Rev 2:18 "And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God,
Again the Bible tells us Jesus is the Son Of God.
No matter how many times the Bible says this many still refute it.
They say he is as old as his Father: You can't be a son if that is the case.
Some might say he is the Father: Than how does one sit on the right hand of himself?
Some say they are co-equal: Than why would Jesus need to be appointed heir of all things?
Where does this belief lead to?
If you reject Jesus is actually the Son of God that came forth in heaven above than the Father has no Son to give.
You end up denying the Gospel.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
The Gospel is the hope of the world. The cross is God's agency for counterworking Satan's plans, and restoring man to his original purity. The plan of salvation devised by the Father and the Son will be a grand success. Christ's atoning sacrifice will arouse the sluggish mind, quickening into activity man's mental and spiritual powers. {ST June 17, 1903, par. 2}
Saying the timeline for this church is 538-1798.
The first thing Jesus wanted this church to remember is the he is the literal Son of God, something that this church forgot.
This is still a big condition of the church today, many are either Oneness or Trinitarian.
But how many actually believe Jesus came forth from God before anything was ever created.
God warns of fornication in this Church which in the end is paganism mixed in with Christianity.
Rev 2:18 "Who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire"
His eyes were a flame of fire, which searched His children through and through. {CET 58.3}
Rev 2:18 "And his feet are like fine brass;"
Rev 2:19 "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first."
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra;
what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.(2 Tim3:10-12)
Rev 2:20 "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols."
The influence of Jezebel over Ahab was greater than the influence of the Spirit of God, however powerful and convincing the evidence from heaven (Manuscript 19, 1906). {2BC 1033.9}
Elijah fled for his life before the threats of the idolatrous Jezebel. Thus Satan has taken advantage of the weakness of humanity. And he will still work in the same way. Whenever one is encompassed with clouds, perplexed by circumstances, or afflicted by poverty or distress, Satan is at hand to tempt and annoy. He attacks our weak points of character. He seeks to shake our confidence in God, who suffers such a condition of things to exist. We are tempted to distrust God, to question His love. Often the tempter comes to us as he came to Christ, arraying before us our weakness and infirmities. He hopes to discourage the soul, and to break our hold on God. Then he is sure of his prey. If we would meet him as Jesus did, we should escape many a defeat. By parleying with the enemy, we give him an advantage. {DA 120.2}
The fornication with the world are so far reaching, where do you start?
Lets go back to the opening line of Thyatira.
Titles like the Son Of God go against the doctrines like the Trinity.
What is the claim of the Catholic Church?
The mystery of the trinity is the central doctrine of the Catholic faith. Upon it are based all the other teachings of the church.
It starts with paganism and it ends with paganism. Could their sins have caused plagues to come upon them?
The Black Death was the second great natural disaster to strike Europe during the Late Middle Ages (the first one being the Great Famine of 1315-1317) and is estimated to have killed 30 percent to 60 percent of the European population. (Wikipedia - Black Death)
Rev 2:21 "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not."
Rev 2:22 "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."
Rev 2:23 "And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."
Is there now another disease or plague to come upon the people?
Rev 2:24 "But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden."
Rev 2:25 "But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
Rev 2:26 "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:"
Rev 2:27 "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father."
Rev 2:28 "And I will give him the morning star."
Rev 2:29 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
After Ellen White quotes verses 24-29 as seen above she goes on to say:
I am instructed to say, The sentiments of those who are searching for advanced scientific ideas are not to be trusted. Such representations as the following are made: "The Father is as the light invisible; the Son is as the light embodied; the Spirit as the light shed abroad." "The Father is like the dew, invisible vapor; the Son is like the dew gathered in beauteous form; the Spirit is like the dew fallen to the seat of life." Another representation: "The Father is like the invisible vapor. The Son is like the leaden cloud. The Spirit is rain fallen and working in refreshing power." All these spiritualistic representations are simply nothingness. They are imperfect, untrue. They weaken and diminish the Majesty which no earthly likeness can be compared to. God cannot be compared with the things His hands have made. These are mere earthly things, suffering under the curse of God because of the sins of man. The Father cannot be described by the things of earth. The Father is all the fulness of the Godhead bodily and is invisible to mortal sight. {Ms21-1906.9}
Trinitarians love to give examples like from the quote above.
Rarely do they go to the Bible.
The science being used here in this quote is spiritualistic, the science of today is biological.
The spiritual as well as the mental and physical powers suffer under the influence of unhealthful food. The conscience becomes stupefied, and the susceptibility to good impressions is impaired.6 {CG 379.4}
The apostasy prevailing today is similar to that which in the prophet's day overspread Israel. In the exaltation of the human above the divine, in the praise of popular leaders, in the worship of mammon, and in the placing of the teachings of science above the truths of revelation, multitudes today are following after Baal. Doubt and unbelief are exercising their baleful influence over mind and heart, and many are substituting for the oracles of God the theories of men. It is publicly taught that we have reached a time when human reason should be exalted above the teachings of the Word. The law of God, the divine standard of righteousness, is declared to be of no effect. The enemy of all truth is working with deceptive power to cause men and women to place human institutions where God should be, and to forget that which was ordained for the happiness and salvation of mankind. Yet this apostasy, widespread as it has come to be, is not universal. Not all in the world are lawless and sinful; not all have taken sides with the enemy. God has many thousands who have not bowed the knee to Baal, many who long to understand more fully in regard to Christ and the law, many who are hoping against hope that Jesus will come soon to end the reign of sin and death. And there are many who have been worshiping Baal ignorantly, but with whom the Spirit of God is still striving.-Prophets and Kings, 170, 171. {ChS 57.2}
Rev 2:25 "But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
Rev 2:26 "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:"
Rev 2:27 "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father."
Rev 2:28 "And I will give him the morning star."
Some modern translations in Isaiah 14:12 change Lucifer to Morning Star which then suggests that Lucifer is God.
There is no word in Isaiah 14:12 that can be translated as star.
There is no connection between these verses.
The morning star is referring to the verse below.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. (Num 24:17)
Rev 2:29 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
After going through this study the warning I see is beware of the Trinity.
- These things saith the Son of God (Rev 2:18)
- Thou sufferest that woman Jezebel (Rev 2:20)
- Which have not known the depths of Satan (Rev 2:24)
- And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. (Rev 2:26)
- And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (Rev 2:27)
