Places
Philadelphia in Revelation 3
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This place shows up in Revelation 3:7: ““To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Revelation 3:7
““To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:”
What kids can learn
When you hear philadelphia in Revelation, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Revelation 3:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Revelation 3:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“TotheangeloftheassemblyinPhiladelphiawrite:“Hewhoisholy,hewhoistrue,hewhohasthekeyofhewhoopensandnoonecanshut,andwhoandnooneopens,saysthings: