There are seven letters written in the book of Revelations in chapters two and three. Each letter was written to a specific church. All seven letters are personally from Christ written by John. This paper is going to explain general information about the letters then give detail about the letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
             Christ had a purpose with writing the letters and a common format that is followed in each one. The first major purpose in writing the letters was to commend and rebuke the churches. In each letter He gives them commendation for the good they are doing, and yet also rebukes them for wrong doings going on in there church that need to be made right. It was not only written specifically to the church as a whole, but to the individuals in the church as well. God wants to be personally living within each of the lives of the believers in the church and that is expressed within the letters. Through that it can be grasped that God is using these letters even today to reach the people within the church. "The Lord obviously chose these particular churches because they had the combinations of strengths, weaknesses, and differing characteristics that would convert many lessons to the church throughout its history" (Lindsey 38). That desire to be number one in the lives of those He!
             created has not gone away. The last purpose in the letters is that of comfort and challenge. He encourages the churches and at the same time leaves them with a challenge.
             There is a basic format followed in each letter. It starts with the destination, the city that the church was located. It not only states the city name but a basic background of the city. The next thing noticed in the letters is that Christ describes himself in each differently. He does this according to the need He is trying to get across in each church. The third part is the commendation. Here C...