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Revelation Chapter 2 Letters to the Churches at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira REVELATION CHAPTER 2 LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES AT EPHESUS, SMYRNA, PERGAMUM, AND THYATIRA SUMMARY OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2 In Revelation chapter 2 Jesus tells the church at Ephesus they have persevered and endured hardships for His name. Yet Jesus holds this against them: They had forsaken the love they had at first. Jesus says if they do not repent, He will come and remove their lampstand from its place. But they have this in their favor: Ephesus hates the practices of the Nicolaitans, which Jesus also hates. Jesus tells the church in Smyrna that He knows their afflictions and poverty—yet Jesus tells them they are rich! Jesus tells them not be afraid of what they are about to suffer. Jesus tells the church in Pergamum He knows where Satan has his throne. Yet they remain true to His name. There are some there hold the teaching of Balaam, who enticed the Israelites to sin. At Pergamon also those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Jesus says: “Repent!” THE GREAT ALTAR OF ZEUS AT PERGAMON Jesus tells the church in Thyatira He know their deeds, they have love and faith, service and perseverance, and they are now doing more than at first. But Jesus tells them not to tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. With her teaching she misleads His servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 1 © 2020 Revelation Now, Ltd THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS: REVELATION 2:1 T0 2:7 Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, just one mile from present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, western Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. Some scholars also believe the Gospel of John may have been written here. Islam destroyed Ephesus. Ephesus was sacked by the followers of the Islamic Four Horsemen (Revelation chapter 6) in the year 654–655 AD by Islamic caliphs, and later again in 700 and 716 that hastened the decline further. When the Islamic Turks conquered Ephesus in 1090, it was a only small village. The town surrendered, in October 1304, to a Turkish Islamic warlord. Contrary to the terms of the surrender, the Islamic Turks pillaged the church of Saint John and deported most of the local population. During these events many of the remaining inhabitants were massacred and the city ceased to exist from then onward. Ephesus was completely abandoned by the 15th century. Islam killed the city and the church. ANCIENT EPHESUS CITY GATES 2 © 2020 Revelation Now, Ltd PAUL ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS On Paul’s second mission tour, he visited Ephesus after leaving Corinth, and planted the church there (Acts 18:19-22). Ephesus means “desirable”, and in many ways it was a desirable place to live. Acts 18:19-22 (NIV) They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined. But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus. When he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch. On the third preaching journey, Paul spent between two and three years teaching in the city (Acts 19:8-10). Paul spent his time eliminating false doctrines, Blackstone worship and pagan practices. Ephesus derived its greatness from two sources, commercial trade and religion. During the Roman Period it was a center for the mother goddess worship, known to the Greeks as Artemis and to the Romans as Diana. It was during this stay that Paul wrote 1 Corinthians. Acts 19:8-10 (NIV) Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord. Diana of the Ephesians (also known as “Artemis of the Ephesians”) was a short, squat, repulsive-looking idol covered with many breasts which emphasized fertility. It was believed by the superstitious Ephesians that Artemis fell from heaven, along with the Blackstone (in the Kaaba today). The temple of Artemis took more than a century to construct. The immoral practices held there made Ephesus a difficult place to preach the Gospel. Nonetheless, Paul’s teaching in the school of Tyrannus was so successful that those who practiced magical arts brought their books and burned them (valued at 50,000 pieces of silver in Acts 19:18-20). The sale of Artemis silver shrines began to fall off, and the silversmiths caused uproar (Acts 19:26-41). Paul was nearly killed in the riot. After this was settled Paul left for Macedonia. Ephesus is also the place where the Apostle John took Mary, the mother of Jesus, there to live (John 19:26-27). 3 © 2020 Revelation Now, Ltd Revelation 2:1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. Revelation 2:2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. Revelation 2:3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.” Here in Revelation 2:1, John tells us Jesus holds the seven stars in his right hand. John tells us that the Lamb’s seven eyes were the seven Spirits of God in Revelation 5:6 (“Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.”) The seven spirits are before the throne and are also sent out into the world. This is all the information we have from Scripture. We can say this about the seven spirits of God: Revelation 1:4; the seven spirits are before His throne Revelation 3:1; Jesus holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, as having the seven Spirits of God Revelation 4:5; the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne are the seven Spirits of God Revelation 5:6; the Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth John tells us in Revelation 1:20 the meaning of the seven golden lampstands. Revelation 1:20 (NIV) The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. “I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.” Jesus knows all the good and all the evil which his servants and his enemies suffer and do. How dreadful will it one day sound to the wicked, how sweet to the righteous! People today do not think God knows everything. God does know everything. The seven churches must have been astonished to find their several conditions to be so well understood. “You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.” The church at Ephesus had to deal with false teachers, and the persecution coming from Jews and pagans. At this time they had also dealt with the second wave of persecution coming from the Roman emperor Domitian. 4 © 2020 Revelation Now, Ltd Revelation 2:4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Revelation 2:5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.” The most important love is to love God. This is in the Shema in Deuteronomy chapter 4: Deuteronomy 4:9 (NIV) Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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