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The Seven Churches of AsiaRevelation 1-3
Triumphs and Tragedies of Assembly Life in
the First and the Twenty-first Centuries
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The Lord walks in the midst of the churches
Son of man
A. The likeness of the churches (1)1. A church (called-out company); Matthew 18:17, etc.2. A flock; Acts 20:28.3. God’s husbandry (cultivated field); 1 Corinthians
3:9.4. God’s building; 1 Corinthians 3:9.5. A temple of God; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17.6. A new lump; 1 Corinthians 5:7.7. A body (a body-like organism); 1 Corinthians 12:27.8. An epistle of Christ; 2 Corinthians 3:3
9. A chaste virgin, 2 Corinthians 11:2.10. Lights; Philippians 2:15.11. A crown of rejoicing; 1 Thessalonians 2:19.12. A house of God (house-like); 1 Timothy 3:15.13. A pillar; 1 Timothy 3:15.14. A ground of the truth; 1 Timothy 3:1515. A golden lampstand; Revelation 1:12, 20.16. A star; Revelation 1:20.
A. The likeness of the churches (2)
The assembly as a lampstand
1. Its preciousness2. Its position3. Its purpose4. Its permanence
B. The likeness of Christ1. Like unto the Son of man (Earth)
2. Garment down to the foot (Priest-Judge)
3. Golden sash about His chest (Emotions)
4. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow (Wisdom, experience)
5. His eyes were as a flame of fire (Searching omniscience)
6. His feet were like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace (Judgment)
7. His voice as the sound as many waters (Preeminence) 8. Had in His right hand seven stars (Possession, authority)
9. Out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword (Penetrating words)
10. His countenance was as the sun shining in his strength (Majesty)
Son of man
He is able to meet the need of every assembly!
1. Ephesus (2:1): He holds the seven stars in his right hand; walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.
2. Smyna (2:8): He is the first and the last, which was dead and is alive.
3. Pergamus (2:12): He has the sharp sword with two edges.
4. Thyatira (2:18): He is the Son of God, has eyes as flame of fire, His feet are like fine brass.
5. Sardis (3:1): He has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars.
6. Philadelphia (3:7): He is holy, He is true, He has the key of David, He opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens.
7. Laodicea (3:14) : The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God
The Mystery of the Church
The Church Age
The Second
Coming of Christ:
Messiah’sReign
The Fisrt Coming of
Christ:Messiah’s Rejection
From the Cross to the Millennium
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C. The Lord looks at the assemblies
1. Ephesus – The fallen church2. Smyrna – The frightened church3. Pergamus – The friendly church4. Thyatira – The filthy church5. Sardis – The formal church6. Philadelphia – The faithful church7. Laodicea – The foolish church
Symmetry of Order
EPHESUS LAODICEA
SMYRNA PHILADELPHIA
PERGAMUS SARDIS
THYATIRA
“THE DEPTHS OF SATAN”
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D. Layout of the Seven Letters
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