prophet Joel: “Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy…” (Joel 2:28–32; Acts 2:17). There are women prophets in the early church (note 1 Cor. 11:5), but here at Thyatira the problem is a false prophet. Her sex is not the basis for the judgment in this text, but solely her false teaching and her false way of life. The warning to the Christians who have followed this teacher is stern, and yet there is preserved in the warning the word of hope for those who are willing to repent. The Lord also warns