Structure of Philadelphia and Laodicea, perhaps?

Study:

This is a suggestion for part of the structure for Philadelphia and Laodicea... it is a work in progress!

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And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;...
...he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; vs. 7
...I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it:... vs. 8
 
 
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I [Christ] will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. vs. 20
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." vs. 21
= "brotherly love"
= a kingdom through judgment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"God is love!" 1 John 4:8,16
 
 
 
 


Other Potential Structure(?):

...for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. [The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:14] Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 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. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. vss. 8-19

To be continued...

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