Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 2:7

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches : To him that overcometh , will I give to eat of the tree of life , which is in the midst of the paradise of God .

To whom God hath given an Ability, and Power to understand what I say. It is a Form of Speech which Christ often used, when he would quicken up Peoples Attention, Match. 11.15. and 13.9, 43. Mark 4.9, 23. and 7.16. we shall find it again in there two chapters six times; from which some would conclude, that in these Epistles there is something mysterious, parabolical, and prophetical, it being a Form of Speech prefixed to many Parables.

The Holy Spirit of God, from whose Inspiration all Scripture is.

Not only at Ephesus, but elsewhere in Asia, or any other part of the World.

That is, a Conqueror in fighting the good Fight of Faith, against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil.

I will give him a share in my Merits, and eternal Life; which blessed Enjoyments are set out unto us under the Notion of Eating, Luke 12.37. and 22.28, &c. This is the Promise he hath made, John. 10.28. 1 Iohn 2.25▪ Heaven is expressed to us under this Notion, with reference to the Tree of Life mentioned, Gen. 2.9. whi[illegible: 1 letter]h was in the Old Paradise; for it is added,

which is in the midst of the Pa[illegible: 1 letter]adise of God; or which is the same, Christ himself is here intended▪ who is the Tree of [illegible: 1 letter]i[illegible: 1 letter]e mentioned, chap. [illegible: 2 letters].[illegible: 2 letters] and the Happiness of Heaven is thus exprest, 1 Thess. 4.17. We shall be ever with the Lord: This is the sum of the Epistle to the first mentioned Church, by which those that judge these Epistles Prophetical, understand all the Primitive Churches, during the Apostles Age, or the most of their Ages, for Iohn himself lived under the second Persecution.

Marginal references: Ver. 11, 1[illegible: 2 letters] 29. Chap. 3.6, [illegible: 3 letters] 22.