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SEVEN CHURCHES
The Seven Churches of Asia are all located in Anatolia; Smyrna (Izmir), Pergamum
(Bergama), Thyatira (Akhisar), Sardis (Sart), Philadelphia (Alasehir), Laodiceia
ad Lycum (Goncali) and Ephesus (Efes).
These churches are associated both with Saint Paul and with Revelations (the
Apocalypse); letters written in c.95 AD to the Seven Churches by John. For some
People John is a visionary who lived on the island Patmos. But some people say
he is the Apolstle John.
There should have been more than seven cities with major Christian congregations
in Anatolia at the time That John wrote and it is unknown why he addressed only
these seven. These were possibly the most important ones at that time or letters
to other churches were lost.
These churches were not church buildings as such but congregations. These early
congregations had their meetings in private homes as there had been no original
church buildings until the 3C AD. St. Paul possibly founded some of the Seven
Churches on his missionary journeys between 47-57 AD, as he was thought to have
visited all seven cities.
Symrna : ''These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who
died and came to life again. I know your afflictions and your poverty - yet you
are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are
a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell
you, the devil will put some of you prison to test you, and you will suffer
persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will
give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him her what the Sipirit says
to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death''
( Rev 2:8-11 )
Pergamum : ''These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged
sword. I know where you live-where Satan has his thorne. Yet you remain true to
my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the eyes of Antipas, my
faithful witness, who was put the death in your city-where Satan lives.
Nevertheless, I have e few things against you: You have people there who hold to
the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by
eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality. Likewise
you also have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Repent therefore!
Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of
my mouth. He who has an ear, let him her what the Spirit says to the churches.
To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him
a white stone with a new name written on it, know only to him who receives it.''
( Rev 2:12-17 )
Thyatira : '''These are the words of the son of Got, whose eyes are liked
blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your
love and faith, your service, and perseverance, and that you are now doing more
than you did at first. Nevertheless I have this against you: You tolerate that
women Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my
servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I
have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So ı will
cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with
her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children
dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and
uminds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Now I say to the
rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not
learned Satan's so-called deep secrets ( I will not impose any other burden on
you): Only hold on to what you have until I come. To him who overcomes and does
my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations-He will rule them
with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'-just as I have
received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star. He who
has an ear, let him her what the Spirit say to churches. ( Rev 2:18-29 )
Sardis : ''These are the words of him who is holds the seven spirits of
Gold and seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive,
but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I
have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore,
what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake
up, I will come like a thief, and you will knot know at what time I will come to
you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They
will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will,
like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of
life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angles. He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churces.'' ( Rev 3:1-6 )
Philadelphia: ''These are the words of him who is holy and true, who
holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one
can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no
one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word
and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of
Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars I will make them
come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you
have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of
trail that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the
earth. I am coming to soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take
your crown. Him who overcomes ı will make a pillar in the temple of my God.
Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the
name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of
heaven from my God, and I will also write on him my new name. He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'' (
Rev 3:7-13 )
Leodicea : ''These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are
neither cold or hot. I wish you were either! So, because you are luke warm
neither hot nor cold I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am
rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realise
that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from
me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear,
so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you
can see.'' ( Rev3:14-18 )
Ephesus : ''These are the words of him who is holds the seven stars in
his right hand and walks among the seven golden lamp stands: I know your deeds,
your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you can not tolerate wicked
men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have
found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,
and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your
first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the
things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove
your lampstand from its place. But you have this in your favour: You hate the
practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the
right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.!! ( Rev
2:1-7 )
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