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8 a“I know your works. See, I have set before you ban open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.  
9 Indeed I will make athose of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed bI will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.  
10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, aI also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon bthe whole world, to test those who dwell con the earth.  
11 Behold, aI am coming quickly! bHold fast what you have, that no one may take cyour crown.  
12 He who overcomes, I will make him aa pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall bgo out no more. cI will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the dNew Jerusalem, which ecomes down out of heaven from My God. fAnd I will write on him My new name.  
13 a“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’  

The Lukewarm Church

14 “And to the1 angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, a‘These things says the Amen, bthe Faithful and True Witness, cthe Beginning of the creation of God:  
15 a“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Revelation 3:10

patience—"endurance." "The word of My endurance" is My Gospel word, which teaches patient endurance in expectation of my coming (Revelation 1:9). My endurance is the endurance which I require, and which I practice. Christ Himself now endures, patiently waiting until the usurper be cast out, and all "His enemies be made His footstool." So, too, His Church, for the joy before her of sharing His coming kingdom, endures patiently. Hence, in Revelation 3:11, follows, "Behold, I come quickly."

I also—The reward is in kind: "because thou didst keep," etc. "I also (on My side) will keep thee," etc.

from—Greek, "(so as to deliver thee) out of," not to exempt from temptation.

the hour of temptation—the appointed season of affliction and temptation (so in Deuteronomy 4:34 the plagues are called "the temptations of Egypt"), literally, "the temptation": the sore temptation which is coming on: the time of great tribulation before Christ's second coming.

to try them that dwell upon the earth—those who are of earth, earthy (Revelation 8:13). "Dwell" implies that their home is earth, not heaven. All mankind, except the elect (Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:14). The temptation brings out the fidelity of those kept by Christ and hardens the unbelieving reprobates (Revelation 9:20-21; Revelation 16:11, Revelation 16:21). The particular persecutions which befell Philadelphia shortly after, were the earnest of the great last tribulation before Christ's coming, to which the Church's attention in all ages is directed.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 3:10:

1 Corinthians 10:13
Ephesians 6:13
2 Thessalonians 3:5
2 Timothy 4:7
Revelation 3:11
Revelation 5:10
Revelation 11:10

 

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