'Understanding Endtime'
Rev 3:9 Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
Rev 3:9 Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
There were some groups in the Philadelphia church who behaved as though they were the Israelites (Jews) of the Old Covenant. These groups of Christians considered themselves Jews, possibly because they observed one or more of the followings:-
1. Keeping Jewish Feasts
2. Not eating unclean food
3. Keeping Saturday as Sabbath
4. Partially keeping the Law
5. Not keeping Christmas, Good Friday and Easter
6. Accepting Circumcision
7. Performing animal sacrifices
Keeping all the above not only will not make one a Jew but also deny that Jesus had fulfilled the Law and the Prophets thus making Jesus a Liar. This abomination disqualifies them from the grace of our Lord Jesus and sends them to damnation.
Our Lord condemned this group/home-cell of Christians as the synagogue of Satan.
Gal 5:4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
The Old Covenant
Deu 16:16 "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
After Moses had taken the Israelites out of Egypt, God made the covenant with them by giving them the Mosaic Law. In this law Yahweh would be their God and they would become His people. He would dwell amongst them in the place that He had chosen. Three times a year they must appear before Him in the place He had chosen (tabernacle or temple of God)
Building the Temple of God
Exo 25:8-9 And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.
The tabernacle and all its furnishings must be built in accordance with the design given by God. The priest's clothings, preparation, services and even sacrifices must be offered as commanded.
God will not accept any flaw or mistake in the preparation of His temple nor any sinful worshipper.
Isa 1:13-15 "Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood."
Synagogue of Satan
Deu 5:32-33a "Therefore you shall be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you,"
Only the Priesthood could perform all the religious functions for sacrifices, worship, celebrations and feasts in the temple of God in Jerusalem.
Synagogues were set up for the teaching of the Law by scribes and Pharisees.
It is an abomination to offer sacrifices and celebrate any Jewish feast without the Temple of God and Jewish Priesthood.
Any Jewish feast, sacrifice, offering, worship and celebration held in synagogues, churches, gatherings, meetings or fellowships is an abomination to the Lord, for our Father God condemns such lawlessness as 'synagogues of Satan'
Note The death of our Lord Jesus ended Judaism by tearing the temple's veil into two. After the resurrection of our Lord, every born again Christian is given the Holy Spirit, making his physical body the temple of God thereby obsoleting the demolished temple of God in Jerusalem.
