1. Island of Patmos Small island (10 by6) in the Aegean Sea, 55 miles SW of Ephesus Some Interesting Facts from Revelation

2. Why these 7 Churches? More than 7 Churches in Asia: –CollosaeCol 1:12 –HierapolisCol 4:12 –TroasActs 20:5 –MiletusActs 20:17

3. 7 is a symbolic number So 7 must refer to the whole church Each church has a message for the whole church at different periods of time. They also have a message for us today as THE CHURCH in the last days.

4. Introduction to these 7 Churches are found in 1:14-18 Ephesus – 2:1 – 1:20 Smyrna – 2:8 – 1:17,18 Pergamum – 2:12 – 1:16 Thyatira – 2:18 – 1:14,15 Sardis – 3:1 – 1:4,16 Philadelphia –3:7 – 1:18 Laodicea – 3:14 – 1:5