Page 2 - 02 The Seven Churches

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 2 – The Seven Churches
Chapter 2 — The Seven Churches

HAVING, in the first chapter, mapped out the

subject by a general reference to the seven

churches, represented by the seven

candlesticks, and to the ministry of the

churches, represented by the seven stars, John

now takes up each church particularly, and

writes the message designed for it, addressing

the epistle in every case to the angel, or

pastors, of the church.

VERSE 1. Unto the angel of the church of

Ephesus write; These things saith he that

holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who

walketh in the midst of the seven golden

candlesticks; 2. I know thy works, and thy

labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst

not bear them which are evil: and thou hast

tried them which say they are apostles, and