REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Seven - Rekindle That First Love!

 Jesus then sets a pattern for all but two of his seven messages by opening with warm words of commendation.  For the Ephesians, he has this message: "I know your deeds, and your labor and endurance, and that you cannot bear bad men, and that you put those to the test  who say they are apostles, but they are not, and   you found them liars.  You are also showing endurance, and  you have borne up to my name's sake and have not grown weary." (Revelation 2:2, 3)  Years before, the apostle Paul had warned the Ephesians about "oppressive wolves," apostate disturbers  of the flock, and ad told those elders to "keep awake," following is own tireless example. (Acts 20:29, 31) Since Jesus now commends them for their labor and endurance and for not growing weary, they must have applied that counsel. 

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