Sickle of Truth

Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 14 continued “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write…” As one of the pioneers in the development of the successful idea of chain stores, Russell soon started a store of his own and rapidly increased his ownership to a chain of stores. His prospects for wealth were indeed great. At age twenty-one he was already worth more than $250,000 (Approximately $6,197,150 today.)  One hundred dollars in 1877 is worth $2,478.86 today. In…

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 14 “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write…” The following was taken from Brother Shallieu’s work, “The Keys of Revelation”. This seventh and last period of the earthly pilgrimage of the nominal Church is styled “Laodicea.” There is a dual significance to this term, namely, (a) “a judged people” and (b) “justice for the people.” The Laodicean epoch commenced with the year 1878, the beginning of the Gospel Age harvest. As the…

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Choosing the right messenger, continued Our next question would naturally be, Who then were these seven men especially chosen by the Lord to deliver his message to each stage of the church throughout its history? Who do the professing church say they were? From my own searches I have noted, that is with a few minor exceptions, that they are rather reluctant to say who they believe they were and tend to beat around the bush a lot, never making…

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Choosing the right messenger Amongst orthodoxy (the professing church) there are various opinions as to who exactly the seven messengers may be who are mentioned in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 with one group suggesting that they are literal angelic beings while the other insist that they are human messengers. Let us consider the sensibleness of the two to see which makes more sense. The first idea, that the messengers were actual angelic beings suggest “that each church had a…

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 12-13 continued “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him my new name. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says…

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 12-13 continued “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him my new name. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says…

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 11 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.” “The promise of coming quickly was of special meaning to those nearer the end of the Philadelphia period. It was the stimulus for the Miller and Wolff movements —the Adventists. Since the “Time of the End” was to occur in Philadelphia, the book of Daniel was to begin to be understood. “Although I heard, I did not understand….

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 10 continued, “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” “The test of patience seems to have had a more marked occurrence toward the latter part of the Philadelphia era. Indeed, also, the characteristic feature of “brotherly love,” which Divine Providence used to denote this sixth stage of the Church,…

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 9 “Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.” “This verse is not actually claiming that these are literal Jews, no more than those who claimed to be Jews during the second church were literal Jews (Rev 2:9).” “Who then are these who “say they are…

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Revelation Chapter 3 VERSE 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept my word, and have not denied my name.” The “little help” (Dan 11:34) or power that they were given is from a couple of different possibilities. The first possibility was that in this church the civil power had supported Luther and the other reformers. Previously they had not…

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