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Locations of the Seven Churches in RevelationRevelation Chapter 11.The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Himto show His servants what it is necessary to happen with speed/soonHe made it known/signified ithaving sent through His angel to His slave John,2. who (John) testifies to everything, as much as he saw,that is, the Word of Godand the testimony of Jesus Christ.3Blessed is the one readingand blessed are those hearing the words of the prophecy,and keeping the things having been written in it, because the time is near.To The Seven Churches4. John , to the seven churches, the ones in Asia:Grace to you all and peace fromthe One being,and the One was, and the One comingand from the Seven Spirits before His throne,5and from Jesus Christthe faithful witness, the First Born of the deathsand the Ruler of the kings of the earth.To the One loving usand having freed us from out of our sins by His blood,6.and He made us king and priests to the God and Father of Him.To Him be the glory and power into the eaons ! Amen.7You, yourself, behold, He is coming with the clouds,and every eye will see Him,even the ones who pierced through Him;and they, themselves, all the tribes of the earth, will mourn over Himyes! Amen8“I, I am the Alpha and the Omega,” saysthe Lordthe God,”The One being andThe One Who was, andThe One comingthe Almighty.”9I, John, your brother and fellow partakerin the suffering/affilictionand the kingdomand endurance in JesusI, myself happened to be on the Island of the one being named Patmosbecause of the Word of Godand the testimony of Jesus.10I was in the spirit on the imperial/Lord’s Day and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet, 11saying:“The thing you see you write in a book and you send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus,and to Smyrna,and to Pergamum,and to Thyatira,and to Sardis,and to Philadelphiaand to Laodicea.”12And I turned toward it to see the voice which was speaking with me.And having turned I saw seven golden lamp stands, 13And in the midst lampstands was Someone like “a Son of Man,”having been clothed in a robe reaching down to His feetand having been girded about with a golden girdle/belt around His chest/breasts.14and His headand hair like wool, as white as snow,and His eyes as a flame of fire.15His feet like fine burnished brass as in a furnace being made fiery hotand His voice like the sound of many waters16and having in His right hand seven stars,and from out of His mouth a two mouthed sharp sword going outand His face as the sun shines in all its power.17And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.And He placed His right hand upon me saying to me:“You, do not be afraid.I am the First and the Last. 18And the One living;And I became dead, and you, yourself, behold, living I am into the eaons of the eaons. and I have the keys of the death and Hades.19“Write, thereforethe things you have seen,the things that are and the things that are about to happen after these things.20The mystery of the seven stars which you saw at my right handand of the seven golden lampstands is this:the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches,and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.Letter to the Church In EphesusRevelation Chapter 2: First Vision: Seven letters1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus you write:These things He says, the One who holding fast the seven stars in His right handThe One walking around in the midst of the seven golden lamp stands:2I know/I have known your worksyour laborand your steadfastness.And that not you being not to tolerate evil onesAnd you tested the ones claiming themselves to be apostlesand they are not,and you found them liars.3 and You have enduranceand bore up on account of My Nameand you have not become weary.4BUT I have against you that:Your First Love you have departed from it.5 Therefore, you remember why/from where/ how you have fallen!and repent!and you do the first work but If notI will come to youand remove your lamp stand from its place.6But this you have:That you hate works of the Nicolaitians,The ones I also hate.7The one having an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.To the one conquering, I will give to himto eat from out of the Tree of Life,The One Which is in God’s paradise.Letter to the Church in Smyrna8“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:The One First and the One Last,He became dead and He lived; He says9I have known/know your tribulationand your poverty -- BUT you are rich!and the blasphemy from out of the ones saying themselves to be Jewsand they are not,BUT are a synagogue of the Satan.10 Do not be fearing the things you are about to suffer.You, yourself, behold, the devil is about to cast some of you all into prisonSo that you all should have been tested,and you all might have suffering of ten days.Be faithful until death and I will give to you all the crown of life.11The one having an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.The one conqueringcertainly not he might have been hurt from out of the second death. Letter to the Church In Pergamum12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum you write these things:He says the One having the sharp, two mouthed/double edged sword13I have known/know where you dwell-- where Satan’s throne is.and you hold fast My Name.and you did not deny faith in MeEven in the days of Antipas,My witness, the faithful onewho was killed among you all, where Satan lives.14BUT I have against you a few things:Because you have there those holding fast the teaching of Balaamwho taught Balak to cast a death trap before the sons of Israel to eating idol sacrificesand to fornicate.15 So also, you have those holding fast likewise the Nicolaitans’ teaching.16Therefore repent!But if not, I am coming to you quickly,and will contend against them with the sword of My mouth.17The one having an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.To the one overcomes,I will give of the manna, of the one having been hiddenalso I will give to him a white stoneand upon the stone a new name written having been writtenthe one no one has known except the one receiving it.Letter To The Church In Thyatira18And to the angel of the church in Thyatira you write these things:He says the Son of God, the One having the eyes of Him as a flame of fire and His feet as fine burnished bronze.19I have known/know your works,And the loveand the faith,and the serviceand your endurance,and your last works are more than the first ones20BUT, I have against you that:you allow the woman Jezebel,the one saying, she calls herself a prophetess.she teachesshe deceives My slaves to commit fornicationand to eat idol sacrifices 21and I gave her time so that she might repent from out of her fornication.but she is not willing to repent of her fornication.22You, yourself, behold, I cast her into a sick bed,and the ones committing adultery with her into great tribulation/afflictionthey will repent from out of the works of her.23and I will destroy her children with death.and all the churches, they themselves will know that I, I am the One searching diligently the secret thoughts and hearts,and I will give to you all each according to your works.24. And to you all I say, to the rest the ones in Thyatira, as many as they have not this teaching and the ones who not they knew the deep things of Satan as they call itI will not cast upon you all another burden.25Nevertheless the one you all have you all hold fast to until whenever I should have arrived.26and to the once conquering and the one keeping until the end the works of MeI will give authority over the nations –27As also I, I have received from My FatherAnd He will shepherd them with an iron rodIt breaks into pieces like pottery vessels And I will give to him the morning star.29 The one having an earlet him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Letter To The Church In SardisRevelation Chapter 31“And to the angel of the church in Sardis you write:The One having the seven Spirits of the God and the seven stars, He say these things:I know your works;You have a reputation/ name that you live,and you are dead.2You become, a wake!You strengthen the things remaining , the ones they were about to die,for I have not found your workshaving been completed before My God.3Therefore, remember what you have received and heard;And you keep itand you repent.Therefore if you should not wake up, I will arrive as a thief,and you will certainly not have knownat what hour I might come upon you.4BUT you have a few names in Sardis,the ones not they defiled their clothes.And they will walk around with Me in whiteBecause they are worthy5Thus the one conquering he, himself will be clothed in white clothing,and I will never blot out his name from out of the Book of Life.And I will confess his name before My Father in the presence of His Angels.6. The one having an earLet him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Letter to The Church in Philadelphia7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia you write: He says, The One Holy, the One True, The One having the key of David, the one opening and no one will shutand shutting and no one opens He says these things:8I know your works.You, yourself behold, I have given before you a door; the one no one is able to close it,Because you have little power,and you have kept My Wordand did not deny My Name.9 You, yourself, behold, I should give from out of the synagogue of Satan,the ones claiming themselves to be Jewsand they are not, BUT they lie.You, yourself, behold, I will make so that they will arriveand they will worship before your feetand should know that I loved you.10Because you kept the Word of My endurance, (Hebrew idiom = you have kept My Word)also I will keep you from out of the hour of trial,the one being about to come upon the whole inhabited worldto put to the test those who live on the earth.11. I am coming quickly.You hold fast the One you have,so that no one will take your crown.12 The one overcomingI will make a pillar in the temple of My God.And certainly not would he go out.I write upon him the Name of My Godand the name of the city of My Godthe NEW JERUSALEM, the One coming downfrom out of the heaven from My God;and (I write upon him) My New Name.13The one having an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Letter To The Church In Laodicea14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea you write. the Amen,the Faithful and True Witness,the Beginning/Source of God’s creation, He says these things:15I know your works,that you are neither cold nor hot. O that you were cold or hot!16Thus because you are lukewarm – –neither hot nor coldI am about to vomit forth you from out of My mouth.17Because You say, ‘I am rich;I have become wealthy and I have no need.’And not you have known/know/realize that you arewretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.18I advise you all to buy from Me gold made fiery hot,so that you might become rich;and (buy) white clothes so that you, yourselves, might be dressed and not it should be caused to be seen the shame of your nakedness;and (buy) eye slave to rube in ointment (on) your eyes,so that you might see.19I, as many as, even I love, I rebuke and chastise.Therefore you be zealous and repent.20You, yourself, behold, I have stood at the door and I am knocking.If anyone should hear My voice and he should open the door,I will enter to himand I will dine him,and he with Me.21 The one conquering I will give to him to sit down with Me on My throne,as also I, I conqueredand sat down with My Father on His throne.22The one having an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ................
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