“Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.”
Beware, I am throwing her on a bed, and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great tribulation, unless they repent of the works of her teaching — the image of the bed frames her seduction as literal adultery; those who join her (sexually and spiritually) face tribulation (thlipsis) severe enough to produce repentance. The unless-clause offers hope for those who turn from her teaching.
Church Fathers on Revelation 2:22
“To him that overcomes I will give the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone.” The hidden manna is immortality; the white gem is adoption to be the son of God; the new name written on the stone is “Christian.” The fourth class intimates the nobility of the faithful, who labour daily, and do greater works. But even among them also He shows that there are men of an easy disposition to grant unlawful peace, and to listen to new forms of prophesying; and He reproves…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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