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  9 I will make those who are in Satan's synagogue come and bow at your feet and realize that I have loved you. They claim that they are Jewish, but they are lying.
    I will make those who are in Satan's synagogue come and bow at  your feet and
This is not a reference that unbelievers will reverence believers. That kind of bowing down is reserved for Christ ONLY - Philippians 2:9-11. This reference is more like Joseph in Egypt where his brothers eventually fall down before him (not knowing who Joseph was) and beg for food (Genesis 44:14-17). The subtle Jews causing subversion will come and bow down at the feet of the true believers. It is a form of repentance.
    realize that I have LOVED you..
It was this LOVE that caused Jesus to lay down His life for us - John 15:5-13.

Am I able to lay down my life for my friends? If I find it difficult to worship God regularly, to study His Word daily, and to "pray ceaselessly", how will I find the spiritual strength to show this "greater LOVE"?

    They claim that they are Jewish, but they are lying.
The accusation here is of lying about the authenticity of the Messiah (synagogue of Satan is the symbolic counterpart). Refresh yourself with Smyrna church in Revelation 2:9 where there was outright blasphememy. The Philadelphia church had its Jewish subverters too; only they were more subtle.
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