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Here is Grace to you Bible teacher, John MacArthur. Now, I want to go back to the book of

Revelation this morning. We're going to be working through the book of Revelation. And I want to

come to chapters two and three. So just in that broad sense, I'll try to give you an overview of these two chapters.

In years past, I have gone through Revelation 2 and 3 in detail.

I think there are probably 20 or more sermons on just these two chapters. If you want

the worms-eye view, if you want the detail, it's available. And we have a commentary on

revelation and a book called Because the Time is Near to give you more detail.

But for our encouragement and our help today, I want us to look at these two chapters

in an overall sense because I think they are so very instructive when considered that way.

Now, Revelation 2 and 3 are letters to seven churches. Actual churches,

back in chapter 1, verse 11, John is told to write in a book what you see and send it to the

seven churches to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatyrus, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

Those were all cities in Asia Minor, which is modern Turkey.

And the Lord intended that when he gave to John the book of Revelation, John would make

six, seven copies in total.

He would write down the original Revelation, copy it six times,

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