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Where are we going… where have we been?

Where are we going… where have we been?. Eph e sus. P e rgamos. Philadelphia. 90-200 A.D. 325-500 A.D. 1500-1900 A.D. Sardis. 1000-1500 A.D. Laodicea. Smyrna. Thyatira. 1900-Rapture. 200-325 A.D. 500-1000 A.D. Eph e sus. “Fully Purposed”. Smyrna. “Bitterness/Death”. P e rgamos.

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Where are we going… where have we been?

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  1. Where are we going… where have we been?

  2. Ephesus • Pergamos • Philadelphia 90-200 A.D. 325-500 A.D. 1500-1900 A.D. • Sardis 1000-1500 A.D. • Laodicea • Smyrna • Thyatira 1900-Rapture 200-325 A.D. 500-1000 A.D.

  3. Ephesus “Fully Purposed” • Smyrna “Bitterness/Death” • Pergamos “Much Marriage” • Thyatira “Odor of Affliction” • Sardis “Red Ones” • Philadelphia “Brotherly Love” • Laodicea “Rights of the People”

  4. Philadelphia 1500-1900 AD Laodicea 1900-Rapture Working … or… Wretched Missioned …or …Miserable Powerful … or…Poor Bountiful … or…Blind Named …or…Naked

  5. Philadelphia Subscribed

  6. Philadelphia 1500-1900 AD Laodicea 1900-Rapture Working … or… Wretched Missioned …or …Miserable Powerful … or…Poor Bountiful … or…Blind Named …or…Naked

  7. Ephesians 3:21 - “Untohim be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”

  8. Philadelphia Subscribed Revelation3:7-13

  9. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #1- The CHRIST we KNOW! • An OVERWHELMINGCOMPREHENSION of His HOLINESS • An UNQUALIFIEDSURRENDER to His TRUTH • An UTTERDEPENDENCE upon His AUTHORITY and ACCESS

  10. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #2- The LIFE we LIVE! • PARTICIPATION In The WORK of the LORD • COOPERATION With OTHERS In the LOCALBODY • POSSESSION of THE WORD of GOD • No DENUCIATION of The LORD’S NAME

  11. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #3- The PROMISES we HOLD! • HE will set before us OPENDOORS • HE will grant VINDICATION over our OPPOSERS • HE will provide DELIVERANCE in TURBULANTTIMES

  12. Philadelphia Subscribed … The REWARDS we PURSUE!

  13. 1st John 5:4 – “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”

  14. John 3:3 – “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

  15. Philadelphia 1500-1900 AD Laodicea 1900-Rapture Working … or… Wretched Missioned …or …Miserable Powerful … or…Poor Bountiful … or…Blind Named …or…Naked

  16. 2nd Timothy 3:1-2(a) – “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves…”

  17. Laodicea- (1900- Rapture)“The Rights of the People” • Revelation 3:14-22

  18. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE

  19. Philadelphia Subscribed • A KEY = Christ’sAuthority • A DOOR = ChRIST’sOpportunity • A PILLAR = CHRIST’S SECURITY

  20. 1st Kings 7:13-22

  21. 1st Kings 7:13-22 • Jachin • Boaz

  22. 1st Kings 7:13-22 • Jachin- “He will establish” • Boaz- “He in whom there is strength”

  23. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE • To Have Our FATHER’SNAME written upon US

  24. Deuteronomy 12:5 – “But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come”

  25. Deuteronomy 12:11 – “Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD”

  26. Deuteronomy 14:23 – “And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place His name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”

  27. Deuteronomy 14:24 - “And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee”

  28. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE • To Have Our FATHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have Our MOTHER’SNAME written upon US

  29. HAGAR- Ishmael- “Man’s Way” … The Way of the Flesh • SARAH- Isaac- “God’s Way”… The Way of Promise

  30. HAGAR- Ishmael- “Man’s Way” … The Way of the Flesh (law/works) • SARAH- Isaac- “God’s Way”… The Way of Promise (grace/faith)

  31. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE • To Have Our FATHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have Our MOTHER’SNAME written upon US

  32. Titus 3:5-7 – “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

  33. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE • To Have Our FATHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have Our MOTHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have The NEWNAME of The LORD JESUSCHRIST Written Upon US!

  34. 3 Divisions: • “shall be”-FUTURE- 19-22 • Millennium on into Eternity

  35. 2 Corinthians 11:2 – “For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” • Revelation 19:7 – “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”

  36. Philadelphia Subscribed • Factor #4- The REWARDS we PURSUE! • To Be A PILLAR in God’s TEMPLE • To Have Our FATHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have Our MOTHER’SNAME written upon US • To Have The NEWNAME of The LORD JESUSCHRIST Written Upon US!

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