The Seven Churches Chronology

The Seven Churches Chronology

Q. I have read about the seven Churches and that we are at this point in history considered the Church of Laodicea. Beginning with the first Church, Ephesus, what was it’s length of time and also the the length of time of the rest of the Churches leading up to present. I am curious to know the average length of time for each of these seven Churches.

 

A. Ephesus represents the 1st century Church.  Smyrna represents the 2nd and 3rd centuries.  Pergamus is the 4th century, and then things changed.

Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea are all still around. Thyatira is the Catholic Church, Sardis the main line protestants, Philadelphia the Evangelical Church, and Laodicea the Apostate Church.  Parts of Thyatira and Sardis will disappear with Philadelphia in the Rapture, leaving the rest with Laodicea to suffer the end times judgments.

Here’s a link to my three part study on the Seven Churches.

Tags: Church, End Times, Rapture

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When I read the explanation, if you are like me, you say....OK so if this is accurate the question was How Long? And the answer is, Its Arbitrary.

That alone should raise RED FLAGS. 

 

1) How can one letter be 1 century and another letter half a century, and the the rest are 16 centuries long? 

OK.......

Here is the fact from the scriptures: The Bible was written for those in the past. The Bible was Written for those in the Present. The Bible is written for those in the Future.

ALL SEVEN LETTERS ARE WRITTEN:

For those in the Past, those is the Present, those in the Future

SOUND TO SIMPLE TO BE TRUE?

God is kinda funny that way. You really have to work at work at it to screw up what He is saying.

Michael James Stone