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We now combine all of this knowledge  with&nbsp;Revelation 3:1-22, where Jesus makes a  special promise: &ldquo;And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; these  things says He [Christ] that is holy…He that opens, and no man shuts; and  shuts, and no man opens…behold, I have set before you&nbsp;<em>an open door</em>,  and&nbsp;<em>no man can shut it</em>…&rdquo; (Rev 3:7-8).<br>
  
Grasp this! This open door refers to the  Work that God&rsquo;s Church must carry out. It is by God&rsquo;s power that this special  effort is being carried out.<br>
  
Satan can read the Bible. He knows the last chapter of  God&rsquo;s Work is prophesied to be the most powerful in history, and he will stop  at nothing to impede, cripple, hamper, oppose and obstruct it. The devil hates  the message being announced because it describes the day he will be bound and  replaced as the god of this world.<br>
  
Once the open door God has given His  Work is shut, the&nbsp;<em>famine of the Word</em>, described in&nbsp;Amos  8:11&nbsp;and covered in greater detail  later, will suddenly settle over the nations of Israel. This will come because the  Church&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>duty</em>—its God-ordained&nbsp;responsibility—has  been completed. The fulfillment of Matthew 24:14&nbsp;and&nbsp;28:19-20&nbsp;will be finished! God&rsquo;s kingdom will be  imminent.<br>
 
The announcement and warning will pass  to two special servants…<br>