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Revelation 3:11. The Philadelphian Church, to which these stirring words are addressed, is the only church of the seven in which there was nothing that Christ rebuked. It had no faults, or at least no recorded faults, either of morals or of doctrine.
For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth: In the praise of Revelation 4:11, the emphasis was on God’s work of creation.
(Revelation 5:11-12) Countless angels join in, declaring the worthiness of the Lamb because of the redemption He accomplished. Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice:
What is the Forerunner Commentary? When was this prophecy uttered? The best guess is somewhere about AD 95 to 97. Christ said, "I come quickly!" Now what if we heard Him say that in AD 95? We would have thought, "Boy, oh boy! His feet are going to be on the earth any day now!"
18 lis 1998 · Christ calls the church to persevere. Because Christ’s coming is imminent, He charges us to “hold fast.” This is a warning against caving to pressures that violate integrity. Jesus says, in effect, “Hang in there with Me. Don’t cave in toward the end of the race. We will do this together.”
From its being "in" or "on" the right hand of God, the exceedingly great importance of it must be deduced, but what is it? Many different answers are given: "It contained the whole of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven."
Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Zechariah 3:8 and 6:12 are clear references. The reference to Judah and David establishes Jesus as a royal descendant of King David. This requirement is stated throughout the New Testament (Luke 1:32; Acts 2:30-32; Romans 1:3; and 2 Timothy 2:8).
