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.
What is the result of faith's being put to the test?
19. In what prophetic language was the varying strength of the ten kingdoms of the divided empire indicated?
How is the law further described?
Which day is the Sabbath?
How is this beast further described?
What has always been the result of religious legislation or a union of church a state ?
In perfecting character, what must come to all?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle