SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
Prologue to Revelation – (Revelation 1:1-3 – The Prologue of the book of Revelation)
What Must Come to Pass – (Revelation concerns “what things must soon come to pass” for God’s servants)
The Season is at Hand – (In Revelation, the “season of the end” began with the Death and Resurrection of Jesus)
Greetings from the Throne – (Revelation 1:4-8 – The salutation from the Throne to the seven churches of Asia highlights the book’s key themes)
Seven Beatitudes – Call to Action – (The seven beatitudes in the book provide the church with marching orders)
The Faithful Witness – (Jesus is the “Faithful Witness” because of his self-sacrificial death – Revelation 1:5)
Firstborn of the Dead – (Jesus was the first to be resurrected, and many others will follow)
Sovereign over the Earth – (Jesus is the Supreme Sovereign over all the earth)
He Who Is – (God is the Almighty, Who is and Who was and Who is coming)
The Seven Spirits of God – (Greetings from God, Jesus Christ, and the Seven Spirits before His throne)
Kings and Priests – (Disciples reign with Jesus as royal priests who render service before him)
The Lordly Day – (On Patmos, suddenly, John found himself “in the Spirit,” projected into the “Day of the Lord” – Revelation 1:9-10)
Tribulation, Kingdom, Endurance – (John was a “fellow-participant” with the suffering churches of Asia)
THAT Son of Man – (The one like a Son of Man from Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation, the Son of Man)
First Vision – Son of Man – (Revelation 1:9-20 – The first vision on Patmos – The Son of Man walks among Seven Lampstands)
The Seven Churches – (An overview of the letters to the Seven Churches of Asia)
False Apostles and Nicolaitans – (Deceivers were encouraging believers to compromise with the idolatrous rites of pagan society)
False Apostles and First Works – (The messenger is commended for rejecting false apostles and chastised for leaving his first love)
Become Faithful Until Death – (Smyrna is promised more tribulation based on its past faithfulness in persecution)
The Church at Pergamos – (Revelation 2:12-17 – The church at Pergamos is corrected for tolerating the teachings of “Balaam”)
Caesar’s Devotees – (The group called the inhabitants of the earth represents men who are omitted from the Book of Life because they give their allegiance to Caesar)
The Church at Thyatira – (Revelation 2:18-29 – The prophetess “Jezebel” deceived many saints at Thyatira to accommodate idolatrous practices)
The Church at Sardis – (Revelation 3:1-6 – The church at Sardis received no commendation, only warnings, plus a summons to repent)
The Church at Philadelphia – (Revelation 3:7-13 – Like Smyrna, Philadelphia received no correction. She was faithful, and therefore, will be kept from the hour of trial)
Kept from the Hour – (The hour of trial will come upon the whole habitable earth, but overcoming saints will not experience this final judicial act – Revelation 3:10)
The Church at Laodicea – (Revelation 3:14-22 – The church at Laodicea received no commendation, only correction)
Beginning of the New Creation – (Revelation looks forward to the reign of Jesus in the New Creation inaugurated by his Death and Resurrection)
RELATED SUBJECTS
The Messianic Reign in Revelation – (Jesus symbolized as the sacrificial Lamb began his reign upon his arrival at the Divine Throne)
Death and Exaltation of Jesus in Revelation – (The book links his present reign to his past Death and Resurrection, the immovable foundation of his kingdom)
End-Time People of God – (The church is where the final war is waged between the Lamb and the Dragon)
The Redemption of the Nations – (The nations of the earth are found in New Jerusalem because of Christ’s redemptive work)
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