Letter to the Church in Sardis
Revelation 2:12-17
Letter to the Church in Pergamum
Revelation 2:8-11
Letter to the Church in Smyrna
Revelation 2:1-7
Letter to the church in Ephesus
Revelation 1:9-20
Pastor Josh continues through the Book of Revelation:
“One of the biggest mistakes made in interpreting and understanding Revelation is a result of failing to read it in its historical context. And this is why we have all these different television preachers who have all these different views about Revelation, this is why in churches we oftentimes just keep the book of Revelation closed because so many people have so many different viewpoints, because we have made the mistake of failing to understand that this was a letter written to an original people group…
…The Book of Revelation was written to real people who were facing real problems in real churches in real cities - and it meant something to them. And this is what we need understand so that we know what it means to you and I.”
Revelation 1:1-8
“Are you compromising so that you don’t receive persecution? The benefits that Rome had to offer exerted significant benefits to live like the culture around them - to assimilate, either to avoid persecution or to enjoy the bounty of what society had to offer. This is a great temptation and this is the temptation that is happening to us today. The temptation to live like the culture around us so that we can enjoy the things that the culture around us enjoys - and also to avoid persecution.
We are going to explore this - this is so relevant for our church today - as we continue through the book of Revelation.”