Seven churches

THE SEVEN CHURCHES
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Rev 1:10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice
like a trumpet,
This is a double-edged sword. It has two possible meanings at the same time:
1. John was on Lord’s Day - on a Sunday
"In the Spirit" is a typical word of the Prophets who saw visions. Thus we have
2 Chr 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah
Ezek 11:5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say:
2 Pet 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God
as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
On the first day of the week Christians meet to worship and break bread together and
have fellowship. Prayer times are times of visions because God gives his people prophecy
in the spirit. This is shown in Old and the New Testament periods.
Dan 9:21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriele, the man I had seen in the earlier vision,
came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Acts 10:9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching
the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something
to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven
opened.
The experience of trance and visions were common in the Old and the early New
Testament periods. Later in the church age these experiences were lost. Trances are
common in all religions, especially in the eastern and mystic religions. But that is no
reason to throw the baby with the bath tub. Evidently prophetic experience can be under
the possession of Holy Spirit, Good spirits and the evil spirits. Discernment and not denial
that is necessary here.
2. The second meaning arise out of the fuller and wider meaning of the phrase, "The
Lord’s Day". The Day of the Lord is the end of the ages after the period of gentiles. Thus
we have Isaiah speak of a day: