tenses. He sees it happening. The alternative to repentance is to have Christ fight against them. The verb is confined to Revelation in the New Testament (apart from Jas 4:2). The sword of my mouth clearly means the words Christ speaks. This saying is either a comfort and a strength, or else it destroys us. 17. For He who has an ear …, see note on verse 7. He who overcomes is this time promised as food the hidden manna. There may be an allusion to the Jewish idea that when the temple was destroyed
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