IV THE VICTOR’S LIFE POWER
IV THE VICTOR’S LIFE POWER – Alexander Maclaren ‘He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of […]
THE FIRST AND LAST WORKS
THE FIRST AND LAST WORKS – Alexander Maclaren ‘I know thy last works.., to be more than the first.’ — Revelation 2:12. It is beautiful to notice that Jesus Christ, in this letter, says all He can of praise before He utters a word of blame. He is glad when His eye, which is as a […]
III THE VICTOR’S LIFE SECRET
III THE VICTOR’S LIFE SECRET – Alexander Maclaren … To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.’ — Revelation 2:17. The Church at Pergamos, to which this […]
II THE VICTOR’S LIFE CROWN
II THE VICTOR’S LIFE CROWN – Alexander Maclaren ‘… He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.’ — Revelation 2:11. Two of the seven Churches, viz., Smyrna, to which our text is addressed, and Philadelphia — offered nothing, to the pure eyes of Christ, that needed rebuke. The same two, and these only, […]
THE VICTOR’S LIFE FOOD
THE VICTOR’S LIFE FOOD – Alexander Maclaren ‘…To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. — Revelation 2:7. The sevenfold promises which conclude the seven letters to the Asiatic Churches, of which this is the first, are in substance one. […]
THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVENCANDLESTICKS
THE SEVEN STARS AND THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS – Alexander Maclaren ‘… He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.’ — Revelation 2:1. It is one of the obligations which we owe to hostile criticism that we have been forced to recognise width great dearness […]
LIVING ONE WHO BECAME DEAD
LIVING ONE WHO BECAME DEAD – Alexander Maclaren ‘I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death,’ — Revelation 1:13. If we had been in ‘the isle which is called Patmos’ when John saw the glorified Lord, and heard these […]
THE THREEFOLD COMMON HERITAGE
THE THREEFOLD COMMON HERITAGE – Alexander Maclaren ‘I John, your brother, and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus.’ — Revelation 1:9 (R.V.). So does the Apostle introduce himself to his readers; with no word of pre-eminence or of apostolic authority, but with the simple claim to share with them […]
THE KING OF GLORY AND LORD OF THE CHURCHES
THE KING OF GLORY AND LORD OF THE CHURCHES – Alexander Maclaren ‘I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ 10 I was […]
KINGS AND PRIESTS
KINGS AND PRIESTS – Alexander Maclaren Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sine in His own blood.’ — Revelation 1:6. The Revised Version rightly makes two slight but important changes in this verse, both of which are sustained by preponderating authority. For ‘loved’ it reads ‘loveth,’ and for ‘washed’ it reads ‘loosed’; […]