Revelation 3
Proof scriptures · 2
Isaiah 29:13
…this people draw near me with their mouth… but have removed their heart far from me…
Ezekiel 33:31
…they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Proof scriptures · 21
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him…
Revelation 1:20
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches…
Ephesians 2:20-22
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone…
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof…
John 15:5-6
Without Me you can do nothing… cast forth as a branch and withered…
John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Isaiah 29:13
…this people draw near me with their mouth… but have removed their heart far from me…
Ezekiel 33:31
…they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Revelation 2:1
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars.
Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Revelation 2:13
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
1 Corinthians 6:17
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Matthew 23:27-28
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Ephesians 2:20-21
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Zechariah 4:2, 10
Seven lamps, the “eyes of the Lord” throughout the earth.
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Valley of dry bones; outwardly Israel, inwardly dead.
Isaiah 35:3-4
…Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not…
Ezekiel 37:3-5
dry bones revived by God’s Spirit.
Revelation 3:2
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Proof scriptures · 15
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation…
2 Timothy 1:6
Stir up the gift of God, which is in thee…
Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break…
James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Hebrews 6:1
Let us go on unto perfection…
Isaiah 35:3-4
…Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not…
Ezekiel 37:3-5
dry bones revived by God’s Spirit.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Hebrews 7:19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch…
Ezekiel 3:17
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman…
1 Samuel 15:22
To obey is better than sacrifice…
Habakkuk 2:3
…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Ezekiel 33:6
watchman must be alert.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Proof scriptures · 30
Galatians 3:2
Received ye the Spirit… by the hearing of faith?
Revelation 2:5
Remember… from whence thou art fallen, and repent…
Matthew 24:43-44
…if the goodman… had known in what watch the thief would come…
Luke 19:44
…because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
…received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God…
Habakkuk 2:3
…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Ezekiel 33:6
watchman must be alert.
John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Revelation 2:16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Luke 20:13-14
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when he cometh. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
Acts 3:14-15
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
John 11:48
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 12:39-40
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Matthew 25:6
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Luke 23:44
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Revelation 19:8
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Jeremiah 6:17
Watchmen warned, but the people would not listen.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind… all dumb dogs, they cannot bark…
Luke 20:14
This is the heir; come, let us kill him...
Revelation 1:7
Every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him…
Ecclesiastes 9:8
…let thy garments be always white…
Isaiah 61:10
…he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation…
Zechariah 3:4
filthy garments removed, clothed in change of raiment.
Revelation 3:4
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Proof scriptures · 12
Luke 10:20
...but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Isaiah 4:3
...every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 3:3-4
Take away the filthy garments... I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Revelation 19:8
...white linen is the righteousness of saints.
Isaiah 61:10
He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation…
Ecclesiastes 9:8
…let thy garments be always white…
Zechariah 3:4
filthy garments removed, clothed in change of raiment.
Revelation 3:5
He 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, and before his angels.
Revelation 3:18
Buy of me white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed…
Revelation 6:11
And white robes were given unto every one of them…
Revelation 7:14
They… washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Zechariah 3:3-5
Joshua the high priest receives clean (white) garments.
Revelation 3:5
He 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, and before his angels.
Proof scriptures · 17
Revelation 13:8
…whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 17:8
…they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life…
Revelation 20:12
…And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:27
But there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Matthew 10:32
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 22:11-12
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Daniel 12:1
And at that time shall thy people be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Psalm 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Exodus 32:32
…yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness…
Luke 12:8
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
Exodus 32:32-33
Moses: “Blot me out of thy book…
Revelation 20:12, 15
…and another book was opened, which is the book of life… whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 19:8
Revelation 3:6
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Proof scriptures · 20
Romans 10:17
John 10:27
Revelation 3:22
James 1:22
Matthew 7:24
Isaiah 61:10
Revelation 19:8
Psalm 69:28
Exodus 32:32
Daniel 12:1
Matthew 10:32
Luke 12:8
Matthew 13:9
Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; to him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life…
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 14:6
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
1 Corinthians 2:10-12
…the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. …the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. …we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Isaiah 22:22
…the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut…
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;
Proof scriptures · 17
Isaiah 22:22
…the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut…
Revelation 3:7-8
Jesus commends the church for their love and faithfulness.
1 John 4:7-8
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another…
John 14:6
I am the way, the truth, and the life…
Hebrews 6:18
God’s promises are sure and faithful, reflecting His truth.
Revelation 1:18
I have the keys of hell and of death.
Matthew 16:19
Jesus gives Peter the keys of the kingdom, showing delegated authority through Christ.
Revelation 3:8
Behold, I have set before thee an open door…
Revelation 4:1
A door was opened in heaven…
John 10:9
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved…
Colossians 1:13-14
God delivers us out of darkness into His kingdom, showing His sovereign authority.
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus opens access to rest and life through Himself.
Romans 6:4-5
Through dying and rising with Christ, we walk in victory and new life.
Job 12:14
He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Isaiah 45:1-2
Cyrus given open doors by God.
Psalm 118:19-20
Open to me the gates of righteousness…
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.
Proof scriptures · 13
Isaiah 45:1-2
Cyrus given open doors by God.
Psalm 118:19-20
Open to me the gates of righteousness…
Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom…
Hebrews 10:19-20
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus…by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us…
John 10:9
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved…
Romans 8:31-39
(assurance that nothing can separate us from Jesus love)
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Isaiah 22:22
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Malachi 1:10
God wishes someone would shut the temple doors to end empty ritual.
Isaiah 45:1
I will… open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut.
Isaiah 60:14
…the sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee…
Isaiah 45:14
…they shall come over unto thee… they shall fall down unto thee…
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.
Proof scriptures · 12
Isaiah 60:14
…the sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee…
Isaiah 45:14
…they shall come over unto thee… they shall fall down unto thee…
John 8:44
Jesus to the temple leaders: “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do...
Romans 2:28-29
Paul: “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly... But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit...
Revelation 3:5
Jesus confesses the faithful before the Father:
Revelation 3:8
Jesus opens an unshakable door for the faithful:
Matthew 5:8
The pure in heart see God:
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
1 Peter 2:9
Believers are a holy people, chosen by God:
John 1:11-12
Jesus came to His own, and they did not receive Him:
Isaiah 53:3
Messiah despised and rejected:
Psalm 121:7
…the LORD shall preserve thee from all evil…
Isaiah 43:2
…when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned…
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Proof scriptures · 21
Psalm 121:7
…the LORD shall preserve thee from all evil…
Isaiah 43:2
…when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned…
Matthew 20:22
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with:
Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Matthew 24:9-13
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 24:21-22
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Matthew 13:20-21
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
John 17:15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.
Psalm 91:3-10
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Matthew 24:13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Psalm 91:10
Zechariah 6:11-13
crowns set on the high priest.
Isaiah 62:3
…thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD…
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Proof scriptures · 22
Zechariah 6:11-13
crowns set on the high priest.
Isaiah 62:3
…thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD…
Romans 8:19
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Matthew 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
John 14:18
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Matthew 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Revelation 2:16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Revelation 22:7
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation 22:12
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Revelation 22:20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
2 Timothy 4:8
Finally, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Psalm 103:4
Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies…
Matthew 24:30-34
They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory… This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Revelation 22:7, 12, 20
Behold, I come quickly… My reward is with me… Surely I come quickly.
Revelation 1:5-6
Unto him that loved us… and hath made us kings and priests…
1 Kings 7:21
Solomon set up two pillars in the temple.
Isaiah 56:5
…I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Zechariah 14:20-21
holiness inscribed in God’s temple.
Revelation 3:12
Him 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.
Proof scriptures · 50
1 Kings 7:21
Solomon set up two pillars in the temple.
Isaiah 56:5
…I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Zechariah 14:20-21
holiness inscribed in God’s temple.
1 John 5:4-5
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1 Timothy 3:15
…That thou mightest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ephesians 2:21-22
John 17:21-23
John 6:37
...I will in no wise cast out.
John 10:28-29
Hebrews 13:5
Hosea 2:19-20
Revelation 22:4
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Revelation 14:1
Romans 10:11
Isaiah 62:2
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Hebrews 12:22-23
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.
Revelation 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:2, 9-11
Revelation 19:7-8
Hebrews 11:10
Galatians 4:26
2 Corinthians 5:1
Revelation 19:12
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Isaiah 62:4
Song of Solomon 2:16
Revelation 21:22
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
Philippians 2:9-11
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
John 3:6-7
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
James 1:17-18
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Ephesians 5:31-32
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matthew 5:14-15
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Matthew 10:32
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 19:28-29
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Ephesians 2:20-22
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 14:2-3
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Matthew 19:29
inheriting everlasting life and kingdom position.
Matthew 5:14
the Church as a city on a hill.
Revelation 2:17
Colossians 3:1-4
...your life is hid with Christ in God.
Ephesians 2:19-22
...fellowcitizens with the saints... built upon the foundation of the apostles... in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God...
Revelation 3:13
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Proof scriptures · 8
Matthew 11:15
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
John 14:6
I am the way, the truth, and the life…
Romans 10:17
Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
John 16:13
The Spirit of truth shall guide you into all truth.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Revelation 19:13
His name is called The Word of God.
Acts 2:42
Believers devoted themselves to teaching and fellowship.
Proverbs 8:22
…The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.” (wisdom personified).
Revelation 3:14
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Proof scriptures · 20
Proverbs 8:22
…The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.” (wisdom personified).
Revelation 1:5
The faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead…
John 18:37
Philippians 2:8
Acts 2:24
Revelation 19:11
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word… all things were made by him…
Colossians 1:15-18
Hebrews 1:2-3
Genesis 1:3
John 14:26
But the Comforter… shall teach you all things.
Revelation 1:20
Angels hold God’s messages for the churches.
2 Corinthians 5:17
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good… she took of the fruit…
John 1:3
All things were made by Him.
Isaiah 65:16
He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth (Amen)…
Isaiah 55:4
A leader and commander to the people…” (witness)
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created…
Jeremiah 15:19
…if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth…
Ezekiel 22:18-22
lukewarm metal imagery: dross, not purified.
Revelation 3:15
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Proof scriptures · 6
Jeremiah 15:19
…if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth…
Ezekiel 22:18-22
lukewarm metal imagery: dross, not purified.
Isaiah 1:11-13
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?… I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
John 4:23-24
The true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth…
Romans 12:11
Be fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
Isaiah 29:13
This people draw near with their mouth… but their heart far from me.
Revelation 3:16
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Proof scriptures · 7
Matthew 21:43
The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Hebrews 8:13
Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
James 1:5-8
Double-mindedness brings instability.
Revelation 3:15
Context: Lukewarm, neither cold nor hot.
Hosea 12:8
…I am become rich, I have found me out substance…
Isaiah 64:6
…all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…
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:
Proof scriptures · 19
Hosea 12:8
…I am become rich, I have found me out substance…
Isaiah 64:6
…all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…
Matthew 5:3
James 2:5
Luke 12:21
Revelation 13:18
The natural man’s system, marked by 666.
1 Corinthians 2:14
Luke 12:15-21
The rich fool; trusting possessions instead of God.
John 15:5
Apart from Jesus we can do nothing.
Matthew 6:24
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2 Kings 9:22
…the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts…
Genesis 3:7, 10
They knew that they were naked… and hid themselves…
1 Timothy 6:9-10
They that will be rich fall into temptation… for the love of money is the root of all evil…
Revelation 3:18
Remedy: gold refined in fire, white raiment, eyesalve.
Isaiah 55:1-2
Come, buy… without money and without price…
Isaiah 42:18-20
Who is blind, but my servant?…
Malachi 3:3
…he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver…
Isaiah 55:1
…buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Zechariah 13:9
…I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them…
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Proof scriptures · 27
Malachi 3:3
…he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver…
Isaiah 55:1
…buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Zechariah 13:9
…I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them…
1 Peter 1:18-19
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold… But with the precious blood of Christ…
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth…
Malachi 3:2-3
He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver…
Revelation 4:5
Out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings…
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
2 Corinthians 8:9
That ye through his poverty might be rich.
Isaiah 61:10
He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness...
Revelation 19:8
Fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Genesis 3:7, 21
John 9:39-41
That they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Ephesians 1:17-18
That the God… may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation... The eyes of your understanding being enlightened…
2 Kings 6:17
LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man…
Job 23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Proverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Isaiah 55:1-2
Buy wine and milk without money…
Romans 13:14
Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:18
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened…
Zechariah 3:3-5
Change of raiment for Joshua the high priest.
Exodus 30:23-25
Sacred anointing oil (symbolic for spiritual sight/healing).
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not...
Proverbs 3:12
…whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 3:12
…whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Hebrews 12:5-6
God chastens those He loves for growth.
Proverbs 3:11-12
Correction is a sign of delight and love.
Romans 12:11
Be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord zealously.
Acts 3:19
Repent and turn to God for restoration.
2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow leads to repentance and life.
John 14:23
Those who love God obey Him; He comes to dwell with them.
Luke 12:36
Be ready for the Master’s visit; open your heart immediately.
Deuteronomy 8:5
The Lord thy God chasteneth thee…
Song of Solomon 5:2
…the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love…
Genesis 18:1-8
God dines with Abraham.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Proof scriptures · 13
Song of Solomon 5:2
…the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love…
Genesis 18:1-8
God dines with Abraham.
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth...
John 14:23
If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Luke 24:30-31
Emmaus Road supper; revelation comes in intimate fellowship.
John 10:27
His sheep hear His voice and follow.
John 1:12
Those who receive Him gain power to become children of God.
Genesis 18:1-5
The Lord appears at the door/tent of Abraham.
Matthew 7:7
Psalm 110:1
…Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Daniel 7:27
…the kingdom and dominion… shall be given to the people of the saints…
Revelation 3:21
Sit with Me in My Throne
Daniel 7:18, 27
The saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom…
Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Proof scriptures · 12
Psalm 110:1
…Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Daniel 7:27
…the kingdom and dominion… shall be given to the people of the saints…
Matthew 19:28
Ye which have followed me, in the regeneration... shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 25:21
Enter into the joy of thy lord”; rulership as a reward for faithfulness.
John 17:22
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them...
Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him…
Philippians 2:8-9
The path of humility and obedience leads to exaltation.
Hebrews 12:2
Fixing eyes on Jesus, the Overcomer, our model for endurance.
Daniel 7:18, 27
The saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom…
Isaiah 55:3
…Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live…
Jeremiah 6:10
…their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken…
Revelation 3:22
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Proof scriptures · 8
Isaiah 55:3
…Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live…
Jeremiah 6:10
…their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken…
Matthew 13:9
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29
Other repeated calls to hear throughout the letters to the churches.
John 16:13
The Spirit guides into all truth.
Isaiah 30:21
Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee…
Jeremiah 7:23
Obey my voice…
