The Church of Sardis

Revelation 3:1: “And unto the angel” [Messenger/leader] “of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;” [See Revelation 1:16 and Revelation 5:6] “I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.”

Revelation 3:2: “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain," [Those in the church of Sardis] "that are ready to die: for I have not found thy" [The messenger/leader of the church] "works perfect before God.”

Revelation 3:3: “Remember therefore how thou" [The messenger/leader of the church] "hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.” [Christ warned the leader of the church of Sardis to repent and perform the duties of a good watchman, see 1 Corinthians 9:16-19] “If therefore thou” [The leader of the church] “shalt not watch,” [Repent and willingly do the work of a watchman/messenger/leader: preach and live the gospel] “I will come on thee as a thief,” [The leader of the church of Sardis will be raised up before the second coming of Christ, without the knowledge of the truth of Christ] “and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.” The leader of the church of Sardis shall not be of The Elect. He shall lose his understanding and follow the Beast, when he is raised up in the end, see 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4.

Revelation 3:4: “Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments;” [Faithful servants of Christ/Servants of God] “and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.” See Revelation 14:1.

Revelation 3:5: “He" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father," [See Matthew 10:32] "and before his angels.”

Revelation 3:6: “He" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "that hath an ear," [Understanding] "let him" [The man with understanding] "hear what the Spirit" [Christ] "saith unto the churches.”

Although the above statements were made to the angel/leader of the church of Sardis, they are warnings to the seven churches in Asia. Likewise, the promises are for the 1444,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High.

The Church of Philadelphia

Revelation 3:7: “And to the angel” [Messenger/leader] “of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he” [Christ, see Acts 3:14] “that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,” [Christ shall sit on the throne of David in the kingdom of heaven, see Luke 1:31-33] “he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;”

Revelation 3:8: “I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.” The door [Entrance into the kingdom of heaven] was open to the leader of the church of Philadelphia because he kept Christ’s word and did not deny his name.

Revelation 3:9: “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.”

Revelation 3:10: “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,” [The 144,000 will not be tempted by the beast and the false prophet, see John 6:38-40] “which shall come upon all the world,” [“The world” those that do not accept Christ, his teachings and his followers, see John 15:18-21] “to try them that dwell upon the earth.”

Revelation 3:11: “Behold, I" [Christ] "come quickly:” [Christ second coming] “hold that fast which thou hast,” [The book of Revelation, and faith] “that no man take thy crown.”

Revelation 3:12: “Him" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”

Revelation 3:13: “He" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "that hath an ear, let him hear" [Understand] "what the Spirit" [Christ] "saith unto the churches.”

Although the above statements were made to the angel/leader of the church of Philadelphia, they are warnings to the seven churches in Asia. Likewise, the promises are for the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High.

The Church of Laodiceans

Revelation 3:14: “And unto the angel” [Messenger/leader] “of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;” Christ, see Colossians 1:14-19.

Revelation 3:15: “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.”

Revelation 3:16: “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”

Revelation 3:17: “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”

The leader of the church of Laodicean was not zealous to observe the teachings of Christ, he trusted in earthly riches and was blinded, see James 2:14-26.

Revelation 3:18: “I counsel” [The leader of the church of Laodicean] “thee to buy of me” [Christ, see Isaiah 55:1-3] “gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment,” [See Revelation 19:7-9] “that thou” [The leader of the church of Laodicean] “mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”

Revelation 3:19: “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”

Christ is telling the leader of the church of Laodicean to repent by trusting in him, see Proverbs 3:13-18.

Revelation 3:20: “Behold, I” [Christ] “stand at the door, and knock:” [See, Proverbs 8:4, Song Of Solomon 5:2 and Isaiah 30:21] “if any man hear my voice,” [In the Church of Laodicean] “and open the door,” [Follow the voice/teachings] “I" [Christ] "will come in to him," [Any man in the Church of Laodicean that hears Christ] "and will sup with him, and he with me.” Christ will teach the willing man in the church, see 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 and 1 John 2:27.

Revelation 3:21: “To him" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "that overcometh” [The trials and tribulations by following the teachings of Christ] “will I" [Christ] "grant to sit with me" [Christ] "in my throne,” [See Revelation 14:1 and Revelation 20:4] “even as I also overcame,” [Followed will of God, see Philippians 2:5-11] “and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

Revelation 3:22: “He" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "that hath an ear, let him" [That is of the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High] "hear" [Understand] "what the Spirit" [Christ] "saith unto the churches.”

Although the above statements were made to the angel/leader of the church of Laodicean, they are warnings to the seven churches in Asia. Likewise, the promises are for the 144,000/Servants of God/Saints of the Most High.