The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation
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true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and none shall
shut, and that shutteth, and none openeth: I know thy works (behold,
I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that
thou hast a little power, and didst keep My word, and didst not deny
My name. Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them which say
they are Jews, and they 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. Because thou didst keep the word of My patience, I also
will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come
upon the whole inhabited earth, to try them that dwell upon the
earth. I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one
take thy crown. He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the
temple of My God, and he shall come no more forth: and I will write
upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the
new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My God, and Mine
own new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches. And to the angel of the church in Laodicea
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness,
the Beginning of the creation of God: I know thy works, that thou
art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So because
thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of
My mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches,
and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched
one, and miserable and poor and blind and naked: I counsel thee to
buy of Me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and
white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame
of thy nakedness be not made manifest, and eyesalve to anoint thine
eyes, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I reprove and
chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the
door and knock: if any man hear My voice and open the door, I will
come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. He that
overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with Me in My throne, as
I also overcame, and sat down with My Father in His throne. He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches
(ii., iii.).