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| | The Seven Churches of Revelation |
 | | They may wonder why churches would still be receiving prophecies and kingdom oriented doctrine in 96 AD, long after the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. | | | Likewise, all of those Old Testament books which were written after the destruction of Jerusalem, but still prior to the walls of Jerusalem being rebuilt, also refer back to its destruction and the captivity. | | | The story of Balaam is told in Numbers chapters 22-24 and 31. |
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| | The Book of Revelations, Part 1, "Letters to the Seven Churches" |
| | lf anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: for those who prove victorious there is nothing to be afraid of in the second death." | | | If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: | | | If anyone has ears to hear, let him it listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches." |
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| | The Letters To The Seven Churches |
| | They have fallen down from the height of their zeal and love for God. | | | They end up becoming a synagogue of Satan. | | | (1) We need to listen, to hear, to comprehend what God is saying to the churches. |
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| | Seven Churches in Asia |
| | They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia (Lydia), and Laodicea (Phrygia). | | | Seven Churches in Asia (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition) | | | (World and I) An insider's guide to seven cities. |
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| | 8. The Letters to the Seven Churches |
| | For example, Daniel 8 records prophetically, events up to the four-fold division of Alexander’s kingdom—then, both in the vision and in the angel’s interpretation, it leaps over the centuries and continues with instructions concerning the time of the end. | | | I have often wondered whether they had to do with the martyrdom of the blessed Polycarp (friend and disciple of the apostle John) who was an elder in the church in Smyrna about that time, and was in all probability the very angel of the church in Smyrna to whom the apostle wrote the letter. | | | Lincoln admits that in the first instance these letters were addressed to seven local churches of the Apostle’s own time and concerned their own then present condition. |
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| | THE SEVEN CHURCHES |
| | Rev 1:15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. | | | Legend has it that John was finally released from Patmos prisons and returned to Ephesus, his own parish and died of old age in the year A.D 100. | | | Early church had the tendency of remaining concentrated in Jerusalem. |
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| | The Seven Churches of Asia |
| | They were located in Collosae, Hieropolis, Troas, Miletus, Magnesia and Tralles. | | | As we enter each of seven chosen cities, we will consider their past history, their present conditions and most interesting of all, the assemblies that were located within their limits. | | | Three assemblies are praised and rebuked and two receive no commendation from their Lord. |
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| | The Seven Churches of Asia and Adam Kadmon |
| | They can also be drawn in the ratios formed by the sanctuarial Adam Kadmons at the side. | | | Surely, we are to pray for our enemies; for he who curses the adversary curses his own soul. | | | The many-circled illustrations of the pages on each of the seven churches of Asia show the relationship of the points of the stars to the twenty-four elders, which are as faces of the Unity which is Elohim. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Angels of the Churches |
| | Origen (Hom., xiii in Luc., and Hom., xx in Num.) explains that these are the guardian angels of the Churches, a view upheld by Dean Alford. | | | Augustine's reason for interpreting angels of the Churches as the prelates of the church is that St. John speaks of them as falling from their first charity which is not true of the angels [Ep., xliii (al. | | | He is bidden to write to the respective angels of those Churches and distribute to each his meed of praise or blame. |
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| | Daniel and the Revelation - Revelation Chapter 2 |
| | Against the church of Smyrna, which has just been considered, there was no word of condemnation uttered. | | | The last stage of the church, as described in chapter 3:15-17, was deemed to be incompatible with the glorious state of things which would exist here on this earth for a thousand years, with all the world converted to God. | | | And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, which was dead and is alive; 9. |
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| | Seven Churches |
| | We believe implicitly the records left and the proclamations made by the messengers of that first church--Matthew and his three co-laborers, Peter, James, John, and Paul. | | | Verses 4 and 5 show us that the "Ephesus" period reaches down to where the church began to lose her first love. | | | In verse 12and onward we have a description of the appearance of the glorified Saviour and his surroundings, some feature of which seems to be peculiarly fitted to each church; and is quoted in the message to it, as if saying, remember who it is that speaks. |
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| | Seven Historical Churches - Cutting Edge Ministries |
| | In this tape we are looking into the seven historical churches which John initially sent his prophecy to. | | | The churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, seemed to be experiencing trials and tribulations diverse from one another. | | | Each of these seven were given a unique message describing their individual challenges and admonishments by the Holy Spirit. |
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http://www.revelationofjohn.com/Revel09.html
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| | THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION |
| | ) of the churches, which are cited in order of their importance as | | | The last book in the New Testament of the Bible records the revelation of St John, also known as St John of Asia Minor. | | | Or the place where Mark Antony and Cleopatra met and married, Santa Claus lived, Home of Virgin Mary, Seven Churches mentioned in the testament are located. |
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| | The Seven Churches |
| | Speaking to seven churches means speaking to the church in perfection, in completion and totality. | | | Secondly, it is good to remember that if these letters are a prophecy of the course of church history, this is their secondary significance. | | | Ephesian: The early church, up until the death of John. |
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http://www.prophecyupdate.com/the_seven_churches.htm
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| | Seven Letters to Seven Churches |
| | The letters also contain promises to those who overcome – promises of great assurance about their eternal life in the kingdom of God. | | | Each letter concludes with the same statement: "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches..." (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). | | | The letters were written to seven churches that existed at a particular time in history. |
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| | Seven Churches of Asia #5 |
| | B. Notice that it is possible to have a church which as a whole is lacking, but still have faithful members in it. | | | Probably the angels are the life, spirit or identity of the churches. | | | Many churches today have a reputation of being sound and active, but inwardly, they are decaying and dying. |
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| | Seven Churches of Revelation (PP9) |
| | Concerning the seven churches, this indicates the churches as they were at John's time, and the things that were to come concerning the Church. | | | Some have fallen from their love of the first, and are asked to turn, yet at the same time they hate the false doctrines of the Church. | | | pr540» At this writing there are false apostles in with those of the true Church, or those who say they have a commission by God to perform ("two witnesses"). |
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| | An introduction to the letters to the seven churches of the Book of Revelation |
| | Col 4:13 notes Hierapolis as having a christian community at the time of Paul and the existence of the letter from which it comes is evidence enough that there was also a fellowship at Colossae. | | | Commentators repeatedly speak of ‘what John wrote’ to the seven churches of Asia and are often seemingly unaware that the seven letters were spoken directly by Jesus through John to them. | | | I think it certain that most people who read this will agree that the key to our understanding of what the seven letters meant to the individual churches must be settled by recourse to the events that were taking place within the respective fellowships and cities that they were addressed to. |
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| | MISSION BIBLICAL SEVEN CHURCHES TOURS by BWDK Travel Group in Turkey |
| | Therefore on a tour of the seven churches we are not looking for remnants of church structures. | | | Sailing from the island of Patmos, to which John had been banished, he would arrive at Ephesus. | | | Stott notes that "in them, by praise and censure, warning and exhortation, He makes plain much of His will for His people. |
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| | Seven Churches |
| | To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. | | | Each of the seven churches are explained by the good things, then the bad things, then what will happen if you don't change, then what will happen if you do change. | | | 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 synagog of Satan. |
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| | Religious tours, Seven Churches of Revelation - Ephesus - Turkey |
| | Izmir is the largest city in the region, and provides a perfect, culturally rich base from which to commence the tour. | | | While reference is always made to Seven Churches, the actual churches referred to are places of worship, rather than actual buildings, though of course there are many religious and historical buildings to be seen at each of the sites. | | | Our aim with all our tour arrangements is to put together an itinerary that best suits the requirements of our clients. |
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| | Seven Churches |
| | If we listen carefully and honestly to the Holy Spirit, we can find ourselves, our church, and the age we are living in, contained in the Lord’s message to these churches | | | This presentation is designed not to entertain, but to challenge the church. | | | The whole presentation is capped off with a dance to the Robin Mark son, Days of Elijah. |
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| | Angels of the Seven Churches - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |
| | It is evident from the contexts of the various Biblical passages in which the word "angel" appears, that the word does not always represent the same idea. | | | The seven angels of the seven churches (Revelation 1:20) received seven letters, figurative letters, and therefore it would seem that the seven angels are also figurative and may refer to the seven bishops who presided over the seven churches of Asia. | | | Or the angels may be regarded as the personifications of the churches. |
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| | Daily Bible Study - The Seven Churches |
| | The seven churches were dual in their significance. | | | The seven churches (Revelation chapters 2 and 3), located in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, were listed in their geographical order along an ancient triangular highway route in what is today eastern Turkey, touching on The Aegean Sea. | | | Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. |
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| | The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia (xvi) |
| | Moreover, references in the New Testament prove beyond question the existence of various other Churches in the Province before the earliest date at which the composition of the Apocalypse of John has ever been placed. | | | Now it is inconceivable that St. John should simply write to Seven Churches taken at random out of the Province which had been so long under his charge, and ignore the rest. | | | Places in such a situation, where a change was made from land-travel to sea-faring, offered a peculiarly favourable opportunity for intercourse and the spread of a new system of thought and life. |
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| | The Seven Churches of Asia Minor (Getty Museum) |
| | I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying: What you see, write in a book, and send to the seven churches which are in Asia, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. | | | In this miniature, a row of fanciful buildings with an angel perched on top of each one represents the seven churches. | | | Saint John stands at the far right looking at the churches within the framed miniature. |
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| | Seven Churches Network |
| | Travel: In the Footsteps of St. Paul: Churches of St. Paul in Asia Minor and Greece. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Letters to Seven Churches: Updated Edition |
| | Modernists need not fear that perusing it will undermine their faith, and everyone who is interested in what Christianity looked like in its earliest days will learn much from its pages. | | | At the beginning of the Book of Revelation are "letters" to churches in seven cities of Asia Minor, praising, rebuking and admonishing their congregations and disclosing how Christ views their works. | | | Its first part surveys what can be known of the places, peoples and institutions of late First Century Asia Minor. |
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