As the time draws near for the promise of a son to be fulfilled to Abraham, he once again fails by his lack of faith. Nevertheless, God does not fail him and maintains His covenant with His imperfect servant.
Thyatira represents the church age that saw the development of the Roman Catholic Church and a number of doctrines that corrupted Christian theology. Jesus greatly denounced these doctrines and urged them to repent or be cast into the Great Tribulation.
After Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah (namely his nephew Lot), the angels of God go down to Sodom and are only able to rescue a small portion of his family. Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed and Lot’s family is rescued. However, although Lot and his family have been taken out of Sodom, Sodom was still in Lot’s family.
The letter to the Church of Pergamum was encouragement to the Christians in Pergamum to remain separated from the pervasiveness of surrounding idolatry. Prophetically speaking, it was the birth of the state church and planted the seeds for the Roman Catholic Church.
The Church of Smyrna was a severely persecuted church. However, their sufferings refined them before Christ and He had nothing negative to say about this church. This church tells us about the period of persecution of the church from 100-300 A.D.
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