The "Church" is the visible Body of Christ that professes "one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism" and owes true obedience to the successor of St. Peter, the Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ, who has been given the keys to Heaven and the power to bind and loose. The "churches" desribed in the Apocalypse are the assemblege of Christians in the localities listed that constitute part of the greater "Church." The different employments of the word "Church" can be seen in the following Catholic Encyclopedia article:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03744a.htm
John was taken in "SPIRIT" to the LORDS DAY. Now apparently the Catholic church in its claim to be the one and only, ignores what that "DAY" means, and Peter even tells us how long "that DAY is.
Paul tells us in ICorinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: (examples) and they are written for our admonition, (warning) upon whom the ends of the world (ages) come.
These ensamples (examples) that Paul is talking about is written in the OLD Testament, that which Christ repeatedly taught from. The admonition, (warning) is that what happened in the OLD would be replayed again giving the student an insight as to "signs" of the TIMES as is described in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 which is what is in what is commonly called the "Apocalypse".
Now those "7" churches described in Revelations apparently claim to be Christian and no where does it say they are to be under one flesh man, that claim is not WRITTEN. When Christ in taking his last breath upon that cross the very next event that is described was the "RENTING of the VEIL in the Holy of the Holies from TOP to BOTTOM", that place where prior to, only the "priest" could go. The "RENTING" of that veil ended the practice of it being necessary for "blood sacrifices" via a priest for forgiveness of ones sins. This is the "freedom" given to the individual that "IF" one believes they are given access to the Heavenly Father through Christ.
Christ saves not man or a church that is written. There is no instruction given to Peter to "reenact" what was required prior to the death of Christ, that was the means and method of maintaining control over the masses by installing a man over people.
Now you are free to choose what to believe and "WHOM" to follow, that is the "freedom" given by the Creator from the beginning. We were created to give HIM pleasure and this flesh ages is the "testing" time for all to choose.
Now some have gone through this flesh age never having been given the "truth" and that is the purpose for the "TIME" of THE LORD'S DAY.
Your exegesis of the Apocalypse and Scripture in general is a little difficult to understand and underlies the problem with private interpretation, as unless you have a Divine Authority to assert the doctrines you are putting forth are true, then you have no assurance that your interpretation is infallible and represents the true Doctrine of Christ.