Christ's True Church

[FredVB]

I do not think there is a perfect church. Perhaps there is a church where a believer will best fit. They may help it be a better church. But like others they are likely not perfect either. But I have seen insurmountable problems in churches before, and left where I saw it would lead to greater problem staying. But I personally have my own issues, with being vulnerable. When others went back to in person church after the closure during the covid issue, I did not return, and found church just through online fellowship.

What is the Synagogue of Satan? I am pretty sure that those being that were full of those who were without faith, with pretending to live with faith.

 

[Davy]

I do not think there is a perfect church. Perhaps there is a church where a believer will best fit. They may help it be a better church. But like others they are likely not perfect either. But I have seen insurmountable problems in churches before, and left where I saw it would lead to greater problem staying. But I personally have my own issues, with being vulnerable. When others went back to in person church after the closure during the covid issue, I did not return, and found church just through online fellowship.

What is the Synagogue of Satan? I am pretty sure that those being that were full of those who were without faith, with pretending to live with faith.

If by "perfect church" you mean the present available earthly denominations, then you'd be correct.

But historically the Churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia did (and still do) represent Christ's elect Churches. Those are the only two Churches per Revelation that He had no rebuke for. And to the Church of Philadelphia, Jesus revealed to them they had been given the "key of David" that He had...

Rev 3:7-8
7 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;

8 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.
KJV

So a good question is, just what is that "key of David"? That's actually a very deep Bible question I don't care to get too deep into here. But I will cover it a little.



The "synagogue of Satan" was only mentioned by Jesus to those two Churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia...

Rev 3:9
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
KJV

That "synagogue of Satan" is about Bible history of the "crept in unawares" of Jude 4...

Jude 4
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV

Like Lord Jesus said, those of the "synagogue of Satan" only say... they are Jews, and are not, but do lie. That means He was NOT pointing to unbelieving true bloodline Jews of the seed of Israel, but to the seed of foreigners that had crept in among the Jews who were claiming to be Jews. (see Judges 2 & 3, and Joshua 9, for examples of this just about the Canaanites that crept in. Also see Ezra 2 and especially Ezra 9.)

In John 8, Lord Jesus said to those scribes and Pharisees that wanted to kill Him that God was not... their father, but that their father was the devil. That should remind the Bible student about Jesus' explanation of His parable of the tares of the field in Matthew 13. There He revealed the "tares" represent the children that the devil sowed (spiritually). And per 1 Chronicles 2:55, the scribes of Israel were from the people of Canaan called the Kenites, and they were not born of Israel, yet there they were at Lord Jesus' 1st coming, sitting in interpretation of the law as scribes in charge of keeping the letters of God's Word.

This is actually part of what that "key of David" is about, being able to trace the Biblical history of the "crept in unawares" in order to be able to recognize them, and how they have crept in among God's people. It's actually part of the lesson Jesus gave in His parable of the sower also, because only with the last example of the sower, those who had planted seed in a plowed field, with all the stones and thorns cleaned out, did it produce much fruit. That's really Jesus giving an example of recognizing His enemies that creep in, and clearing them out like you'd do in preparing a field for planting. Even some of those symbols in that parable of the sower were used as symbols about Satan and his host back in The Old Testament Books (i.e., thorns, stones, etc.).

And basically, wherever God's Word is preached or taught, you can count on Satan's "tares" showing up and creeping in. That is why the other five Churches in Asia each had problems within them, because they were not aware of the "crept in unawares" of the "synagogue of Satan".

On a yet deeper level, for those who have eyes to see, and ears to hear, this matter of the "synagogue of Satan" is about the fact that Satan is allowed to have his own group of elect workers during this present world, to work against Christ and His people. And just as per Deuteronomy 20 and the Book of Judges when Israel failed to destroy all the Canaanites per God's commandment, God said He would thus use those Canaanites to test Israel with, to see if they would follow Him, or not (Judges 2 & 3; Deut.20:10-18). In the last verse of Zechariah 14, which is an Old Testament chapter about details of Christ's future return and reign over the wicked, it is revealed that then... there will no more be the Canaanite in the house of God. That's about the Canaanite "crept in unawares" of Jude 4, the "tares" of Matthew 13, etc.

These Biblical facts point to the spiritual war between Satan's workers here on earth and God's people is very, very real, and that those workers are actually here to 'knowingly' do evil and they actually worship Lucifer like we do our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. This is what Apostle Paul's "mystery of iniquity" is about, and the "many antichrists" Apostle John pointed to, and again, the "tares" Lord Jesus pointed to.

And because the five problem Churches didn't understand this, obviously not understanding about that "key of David" and the "synagogue of Satan", they were not able to recognize Christ's enemies, and thus their symbolic field was not properly plowed, stones and thorns not cleared, so false doctrines and Satan's workers instead were allowed to creep in. And like Lord Jesus showed in His parable of the tares of the field, those "tares" won't be dealt with until His future return, and for the time of their future perishing in the "lake of fire" after His future "thousand years" reign, which Revelation 3:9 also reveals with His making those tares come to worship at the feet of His elect Church of Philadelphia during His future reign.

 

[Davy]

What is the Synagogue of Satan? I am pretty sure that those being that were full of those who were without faith, with pretending to live with faith.

The majority of today's Churches do not cover about that subject of the "synagogue of Satan" like I did in my previous post. Most are deceived about it, because they wrongly believe that those who reject Jesus are just misguided and deceived, and it's only a matter of time when they will accept The Gospel when preached to them. Well, Biblically, that simply is not true about the majority of "tares", i.e., the "synagogue of Satan" foreigner "crept in unawares" that became religious Jews, and claim to be Jews, but are not.

Technically per God's Word, all... flesh-born people have the choice to accept The Gospel of Jesus Christ, even the "tares" have that free-will choice. Their problem though, as Apostle Peter and Jude showed, is that the tares have been given a natural brute beast nature to want to do evil. One of the greatest tares of modern history was the British occultist Aleister Crowley. He worshiped Egyptian Horus, joined the occult order of the Golden Dawn, and loved doing evil. He was so evil the Golden Dawn high members wouldn't allow him to enter into their higher membership, so he created his own religion. And just as many that have turned from Christ, his father was a Christian preacher as Aleister was raised in a wealthy Christian home (Fidel Castro was initially a trained Jesuit priest). So it's like Jude 4 says, some have been 'ordained' to that condemnation of working against God and His Son. And those in Christ are to be aware of this, and not be deceived by them.

So in reality, this matter of the "synagogue of Satan" is not about believers who simply lack real Faith that are just doing lip service to God.

This matter is about pure evil workers that are here on earth to work God's negative side of His Plan. It means the Jews that instigated Christ's crucifixion were not actually true bloodline Jews born of the seed of Israel, but the "crept in unawares" of Satan's host, the "tares". They are the ones that deceived the rest, the true Jews of the seed of Israel whom God had spiritually blinded according to Apostle Paul in Romans 11. And like a little child that does things they don't know any better for, and must corrected to know, same with the spiritually blinded true Jews are not going to be held accountable until God removes their spiritual blindness against The Gospel when Lord Jesus returns. But the "tares", unless they repent and believe on Jesus also, they are destined to perish in the future "lake of fire". For deceived unbelieving true Judah, I believe once the spirit of slumber is removed that God put upon them, I believe they will quickly convert to Lord Jesus Christ. But that is not to happen until the fulness of the Gentiles comes in, like Paul said.