(Revelation) Book of the Great Revealing 2

TO VILLAGE OF DESIRE

1“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in Village of Desire (Ephesus):

These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2I know what you have been doing, how hard you have worked, and the rough path you have walked with firm steps. I also know that you do not put up with evil and worthless ways. You have put to the test the ones who falsely call themselves message bearers and have proven them to be liars who speak with forked tongues.

3I know you have never grown tired of representing me, even when thorns grew across the path. 4But I have against you this one thing—you have walked away from the love you had at first. 5So remember what made you stumble, go back and find that first love, and do what needs to be done. Unless you change your thinking about this, I will have to come and remove your lampstand. 6But you have this in your favor: like me, you hate what the Rulers of the People (Nicolaitans) do.

7Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families. To the ones who win the victory, I will give them fruit to eat from the tree of life that grows in Creator’s Beautiful Garden.

TO VILLAGE OF BITTER HERBS

8“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in Village of Bitter Herbs (Smyrna):

These are the words of the one who is the first and last, who died and came back to life. 9I know that you have walked a troubled path and that you are poor, but spiritually you are rich. I also know the lies spoken against you by those who claim to be Tribal Members, but they are not. They are a tribal gathering house for Accuser (Satan), and not true-hearted Tribal Members.

10Do not fear the suffering you must soon face. The evil trickster snake will put you to the test. I tell you, he will have some of you thrown into a prison house, and you will walk a troubled path for ten days. Even if you must face death, stay true to the path, and I will honor you with a headdress of life that has many feathers.

11Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families. The ones who win the victory will not be hurt at all by the second death.

TO VILLAGE OF FIRST IN COURAGE

12“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in the village of First in Courage (Pergamum):

These are the words of the one who has the sharp, two-edged long knife: 13I know you live where Accuser (Satan) rules. You have stood strong and true, representing my name in the days when Looks Like His Father (Antipas), my truth teller, was killed in your village where Accuser (Satan) makes his home. Even then you refused to turn your back on me and stayed true to my good road.

14But even so, I have a few things against you: Some among you walk in the teachings of People Destroyer (Balaam), who instructed People Swallower (Balak) to put stumbling stones before the children of Wrestles with Creator (Israel). He tempted them to ceremonially eat food that had been offered to spirit-images and to give themselves to sexual impurity. 15Like them, you also have among you some who follow the teachings of the Rulers of the People (Nicolaitans).

16Unless you change your thinking about these things, I will come suddenly to you and make war against them with the words of my mouth that will cut like a two-edged long knife.

17Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families. I will give the mysterious bread#2:17 Lit. manna, meaning “what is it?” A mysterious food. See Exodus 16:33; John 6:32-33, 48-51. to the ones who win the victory. I will also give them a new name carved into a white stone. A name known only to the one who receives it.

TO VILLAGE OF HIGH ROCK HOUSE

18“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in the village of High Rock House (Thyatira):

These are the words of the Son of the Great Spirit, who has eyes that blaze like flames of fire and feet that glow like molten bronze: 19I know how hard you work, how truly you love, how faithfully you serve others, and how you never give up walking the good road. I also know that you are doing even more now than you did at first.

20But even so, I have something against you. You permit Bad Spirit Woman (Jezebel), the one who calls herself a prophetess, to teach my sacred servants. She takes them down a path of sexual impurity and teaches them to ceremonially eat food that has been offered to spirit-images. 21I have given her time to return to the right way of thinking, but she would not change her mind about her impure ways. 22Behold, I am putting her into a bed of sorrow and suffering. And all who participate with her will also suffer greatly, unless they turn from her impure ways. 23I will turn her spiritual children over to death. Then all the sacred families will know that I am the one who looks into the thoughts and sees the hearts of all people. I will make sure each person is given what is deserved for all that he has done.

24But to the rest of you who live in the village of High Rock House (Thyatira), the ones who do not walk in her ways and know nothing about the so-called deep things of Accuser (Satan), I require nothing more of you, 25except to say, Hold tightly to what you already have until I come to you.

26-27To the ones who win the victory and keep walking in my ways to the end of the trail, I will give them the right to rule over all nations with an unbreakable iron chief’s staff, one that can break pots made of clay into pieces.#2:26-27 Psalm 2:9 28This is the same right my Father has given to me. I will also gift them with the morning star. 29Let the one who has ears hear and do what the Spirit is saying to the sacred families.

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