Revelation 2:27

²⁷your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you--t

Revelation 2 opens the letters to the seven churches, beginning with Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira. Each letter follows a pattern: Christ introduces himself with an image from chapter 1, commends the church for specific faithfulness, confronts a particular failure or threa