2:18
We now come to Thyatira. This city was the least important of the seven, but gets the longest letter. The city was a trading city with trade guilds playing a big part in life there. The Lord is introduced as the “Son of God”, the only time this title is used in Revelation. Then there is reference to His eyes and feet, harking back to Rev 1:14,15. This could be relevant to the situation if we take the reference to eyes as indicating that He sees all that goes on, including deeds done in darkness, and the feet as either/or chasing down sinners and trampling them underfoot.
2:19
Like Ephesus, we have “I know your deeds”. Love (unlike Ephesus) and faith signified the church, as did service and perseverance, and their progress. “You are now doing more than you did at first”. This could be indicative of general progress, or could indicate that they were not actually doing that well as all before and needed to get their act together.
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