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The Seven Churches of Revelation Series Dr. Michael Erickson
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The Seven Churchesof Revelation Series
Dr. Michael Erickson
Four principles
of interpretation
for the Seven Churches.
Historical interpretation
Personal application
Spiritual significance
Prophetic purpose
Ephesus
The Apostolic Age
30-100 A.D.
Smyrna
The Persecuted Church
100-312 A.D.
Pergamum
The Indulged Church
312-606 A.D.
Thyatira
The Pagan Church
606 A.D. - Tribulation
Sardis
The Dead Church
1520 A.D. - Tribulation
Philadelphia
The Evangelical Church
1750 A.D. – the Rapture
Laodicea
The Apostate Church
1900 A.D. – Tribulation
The church at Philadelphia
Revelation 3:7-13
Philadelphia
The Evangelical Church
1750 A.D. – the Rapture
No word of criticism
or condemnation for
this church.
Revelation 3:7-8
the “open door”
is evangelism and
world missions.
Since 1750 a.d.
Evangelical and Pentecostal
missions have dominated
world evangelism.
The promise of the rapture
Revelation 3:10
Revelation 3:12
God will write on us,
sealing us with three names.
“the name of my God”
“the new Jerusalem”
Jesus’ “new name”
The church at Laodicea
Revelation 3:14-22
Laodicea
The Apostate Church
1900 A.D. – Tribulation
Laodicea
Hot, cold or lukewarm.
Leviticus 6:8-13
Revelation 3:17
The problem of self-righteousness
and spiritual pride.
Matthew 23:27-28
Luke 18:9-14
Revelation 3:18
The spiritual essentials
Refined gold
I Peter 1:6-7
White clothes
Revelation 3:4-5
“So you can see”
Personal revelation of the of
the reality our personal
condition.
Revelation 3:19-20
A call to repentance
and an invitation to
fellowship.
Revelation 3:21
The promise to the
“overcomer” in the
book of Revelation.
10 passages
Revelation 2:7,11,17,26
3:5,12,21 / 12:11 / 17:14
21:7
The Seven Churchesof Revelation Series
Dr. Michael Erickson
