18/10/2024
Rev 2:6 drew my attention while studying the first letter to the church in Ephesus ..Now this is God speaking directly to this once on fire church but lost their FIRST Love( unconditional) for God Rev 24...and then God told them why they lost it in Rev 2:6 He mentioned the Nicolaitanes. To understand the whole picture we have to go back in time .
Ephesus was the home of the Greek goddess called Artemis the daughter of Zeus..she was the goddess of nature,hunting, s*xual perversion and of babies..goddess of abundance...Ephesus was at that time seen as the 8th wonders of the world..because of the Temple of Artemis the daughter of Zeus
The Name Artemis in the Roman culture is called Diane ( who became the Mother of Jesus the Queen of heaven) the goddess of child birth and fertility ,the goddess of the moon aswell the goddess of wild beasts and hunting skills..
The women of Ephesus very much dress up like their goddess..halve naked breast exposed they were copying their goddess Artemis..shaven hair shaven and bodies decorated with golden jewelry and all kinds of symbolic symbols ...their faces were covered with make up and even tattoos ect. Men had no say and no control.. it was all women dominance...
The temple of Artemis, was 425 feet in length ,220 feet in width and 60 ft in height it could house 25000 +people very much demonic ,the streets leading up to the temple from the harbor were decorated by half naked women would showing the way from the harbor to the center of the city..yes s*xuality was the entertainment of the day, men would come from far to be entertained by the women , only the super rich. could afford to visit Ephesus...sorcery witchcraft and baby sacrifices to the gods was done the main events back then......Then Paul came in AD 52 and stayed in Ephesus for 2 years and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ crucified and His completed work on the cross.....Ephesus turn away from their old rituals and satanic worship. all the satanic books were destroyed Act 19:18-19 Ephesus was on fire for God... revival was the order of the day..and then the Nicoliatanes came..Acts 6:5 this doctrine was brought to Ephesus by a man called Nicolas who was chosen with Stephen to serve while the apostles studied the Word of God and giving attention to the church and the people. He taught a doctrine of dualism .. meaning you can serve the goddess Artemis with all her pagan manners and deeds . worship the statues of Diane( mother Mary Roman the sun goddess)
In 1 Tim 1 :3-7 Paul warned Timothy about these false preachers( even naming them) in 1 Tim1:19-20 these Nicoliatan teachers doubting his abilities and his age 1 Tim 4:12 and in 1 Tim 4:1-16 Paul exposed the false teachings..
To keep the church pure and and in line with the Word of God..Paul sent this letter to Timothy.instructing him what he should do and how to go about it.....First take note,,this letter was addressed to Timothy in Ephesus at a time as been described in this article..where the women over powered the men who had no say..as the women disrupted the church saw themselves as superior to men ,spoke out of turn, no structure or order while they all supported the dualism teachings of the Nicoliatans.. who taught that you can worship both the goddess Artemis aswell as God at the same time..End of part One part two to follow...let me know if you are interested...
