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sent us this question.
in Revelation 2:9: "I
of them which say they
SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN.
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synagogue of Satan
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Many readers have
You read of the
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Bynagogue of Satan"
know," spoke Jesus Christ, "the blasphemy
are Jews, and are not, but are the
Tl:ie common idea is that this verse is referring
to so-called "International Jewry' ' -- that is, Gentiles
masquerading as Jews.
This is not true!
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Let •s notice the .Bible
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s own interpretation of this
mysterious verse, not Hitler•s interpretation as found
1n
Mein
Kampf~
which so many want to believe.
Notice, this is a
a~a~ogue
of Satan. A
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ayna.gogue"
is merely the Hebrew word for c urch.
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Then Jesus is NOT
speaking of a
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but of a church that belongs to the DeviU
ThiS church claims that ita members are spiritually
Jews. Why? Because Jesus said: "Salvation is of the Jews"
(John
4:22) .
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To the Jew first. and also to the Greek
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(Rom.
1:16).
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He is a Jew,' ' wrote Paul, "which is one inwardly;
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not
in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" (Rom.
2:29).
Prior to conversion, Jews and Gentiles are both of
their father, the Devil.
Tha~es:not.
however, mean
that
they are necessarily part of t he church or synagogue of Satan.
So here is a church made up of Gentiles, falsely
claiming salvation) !'alselr, claimi.ng to be Jews inwardly,
lllB.Squerading herself as a
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Christian
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Church. And notice,
this false church was already developing in the days of the
Apostle John -- it had its
~ongregations
already· in the city