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Revelation 3

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Revelation 3 . 1

1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:1

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2 Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:2

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3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:3

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4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:4

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5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.IPExodus 32:32-33 Psalm 69:28CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:5TTBook of Life (God's Record of the Elect) Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ)

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6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:6

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7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.IPIsaiah 22:22 Isaiah 45:1CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:7TTEliakim (Key of David)

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8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:8TTEliakim (Key of David)

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9 Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.IPIsaiah 45:14 Isaiah 49:23 Isaiah 60:14 Isaiah 43:4CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:9TTReturn from Exile (Restoration and Hope)

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10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:10

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11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:11

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12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.IPIsaiah 62:2 Isaiah 56:3-5 Ezekiel 48:35CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:12TTBook of Life (God's Record of the Elect) Jacob (Transformed Supplanter) Marriage (Christ and His Bride) Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character) Breastplate of Judgment (Bearing the Names on the Heart) Brazen Pillars - Jachin and Boaz (Stability and Strength)

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13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:13

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14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.IPIsaiah 65:16 Isaiah 43:10-12CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:14TTNew Creation (Cosmic Redemption) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) The Beginning (Christ as the Archē of Creation)

Revelation 3 . 15

15 I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:15

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16 So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:16

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17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:17

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18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:18

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19 Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:19

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20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:20TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God)

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21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.CRevelation 3:1-22TOSKRevelation 3:21