Book of Revelation
LESSON IV (Revelation 2:1-7): The Church of Ephesus The letters to the seven churches all follow the same pattern: a. An address and self-announcement of Christ. b. An appreciation of the condition of the church that is addressed, with its good and bad features. c. A message of encouragement, exhortation to repent, threat of judgment, promise. Address and self-announcement; vs. 1: “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write”: (1) For “angel” see vs. 20. He is addressed as the representative...