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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As many as I love I rebuke and chasten,.... The persons the objects of Christ's love here intended are not angels, but the sons of men; and these not all of them, yet many of them, even all who are his own by his Father's gift and his own purchase; and who are called his church, and sometimes represented as such who love him and obey his commands:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Behold, I stand at the door and knock,.... The phrase of standing at the door may be expressive of the near approach, or sudden coming of Christ to judgment, see James 5:9; and his knocking may signify the notice that will be given of it, by some of the immediate forerunners and signs of his coming; which yet will be observed but by a few, such a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
To him that overcometh,.... The lukewarmness, and self-confidence, and security of this state: will I grant to sit with me in my throne; at the close of this church state, which will be the last of this kind, consisting of imperfect saints, Christ will descend from heaven with the souls of all the righteous, and raise their bodies and unite them...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He that hath an ear, let him hear,.... [See comments on Revelation 2:7].