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Revelation 2:1-7 – Chiasm – Church of Ephesus
A – ECHOES OF EDEN (1) “Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: “The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:
B – PRESENT STAND AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS (2) I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.
C – PRESENT CONDITION (3) You also possess endurance and have tolerated many things because of My name and have not grown weary.
D – CONDEMNATION (4) But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.
C’ – PAST CONDITION (5) Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place — unless you repent.
B’ – PRESENT STAND AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS (6) Yet you do have this: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
A’ – ECHOES OF EDEN (7) “Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in God’s paradise.
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