Teaching Elder Duke Shelley of Black Forest Chapel continues a series on Revelation. Part 14 explores further the letter to the Church at Philadelphia.

1. To the Church in Philadelphia
Revelation 3:7-13

2. • (7) "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key
of David, who opens and no one will shut, and
who shuts and no one opens, says this:

4. • Isaiah 40:25 "To whom then will you liken Me That
I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.

5. • Revelation 15:3 And they *sang the song of
Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of
the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are Your
works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and
true are Your ways, King of the nations!

6. • Revelation 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to
testify to you these things for the churches. I am
the root and the descendant of David, the bright
morning star."

7. • Isaiah 22:20-22 "Then it will come about in that
day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah, (21) And I will clothe him with your
tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will
entrust him with your authority, And he will
become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
and to the house of Judah. (22) "Then I will set
the key of the house of David on his
shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When
he shuts no one will open.

8. • Revelation 1:18b and I have the keys of death and
of Hades.

9. • (8) 'I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before
you an open door which no one can shut, because
you have a little power, and have kept My
word, and have not denied My name.

10. • 2 Corinthians 2:12 Now when I came to Troas for
the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened
for me in the Lord,

11. • 1 Corinthians 16:8-9 But I will remain in Ephesus
until Pentecost; (9) for a wide door for effective
service has opened to me, and there are many
adversaries.

12. • (9) 'Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of
Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but
lie--I will make them come and bow down at your
feet, and make them know that I have loved you.

13. • (9) 'Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of
Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but
lie--I will make them come and bow down at your
feet, and make them know that I have loved you.
• Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew who is one
outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is
outward in the flesh. (29) But he is a Jew who is
one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of
the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his
praise is not from men, but from God.

14. • (10) 'Because you have kept the word of My
perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of
testing, that hour which is about to come upon the
whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

15. • (10) 'Because you have kept the word of My
perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of
testing, that hour which is about to come upon the
whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for His Son from
heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is
Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.

16. • 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us
for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our
Lord Jesus Christ,

17. • 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us
for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our
Lord Jesus Christ,
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18. • Revelation 6:10 and they cried out with a loud
voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and
true, will You refrain from judging and avenging
our blood on those who dwell on the earth?“

19. • Revelation 6:10 and they cried out with a loud
voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and
true, will You refrain from judging and avenging
our blood on those who dwell on the earth?“
• Revelation 8:13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle
flying in midheaven, saying with a loud
voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the
earth, because of the remaining blasts of the
trumpet of the three angels who are about to
sound!"

20. • Revelation 7:9&14 After these things I looked, and
behold, a great multitude which no one could
count, from every nation and all tribes and
peoples and tongues, standing before the throne
and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and
palm branches were in their hands; …(14) And he
said to me, "These are the ones who come out of
the great tribulation, and they have washed their
robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.

21. • Revelation 16:10-11 Then the fifth angel poured
out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his
kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their
tongues because of pain, (11) and they
blasphemed the God of heaven because of their
pains and their sores; and they did not repent of
their deeds.

22. • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But we do not want you to
be uninformed, brethren, about those who are
asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest
who have no hope. (14) For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring
with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
(15) For this we say to you by the word of the
Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the
coming of the Lord, will not precede those who
have fallen asleep.

23. • (16) For the Lord Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the
dead in Christ will rise first. (17) Then we who are
alive and remain will be caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and
so we shall always be with the Lord. (18)
Therefore comfort one another with these words.

24. • (11) 'I am coming quickly; hold fast what you
have, so that no one will take your crown.

25. • (11) 'I am coming quickly; hold fast what you
have, so that no one will take your crown.
• (12) 'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in
the temple of My God, and he will not go out from
it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My
God, and the name of the city of My God, the new
Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from
My God, and My new name.

26. • (13) 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the churches.'