The Lord’s promise to the overcomers in the suffering church in Smyrna is that He would give them the crown of life (Rev. 2:10). In the Lord’s speaking to the church in Smyrna, a church under persecution, in suffering, and facing death, we can see the glorious victory of the crucified and resurrected Christ over […]
Christ has the Keys of Death and of Hades: He Nullified Death and Overcame Hades!
November 25, 2016 by 14 Comments
Jesus Christ is the One who became dead and lived again – He is the resurrected One, the One who not only defeated death but also has the keys of death and of Hades, and death and Hades are under His control. Praise the Lord! God became a man – Jesus Christ, who lived a […]
Since the Resurrected Christ lives in us, the Churches are Living, Overcoming Death
November 24, 2016 by 8 Comments
In speaking to the church in Smyrna, the Lord said of Himself that He is the First and the Last, who became dead and lived again; as the resurrected Christ, He is living in us and among us, and we as the church are living as He is, full of life and overcoming any death. […]
The Lord Knows our Tribulation, and He Knows Religion Opposes Christ and the Church
November 22, 2016 by 8 Comments
The Lord told the church in Smyrna not to fear the things which she was about to suffer (prison, persecution, tribulation, and even death), because He knows their tribulation and poverty, and to those who are faithful, He will give the crown of life (see Rev. 2:8-11). The church in Smyrna was a suffering church; […]
Enjoying Christ as our Love, Life, and Light to keep the Testimony of Jesus
November 19, 2016 by 6 Comments
In the Lord’s epistle to the church in Ephesus there are four main points – love (loving the Lord with the first love), life (enjoying Christ as the tree of life), light (shining as the Lord’s testimony), and the lampstand (bearing the Lord’s testimony); love, life, light, and the lampstand are four crucial words in […]
We need to Maintain the eating of Christ as the Tree of Life in the Church Life
November 18, 2016 by 6 Comments
At the end of the Lord’s epistle to the church in Ephesus He calls for the overcomers, promising them to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God (Rev. 2:7); today we as believers in Christ need to maintain the eating of Christ as the tree of life in the […]
Loving the Lord with the First Love, Being His Testimony, and Functioning as Priests
November 17, 2016 by 13 Comments
May we be those who are loving the Lord with the first and best love, those who are His testimony on earth today, and who function as priests in the church life! In His epistle to the first church, the church in Ephesus, in Rev. 2, the Lord appreciates some of the things she has, […]
