Category: Thyatira/Thiatire

THYATIRA – HISTORY

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The letter to the church at Thyatira is a tightly woven masterpiece of Old Testament text and cultural context.

Thyatira was the smallest of the seven cities in Asia but has the distinction of receiving the longest letter.

While there are not significant ruins at Thyatira as there are in the other cities the cultural references are quite strong and can be easily seen throughout the letter.

Follow the history and cultural background with the following videos of both Fig Tree Ministries and Our Daily Bread.

Seven Churches of Revelation (pt. 8 of 16): Thyatira

Thyatira & Philadelphia | The 7 Churches of Revelation – Joe Stowell

DIE GEMEENTE VAN THIATIRE

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In Thiatire moes almal meedoen aan afgodery om hulle werk te kon behou. 

Die feit dat daar gepraat word van “die dieptes van Satan”, dui op ‘n onheilige verbintenis aan geheime rites uit Babel en wat dalk reeds uit die valse Joodse “Sefer Yetshira” gekom het, die voorloper van die Kabbala. 

Die feit dat Isebel wat bekend was vir die Baälgodsdiens in Israel genoem word, verwys na die feit dat daar okkulte beoefen is en bordele bedryf was.

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THE ASSEMBLY OF THYATIRA

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The major threat to Christians within Thyatira may have been the trading guild.  They incorporated pagan practices into their business dealings.  Members of the guild were expected to participate. 

No other city seems to have had so many guilds as Thyatira:  coppersmiths, bronze workers, tanners, leather workers, dyers, workers in wool and linen, porters, bakers, and slave dealers.  

Josephus tells us that Seleucus probably settled a colony of Jews in Thyatira early in his rule, knowing that a garrison of soldiers alone could not produce a viable community.  This is substantiated by inscriptions indicating the many trade guilds in the city.

As this assembly made no effort to control the prophetess Jezebel, it was a cause of concern. The original Jezebel was a Phoenician Baal-worshipper and wife of Ahab, King of Israel.  She left behind her a name for “obscene idol worship and monstrous sorceries” (II Kings 9:22).

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