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.
16. How did Christ reprove those who, though familiar with the letter of the Scriptures, failed to understand them?
13. What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees when he saw them come to his baptism?
4. After Daniel and his fellows had sought God earnest1y, how were the dream and its interpretation revealed to Daniel?
14. How was the sanctuary itself to be cleansed, and how were the sins of the people to be finally disposed of?
Who has the promise of being blessed in his doing?
9. In what statement to the woman at Jacob's well did Jesus intimate that the ceremonial system of worship would be abolished?
What will it mean to dwell in God's presence?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle