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I grew up at Iatan, MO with Mr. Dennis Bryant. Our
families had adjacent tobacco farms. Some time
back I visited Dennis at his rural Weston, MO home.
He had retired and become an avid antique collector.
He showed me an item that I had not seen before.
He delighted in making me guess its purpose. This
five foot tall forged iron rod had a corkscrew end
and four evenly-spaced spaced loops on the way
to the top. Dennis explained that the US Cavalry
men screwed these rods into the ground, ran ropes
through the loops and made travel corrals for their
mounts.
He had no information as to their age. The US Cav-
alry remained an integral part of the army during the
19th century through World War I. Dennis gave me
two of these rods. I display them in front of my barn
to remind me of my Great grandfather who rode in
the 7th Ohio Regiment Cavalry in the Civil War, 1862-
1865. Perhaps he used rods like these for his mount.
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Growth in our walk with the Lord and in our service to Him
pleases Jesus and brings honor to Him.
The Lord turns the discussion from this short bit of encour-
agement to the main point of this letter which is to single out a
woman and her band of followers for corrupting the fellowship
at Thyatira. By referring to this woman as Jezebel the Lord is
suggesting that her actions resemble that of King Ahab’s wife
(1 Kings 16:31-33) as she corrupted God’s chosen people
with both subtle actions and overt pagan worship and im-
morality. This self-proclaimed “prophetess” was influencing
the church to participate in both sexually immoral acts and
partake in food sacrificed to idols both of which were acts of
worship of false gods.
Christ’s judgment of these people and their actions is pretty
straightforward as He promises violent illness and terrible suf-
fering. He further reminds the church that He is the one who
“searches minds and hearts” and promises to “repay each one
of you what your deeds deserve.”
While the judgment is severe it seems fairly comparable to the
intensity of the sin especially as we read in verse 21 that they
were given a time to repent. I’m convinced the Lord respond-
ed so dramatically to this sin because sexual sins always
begin in the mind and are very rarely shaken loose (and even
then only as a result of dramatic tragedy or confrontation).
This judgment would serve not only to help others see the
consequences and repent but prayerfully also help others to
avoid the temptation in the first place.
Though today we don’t live in a culture where temptation from
pagan rituals might lead us down the road to immorality we
certainly do have sufficient temptations in this area. These
enticements come to us through media (TV, movies, internet,
etc.), friends, and our eroding culture. The fact is we are con-
stantly bombarded.
If we are to learn anything from Thyatira’s failure it is that we
should heed the warning of 1 Corinthians 6:18 and “flee sexu-
al immorality.”
As the Lord closes up this letter with the encouragement
of the few faithful believers in Thyatira He also gives us a
glimpse into what kept them from partaking in the previously
mentioned evil practices. He says for those who didn’t buy
into this evil teaching are to “hold on to what you have until I
come.” In other words…
You remain faithful to Him by remaining faithful to His teaching
(the Word) and in serving Him.
Be Blessed ~ Cory Young
Golden Spur Ministries 816-260-8583