Paul's third journey

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Paul's third journey
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An industrial town Clay, metal, and wool. Look
for references to manufacturing means and labor
in the vision.
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Letter to Thyatira

• NIV Revelation 218 "To the angel of the church
  in Thyatira write These are the words of the Son
  of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and
  whose feet are like burnished bronze.

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Letter to Thyatira

• 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your
  service and perseverance, and that you are now
  doing more than you did at first.
• AN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH LOVE

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Letter to Thyatira

• 20 Nevertheless, I have this against you You
  tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a
  prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my
  servants into sexual immorality and the eating of
  food sacrificed to idols. 21 I have given her
  time to repent of her immorality, but she is
  unwilling.

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Letter to Thyatira

• 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and
  I will make those who commit adultery with her
  suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.
  23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the
  churches will know that I am he who searches
  hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you
  according to your deeds.

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Letter to Thyatira

• 24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to
  you who do not hold to her teaching and have not
  learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will
  not impose any other burden on you) 25 Only hold
  on to what you have until I come.

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Letter to Thyatira

• 26 To him who overcomes and does my will to the
  end, I will give authority over the nations-- 27
  'He will rule them with an iron scepter he will
  dash them to pieces like pottery'--just as I have
  received authority from my Father. 28 I will also
  give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear,
  let him hear what the Spirit says to the
  churches.

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Letter to Thyatira

• Thyatira was an industrial town known for
  luxurious garments and fabrics. Many thought the
  waters contained special magical powers for the
  dyes to retain their colorful brilliance for long
  periods of time.
• The city would later be renamed Akhisar by
  Muslims White Castle.

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Letter to Thyatira

• The ancients extracted the natural dye from
  several species of plant as well as one of the
  two famous Phoenician sea snails.

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Inland Thyatira

• Which is easier, to bring the sheep (for wool) to
  the ocean OR the snail dye to the sheep.

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Letter to Thyatira

• The wealthy and generous Lydia came from
  Thyatira. While traveling and selling, this
  business lady came to the faith and was baptized
  in Phillipi. Lydia was a generous supporter of
  Paul and the early church. She might have
  brought Christianity back with her to Thyatira.

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Letter to Thyatira

• Thyatira was an inland industrial city of great
  wealth. Inscriptions in the ruins mention the
  following Wool-workers, linen-workers, makers
  of outer garments, dyers, leather-workers,
  tanners, potters, bakers, slave-dealers and
  bronze-smiths.

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Letter to Thyatira

• Here a prominent woman (Jezebel) must have been
  prophesying that Christians could worship at the
  pagan altars without ill-effect to their faith.
  The sexual immorality associated with the pagan
  worship and lifestyle is clearly mentioned.

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Letter to Thyatira

• As this prophetess claimed to know Gods will,
  she will not see Gods judgment coming upon her.
  She will undergo severe suffering, unless she
  repents.
• Evidently, her teaching was not followed by many
  in the Thyatira church (224).

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Letter to Thyatira

• We see the Lord is patient and forgiving, even
  for the worst of sins. In this instance, it is
  false teaching leading to sexual immorality.
  Clearly, the congregation is to rebuke her so
  that she can repent (v.20-22). Something similar
  was done in Corinth to a man sleeping with his
  step-mother. Public rebuke had its intended
  result to lead the man to his repentance (1 Cor.
  51-13 2 Cor. 25-11 Gal. 61-2).

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Letter to Thyatira

• Jesus referred to himself as the Bright Morning
  star. He offers Himself to the congregation.
  The Morning star was the first to appear and the
  last to disappear in the sky (First and Last).

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Letter to Thyatira

• Thyatira also made pottery. Like the discarded
  broken pots that abounded around them, Christ
  would discard the kingdoms of the earth that
  shatter at His coming (227).

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Letter to Thyatira

• Thyatira sought business with many nations. For
  being faithful, the nations were theirs to serve
  with the Gospel. With their many open lines of
  trade, the Gospel could have easily spread
  through Christians associated with Thyatira.

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Application

• We should avoid religious pluralism until the
  end.
• Jesus is THE morning star and THE revelation of
  God, not A morning star or another revelation of
  God.