What is Christ's message to the last church?
Answer
'Unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot.
. . . Because thou says, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; . . . I counsel thee to
buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou may be rich; and white raiment, that thou may be clothed. . . . As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent!' Verses 14-19.
NOTE - Laodicea signifies the judging of the people, or, according to Cruden, a just people. This
church exists in the time of the judgment and the proclamation of the final warning messages preceding
Christ's second coming. See Rev. 14: 6-16, and readings on pages 55-66 of Vol. II. This is a time of great
profession, with but little vital godliness and true piety.
How did Christ make it clear to them that the Scriptures testify of Him?
What effect did the preaching of the apostles have upon the hearers?
In what promise was a Saviour from sin first revealed?
Just before the fall of Babylon, what did her king do?
What effect did this answer have upon the Jews?
What name is given to the third state of the church?
After whose body will these resurrected ones be fashioned?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle