This week we come to the Lord’s speaking to the church in Pergamos; as a sign, this church prefigures the church that entered into a marriage union with the world and became a fortified tower, having its nature changed and being full of mixture. We today need to be guarded against the degradation that is […]
Reigning in Life by Receiving the Abundance of Grace to Receive the Crown of Life
November 26, 2016 by 9 Comments
The Lord’s promise to the overcomers in the suffering church in Smyrna is that He would give them the crown of life (Rev. 2:10). In the Lord’s speaking to the church in Smyrna, a church under persecution, in suffering, and facing death, we can see the glorious victory of the crucified and resurrected Christ over […]
Christ has the Keys of Death and of Hades: He Nullified Death and Overcame Hades!
November 25, 2016 by 14 Comments
Jesus Christ is the One who became dead and lived again – He is the resurrected One, the One who not only defeated death but also has the keys of death and of Hades, and death and Hades are under His control. Praise the Lord! God became a man – Jesus Christ, who lived a […]
We need to Know that Jesus is the First and the Last, and He died and Lived again
November 23, 2016 by 6 Comments
To the church in Smyrna, the suffering church, the Lord introduces Himself as the First and the Last, who became dead and lived again (Rev. 2:8); the key to victory over persecution, suffering, and death is realizing who the Lord is, being under His care, and experiencing Him as our life and everything. The church […]
The Lord Knows our Tribulation, and He Knows Religion Opposes Christ and the Church
November 22, 2016 by 8 Comments
The Lord told the church in Smyrna not to fear the things which she was about to suffer (prison, persecution, tribulation, and even death), because He knows their tribulation and poverty, and to those who are faithful, He will give the crown of life (see Rev. 2:8-11). The church in Smyrna was a suffering church; […]
Enjoying Christ as our Love, Life, and Light to keep the Testimony of Jesus
November 19, 2016 by 6 Comments
In the Lord’s epistle to the church in Ephesus there are four main points – love (loving the Lord with the first love), life (enjoying Christ as the tree of life), light (shining as the Lord’s testimony), and the lampstand (bearing the Lord’s testimony); love, life, light, and the lampstand are four crucial words in […]
We need to Maintain the eating of Christ as the Tree of Life in the Church Life
November 18, 2016 by 6 Comments
At the end of the Lord’s epistle to the church in Ephesus He calls for the overcomers, promising them to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God (Rev. 2:7); today we as believers in Christ need to maintain the eating of Christ as the tree of life in the […]
