Revelation 2:1-7
Message to the Church in Ephesus
#revelation
Published September 29th, 2022; Updated September 29th, 2022
Main point
Phrase 2:1-7
notes
Main point
Jesus commends the church in Ephesus for their faithful endurance for the sake of Christ, but calls them to repentance for their failure to love God and others as they once did in the past.
Phrase 2:1-7
NT
Revelation 2:1-7
esv
Introduction
address
“To the angel
destination
of the church
descriptive
in Ephesus
locative
write:
description of Christ/speaker
‘The words
content
of him
source
who holds the seven stars
in his right hand,
who walks
among the seven golden lampstands.
commendation
Knowledge of the Church's condition
“‘I know your works,
your toil
content #1
and your patient endurance,
content #2
and how you cannot bear with those
content #3
who are evil,
[and] have tested those
result
who call themselves apostles
and are not,
negative
and found them to be false.
(I know)
you are enduring patiently
content #4
and bearing up
content #5
for my name’s sake,
advantage
and you have not grown weary.
content #6
rebuke
But I have this against you,
that you have abandoned the love you had
explanation
at first.
temporal
Exhortation in view of Christ's coming
call for repentance and renewal
[Therefore] remember from where you have fallen;
repent,
and do the works you did
at first.
If not,
conditional
I will come
to you
and remove your lampstand
from its place,
unless you repent.
reassurance
Yet this you have:
you hate the works
of the Nicolaitans,
subjective
which I also hate.
command to hear
Conclusion
He who has an ear,
let him hear
what the Spirit says
to the churches.
promise to the overcomer
To the one
who conquers
I will grant to eat
of the tree
objective
of life,
attributive
which is in the paradise
of God.’
possessive
phrasing
Comments
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