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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ephesus Apostolic Church (33 100AD) Symrna Persecuted Church (100 313AD) Pergamum Roman Empire Church (313-600AD) Thyatira Roman Catholic Church (600-1517AD) Sardis Reformation Church (1587-1648AD Philadelphia Missionary Church (1648-1900AD) Laodecia Apostate Church (1900-Present) 3-12
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Letters to the Seven Churches Church Name Description Church Church Period Commendation Condemnation Exhortation Promise Warning by Name Meaning of Christ Type (A.D.) by Christ by Christ Christ Ephesus Desire *From Ch. 1:20 Apostolic 30-100 *2:2-3 & v. 6 *2:4 *2:5 *2:7 *2:5 2:1-7 (for Christ) *Holds 7 stars ("messengers") *knows your hard *don't love Me *repent and *eat fruit from *Will remove *Walks among work, patient as you did at return to Tree of Life your lampstand lampstands ("churches") endurance the beginning Me and do the ("church") *Christ is the focus of the Church *don't tolerate deeds you did at false teaching first. *resist separation of priest & laity Smyrna Myrhh *From Ch. 1:17-18 Roman 100-313 *2:9 *2:10 *2:11 2:8-11 as in death *First & Last, once dead but Persecution *knows you're enduring *don't fear *will not be now alive (Eternal One) persecution and NONE and be faithful unto hurt by the NONE *Christ has the keys of death & poverty, suffering death to receive 2nd death Hades/Hell/Underworld the crown Pergamum To be *From Ch. 1:16 Age of 313-600 *2:13 *2:14-15 *2:16 *2:17 *2:16 2:12-17 thoroughly *Has sharp, two-edged sword Constantine *knows your works, *tolerate teachings *Repent of these *will give hidden *Will fight against married *Christ's word is the authority in (State & Church haven't denied Me of Balaam (heresies teachings manna, a them (the false His Church Married) even in persecution that stumble the church) white stone leaders and teachers) *tolerate Nicolatians with new name with the sword (separation of clergy and laity) Thyatira Continual *From Ch. 1:14-15 Dark Ages 600-1517 *2:19 *2:20-23 *2:24-25 *2:26 & 28 *2:22-23 2:18-29 sacrifice *Eyes like fire (Roman *knows your works, *tolerate Jezebel teaching *true believers *will give *will kill make Jezebel *Feet like brass/burnished Catholic Church) love, faith, service, (worship of Pagan who do not power over weak in sickness bronze perseverance religion/false teaching) follow false nations and *will kill her children *Implies Christ judges His Church *False doctrines of teachings have no the Morning with pestilence and Catholicism other burden Star (Himself) great suffering (Black *Didn't repent even with Plague) time Sardis Those *From Ch. 1:4, 16, 20 Protestant 1517-1648 *3:1,4 *3:1-2 *3:2-3 *3:5-6 *3:3 3:1-6 Escaping *has the Seven Spirits of God Reformation *they have a name they are *they are dead, without *Wake up, *shall be *will come like *holds the 7 stars alive good works remember what they clothed in white thief in the night *Christ determines the true Church *Some have continued in *Deeds are not complete were given *will not remove by the presence of His Spirit and good works, not soiling *Christ will come to name from Book angels their garments (see judge their works of Life Revelation 19:8) unexpectantly Philadelphia Brotherly *From Ch. 1:18 Missionary 1648-1900 *3:8 *3:11 *3:9-10,12-13 3:7-13 Love *Holy, True, Key of David, Movement *has kept My Word and *Hold fast to *Synagogue of Satan who opens and closes doors not denied My Name NONE what you have will bow at your feet NONE *Christ makes possible the outward *they have a little power *don't let anyone *know that I love you movement of the Gospel in that they work in the take your crown *will be kept from the Spirit's power, not their hour of testing for the own whole earth Laodicea People *From Ch. 1:4,6,7 Apostate Church 1900-Present *3:15,17 *3:18-19 *3:20-22 *3:16 3:14-22 Ruling *Faithful, True Witness (False Confessors) NONE *are neither hot nor cold *find true security and *he who knocks will *spits out unbelievers *the origin of God's creation *wealthy, self-satisfied, salvation in Christ have the Lord dine *Christ is the truth, concerning deceived; spiritually blind, *be zealous & repent with him Creation and all things poor, naked, wretched *Christ disciplines who *will sit with Me He loves on My throne 3-14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ephesus Apostolic Church (33 100 AD) Symrna Persecuted Church (100 313 AD) Pergamum Roman Empire Church (313-600 AD) Thyatira Roman Catholic Church (600-1517 AD) Sardis Reformation Church (1587-1648 AD Philadelphia Missionary Church (1648-1900 AD) Laodecia Apostate Church (1900-Present) 3-15
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Mexican legislator proposes 2-year marriage dissolution option Two-year marriages proposed in Mexico (CNN) -- "Until death do us part" is what generations of couples have vowed at the altar. But a legislator in Mexico City wants to give people a much shorter option. Leonel Luna from the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution wants to make it easier for couples to divorce if things don't work out the way they hoped in the first two years after tying the knot. The bill is at the center of a controversy about family values and the definition of marriage in Mexico City. But Luna, who introduced the bill at Mexico City's Legislative Assembly last week, says his measure is simply a reflection of reality. "Almost 50% of couples in Mexico City end up in divorce," Luna says. "What we're trying to do is acknowledging reality and creating a mechanism that will allow couples to end their marriage without going through the additional pain and suffering of a legal battle." Luna uses statistics from the Mexico City registry to illustrate his point. Out of 33,000 couples who got married in the past two years in Mexico City, around 16,000 filed for divorce. Ending the marriage, Luna says, costs approximately $3,500. The couple normally spends anywhere from $1,000 to $1,500 in legal fees and attorneys and the Mexico 3-18
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ephesus Apostolic Church (33 100 AD) Symrna Persecuted Church (100 313 AD) Pergamum Roman Empire Church (313-600 AD) Thyatira Roman Catholic Church (600-1517 AD) Sardis Reformation Church (1587-1648 AD Philadelphia Missionary Church (1648-1900 AD) Laodecia Apostate Church (1900-Present) 3-19
Letters to the Seven Churches Church Name Description Church Church Period Commendation Condemnation Exhortation Promise Warning by Name Meaning of Christ Type (A.D.) by Christ by Christ Christ Ephesus Desire *From Ch. 1:20 Apostolic 30-100 *2:2-3 & v. 6 *2:4 *2:5 *2:7 *2:5 2:1-7 (for Christ) *Holds 7 stars ("messengers") *knows your hard *don't love Me *repent and *eat fruit from *Will remove *Walks among work, patient as you did at return to Tree of Life your lampstand lampstands ("churches") endurance the beginning Me and do the ("church") *Christ is the focus of the Church *don't tolerate deeds you did at false teaching first. *resist separation of priest & laity Smyrna Myrhh *From Ch. 1:17-18 Roman 100-313 *2:9 *2:10 *2:11 2:8-11 as in death *First & Last, once dead but Persecution *knows you're enduring *don't fear *will not be now alive (Eternal One) persecution and NONE and be faithful unto hurt by the NONE *Christ has the keys of death & poverty, suffering death to receive 2nd death Hades/Hell/Underworld the crown Pergamum To be *From Ch. 1:16 Age of 313-600 *2:13 *2:14-15 *2:16 *2:17 *2:16 2:12-17 thoroughly *Has sharp, two-edged sword Constantine *knows your works, *tolerate teachings *Repent of these *will give hidden *Will fight against married *Christ's word is the authority in (State & Church haven't denied Me of Balaam (heresies teachings manna, a them (the false His Church Married) even in persecution that stumble the church) white stone leaders and teachers) *tolerate Nicolatians with new name with the sword (separation of clergy and laity) Thyatira Continual *From Ch. 1:14-15 Dark Ages 600-1517 *2:19 *2:20-23 *2:24-25 *2:26 & 28 *2:22-23 2:18-29 sacrifice *Eyes like fire (Roman *knows your works, *tolerate Jezebel teaching *true believers *will give *will kill make Jezebel *Feet like brass/burnished Catholic Church) love, faith, service, (worship of Pagan who do not power over weak in sickness bronze perseverance religion/false teaching) follow false nations and *will kill her children *Implies Christ judges His Church *False doctrines of teachings have no the Morning with pestilence and Catholicism other burden Star (Himself) great suffering (Black *Didn't repent even with Plague) time Sardis Those *From Ch. 1:4, 16, 20 Protestant 1517-1648 *3:1,4 *3:1-2 *3:2-3 *3:5-6 *3:3 3:1-6 Escaping *has the Seven Spirits of God Reformation *they have a name they are *they are dead, without *Wake up, *shall be *will come like *holds the 7 stars alive good works remember what they clothed in white thief in the night *Christ determines the true Church *Some have continued in *Deeds are not complete were given *will not remove by the presence of His Spirit and good works, not soiling *Christ will come to name from Book angels their garments (see judge their works of Life Revelation 19:8) unexpectantly Philadelphia Brotherly *From Ch. 1:18 Missionary 1648-1900 *3:8 *3:11 *3:9-10,12-13 3:7-13 Love *Holy, True, Key of David, Movement *has kept My Word and *Hold fast to *Synagogue of Satan who opens and closes doors not denied My Name NONE what you have will bow at your feet NONE *Christ makes possible the outward *they have a little power *don't let anyone *know that I love you movement of the Gospel in that they work in the take your crown *will be kept from the Spirit's power, not their hour of testing for the own whole earth Laodicea People *From Ch. 1:4,6,7 Apostate Church 1900-Present *3:15,17 *3:18-19 *3:20-22 *3:16 3:14-22 Ruling *Faithful, True Witness (False Confessors) NONE *are neither hot nor cold *find true security and *he who knocks will *spits out unbelievers *the origin of God's creation *wealthy, self-satisfied, salvation in Christ have the Lord dine *Christ is the truth, concerning deceived; spiritually blind, *be zealous & repent with him Creation and all things poor, naked, wretched *Christ disciplines who *will sit with Me He loves on My throne 3-20