Apocalipse 2

Apocalipse 2

Morgan - It is a very remarkable thing that the church of Christ persecuted has been the church of Christ pure. The church of Christ patronized has always been the church of Christ impure." The church does the most good for the world when the church is least like the world. The church persecuted is the church purified. MARK IT DOWN: Persecution purifies. Pampering putrifies! Tribulation (2347)(thlipsis from thlibo = to crush, press, squeeze in turn derived from thláo = to break) originally expressed sheer, physical pressure on a man. Thlipsis is a strong term which does not refer to minor inconveniences, but to real hardships. Medically thlipsis was used of the pulse (pressure). It is a pressing together as of grapes. It conveys the idea of being squeezed or placed under pressure or crushed beneath a weight. When, according to the ancient law of England, those who willfully refused to plead guilty, had heavy weights placed on their breasts, and were pressed and crushed to death, this was literally thlipsis. The iron cage was stenochoria. Thlipsis thus refers not to mild discomfort but to great difficulty. Thlipsis in the Revelation - Rev. 1:9; Rev. 2:9; Rev. 2:10; Rev. 2:22; Rev. 7:14 = "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation"