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...Christians commonly interpret the 7 churches as symbols that amazingly fit 7 stages of Christianity's development. But why did Jesus direct this to the 7 churches in Asia (which were destined to be overrun by Islam), rather than to the much larger churches in Rome, Antioch, Alexandria and Corinth? Probably because the book of Revelation is a warning to all humanity, not just Christianity - for even more amazingly, the letters to the 7 churches can also be shown to fit the history of the 7 great world religions, and the 7 Spirits the 7 Revelators of these religions. urj
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