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   rebelled against God, like his father Cush.   
   Eventually Nimrod was put to death for his evil deeds,   
   and according to the ancient patriarchal system,   
   parts of his body were sent to various cities as a warning.   
      
   His wife Semiramus fled, but spread the rumour that   
   he had ascended to heaven, where he had become one with the sun.   
   When Semiramus later gave birth to a son, she claimed that   
   it was the reincarnation of her deified husband,   
   and that he had returned to save the human race.   
      
   She was later deified as the mother of the sun god,   
   and it was supposed she had ascended into heaven   
   as the queen of heaven. In the various cultures   
   throughout history and around the world,   
   the same basic deities have been worshipped under different names.   
      
   Read about Mary, the mother of the true Saviour,   
   and how paganism has twisted the truth about her identity   
      
   .These articles interlink but as you seen The Modern   
   Roman Catholic Church is The Church of Thyatira of Revelation.   
   )   
      
   Revelation 3   
      
   The Message to Sardis   
      
   1 (Rev 1:4; 1Ti 5:6; Rev 1:16) "To the angel of the church in Sardis write:   
   "He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things:   
   I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive,   
   but you are dead.   
   2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain but are ready to die,   
   for I have not found your works perfected before God.   
   3 (Rev 2:5; 2Pe 3:10; 1Th 5:2) Remember therefore how you have received   
   and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch,   
   I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour   
   I will come upon you.   
   4 (Jude 1:23; Rev 6:11) "You have a few names even in Sardis   
   who have not soiled their garments. They shall walk with Me in white,   
   for they are worthy.   
   5 (Mt 10:32; Rev 13:8) He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments.   
   I will not blot his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess   
   his name before My Father and before His angels.   
   6 (Rev 2:7) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says   
   to the churches.   
      
   [1] And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he   
   that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works,   
   that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.   
   [2] Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to   
   die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.   
   [3] Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and   
   repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,   
   and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.   
   [4] Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their   
   garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.   
   [5] He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I   
   will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his   
   name before my Father, and before his angels.   
   [6] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the   
   churches.   
      
   ( I ponder if the Lutheran Church and the Anglican Church with latent   
   Catholic practices falls in the category of being Sardisian)   
      
   The Message to Philadelphia   
      
   7 (Rev 6:10; Isa 22:22; Mt 16:19) "To the angel of the church   
   in Philadelphia write:   
   "He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David,   
   He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens, says these things:   
   8 (Rev 2:13; Ac 14:27) I know your works. Look! I have set before you an open   
   door, and no one can shut it. For you have a little strength,   
   and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.   
   9 (Rev 2:9; Isa 49:23; 60:14) Listen! I will make them of the synagogue   
   of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie. Listen!   
   I will make them come and worship before your feet   
   and to know that I have loved you.   
   10 (2Pe 2:9; Mt 24:14) Because you have kept My word of patience,   
   I also will keep you from the hour of temptation which shall come   
   upon the entire world, to test those who dwell on the earth.   
   11 (Rev 2:10; 2:25) "Look, I am coming quickly. Hold firmly what you have,   
   so that no one may take your crown.   
   12 (Rev 22:4; 21:2; Gal 2:9) He who overcomes will I make 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 My own new name.   
   13 (Rev 2:7) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says   
   to the churches.   
      
   [7] And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith   
   he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that   
   openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;   
   [8] I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no   
   man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and   
   hast not denied my name.   
   [9] Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are   
   Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship   
   before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.   
   [10] 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.   
   [11] Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man   
   take thy crown.   
   [12] Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and   
   he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and   
   the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down   
   out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.   
   [13] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the   
   churches.   
      
   ( Many of the "Conservatives" Church fit this description from Quakers,   
   to Pentecostal, to Baptists and strong Evangelicals. Please note verse 9,   
   that if hold strong, even the synagogue of Satan will acknowledge you.   
   You have to firmly hold on to what you have. Do not let humanistic   
   or secularistic adherents deceive you or you can end up   
   as Thyatiran, or even Laodicean. Laodicean you say?)   
      
   The Message to Laodicea   
      
   14 (Rev 1:5; 3:7) "To the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write:   
   "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation   
   of God, says these things:   
   15 (Rev 3:1) I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.   
   I wish you were cold or hot.   
   16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,   
   I will spit you out of My mouth. (I feel that way about lukewarm water as well)   
   17 (Hos 12:8; Zec 11:5) For you say, 'I am rich, and have stored up goods,   
   and have need of nothing,' yet do not realise that you are wretched,   
   miserable, poor, blind, and naked.   
   18 (Rev 16:15; Isa 55:1; Mt 13:44) I counsel you to buy from Me gold   
   refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments,   
   that you may be dressed, that the shame of your nakedness   
   may not appear, and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.   
   19 (Rev 2:5; Jer 31:18) "Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline.   
   Therefore be zealous and repent.   
   20 Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice   
   and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.   
   21 (Mt 19:28; Jn 16:33) "To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with Me   
   on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.   
   22 (Rev 2:7) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit   
   says to the churches."   
      
      
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