What does Revelation 2:24 mean?
Jesus recognized that at least some members of the church at Thyatira had resisted Jezebel's corrupt teaching and behavior. He addresses those individuals in this verse. The teaching they had renounced was presented as secret and profound, but it came from Satan and had snared many undiscerning members of the church. Jesus promises in this verse to spare the remnant of faithful believers any other burden. The Greek word for "burden" here is baros, referring to a load that would slow down a runner in a race. For example, a heavy robe or boots would be this type of "burden" to a runner.In every period of history, even when evil was prevalent, a remnant has opposed evil, resisted the Devil, and honored the Lord. Noah was a remnant when the human race was thoroughly evil (Genesis 6:5). The patriarchs from Abraham to Moses were each a remnant in the pagan world. When the vast majority of Israelites worshiped Baal in the time of Queen Jezebel, a remnant of 7,000 remained faithful to the Lord (1 Kings 19:18). Daniel and his three friends were a godly remnant in pagan Babylon (Daniel 1:1–7). And when Jesus was born, a tiny remnant had been hoping for the Messiah and therefore welcomed Jesus' birth (Luke 1:5–7; 39–45).
This is the third of four direct references to Satan in the letters to the seven churches in Revelation (Revelation 2:9, 13; 3:9).