After the reading to the seven churches in Revelation, these churches collapsed, go ahead, look into history,?

Question

if you are not afraid to find out the truth. What do you think this for-shadows? Go ahead, look into history, if you are not afraid. I encourage you.

Answer 1

It foreshadows the collapse of churches??? not sure... what's your point?

Answer 2

The Book of Revelation, was written by "John" (1:1, 4, 9; 22:8). The author also states that he was in exile on the island of Patmos when he received his first vision (1:9; 4:1–2). As a result the author of Revelation is referred to as John of Patmos. John explicitly addresses Revelation to seven churches of Asia Minor: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea (1:4, 11). All of these sites are located in what is now Turkey.

Some canons, especially in the Eastern Church, rejected the book, while most others included it. Although the traditional view still has many adherents, many modern scholars believe that John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and John of Patmos refer to three separate individuals. Certain lines of evidence suggest that John of Patmos wrote only Revelation, not the Gospel of John nor the Epistles of John. For one, the author of Revelation identifies himself as "John" several times, but the author of the Gospel of John never identifies himself directly. While both works liken Jesus to a lamb, they consistently use different words for lamb when referring to him — the Gospel uses amnos, Revelation uses arnion.

Lastly, the Gospel is written in nearly flawless Greek, but Revelation contains grammatical errors and stylistic abnormalities which indicate its author may not have been as familiar with the Greek language as the Gospel's author.

The symbols of Revelation refer to the gradual division and collapse of the Roman Empire, the emergence of a divided Europe in the West and a Muslim empire in the East, and the collapse of the Eastern Empire while Europe attempts to reunite and recreate the Roman Empire. It happened 1500 years ago, and Christ did not appear, so get over it and stop trying to re-intepret it into some future event.

Answer 3

It was not about their physical location, nor whether they are still in existence or not. The warning to the Seven churches was that of their spiritual apathy and decline. The only church that got some praise. Was the one in Philadelphia. No, not the city in Pennsylvania!

Most mainline churches have truth in them. But not all of it.
They can all stand some improvement. Especially in their teachings and beliefs.

Answer 4

Oh so bright and intelligent one.

You forgot something.

Rev 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

What are candlesticks?

Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Candlesticks are churches and two of them are still around when the two witnesses are here.

Wayne Murray

Answer 5

I know exactly where they are at in turkey my friend, this is not meant to be literal, but they were written about the literal churches of the time John was writing but was meant to be symbolic in nature to represent the church periods throughout the ages because the revelation is a book of prophecy. besides the church is not a building .

Answer 6

I was always told that these are like sample churches of different characteristics in every church throughout history. They are examples and warnings to all people today even. Most churches at some point fail, split, or morph. It happens. We're human after all.

Answer 7

No they didn't. Four of the seven Churches are still entact. You look into history. The four of them are still there, in Asia Minor, and all four are Greek Orthodox. All four of them can show you lists of bishops going back to the time of the Apostle John.

It is a sad day when 'history' consists of nothing more than assumptions.

Answer 8

Who is affraid of History?? You're obviously instigating an argument with one of the sides, either Christianity or Atheism,.... but which side? You might want to be more clear in your next post.

Answer 9

But the Body of Christ hasn't collapsed .Body of Christ our the believers.Which make up the Church.

Answer 10

as i have said many times before
these prophecies were to happen during the generation of Jesus