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!
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 […]
Since the Resurrected Christ lives in us, the Churches are Living, Overcoming Death
In speaking to the church in Smyrna, the Lord said of Himself that He is the First and the Last, who became dead and lived again; as the resurrected Christ, He is living in us and among us, and we as the church are living as He is, full of life and overcoming any death. […]
We need to Know that Jesus is the First and the Last, and He died and Lived again
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
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; […]
Entering the Fellowship of the Lord’s Sufferings for the Church to be His Testimony
This week in our deeper study and prayerful consideration of the seven epistles to the seven churches in Rev. 2 we come to the Lord’s speaking to Smyrna, the suffering church. In Matt. 16:18 the Lord uttered the greatest prophecy in the Bible, On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of […]