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Revelation 3:7-13
Φιλαδέλφεια
Outline:
I.
SALUTATION AND NAME OF CHURCH IDENTIFIED, Verse 7
II.
IDENTIFICATION OF CHRIST AS SENDER, Verse 7
III.
ASSERTION OF KNOWLEDGE, Verses 8-10
IV.
COMMENT AND CONCERN, N/A
V.
EXHORTATION, Verses 11
VI.
PROMISED BLESSING, Verse 12
VII.
ADMONITION TO HEED, Verse 13
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A QUICK REMINDER.
These letters were written to the literal historical church that existed in that time, but they
were also written to apply to the church at large throughout all the world and all the ages.
Also there is also the individual aspect to these letters.
Since the church is made up of
individuals these letters also apply to all of us on that level as well.
I.
SALUTATION AND NAME OF CHURCH IDENTIFIED, Verse 7
A. “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;”
1. Philidelphia
a) A city within the Roman province of Asia
b) Much more inland than the others
c) Philadelphia = brotherly love.
This word can be seen six other times in the
New Testament (Rom.
12:10; 1 Thess.
4:9; Heb.
13:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Peter
1:7).
Here in Revelation it is used for the seventh and finale time and only
here is it used to speak of the city.
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d) Named after a king of Pergamos in the Lydian empire, Attalus Philadelphus,
who also built the city and he named the city Philadelphia because of the
love that he had for his brother.
e) The city was located Lydia some 28 miles or 45 kilometers southeast of
Sardis
f) Throughout the cityʼs long history it suffered trough several severe
earthquakes which almost completely destroyed it.
“The most recent
rebuilding was in A.D. 17” 1
g) Ala-Shehr is the name today and it means “the city of God”.
Out of the seven
cities in these letters this is the one city that still has a church within it.
h) To tis church the Lord will have nothing negative to say about them.
II.
IDENTIFICATION OF CHRIST AS SENDER, Verse 7
A. “These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he
that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”
1.
There are a few distinctions about this letter that are very interesting
a) Along with Smyrna this is the only other city with no condemnation given to it.
b) In the other six letters Jesus takes a title from the first chapter to introduce
Himself i.e. in each one of the other letters Jesus points them back to the
Church
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Title of Christ in letter
Vision of Jesus in Rev 1
Ephesus
“These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand,
who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;” Rev. 2:1
“And in the midst of the seven
candlesticks” Rev. 1:13
“And he had in his right hand seven
stars:” Rev. 1:16
Smyrna
“These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;”
Rev. 1:8
“Fear not; I am the first and the last:” Rev
1:17
“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen”
Rev 1:18
Pergamos
“These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;”
Rev. 2:12
“and out of his mouth went a sharp
twoedged sword:” Rev. 1:16
Thyatira
“These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame
of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;” Rev. 2:
“and his eyes [were] as a flame of
fire;And his feet like unto fine brass, as if
they burned in a furnace;” Rev. 1:14-13
Sardis
“These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the
seven stars;” Rev. 3:1
“And he had in his right hand seven
stars:” Rev. 1:16
Philadelphia
“These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key
of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no
man openeth;” Rev. 3:7
- No Relation to Chapter 1 at all-
Laodicea
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God;” Rev. 3:14
“I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the
last:” Rev. 1:11
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