The Seven Churches of Revelation

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Christ Commendation Condem mnation Seven es of Revelation Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea 1 One who holds 7 stars & walks among the 7 lampstands 2 your deeds, toil &

1 Christ Commendation Condem mnation Seven es of Revelation Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea 1 One who holds 7 stars & walks among the 7 lampstands 2 your deeds, toil & perseverance 2 you cannot endure evil men 2 you put to test those who called themselves apostles 3 you persevered, endured & not grown weary 6 you hate the deeds of Nicolaitans 4 One thing against you: you have left first love 8 the first & last, who was dead & has come to life 9 your tribulations & poverty 9 the blasphemy by those who say are Jews but are a synagogue of Satan 12 the One who has a doubleedged sword 13 where you dwell, where Satan s throne is 13 you hold fast to My name & didn t deny My faith (Antipas killed among you) 14 a few things against you some hold teaching of Balaam & the Nicolaitans 18 Son of God who has eyes like a flame of fire & His feet are like burnished bronze 23 He who searches the minds & hearts 19 your deeds, love, faith, service + perseverance 19 your deeds of late are greater than at first 20 you tolerate Jezebel & she teaches & leads My bond-servants astray 1 He who has the 7 Spirits of God & 7 stars 1 your deeds 4 you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white; for they are worthy 1 you have a name that you are alive but you are dead 2 your deeds not completed in the sight of My God 7 He who is holy, true, has the key of David, who opens & no one will shut, & who shuts and no one opens 8 your deeds 8 you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 14 Amen, the faithful & true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God 15 your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot 16 you are lukewarm, & neither hot nor cold 17 you are wretched, miserable & poor, blind & naked Cautions Crowns 5 Remember from where you ve fallen 5 Repent & do the deeds at first or else I m coming to remove your lampstand out of its place unless you repent 2:7 I will grant to eat of tree of life 10 Don t fear when suffering 10 devil is about to cast you into prison & you ll be tested & have tribulation ten days 10 Be faithful until death 2:10 I ll give you the crown of life 2:11 he shall not be hurt by the 2 nd death 16 Repent or else I m coming to you quickly & make war against them with sword of My mouth 2:17 I ll give him hidden manna & a white stone & a new name on the stone 24 To the rest, I place no other burden on you. 25 what you have, hold fast until I come 2:26 I ll give authority over the nations 2:28 I ll give the morning star 2 Wake up or I will come like a thief 3 Remember what you have received & heard; keep & repent 3:5 I ll clothe him in white garments 3:5 I ll not erase his name from the book of life 3:5 I ll confess his name before My Father & His angels 11 I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, in order that no one take your crown. 3:12 I ll make him a pillar in the temple of My God 3:12 I ll write upon him the name of My God & the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches (2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22) 16 I ll spit you out of My mouth 18 buy from Me gold, white garments & eye salve 19 I reprove & discipline those I love 19 be zealous & repent 20 Open the door when you hear Me knock 21 I ll grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne

2 which left its first love Preoccupied Busy Backsliding Suffering Persecuted Suffering Steadfast at Satan s Throne Political Continuing Immoral Prosperous Involved Immoral Dead Powerless Distinguished Dead with the Open Door Persevering Mistreated Missionsminded Materialistic Passionless Luxurious Lukewarm Authors Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea Tim La Haye AD AD AD AD 606-Trib Period * AD 1520-Trib Period * AD 1750 Trib Period* Hal Lindsey AD AD AD AD AD AD J. Vernon McGee Daymond R. Duck Pentecost - AD 100 Pentecost - AD 100 AD AD AD AD AD 1800 Rapture AD 1900-Trib Period* AD 1900-Trib Period* Does not say AD AD AD AD AD Mid-Trib * Tim LaHaye believes these 4 church periods all end with the Tribulation Period 10 Periods of Persecution known by their Roman Emperors 1. Nero (64-68 AD) burned & blamed Christians; crucified & threw Christians into pits with wild animals; executed Paul & possibly Peter 2. Domitian (90-96 AD) killed thousands in, banished John to the Isle of Patmos 3. Trajan ( AD) outlawed Christians; burned Ignatius at the stake 4. Marcus Aurelius ( AD) tortured & beheaded Christians 5. Serenus ( AD) burned, crucified & beheaded Christians 6. Maximinius ( AD) executed Christians 7. Decius ( AD) tried to wipe out Christianity & executed those he could find 8. Valerian ( AD) tried to wipe out Christianity; executed the Bishop of Carthage 9. Aurelian ( AD) persecuted Christians any way he could 10. Diocletian ( AD) burned the Scriptures

3 Post - Apostolic Busy Backsliding Suffering Suffering Steadfast Continuing Immoral Involved Immoral Dead Distinguished Dead Faithful Witnessing Mistreated Missionsminded Apostate Luxurious Lukewarm Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea = desirable Post-apostolic church AD150 Pentecost AD100 Achievements 1. entire NT written 2. attempt to evangelize Roman world 1. apostles 2. Paul 3. Luke 4. James 5. Timothy 6. Titus 7. others = myrrh AD AD Roman Persecutions 1. Nero (64-68) 2. Domitian (90-96) 3. Trajan ( ) 4. Marcus Aurelius ( ) 5. Serenus ( ) 6. Maximinius ( ) 7. Decius ( ) 8. Valerian ( ) 9. Marcus Aurelian ( ) 10. Diocletian ( ) 1. Justin Martyr ( ) 2. Irenaeus ( ) 3. Tertullian ( ) 4. Eusebius ( ) = marriage, citadel AD AD * Constantine signed Edict of Toleration in AD 313 Unscriptural Doctrines: 1. prayer for the dead (300) 2. making sign of the cross (300) 3. worship of saints & angels (375) 4. mass instituted (394) 5. worship of Mary (431) 6. extreme unction (526) 7. purgatory (593) 1.John Chrysostom ( ) 2. Jerome ( ) 3. Augustine ( ) = continual sacrifice AD AD * Pope = father (only in AD 500, was it applied to the Bishop of * In the first 4 centuries, power distributed among, Antioch, Jerusalem, Constantinople, Alexandria Good Popes * Leo I ( ) saved from Attila the Hun & Geneseric the Vandal * Gregory I ( )=first real pope Evil popes 1. Sergius III ( ) had illegitimate children with a harlot 2. Benedict IV ( ) committed murders, adulteries & robbed graves 3. Innocent III ( ) forbade Bible reading 1. John Wycliffe ( ) 2. John Huss ( ) 3. William Tyndale ( ) 4. Erasmus ( ) = remnant Reformation AD1750 AD Martin Luther ( ) - Oct 31, 1517 (95 theses) - Diet of Worms in 1521; refused to recant (a) universal priesthood of believers (b) Bible = sole authority (c) justification by faith alone 2. Zwingli ( ) 3. John Calvin ( ) 4. John Knox ( ) 5. Roger Williams ( ) = brotherly love AD AD Jonathan Edwards ( ) 2. John Wesley ( ) 3. George Whitefield ( ) 4. Willam Carey ( ) India 5. Adoniram Judson ( ) - Burma 6. David Livingstone ( ) - Africa 7. D. L. Moody ( ) = people s rights AD1925 Tribulation Examples * the Gay church and the many cults which deny the deity or humanity of Jesus Christ * the Christian churches which add to God s Word or take away from God s Word

4 God s Plan of the Ages Babylon Medo- Persia 445 BC 7 weeks 396 BC Greece Antiochus Epiphanes BC 62 weeks Pompeii conquers Jerusalem Christ s Birth Resurrection Pentecost Christ s Death 605 BC AD 30 On the Feast of Tabernacles On the Feast of Passover AD Deaths of Peter & Paul under Nero Destruction of Jerusalem 10 waves of Persecution against Christians beginning with Nero in AD 64 and ending with Diocletian in AD 305 Constantinople Made Capital Constantine s Edict of Milan Christianity Official Religion of Fall of AD EPHESUS Busy yet Backsliding Pentecost AD 100 Post-Apostolic SMYRNA Suffering yet Steadfast AD Suffering PERGAMUM Continuing yet AD

5 Dark Ages Mohammed Western Empire ends Pope Gregory I (the Great) first Medieval Pope Spread of Islam to Middle East, North Africa & Spain Turks take Palestine East / West Division AD THYATIRA Involved yet Immoral (AD ) Immoral 1054 Crusades Beginning of Medieval Inquisition Wycliffe Renaissance Gutenberg Printing Martin Luther Columbus Discovers America Reformation King James Bible AD Great Awakening William Carey Second Great Awakening World War Great Depression Israel declared a nation World War Israel takes back Jerusalem Berlin Wall Yom Falls Common Market Kippur War Soviet Union Breaks up Rabin signs 7-year pact with Arafat Oslo II Accord SARDIS Distinguished yet Dead AD European Union Wye Agreement Millennium Covenant Euro Dollar in use Road Map for Peace AD SARDIS Dead 1750 PHILADELPHIA Mistreated yet Missions Minded AD Faithful Witnessing May 14 June 7 LAODICEA Luxurious yet Lukewarm AD 1925 the End Apostate Sept 13 May Sept 2001 Jan

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[Read 2:1-7] [Read 2:8-11] Revelation 2-3 Strong & Weak Churches Introduction These 7 churches represent at least 4 things: (1) 7 literal, existing churches at the time of John s writing; (2) 7 types of churches or believers that