What is Christ's message to the last church?
Answer
'Unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot.
. . . Because thou says, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; . . . I counsel thee to
buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou may be rich; and white raiment, that thou may be clothed. . . . As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent!' Verses 14-19.
NOTE - Laodicea signifies the judging of the people, or, according to Cruden, a just people. This
church exists in the time of the judgment and the proclamation of the final warning messages preceding
Christ's second coming. See Rev. 14: 6-16, and readings on pages 55-66 of Vol. II. This is a time of great
profession, with but little vital godliness and true piety.
Of whom did Christ say the Scriptures testify?
With what, therefore, is the faith of Jesus joined?
How definite should we be in confessing our sins?
What other prediction asserts the same great truth?
In what literal language is this persecution of the people of God further described?
Did Christ keep the Sabbath?
What peaceful condition will reign throughout the earth then?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle