A question about the Revelation of Jesus Christ?

Question

Nowhere is the term "Nicolatian" written in other books of the Bible except in Revelations, the last book inn the Scriptures. What does "Nicolatian" mean and where is the term derived from? That Jesus hates it so much.

Answer 1

From: http://latter-rain.com/eschae/nicola.htm
Nicolaitans by Jay Atkinson
The doctrine of the Nicolaitans was mentioned in the Apocalypse of John to the churches of Pergamos and Ephesus of the seven churches of Asia in Revelation 2. It is a symbolic name of a party that represents the hierarchy of a ruling class over the rest of the people, developing a pecking order of fleshly leadership. Jesus hates this and warns the people to repent or else "I will come upon you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth." The same warning illustration is applied to those that abused grace, which led to licentiousness from the example of Balaam, seducing Christians to fornication and tampering with idolatry. The individual overcomer is allowed to eat of the hidden manna and given a white stone with a new name written in it.

The Early church father Iranaeus, identified the Nicolaitans in his treatise "Against Heresies" in the second century as they who are an "offshoot of the knowledge which is falsely so-called," mentioning that they "lead lives of unrestrained indulgence."

From http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/1388/nicolaitans.html
A T Jones
The word "Nicolaitans" comes from the two words nikao and laos: nikao means "to conquer," to get "the upper hand," to have "the ascendancy, in all relations"; and laos -- "the people at large" as distinguished from "the clergy."

They believed in the leaders, or clergy, controlling the people of the church (the congregation or laity). One such person went so far as to refuse to allow his flock to help the travelling evangelists who passed through the town."

From http://www.logon.org/english/s/p202.html
"The Historical Record Regarding the Nicolaitans

The first mention we have of them from the traditional authorities is in the writings of Ignatius. He is accredited as the disciple of John with Polycarp. ...

Ignatius in the long epistle says: "Flee also the Nicolaitanes, falsely so-called, who are lovers of pleasure and given to calumnious speeches "(ANF, ibid.).

...Secondly, the Nicolaitans were lovers of pleasure and, thirdly, they were given to calumny in speeches. In other words, they accused and vilified their opposition."

Answer 2

Nicolatians were a group of people whose doctrine, teachings and behavior were similar to that of Balaam (Revelation 2:14, 15)

Some scholars connect Nicolatians with Nicolas, one of the seven leaders of the Jerusalem Church (Acts 6:5). This is an opinion of some, and one that I am not studied in.

Answer 3

Good Question! Many Christians do not know this answer. According the Smiths Bible Dictionary; The Nicolatians means followers of Nicolas. In short, he followed the doctrines of Balaam. which included fornication, orgies, and the eating of meat sacrificed to idols.

Balaam was an evil Prophet. He knew that he could not beat the Israelites because God was with them. He knew that the only way to defeat the Israelites was to separate them from God. Balaam sent Moabite women into the camp to defile the men. This led many Israelites to lose their faith by compromising with the people around them and to accept their gods and to reject God's Laws.

The main message that we can learn from this: Jesus does not want us to compromise with the world and that we should stay away from Christians who do. Like go to Churches that celebrate Halloween and have Easter Egg Hunts, who thinks it's OK to have carnivals, sell beer and have gambling. Paul says that we should not even eat with fellow Christians who are known to be living in sin. I hope that this helps.

Answer 4

that's genuine the main activities of Christ's stay occurred on Jewish fairs (his dying, his burial, his resurrection), yet that would not mean the rapture will take place on a Jewish competition, nonetheless that's completely obtainable it would desire to. understand ecclesiology to appreciate eschatology. The church isn't Israel, regardless what alternative theology teaches. Scripture exhibits there are 3 communities on earth - the Jew, the Gentile, the church (wherein there is neither Greek nor Jew, even nonetheless that's the physique of Christ). The Jewish Feasts have been given to the Jews, however the rapture pertains to the church. no longer asserting you at the instant are not top, in basic terms asserting don't be upset while you're incorrect. Edit: I even have reported Pentecost is a church journey (that's beginning by ability of giving of Holy Spirit) besides as a Jewish journey (giving of Torah), yet I see no requirement for the church to be raptured on that's birthday.

Answer 5

The Nicolatians taught a false gospel. They taught that God and Jesus are 2 separate individuals instead of that God and Jesus are one and the same. God+ Jesus+ the Holy Spirit = God. There is only one Lord and that is Jesus Christ, God Almighty

Answer 6

It is a group of false Prophets and those that have set themselves up as true Israelites like Herod and the "Jews" of today which are really Edomites.

The true Hebrews are members of the lost Ten Tribes which today are recognized as the Anglo Saxon, Teutonic, Celtic, Scandinavian and kindred Races NOT the Jews of today that claim to be God's chosen and the Bible thumping fools like Pat Robertson and the Falwell crowd with their twisted Theology attribute all that "special" significance to this group who are the descendants of Herod they are the original Christ Killers.

This may not be "politically correct" especially when one considers how the Jews control 90% of all the mainstream Media
and NEVER help anyone but their own kind and crucify anyone that dare criticize them as the Far Left Wing Radical ACLU Adoring Liberal Democrats supporters that they are.

Beginning with the Hypocrisy of Barbra Streisand the Environmentalist with her 22,000 square foot AIR CONDITIONED barn and Al Gore the Tree Stump with his Private Jet and so on!

Answer 7

I did a search on Google for the term. This is misspelled on your post. According to Revelation chapter 2, the actual word is spelled Nicolaitans.

I found this website when searching for Nicolaitans (note the difference in spelling from your question)
http://www.a-voice.org/library/nicolait.htm

Evidently, these were "Others have often pointed out that this is an untranslated Greek word meaning, 'rulers over the people.' Nicolaitanism is really clerisy* -- the subjugation of those who were contemptuously styled 'the laity' by a heirarchical order who lorded it over them as their own possessions, forgetting that it is written " Another paragraph further explains that this group retranslated scriptures to suit their own needs, including introducing theology contrary to God's theology.

Answer 8

The Nicolatians was a sect after Nicolaus. They were against rules, and advocated libertine behavior. They were a sect in the Ephesian and Pergamum church.

Answer 9

The Nicolatian is a heresy. According to early church traditions, the false doctrines the Ephesians ran up against came about by a misunderstanding of a church deacon named Nicolaus. The book of Acts says he was a convert to Judaism who became a Christian and was later appointed as a church deacon by the apostles. According to Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215), this man had an attractive wife, and the apostles accused Nicolaus of jealousy because of her beauty. To prove he was not a jealous man, Nicolaus offered his wife to any one of them who would have her, and he became one of the first ascetic Christians (a case of misguided zeal). Of course, they did not take him up on the offer or they would have been worse that what they accused him of. After this, according to tradition, Nicolaus began preaching that "the flesh must be treated with contempt". He renounced all desire in the belief that yielding to pleasure was a distraction from serving God. The sect that claimed his name deliberately misinterpreted this famous statement, however, as a license to get fat, get drunk and practice promiscuity. After all, if this body of flesh wasn't important, what did it matter what you did with it? Irenaeus (c.130-c.200) says of the Nicolaitans that they lived lives of 'unrestrained indulgence'. The apostolic Constitutions, written between 350 and 380, describe the Nicolaitans as 'shameless in uncleanness'. Clement of Alexandria says: "They abandon themselves to pleasure like goats, leading a life of self-indulgence". But he acquits Nicolaus of all blame. The Nicolaitans obviously taught loose living.

Another explanation is this: The Nicolatian teaching in its essence dilutes the Gospel and combines with it a variety of philosophies contrary to Christ's basic message. The intent is to create the illusion of Christ while scuttling the 'hard parts' of His Gospel. It is in this illusion that a middle ground is reached: neither purely pagan, which would ignore Christ and His Gospel completely, nor full acceptance of who Christ claims He is and His Gospel. To this Christ says, "those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans -- which thing I hate. Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth."

Answer 10

NICOLAITAN HERESY

According to early church traditions, the false doctrines the Ephesians ran up against came about by a misunderstanding of a church deacon named Nicolaus. The book of Acts says he was a convert to Judaism who became a Christian and was later appointed as a church deacon by the apostles.

according to Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215), this man had an attractive wife, and the apostles accused Nicolaus of jealousy because of her beauty. To prove he was not a jealous man, Nicolaus offered his wife to any one of them who would have her, and he became one of the first ascetic Christians (a case of misguided zeal). Of course, they did not take him up on the offer or they would have been worse that what they accused him of. After this, according to tradition, Nicolaus began preaching that "the flesh must be treated with contempt". He renounced all desire in the belief that yielding to pleasure was a distraction from serving God. The sect that claimed his name deliberately misinterpreted this famous statement, however, as a license to get fat, get drunk and practice promiscuity. After all, if this body of flesh wasn't important, what did it matter what you did with it?

Irenaeus (c.130-c.200) says of the Nicolaitans that they lived lives of 'unrestrained indulgence'. The apostolic Constitutions (6:8) written between 350 and 380, describe the Nicolaitans as 'shameless in uncleanness'. Clement of Alexandria says: "They abandon themselves to pleasure like goats, leading a life of self-indulgence". But he acquits Nicolaus of all blame. The Nicolaitans obviously taught loose living.

Answer 11

NICOLAITANES were a group of people who thought they could pick and choose among the laws;i.e.: they thought adultry and fornication and other immoral sex acts like wife swaping and homosexuality were ok-- quite a lot like modern Catholicism, and many other gnostic types who know the name of Jesus but not His will and refused to adhere to God's will.. the name comes from thier leader Nicolii , an heretic.