Text: Rev. 1:10-13 NIV
“I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man…”
Rev. 1:10-13
There are several ways you can study the 7 churches:
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Rev. 2:7
“We are a society perched on the brink of self-destruction.
We have confused liberty with license, and we are paying the awful price.” —Billy Graham
“I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands…”
Rev. 1:12
“The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.”
Rev. 1:20
“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.””
John 8:12
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14
“Consider how far 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.”
Rev. 2:5
“And when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man…”
Rev. 1:12-13
Jesus is
“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!”
Rev. 1:18
Jesus is
“These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.”
Rev. 2:1
Jesus is