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The
Book of Acts covers about 30
years; Chapters 2 and 3 of the
Book of Revelation cover the
next 2,000.
This
study will explore the seven
letters by Jesus Christ to
actual historical churches and
the church ages they represent.
These letters describe, with
amazing precision, the unfolding
of all church history in
advance. This chronicle fills
the gap between the 69th and
70th Week of Daniel.
We
will also find many insightful
personal applications as we
apply each letter to ourselves.
Four Levels
of Application:
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Local: actual, historic
churches with validated
needs, and so on.
Archeological discoveries
have confirmed this.
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Admonitory: "Hear what the
Spirit says to the
churches." Applies to all
churches throughout history.
Any church can be "mapped"
in terms of these seven
characteristics.
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Homiletic: personal. "He
that hath an ear let him
hear..." each letter applies
to each of us. There is some
element of each of the
"churches" in everyone of
us; perhaps the most
important application of the
entire book.
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Prophetic: These letters
describe, with amazing
precision, the unfolding of
all church history. In any
other order, this would not
be true. (This chronicle
fills the "gap" between the
69th and 70th Week of
Daniel. The Book of Acts
covers about 30 years,
chapters 2&3 of the Book of
Revelation covers the next
2,000.)
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