Just as we use the numeric symbol "100%" to represent the whole of something, so Scripture uses "7" to represent the whole of something. That evidence consists of the Seven Spirits of God in the Throne room and 24 Elders present.įirst, the Seven Spirits of God indicate the entirety of the Holy Spirit is in Heaven.
Secondly, the next scene (in chapter 4) certain details show the Church residing in the throne room of Heaven, which strongly implies that the resurrection (i.e., the Rapture) has taken place between chapters 3 and 4. First, we know that the Church Age ends at the conclusion of chapter 3 of Revelation. In John's description of that moment in Revelation 4 & 5, he notes only the Spirit and the elders and doesn't specifically mention seeing the Church saints present, but we come to conclude the church WAS present based on the evidence. 22 p He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 21 c The one who conquers, d I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as e I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. a If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, b I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and z knock. 19 y Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 18 I counsel you v to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and w white garments so that you may clothe yourself and x the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, u so that you may see. 17 t For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, u blind, and naked. s Would that you were either cold or hot ! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. ġ5 “ ‘ I know your works : you are neither cold nor hot. ’ġ4 “ And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write : ‘ The words of the p Amen, q the faithful and true witness, r the beginning of God’s creation. 13 p He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him l the name of my God, and m the name of the city of my God, m the new Jerusalem, n which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own o new name. 12 j The one who conquers, I will make him k a pillar in the temple of my God. h Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize i your crown.
#Revelations chapter 3 seven spirits of god trial#
10 e Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try f those who dwell on the earth. 9 Behold, I will make those of b the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie - behold, c I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that d I have loved you. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Behold, I have set before you a an open door, which no one is able to shut. ’ħ “ And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write : ‘ The words of w the holy one, x the true one, y who has the key of David, z who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. 6 p He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
v I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 5 s The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never t blot his name out of u the book of life. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not p soiled their garments, and they will walk with me q in white, for they are r worthy. If you will not wake up, n I will come o like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 3 m Remember, then, what you received and heard. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works l complete in the sight of my God. You have the reputation j of being alive, k but you are dead. 3 “ And to the angel of the church in Sardis write : ‘ The words of him i who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
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