Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Four Pillars and the Seven Churches


The Four Pillars and the Seven Churches of Revelation 2-3
Key to Chart
ü  Commended
v  Rebuked
 ?    Unclear
Church                                  Doctrine                    Devotion                        Relationships                     Practices
Ephesus (2:1-7)
ü   
v   
       ?
ü   
Smyrna (2:8-11)
ü   
ü   
ü   
ü   
Pergamum  (2:12-17)
ü  ?
ü   
v   
v   
Thyatira (2: 18-29
v   
ü   
        ?
v   
Sardis (3:1-6)
        ?
v   
        ?
        ?
Philadelphia (3:7-13)
ü   
ü   
ü  ?
ü   
Laodicea (3:14-22)
        ?
v   
v  ?
v  ?

Ephesus: the cold but orthodox church
Smyrna: the suffering scrapper church
Pergamum: the church relationships are ruining doctrine
Thyatira: the church with good deeds, but hollow doctrine
Sardis: the mostly dead church
Philadelphia:  the obedient church
Laodicea: the unredeemed church 

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