KFLCC Kingdom Economics

The Code of the Last Days of Noah and Lot

The Church

The Church Age

The Time Frame

Ephesus Smyrna Pergamos Thyatira

The Apostolic Church The Persecuted Church The Roman Church

AD 32 to 100 100 to 312 313 to 600 600 to 1517 1517 to 1700

The Dark Ages The Reformation

Sardis

Philadelphia

The Missions Church The Lukewarm Church

1648 to 21st century the present situation

Laodicea

Notice that the seventh church listed in consecutive order by John is the church located in Laodicea. This church was recognized and rebuked by Christ for being lukewarm. When we examine the text further, we discover some interesting statements made by the leadership in this church in Revelation 3:17:  We are rich  We are increased with goods  We have need of nothing As pointed out in my Breaking the Apocalypse Code series, the city of Laodicea was forty miles from Ephesus and was steeped in Greek culture. The city had schools, libraries and a banking center, and it was well off financially and economically. Two famous salves were produced in the city; one was made for the ears and the other for the eyes. Remember that Christ said, “He that has an ear, let him hear” (Rev. 3:22). He commanded the Laodicean believers to anoint their eyes with eye salve (Rev. 3:18), which was a reference to the famous salves acclaimed for their healing properties and produced in the city. Christ said the believers in the church were neither hot nor cold, but were lukewarm (Rev. 3:16). The lukewarm comment also has an unusual natural parallel to the city. Laodicea’s one drawback was the water supply, as water had to be piped into the city. Cold water could come from the abundant supply at Colossae, but by the time it traveled the ten or so miles from the cold springs, it was lukewarm. About six miles away in Hierapolis were hot springs, but that water, too, was lukewarm when it reached Laodicea. If they piped in either the cold or the hot water, it arrived at Laodicea lukewarm. This is why Christ compared the spiritual zeal and commitment of the people in this church to the lukewarm water that would be spewed out of His mouth.

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