This document summarizes the messages to the 7 churches in Revelation chapters 2-3. Each church is appreciated for things they did well but warned and advised to repent of shortcomings. The faithful are promised rewards including access to the tree of life, not being hurt by the second death, authority over nations, white garments, pillars in God's temple, and sitting on God's throne. In conclusion, it emphasizes the need for believers to focus on repentance, faith in Jesus, holy living, and doing good deeds for God.

1. Bible Revelations of
7 church behaviors
Their rewards & punishments

2. +
our
Interpretations
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamum
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea
From the Book of Revelations
– Chapters 2&3 (Holy Bible)

3. Ephesus - the loveless Church?
Appreciated for
# Hard work & Perseverance
# Disapproving evil people
# Testing & finding out the
false Apostles
# Enduring hardships, being
patient and laboring for
LORD's name sake & not
growing weary
# Hating the evil deeds of
Nicolaitans, just as LORD
do.
Warned for
Forsaken the love you had
at first
Advised for
Repent and do the things
you did at first [ELSE] your
lampstand will be removed
from its place
Promise/Rewards
To one who is victorious
will be given the right to
eat from the tree of life,
which is in the paradise of
God
From the LORD Who holds the seven stars (Angels) in his right hand and walks
among the seven golden lampstands (Churches)

4. Appreciated for
God knows your afflictions
and your poverty—yet you
are rich!
Warned for
None
Advised for
Anticipate the Devil to test
you by way of persecution,
putting in prison and even
to the point of death, but if
you remain faithful even
unto death, you will be
given the crown of life
Promise/Rewards
The one who is victorious
will not be hurt at all by the
second death
From the LORD who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again
Smyrna - the persecuted Church?

5. Pergamum - the compromising Church?
Appreciated for
# You were loyal to God
though you live where
Satan has his throne
# You did not renounce your
faith in God, not even in
the days of Antipas, my
faithful witness, who was
put to death (in times of
persecution during 1st
Century AD)
Warned for
# On holding the teaching
of Balaam that trips the
people to sin by eating
food offered to idols and
by committing sexual
immorality
# On holding the teaching
of Nicolaitans (which is
'Freedom to sin')
Advised for
Therefore Repent [ELSE]
God will soon come & will
fight against you with the
sword of His mouth
Promise/Rewards
To one who is victorious,
will be given some of the
hidden manna and also a
white stone with a new
name written on it, known
only to the one who
receives it
From the LORD who has the sharp, double-edged sword

6. Appreciated for
# God knows your deeds,
your love and faith, your
service and perseverance
# And your latter deeds are
more than your first
# No burden to whoever that
hold-on until our Lord’s
coming and don't follow
the false teachings (of false
prophets/Jezebel) and
have not learned deep
secrets of Satan, as they
say.
Warned for
Tolerating the one who call
themselves a prophet (Here
it's the woman, Jezebel)
and by their teaching,
misleads believers into
sexual immorality and the
eating of food sacrificed to
idols.
Advised for
Given time to the prophet
to repent of sexual
immorality but as unwilling,
she will be cast into a bed of
suffering and those who
commit adultery with her
will suffer greatly, unless
they repent of her evil
deeds;
Her children(followers) will
be killed, and all the
churches will know that God
is the One who searches
minds and hearts, and Who
will repay each of us
according to our deeds
Promise/Rewards
To the one who is victorious
and does His will to the
end, the Son of God will
give authority over the
nations and they will rule
them with an iron scepter;
Also, they will be given the
morning star
Thyatira - the corrupt Church?
From the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet
are like burnished bronze

7. Sardis - the dead Church?
Appreciated for
You have few people who
have not soiled their
clothes with evil and they
will walk with LORD in
white, for they are worthy
Warned for
God know all the things
you do, and that you have a
reputation for being alive -
but you are dead!
Advised for
Wake up, and strengthen
what remains and is about
to die, for I have not found
your works complete in the
sight of my God;
And remember what you
received and heard - Keep it
and repent [ELSE] LORD will
come like a thief, and you
will not know at what hour
He will come against you.
Promise/Rewards
The one who is victorious
will be clothed thus in
white garments, and LORD
will never blot his name
out of the book of life. The
LORD will confess their
name before His Father
and before His angels
From the LORD who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars

8. Appreciated for
# You have little strength, yet
you obeyed God's word
and did not deny Him
# Because you have kept
God's command to
persevere, He also will
keep you from the hour of
trial which shall come upon
the whole world, to test
those who dwell on the
earth
Warned for
None.
Advised for
The Lord is coming soon
and Hold on to what you
have, so that no one will
take your crown
Promise/Rewards
The one who is victorious,
will be a pillar in the
temple of God. Never shall
he go out of it, and the
name of God, city of God –
the new Jerusalem and the
new name of 'Son of God’
will be written on him.
Philadelphia - the faithful Church?
From the LORD 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!

9. Laodicea - the lukewarm Church?
Appreciated for
None
Warned for
You are neither cold nor
hot & God wish, you were
either one or the other, for
you will be spit out if you
are lukewarm
Advised for
You say you're rich and
need nothing, not realizing
that you are wretched,
pitiable, poor, blind, and
naked - So, God advise you
to buy from Him gold
refined in the fire, so you
can become rich; and white
clothes to wear, so you can
cover your shameful
nakedness; and ointment
to put on your eyes, so you
can see – For God rebuke
and discipline whom He
loves and so be earnest and
repent
Promise/Rewards
To one who is victorious,
LORD will give the right to
sit with Him on His throne
From the LORD who is the Amen, the faithful and
true witness, the ruler of God’s creation

10. What we need to do as a believer then?
– The 4 focus areas! & Keep going!!
Repentance
of our sins
Faith in LORD
Jesus alone!
Living a holy
life to the
end
Doing good
deeds that
glorifies God
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