Seven Churches
{REVELATION CHAPTERS 1 - 3}
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- A Brief Introduction to the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (Background information plus an outline of the Book)
- The Prologue to the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:1-3 - The opening paragraphs presents the key themes of the book and introduces its intended audience)
- Greetings to the Seven Churches - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:4-8 - The salutation from the Throne to the seven churches of Asia highlights the main themes of the book, especially the present reign of Jesus)
- The First Vision - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:9-20 - John sees the risen Son of Man walking among the churches)
- Introduction to the Seven Churches of Asia - {PDF Copy} - (The visitation of Jesus to each of the Seven Churches prepares the reader to understand the visions that follow the seven letters to the churches of Asia)
- The Church at Ephesus - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 2:1-7 - The messenger of the assembly at Ephesus is commended for rejecting false apostles but chastised for losing his “first love")
- The Church at Smyrna - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 2:8-11 - The church at Smyrna is promised more tribulation based on its past faithfulness in persecution)
- The Church at Pergamos - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 2:12-17 - The church at Pergamos is corrected for tolerating the teachings of “Balaam”)
- The Church at Thyatira - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 2:18-29 - The prophetess, “Jezebel,” deceived many saints at Thyatira into accommodating idolatrous practices)
- The Church at Sardis - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 3:1-6 - The church in the city of Sardis receives no commendation, only warnings, and a summons to repent)
- The Church at Philadelphia - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 3:7-13 - Like the church at Smyrna, Philadelphia receives no correction. She is faithful and, therefore, will be kept from the hour of trial)
- The Church at Laodicea - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 3:14-22 - The church at Laodicea receives no commendation, only correction)
{RELATED TOPICS}
- The Season of Fulfillment - {PDF Copy} - (The book of Revelation applies key verses from Daniel to the age of fulfillment that began with the Death and Resurrection of Jesus)
- Unsealing Daniel's Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:1-3 - The “scroll” that Daniel was commanded to “seal shut” is unsealed and its contents unveiled in the book of Revelation)
- The Death and Exaltation of Jesus in the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the Exaltation and Sovereignty of Jesus are based on his past Death and Resurrection)
- The Ruler of the Kings of the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:4-6 - According to the book of Revelation, Jesus already rules over the kings of the earth)
- Taking Revelation's Target Audience Seriously - {PDF Copy} - (The book is addressed to seven real churches that existed in the province of Asia in the first century A.D.)
- A Call to Action - The Seven Beatitudes of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (Seven Beatitudes in Revelation summon the churches to faithfulness in suffering)
- The People of God in the book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The people of the God in Revelation is comprised of men and women from every nation redeemed by the Lamb)
- The Apocalyptic People of God - (The People of God in the Book of Revelation is comprised of men and women of every nation redeemed by the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
- The Nicolaitans - {PDF Copy} - (The deceivers and their false teaching in the churches of Asia)
- Kept from the Hour - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 3:10 - Did Jesus promise to remove the church at Philadelphia from the earth?)
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