Seven Churches Chart - Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea

Seven Churches Chart

Author: Professor Walter J. Veith, PhD

Publish date: Jan 11, 2010

Summary: Compare and contrast the important features in the letters to the seven churches with this informative chart.

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Church	Meaning of Name	Main Feature of Time Period	Commendation	Reproof	Counsel	Reward Promised to the Overcomer	Period
Ephesus	First or desirable	Era of warning love	Patient, hate deeds of false teachers, did not faint or give up	Left your first love	Repent, do again your 1st works	Eat of Tree of Life	To 100 AD
Smyrna	Myrrh or sweet fragrance	Persecution, suffering, martyrdom	Rich in faith and good works in spite of tribulation and hypocrites	NONE	Be faithful unto death	Receive crown of life, not be hurt of second death	To 313 AD
Pergamos	Height, power, or elevation by marriage	State religion, compromise	Held firm to Jesus' name and did not denied the faith	Tolerance of Nicolaitanes, Balaamism, compromise, idolatry, and immorality	Repent	Receive hidden manna, white stone, new name	To 538 AD
Thyatira	Sweet savor labor. Sacrifice of contrition	Dark Ages, apostasy	Love, faith, patience, and good works	Tolerance of Jezebel, idolatry, immorality	Hold fast what you already have	Power over nations, Morning Star	To 1560s AD
Sardis	Those escaping or that which remains	Reform	A few are not defiled	Dead works	Watch, strengthen what remains, hold fast, repent	White raiment, keep name in Book of Life	To 1790s AD
Philadelphia	Brotherly love	Revival, Gospel spread	Kept the Word and not denied Jesus	NONE	Hold fast to the faith	Pillar in temple, keep from hour of temptation Have name of God	To 1840s AD
Laodicea	Judging the people or a just people	Modern Christendom, the Church today	NONE	Lukewarm, spiritually poor, blind, and naked	Secure gold tried in fire, white raiment, eyesalve, be zealous, repent	Sit with Christ on His throne and eat with Him	To End

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