THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATIONS

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THEME VERSE Rev. 1:5b-6 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST KNOWING THE ONE WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME IS COMING AGAIN, I WILL LIVE MY LIFE FOR HIM

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REV 1:5 (ESV) and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

REV 3:19 (ESV) - LAODECIA Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

ROM 2:4 (ESV) Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

THE FIRST AND LAST REV. 1:9-20

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REV 1:16 (ESV) In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

REV 1:20 (ESV) As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

COMPANIONSHIP IN CHRIST REV 1:9

REV 1:9 (ESV) I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

QUOTE “. . . the conditions under which he lived would have been harsh. Exhausting labor under the watchful eye (and ready whip) of a Roman overseer, insufficient food and clothing, and having to sleep on the bare ground would have taken their toll on a ninety- year-old man. . . . John Macarthur

QUOTE . . . It was on the bleak, barren island, under those brutal conditions, that John received the most extensive revelation of the future ever given.” Dr. Daniel L. Akin quoting John Macarthur, Exalting Jesus in Revelation Kindle Locations 624-627). John Macarthur

JOH 16:33 (ESV) I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

REV 1:9 (ESV) I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

CHARACTER OF CHRIST REV 1:10-16

REV 1:10 (ESV) I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet

REV 1:11 (ESV) saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATIONS

REV 1:12 (ESV) Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

REV 1:20 (ESV) As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

REV 1:13 (ESV) – HIS PRESENCE and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

MAT 28:20 (ESV) teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

HEB 13:5 (ESV) Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

REV 1:13 (ESV) - PRIESTHOOD and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

DAN 7:13 (ESV) “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.

REV 1:13 (ESV) and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

EXO 28:4 (ESV) These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.

HEB 4:15 (ESV) For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

HEB 7:27 (ESV) He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.

REV 1:14 (ESV) – HIS PERCEPTION The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,

REV 1:15 (ESV) - POWER his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

REV 1:16 (ESV) - PROTECTION In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

JOH 10:28 (ESV) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

COMFORT FROM CHRIST REV 1:17-18

REV 1:17 (ESV) When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

REV 1:18 (ESV) and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

REV 1:17 (ESV) When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,

ISA 44:6 (ESV) Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

REV 1:18 (ESV) and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

REV 1:8 (ESV) “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

REV 22:12 (ESV) “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.

REV 22:13 (ESV) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

REV 22:20 (ESV) He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

JESUS IS GOD THE FATHER – “First and Last” (Isa 44:6) THE SON – “First and Last” (Rev. 1:17-18) (Died and Alive Forevermore) THE FATHER – “Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 1:8) THE SON – “Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 22:12-13, 20) (Coming quickly)

COMMISSION FROM CHRIST REV 1:19-20

REV 1:19 (ESV) Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

OUTLINE OF REVELATIONS CHP 1 – “Things you have seen” CHPS 2-3 – “Those that are” CHPS 4-22 – “Those that are to take place after this”

REV 1:20 (ESV) As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

1 COR 11:10 (ESV) That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

THE FIRST AND THE LAST COMPANIONSHIP IN CHRIST CHARACTER OF CHRIST COMFORT FROM CHRIST COMMISSION OF CHRIST

THE FIRST AND THE LAST A BIGGER AND BRIGHTER PICTURE OF JESUS GIVES ME HOPE IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING AND ENCOURAGES ME TO ANSWER HIS CALL

REV 1:5b (ESV) . . . To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

REV 1:18 (ESV) and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.