Turn with me, please, to the Book of Revelation, chapter 3, beginning, verse 14.

This resembles many, many churches in the 21st century.

It has the distinct and the distinction of being the only church of all the seven that are resurrected,

glorified, soon-coming Lord Jesus, could not find one blessed, good thing to say about them.

Not one. Not one. You have to understand a few things about the city,

the city itself. First of all, it was founded in the year 250 BC by Antichos of Syria. Now, Antichos of Syria

is where the city of Antioch was named after him, and he founded this city

and named it after his wife, Laudusia. Laudusia was a remarkable city in every way, and all the

ones we've been looking at. This is the most remarkable

city of the mall. It would have been the kind of city that every business consultant would set

as an example for success. Every motivational speaker would come to your boardroom and to your

business and will give loudest here as a model for success and for business management.

It would be Exhibit A in every business book that is ever published on management.

It would have been the subject of every PowerPoint presentation. Every business

consultant would begin his speech by saying, let me tell you about Laud Roussea. Why? Because it was

the business capital of the region. It was the financial center of the region. It was the manufacturing center of the region. It was the manufacturing center of the

region. It was the medical scientific center of the region. Every bank has a branch and a head office

in Lauducia. Every financial institution, they had an address in Lauducia. Every investment firm

and a brokerage firm and a financial institution, they have to have, even if it's a copyhole,

but they have to say, hey, we got an office in Lauducia. They cannot afford not to have an

address in Laudusia.

That's how it was. Why?

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