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Nicolai Day 32
"Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (Revelation 2:5,6)
No one knows exactly who "the Nicolaitans" were, except that they were hated for their actions. The term
"the Nicolaitans" may be an allegorical tag, typical of the book of Revelation. The name means 'conqueror of the people.'1 "The Greek term corresponds to the Hebrew "Balaam" meaning 'lord or destroyer of the people.'2
"The Nicolaitans" and those "who hold the teaching of Balaam"3 seem to be the same people. They are heretics destroying the people of God. They are the same people that "tolerate the woman Jezebel." 4 They are Gnostic heretics who allow sexual immorality and eat food sacrificed to demons (idols)." 5 Perhaps they were heretical sects who mixed Christianity with pagan practices like idol worship and immoral practices.
1Taylor Marshall (1812-1895) 2David Chilton (1951-1997) 3Rev 2:14 4Rev 2:20 5Proverbs 3.18
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