Message To The Church Of Laodicea Revelation 3:14-22

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The letter to the Church of Laodicea is the seventh letter to the seven churches of Asia-Minor.

About Laodicea

The city of Laodicea was originally founded by the Ionians, and was conquered by the Hittites in the 19^th Century B.C. During the particular time when Paul penned the book of Revelation, there was a large colony of Jews living in Laodicea, according to the first Century scribe and General, Flavius Josephus.
Josephus stated that the Lodicean Jews were exempt from Roman law; Antiquities of the Jews book #14 10:20. The book of Acts is replete with passages referring to these same Jews (those who followed the traditions of the elders, or Talmudism) worked in a concerted effort with the Romans to persecute Christians.

Laodicea was at the junction of a road between Ephesus and Smyrna. The overland caravan route that went through their city spanned as far as the Yellow River in Punjab, North West India, which made Laodicea a very wealthy city complete with theaters, gymnasiums, and large public baths.

In 62 A.D. An earthquake destroyed the city of Laodicea and the entire city was rebuilt by the citizens of the city, as the citizens had the personal wealth to do so without the involvement of the Roman government.

One of the features that the city possessed, was the warm water that came from the natural hot springs located six miles away, called the Hierapolis Springs. This mineralized water contained high amounts of sulfur. Although the Laodicean's were rich in material goods, the water going into the city was not a good quality.

Excluding the mineral problem, warm water by itself is a natural emetic and appetite suppressor. If you do not let the water cool down to drink or heat it up and make tea or something similar, you may vomit. For sustainable drinking water, the city of Laodicea shipped in potable water from Colossae a neighboring town, that got its water from the snow melting off the nearby mountains. Of course, only the rich could afford to pay for the water so the poor would either become sick or move out of town. To the right and above, is a picture of aqueduct piping going into Laodicea that's clogged with calcium. 

The message to the Church of Laodicea

Rev3:14 The Messiah introduces himself as the faithful and true witness to the creation of God. Rev 3:14 refers to when God created and does not mean God was created as taught by the Jehovah Witnesses; John1:1.

Rev 3:15 The politics of the Laodiceans was similar to the politics of the rich today in America, consisting of compromise in an effort as not to lose their goods. Just look at how fast gay marriage was readily accepted.  Usually when people have the ability to get anything they want, their carnal mind takes over and start compromise, they put Father Yahweh to the back of the priority list; Romans 8:7. Yashua knew of the Laodicean's works and knew they had some serious problems.

Rev 3:16 The Messsiah compared the Laodicean's to the warm water that came to their city from afar. I have been to many churches that interpret this verse as there are cold and hot Christians. If this was true, then it would be better to be a cold Christian for Christ, rather than being a lukewarm Christian and falling short from being hot. Of course this concept is wrong and doesn't make any sense. Rather it's my opinion that the Messiah was telling the Laodiceans to be palatable; Matt 5:13.

Rev 3:17 when it comes to money, there's seemingly nothing that will distance you further from Father Yahweh; 1 Timothy 6:10, Matt 6:24. There's seemingly an endless supply of televangelists that claim “God wants you to be rich”, or God will bless you by sharing in their ministry, so give them money so they can buy learjets, rolex watches, stain glass windows, and gold plated door knobs; 2 John 1:9-11. 

There's no place in the Bible that guarantees anyone will become rich in material goods by being a Christian. Actually, your more likely to be poor, because you will be tested in life and will have to endure hardships to actually prove yourself as an over comer for his kingdom; 1 John 5:4

Ministers such as Joel Olstein will try to coerce anyone they can into putting their faith in God as a genie in a bottle or some sort of a false Santa Clause god that will fulfill all you material wishes, 

In Romans 10:17 we are told that real faith comes from the word of God, not from greed or someone talking you into following God. These types of ministers claim to be biblical ministers, and I agree with them, they are the biblical ministers, the Bible describes them biblically very well in Rev 3:17 and Matt 7:21-23.

Rev 3:18-19 The Laodiceans are told to step up to the as they will be tried. They will be rebuked and chastised in an effort to make them repent (repent means to change the way you think).

Rev 3:20 This verse is well know in the Christian community, it's almost as popular as John 3:16. Rev 3:20 is a usually used during an alter calls. However, this verse is always taken out of context, because it's promoted as Jesus being behind the door and opening the door to let the repented sinner in when he is outside the door. The real meaning behind this verse, if taken in context, you will come realize that Yashua Messiah is the one on the outside of the door wanting to come in as he was the outsider when dealing with the Laodiceans in this passage. Maybe I can explain it this way, we are told when two or three people are gathered in his name he is there also; Matt 18:20. The Laodiceans were not gathering in his name and he (Jesus) was an outsider, but rather they were gathering in the name of mammon; Matt 6:24, Luke 16:13.

Rev3:21-22 We are promised that he who overcomes tribulation, will help rule in the New Jerusalem when the Messiah comes to restore his kingdom on earth. This letter, as well as the other six, is applicable for all who have the ability to read and learn from the mistakes of others

Message To The Church Of Philadelphia Revelation 3:7-13

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A little about Philadelphia

The sixth letter of Revelation is addressed to the Church of Philadelphia. The word Philadelphia roughly translates to mean “friendly city” or “city of brotherly love.” Philadelphia was located on a main artery between Rome and Pergamos. This city was the youngest of the seven churches addressed in these letters by the Messiah in Chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation. Philadelphia had a missionary outreach to the Israelites in Asia-Minor where the Messiah commanded the Apostles to go to; Matt 10:6, Matt 15:24
Philadelphia was famous for their vineyards and they were in direct competition with the vineyards of Rome. The reason for their success of growing grapes, came from the fact that Philadelphia was built on the edge of an active volcano. This volcano that helped Philadelphia become a success was also to become its downfall. In 17 A.D. There was an earthquake that destroyed Philadelphia. Relief for their loss came in the form of tax exemption from Tiberious in Rome. This relief came with a stipulation and that was that they do not replant their vineyards. At that time the city was renamed Neo-Caesarea in honor of Tiberius, presently, the exact place of Philadelphia is now called Niksar, Turkey.

The image of Tiberius Caesar was on the coin that Yashua Messisah told the Pharisees to “render unto Caesar what is Caesar's”; Matt 22:15-22.

The message to the Church of Philadelphia

Rev 3:7 The letter from the Messiah began with his introduction. He described himself as being the “Key of David.” The Key of David, is referred to Isaiah 22: 22-25. To have the key(s) of David means that you have the ability to allow access to the king. The “Key(s)” according to the Catholic Church, was given to the Apostle Peter, the first Catholic Pope by the Messiah; Matt16:19. This sounds biblically correct, however, the Catholics fail to notice that the Messiah gave the “key(s)” to all the Apostles in; Matt 18:18. The Apostles were opening the way for the many nations of Israel that came from Abraham (gentiles), by spreading the good news that their kinsman redeemer had come and they now had a direct pathway to the Father, because the Bible is a book about Israel and addressed to Israel. The men of Israel since then, have spread the word and the laws of Yahweh to both Israelites and Non-Israelites worldwide. True Israel (the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic peoples) have taken the Bible and published it in more than one thousand different languages. Israel has literally preached the Gospel unto every creature to the very ends of the earth.

Rev 3:8 This opening of the door by David's Key, was for the common Israelite man as explained in; Acts 10:15, in this passage, common foods were directly compared to the men of the Gentile Nations that came from Abraham. The understanding of Yahweh's dietary food laws is necessary to interpret Acts 10 correctly. The way most interpret Acts 10, is that he Father changed both his mind and his laws by telling Christians that eating pork was now allowed. Science will tell you that eating pork is unhealthy. I have mentioned before that I believe science and the Bible go hand in hand. Anytime science and the Bible do not agree is because men have incorrectly interpreted scientific data or the Bible. It should also be obvious that eating pork is wrong because God does not change his laws to accommodate man, and he is not a respecter of persons and will not change his laws for people who cannot keep his laws. It is only through the grace of God that we now have a worthy sacrifice ; Acts 10:34.

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Rev 3:9 Just as Rev 2:9 the Messiah (Jesus) refers to the false Jews as those that are from the Synagogue of Satan and falsely claim that they are Israelites from the tribe of Judah. Throughout the Book of Acts the Israelite Christians were exclusively persecuted at the hands of "the false Jews"; Acts 13:50, 14:2 and 5, 14:19, and 17:5. I have explained before in this Blog, about the False Jews. It's important for everyone to understand the different meanings from which the word Jew came from.

 When the King James Bible was translated, they translated the word Judahite, Judean, and Jew as being synonymous (the same word meaning). If you don't know the difference between the three then you will never understand this verse. I offer a brief explanation to these words.

A Judahite is an Israelite from the tribe of Judah. An example of a Judahite is Queen Elizabeth II. It's quite easy is to prove she is descended from King David and is of the tribe of Judah. If your definition of a Jew is a Judahite and you call a Judahite "one of God's chosen people", then I agree because Judah is one tribe from out of the many of the tribes of Israel.

A Judean is a person that occupied the Nation of Judah when the Judahites were taken to Babylon. They followed a religious order called the “Traditions of the Elders” which the Messiah preached against. It was codified into the Mishna in the 3^rd Century, and the Gemara was written after to explain the Mishna's teachings. These collection of books are called the Babylonian Talmud. A Judean can be of any race because the nation of Judea was a multicultural society, mostly composed of Edomites. The nation of Judea came to an end at the hands of the Romans in 70 A.D.

An analogy of a "false Jew" is Sammy Davis Jr. who obviously was a black man. His ancestors were Nubians not Israelites. Sammy Davis became a Jew because he knew who owned the theater's and night clubs in Vegas and world wide, this move helped his career greatly. According to conventional teaching in Judeo-Christian churches, anyone that claims they are a Jew (Judahite) and practice the Anti-Christ religion of Talmudism somehow automatically becomes an Israelite from the tribe of Judah. These churches teach their congregations to bless all Jews (true or false) no matter who or what what they are, so they in turn can be blessed by Father Yahweh for some unknown, unbiblical reason. If this is correct, and I am wrong, then we all should just simply walk away from Christianity and convert to Judaism so we to can be one of God's chosen.

A Jew, as we know the term today, is a person that follows Talmudism AKA Judaism which is an anti-Christ religion and can be a person from any race. Their holy book is not the Bible nor Torah, but rather it's the Babylonian Talmud. Most contemporary Jews are of a Turkish Mongolian mix and are Khzars. They speak Yiddish and do not speak, nor write, in ancient or paleo Hebrew. That's because Yiddish is ancient German. The ancestors of the false Jews that I am talking about, came from the footsteps of Russia and never have laid foot in Palestine.

Rev 3:10 In verse ten we are promised that those who keep his word will be protected from the hour of temptation. This of course very well may, refer to the beheading of the saints as in the great tribulation (a testing of your faith), that will fall upon the Christians saints that refuse to be enslaved by Babylon; Rev 20:4. 

Could the beheadings of Christians in Rev 20:4 have anything to do with ISIS? 

It's noteworthy to notice that this letter, as well as the other letters, that are addressed specifically to the seven churches, they all end with the phrase that “He that hath an ear let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches.”   This means that it's applicable to all that have the ability to hear the word, not just the individual churches. So not only could the men of Philadelphia be beheaded as in the past, and as the beheadings of Christians are actually happening today in this country, and is promised to become a more prominent as time marches on. 

Rev 3:11 In verse eleven we are told that the Messiah will come fast, as the events in tribulation will happen quickly, and warns us to let no man take to take our crown of righteousness when we are tested.

Rev 3:12 Verse twelve directly refers to the Gospel of  the New Jerusalem that comes from heaven. The new Jerusalem will be the reestablishment of Father Yahweh's (God's Kingdom) personally by the Messiah. His kingdom has slowly slipped away through gradualism due to the unwillingness of Israel to be good stewards in Yahweh's kingdom. I close in this one statement, and that is:  until Israel follows 2 Chronicles 7:14 not only does this country have no chance of recovery to what our founding fathers left for us, but also the situations worldwide will not change.

Praise the Lord everyone!

Message to The Church of Sardis Revelation 3:1-6

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The fifth letter to the churches of Asia-Minor was addressed to the church of Sardis.

A few facts about Sardis...

The entrance to the city of Sardis was located at the crossroads to the other nearby cities. Sardis was built upon a 1,000 ft. peninsular which made it impervious to attack. The cities location, being where several roads intersected, became a trading city that grew wealthy in a short period of time. Their acquiring wealth was accelerated by the fact they found gold in the nearby Phrygia River, this finding gave rise to the famous Greek myth of King Midas. Sardis was also the first to mint coins from gold. The city was named after the Sardius stone in the priests breastplate; Exodus 39:10.

According to Herodotus (The Father of History), a soldier was seen opening a stone door to retrieve his helmet.

The battle of Sardis was fought when it was conquered by Cyrus in 549 B.C. The city was built very high upon a rocky spur on Mt. Tmolus and was considered impregnable. There was seemingly only one way into the city. The entire city was protected on three sides by the cliffs, and city walls. Cyrus literally could not attack by any of  the three sides because of its height. The cliffs below the city did have ways for a few people to get to the bottom of the walls of the city at a time, but with the technology available at the time, having a few people fighting at the city wall at a time would have made no difference.

One of the soldiers that was defending the city during this stand off, looked over the wall at Cyrus's army below, and his helmet fell off his head. Shortly afterward, the soldier pushed open a stone door at the base of the wall and retrieved his helmet. This door was balanced in such a way that is was used as a secret door out of the city. The door was necessary because the men of Sardis needed to have an escape route available in case they were ever to become overwhelmed by enemy forces. Cyrus learning of the location of this secret door, told most of his men to act as a decoy by creating a commotion at the far end of the peninsular during the middle of the night, while at the same time he had his commandos scale the cliffs to the newly discovered door. Cyrus's men entered the city and attacked the men of Sardis from behind while the soldiers of the city were protecting the far end of the peninsular. Separating the enemy from their supply lines and from their path of retreat is a tactic that was used by the Israelite Scythians when they were attacked over 2,000 years ago. The Scythians would retreat on horse then circle around to attack their enemies from the rear. The Russians used this simple tactic against Napolean when he invaded Moscow in  1812, he came to Moscow with 750,000 men and returned with a meager 10,000.

The message to the church of Sardis

When the Messiah addressed the church of Sardis, he identified himself as being the one that had the Seven Spirits and the Seven Stars. The Seven Spirits are described in Isaiah 11:1-2, and the Seven Stars are identified in Rev 1:20 as the Seven Angels of the churches of Asia-Minor. An angel is a messenger as defined in the Bible, and in this case most likely were the seven men from the seven churches that visited Paul when he was in exiled on Patmos.

Rev 3:2 The Church of Sardis had many flaws, and the things that were righteous were dying out. The Messiah told Sardis to be watchful and strengthen these things.

Rev 3:3 The Messiah told Sardis that if they do not repent, he will return as a "thief in the  night.” This term of “as a thief in the night” was known to the men of Sardis as the one night when Cyrus destroyed the city as Sardis. This term is also referred to in other places of the Bible that describes the return of the Messiah, which will be with a great noise heard around the world. This loud noise is in contrast to the silent secret rapture theory that will remove all people that call themselves “Christian” before proving that they can be an over comer through personal tribulation, and during the great tribulation. This unbiblical doctrine that was thought up by John Darby in 1830 is currently being taught by modern dispensational, antinomian, Judeo-Christian churches who's only function is to promote political Zionism that destroys cultures, races, and individuals; Matt 7:21.

Rev 3:4-5 When the Messiah returns, the men of Sardis as well as all Israelites that remain faithful in tribulation will wear a robe of white (symbol of purity), and walk with the Messiah. They will not have their names blotted out the book of life. For all of Israel, including the men of Sardis, the Messiah, our Passover lamb, will confess their name before his father only if they do his will be following his laws; Matt 10:32.

Praise the Lord!

The Letter To The Church Of Thyatira Revelation 2:18-29

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As we progress through the study of Revelation, we come upon the 4^th letter that is addressed to the Israelites of Thyatira. This passage that is to this body of believers (church), is the longest of the seven, while at the same time this church was actually the smallest. The city of Thyatira is just east of the city of Pergamos. It was founded by Alexander the Great as a military garrison. Its primary founding purpose was to protect the city of Pergamos by delaying any invasion of military forces that were marching toward the city. They also are famous for worshiping Apollo.

The mineral content of the underground water, enhanced many different colored fabrics by producing the reddest reds and was most famous for their production of purple garments. One such producer and retailer of purple garments from Thyatira, was a woman named Lydia. Her story can be found in Acts 16:14-15.

As time progressed, Thyatira became famous for craftsmanship and artisan work. The people of the city practiced immorality through various public heathenism. The Christians that lived in Thyatira, that both lived and worked there, were expected to participate in such acts by compromising their faith in the rituals and festivities. As a result many did, and just as today there were many that were Christian in name only that lived there.

The message to Thyatira...

The Messiah introduces himself to the members of the church as the one that has eyes like unto a flame and feet that are like fine brass, showing refinement and judgement; Rev 2:18. Although this church may have been on the right track on many things, there was some things that needed to be addressed. The Messiah compared the men who compromised their faith to Jezebel that practiced fornication and ate foods that were sacrificed to idols; 1 Kings 21:1-16. Although Jezebel had plenty of time to repent, she was utterly destroyed for her sins: 2 Kings 9:33-35. The reason this woman was mentioned to the church of Thyatira was to illustrate that the Christians that have strayed from their faith will eventually come to the same fate of Jezebel, if they continue their present course.

In the book of Kings, Jezebel's wickedness only stopped when she was thrown out of a window by her body guards to the horses below. When the horses finished jumping up and down on her head, all they found was part of her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands; 2Kings 9:35.

Rev 2:25 the Messiah tells the men of Thyatira to hold fast until he returns. This return of course, refers to the pretribulation secret rapture of Christians... wait a minute, your Bible doesn't mention the secret pre tribulation rapture here? Well, neither does mine. In fact the word “rapture” is not in the King James Bible at all. I mention this fact only for the reason to get people to think. This verse clearly states that Israel is going to rule with the Messiah when he returns to rule with a rod of Iron; V 26-27.

Rev 2:26 As Christian Israelites, the Bible promises us that we will have tribulation to overcome, instead of being raptured out of the world at the last second as taught by all Judeo-Christian churches. Tribulation is the testing of your faith, and is refinement to show how serious your faith is to you. Israel is expected to be overcomers through tribulation until the Messiah physically returns to reestablish his kingdom here on earth. It's needless to say that Israel has done a lousy job of maintaining his kingdom in his physical absence. Those who overcome and promote his kingdom on earth, by practicing the Father's laws in their personal lives, will be given power to rule over cities and nations; 1 John 5:3-4. The word "Israel" means to rule with God, or to rule under God's laws. If you don't even bother to make an attempt to keep his laws in your personal life now, you definitely will not be given a position to rule over any others in God's kingdom.

Rev 2:28 The reference to the “morning star” that will be given to those who overcome, refers to the dawn of a new day, particularly the beginning of the new day that begins the 1,000 years commonly called the Millennial Kingdom; 2 Peter 3:8. This thousand year period will be necessary to both restore the earth and for the saints to learn the ways of God perfectly in their preparation to take their proper place by helping the Messiah rule from the throne of David; Isaiah 9:7. All of creation awaits for the return of the Lord, and what a glorious day it will be!

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:18-19

Yahweh's Law On Usury

First, a little on the Father's law
Throughout the Bible there are many references to the fact that Father Yahweh's laws were in effect in the beginning of time, just as they are still in effect today. Many contemporary churches in Connecticut, will tell you that the Messiah did away with Father Yahweh's (God's) laws, or that Yahweh's laws are no longer important enough to follow. 

The Pastors of these same churches parrot what they hear from others and state that all that's important is for you just love Jesus and ask him into your heart. There's no place in the Bible that states Jesus walked around telling people to ask him into their heart, or that Father Yahweh's moral laws have been done away with. If it were true that the Fathers Laws have been done away with, as being Christian Israelite's, we would have no moral compass and there could be no sin because the Bible tells us that sin is the transgression of Yahweh's law; 1 John 3:4, and we would literally have to look to the edicts of mans government to guide morality. So in a nut shell, it's not a matter of who we love and ask into our heart, but rather it's a matter of who's laws we love enough to obey.

The Messiah (Jesus), stated in Matthew 5:17-20, that he did not come to destroy the Father's law, but rather to fulfill the Father's law. He also taught that if anyone would break the commandments of God (Ten Commandments), and teach men to do so likewise, then they will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Father Yahweh's laws are based upon the two commandments of both loving God and loving your neighbor. Mark 12:30-31 These two are the core that make God's laws; Matthew 22:40. There are approximately 614 laws to follow as Israelite Christians. If you put both God and neighbor first, then the rest of his laws should become automatic without explanation. Most of his laws are directed collectively to the government of Israel and how to deal with non-Israleites, rather than to the individual. 

Yahweh's Law on Usury...

One such law that should be automatic is to not charge usury (interest) to your neighbor on loans. Your neighbor of course are Hebrew/Israelites and are not hordes of non-Israelites and perverts that mans law claims are the same as Israelites.

Some of the verses that clearly state not to charge interest to Israelite neighbors are:

Exodus 22:25

Leviticus 25:35-37

Deuteronomy 23:19-20

Nehemiah 5:6-10

Proverbs 28:8

Ezekiel 18:5-13

There are many verses that show Yahwehs laws are contrary to usury. But, when pastors teach the laws have been done away with, it leaves many Israelites and churches for that matter borrowing money and going into debt on everything thing they own, making themselves slaves to our current Babylonian system that we now live under; Proverbs 22:7.

The Jewish-Christian (Judeo) argument for usury comes from one mistranslated example in Matthew 25:14-28. For those who are familiar with the passage of the Parable of the Talents will quickly point to verse 28 to try to show that it's now OK for people to charge usury to his Israelite neighbor, because the Messiah told the servant with one talent that he should have at least given his one talent to the money changers to collect interest on which of course goes directly against all the verses mentioned above.

Common sense would tell you that if the Messiah broke his Father's law by telling his servant to collect interest on his money, he would be breaking the law of usury, he would be contradicting himself, he would not be a sinless redeemer of Israel, and by his own words, he would called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven :  Matthew 5:19

I have stated before in this blog, that it's my opinion that there are many translational errors in all Bibles including the King James Bible. In fact, I have never seen a translation of the Bible that didn't contain errors. The Word of God is perfect. The men who translate the Bible and monkey around with the words in order to make it say something opposite of what it really states are not perfect.

In this parable the servant described the Messiah as a man who was stealing by reaping what he did not sow; Luke 19:21. Although we are to judge according to the Bible, we are instructed to judge righteously, which the servant did not do; John 7:24

The Messiah judged the servant according to his own words as it states in Luke 19:22 and just as he promises us he will do to all in Matthew 7:1-2, It states, that if you judge others than you will be judged by the same standard that you are judging. He told the servant, that if what he was saying was true, being that he was mean and was a thief, then him being his servant, he should have at the very least stolen more money for his master by giving his talent to a bank to collect interest on. So even by the servants own words, he was not obeying the Fathers law. This statement of collecting interest from the Messiah was not a directive, but rather it was a judgement where the servant was being judged by his own words.

So one may ask me what does this have to do with the statement above, in the second paragraph when I stated that "if you teach men not to follow the Ten Commandments, or teach the law has been done away with?" 

Quite simply, if you read the verses above, and then read the parable in the proper context, you will come to realize that usury violates the 8^th Commandment and it's theft.

Praise the Lord for his laws that are in effect today, that I also have a hard time following. It's only by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that our violations of Yahweh's law are covered. I pray that all Israel, that truly have a calling from the Father, will follow his laws as perfect as humanly possible and earnestly seek his face.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Message To The Church At Pergamos Revelation 2:12-17

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The Church of Pergamos is the third church that received a letter from the Messiah (Jesus) in the book of Revelation.

Location of Pergamos...

According to Nelson's Bible Dictionary, Pergamos was the most Northern of the seven churches that was located on the West coast of modern day Turkey, situated opposite of the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea. Because Pergamos was compared to Lesbos in location, Lesbos has to be a famous island for some unknown reason, and I can only guess.

Things that made Pergemos famous...

Pergamos was famous for their Healing Center of Asklepios (the Roman god of medicine and healing). The symbol of Asklepios, a snake on a stick, some believe originated from the Exodus of Israel when Moses put a snake on a pole and whomever would look upon it, would be healed; Num 21:8-9.

The modern day symbol for medicine is of two snakes on a pole and is different from the symbol of Asklepios. The two snake symbol is the symbol of Caduceus, and the symbol of Caduceus is for business or Commerce. This is the same symbol that hospitals and modern medical professionals use because they are in business to make money firstly, then heal the sick secondly. This is also the reason why doctors will only treat symptoms of disease and not address the root cause (most of the time it's lack of nutrition by not following Father Yahweh's food laws). Doctors do not learn about nutrition in medical school, and a surgical operation can be truthfully called "a success" when the patient may die.

Their library...

Pergamos was also famous for their library that contained over 200,000 volumes that rivaled the Egyptian Library in Alexandria. Because their library was in direct competition with Egypt, Egypt stopped sending papyrus to Pergamos to stop the competition. Pergamos ended up developing their own type of paper called parchment paper from animal skins. This all didn't really matter because Mark Anthony ended up giving the library of Pergamos as a wedding gift to the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Queen Cleopatra.

Pergamos is where the worship of Nimrod was moved in its transition from Babylon. The term Pontifus Maximus which means "high priest of Jupiter" (Pontifus Maximus is the title that the pope uses now). This term was first used in Pergamos according to Alexander Hislops book “The Two Babylons”.

The Message from Yashua Messiah (Jesus).

The Messiah described himself to the men of Pergamos as being the one that had the sharp sword with two edges; Rev 2:12. The Sword of course refers to the Word of God; Eph6:17, John 1:1. He then went on to describe Pergamos as being the seat of Satan. The Seat of Satan refers to the Temple of Zeus in Pergamos. The men of Pergamos have withstood the trials of their tribulation by keeping their faith and the Bible directly mentions the Martyrdom of Bishop Antipas; Rev 2:13. 

Bishop Antipas was murdered by the Romans for refusing to worship a statue of the Emperor. He was sacrificed inside a bronze bull on the alter at the Temple of Zeus. 

Yashua Messsiah then talks about the men of Pergamos that held the events of Balaam and Balak; Rev 2:14, and talks about the Nicolaitans which was a heretical sect that infiltrated the First Century Church. Their doctrines were accepted over some of the churches ecclesiastical teachings of the First Century. The Messiah calls the church to repent (repent means to change the way you think). In short, the doctrine of Balaam taught Balak mentioned above was to defile Israel by causing the men of Israel to sin through worldliness, immorality, idolatry, and fornication by race mixing with the women of Moab; Num 22-24. The heathen practice of Miscegenation continued until the zeal of the Phineas Preist physically put a stop to it in the very next chapter; Num 25:6-9.

As always, I encourage all to study the Bible objectively to come up with their own conclusions, and not just take my word or anyone else's for anything. When you start to study the Bible with preconceived notions, it begins to contradict itself. I pray daily that all Israel will have the courage to withstand upcoming tribulations such as did Bishops Polycarp of Smyrna and Antipas of Pergamos. Historically, only when sacrifices are made by individual Christian Israelites in tribulation is when Yahweh's Kingdom will both grow and spread worldwide; Romans 8:19.

Praise the Lord everyone!

Letter To The Church Of Smyrna Revelation 2:8-11

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Continuing in Revelation, we come to the letter addressed to the Church of Smyrna.

The second church that was addressed by Yashua (Jesus) through Paul, was the church of Smyrna. The Messiah describes himself as being the last which was dead and now alive (first to be born again). Although the members of the church of Smyrna were poor in worldly goods, they were rich in a way where they were preparing themselves for God's kingdom when it comes to earth; Matt 6:19-20.

The Church of Smyrna suffered greatly in tribulation, Tribulation of course means the stress of being a Christian and being put on the spot for your faith; Romans 14:12. The church of Smyrna was being persecuted by false Jews that allied themselves with Rome. Specific lies that the Jews spread at that time,were: the Christians were anti-family because they would call each other Brother and Sister, and they were cannibalistic because they would refer to the Passover meal as the body and blood of the Messiah.

The Christians were literally blamed for all the problems of Rome by the false Jews, just as it seems to starting today also. Please note I am not just making up untrue things to say about the Jews, but rather it's very clear in the Bible of their persecution against the Christians . If you look at the book of Acts, it was the Jews that persecuted the Christians every time and eventually they persuaded the Romans to persecute Christians; Acts 13:50, 14:2 and 5, 14:19, 17:5, Ect...

Revelation 2:9 refers to the false Jews that practiced the anti-Christ religion of Talmudism, and literally were the synagogue of Satan.

In verse 10 the church of Smyrna was told that some of them will be cast into prison and have tribulation at the hands of the devils (false Jews) for 10 days; John8:44. 10 days in the Bible refers to the shortest period of time to establish a fact, as set by examples in; Genesis 24:55, Job 19:3, Daniel 1:12.

The persecution of the Christians in Smyrna is best summed up by Lt. Gordon “Jack” Mohr USA Ret. In his book “The Mystery Of True Israel”, on pg 30. he states

“This message from our Savior, was sent to a church which was under merciless persecution not only from the Romans, but a Jewish element which was bitterly hostile to Christians, and which like the Zionists of today were dedicated to its destruction. (In this connection, it is interesting to note that Emperor Nero's wife, was a Jewess who hated Christians with a virulet hatred.) Smyrna was the center of the “Imperial Cultus,” which mercilessly persecuted any religious sect which did not recognize Caesar as God. For some reason, which I will not attempt to explain, this persecution did not reach to the Jews in Rome. These Jews, not the “seed of Abraham,” as Deboer claims, but the “pseudo-Jews” of Smyrna, had been exempted by royal decree from having to worship Caesar. They were able to carry on their heathen Talmudic worship without coming under the Roman ban for treason and blasphemy. These were the same crowd who a few years before had cried to Pontius Pilate: Away with Him! (Christ) Away with Him! Crucify Him. We have no king but Caesar.”

The worship of Caesar in Smyrna consisted of only a token tribute. There were many heathen faiths in Smyrna that just went along with the worship of Caesar, just one time a year when it was necessary. This token worship consisted of only throwing a pinch of incense into a fire and then they were granted a piece of paper showing they recognized Caesar as god. The true Israelite Christians of the day that would have no other gods ahead of the one and only true God, refused to throw the pinch of incense into the fire. The true Christians were persecuted by being fed to lions, or were burned at the stake.

Many Smyrnans forfeitted their lives at the hands of the false Jews during their 10 days of tribulation. The most famous to lose their life was the Bishop of Smyrna, who's name was Polycarp. Polycarp was over 100 and was the last person to have personally known an Apostle. He was personally appointed to be Bishop by John and was his contemporary. Polycarp refused to honor Caesar by putting incense into the fire. One night Polycarp had a dream that his pillow was on fire and told the people that he knew, that he felt it was a sign from God, and he was going to be burned at the stake for not worshiping Caesar. Three days later, Roman soldiers came and arrested Polycarp at his home. When the soldiers came for him, he actually welcomed the Roman soldiers and fed them. In return he asked to be allowed to pray for an hour before going with them. The Roman soldiers agreed to let him pray and some in turn became Christians themselves. When Polycarp arrived to his destination, he was given an ultimatum to pay homage to Caesar or to die. Polycarp said:

“86 years have I have served him, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?”

Then he was sentenced to be burned at the stake and was tied to a pole. The fire was lit under him and a wind came and blew the fire away from Polycarp. After an extensive amount of time a Roman soldier was ordered to stab him to death. Polycarp had no fear, but had faith in God. Faith is the opposite of fear, and will deliver those who look to the Father in tribulation; Psalm 91. 

This is the only picture I could find depicting Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna..

When he died, he was over 100 years old. His life was a living testament as he both lived and died for the truth of God's Kingdom. In this picture he has a halo because he was canonized as a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. As far as why a hundred year old man is jacked with six pack abs, I offer no explanation.
 It's my prayer that all Israel would have the faith of Polycarp

Message To The Church Of Ephesus Revelation 2:1-7

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The Church at Ephesus was the first church to be mentioned in John's message that went to all seven churches of Asia Minor. This particular church had a Biblical history unto itself that can be found in; Acts 19:34-35. The men of Ephesus were worshipers of the Hittite goddess Diana, also called Libertas during the travels of Paul; Acts 20:29-32.

Ephesus is the place where the famous temple for the deity Diana was located; Acts 19:34-35.

The temple for this goddess Diana was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The false goddess Libertas (Diana) gave people the liberty to engage in unrestricted personal liberty. In other words, do as you feel, or another way to put it is if it feels good then just do it. Because of this, she was known as the goddess of prostitution. When you follow a god/goddess that allows you to do whatever you want in your personal life without the morality of Father Yahweh you will eventually be led into a life of slavery, not freedom. The only way that you can have true freedom is only by following the moral laws of Father Yahweh that have not been done away with; Matt 11:30, James 1:25

There's a 151 ft. statue in New York Harbor of the goddess Libertas (Diana) that was placed there by the Masons. On its base is a plaque that says to send all your poor and homeless to New York City. This plaque was placed there by a false Jew in the early 1900's and was highly protested. This statue is in direct violation of the first and second Commandments of Yahweh; Exodus 20:3-5. To look to the statue of Diana as being an icon of freedom, will only bring moral decay, decadence, and slavery. They try to hide the inherent moral problems of New York city by stating frivolous facts such as, there are more computers in New York City than the entire continent of Africa which means nothing in itself. However, at the same time they do not take into consideration the obvious fact that, there are more Africans in the City of New York than in the entire continent of Africa.

Back to John's letters to the churches...

The Christian Church in the first Century A.D. was defined as an assembly of two or more people and was not a church as we know the term today, A biblical church was and still is, an assembly of believers that meet in peoples houses or any place where they praise Yahweh, and did not go to a specific building; Hebrews 10:25, Matt 18:20, Hebrews 2:12, and Psalms 22:22. It wasn't until the Third Century when Christians started meeting in church buildings titled as such.

Because John wrote this letter to all the church assemblies, all the churches had the ability to read how the other churches were doing. You could think of this as being a report card.

As noted above during Paul's voyage to this region, he told the Church of Ephesus that after he leaves there will be grievous wolves that will not spare the flock; Acts 20:29. This is why in Rev 2:2 the church is commended for weeding out the false Apostles when they were specifically warned by Paul years earlier. These false Apostles are described in; 2 John 1:7-9.

The Church of Ephesus is told by the Messiah, that they have deviated from their first love of Yahweh and his Kingdom Message; V4. The Messiah told the church of Ephesus that if they do not get on the ball and confess their sins to the Father then their candlestick will be removed altogether and they will not have the light of of the gospel to share to the world; Rom 8:18-19, 2 cor 4:4. When the light of the Gospel is removed a Church quickly becomes the useless salt described in Matt 5:13. It's not so much that the Father wants the light to be removed as punishment, but rather it's due to the fact that the Church will push it out of the way themselves in the name of political correctness. It's also mentioned that if anyone has an ear to hear, let them hear this message to the church and overcome will eat from the tree of life in paradise. This message applies to everyone; V7.

It's my prayer that all true Israel will hear the words of the Father. Praise his Holy Name!

John Receives His First Vision, Revelation 1:12-20

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John prepared himself to see the vision that the Lord was about to unfold before him. In this vision the reader gets the interpretation directly from the Messiah at the end of the chapter to the meaning of the vision.

This vision came to John in the form of seven golden candlesticks. Within these candlesticks was the Messiah himself dressed in a judges robe who's feet and appearance, were like fine brass that was refined in a crucible and being pure in all appearance. In his right hand were seven stars. From out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword. Johns natural reaction was to fall at the feet of the Messiah in fear. The Messiah told John to fear not. He held the position of being the highest of the high (Son of God) and lowest of the low (Son of Man). He held the keys to the grave and death by humbling himself to the cross and by being raised from the grave by the Father in order to become the first to be born again. If this vision so effected John the Apostle in such a manner to fall at his feet in fear, then what will be the effect on the ungodly when he manifests himself to the world when he returns from heaven?

The Messiah then continued to explain this vision:

In his right hand were seven stars. The stars are the seven angles were from the seven churches that he was writing to. The word “angel” means messenger; Strong's Concordance #32. In this particular pretext it referring to the Israelite men that came to visit John from the seven churches when John was exiled on the island of Patmos; Gen 26:4.

Out of the Lords mouth came a two edged sword. The two-edged sword in the Bible is a symbol for the word of God; Hebrews 4:12 and Ephesians6:17. 

The 30 foot illuminated cross that stands in the Palm Springs Desert was erected by a local Episcopal Church. It stands as a daily reminder that we are now in God's Kingdom. We do not receive the light of the Gospel only to hide the Gospel light under a bushel; Matt 5:15-16. The Bible also tells us that: "for everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought of  God." John 3:20-21

The Messiah then went on to explain that the seven candlesticks that were the seven churches. When people have the Word of God in their hearts they become a light unto a world of utter darkness, which gives forth light to others. Mat 5:15, Mark4:21, and Luke 11:33.

It is my prayer for all Christian Israel to become beacons of light for the Gospel unto a dark world!

Who Are The False Jews Of Revelation 2:9 and 3:9?

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As I move toward Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 I realize that many people have the misconception that Revelation is directed to the Jews and the Jews only. However, if Revelation was truly only about the Jews then they would be mentioned many times throughout the book. It would say Jew this, and Jew that. However, careful study of the book will show that there are only two times they are mentioned in Revelation and they are described as being the false Jews (non-Judahites) of the Synagogue of Satan.

When researching the word “Jew” the very first thing anyone can surmise is that this word did not exist until the early 1800's. The original word as its used in the two verses of Revelation means Judean and the implication is to imply a false Israelite from the tribe of Judah (Judahite): see Strong's Concordance #2453 and #2255.

The Synagogue of Satan is a book written by Andrew Carrington Hitchcock. It details the secret history of the False Jews.

In the religion of Judeo-Christianity there also seems to be an ongoing belief that “the Jews are God's chosen people” and that “if you bless the Jews then God will bless you.” Because of the two verses in Revelation about there being false Jews (Judahites) and they are called the synagogue of Satan, I am going to try to address these verses in an effort to try to dispel the worship of (false Jews) speaking candidly about the people that claim to be Judahites from Israel and are not.

I am approaching this only from the view point of Judeo-Christianity. I know there are people who will read this post that have actually studied something about modern day Judaism and will probably think I should begin to cover this topic from Cain in Genesis, and continue through Esau with his descendants which today promote red Communism. Communism is the political from of Judaism worldwide and is trying to steal the birthright back from Jacob Israel: Matt23:27. So for the sake of brevity, and I reiterate, I will only focus on the view point from the Judeo-Christian.

Continuing on...

The book of Revelation was written in the 1^st Century. How the false Jews related to the Messiah and what he thought of them is the starting point for my purpose today.

In John 8:33 the False Edomite Jews told the Messiah that they have never been in bondage to any man, which is a true statement. The descendants of Esua were not part of the Egyptian, Assyrian, nor the Babylonian bondage. In John 8:39 the false Jews told the Messiah they were from Abraham. Notice the Messiah did not correct them. This is true because Esau (father of the Edomite Jews) was from Abraham. He fell out of grace with God when he married a Hittite woman; Gen 26:34, and forfeited his birthright to Jacob-Israel over a bowl of red soup; Gen 25:34. The Messiah went on to chastise the Jews in Verse 44 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

What can we learn from Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 and other verses?

We know that the false Jews have synagogues. Which false religion has synagogues?

In Romans 2:28 We know that the false Jews go around and say they are Jews (Judahites), but we know these people who claim to be the real Jews (Judahites) and are not. I'm wondering what faith goes around saying that they are Jews?

Philipians 3:3 The people who are God's chosen are the ones that have circumcision of the heart and rejoice in the Lord. Who rejoices in the Lord, and who doesn't? This is an important question because the Bible states that if you are a Judahite (Jew) and do not have the Son, then you do not have the Father either and are not Gods chosen; 1 John 2:22-23.

It's widely known that the false Judahites (Jews), don't accept the Messiah and these false Jews follow the Babylonian Talmud and not the Torah (first 5 books of the Bible). The Talmud is not the Bible, and the Bible clearly states that the false Judahites (Jews) are not Christians. The Torah was written by Moses, and the Messiah said that if you accept Moses then you would accept him also because Moses wrote of him; John5:46-47.

If it's true that the Jews are Gods chosen and if you bless them, and it's true you will be blessed, then why is it that since 1948 when the United States blessed the Jewish occupied Palestine by being the first to recognized their country called Israeli, given them trillions of dollars, and also all the military weapons they can handle. They also fill all levels of our Government, but yet, we have had the most extreme curses on our land instead of having blessings from God?; Gen12:3

Gods wrath is upon them and their children, why is Gods wrath upon them instead of blessing?; 1 Thess 2:14-16, Matt 27:25.

In the book of Acts the persecution of the Christians was exclusively at the hands of the false Edomite Jews. Eventually the Romans did persecute Christians also.

So in closing, I hope I have presented enough evidence from the Bible to spike Judeo-Christian curiosity to find out more about the false Jews that claim to be God's chosen. Most of them today  >90% are Ashkenazi Khazar European Jews that adopted the religion of Judaism and have nothing at all to do with the Bible nor The Holy Land. If somehow I am wrong and people who adopt an Anti-Christ religion suddenly turn into Israel and some how become the tribe of Judah, they don't follow the God of the Bible and practice an Anti-Christ religion that rejects both the Messiah and God, They are not God's chosen people and it's unbiblical to expect to receive a blessing from God from blessing them.

I pray all Israel will take the time to find their identity in Christ!