Revelation – a big-picture message for our time.
The messages to the angels of the seven churches are from Jesus to the church, messages of condemnation, confrontation, encouragement and blessing. They are to wake up, to confess the sins of lukewarmness and compromise and tolerance (!), to prepare them for the future attacks, to be faithful and victorious to the end.
They are messages to us today. They are to prepare us for the future. Blessed are those who hear.