18. “And to the Angel of the Ecclesia among Thyatirans write: These things saith the Son of the Deity, having his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like to incandescent brass. 19. I have
known thy works, and thy love, and service, and faith, and endurance; and that thy works even the last are more than the first.
- “But I have a few things against thee, because thou permittest the woman Jezebel, who call-
eth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to fornicate, and to eat idol
sacrifices.
- “And J gave her time that she might heartily turn from her prostitution; but she turned not.
- Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them committing adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they may have heartily turned from their works. 23. And I will slay her children with death; and all the ecclesias shall know that I am he that searcheth reins and hearts; and I will give to you, to each one, according to your works.
- “But I say to you, and to the rest among the Thyatirans, as many as do not hold this teaching, and who acknowledged not the depths of the Satan as they speak; I will cast upon you no other burden.
- “Moreover that which ye have, hold fast to the time that I may have come. 26. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my appointments until an end, I will give to him dominion over the nations; and he shall govern them with an iron sceptre: (as the potters’ clay vessels it is breaking to pieces) as also 1 have received from my Father. 28. And 1 will give to him the Morning Star.
29. “He that hath an ear, let him hearken to what the Spirit saith to the ecclesias”—Rev. 2 :
18-29.
This writing concerning “the things that are" affords additional evidence, that “the Angel of the Ecclesia,” represented by a Star in the right hand of the Spirit, is not an individual teacher or elder; but an order in the ecclesia composed of a plurality of persons, many or few. Thus, the Spirit addresses the Angel in verse 23, doso humin, ekasto, l will give to you, to each one, where the word humin to you is plural, and ekasto, to each one, is in the singular number. Hence the sense is, “I will give to each one of you, composing the Star-Angel of the Ecclesia, according to your works.”