I see no issues with his approach. It is clear he saw the 7 churches as literal and the messages to them as literal, and that such assurances, rebukes and promises apply to the church in all ages to include today. I would not go as far as he did in applying an historic attribution, but in any era there are elements of the 7 Asian churches in all churches.
This is the way with most prophecy. There is an immediate context and fulfillment and ultimate fulfillment.
I will gladly concur with the premise.
This is the way with most prophecy. There is an immediate context and fulfillment and ultimate fulfillment.
That is absolutely the way it is... else much that pointed to Yeshua would have been fulfilled before Him, which is why the Jews didn't get it put together. It is a caution for us today, I'd think...
>>>I see no issues with his approach. It is clear he saw the 7 churches as literal and the messages to them as literal, and that such assurances, rebukes and promises apply to the church in all ages to include today. I would not go as far as he did in applying an historic attribution, but in any era there are elements of the 7 Asian churches in all churches.<<<
That, my friend, is a clear case of spiritualizing the scriptures.
Philip