Bible Matrix ⑦_196_REV 2:24 – (1) Satan's so-called deep secrets or the depths of Satan
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Bible Matrix ⑦: Historical & Scientific Views on Daniel and Revelation
Part 2. Revelation
Revelation 2:18~29 - To the Church in Thyatira, adhered to the truth, but where false prophetess was active
Revelation 2:24 – (1) Satan's so-called deep secrets or the depths of Satan
☞ Revelation 2:24 - Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you:(NIV); But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.(KJV); "But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching ('deeper truths,' as they call them - depths of Satan, actually). I will ask nothing more of you (NLT)
○ 'The depths of Satan,' as English bible, the New Living Translation puts it, 'deeper truths, as they call them - depths of Satan, actually’, means that Satan is always saying their teachings or doctrines as ‘the deepest truths’.
☞ This means that Satan always masquerades as an angel of truth, righteousness, and light (2 Corinthians 11:14~15). Not only this, but in the second half of the last one seven (c,AD 10,733-10,740), at the end of the days, Satan, that is, antichrists such as false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect (Matthew 24:24)
<2 Corinthians> 11:14 - And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. (NIV)
11:15 - It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
<Matthew> 24:24 - For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. (NIV)
○ Also, as I already mentioned in <Bible Matrix ⑦_152>, which introduced the Church in Ephesus and <Bible Matrix ⑦_171>, which introduced the Church in Pergamum, 'Satan's so-called deep secrets’(NIV) refers to a mystery religion as a trend of Gnosticism, a spiritual knowledge or intellectual and mystical thought. It arose as a challenge to Christianity in Greece and Rome in the 1st and 2nd centuries.
(1) They insisted on ‘Spirit-body dualism’. The body (matter) decays and disappears upon death, but the soul (non-material) never dies and is immortal, in other words, the body is evil (to be destroyed) and only the spirit is good, so they claimed you could do anything with the body. Therefore, they justified their physical hedonism and pursued lustful life. This denies that Christ came in the flesh and was resurrected in the flesh. It is the antichrist who denies that Christ has come in the flesh (1 John 4:1~6, 2 John 1:7).
Note: Spirit and body are one as body and soul monism, but when we die, we are separated, and when we are resurrected, we are reunited and reborn of water and the spirit (John 3:5), and we will live in a new universe with a higher dimension. I will introduce it more in detail in <Revelation> 20:12~15.
(2) They say that once you believe in God, no matter what you do, it is not a sin, so they practice fornication or immorality based on the doctrine of no-morality and no-law that rejects morality and the law. Because of Jesus' grace, morality is not necessary, and once saved, the effect is eternal, so it is okay to commit another sin. So, those who were deceived by their words fell into sexual immorality and became corrupted and evil. In particular, highly educated and wealthy people were seduced by their words.
○ Then, how can we know ‘the depths of Satan’ or ‘Satan’s so-called deep secrets’? The meaning of 'Satan always disguises himself as an angel of truth, righteousness, and light’ is that Satan is always ‘lie’ or 'false', the opposite of 'truth'. It means ‘a liar’ (John 8:44). Lie (or false) cannot understand the truth, cannot believe it, and cannot accept it. Because lie do not come from the truth (1 John 2:21).
<John> 8:44 - You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (NIV); Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (KJV)
45 - Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!
<1 John> 2:21 - I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. (NIV); I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. (KJV); So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies. (NLT)