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Originally Posted by Drake
hey zeek,
Give it another go. Please explain the whole letter to the church in Ephesus if it was only addressed to an angel.
Thanks,
Drake
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I don't know what you think needs an explanation. It's interesting that Ephesus, the first church to whom the one like the son of man speaks, was only about 70 miles from the island of Patmos where John says he received his vision.
It's interesting too that while it is the one like the son of man that speaking beginning in chapter 1:11, in chapter 2:7 it says that the spirit is speaking. While the son of man/spirit commends the church in many regards, he criticizes them for leaving their first love.
In Matthew 22, Mark 12 and Luke 10 Jesus teaches that the first commandment, the greatest commandment, was " Hear O Israel the Lord Our God the Lord is one and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." Since Jesus considered that the first commandment, to fall from it would be a serious fall for those who claim to be followers of Jesus.