§13 - Footnotes

Revelation 2 and 3: Letters to the Seven Churches in Asia

[§13] Overview of Jesus Christ’s Message to the Seven Churches

Footnotes for this section

  1. See Rev 1:11; Talmage, JC, 666; Doxey, DCS, Vol. 2, 29; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 758; and generally Rev 1:9-11: John’s Charge to Write to the Seven Churches. ↩︎
  2. See Coke, TCC [Rev 1:1]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 1:10-11]; Draper, OSS, 32; but see also Draper, RJA, 117. ↩︎
  3. See Whedon, WCB [Rev 2:1]; Dummelow, JDCB, 1073; but see also Draper, OSS, 36-37, 262. ↩︎
  4. See generally The Place and Date of John’s Prophecy in the Book of Revelation. ↩︎
  5. See Sterling W. Sill, CR, April 1956, 14; Charles W. Nibley, CR, April 1928, 87; Matthias Cowley, CTD, 10. ↩︎
  6. See Melvin J. Ballard, CR, April 1935, 21; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 257. ↩︎
  7. See Melvin J. Ballard, CR, April 1935, 21; Ezra Taft Benson, SSYR, 47; Roberts, FA, 36. ↩︎
  8. See Matt 16:18-19; J. Reuben Clark, WIEL, 47; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 1, 424-425. ↩︎
  9. See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 3, 269; Talmage, JC, 341-342; Anderson, UP, 325-326, 385. ↩︎
  10. See generally The Place and Date of John’s Prophecy in the Book of Revelation. ↩︎
  11. But see Roberts, FA, 101; Eldred G. Smith, CR, April 1957, 72-73; Joseph Fielding Smith, AGQ, Vol. 3, 174. ↩︎
  12. See Roberts, FA, 36, 38; M. Russell Ballard, OSH, 29; Roberts, FA, 37. ↩︎
  13. See Griggs, AWLDS, 281; Millet, SS, Vol. 6, 237; Orson Pratt, OPW, 139-140; Anderson, UP, 418; Draper, RJA, 118. ↩︎
  14. See Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 2:8]; and generally Rev 2:8-10: The Saints Will Suffer Severe Tribulations; Rev 2:11: Saints Won’t Be Hurt by the Second Death. ↩︎
  15. See Draper, OSS, 28; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 14; Seiss, ALBR, 68; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 2:1]; Wiersbe, WEONT, 798; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1039. ↩︎
  16. See Lund, SWGL, 61; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 754; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 27. ↩︎
  17. Cf. Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 23; Joseph Fielding Smith, AGQ, Vol. 5, 138-139; Bruce R. McConkie, CR, April 1974, “God Foreordains His Prophets and His People”, 103. ↩︎
  18. See Seiss, ALBR, 69-70; Andrus, GMU, 459. ↩︎
  19. See Watt, JD, Vol.23, 228; Hyrum G. Smith, CR, April 1925, 136-137; Milton R. Hunter, WMRG, 186. ↩︎
  20. See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 661; Griggs, AWLDS, 281, fn 76; Anderson, UP, 253, 306. ↩︎
  21. See Rev 13:7; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 2:5]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 1:4]; Draper, RJA, 117; and generally Rev 6:11: The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal; The “Flood” During the Gap in Daniel 11; Timeline for the Great Apostasy [Daniel 12]; Rev 12:15-16: Flood Water Threatens the Woman in 70 AD; Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months; Rev 13:7: Satan’s Wars Overcome the Saints. ↩︎
  22. See Rev 14:18-20; Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign , May 2004, “Preparation for the Second Coming”, 7; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 369-370; and generally Rev 14:18: A Fourth Angel Cries to Reap the Wicked; Rev 14:19-20: Wicked Grapes Are Trodden in the Winepress. ↩︎
  23. See Seiss, ALBR, 68; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 2:1]; Draper, RJA, 118. ↩︎
  24. See Draper, OSS, 37; Seiss, ALBR, 68; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 27; Youngblood, NBD, 129; Draper, RJA, 118. ↩︎
  25. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 975; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 60; Walvoord, BKCNT, 933; Seiss, ALBR, 69. ↩︎
  26. See JST Rev 2:1; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 37; and generally Rev 1:16-18: Christ Holds the Seven Stars in His Hand. ↩︎
  27. See Seiss, ALBR, 69. ↩︎
  28. See Wiersbe, BCNT, 1040; Seiss, ALBR, 67; cf. D&C 1:38; Dallin H. Oaks, CR, April 1987, “Priesthood Blessings”, 45. ↩︎
  29. See Draper, OSS, 37; George Reynolds, BOM, Vol. 1, 143; Watt, JD, Vol. 13, 40; Jackson, FAR, 16; Draper, RJA, 118. ↩︎
  30. See Draper, OSS, 40; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 4; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 2:7]; Draper, RJA, 118-119. ↩︎
  31. See Millet, SWRM, 85; Wells, TMM, 25-26; Draper, OSS, 42; Draper, RJA, 120. ↩︎
  32. See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 326; Bruce R. McConkie, SWBM, 366-367. ↩︎
  33. See Rev 2:11; Rev 2:17; Rev 2:26-28; Rev 3:5; Rev 3:12; Rev 3:21. ↩︎