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  COMMENTARY ON REVELATION 2-3
  by Chuck Smith
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Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he
that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks (Rev 2:1);

So the description of Jesus out of chapter one, "He holds the seven
stars in his right hand and He walks in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks". And you will find that His message is going to be
relative to this description. It is going to come up again in the
message to the church of Ephesus. It should be noted that each of these
churches comprise a period of church history. And you can find that it
fits very well to the periods of church history. And we will point out
these periods of church history as we go through the seven messages.

These seven churches exist today. The conditions in this state you will
find are relative to the church today. So they exist concurrently and
they were addressed to the seven churches that existed, than dealing
with situations that did exist within the churches, but they also have a
historic application, which we will also see.

Now to the church of Ephesus,

I know thy works (Rev 2:2),

He says that to each of the churches.

and thy labour, and thy patience (Rev 2:2),

Now John in the first chapter described himself as on the island of
Patmos for the testimony of Jesus Christ, and he said he was their
brother and companion in tribulation in the kingdom and patience.

Now towards the end of the first century, they began to realize that the
coming of Jesus wasn\

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