Monday, August 28, 2006

Concentric Rings of 7 Letters

Here are three concentric ring things. Do you understand them? Do you find them helpful?
Concentric rings in 7 Letters
First
A. Ephesus: hates deeds of Nicolaitans; left first love—therefore no fellowship; Jesus among them but they aren’t with Him; didn’t realize need of Christ because of zeal for correct doctrine
B. Smyrna: no condemnation
C. Pergamum: hold fast my name, but some hold to teaching of Nicolaitans;
white stone with new name
D. Thyatira
C’. Sardis: appear alive but are dead, have a few people who have not soiled
their garments; white garments, name not erased from book of life
B’ Philadelphia: no condemnation
A.’ Laodicea: lukewarm; wealth makes comfortable—therefore no fellowship (Jesus wants to come in & eat with them); Jesus true witness but they don’t know their ignorance; didn’t realize need for Christ because of wealth

Second
A. Ephesus: hate deeds of Nicolaitans
B. Smyrna: no condemnation: tribulation leads to death leads to crown of life
C. Pergamum: some hold to teaching of Balaam & Nicolaitans

D. Thyatira

C’.Sardis: think they are alive but are dead
B’. Philadelphia: no condemnation: will be kept from hour of testing
A’.Laodicea: think they are rich but are poor

Third
A & A’
2:7--‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’
3:21--‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
22 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’"



B & B’
2:11-- ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.’
3:12--‘He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
13 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’


C & C’
2:17--‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
3:5--‘He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.
6 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

D
2:26--‘And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;
27 AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;
28 and I will give him the morning star.
29 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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