4. Revelation 2:16 - Repent -- or else Jesus will fight you with the sword that sticks out of his mouth. (Like the limbless knight in Monty Python's
"Holy Grail.")
Response: This is no mere flesh wound. Actually, its an interesting comparison of Balaam and King Balak (Balac - KJV) with those in the congregation of Pergamum that resonates in modern day apostate Christianity. Balaam was a prophet for profit who turned on the holy nation of Israel by ingratiating himself with the political power. King Balak. Jesus warned that the members of the congregation who held fast to the nationalistic and materialistic doctrine of Balaam (see verse 14) would be fought with the sword that sticks out of his mouth, meaning condemnation as a spokesman for Jehovah God, similar to Isaiah at Isaiah 49:2. It amounts to everlasting life or death.
Response: This is no mere flesh wound. Actually, its an interesting comparison of Balaam and King Balak (Balac - KJV) with those in the congregation of Pergamum that resonates in modern day apostate Christianity. Balaam was a prophet for profit who turned on the holy nation of Israel by ingratiating himself with the political power. King Balak. Jesus warned that the members of the congregation who held fast to the nationalistic and materialistic doctrine of Balaam (see verse 14) would be fought with the sword that sticks out of his mouth, meaning condemnation as a spokesman for Jehovah God, similar to Isaiah at Isaiah 49:2. It amounts to everlasting life or death.
