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In the book of Revelation, why did Jesus kill Jezebel's children for Jezebel "misleading people" in the church in Thyatira?

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In the Book of Revelation, chapter two, Jesus addresses the church in Thyatira. The NIV translation of Revelation 2:19-23 reads, Jesus speaking: > I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. The end of the last verse (Rev 2:23) appears to contain the motivation for Jesus killing the children of the woman, namely to show that Jesus is the one in charge and the ultimate moral judge; again Jesus speaking: > Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Why did Jesus kill Jezebel's children? How do different Christian denominations, that include the Book of Revelation in the canonized New Testament, interpret this punishment and the reasons for this divine intervention? (This question applies to trinitatian and non-trinitian denominations, since in both cases Jesus has moral authority regardless of if Jesus is God or merely "imitates the Father" and is "given the moral authority" by the Father.)
Asked by Markus Klyver (222 rep)
Apr 9, 2026, 05:36 PM
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