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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
coldness, rather than in a state of

comfortable, easy, indifferent lukewarmness.

Cold, a person will not long remain. His efforts

will soon lead him to the fervid state. But

lukewarm, there is danger of his remaining till

the faithful and true Witness is obliged to

reject him as a nauseous and loathsome thing.

I Will Spue Thee out of My Mouth. — Here the

figure is still further carried out, and the

rejection of the lukewarm expressed by the

nauseating effects of tepid water. And this

denotes a final rejection, an utter separation

from his church.

Rich, and Increased with Goods. — Such the

Laodiceans think is their condition. They are

not hypocrites, because they “know not” that

they are poor, miserable, blind, and naked.