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Thyatira Revelation 2:18-29
Patmos
Thyatira
Name Originally Called Semiramis
Wife of Nimrod (Babylon)
Mother of Tammuz
Roots of Babylon
Nimrod Began Babylonian Religion
Phaethon or Aescalapius
Wife = Semiramis; Son = Tammuz
Roots of Babylon
Nimrod Began Babylonian Religion
Phaethon or Aescalapius
Wife = Semiramis; Son = Tammuz
Babylon Semiramis & Tammuz
Phoenicia Ashtoreth & Tammus
Egypt Isis & Horus
Greece Aphrodite & Eros
Rome Venus & Cupid
Thyatira
Name Originally Called Semiramis
Wife of Nimrod (Babylon)
Mother of Tammuz
Babylonian Sun God
Died Winter Solstice
Burned “Yule Log”
Replaced with Tree Jer 10:1-5
Mourning Tammuz Ezek 8:14
Thyatira
Name “Daughter” Re-Named by
Seleucus on His Daughter’s Birth
At Junction of Roads to
Pergamus, Smyrna & Sardis
Trade Guilds: Wool, Linen, Clothes
Dyes, Tanners, Potters, Bakers
Slave Traders & Bronze Smiths
Thyatira
Pagan Worship
Your Guild’s Patron god
Goddess Ashtoreth
Also Known As Semiramis
Goddess of Young Maidens &
Childbirth
Queen of Heaven Jer 7:18 & 44:25
Thyatira
Name “Daughter” Named by
Seleucus on His Daughter’s Birth
At Junction of Roads to
Pergamus, Smyrna & Sardis
Trade Guilds: Wool, Linen, Clothes
Dyes, Tanners, Potters, Bakers
Slave Traders & Bronze Smiths
Thyatira
Name “Daughter” Named by
Seleucus on His Daughter’s Birth
At Junction of Roads to
Pergamus, Smyrna & Sardis
Trade Guilds: Wool, Linen, Clothes
Dyes, Tanners, Potters, Bakers
Slave Traders & Bronze Smiths
Lydia, The Seller of Purple
“And on the Sabbath day we …. spoke to the women who met there. Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The
Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.” Acts 16:14-15
Lydia, The Seller of Purple
“And on the Sabbath day we …. spoke to the women who met there. Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The
Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.” Acts 16:14-15
Lydia, The Seller of Purple
“And on the Sabbath day we …. spoke to the women who met there. Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The
Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.” Acts 16:14-15
Thyatira Church Probably Started by Paul, Perhaps Through Lydia
Thyatira
Yeshua’s Title
“These things says the Son of God, who
has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:”
Peter’s Revelation Matt 16:16
Thyatira
Yeshua’s Title
“These things says the Son of God, who
has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:”
“Things you have seen…” Rev 1:15
Thyatira
Yeshua’s Title
“These things says the Son of God, who
has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:”
Fire & Brass Speak of……
Refining & Purity
Progression of Impurity
Thyatira “Know the Deep
Things of Satan”
Smyrna “Synagogue of Satan”
Pergamus “Throne of Satan”
Our Purity ….. Ephesians 5:25-27
Thyatira
Commendation
“I know your works, love, service, faith, and
your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.”
Ephesus: Lost Their First Love
Thyatira: Their Love Now Has
Increased Since the First
Thyatira
Concern“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. 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 shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
Jezebel:
Daughter of Eth-Baal, King of Sidon,
Priest of Astarte Who Murdered
His Predecessor, Pheles
Married King Ahab: Sealed Trade
Alliance: Israel & Phoenicia
Killed the Prophets of hvhyhvhyhvhyhvhyI Kings 18:4
She Was Running Things!!
Jezebel’s Character I Kings 21
1) Ahab Desired Naboth’s Vineyard
2) Jezebel Arranged an Inquisition:
False Witnesses
Condemnation & Judgment
Execution
3) Naboth’s Vineyard Seized
4) Naboth’s Heirs Murdered
Jezebel’s Character I Kings 21
1) Ahab Desired Naboth’s Vineyard
2) Jezebel Arranges an Inquisition:
False Witnesses
Condemnation & Judgment
Execution
3) Naboth’s Vineyard Seized
4) Naboth’s Heirs Murdered
Thyatira
Concern“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. 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 shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
Thyatira
Concern“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. 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 shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
2 Closest to Pergamus
Attacks from Inside
Thyatira
Concern“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. 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 shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
Thyatira
Concern“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. 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 shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
Thyatira
Exhortation
“Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this (Jezebel’s) 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.”
The “Depths of Satan” Cannot
Compare to the Depths of God!
I Corinthians 2:9-10
ThyatiraPromise to the Overcomer
“And he who overcomes, and keeps My
works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations — ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall 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.’”
Satan is “god of the world” II Corinth 4:4
& We Have Power Over Satan!
ThyatiraPromise to the Overcomer
“And he who overcomes, and keeps My
works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations — ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall 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.’”
The Justice of God Psalm 2
ThyatiraPromise to the Overcomer
“And he who overcomes, and keeps My
works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations — ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall 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.’”
Not What, But Who!! Revelation 22:16
Conditions of Thyatira Church Foreshadow Medieval Church
Roman Church’s Lust for Power &
Wealth Defined the Middle Ages
Thyatira Corruption Foreshadowed
Medieval Roman Church!!
Institutions, Doctrines, Practices &
Symbols of the Roman Church
Originated in Babylon
• Most Powerful of All the Popes
• “Vicar of Christ”, Supreme Sovereign
• European Monarchs Obeyed Him
• Ordered Two Crusades
• Decreed Transubstantiation
• Confirmed Auricular Confession
• Declared Papal Infallibility
• Condemned the Magna Carta
• Forbade Scripture in Common Language
• Launched Inquisitions
Pope Innocent III (1198-1216)
Called “The Holy Office”
• All Required to Inform Against Heretics
• Suspects Tortured Without Knowing Name of His Accuser
• All Proceedings Were Secret
• Inquisitor Pronounced Sentence: Life or Burned at Stake
• Property Confiscated: Divided Between Church & State
Victims: Spain, Italy, Germany & Netherlands
The Inquisition
Albigenses in S. France, N. Spain & N. Italy
• Spoke Against Immoralities of R.C. Priests
• Spoke Against Worship of Saints & Images
• Completely Rejected R.C. Clergy
• Opposed the Claims of R.C. Church
• Read Scripture; Lived Self-Denying Lives
• Had Great Zeal for Moral Purity
By 1167: Majority in S. France & N. Italy
In 1208: Innocent III Utterly Destroyed Them!
1 Pope in 1 Day Murdered More than All Caesars Combined
The Results of the Church
“Mingling” with the “Depths of
Satan” Are Readily Seen in the
History of the Middle Ages
The Results of the Church
“Mingling” with the “Depths of
Satan” Are Readily Seen in the
History of the Middle Ages
• Started When Pergamus Married
the World
The Results of the Church
“Mingling” with the “Depths of
Satan” Are Readily Seen in the
History of the Middle Ages
• Started When Pergamus Married
the World
• Gained Momentum When Thyatira
Learned the “Depths of Satan”
32 135 378 1517
Prophetic Application of the Thyatira Letter
Apostolic
Church
Ephesus
Persecuted
Church
Smyrna
550’s
Married
Church
Pergamos
Thyatira
Medieval
Church
Thyatira: Personal Application
Reject Pagan Practices!