Rev 2:9 | PNT | STEP | Tribulation . Affliction. Poverty . Most of those first enlisted for Christ were poor. See . But thou art rich . Rich in faith, hope and fruits. And [I know] the blasphemy . Reviling of the Jews against the Lord. Them who say they are Jews . Those who say that they are Jews were of the Jewish race, but were not of the true Israel. "He is not a (true) Jes who is one outwardly", etc. ( ). John denies the right of these Jewish opposers to use the term "Jews" in the sense of God's chosen people. Their synagogue was the synagogue of Satan . Such strong language implies a complete separation of the church and synagogue, an event that occurred at the period of the destruction of Jerusalem. See

Revelation of John 2:9

Tribulation. Affliction.

Poverty. Most of those first enlisted for Christ were poor. See 1Co 1:26-29.

But thou art rich. Rich in faith, hope and fruits.

And [I know] the blasphemy. Reviling of the Jews against the Lord.

Them who say they are Jews. Those who say that they are Jews were of the Jewish race, but were not of the true Israel. "He is not a (true) Jes who is one outwardly", etc. (Ro 2:28). John denies the right of these Jewish opposers to use the term "Jews" in the sense of God's chosen people. Their synagogue was the synagogue of Satan. Such strong language implies a complete separation of the church and synagogue, an event that occurred at the period of the destruction of Jerusalem. See Ac 21:20-26