Pattern in the letters to the 7 churches:
1. A command to write to the angel.

Revelation 2:8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:”

Pattern in the letters to the 7 churches:
1.Command to write to the angel.
2.Self-description of the Son of Man that is related to the vision of chapter 1.

Revelation 2:8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this:”

Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Pattern in the letters to the 7 churches:
1.Command to write to the angel.
2.Self-description of the Son of Man that is related to the vision of chapter 1.
3.Commendation usually follows.

Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.”

Pattern in the letters to the 7 churches:
1.Command to write to the angel.
2.Self-description of the Son of Man that is related to the vision of chapter 1.
3.Commendation usually follows.
4.Accusation usually follows.

Pattern in the letters to the 7 churches:
1.Command to write to the angel.
2.Self-description of the Son of Man that is related to the vision of chapter 1.
3.Commendation usually follows.
4.Accusation usually follows.
5.Promise to those who overcome, with a call to hear what the Spirit says.

Hebrews 12:1-2, 11 …let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross…For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.