The overview reported for members of the church of Thyatira are as follows:

Passage

¹⁹ ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. ²⁰ But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹ I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. ²² Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. ²³ And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:19-23)

Understanding

They work, love, believe, provide for others, and push through adversity. The work they are doing is better than when they started. But because they allow women to teach, it is teaching it is okay not to be holy in your sexuality and even if someone is telling you they sacrificed something to a demon you can still eat it. This church and the women who are teaching have been rebuked already for this, but they have chosen to continue. Jesus will punish them by making her bedridden, those who agree with her will also suffer greatly unless they come out of agreement with her. Anything she has created will die and all the churches will know that Jesus doesn’t just judge our words but holds us accountable for our thoughts and emotions. He gives us what we truly deserve.

References

Falling short in one area

1Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. (Ecclesiastes 10:1) 

Standard given

¹² But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (1 Timothy 2:12)

Immorality

¹³ Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. (1 Corinthians 6:13)

Food sacrificed to idols

²⁷ If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake. ²⁸ But if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience’ sake; (1 Corinthians 10:27-28)

Judging the heart

¹² Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” ¹³ And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?’ (Genesis 18:12-13)

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