The 4th letter, to the church of Thyatira,
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,
‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 20 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. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 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.
24 “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. 25 But hold fast what you have till I come.
In the 4th letter, to the church in Thyatira, things are becoming more and more twisted. The Messiah tells them, “ “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.”…they have things backwards. The message is becoming twisted.
‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 20 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. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 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.
24 “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. 25 But hold fast what you have till I come.
In the 4th letter, to the church in Thyatira, things are becoming more and more twisted. The Messiah tells them, “ “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.”…they have things backwards. The message is becoming twisted.
Then the Messiah say’s this…
20 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. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts.
By the late mid to late 5th century, something was being introduced into the church that was never there before. This belief system was becoming and much stronger, and more prevalent as the years went by. The People were praying more to Jezebel, than they were praying to YHWH.
This is part of a sermon given by St Proclus in Constantinople 429 AD…
…handmaid and Mother, Virgin and heaven, the only bridge of God to men, the awful loom of the Incarnation, in which by some unspeakable way the garment of that union was woven, whereof the weaver is the Holy Ghost; and the spinner the overshadowing from on high; the wool the ancient fleece of Adam; the woof the undefiled flesh from the virgin, the weaver's shuttle the immense grace of Him who brought it about; the artificer the Word gliding through the hearing" (P.G., LXV, 681).
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Marian worship had been introduced into the church in 431 AD when Mary was deemed the "mother of god" during the council of Ephesus. From this point, Marian devotion progressed unchallenged, and grew more and more prevalent as time went by. By the time of the church in this letter, 1000 AD, Marian worship had now assumed a permanent place among the people.
By the 12 century, a book was written called the "book of hours" that became widely popular among the people...
This devotional book was widely popular in the later Middle Ages. The book of hours began to appear in the 13th century, containing prayers to be said at the canonical hours in honour of the Virgin Mary. The growing demand for smaller such books for family and individual use created a prayerbook style enormously popular among the wealthy. The demand for the books was crucial to the development of Gothic illumination. These lavishly decorated texts, of small dimensions, varied in content according to their patrons’ desires. Encyclopædia Britannica
Jezebel was teaching in His church, and He warned them in this letter to stop, and if they didn’t, the consequences would be dire…
22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts.
By the late mid to late 5th century, something was being introduced into the church that was never there before. This belief system was becoming and much stronger, and more prevalent as the years went by. The People were praying more to Jezebel, than they were praying to YHWH.
This is part of a sermon given by St Proclus in Constantinople 429 AD…
…handmaid and Mother, Virgin and heaven, the only bridge of God to men, the awful loom of the Incarnation, in which by some unspeakable way the garment of that union was woven, whereof the weaver is the Holy Ghost; and the spinner the overshadowing from on high; the wool the ancient fleece of Adam; the woof the undefiled flesh from the virgin, the weaver's shuttle the immense grace of Him who brought it about; the artificer the Word gliding through the hearing" (P.G., LXV, 681).
Catholic encyclopedia
Marian worship had been introduced into the church in 431 AD when Mary was deemed the "mother of god" during the council of Ephesus. From this point, Marian devotion progressed unchallenged, and grew more and more prevalent as time went by. By the time of the church in this letter, 1000 AD, Marian worship had now assumed a permanent place among the people.
By the 12 century, a book was written called the "book of hours" that became widely popular among the people...
This devotional book was widely popular in the later Middle Ages. The book of hours began to appear in the 13th century, containing prayers to be said at the canonical hours in honour of the Virgin Mary. The growing demand for smaller such books for family and individual use created a prayerbook style enormously popular among the wealthy. The demand for the books was crucial to the development of Gothic illumination. These lavishly decorated texts, of small dimensions, varied in content according to their patrons’ desires. Encyclopædia Britannica
Jezebel was teaching in His church, and He warned them in this letter to stop, and if they didn’t, the consequences would be dire…
22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts.
It say’s here that all the churches will know what He will do…and they did. But not just the churches, the whole damn world seen what He did…
The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, although this view has been challenged by a number of scholars. Usually thought to have started in Central Asia, it had reached the Crimea by 1346. From there, probably carried by fleas residing on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships, it spread throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.
The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400. This has been seen as creating a series of religious, social and economic upheavals which had profound effects on the course of European history. It took 150 years for Europe's population to recover. The plague returned at various times, resulting in a larger number of deaths, until it left Europe in the 19th century.
Think about something…
This letter is written to a church during 1000 AD, to 1300 AD, and the black plague didn’t strike until mid 1300’s…He tried to give them time to change their ways, but they didn’t listen. Up to 60% of the European population was killed in this plague. The very same area that introduced Marian worship into the church…
Coincidence?
The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400. This has been seen as creating a series of religious, social and economic upheavals which had profound effects on the course of European history. It took 150 years for Europe's population to recover. The plague returned at various times, resulting in a larger number of deaths, until it left Europe in the 19th century.
Think about something…
This letter is written to a church during 1000 AD, to 1300 AD, and the black plague didn’t strike until mid 1300’s…He tried to give them time to change their ways, but they didn’t listen. Up to 60% of the European population was killed in this plague. The very same area that introduced Marian worship into the church…
Coincidence?