1. THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST – CHAPTER 2

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I probably do not agree with everything that anyone has to say, nor have I ever totally agreed with anyone I have met in life. This probably includes you. And there probably isn't anyone out there who agrees with everything I believe or have to say either. I am not your spiritual father, teacher, and definitely not your Lord or the Holy Spirit, nor am I your priest (See Matt23:8-10, Heb3:1, 1Peter2:9, etc). If I only referenced sources that I considered perfect, then I probably wouldn't be able to reference any, including my own. Now that I have said that, I do believe there is truth to be found in every teaching I do. It is up to you and the Holy Spirit in you to discern what is good, and to ponder or reject the rest. So, that is all I have to say about that, thus ending my disclaimer.

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ONE INTEGRATED DESIGN
The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed;
The Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed.

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THE DIVINE OUTLINE REVELATION 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen,
The Vision of Christ, Chapter 1
and the things which are
The Seven Churches Chapters 2,3
and the things which shall be hereafter;
Which follows after the Churches Chapters 4-22

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WHAT DO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION STAND FOR?
The seven churches described in Revelation 2-3 are seven literal churches at the time that John the apostle was writing Revelation

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WHAT DO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION STAND FOR?
1. To communicate with the literal churches and meet their needs at that time
2. To reveal seven different types of individuals/churches throughout history and instruct them in God's truth

8. THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST – CHAPTER 2
WHAT DO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION STAND FOR?
3. A possible third purpose is to use the seven churches to foreshadow seven different periods in the history of the Church.

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Ephesus: The apostolic Church
Smyrna: The persecuted Church
Pergamos: Marriage to the World
Thyatira: Papacy in the Medieval World
Sardis: Denominational/Dead Orthodoxy
Philadelphia: Rebirth of the Missionary
Laodicea: The apostate Church

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SEVEN DESIGN ELEMENTS IN EACH OF THE LETTERS TO SEVEN CHURCHES
1. Name of the Church
2. Title of Christ Chosen
3. Commendation
4. Concern
5. Exhortation
6. Promise to the Overcomer
7. Close: “He that hath an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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EPHESUS THE LOVELESS CHURCH
1. NAME OF THE CHURCH TITLE OF CHRIST CHOSEN
To the angel of the church of Ephesus write,
‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

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3. COMMENDATION
2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary.

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3. COMMENDATION
The Ephesian church was a hard-working group of believers full of fortitude. Also to their credit, they were gate-keepers of the truth and did not compromise with evildoers, and they showed patient endurance in bearing up under hardship.

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4. CONCERN
4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
They were hard working, but they no longer had the same passion for Christ as when they first believed. Their work was no longer motivated by love.

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5. EXHORTATION
5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

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5. EXHORTATION
In this case, the corrective was to remember the heights of their former love, repent (change their mind about their current status), and return to their previous way of doing things. It was time for revival in the church.

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5. EXHORTATION
Jesus warns His church of impending judgment if they did not repent: “I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Revelation 2:5b). In other words, their punishment would be the disbanding or destruction of the Ephesian church. The light in Ephesus would go out.

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3. COMMENDATION
6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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3. COMMENDATION
We don’t know much about the Nicolaitans and their doctrine, except that it was heretical. Irenaeus, an early church father in Lyons (modern-day France), wrote that the Nicolaitans promoted fornication and a compromising position on eating food sacrificed to idols, leading many into an unrestrained, carnal lifestyle.

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7. CLOSE:
“He that hath an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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6. PROMISE TO THE OVERCOMER
To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

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SMYRNA THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
NAME OF THE CHURCH TITLE OF CHRIST CHOSEN
“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write,
‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:

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SMYRNA THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
3. COMMENDATION
9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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SMYRNA THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
4. CONCERN
NONE

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SMYRNA THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
5. EXHORTATION
10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days.

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SMYRNA THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
6. PROMISE TO THE OVERCOMER
Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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SMYRNA THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
7. CLOSE
 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
NAME OF THE CHURCH TITLE OF CHRIST CHOSEN
12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write,
‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
3. COMMENDATION
13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
3. COMMENDATION
The Pergamene believers lived in a difficult place, surrounded by pagan influences, yet they held fast to Christ’s name and did not deny Him during difficult times.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
3. COMMENDATION
One Christian in Pergamum named Antipas is mentioned as a “faithful witness.” Church tradition says that Antipas was a physician suspected of secretly propagating Christianity.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
3. COMMENDATION
The Aesculapians (members of the medical guild) accused Antipas of disloyalty to Caesar. Upon being condemned to death, Antipas was placed inside a copper bull, which was then heated over a fire until it was red-hot.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
4. CONCERN
14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
4. CONCERN
15 Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.[a] 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
5. EXHORTATION
16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
7. CLOSE
17 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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PERGAMOS THE COMPROMISING CHURCH
6. PROMISE TO THE OVERCOMER
To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”’

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
1. NAME OF THE CHURCH 2. TITLE OF CHRIST CHOSEN
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,
‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
3. COMMENDATION
19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
Five qualities are listed: 1) love, 2) faith, 3) service, 4), patient endurance, and 5) greater works.

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
4. CONCERN
20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
4. CONCERN
Apparently, a false prophetess was leading believers into compromise. The church was engaging in sexual immorality and dabbling in idolatry. It is possible that “Jezebel” was her real name,

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
4. CONCERN
but it is more likely the name was a metaphorical reference to the Jezebel of the Old Testament—another idolatrous woman who opposed God’s ways. Rather than rebuke this false teacher and send her out of the church, the believers in Thyatira were allowing her to continue her deception.

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
4. CONCERN
but it is more likely the name was a metaphorical reference to the Jezebel of the Old Testament—another idolatrous woman who opposed God’s ways. Rather than rebuke this false teacher and send her out of the church, the believers in Thyatira were allowing her to continue her deception.

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
5. EXHORTATION
22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their[g] deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. .

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
6. PROMISE TO THE OVERCOMER
24 Now to you I say, and[h] to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will[i] put on you no other burden. 25 But hold fast what you have till I come. .

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star. .

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THYATIRA THE CORRUPT CHURCH
7. CLOSE
29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” .

49. The Old Geezer says;
“Okee dokee and toot-a-loo”