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Post by Jarhead Wed Apr 17 2013, 14:09

The Omega Letter Intelligence Digest
Vol: 139 Issue: 17 - Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Non-Prophet Profits

''And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name.'' (Revelation 3:7-8)

Of course, the 'Church at Philadelphia' of which Jesus speaks is not a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Biblical Philadelphia was located about twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis.

The city was founded in 189 B.C. by Attalus Philadeiphus, for whom it was named. Some believe it was so named because of the love and loyalty existing between Philadeiphus and his brother, the king of Lydia, hence the nickname, "The City of Brotherly Love".

Philadelphia was also known as Decapolis, because it was one of the ten cities of the plain.

Philadelphia has been given a number of new names. It was sometimes called Little Athens because of the magnificence of its public buildings. Its modern Turkish name is Ala Shehr, which means “The City of God” or “The Exalted City.”

The modern US city of Philadelphia took its name directly from the Book of the Revelation. The name was chosen for its meaning, "The City of Brotherly Love" -- and its commendation from Christ. It was a Church that had "not denied My Name" (Revelation 3:8)

The Philadelphian Church Age corresponded to the release of the common Bible issued by King James in 1611 through to the end of the missionary age, sometime around 1900.

"Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." (Revelation 3:10)

Assessment:

"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My mouth." (Revelation 3:14)

The "New Thought" movement that swept Europe and eventually made its way to the shores of the United States ushered in the Laodicean Church Age -- the "last days" Church.

That isn't to say there are no Philadelphians left and that we are ALL members of the lukewarm Church of Laodicea. But it is the Laodicean Church that best fits the overall Church in these last days.

A historian wrote of the contrasts of Philadelphia and Laodicea. He said Philadelphia as a missionary center was successful because it was more interested in the message than the money.

On the other hand, Laodicea was a great failure as a missionary center because it was more interested in the profit than the message.

Turn on a little 'Christian' TV and you will immediately notice the similarities with Laodicea. Check out Christian websites and you will see the same thing.

How many lost people do you think will watch a televised 58 minute pitch for money followed by a two-minute altar call?

The only people who watch such stuff are Christians -- no lost person gets saved by promises that sending $1000 to a televangelist will return you a profit of $9000.

That kind of for-profit 'prophet' merely confirms to the lost that all this 'God-talk' is designed to separate an idiot from his money. It edifies no one.

Five minutes into it, a lost person will change the channel.

Those TV 'preachers' aren't reaching out to the lost, they are pandering to the saved. They are Laodicean preachers preaching to a Laodicean audience.

A Laodicean preacher realizes that an appeal to the highest level of spirituality doesn't pay off as well as an appeal to our base nature of greed. So, if you send money to them, God will reward you with a ten-fold increase -- in cash. It isn't a gift -- its an investment. (Why don't they just send money to each other?)

A Philadelphian preacher puts the message first. A Philadelphian trusts the Lord. He would ask Jesus to speak to their hearts as to what should be given. It is from this obedience people are willing to give everything the Lord wishes of them.

There aren't many Philadelphian preachers that ever get their own TV shows. I don't know of any Philadelphian preachers that have their own private jets.

The same applies to Christian websites. If a website follows the Laodicean model, it is filled with flowery phrases, speaks 'Christianese', and talks more about the expense of maintaining a website than it does about fulfilling the Great Commission.

Read through some of them and ask yourself if YOU would have even understood what they were talking about, before you were saved, and you will see who their target audience is.

"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:" (Revelation 3:17)

If they are more interested in checks than they are salvation testimonials, they are of the Church of Laodicea. A Laodicean preacher will preach what is politically correct in a social context, avoiding topics like Islam, homosexuality and false doctrines.

"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." (Revelation 3:19)

They pepper their messages with admonitions of what Christians ought NOT to do, but spend almost no time telling the lost what they NEED to do to be saved. Lost people don't send contributions, Christians do.

That's why they are on Christian TV and not secular TV where the lost people are. They aren't seeking the lost.

There's no 'prophet' in it.

Note: This straight shooting brief was originally published March 12, 2009. "But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing."(2 Thessalonians 3:13)
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