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of Smyrna and in Philadelphla, i.n Asia Minor (Rev. 2:9;
3:9)
-- besi.de congregations in many other cities as we read in
I John 2:18-19: " .•• you have heard that antichri.st is
coming, so now many antichrists have come • • • They went
out from us, but they were not of us ... (R.S.V.). Notice
that the spirit of antichrist -- the teaching of the synagogue
of Satan -- was found in those who left the true Church of
God, who departed from the faith, wFi'OClaimed they were sti.ll
Jews inwardly but who
LIE.
The synagogue of Satan refers to
the great apostacy that occurred at the close of the apostolic
age, the apostacy which gave rise to the host of denominations
we have today -- a great mother church and her daughter
churches (Rev.
17T.
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This
i.s
not speaking of the Jews who rejected Christ
long before - the book-of .Revelati.on was written. They were
never a part of the true Church of God. But the synagogue of
Satan -- the church that follows the teachings of antichrist
-- that church or synagogue DID DEPART OUT
OF
THE
TRUE
CHURCHt
Even though those who are Jews by birth (Gal.
2:15)
have made proselytes from the Gentiles (Esth.
8: 17),
that is
not what the synagogue of Satan refers to. Many Gentiles are
made citizens of .America and Britain (the descendants of the
house of Joseph), the same as many Gentiles have been brought
into Judah -- but that does not make them part of the
11
syna–
gogue of Satan.
11
That is not what Revelation
2:9
and
3:9
are
referri.ng to. The
11
synagogue of Satan" is not referring
to
a
race but to that great church and her daughter churches
who falsely profess to be "Christian" -- Jews inwardly!
LETTER
.ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
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