Biblical Concept: Synagogue
of Satan Era
Prologue
Mark 1:39 And He went into their synagogues throughout all
Galilee, 1preaching and casting out the demons. (Synagogues and
demons in Jesus’ day.)
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NAS Revelation 2:9 'I know your atribulation and your bpoverty
(but you are brich), and the blasphemy by
those who csay they are Jews and are not,
but are a synagogue of dSatan. (2:10;
suffer, devil, prison. tested, tribulation, death.)
NAS Revelation 3:9 'Behold, I 1will
cause those of athe
synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie-- behold,
I will make them to bcome and bow down 2at
your feet, and to know that cI have loved
you. (3:10, to global testing)
The context:
Revelation chapters 1-3 are addressed to the Church.
Revelation chapters 1-3 specifically address of each
of “the seven churches that are in Asia.”
Revelation chapters 1-3 have the final general instructions
for the Church in the Cannon of Scripture.
See Revelation
1:1-20, 2:7, 2:10b-11, 2:17a, 2:23, 2:29, 3:6, 3:12-13, 3:19-22.
Revelation chapters 4-22 concerns “what must take
place after these things.” That is,
after the time of
the Churches
in Revelation chapters 1-3.
Revelation 1:7, “even those who pierced Him”
Revelation 2:2b, “those who call themselves apostles
and they are not.”
Revelation 2:10, devil testing Believers.
Revelation 2:13a, “where Satan’s throne is”
Revelation 2;13b, “where Satan dwells”
Revelation 2:24b, “deep things of Satan.”
Interpretations and Observations:
1. The Bible verses and contexts above, describe Satan’s plan to counter the Church. Since the 70 AD destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the synagogue has been the active force in the world attacking the Church. Martin Luther wrote a book titled: “On the Jews and Their Lies” (1543). The Jews have been expelled from 109 countries for being a “turbulent people.”
2. The plan began with killing Jesus. (Jews and Romans, Revelation 1:7)
3. This plan includes false
apostles to deceive the Church. (Revelation 2:2) (Note: 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers,
disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an
angel of light. 15 Therefore
it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of
righteousness; whose end shall be according to their deeds.)
4. Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 note Satan’s false synagogue and false Jews as tools to attack the Church. The Jewish Talmud says that Jesus is eternally boiling in excrement and Christians are idolaters.
5. Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 are the final references to the Jewish people in the letters to the Christian Church. The Synagogue of Satan has been operating from 70 AD to present.
6. Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 note the Synagogue of Satan, not the Jerusalem Temple of Satan. The Jerusalem Tribulation Temple of Satan is found in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-5. Also, Daniel 9:27 and Matthew 24:15 and Revelation 11:1-2.
7. Revelation 3:10b notes that the synagogue of Satan will undergo testing along with the whole world.
8. The Era of the Synagogue of Satan will continue into the Great Tribulation:
Luke 21:12-24 12 "But before all these things, they will lay their
hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and
prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake. 13 "It will lead to 1an
opportunity for your testimony. 14
"So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand
to defend yourselves; 15 for I will give you utterance and wisdom
which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute. 16 "But you will be delivered
up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death, 17 and
you will be hated by all on account of My name.
18 "Yet anot a hair
of your head will perish. 19
"By your endurance you will gain your lives. 20 "But when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is at
hand. 21 "Then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the midst of
the city depart, and let not those who are in the country enter the city; 22
because these are days of vengeance, in order that all things which are written
may be fulfilled. 23
"Woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those
days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people,
24 and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led
captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles
be fulfilled.
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Epilogue
The synagogue in Saul’s day
Acts 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at
Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he
might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 26:11 "And as I punished them often in all the
synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at
them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.