In the letter to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13, we read the second of two letters that contains only praise and encouragement from Jesus for the church. Although the church in Philadelphia looked weak, it was actually strong, because it had done the one simple thing that all churches and all Christians must do: keep Christ’s word. Jesus’ instruction to them (and to us) was correspondingly simple: hold on to what you have.
Although the nations are constantly in rebellion against the Lord, he has established his Son as King over the whole world.
The detailed instructions for the construction of the Tent of Meeting held important lessons for Israel and also for us today.
Although God gave humanity up to our sins, he also gave up his Son for our sins.
