Rev 2:5 | TNotes | STEP | 2:5 Christ calls even those who keep the faith to turn back to him and repent of cold-heartedness. The warning, I will come and remove your lampstand , means that they would lose their status as a church; God would treat them as he did the apostates within Israel (see Rom 11 ).

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‏ Revelation of John 2:5

2:5 ^a Christ calls even those who keep the faith to turn back to him and repent of cold-heartedness. The warning, I will come and remove your lampstand, means that they would lose their status as a church; God would treat them as he did the apostates within Israel (see Rom 11 ^b).