In this episode, Rob and Vinnie finish their study of the 7 messages by looking at the closing exhortation "to those who have ears to hear" the promises of blessing to those who "overcome."
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In this episode, Rob and Vinnie finish their study of the 7 messages by looking at the closing exhortation "to those who have ears to hear" the promises of blessing to those who "overcome."
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Notes for today's podcast:
“Let the one who has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22).
- Ezek 3:27; Jer 5:21
- Mark 4:3, 9 Hear
“To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven” (Mark 4:11)
John 6:66-68
“to the one who overcomes” (2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21)
- Thyatira: includes an additional phrase: “the one who overcomes and the one who keeps my works until the end” (2:26).
Psalm 2:8-9
- Jesus is twice described as the one who will “rule” the nations (12:5; 19:15).
Dan 7:18-25
Luke 22:24-30
Morning star is a messianic term
3:4 “they will “walk” with me”
Garments are “white” suggests moral purity.
I will not erase their name from BOL
- Dan 12:1-2
- OT –notion of a registry: Ps 87:6; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1
- Erasing of names: Exod 32:32-33 Ps 69:28
Compare 3:3 and 3:5 in Greek “certainly”
I will confess their name
Name of my God: corresponds with Seal of God in 7:1-8; 14:1: 22:4
Name of the city of My God: Ezek 48:35
My new name: 19:12
Sit on His throne
- What does it mean to overcome?
-What is it that we overcome?
We will/do rule with Christ: 1:6; 2:26; 3:21; 5:10; 20:4, 6; 22:5
