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

Revelation 3:7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia 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 3:7 “He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:”
Revelation 1:18 ”…behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”
Isaiah 22:22 Then I will put the key of the house of David on his shoulder; When he opens, no one will shut, When he shuts, no one will open.

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.

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.