The Bible In Paintings ✝️ Revelation, Chapters 1-3: JESUS' LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES – “Behold, I stand at the door and knock” ✝️

[Hebrews 11:6]

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JESUS' LETTERS
TO THE SEVEN
CHURCHES

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REVELATION
«Chapters 1-3»

“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are THE SEVEN CHURCHES.

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JEAN BONDOL
"The Seven Churches"

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JOHN THORNTON
"The Seven Churches of Asia"

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"Seven Churches"

“To the angel of the church in EPHESUS write:
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Repent and do the things you did at first. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

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FACUNDUS
"The Angel Gives John the Letter for the Church of Ephesus"

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SIDNEY SIME
"To the Church in Ephesus"

“To the angel of the church in SMYRNA write:
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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"To Smyrna"

“To the angel of the church in PERGAMUM write:
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

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FACUNDUS
"The Angel Gives John the Letter for the Church of Pergamum"

“To the angel of the church in THYATIRA write:
Hold on to what you have until I come. To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star.

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"To Thyatira"

“To the angel of the church in SARDIS write:
I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

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"Letter to Sardis"

“To the angel of the church in PHILADELPHIA write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

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STEPHANUS GARSIA
"To the Church in Philadelphia"

“To the angel of the church in LAODICEA write:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

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RICK WIENECKE
"The Lukewarm Church"

“HERE I AM! I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN AND EAT WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME.

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

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PETER CARL GEISSLER
"Jesus Christ, Knocking at the Door"

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"Jesus at the Door"

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"Jesus Knocks at the Door of Your Heart"

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"Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock"

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TIFFANY
"Christ the Light of the World"

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"Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and dine with him,
and he with Me."

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WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT
"The Light of the World"

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HOLMAN HUNT
"The Light of the World"

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"I Am the Light of the World"

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TIFFANY
"Jesus Is the Light of the World"

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ANDREI MIRONOV
"Guest"

New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
Masthead Painting: “THE HAND OF GOD” by Yongsung Kim

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Trying again: This is entitled, "John on the Isle of Patmos" by Pat Marvenko Smith. I've bought a disk of all her illustrations for my classes I've taught on Revelation.

[AnAmericanMother]

I have seen No. 27 (the Holman Hunt) in person, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

This is the third version -- which Hunt painted because the original was kept in Keble College and the college was charging admission to see it! No. 27 is the 2nd version, which is at the Manchester City Art Gallery.

I knew S.H. Sime from his illustrations of Lord Dunsany's fantasy tales . . . but had no idea he had illustrated Revelation.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Therefore, every message is for every church.

There you go again, Jeff, using your logic on us.

I agree with you, which is what I meant earlier about multiple levels of meaning. Thanks for laying out the argument.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hope you find some suitable art. Your project sounds very interesting. Seems like the Lord could accomplish something through that.

Revelation (the book I’ve studied the most)

Hugh Ross has taught the same Sunday School class for forty-five years. When he came to Revelation, he took seven years to go through it. The classmembers called it "The Great Tribulation."

[Hebrews 11:6]

I had wondered about the versions. Thanks for the backstory.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Hugh Ross has taught the same Sunday School class for forty-five years. When he came to Revelation, he took seven years to go through it. The classmembers called it "The Great Tribulation."

Ha! I don't feel so bad about taking 13 weeks or so to lead my small group through Daniel.

[SisterK]

classmembers called it "The Great Tribulation."
LOL Seven years to go through the Book of Revelation...

I call that savoring The Word

our Sunday School class has been in the Minor Prophets for over three years

it took our small ladies Bible study group more than two years to get through Genesis (meeting a couple of hours every week)

[Hebrews 11:6]

small ladies Bible study group

Do the large ladies have their own class? Who decides which belong in each group? So many questions....

I call that savoring The Word

It most assuredly is well worth savoring.

[SisterK]

LOL
we are not enough to make a baseball team

[Hebrews 11:6]

Twenty-eight years ago, our senior pastor started a small group home Bible study on Saturday mornings which never had more than seven men. Over the next two or three years everyone stopped attending except Joe and me.

We have continued ever since and have become best friends. Joe is my closest friend besides my wife. In my view, God brought Cheryl and me together, and Joe and me, too. And he has ten billion more ahead of you and me in heaven.

God can do that. It may be that something similarly wonderful will happen in your small ladies group.

[guthunde47]

For years I have wanted to make a post about the 7 churches of Revelation. Thank you, OP, lovely artworks.

All of the 7 churches were located in the area we now call eastern Turkey. Get a map, place a dot for each church and be sure to do this in the order given in Revelation. Next connect the dots in order from Ephesus to the last at Laodicea like you are drawing a road; from Laodicea draw a straight line to Jerusalem. You will have drawn a hook, like a fish hook or a shepherd’s hook... If the Black Sea is a mouth, then Turkey is a jaw:

Ezekiel 38:4 (NIV)
I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords.

[Hebrews 11:6]

You finally saw your opportunity and you took it.