sexual immorality
and to eat food
sacrificed to idols.”
Slide72
Old Testament Queen Jezebel was a
Phoenician princess
who married
Ahab.
Slide73
Old Testament Queen Jezebel was a
Phoenician princess
who married
Ahab.
Her father was
Ethbaal
,
king
and
high priest
of the
Sidonians
.
Slide74
Baal worshippers,
participated
in:
Slide75
Baal worshippers,
participated
in:
sex worship
Slide76
Baal worshippers,
participated
in:
sex worship
fertility rites
Slide77
Baal worshippers,
participated
in:
sex worship
fertility rites
religious prostitutionSlide78
Baal worshippers,
participated
in:
sex worship
fertility rites
religious prostitution
human
sacrifice
Slide79
The
emphasis of the Old Testament Jezebel’s teaching was,
get
in
there and enjoy
it… Slide80
The
emphasis of the Old Testament Jezebel’s teaching was,
get
in
there and enjoy
it…
…
a
religion of
seduction
.
Slide81
1 Kings
16:31-34
“
31
And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat
, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of
Ethbaal
king
ofSlide82
the
Sidonians
, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
32
He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
33
And Ahab made an
Asherah
. Slide83
Ahab
did
more
to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than
all
the kings of Israel who were before him
.”
1 Kings 16:31-34
Slide84
1 Kings
21:25
"
25
There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife
incited
."
Slide85
Baal worship was all about
seduction
. Her greatest evil was
:Slide86
Baal worship was all about
seduction
. Her greatest evil was:
seducing her husband Ahab to provide places for
idol
worshipSlide87
promoting
sexual immorality
as part of worship
Slide88
promoting
sexual immorality
as part of worship
put all of this
in the open
, in front of God’s people as a temptation.
Slide89
So
, Jezebel
is not only an
immoral woman
,
but
immoral
influential
seductive
ruling
Slide90
Was
there really a
woman
named
Jezebel
living in
Thyatira
?
Slide91
It appears that Jezebel may have been
used to personify
the
teaching
that was going
on…
Slide92
VI.
What’s the real problem?
--Do they believe her
? Slide93
VI.
What’s the real problem?
--Do they believe her
?
--
No
,
they
tolerate
her… Slide94
Revelation
2:21-23
“
21
I gave her time to repent, but she
refuses
to repent of her sexual immorality.
22
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those
whoSlide95
commit
adultery with
her
I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of
her
works,
23
and I will strike
her
children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he
whoSlide96
searches
mind
and
heart
, and I will give to each of you
as your works deserve
.”
Slide97
Revelation
2:23
"
23
…
mind
and
heart
”Slide98
Revelation
2:23
"
23
…
mind
and
heart
”
The word translated
heart
is the Greek word
for
kidney
, v
εφρ
o
υ
(
nephrou
)..
Slide99
the
mind
was the center of
intelligence
…
Slide100
the
mind
was the center of
intelligence
…
the
kidney
was thought of as the
center of emotion
…
Slide101
WHEN
I JUDGE JEZEBEL
and
her children
, THE CHURCHES
will
FEEL
and
KNOW
that
I SEE
ON THE
INSIDE
…
Slide102
So again,
for whose sake does the
church need to
repent
?
Slide103
So again,
for whose sake does the
church need to
repent
?
I
f
the church will
repent of
tolerating
this teaching
, maybe
Jezebel and her children
will
repent
.
Slide104
Job
33:19-20
“
19
Man is also rebuked with
pain on
his bed
and with
continual strife
in his bones,
20
so that
his life
loathes bread
,”
Slide105
Isaiah
speaks of
bed as suffering
– the bed is
too…
Slide106
Isaiah
speaks of
bed as suffering
– the bed is
too…
Ahaziah
, son
of
Jezebel, by his mother's horrible example
is cast into the bed of affliction
, and not repenting,
dies…
Slide107
Revelation 2:24,
25
“
24
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other
burden……..
25 moveSlide108
over
to the other side of the city in
Thyatira
and
established
the
Northside Church of Christ.
Slide109
Revelation
2:25
“
25
Only
hold fast
what
you have
until
I come
.”
Slide110
This toleration may
have worked something like this.
Slide111
This toleration may
have worked something like this.
How
can you
know if
it’s really
bad or good
until…
Slide112
I
f
you should see me step in quicksand
, please don't jump in with me so you can
say….
Slide113
I
f
you should see me step in quicksand
, please don't jump in with me so you can
say…
Stand
on solid ground
,…
Slide114
These brothers in Thyatira
did
not
need to
empathize
with Jezebel
, they needed to be
intolerant
toward
her teaching…
Slide115
Revelation
2:26-28
26
The one who
conquers
and who keeps my works
until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,
27
and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in
pieces, evenSlide116
(
psalm 2:9
),
even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
28
And I will give him the morning star.”
Slide117
Revelation 2:26-27,
This seems to simply be a
promise of
rulership
of the world because I am
overcoming faithfully
to the end.
Slide118
God in a sense
rules the world
through
the
church…
Slide119
God in a sense
rules the world
through
the
church…
We teach
the world about
Jesus
and
they…
Slide120
Revelation 2:28
“28
And I will give him the
morning star
.”
Slide121
“Revelation
22:16
“
16
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things, for the churches. I am the Root and the descendant of David,
the bright
Morning Star
.”
Slide122
So
what is it
that Jesus is promising
the
overcomer
?
Slide123
So
what is it
that Jesus is promising
the
overcomer
?
Himself
!
Slide124
When you look up in the sky, the
morning star
is which
star…Slide125
When you look up in the sky, the
morning star
is which
star…
…the
last one
you see just
before daylight
comes…
Slide126
Christian in Rome just watched his
wife…
Slide127
Christian in Rome just watched his
wife…
t
he morning star…
Slide128
When the world was wrapped up completely in the
darkness of sin
,
Christ
burst forth like the
morning star.
Slide129
When the world was wrapped up completely in the
darkness of sin
,
Christ
burst forth like the
morning star.
While
exposing evil,
HE MADE SURE
HIS
LIGHT
…
Slide130
A
fter
the long
night of
sin
,
what Jesus offers is
sweet
relief
…
Slide131
Revelation
2:29
“
29
He who
has an ear
,
let him
hear
what the Spirit says to the
churches
.”
Slide132