03-31-2008, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Diligent
That will be little consolation to those who have deliberately removed portions of the book of Revelation from God's word (like Westcott and Hort):
1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 5:14: And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 21:24: And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. |
They were 7 churches then existing. Typically they represent the course of the church
age. Spiritually represent 7 different kinds of local churches, and 7 different kinds of
believers.
Paul Foltz
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