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Jan 4, 2022 · The first thing to note in this letter to the Ephesian church is that the message is from the Lord Jesus Christ: “To the angel [or messenger] of the church in Ephesus . . .” (Revelation 2:1).
- Nicolaitans
Jesus commends the church of Ephesus for hating the deeds of...
- First Love
Revelation 2:1-7 contains Jesus’ message to the church in...
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The problem with this view is that each church displays...
- Nicolaitans
May 16, 2023 · Revelation 2:1-7 contains Jesus’ message to the church in Ephesus, the first of seven exhortations to various churches in the Roman Empire. Ephesus had some unique challenges for a Christ-follower in that it was home to the Emperor’s cult and the worship of the Greek goddess Artemis (Acts 19:23-40). Because of these influences, the Ephesian ...
- Introduction
- Revelation 2:1-7
- Conclusion
- Footnotes
The letter which is written to the church at Ephesus is but one of seven contained in chapters 2 & 3 of the Book of Revelation. If we are to correctly interpret and apply the message contained in this passage we must first pause to look at the first three chapters as a whole. In chapter 1 the entire Book of Revelation is introduced as the revelatio...
It is appropriate that the church at Ephesus is addressed first. Ephesus was the largest city of the Roman province of Asia. By the time the gospel was preached here it had a population of more than a quarter of a million people.13 Located at the mouth of the Cayster River on a gulf of the Aegean Sea, it was a flourishing commercial and export cent...
The Ephesians demonstrate a failure which is typical of every church and of every saint: we often allow Satan to capitalize on our strengths in such a way as to make it our weakness. Every virtue does carry within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Who could say that doctrine is not important? But doctrine is not an end in itself. Doctrine is...
1The seven descriptions [of Christ] all differ from one another; and, taken together, they make up the complete account given in Rev. i. of the One like unto a son of man. The Divine Author presents Himself in a different aspect to each individual Church; and the seven aspects make up His complete personal description, as the different Churches mak...
May 1, 2009 · The Letter to the Church in Ephesus. Ephesus was the site of the first congregation that Jesus addressed in the Apocalypse, and the New Testament tells us more about the history of this church than about any of the others.
The church of Ephesus was established by Paul on his third missionary journey (read Acts 19-20), and it was from this church that Paul called the elders of Ephesus to meet him at Miletus when he was on his way to Jerusalem (Acts 20:16f).
Jan 25, 2024 · The church at Ephesus was featured in the Book of Acts, in the Book of Revelation, and in one of Paul’s letters directed specifically to the Ephesian church. Why was this ancient church important to the growing Christian church at that time, and why is it important to us today?
Oct 1, 2020 · Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus first among the seven churches in Revelation (2:1–7). Ephesus was the closest city to Patmos, so it would have been the first destination to which a messenger would carry the message of Revelation.
