Revelation Scroll Number Two 

The Twelve Scrolls of Revelation

Revelation Chapter Two
Verses Six and Seven

written by
Kraig J. Rice
www.7-star-admiral.com

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Revelation chapter two verses six and seven
Revelation 2:6
Revelation 2:6 - The Nicolaitans- Baal Worshippers
Revelation 2:7
Revelation 2:7 - Spiritual Ears to Hear
Revelation 2:7 - The Overcomer in Christ
Revelation 2:7 - The Tree of Life






Yet this you have in your favor- you hate the works of the Nicolaitans- such work that I also hate
(Revelation 2:6).

Let all who have (spiritual) ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To the Overcomer- I will give the privilege of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life that is in the Paradise of God
(Revelation 2:7).

Are there any Bible scriptures that might help us understand these verses here in Revelation? In my opinion I think so-

Suffering from truth decay, brush up on your bible

Revelation 2:6
Yet this you have in your favor- you hate the works of the Nicolaitans- such work that I also hate.

The Nicolaitans- Baal Worshippers

Who were the Nicolaitans and what did they believe? The name, Nicolaitans, means "destruction of people." The translation of this name between the Greek and Hebrew languages is Balaamites, referring to the false idol god, Baal. The name, Baal, means master or lord. The Balaamites induced the Israelites under Moses to spiritually fall away from God through idol worship and fornication. Idol worship is forbidden by God's first and second commandments out of His ten commandments
(Exodus 20:3-5).
...these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord
(Numbers 31:16).

In the Apostle John's time the Nicolaitans secretly worshipped Baal. What did they believe and why did the Lord hate their doctrine? They did not believe that Jesus Christ was God the Son (divine) nor that He was the only way to Heaven. The followers of this secret false cult believed in the devil and practiced the deeds of Balaam- casting a stumbling block before the church of God by upholding the notion of eating things sacrificed to idols as well as committing fornication. Another part of their heresy was that it was alright for an Overcomer Christian to commit willful sin as a lifestyle. Many of these adherents to this false cult managed to worm their way into the churches at Ephesus and also Smyrna (Jude 1:4):
I know the blasphemy of those who say they are (Messianic) Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan (unsaved)
(Revelation 2:9).

Some folks believe that the Free Masons are secret Baal worshippers at the present time and many have infiltrated the church...


God reveals the Nicolaitans in the scrolls of Revelation:

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Two-
But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, that I also hate
(Revelation 2:6).

and they are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Four-
Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans- that which I hate
(Revelation 2:15).


Are there other scrolls in the bible that appear to reveal this? Yes. Here are a few that appear to be relevant-

The false god, Baal, is identified with the false god, Molech-
Because they have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents- they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind (Jeremiah 19:4-5)...but they set their abominations in the temple (house) that is called by My name, to defile it. And they built the high places of Baal that are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin
(Jeremiah 32:34-35).

Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals- and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt- and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them- and they provoked the Lord to anger. They forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them- and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed
(Judges 2:11-15).

And Elijah said to them- seize the prophets of Baal- do not let one of them escape. So they seized them- and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there
(1 Kings 18:40).

Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him
(1 Kings 19:18).

Baal was also the supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites- the sun-god. The religion of Baal not only condoned child murder but also child molesting and child slavery. God is against all of that.

So, it appears that some churches of Revelation allowed this evil cancer of the Nicolaitans to take root and spread in their congregations- and the Lord was not happy about it-
...the teaching of the Nicolaitans- which thing I hate (Revelation 2:15).

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God- every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh (Jesus Christ is God) is of God, and every spirit who does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God- and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already
(1 John 4:1-3).

So many times a person hears what he wants to hear
and
disregards the rest

Revelation 2:7
Let all who have (spiritual) ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To the Overcomer- I will give the privilege of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life that is in the Paradise of God.


God Is Concerned About Listening Ears

(Jesus said)...truly I say to you, the man whose ears are open to My word and who has faith in Him who sent Me, has eternal life, he will not be judged, but has come from death into life. Truly I say to you, the time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life...
(John 5:24-25)...How is it you do not understand Me when I speak? It is because you cannot spiritually understand what I am saying...
(John 8:43).

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him- nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned
(1 Corinthians 2:14).

God uses the revelation of spiritual ears in several of His scrolls:

It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Two- Revelation 2:7,
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Three- Revelation 2:11,
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Four- Revelation 2:17,
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Five- Revelation 2:29,
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Six- Revelation 3:6,
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Seven- Revelation 3:13,
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Eight- Revelation 3:22, and
It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Nine- Revelation 13:9.

Are there other scrolls in the bible that appear to reveal this? Yes. Here are a few:

O my people, listen to my teaching. Open your ears to what I am saying, for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past- stories we have heard and know, stories our ancestors handed down to us. We will not hide these truths from our children but will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord. We will tell of His power and the mighty miracles He did. For He issued His decree to Jacob- He gave His law to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, so the next generation might know them- even the children not yet born- that they in turn might teach their children. So each generation can set its hope anew on God, remembering his glorious miracles and obeying His commands.
(Psalm 78:1-7 NLT).

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John (the Baptist). And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear
(Matthew 11:13-15)...but others fell on good ground and yielded a crop- some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear (Matthew 13:8-9)...then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear
(Matthew 13:43).

Also He said to them- is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear
(Mark 4:21-23)...hear Me, everyone, and understand- there is nothing that enters a man from outside that can defile him- but the things that come out of him, those are the things that defile a man. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!
(Mark 7:14-16).

...but others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold. When He had said these things He cried- he who has ears to hear, let him hear (Luke 8:8)...Salt is good- but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear
(Luke 14:34-35).


Warnings From God to Those Who Refuse to Have Listening Ears

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,) that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying- from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking- but you have not listened. Yahweh has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them-
but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear- saying- return you now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore- and do not go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands- and I will do you no harm. Yet you have not listened to Me, says Yahweh- that you may provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt...
(Jeremiah 25:1-7).

For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, Who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt- and they had feared other gods, and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, that they had made. Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree. There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom the Lord had carried away before them- and they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger, for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them- you shall not do this thing. Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His prophets, every seer, saying- turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets. Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God. And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them- they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them. So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the army of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight- there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone
(2 Kings 17:7-18).

They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods- according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away. To this day they continue practicing the former rituals- they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel, with whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them, saying- you shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them- but the Lord, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice. And the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment that He wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever- you shall not fear other gods. And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods. But the Lord your God you shall fear- and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies. However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals. So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images- also their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day
(2 Kings 17:33-41).

...moreover He said to me, son of man, all My words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your (spiritual) ears (Ezekiel 3:10)...but when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them- thus says the Lord Yahweh- He who (spiritually) hears, let him hear (and obey Me), but he who stops (spiritually) hearing (and obeying Me), let him stop- for they are the (spiritually) rebellious (ones) of hell (Ezekiel 3:27)...Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and do not see, who have ears to hear, and do not hear- for they are a rebellious house
(Ezekiel 12:2).


The Overcomer in Christ

The verb word for Overcomer in Greek is Nikao meaning to conquer or to come off victorious.

Jesus was an Overcomer and serves as our example:
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation- but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world
(John 16:33).

Christ was an Overcomer because He was victorious over all. True Overcomers in Christ, with His help, can overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. God reveals encouragement and future rewards to His Overcomers in several scrolls of Revelation:

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Two-
To him who Overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life that is in the Paradise of My God
(Revelation 2:7).

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Three-
He who Overcomes will not be hurt by the second death
(Revelation 2:11).

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Four-
To him who Overcomes- to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows but he who receives it
(Revelation 2:17).

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Five-
He who Overcomes- and he who keeps My works to the end- to him will I give authority over the nations
(Revelation 2:26).

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Six-
He who Overcomes will be arrayed, like this in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the scroll book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels
(Revelation 3:5).

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Seven-
He who Overcomes- I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God- and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, that comes down out of Heaven from My God, and My own new name
(Revelation 3:12).

They are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Eight-
He who overcomes- I will give to him to sit down with Me on My throne- as I also Overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne
(Revelation 3:21).

and they are revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Twelve-
He said to me- it is done! I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. He who Overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be My son
(Revelation 21:6-7).

Are there other scrolls in the bible that appear to reveal this? Yes. Here are a few-

For behold, I have made you (Jeremiah) this day a fortified city and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land- against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land
(Jeremiah 1:18).

You are of God, little children, and have Overcome them- because greater is He who is in you than he (the devil) who is in the world
(1 John 4:4).

For whoever is born of God Overcomes the world. This is the victory that has Overcome the world- your faith. Who is he who Overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
(1 John 5:4-5).


The Tree of Life

God reveals the Tree of Life in the scrolls of Revelation:

It is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Two-
Let all who have (spiritual) ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To the Overcomer- I will give the privilege of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life that is in the Paradise of God
(Revelation 2:7).

And it is revealed in Revelation Scroll Number Twelve-
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the Tree of Life, that bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations
(Revelation 22:1-2).

Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life, and may enter through the gates into the city
(Revelation 22:14).

Is there another scroll in the bible that reveals this? Yes:

The Tree of Life is mentioned in the bible book of Genesis-
...then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had created. And the Lord God planted all sorts of trees in the garden- beautiful trees that produced delicious fruit. At the center of the garden He placed the Tree of Life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
(Genesis 2:8-9).

...then the Lord God said- the people have become as We are, knowing everything, both good and evil. What if they eat the fruit of the Tree of Life? Then they will live forever (in their sinful condition). So the Lord God banished Adam and his wife from the Garden of Eden, and He sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. After banishing them from the garden, the Lord God stationed mighty Cherubs to the east of Eden. And a flaming sword flashed back and forth, guarding the way to the Tree of Life
(Genesis 3:22-24).



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