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That Hath an Ear
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This expression is absolutely Hebrew in its character, origin, and
use. It is never used with reference to, or in connection with, the
Church of God.
By application of course it told those who first read it of the cause
of all declension - failure to hear what the Spirit had already said
to the Churches by the Apostle Paul. By application also, it reminds
us of the same cause today.
The expression (which is slightly varied in form) as first used in the
Gospels is connected solely with, and marks, A CHANGE OF DISPENSATION.
When used again in REVELATION another great change of DISPENSATION is
about to take place. It is to be wrought by "the Son of
Man," who has received authority to show it to "His
servants."
Such a change could be known only to God, ruled and over-ruled by Him.
None but Divine foreknowledge, therefore, could make it known.
In Revelation chapter 2 and 3 we have the seven churches, Each Epistle
ends with two things:
(1) an injunction to "hear;"
(2) a promise to him that "overcometh."
In the first three Epistles the Promise comes after the Injunction. In
the last four it comes before it.
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to the angel of the church in of Ephesus
Rev 2:7
7 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To
him that overcometh WILL I GIVE to
eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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to the angel of the church in Smyrna
Revelation 2:11
11 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He
that overcometh SHALL NOT not be
hurt of the second death.
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to the angel of the church in Pergamos
Revelation 2:17 He that hath
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To
him that overcometh WILL I GIVE to
eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the
stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that
receiveth it.
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to the angel of the church in Thyatira
Revelation 2:26
26 And he that overcometh,
and keepeth my works unto the end, to him WILL
I GIVE power over the nations:
Revelation 2:29
29 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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to the angel of the church in Sardis
Revelation 3:5-6
5 He that overcometh, the
same SHALL be clothed in white raiment; and I WILL NOT blot out his
name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my
Father, and before his angels.
6 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
Revelation 3:12
12 Him that overcometh WILL
I MAKE a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city
of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven
from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Rev 3:13
13 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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to the angel of the church in Laodiceans
Revelation 3:21
21 To him that overcometh
WILL I GRANT to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Revelation 3:22
22 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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