The Seven Churches of Asia
THE WORD OF HIS PATIENCE
"AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF
THE LAODECIANS WRITE: THESE THINGS
SAITH THE AMEN, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE
WITNESS, THE BEGINING OF THE CREATION
OF GOD; I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU
ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT: I WOULD
THOU WERE COLD OR HOT. SO THEN
BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM, AND
NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPUE
THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH".
"BE ZEALOUS THEREFORE AND REPENT".
"TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I GRANT
TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE, EVEN
AS I ALSO OVERCAME, AND AM SET DOWN
WITH MY FATHER ON HIS THRONE. HE THAT
HAS AN EAR TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT
THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES"
(Rev.3:14-22).
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"AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN
PHILADEPHIA WRITE: ... BECAUSE THOU
HAST KEPT THE WORD OF MY PATIENCE I
ALSO WILL KEEP THEE FROM THE HOUR OF
TEMPTATION, WHICH SHALL COME UPON ALL
THE WORLD, TO TRY THEM THAT DWELL
UPON THE EARTH".
"HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM WHAT
THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES"
(Rev.3:7-13)
"AND UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN
SARDIS WRITE: .... I KNOW THY
WORKS,THAT HAST A NAME THAT THOU
LIVEST, AND ART DEAD. BE
WATCHFUL,AND STRENGTHEN THE THINGS
WHICH REMAIN, THAT ARE READY TO DIE;
FOR I HAVE NOT FOUND THY WORKS
PERFECT BEFORE GOD. REMEMBER
THEREFORE HOW THOU HAST RECEIVED AND
HEARD, AND HOLD FAST AND REPENT. IF
THEREFORE, THOU SHALL NOT WATCH, I
WILL COME ON THEE AS A THIEF, AND
THOU SHALT NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR I WILL
COME UPON THEE. ... HE THAT
OVERCOMETH .. I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS
NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT I
WILL CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY
FATHER, AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS. HE
THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT
THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES"
(Rev.3:1-6).
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THE SEVENTH CHURCH AGE
Since the Ephesian age of apostle
Paul, the church has passed through
seven church ages and it is now at
the 7th church age of Laodecia, where
believers now majorly feel okay and
have need of nothing; many thought
being saved from sin perhaps, plus
some gifts of the Holy Spiirit is all
the wealth they need to be raptured
and are no more zealous for power and
perfection, yet in the eyes of the
Lord "ye are lukewarm, neither cold
nor hot" and he saith: "I WILL SPUE
THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH" (Rev.3:16-18).
Jesus went further to challenge this
age unto what more you are to receive
from him when he saith: "I counsel
thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire that thou mayest be rich; and
white raiment that thou mayest be
clothed and that the shame of thy
nakedness do not appear and anoint
thine eye with eyesalve that thou
mayest see".
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This is the age wherein the
overcomers shall sit with God in his
throne. Considering such glorious
throne of God as seen by Ezekiel
(Eze.1), this therefore is the age of
full redemption to wit the redemption
of our body, when the mortal body
shall be clothed with light-fire
substance of God unto immortality as
in the transfiguration of the Lord
Jesus Christ on the holy mount.
He said: "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL
I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE,
EVEN AS I ALSO OVERCAME AND AM SET
DOWN WITH MY FATHER IN HIS THRONE"
(Rev.3:21).
It is in this age therefore when God
is revealing the hidden truths to the
hungry hearts, that shall make them
free and powerful, the devil is also
trying his attack on many to feel no
need of further knowledge nor power,
feeling okay with the little they
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thought they have, being attacked
with fear, slumber and laziness. This
is the age when the seven thunders
are being uttered for saints
perfection, but the foolish virgins
are asleep in babylon of organized
groups. Yea, WAKE UP! Be zealous and
seek more anointing. Fast and pray!
Behold we are at the peak end of the
7th church age dispensation, but a
mysterious thing is happening. In
Rev.3:14-22, we have the state of the
7th church age prophezied and Jesus
gave the promise in verse 21.
However, in Rev.12, there are three
categories of believers described.
All of them appear at this end of the
world; these are stated as: 1) THE
MANCHILD which was caught up to the
throne of God and this fulfills the
promise to the overcomers of the 7th,
Laodecia, age. 2) THE WOMAN clothed
with the sun, which fled into the
wilderness after the birth of the
manchild, from the face of the
serpent, and she was being fed in
that wilderness, protected by God
during the tribulation that shall
come to the third category of
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believers. 3) The Remnant of the
seed of the woman, which keep the
commandment of the God and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ
(Rev.12:17). These were persecuted
by the dragon.
True to God's plan and purpose, in
Rev.3:10, a promise given to the
overcomers of the 6th Philadephia age
that "because thou hast kept the word
of my patience, I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation, which
shall come upon all the world to try
them that dwell upon the earth"; the
same is the faithful promise being
given to the woman, clothed with the
sun, which was protected in the
wilderness, prepared of God for her
to be protected from the face of the
serpent. Though Philadephia age and
revival of sanctification, had long
elapsed since 1906, their message of
sanctification lingered on and is
built upon by the believers in the
7th church age. Hence by God's
election, since not all of us shall
bear rule (are all prophets? Are all
miracle workers? 1Cor.12:29). Those
not in the manchild that are faithful
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in some measure, to the revealed word
of their age in this 7th church age,
are being protected in the prepared
wilderness thus claiming the promise
and the blessing of the 6th church
age (Rev.3:10). The third category
of believers called "the remnant of
the seed of the woman" who have the
testimony of Jesus Christ are 'born
again' Christians also worldwide;
multitudes who fall into the category
of Rev.3:15 wherein Christ saith "I
know thy works that thou art neither
cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold
or hot".
These are multitudes of born again
believers who find it too hard for
them to be zealous for higher faith
and power; those who prefer
simplicity in the faith of Christ
rather than fasting and travailing
prayer-life, whose god turns to be
their belly (Prov.1:22-32) and they
could not buy from the Lord the gold
tried in the fire, by long fasts and
prayerful life.(Rev.3:18). Yes, they
are virgins (born-again, not
sinners) but foolish virgins; their
oil leaked out and did not stedfastly
hold their first zeal for Christ to
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the end (Mat.25:1-10). They also
heard about the moving of the Lord to
call many out of organised groups and
man-made routinous order of worship
that edifieth not, unto faith; but
these thought it did not matter.
Hence, they shall have to prove their
love for Jesus by sealing their
testimony with their blood. They
shall be tried by the persecution
and many shall be beheaded for their
faith. They tarried too long in
Babylon of sleeping groups and did
not have the revelation of a
wilderness to flee to, from the face
of the serpent. They surely fulfill
Gen.3 "the heel", to be bruised by
the serpent.
Those saved among them shall have to
stand the test to not deny Christ in
the face of the sword; they shall
therefore only claim the promise to
the 5th church age which says: "He
that overcometh, the same shall be
clothed in white raiment and I will
NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK
OF LIFE, BUT I WILL CONFESS HIS NAME
BEFORE MY FATHER AND BEFORE HIS
ANGELS". This is the least faith in
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the kingdom of God, which is the
faith of John the Baptist --- and of
them who are matyred for their belief
in Christ.
Behold "he that hath an ear,let him
hear what the spirit saith unto the
churches"; if anyone deny Christ in
that day of trial, whether by
persecution or by death, his name
SHALL BE BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF
LIFE for even in this end of the
world also cometh this persecution
against all true believers
(Rev.13:7). PREPARE for this! Fear
NOT! If ye suffer, ye shall also
reign with Christ. (Rev.20:4).
These three last church-ages run in
parallel till the end of the world:
JUSTIFICATION from the Lutherans
(Sardis age) which is the age of "the
just shall live by faith" (1520-1750
A.D), believes we are saved by the
blood of Jesus and justified freely by
grace; SANCTIFICATION from the
Wesleyans (Philadephia age, 1750-1906
A.D), believes in holiness for Jesus
who died for you; BAPTISM OF HOLY
GHOST and restoration of gifts of the
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spirit (Laodecia age, 1906- end).
These typify the categories of
born-again believers at this age with
majority in the remnant of the seed
of the woman (Rev.12:17). But the
message comes to all: "BE ZEALOUS
therefore and repent". The door is
still open! The Lord calls on you to
come up higher. Seek higher anointing
of the Holy Ghost by prayer and
fasting regularly. Yea, the Lord
delighted not in the death of his
saints, but some will still fulfill
the word of God (Rev.13:7) as in
Gen.3:15 to be the "heel" of the
seed. Anyone lower than this is none
of his. AMEN. Therefore covet
earnestly the best gifts, and lo,
DENY NOT CHRIST!!!
UNDERSTAND PLAINLY: The overcomers of
the 7th church age, who are to sit
with Christ in his throne (Rev.3:20)
form a church within a church of
believers at this end-time; this is
symbolized (in Rev.12:5) as the
manchild born from the "woman clothed
with the sun". Thus the manchild is
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separated only by anointing measure
from the woman-clothed-with-the-sun,
thereby looking like another church
dispensation of believers that
receive the mysteries in the 7
thunders and are like to say SONS OF
THUNDERS.
Yea this 8th church dispensation is
only separated from the 7th by
anointing and NOT by time, according
to God's purpose and plan to raise up
the army of God: Joel's army, who
shall cast down the dragon and his
angels from the heavens, (army of
Michael) (Joel 2:11, Rev.12:9).
But God will NOT say the woman
clothed with the sun does not
overcome, from amongst whom the
manchild comes forth; since she also
appear at the Laodecia dispensation,
but according to God's plan and
preordination, "the sun-clothed
woman" (Psa.45:9 queen) is lower in
anointing than the manchild rulers,
who are though called CHILD yet
"fathers" as written in Psa.45:16;
therefore she is being given the
promise to Philadephia overcomers
(Rev.3:10), to be protected from the
dragon in the wilderness, for a
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thousand, two hundred and three score
days. (Rev.12:6).
(Write for more edification)
Bro. Julius Adewumi
Gospel Distribution Ministry