Rev 3:4
(ESV) Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled
their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
NOTE: Without going
into a long discussion of why I believe in the historical prophetic view of the
churches of Revelation (fits with purpose, theme, and outline of book), I see a
very good application of this pre-1800 church age. This church age occurred
during the protestant reformation, and while the reputation is one of being
alive, it is no better than the previous church age, the dark ages and the
Catholic church. The protestant reformation transferred the authority from Rome
to the various governments of Europe. I'm sure that was not Luther's intent,
but it was the result, and so it failed just as badly as the previous age. The
good news is that there were people who did not soil their clothes in the
church government issues, but focused on the life giving aspect of the gospel
that was released with Luther's first steps. They would become the seed of the
great age in church history, the Philadelphian time, when no door was closed,
and the gospel spread throughout the world via the British empire domain. It
wasn't the British empire, but it was people who gave up their lives to take
the gospel to the ends of the earth. The spiritual parents and grandparents can
from the Sardis age. They were not caught up in political pursuits but stuck to
the simplicity of the gospel, salvation to all who trust by faith in Jesus'
death for their sin. That is where I too need to focus. God will take care of
the nations, but he has given me the job of sharing his message to people.
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