Bible Matrix ⑦_164_REV 2:11 – He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes..
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Bible Matrix ⑦: Historical & Scientific Views on Daniel and Revelation
Part 2. Revelation
Revelation 2:8~11 - To the Church in Smyrna, Tribulation/Persecution/Martyrdom, Receiving Only Praise from Jesus
Revelation 2:11 - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes..
<Revelation> 2:11 - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.(NIV); He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.(KJV)
○ <Revelation> 2:11 is the message of Jesus Christ to all people, not just the church in Smyrna. It means to listen carefully to the message that the seven spirits says to the seven churches.
○ As I already mentioned in <Bible Matrix ⑦_101> and <Bible Matrix ⑦_153>, "He who has an ear" means that 'one person stands up and reads <Revelation> aloud', and members of the church 'must listen carefully to what he or she is reading’.
○ As I already mentioned in <Bible Matrix ⑦_108>, <Bible Matrix ⑦_109> and <Bible Matrix ⑦_153>, ‘the spirit’ at this time is “the seven spirits before the throne of God the Father” as written in <Revelation> 1:4, which is ‘the advanced or state-of-the-art monitoring and communication systems’ sent out into the seven continents of the world (Revelation 5:6) to closely monitor the kingdoms and its nations, human activities and behaviors, especially hearts and minds in heaven, earth, sea, and under the earth.
○ As I already mentioned in <Bible Matrix ⑦_153>, the meaning of “He who overcomes” is defined in <1 John> 5:4~5 as (1) “He who believes that Jesus is the Son of God is the one who overcomes the world.” And (2) “but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved” in <Matthew> 24:13 is added to the definition. Also, this is the same meaning of “To him who overcomes and does my will or keeps my works to the end” in <Revelation> 2:26. But here, (3) ‘To him who keeps my works’ is added to the definition, and it means the one who testifies to the whole world that Jesus is the Christ (or Messiah) (1 John 2:22) and Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 5:5), and what Jesus did and said when he came to this world. To be specific, it refers to those who testified the word of God the Father and the testimony of Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:2), and those who died righteously (the righteous) or were martyred holy (the holy) until the second coming of Jesus (c.AD 10,740~).