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 use of this prophecy by the Apostle Peter shows that it referred to Christ?
What distinct purpose did Christ have in giving Himself for the church?
Of what were the works of Abraham an evidence?
What is one way in which a child may dishonor his parents?
What was the result of this message?
10. Under what illustration from nature are the resurrection and the final salvation of the righteous taught?
What will then he the condition of all the earth?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle