Seven Churches

{SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA}
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  1. The Prologue to the Book of Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:1-8 - The first paragraph introduces the key subjects and the addressees of the book)
  2. John, A Fellow-Participant in the Kingdom - (John functions as a surrogate for faithful believers, especially the seven churches of Asia) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Isle of Patmos - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 1:9 - John was exiled on Patmos for the testimony of Jesus)
  4. First Vision - Revelation 1:8-20 - (John's vision of Jesus walking among seven golden lampstands) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Introduction to the Seven Churches - (An overview of the letters to the Seven Churches of Asia) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The Church at Ephesus - (Revelation 2:1-7 - The messenger of the assembly at Ephesus is commended for rejecting false apostles but chastised for losing his “first love") - {PDF Copy}
  7. The Church at Smyrna - (Revelation 2:8-11 - The church at Smyrna is promised more tribulation based on its past faithfulness in persecution) - {PDF Copy}
  8. The Church at Pergamos - (Revelation 2:12-17 - The church at Pergamos is corrected for tolerating the teachings of “Balaam”) - {PDF Copy}
  9. The Church at Thyatira - (Revelation 2:18-29 - The prophetess, “Jezebel,” deceived many saints at Thyatira into accommodating idolatrous practices ) - {PDF Copy}
  10. The Church at Sardis - (Revelation 3:1-6 - The church in the city of Sardis receives no commendation, only warnings, and a summons to repent) - {PDF Copy}
  11. The Church at Philadelphia - (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 ) - {PDF Copy}
  12. The Church at Laodicea - (Revelation 3:14-22 - The church at Laodicea receives no commendation, only correction) - {PDF Copy}
  13. First Vision - Seven Lampstands - (PDF Download; a detailed study about the first vision of Jesus and the Seven Churches of Asia - Revelation 1:8 - 3:22) - {PDF Copy}
  14. The Nicolaitans - (A teaching in several of the churches of Asia that promoted compromise with idolatry and emperor worship) - {PDF Copy}
  15. Kept from the Hour - (Revelation 3:10 - Did Jesus promise to remove the first-century church of Philadelphia from the earth?) - {PDF Copy}
  16. The Beginning of the Creation of God - (Revelation 3:14 - In his Death and Resurrection, Jesus inaugurated the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}

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Area around Patmos and western Asia
The area around Patmos and western Asia