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The Letter to Thyatira gives emphasis to a holiness of life (Rev. 2:19-20 “ I have this against you,that you tolerate the woman Jezebel “).It was the smallest of the seven cities and was a garrison city used to deter enemies from reaching Pergamum,40 miles to the nrthwest.It was a prosperous trading center and the writer knew of the bronze worker guilds there when he wrote “These are the words of the Son of God,whose feet are like burnished bronze”(2:18).Stott tells us that “while the church manifested love and faith,service and endurance,there was moral compromise,a lack of righteousness of character”. |