Fourth church– Teachings of the beast mixed into the church to teach Satan’s “deep secrets”. The faithful to Christ to hold on to what we have in Him.

Revelation 2:18-29

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
Click for a description of the image of the beast.

The corruption of five of the seven churches leads to our Lord Jesus Christ opening the Seven Seals, as described in Revelations 4 and also Revelations 5. That leads to the events of the Seven Trumpets of Revelations 8, 9, and 11, the Seven Thunders of Revelations 10, and the Seven Plagues of Revelations 16. The two faithful witness, or two faithful churches [second and sixth Church], are faithful to the testimony of Jesus Christ, persecuted, and have little strength. A link to each of the seven churches are at the bottom of this post.

In the previous three churches, the first-love for Jesus Christ was abandoned while doing good works, resulting in the removal of the lampstand. Then the faithful were persecuted where the temple of Satan is. Then those embracing the worldly agenda populates the church, but “hidden bread” is given to those who remain faithful to Christ. Then the fourth church of this post mixes the teachings of the beast, who gives people what to speak, do, think, and feel, into the teachings given to the congregation.

• TO: The angel of the church in Thyatira.
• FROM: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass.
• Positive Work of the Churches:
• Negative Behavior of the Churches:
• God gave time to repent but the church did not repent.
• Reward for Overcomers.

TO: The angel of the church in Thyatira.

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira…” Revelations 2:18a

The church in Thyatira had works, love, service, faith, and patience but at the same time allowed teachers to teach and seduce the church members to serve false gods and to engage in sexual immorality. That is similar to the third church of Pergamos where other members were corrupting the congregation. The church at Thyatira promoted those who were corrupting other members to be teachers in the church.

FROM: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass.

‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass…” Revelations 2:18b

The eyes like flame of fire refers to the Holiness of God looking upon the churches that weave the teaching of the beast into the learning of the congregation. The teachers are teaching Satan’s “so-called” deep secrets. The wrath of His judgment to come is burning in His eyes against the fallen churches for doing so. His feet like fine brass refers to His immovable judgment. “For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?” Isaiah 14:27

Our Lord Jesus is the word made flesh, so if the Bible is being taught, then Jesus is the center of those teachings, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14

Positive Work of the Churches.

“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.” Revelation 2:19

Our Lord Jesus Christ knows the work that the churches are doing, He knows all about their love, their faith, and their patience. The works that the churches are doing nowadays are more than they have ever done previously. Today, the churches have partnered with the community agenda, and that partnership enables the churches to reach out in ways that they never have before. That work is being done according to community values, through humanitarian indoctrination.

Negative Behavior of the Churches.

“Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.” Revelation 2:20

Regardless of all the good works, love, service, faith, and patience of the churches of today, the Lord has a few things against them.

• The churches allow “Jezebel”, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach the congregation of the churches. Jezebel was a woman who served a false god, killed the prophets of the Lord, hunted down Elijah to have him killed, and met a brutal death. Today, the fallen churches welcome teachers who serve the beast and teach the congregation to serve the beast that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel. In the process of those teachings, they chase out and work to spiritually kill those who believe in God the Creator, acknowledge Jesus as Lord and Savior, and welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit. They masquerade as ministers of righteousness, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” 12 Corinthians 11:13-15 Some scripture referring to Jezebel include, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 18, 1 Kings 19, 2 Kings 9:30-37.
• The congregation of the churches are taught not to look upon casual sex, and sexual practices of all types as sin. They are taught tolerance and respect for all people, but without the love, compassion, respect, grace, mercy, and forgiveness that comes from God through Jesus Christ. They are taught not to refer to people as sinners in need of the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ. Also, sexual feelings of comfort and pleasure cause people to leave Jesus Christ. They learn to live by the fulfillment of the flesh and to ignore life in the Spirit. The beast that gives people what to feel and think enflames sensual feelings within physiology in order to draw the focus off the Spirit. By doing that, people become receptive to welcome the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel as they die to belief in God, Jesus Christ, and are taught to oppose the presence of the Holy Spirit. Click here for a post from Ezekiel 8 called, “Sensual enticements are used to chase the Spirit of Christ out of His sanctuary, our body.”
• The congregation of the churches are being taught to “eat things sacrificed to idols”. In other words, the people are being taught to accept the lifestyle given to them by the beast. As they say and do what the beast gives them to say and do, they are groomed to whatever the beast wants them to be. Whatever they become, it will be without belief in God, without Jesus Christ, and without the Holy Spirit. The beast gives them what to feel and think, and as they make that part of who they are, they become a child of the beast. The beast gives breath/life to the mage of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people. By what they are given to say and do, they are groomed to the mark, name, number of the beast.

Our Lord Jesus says to us, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”… Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Matthew 16:6, 12

The churches have secularized the teachings of Jesus to focus on the physical needs of the “human animal”. Meanwhile, the Gospel of Christ has been abandoned, they turn the followers of Jesus Christ away from teaching and preaching positions, and the followers of Jesus Christ are being driven into extinction, as described in Revelations 12.

Click for a post on Isaiah 28:7-8 about “The ministers of the churches have erred, have deviated from the way, err in vision, and stumble in judgment.”
Click for a post on Isaiah 28:9-10 about “To whom will the corrupt ministers teach the knowledge of Christ and the message of the Cross?”

God gave time to repent but the church did not repent.

And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.” Revelation 2:21-23

The “Jezebels” of today’s churches have been given time to repent of teaching the congregation to live by what the beast gives them to say, do, think, and feel. They have been warned not to walk by the flesh but to walk by the Spirit. However, they do not repent as they ignore the call to repentance through Jesus Christ. The “Jezebels” will be “cast into a sickbed”, which happens when the power center of the beast is be plunged into darkness in the Fifth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. The “Jezebels” receive their empowerment through the power center of the beast.

Those who commit adultery with the “Jezebels” will be thrown into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. We already see the beginning of the tribulation as global warming is the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. Global warming is instrumental in plunging the power center of the beast into darkness. Global tribulation is coming through the events of the Seven Trumpets of Revelations 8, 9. and 11, the Seven Thunders of Revelations 10, and the Seven Plagues of Revelations 16. The global economy collapses as described in Revelations 18.

The children of the global culture are being taught to live for the beast, and they will be killed by the Lord, they will suffer the “second death”, which is eternal hell, “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelations 20:14-15 Each of them will be judged according to their works, “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.” Revelations 20:12 Is your name written in the Book of Life? Our Lord Jesus says, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and will not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” John 5:24

People who live by the “deep secrets of Satan” are empowered with uncanny knowledge, heightened intuition, extraordinary skills and talents, uncanny authority over others, amazing physical abilities, fabricated emotional responses etc. However, they will be dashed to pieces by the Lord, like clay pots that potters make. The empowerment of the beast, working through the global culture, will be finished.

“All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelations 13:8

Today’s world might think the beast knows the minds and hearts of people, but in the end, it will be our Lord Jesus who is known as the One who searches the minds and hearts of every person.

Reward for Overcomers.

“Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. But hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—‘He will rule them with a rod of iron; They will be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have received from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.“ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Revelations 2:24-29

Isaiah 29:15-16 speaks of those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord.

Today, the “doctrine” being referred to is the teaching of the beast that gives people what to speak, do, think, and feel. Because those teachings are internal to a person, they are known as “secrets”. “It is the sword that slays, the sword that slays the great men, that enters their private chambers.” Ezekiel 21:14 Click for the post on Ezekiel 21. The “depths of Satan” is translated to “deep secrets of Satan”. Today, we know that no one is publicly speaking about the work of the beast in the world, within people. The only place you will hear about it is in the Bible. Government officials are not talking about it, the educational system is not talking about it, and the churches of today are not talking about it. The empowerment within the thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors of people is the deep secrets of Satan.

The culture of the beast loves the darkness, to keep the deep secrets of Satan a secret, but they hate the light. Ask them about their uncanny knowledge and heightened intuition or about their extraordinary skills and talents, etc. and they will clam up in one way or another. They refuse to be open and enlightening about living by “Satan’s so-called deep secrets.” They love the darkness more than light. “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” John 3:19-21

For we who do not live by the empowerment of the beast, who shun the deep secrets of Satan, the Lord says, “I will put on you no other burden. But hold fast what you have till I come.” The Lord puts no other burden on us but to hold on to our belief in Him, to hold to the testimony of Jesus Chrst, and to welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit. We know we have the Holy Spirit when we do not speak against Christ Jesus and we say that He is Lord, “Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 3:12 Our lord Jesus says to us, “... hold fast what you have till I come.“

We who live for God the Creator, through Jesus Christ, in the presence of the Holy Spirit, will be given power over the nations, “To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” Revelations 1:5-6 “If we endure, we will also reign with Him.” 2 Timothy 2:12 “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” Revelations 3:21 It’s hard to imagine that I would be given authority over anything. That’s the way my mind, emotions, and behaviors perform in this world. At the same time, the very same people who are rejected in this world are the ones who Jesus Christ accepts.

Our Lord Jesus will rule over them with a rod of iron, meaning He will deal harshly with those of the government of the beast upon the Day of the Lord. “—‘He will rule them with a rod of iron; They will be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—“

As the Lord Jesus has received from His Father, we also will be given the “Morning Star”. God was raised Jesus from the dead and gave Him eternal life, and that resurrection to life is the morning star. We will be given that morning star, we will be resurrected to life to enter the eternal New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

To be given that morning star, we come to Christ Jesus, who is the Bright and Morning Star, He is the resurrection and the life. The Christ, whose name is Jesus, says, “I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” Revelations 22:16

“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:19-21

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The Seven Churches

• First church — Lampstand removal from church for leaving the first love for Jesus Christ.
• Second Church–Persecuted and faithful Church, where the temple of Satan exists, is given the reward of eternal life.
• Third church–Those embracing the worldly agenda enters the church, but hidden “bread” given to those faithful to Jesus Christ.
• Fourth church– Teachings of the beast mixed into the church to teach Satan’s “deep secrets”. The faithful to Christ to hold on to what we have in Him.
• Fifth church–Church is ready to die, but the names of the faithful to Christ are written in the Book of Life.
• Sixth Church–Faithful few have little strength but are made pillars in the temple of God and preserved for the eternal New Jerusalem.
• Seventh church– Church is indifferent to Jesus Christ but wealthy by worldly standards. Jesus stands at the door and knocks.