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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 | 0 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 | 100 To 323 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 | 323 To 538 AD |
Thyatira |
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 | 538 To 1798 AD |
Sardis | 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 | 1798 To 1843 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 | 1843 TO 1888 AD |
Laodicea | A people judged | 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 | 1888 To End |
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