(Revelation 2:8-11)
8
To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These
are the words of Him Who is the First and the Last,
Who
died and came to life again.
9
I know your afflictions an your poverty--
YET
YOU ARE RICH!
I
know the slander of those who say
They
are Jews (Christians) and are not,
But
are a synagogue (Church) of Satan.
10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.
I
tell you, the Devil will put some of you in prison to test you,
And
you will suffer persecution for ten days.
Be
Faithful, even to the point of death,
And
I will give you the Crown of Life.
11
He who has an ear,
Let
him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
He
who Overcomes
Will
not be hurt at all by the Second Death.
The Church in Smyrna
is afflicted
By those who claim to
belong to Christ but do not.
It is a fact that the
True Church is always afflicted by the False Church,
Just as it was in the
time of Christ.
The Church in Smyrna is
being slandered by the Church of Satan
That pretends to be a
Church of Christ Jesus.
They are in Poverty,
yet are Rich in God.
They are going to
Suffer
At the hand of the
False Church and be put in prison,
But if they are
faithful, even to the point of being killed,
They will receive the
Crown of LIFE and avoid Eternal Death.
Today, we also
must have ears that hear
What the Spirit is
saying to us.
We must remember that
the only entity
That stands in the way
of Satan's complete Domination of the World
Is the Church of Christ
Jesus.
Because of this, the
Church is the Focus of Satan's Deception,
The rest of the Whole
World belongs to him.
The synagogue of Satan,
the False Church,
Believes that it
represents God,
But it is Deceived,
just as it was in the time of Christ.
It believes it can
embrace God and the World
At the same time, which
it cannot.
The Church of Christ
Jesus today faces the same Trial,
There is nothing new
under the sun. (Ecc. 1:9)
The human condition, in
the natural,
Is one boring
repetition after another,
Of mankind rejecting
God and His Christ,
Under the deception of
Satan.
The result is Hell for
all,
But those who receive
Christ Jesus and live for Him.
Speaking
of the Signs of the End of the Age
Christ Jesus says this:
9
Then you will be handed over to be Persecuted
And
put to Death,
And
you will be Hated by All Nations because of Me.
10
At that time Many will Turn Away from the Faith
And
Betray and Hate each other,
11
And Many False Prophets will appear
And
Deceive Many people.
12
Because of the Increase of Wickedness,
The
Love of Most will Grow Cold,
13
But he who Stands Firm to the End will be Saved.
(Matthew
24:9-13)
From
this we learn
That
WE, who today, are living at The End of the Age,
Will go through a
similar situation as did the Church in Smyrna.
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