2:8)And to the angel ofthe chutch in Smyrnawrite: The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
9)'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
10)Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you are aout to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give youthe crown of life.
11)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.'
3:7)And to the angel ofthe church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
8)'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
9)Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie-behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.
10)Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwill on the earth.
11)I am coming soon. HOld fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
12)The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he co out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, shich comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Only these two churches have been faithful to the word of God and have not been condemned to repentance like the other five churches.
Revelation 20
4)Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. The church in Philadelphia (priests)
Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.The church in Smyrna (kings)
5)The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand rears were ended. This is the first resurrection.
6)Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
It will be Christians belonging to these two churches who will ultimately receive the priesthood and kingship of the Kingdom of God.