Revelation 3:7-13 – An Oracle to the Church at Philadelphia

October 29, 2025

For a blog on this text, click this link. The church in Philadelphia may be small and without any cultural power, but the Messiah has unlocked a door into the kingdom of God where they become pillars in the temple of God in the New Jerusalem wearing the name of God. Though small and culturally […]

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Revelation 3:7-13 — Prophetic Oracle for Philadelphia

June 28, 2013

Though often called the “letters to the seven churches” (with somewhat good reasons), the address to each church functions as a prophetic oracle. John has called his work a “prophecy” (Revelation 1:3) and in these “letters” the prophet calls the churches to respond in faithfulness much like Israel’s prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures. Philadelphia was […]

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