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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA /REVELATION 2 - 3
Copyright November 20, 2007
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CHAPTER 13 (1 of 3)
P H I L A D E L P H I A
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And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things   saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3:7-13)
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For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Hebrews 2:11) 
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And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:17)
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. (John 15:14)
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When the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostles to write to any Church, God being aware of any unique culture and circumstances surrounding any particular church wherever a letter was to be written had them to write accordingly; this could mean writing the same thing using the vernacular, expression common to their culture, character, and personality, so it is with what God gave John to write to the seven churches of Asia. With every church, Jesus describes Himself in a specific way to get their attention, to impress upon them the attitude of God's heart toward them. Just as with Smyrna, God did not have a significant reprimand for the Believers at Philadelphia, but instead there was a special attitude of love for these believers, even like that of brother to brother.  It was because of this attitude that He gives them a challenge v.8, and a special promise to help them with it, "I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it." 
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God wants to use the Philadelphia Saints and those like them, to influence the world for Christ.  They are the Strugglers, who against all odds stand faithful and true. The Philadelphia Christians possessed a special quality about them that was not found in the other churches v.8, for the exception of those in the churches who did not compromise their faith, and devotion to Christ and His doctrine for the doctrines of devils. 
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Jesus describes Himself as "He that is holy, he that is true." Jesus is the faithful and true witness, a statement He makes about Himself to the church of Laodicea.  This is Jesus' view of the Philadelphia Saints, “holy and true.” God says to Philadelphia, "For thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee" Revelation 3:8-9.
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In the beginning paragraphs of this book I wrote: "One constant in all of the seven churches of Asia Minor, is the false and true believers.  Each church has the spectators and the participators. The spectators of God's perfect will create trouble; the doers of God's perfect will do not.  It is because of the true believers, that God is sending a message that encompasses God's reward and judgment."  What is common in all churches so it was in Philadelphia, there were those who were Religious, Hypocrite, and Lukewarm.
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My Facebook Timeline - www.facebook.com/samuelsiders1 - contains responses I have posted in answer to those who God has had me to share with for fifteen years on Facebook Forums created to share the Scriptures. My activity about sharing the Word of God with Muslims, other false Cults, and with those who profess to be Christian continues; this open door that the Lord has made available to me as an Apologist/Teacher is one where worldwide opportunities are made available to all English speaking people around the world from many different countries, races, and religious beliefs.

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It is WRITTEN in 1 Peter 3:15 … “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:" God wants us to know AND understand His Word (2 Timothy 2:15), “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Jude 3, “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend [Gr. agonize with fervent zeal] for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
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I had more conversations with the Muslim name Alim this past week. One of the topics of discussion had to with his - False claim - that no one in Israel today is a Israeli, he also claimed Jesus was an African. Another topic had to do the Israelis Promised Land Right to what is the Nation of Israel today, and of which I informed him that Israel today is only a Small part of the Land mass that God Promised Abraham would be theirs; land in surrounding counties belong to Israel.

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Alim believes Israelis are the terrorist, and created the Bible to make the False claim that the Land belongs to them; this man falsely believes that the Land of Israel never existed until 1948, totally Oblivious it existed when Jesus walked the earth in the first century and that Israel existed for centuries before Jesus received His physical body. What follows are the few responses I posted for Alim about his Multiple Historical errors:

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Alim K ... “I am only talking about Israel. The Land that God promise Abraham - is - a Whole Lot Larger than present day Israel; therefore, you are in error not to believe Palestine belongs to Israel. Genesis 15:18-21 mentions the size of the Land that God promised Abraham Isaac and Jacob which covers a - Huge Area - of the Middle East presently occupied by a few other nations.

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As for Moses' physical appearance color of skin there is Zero BIBLICAL evidence that Moses was either a black man or a white man. BIBLICALLY, black skin people are All descendants of Ham - not - Shem, like All Israelis Moses was a descendant of Shem from which we get the word Semites. Moses' father and mother were Amram and Jochebed who were Israelis of the tribe of Levi, both also descendants of Shem; with these facts you are in Total Error to believe Moses was a black man, and FYI the white man is a descendant of Japheth.

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Since King David had red skin and being a descendant of Shem, I am inclined to believe Shem as well as both Moses and Jesus had red skin, and also did Solomon, but interracial marriage over the centuries can contribute to biological Israelis having variant color of skin tones, which for the most part today as a result of the Diaspora a large number of Israelis have European colored skin (white or light-colored skin). Since Moses had children with an Ethiopian woman (Zipporah), Ethiopian descendants of both can lay claim to being Israelis because Moses was an Israeli.”

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Alim K ... “Your sources are Deceiving you. You are Seriously way too Unlearned to have this conversation and You seriously Need to Learn the Hebrew Prophesies when GOD said - HE - would return the Israelis/Jews to the Land of Promise in the latter days, from EVERY Nation not just Europe, and you are Totally Deceived that there was "no country called Israel before 1948" because it existed for centuries until 70 AD at which time Israelis began being dispersed throughout the world called the Diaspora; JESUS lived in the Country of Israel in the first century AD which was under Roman rule at the time He was preaching His Gospel, and the Romans were responsible for Him being crucified at the Jewish Leaders insistence (Acts 4:27).

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As for those who began returning to the Land of Israel in 1948, again You are Totally Deceived that there were None who were BIOLOGICAL Israelis. It was because of a book published in 1975 about the 13th Tribe that a - DNA Tag - was found to determine who were Biological Israelis in Israel and who were not, after the extensive effort was made the final outcome is that at least 80% in 1975 were BIOLOGICAL Israelis; GOD did not need that to KNOW Who were Biological Israelis and who were not HE Said HE would Return them and DID, and this continues to happen today.

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Almighty GOD tells us in Isaiah chapter 60 a lot of what would happen when the Israelis began to return to the Land of Promise getting help from other nations, and in Isaiah 60:8-9 that Israelis would return to the Promised Land by Ships and Planes.”

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To read more responses I posted this past week my FB timeline can be visited. https://www.facebook.com/samuelsiders1   
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