Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Revelation 2:8-11; Season 15, Episode 4 (30min)
"Smyrna and the Crown of Life"
The Outline:
Prologue (1:1-8)
I. “THE THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN”
– The Son of Man and The Lampstands
(1:9-20)
II. “THE THINGS WHICH ARE”
– The Letters to The Seven Churches
(2:1-3:22)
III. “THE THINGS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE”
– The Judgments and The Characters
(4:1-22:5)
Epilogue (22:6-21)
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II. “THE THINGS WHICH ARE”
– The Letters to The Seven Churches
(2:1-3:22)
A. Ephesus (2:1-7)
B. Smyrna (2:8-11)
C. Pergamum (2:12-17)
D. Thyatira (2:18-29)
E. Sardis (3:1-6)
F. Philadelphia (3:7-13)
G. Laodicea (3:14-22)
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B. Smyrna (2:8-11)
- Commission[i]
- Character
- Commendation
- Confrontation – None
- Correction Encouragement
- Call
- Challenge
[i] This alliteration of characteristics from Daniel/Revelation Class Notes; Dr. Kenneth F. McKinley, LeTourneau College, 1973.
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- Tributaries: "The first and the last"
Isaiah 41:4; “Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’
Isaiah 44:6; “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.”;
Isaiah 48:12; “Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.”
- Tributary: The Accuser
Zechariah 3:1; “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.”
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APPENDIX: THE CROWNS OF REWARD
- “An IMPERISHABLE Wreath”(1Cor 9:25)
for Self-Control - “The Crown of EXULTATION”(1Thess 2:19)
for Leading Others to the Lord and Nurturing Them - “The Crown of RIGHTEOUSNESS” (2Tim 4:8)
for Loving His Appearing - “The Unfading Crown of GLORY”(1Pet 5:3-4)
for Fruitful Ministry of the Word - “The Crown of LIFE”(James 1:12; Rev 2:10)
for Perseverance and Faithfulness