Cipher 68. The Fifth letter to Sardis Church Signed 77 (Rev 3:1-5)
1. WHO? (3:1) To angel of church in Sardis saith he that hath seven Spirits of God, and seven stars (77)
2. WHY the letter? (3:1) I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.
3. HOW to be alive? (3:2) Establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.
4. WHAT to do? (3:3) Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent.
5. WHEN? (3:3) If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
6. WHERE good? (3:4) But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments.
7. WHICH way? (3:5-6) He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Commentary: He that overcomes repeats seven times in the seven letters that always generates a cross. Jesus tells us that if one overcomes, he will in no way blot his name out of the book of life. What could cause Jesus to blot out one’s name if they are already in the book of life? Jesus speaks in parables and rarely made any commands, except a few. Both of them required that one must take up their own cross, not once, but daily, otherwise one would not be worthy of him, Mat 10:36, and/or one could not be his disciple, Luke 14:27. It is interpreted at the end of the day, one must have been baptized through the complete cross, and have the mark of the cross on forehead. See Cipher 77.