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- In Revelation the message is that God is coming to judge and to redeem, and that the powers of evil and empires will clash before God establishes the fullness of his kingdom. That central message gives people two things: warnings and comfort, just as the Old Testament books of prophecy did.
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Jan 4, 2022 · The first thing to note in this letter to the Ephesian church is that the message is from the Lord Jesus Christ: “To the angel [or messenger] of the church in Ephesus . . .” (Revelation 2:1). This is not John’s message to the Ephesian believers; it is a message from the Lord, the One “who holds the seven stars in his right hand and ...
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Jesus quickly and clearly condemns the lifeless state of the...
- Sardis
Aug 31, 2018 · The letters to the churches in Revelation are addressed to the “angel” of each church. The word angel literally translates as “messenger”, as angels were God’s messengers prior to Christ.
Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus quickly and clearly condemns the lifeless state of the Sardian church: “I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead” (Revelation 3:2). This church may have had a good reputation, but they were spiritually lifeless. In other words, the church was filled with unsaved people going through the motions of religion.
- Understanding The Seven Churches in The Framework of Revelation
- Interpreting The Seven Letters Through Three Layers of Meaning
- Recognizing The Seven Churches of Revelation as Periods of Church History
- Acknowledging Christ’s Message to The Church of Today
When Christ gave these messages to the apostle John, he was in exile on the island of Patmos. Rome had banished John to keep him from contributing to the growth of Christianity in the Empire. But even the most powerful nation in the world could not prevent John from spreading Christ’s revelation of “the things which you have seen, and the things wh...
Primary association.
The first step in Bible study is to determine what the passage of Scripture meant to its original audience: who wrote it, when and why, and to whom. Scholars refer to this as the grammatical-historical method—determining what the Bible meant in its original context. We could also call it discovering the primarymeaning. Jesus Christ addressed His letters to historical churches in seven cities: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. We begin our study of the se...
Personal application.
This step begins by asking, What does the passage mean to me? We could refer to this as discovering the personal meaning of the text. We could apply those two steps—primary interpretation and personal application—and be well equipped for the task of “rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). Christ’s letters are “profitable” for Christians of every era (2 Timothy 3:16). Because there is “nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9), the problems that beset the seven churches of R...
Prophetic anticipation.
All passages have a primary interpretation and a personal application; some also have a prophetic application. That means their general relevance reaches beyond the primary (past) and the personal (present) perspectives and extends into the future. Many scholars agree that Christ’s message to the seven churches prophetically revealed seven distinct ages of church history. So Christ’s letters to the seven first-century churches in Asia Minor require all three kinds of understanding: primary, p...
When we place Christ’s letters in the context of history, the Ephesian church prophetically correlates to the apostolic Church, the Laodicean church represents the Church in the World of the End, and the other churches depict intervening periods of history.
In 1851, William Holman Huntpainted what has become one of the most famous religious paintings in the world. Titled “The Light of the World,” it depicts a long-neglected cottage overgrown with vines, the front door closed and shut tight with no visible handle. Standing at the door, arrayed in kingly robes with a crown on His head and a lantern in o...
This apocalyptic prophecy was sent to real people that John knew. The book opens and closes as a circular letter, which was sent to seven churches in the ancient Roman province of Asia. The fact that The Revelation is a letter means that John was specifically addressing these first century churches.
Jan 29, 2021 · Answers. Q: Who wrote the book of Revelation, the Apostle John or Jesus, and why are the letters to the churches important? A: From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham. The book of Revelation is the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. The letters to the churches commend the churches but also warn the churches.
Jan 4, 2023 · Revelation shows us Jesus at work in ways we don’t see fully in the gospels. We glimpse Him in Heaven and see the outcome of His victory over Satan and death. Having as full a picture of Jesus as He desires us to have better equips us for the trials and tests of our times and those to come.
