The church at Thyatira allowed itself to be deceived by a prophetess who was called (or called herself) Jezebel, bringing to mind the great conflicts of Elijah’s day (1 Kings 16; 2 Kings 9). She and her followers advocated radical paganism and were warned by God to repent. If they did not, judgment awaited them, as well as those who wanted to pry into “Satan’s so-called deep secrets,” that is, occult practices (2:24), which were a particular temptation in antiquity and condemned by the New Testament