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Thyatira Day 47
"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you: "(Revelation 2.18-20)
"Thyatira" was a frontier town about forty miles southeast of Pergamum, which was famous for its workers' guilds. Its members may have been involved in festal meals in pagan temples. Meat was often offered to idols there. Then the flesh that wasn't burned was sold to shoppers in the temple marketplace. Thus the criticism of eating "food sacrificed to idols."
Eating this wasn't wrong in itself, but it could upset sensitive weaker Christian brothers and sisters. Jesus reminded the people of "Thyatira" that he was "the true Son of God" rather than the god Apollo or the emperor. They were called sons of god but only Jesus could hold the title "the Son of God."
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