This article is part 5 in a continuation of the previous four articles in this series on the prophetic Seven Churches of Asia from Revelation 2 & 3. In the study of the Seven Churches, we have thus far learned that the the seven letters to the seven churches set forth a pattern of Church history, written in advance of their occurrence as prophecies, to guide us into the inner chambers of the omniscient Creator – the one who knows the end from the beginning. At this point, it seems as if we have only entered the foyer of a heavenly castle and are now observing the paintings that adorn the hallway leading to the throne room. We have met our guide at the entrance. Seven lamps illuminate our steps.

Before us lies a series of seven portraits, each illuminated by a lamp. However, these are not set in oil and draped in gilded frames as one would expect. Instead, they take on the air of a motion picture – seven portraits that allow us to see two thousand years of Church history, with each of the seven portraits accurately portraying a certain time frame of history within seven individual time eras and their events, or historic theme, within the two thousand year history of the Church. Continue reading “THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN TIME AGES OF PROPHECY FULFILLMENT: CHURCH CANDLE 4 – THE AGE OF THYATIRA” →