Revelation chapters 1-3

The 7 Churches of Revelation

1. Ephesus Rev 2:1
2. Smyrna Rev 2:8
3. Pergamos Rev 2:12
4. Thyatira Rev 2:18
5. Sardis Rev 3:1
6. Philadelphia Rev 3:7
7. Laodiceans Rev 3:14

The 7 things Jesus acknowledges about the 7 Churches

1. Rev 2:2 2:6 Jesus knows their works, labor and patience. He knows they can’t bear evil people and that they tried those who claimed to be apostiles and found them to be liars. He knows they have borne it all and has patience. He knows they have labored for his name sake and have not fainted. They hate the deeds of the Nicolaitanes which Jesus also hates. (Ephesus)
2. Rev 2:9 Jesus knows their works, tribulation and poverty (but they are rich). (Smyrna)
3. Rev 2:13 Jesus knows their works and where they dwell and ( he even knows where Satan’s seat is) He knows they held fast his name and have not denied the faith even when Antipas was martyred amoung them. (Pergamos)
4. Rev 2:19 Jesus knows their works, charity, service, faith, patience and works (mentioned twice) and that last to be more than the first. (Thyatire)
5. Rev 3:1 I know they works and that they have a name that they live and are dead. Rev 3:4 A few in Sardis have not defiled their garment and are worthy to walk with Jesus in white. (Sardis)
6. Rev 3:8 Jesus knows their works, (Jesus set before them an open door no man can shut). He mentions they have a little strength and that they have kept his word and not denied his name. (Philadelphia)
7. Rev 3:15 Jesus knows their works. Jesus knows they are neither hot or cold (Laodiceans)

The 7 Rebukes of the 7 churches.

1. Rev 2:4 They left their first love (Ephesus)
2. Rev 2:9 Jesus addresses the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, but aren’t but are of the synagogue of Satan. (Smyrna)
3. Rev 2:14-15 Jesus said “14. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. 15. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. (Pergamos)
4. Rev 2:20-23 Jesus said ” 20. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21.And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22.Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.” (Thyatire)
5. Rev 3:2-3 Jesus said ” 2. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3.Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.” (Sardis)
6. Rev 3:9 Jesus said ” 9.Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.” (Philadelphia)
7. Rev 3:15-17 Jesus said,” 15.I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16.So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. (Laodiceans)

The 7 instructions to the 7 Churches

1. Rev 2: 5 “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” (Ephesus)
2. Rev 2:10 “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” ( Smyrna)
3. Rev 2:16 “Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.” ( Pergamos)
4. Rev 2: 22 &24-25 “22. ….. except they repent of their deeds.” “24.But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. 25. But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.” (Thyatira)
5. Rev 3: 2-3 “2.Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3.Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. ” (Sardis)
6. Rev 3:11 “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” (Philadelphia)
7. Rev 3: 18&19 “18.I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” ( Laodiceans)

7 Promises to the 7 Churches
If they hold fast and repent

1. Rev 2:7 “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” (Ephesus)
2. Rev 2:10 &11 “10. ….I will give thee a crown of life. 11. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.” ( Smyrna)
3. Rev 2:17 ” ..To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” (Pergamos)
4. Rev 2:25-28 “25.But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. 26.And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28.And I will give him the morning star. ” (Thyatira)
5. Rev 3:5 ” He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.” (Sardis)
6. Rev 3:12 “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.” ( Philadelphis)
7. Rev 3:20&21 “20.Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. ” (Laodiceans)

7 closing statements to the 7 churches

1. Rev 2:7 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” (Ephesus)
2. Rev 2:11 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.” (Smyrna)
3. Rev 2:17 ” He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” (Pergamos)
4. Rev 2:29 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Thyatira)
5. Rev 3:6 ” He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Sardis)
   6.Rev 3:13 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Philadelphia)
   7.Rev 3:22 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Laodiceans)