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Let’s also read 2 Peter 3:13
That is a glorious promise—everything this current world is suffering from under the effects of human sinfulness will be wiped away.
The Kingdom of God fully come, “where righteousness dwells.”
Yet this is not simply a promise.
Let’s keep reading on from v14 to the end.
If you are looking forward to this by faith, then you are to show that faith by the way you live (v14).
Do not be led astray by those who say you can look forward to that and disregard purity in devotion and in life.
That’s not the Bible’s teaching—it’s Jezebel’s teaching.
And against that there is a stern warning in this letter to the church in Thyatira.
Main Course
The Utterly Pure Divine Ruler, v18 cf.
1:13-15
“the son of God”: the Divine Ruler.
Eyes like blazing fire: Pure to the uttermost and intolerant of sin, jealous for the exclusive love of His people.
Feet like burnished bronze: Ruler with great power.
Christ demands purity in His church, v19-20
Purity in worship, v19-20a
I don’t think v19 is a compliment; it’s a note.
Did the Lord accept this as their “true and proper worship”?
Romans 12:1
v20a tells me no.
They allowed a false teacher, a self-proclaimed prophetess, to do what Jezebel did to Israel through Ahab, the king. 1 Kings 16:31-33, 18:17-19
They should have looked at their righteous acts as their repentant forefathers did in Judah: “all our righteous acts are like filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6) This kind of tolerance is not virtue.
Mixing it with worship is not acceptable, because Christ desires pure worship.
Purity in life, v20b cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
Purity in devotion to God, v20c
Christ purifies His church, v21-23
Theological background: Ephesians 5:25-27
The Lord had been patient with unrepentant Jezebel, v21
The Lord will punish her and her followers, v22-23a
Purpose: that “all the churches” will know Him as the One True God, v23b cf.
Jeremiah 17:10
Out of love for His church He purifies her
The witness of the compromised church masks God’s pure light
Christ assures that His witness is purified
Christ assures that His people are purified
Implication.
What will we do if/when Jezebel turns up in our church?
Tolerate her? Give her a voice?
Not after reading this letter.
But, you see, she’s cunning.
That’s why the Scriptures warn us to be on our guard.
The Gentle Shepherd-Ruler, v24-28
Grace for the faithful in the now: “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out.”
(Isaiah 42:1-4), v24-25
Notice the tenderness, gentleness of Christ to His burdened by all of this.
I think the implication is that they are really battered by this experience.
The only charge to them is to keep staying faithful—they don’t need to single-handedly sort the church out.
To the faithful ones, there is always grace in the heart of the Shepherd.
Notice that this does not absolve “the angel of the church in Thyatira” or the church itself from discharging their duty.
It rather encourages them to do so, assuring them that they are Christ’s co-workers in that: “until I come.”
(cf.
2:16?
1:7?)
Grace for the faithful in the future: He establishes His Kingdom for His people, v26-29
Psalm 2:7-9 applied to Christ and His people, “the one who is victorious and does my will [lit.
'my works’] to the end”
v28 cf.
Numbers 24:17 cf.
Revelation 22:16
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