Hear What the Spirit Says Revelation 2:29

After John the apostle saw the vision of Jesus in chapter one of “Revelation”, he began to write to the “seven churches in Asia”. He started with the church located in “Ephesus”, then the “church of Smyrna”, the “church in Pergamos” and after commending the “church in Thyatira” he told them, “I have a few things against you, because you suffer that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols” and he added, “Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. But that which you have already hold fast till I come. And he that overcomes, and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.And I will give him the morning star.”. In chapter two and verse twenty-nine of Revelation, John shared how Jesus exhorted the “church in Thyatira”, “he that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says” where we read:

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.

The verse reads, “He that has an ear, ...” John began with the words, “he that has an ear” which means “the person who hold, owns and possesses the body part used for the faculty of hearing, perceiving, understanding and knowing with the mind”, “let him hear” or “allow and permit that person attend to, consider, understand and perceive”. Jesus called upon everyone who has the “capacity for listening, perceiving and understanding”.

The verse continues, “... what the Spirit says unto the churches.” John added, ““what the Spirit” which means “that which the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit who is coequal and co-eternal with the Father and the Son” “says” which means “speaks, utters, declares and proclaims” “unto the churches” which refers to “toward the assemblies of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting”. Jesus desires for everyone to “consider, understand and perceive” what God's “Spirit” is telling the “churches”.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see how Jesus desires for all the “churches” to hear what His Spirit said to them. The “church in Thyatira” had traits both good and bad, and there was blessing granted by Jesus for “keeping” His “words and works”. God wants to be in a relationship with Him through His Son Jesus who died for their sins, and when they “believe and trust” in Him as “Savior and Lord”, they have perceived and understood what His Spirit is declaring. “Today is the day of Salvation”, and may everyone who reads these words “hear what the Spirit says to the churches”.

Next time we begin a new chapter and see John record Jesus' words to “the church in Sardis”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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