Tolerance in Thyatira
“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira: Thus says the Son of God, the one whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze: I know your works—your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first. But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. Look, I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction. Unless they repent of her works" - Revelation 2:18-22 CSB H ere’s the concern: “ you tolerate that woman Jezebel .” Now, tolerance, in and of itself, is not necessarily a problem. Tolerance can be a good thing, in the right place at the right time. But it can be a bad thing, and produce deadly compromise, in all the wrong places. There ...
