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- The Book of Revelations Pt 9 ( The Salutation ) - Samuel Dale
REVELATION 2:1-7
1 ¶ Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
REVELATION 2:2
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
REVELATION 2:3
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
REVELATION 2:4
4 Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
REVELATION 2:5
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
REVELATION 2:6
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
REVELATION 2:7
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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84 Now, the 1st verse. What's He doing? He's saluting them.
Unto--unto the angel of the church of Ephesus... (to John)... write; These things saith he that hold the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; (It's a salute.)
Now, the 2nd verse and the 3rd verse, He commends them.
I know thy works, and thy labors, and thy patience... how that thou can not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
See, that apostasy had already begin to set in in this first age, already started right there; because the elect and true church who wanted to keep the precepts of the Bible, and keep the Words that Jesus said in His testimony, they'd already begin to pull away. Something begin to happen, and there'd been false teachers rise up, people who were teaching wrong, contrary to the Scripture, trying to bring in something or add something.
That's the reason He gave this revelation to the church and said, "Whoever takes away or adds to, your part will be taken out of the Book of Life." That's lost, brother. Just don't meddle with God's Word. Just no matter who It hurts or what It hurts, just say it anyhow. Just the way it's wrote there, that's the way. We don't need any great something else; we don't need any priest or anything to interpret it to us. God the Holy Spirit is the Interpreter. He gives the interpretation.
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E-28 And when this Angel came down in Nazareth... Let's kind of dramatize this a little, and think that it was on "Blue Monday," maybe wash day, when Mary had to go down and get the--the water, in the Oriental type, packing it on her head, maybe coming up a packing the water along... And all of a sudden, a great Light shown around her. And in this Light stood the great Archangel, Gabriel, standing there before her, and said, "Hail, Mary, blessed art thou among women."
Why, that salutation frightened the little virgin. It would frighten you, that such a appearance of an Angel standing before you. It did me. And said, "Blessed art thou among women." And He begin to tell her that she was going to bear a Son knowing no man, and they'd call His Name Jesus.
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E-39 Said, "Whence cometh the mother of my Lord? For as soon as your salutation come to my ears, my baby leaped in my womb for joy." Received the Holy Ghost in his mother's womb before he was born... Hallelujah.
Sure, I believe in miracles and signs in the power of the Gospel of Christ. Yes, I love Him with all my heart. And I know He's real. If the whole world gossips, that don't make it doubt in my mind. I believe it with all my heart. Yes.
His Name was spoke, and the little baby begin to leap. Dead in his mother's womb, received life when the Name of Jesus was first breathed through mortal lips by His mother... "Whence cometh the mother of my Lord. For as soon as your words was spoken in my ears, my baby leaped in the wombs for joy."