The Seven Church Ages

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Verses such as Revelations 3:10 there Church ages. After all, the rapture promise was not and did not happen back then.

15.1.5. Representative of Seven Stages of Church History Commentary - A Testimony of Jesus Christ

The Seven Church Ages as Seven Churches in Asia

What do the seven churches in Revelation stand for?

 

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I see them as the types of Churches we have in the world right now

 

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2 applications are valid. Literal churches in the first century... Representative types of the decline of the church throughout ahistory... Pinning them to present churches in a literal sense invites us to judge andg fingers. That said, characterising the Christian church today as a whole as Laodicean would not be far amiss.

 

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What do the seven churches in Revelation stand for?

 

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15.1.5. Representative of Seven Stages of Church History Commentary - A Testimony of Jesus Christ

 

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Notice how the first two ages were under Roman political power and paganism.

The third is when the political began intertwining and replacing the official Roman paganism with the beginnings of Catholicism.
As well the churches began letting pagan beliefs creep in.

The fourth is when Catholicism took over, both politically and religiously.

The fifth Catholicism dominated and persecuted true Christians. But some rebelled in the Reformation, which was a move in the right direction still a far cry from being really Christian.

The sixth saw a rebirth of true Christians, weak as they were. Catholicism was still there and destructive.

This was a time when England broke from the Catholic Church. But not for reasons of biblical purity, but political power. Even the writing of the KJV was political.

Seventh church brought in critical thinking and growth of cults, many of which began in the sixth church.

The seventh church dominates today. Their destiny is the tribulation.

The sixth church is destined for rapture.

During each church age what is presented is the dominant feature of the age. Aspects of all the ages exist in every church age.

 

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This is a challenge for those who do not believe cults should be called cults. Where does this belief fit in the ages?

 

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What picture of the Catholic Church is present?

 

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Where do churches that embrace homosexuality fit?

 

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Where does the Mormon church fit?

 

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Where do the Jehovah witnesses fit?

 

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Where do Calvinists fit?

 

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Where do those who preach salvation by works fit?