REVELATION CHAPTERS 2-3                                       “The Things Which Are”   Contemporary Composite Chronological                           Seven               Progression                  History     General Pattern:               1)     Describe Self from Chapter 1 2)     Good Deeds 3)     Bad Deeds 4)     Instructions 5)     Promises 6)     Phrase “Who has an ear to hear”               EPHESUS           ~        AD 32-100                     APOSTOLIC PERIOD               SMYRNA            ~        AD 100-313                            PERSECUTION PERIOD   Rev 2:8             Self-Description                         “Eternal Life”                              Name                                        “Myrrh” à         suffering   Rev 2:9             Poverty                                     Hebrews 10:34     Rev 2:10            10 Days of Tribulation                 10 Roman Emperors   Rev 2:11            Don’t Fear first                   “Second Life”         PERGAMUM      ~        AD 313-590                            IMPERIALCHURCH   313 AD             Edict of Toleration by Constantine                       Marriage of the Church                                                     Anti      =          Against                                     Nikao    =          to Conquer                         Pas      =          Fahter                                       Laos     =          the people       THYATIRA         ~        AD 590-1517                 ROMANISM   Gregory I           Pope Elevated into position of Secular Power             SARDIS               ~        AD 1518-1750               PROTESTANTISM                                                                                                 Martin Luther                 Lutheran                                                 John Calvin                    Presbyterian                                                 John Wesley                 Methodist              Rev 3:1             Name alive, but .   Rev 3:2             Wake up and strengthen.   Rev 3:3             Turn back to Word.         PHILADELPHIA ~       AD 1750-Rapture                   CHRISTIANDOM     Rev 3:8,10         Kept the Word   Rev 3:10            Will be kept from tribulation       LAODICEA         ~        End Times àTribulation UNIVERSALISM                           Last one chronologically- no words of commendation   Rev 3:14            People to rule   Rev 3:20            Position of Jesus       Final Four Churches   Thyatira2:22,25,28         Rev. 22:16         2 Peter 1:19   Sardis               3:3                    1 Thes 5:2         2 Peter 3:10      Revelation 16:15   Not everyone     2:24                  3:4