Revelation 2:20-21 Nevertheless I have a few things against you because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
The source of the trouble in Thyatira was a prophetess called Jezebel. Whether this was her real name or if Jesus was comparing her to Jezebel, wife of King Ahab who was the king of Israel, no one knows for sure. Jezebel, Ahab's wife, and the prophetess of Thyatira were guilty of the same sin. Jezebel, Ahab's wife, caused Israel to Worship her idols instead of the true Living God. You can find her story in 1 Kings Chapters 16-22. Jesus said,"You allowed Jezebel to teach and to seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things offered to idols."
These sins were not committed in the church, but in the temples dedicated to various Idols. All citizen in Thyatira were required to worship in these temples. The Romans believed in many gods. The Romans did not mind a Christian God to be added to their many gods. They just did not want the Christian God replacing their many gods. This made it difficult for Christians because they believed in only one God.
Part of the worship of these idols was a feast where they ate meat offered to idols. Each temple also had temple prostitutes. A Christian could not eat things offered to idols and commit sexual immorality . Exodus 2:3 says,"You shall have no other God's before me."
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