John's Interpretation Of The Book Of Revelation

No part of the Bible and its interpretation is more controversial than the book of Revelation. The book of Revelation is the last insightful book in the New Testament. It delivers the significant purpose of Christianity by describing God’s plan for the world and His final judgment of the people by reinforcing the importance of faith and the idea of Christianity as a whole. This book was written by John in 95 or 96 AD. This book talks about what is to come, what has been already witnessed, and what is the outcome and result of our past actions is the central focus of the content in Revelation. It has been criticized, endlessly dissected and examined by so many to understand its purpose and to interpret the meaning behind every specific vision

These seven churches were very close together geographically in Asia. He wrote these letters to the Churches because he felt he had a close relationship with them. The Churches were planted when Paul was on his first and second missionary. The seven Churches were to be well structured and they all follow the same pattern and there are several things in common between each letter to these churches: a greeting for each church, a different name for Jesus is used in each one, who is dictating the letters to the seven churches, criticisms for each individual church except for two-Smyrna and Philadelphia, warnings and instructions were in the letters to the churches as well. Of all the seven churches, Laodicea is the only church that Christ did not commend for anything (it as called the complacent

But Christ also knew that they eventually lost their passion for Christ, so is message to them was to repent. This church also served as the center for John’s ministry at the end of the first century. The church of Smyrna had a lot of physical suffering but they were rich in spiritual wealth, that no one could take away (Matthew 6:20). This church really did not have any failures, however Jesus did warn them that they will be persecuted but also gave them a message of hope to remain faithful. The church of Pergamum was located in a difficult place, surrounded by pagan influences, yet they held fast to Christ’s name and did not deny Him during difficult times. Jesus commended them on their positive actions because of this but they were not without sin. His message to them was simple, to repent. The church of Thyatira was very loyal to Christ and refused to deny Him. But this church was also engaging in sexual immorality and dabbling in idolatry through the woman called Jezebel. Jesus told them to repent and to hold fast to their faith until His