Where are we going… where have we been?

“Outside Knocking and Inside Locking” Where are we going… where have we been?  Laodicea

Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)

Where are we going… where have we been?

“Brotherly Love and Philadelphian Power” Where are we going… where have we been?  Philadelp hia

“Outside Knocking and Inside Locking” Where are we going… where have we been?  Laodicea

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Challenge  Laodicea

 Ephes us A.D.  Smyrn a A.D.  Pergam os A.D.  Thyatir a A.D.  Sardis A.D.  Philadelp hia A.D.

 Ephesus “Fully Purposed”  Smyrna “Bitterness/Death ”  Pergamo s “Much Marriage”  Thyatira “Odor of Affliction”  Sardis “Red Ones”  Philadelp hia “Brotherly Love”

Commissio n  Laodicea- (1900- Rapture) “The Rights of the People” (“Civil Rights”) The name “Laodicea”The name “Laodicea”

Commissio n  Laodicea- (1900- Rapture) “The Rights of the People” (“Civil Rights”) The name “Laodicea”The name “Laodicea”

2 Timothy 3:1-5 – “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away”.2 Timothy 3:1-5 – “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away”.

Revelation 4:11 – “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created ”.

Commissio n  Laodicea- (1900- Rapture) “The Rights of the People” (“Civil Rights”) The name “Laodicea”The name “Laodicea”

Revelation 4:11 – “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created ”.

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness” “The Beginning of the Creation of God”“The Beginning of the Creation of God”

 Ephes us A.D.  Smyrn a A.D.  Pergam os A.D.  Thyatira A.D.  Sardis A.D.

key of David Revelation 3:7 – “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;”

Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”.Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”.

Revised Version of 1881

1901 American Standard Version

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen”  Truth “So be it”

John 14:6 –“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”.

John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” 1st John 5:7 – “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”1st John 5:7 – “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen”  Truth “So be it”

-The Father of the “Allegorical Method of Bible Study” - Changes the Bible from Antioch in 30,000 places.  Origen

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness”

For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribesMatthew 7:28-29 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness”

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness” “The Beginning of the Creation of God”“The Beginning of the Creation of God”

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth”.

Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”.Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”. John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”.John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”.

John 1:1-3 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”.John 1:1-3 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”.

Commis sion Characte r  Laodic ea “The Amen”“The Amen” “The Faithful & True Witness”“The Faithful & True Witness” “The Beginning of the Creation of God”“The Beginning of the Creation of God”

Ecclesiastes 3: “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”Ecclesiastes 3: “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

1st Timothy 4:1-2 – “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron”

Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Challenge  Laodicea

 Ephesus “Fully Purposed”  Smyrna “Bitterness/Death ”  Pergamo s “Much Marriage”  Thyatira “Odor of Affliction”  Sardis “Red Ones”  Philadelp hia “Brotherly Love”

Commissio n Character Commenda tion  Laodicea

“Outside Knocking and Inside Locking” Where are we going… where have we been?  Laodicea