The city was also famous for its woolen, textile, and jewelry industry. Yet Sardis had been attacked and conquered twice because of its arrogance manifested in its lack of watchfulness (3:2-3). It sat on a hill or mountain surrounded by steep cliffs almost impossible to scale with only one narrow way of approach. Sardis had, at one time, been considered to be impregnable because of its ideal physical arrangement and topography for defense. Sardis was a city exceedingly fabled for its past wealth and splendor, but it had deteriorated greatly. He has become a Servant of God, standing before Him to obey His command (1:4).“Deadness in the Church” The City and the Assembly He is “the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth” (5:6). Fourth, in Revelation the function of the Spirit within the divine economy of salvation is not to sit on the throne, but to be present in the world and with the church. Only the four living beings and the 24 elders prostrate themselves before them and worship (4:9, 10). Third, even though the Spirit stands before the throne, He does not participate in the adoration of God and the Lamb. He stands before it (4:5), and when the Lamb stands before the throne He is described as having the seven Spirits of God, that is to say the fullness of the Spirit (5:6). Second, the Spirit is indeed associated with the throne. Jesus-God in human flesh-ascended to heaven and was granted the honor of sitting on the throne as coregent with God (5:12, 13). First, the emphasis placed on Christ sitting on the throne with God is based on the fact that He overcame the forces of evil. The Throne and the Spirit: In Revelation the Spirit is not described as sitting on the throne of God. We also find the three of them mentioned several times in the throne vision: the seven Spirits of God (4:5) God (4:9) and Jesus under the symbols of a Lion and a Lamb (5:5, 6).ģ. The book closes with a reference to the three persons: Jesus (22:16), the Spirit (22:17), and God (22:18). Grace and peace are gifts of God that find their origin in the members of the Godhead.
There is a triadic formula in which the three persons of the Godhead are mentioned: “Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ” (1:4, 5). It’s true that we occasionally find passages in which only the Son and the Father are mentioned (e.g., 5:13 7:10). The Godhead did not hand the church over to an impersonal force! Demonic spirits are His counterpart, and they too are personal beings who deceive the kings of the earth (16:13, 14). The Godhead and the Spirit: Revelation indicates that the Spirit is one of the persons of the Godhead. The church exists through the power and presence of the Spirit.Ģ. He blesses the church (14:13), gives believers grace and peace (1:4), and is directly involved in the mission of the church (22:17). In Revelation we see Jesus speaking to His church through the Spirit, the voice and presence of Christ within the church. Jesus promised His disciples that He would come to them in the person of the Spirit (John 14:15-18). These messages are exhortatory and usually contain promises or revelations about God’s plan for the churches, as well as Satan’s intentions. Each of the messages to the churches contains the phrase “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (2:7, 11, 17, 29 3:6, 13, 22). Both Jesus and the Spirit speak to the church.
Another important role of the Spirit is to communicate messages of God and Jesus through the gift of prophecy (1:10 4:2 17:3 19:10 21:10). In the Bible life is identified with God and Jesus. Role of the Spirit in Revelation: The Spirit is called “the spirit of life” (11:11, NKJV some translations read “breath of life”), that is to say, He is life and He gives life. But for some, the fact that the Spirit is not described as being on the throne with the Father and the Son means that He is not a person, much less a member of the Godhead. In fact, the book begins and ends with references to the Spirit (Rev. The Spirit plays a significant role in the book of Revelation. Is the Spirit in Revelation a member of the Trinity? I’ve heard some questions about the person of the Holy Spirit in the book of Revelation.
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