The Seven Churches (Revelation 2:8-3:22‪)‬

In Revelation 1: 19 the risen and glorified Christ tells John to: “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.” That is the basic architectural structure of Revelation: 1) what you have seen (past tense, “what was”: chapter 1); 2) what is now (present tense, “what is at the time John is writing”: chapters 2 & 3); and 3) what will take place later (future tense, “what will be”: chapters 4-22).

In this lesson we examine the seven letters John writes to the seven churches in Asia Minor, beginning with his church, the Church at Ephesus.