"From me"

There is a lot of "commotion" in the book of Revelation but it all starts with "tough love"… for Gods ‘children.

Gods´ judgment starts with his own children. Each church suffers from illnesses and so he gives the diagnosis. He sees what causes the sickness; gives the prescription how to cure it and if the patient follows the prescription she will indeed be cured. The patient will even be in a better condition than before she fell ill.

The patient Laodicea doesn't know she is ill; or  even worse; she covers it well with a self-image that says: "Everything is OK". 

However Jesus cares about the “patient” and that's why he tells the truth about the state of the church. How different his view is compared to what the church of Laodicea thinks of herself.

"You brag, ‘I’m rich, I’ve got it made, I need nothing from anyone,’ oblivious that in fact you’re a pitiful, blind beggar, threadbare and homeless". (The Message)

Here is the prescription:

Jesus says:

“Here’s what I want you to do: 

Buy your gold from me, gold that’s been through the refiner’s fire. Then you’ll be rich. 

Buy your clothes from me, clothes designed in Heaven. You’ve gone around half-naked long enough.

Buy medicine for your eyes from me so you can see, really see"

(Revelation 3:18, The Message)

Notice "from me". That is the key to the cure. The "riches" that seemed to be enough for the church of Laodicea was of no value. Obviously those "riches" were achieved from somewhere else but Jesus. How can it be that a church//a Christian is content with something that has nothing to do with Jesus? Because that is what it says; the source of the wealth was not Jesus.

 Jesus urged the Laodicea church to buy from him

 “gold”,

 ”cloths”

“eye-salve”;

Let’s look at each of them in the next entry.