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.
What is one thing for which God has given the Sabbath to he a sign?
To what length will this effort to enforce the worship of the image of the beast be carried?
What change will then take place in both the living and the sleeping saints?
What name is given to the second state of the church?
What words to this church show the second advent near?
What classes are we especially enjoined to help?
What is sometimes of greater value even than money to discouraged souls?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle