And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have not this doctrine and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say: I will not put upon you any other burthen.
υμιν δε λεγω τοις λοιποις τοις εν θυατειροις οσοι ουκ εχουσιν την διδαχην ταυτην οιτινες ουκ εγνωσαν τα βαθεα του σατανα ως λεγουσιν ου βαλλω 906 εφ υμας αλλο βαρος
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but He consoles the simpler ones: "Since, in the simplicity of your conduct, you do not find strength to withstand the cunning and those inventive in speech, and since, as you say, you do not fully know the depths of Satan, I do not require from you a verbal struggle with them..."
The Lord requires the faithful Thyatirans to hold firmly to the established truth. They must not permit themselves to depart from it or introduce innovations until the very coming of the Lord. The Lord Himself calls Himself the morning star and the daystar (see Rev 22:16; 2 Pet 1:19).
By the name of the Church of Thyatira one must understand not the historical Church, but the prophetic and mystical Church. The local Church of Thyatira has long since ceased to exist, and even in antiquity it was insignificant.
It may be supposed that, under the name of Thyatira, the Lord addresses the Church of the age after the Ecumenical Councils.
"They do not know the depths of Satan." In contrast to the depths of God (1 Cor 2:10), the Apostle also indicates the depths of Satan, that is, the most hidden intentions and actions of the evil spirit. The Gnostics called their secret teaching the depths of God. But these were the depths of Satan, for they themselves asserted that secret knowledge had been handed down to them by a certain serpent.
Those who were not carried away by Jezebel's teaching, and who fortunately were not able, by the heretics' own admission, to penetrate the depths of Satan, will not be subjected by the Lord to a new trial beyond what they suffered from the false teachers.
Yet to preserve faithfulness to Christ in everything until the end is so difficult that the Lord promises a reward to those who meet this condition. During His earthly life, He promised this reward only to those closest to Him (Lk 22:28 and following).
It is precisely the authority of judgment or dominion over all the nations of the earth. Like kings, they will be given a star, the sign of royal dignity. David, for example, is called the lamp of Israel (2 Kgs 21:17). Moreover, the star will be the brightest and most radiant, such as the morning star usually is.
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