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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".
Pergamon (Revelation 2:12–17): located where 'Satan's seat' is; needs to repent of allowing false teachers (2:16) Thyatira (Revelation 2:18–29): known for its charity, whose "latter works are greater than the former"; tolerates the teachings of a false prophetess (2:20) Sardis (Revelation 3:1–6): admonished for – in contrast to its good ...
The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible). Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text: apokalypsis, meaning 'unveiling' or 'revelation'. The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon.
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 ]
[2] By the mid-2nd century, Melito of Sardis engaged with the Apocalypse, and around the year 170, he wrote a work titled On the Devil and the Apocalypse of John, which has been lost. Also lost is a commentary by Didymus the Blind. [3] At the end of the 2nd century, Irenaeus (d. 202) brought the accomplishments of the Anatolian exegesis to the ...
Wax seals were typically placed across the opening of a scroll, [7] so that it was known to be authored by the proper person, when the document was opened in the presence of witnesses. [6] This type of "seal" is frequently used in a figurative sense, in the book of Revelation, [8] and only the Lamb is worthy to break off these seals. [6]
The records of Revelation 17:2–3 and Revelation 13:1 show this beast to represent the kings of the earth. Furthermore, the revelation in Daniel 7 of four beasts comprising a lion, bear and leopard also correlates with the seven-headed beast as shown to John in Revelation 13:2 having the same features of the lion, bear and leopard. Thus the ...
Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513. In the New Testament, the Book of Mark indicates that the advance of the gospel may precede and foretell the apocalypse. [5] [12] The colour white also tends to represent righteousness in the Bible, and Christ is portrayed as a conqueror in other instances. [5] [12]