"The message to the seven churches covers a period in
ecclesiastical history, extending
--from the time of Christ's first advent
--to His second coming.
To John,
---Christ appeared walking in the midst of the churches,-the candlesticks;
---and it is a most beautiful truth that the Divine Presence has never been withdrawn from the earth.
One of the last promises made by Christ to His disciples was, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," (Matt. 28:20) and it matters not how torn or scattered His people may have been, that promise, reverberating from age to age, has been the comfort and solace of each individual Christian, and of the church as a body. Heaven looks upon the earth as one vast mission field, and the church is a beacon light in the midst of darkness."
Stephen Haskell
--from the time of Christ's first advent
--to His second coming.
To John,
---Christ appeared walking in the midst of the churches,-the candlesticks;
---and it is a most beautiful truth that the Divine Presence has never been withdrawn from the earth.
One of the last promises made by Christ to His disciples was, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," (Matt. 28:20) and it matters not how torn or scattered His people may have been, that promise, reverberating from age to age, has been the comfort and solace of each individual Christian, and of the church as a body. Heaven looks upon the earth as one vast mission field, and the church is a beacon light in the midst of darkness."
Stephen Haskell
