Advanced Bible Quiz: The Seven Churches of Revelation (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten precise questions on the letters to the seven churches of Asia: rebukes, praise and promises.

1. In the list of Revelation 1:11, which church comes right after Pergamum?
   Answer: Thyatira
   John must send his book to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea (Revelation 1:11).
2. According to Revelation 1:20, what are the seven golden lampstands?
   Answer: The seven churches
   The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches (Revelation 1:20).
3. In the letter to Ephesus, what will Christ give to the one who overcomes (Revelation 2:7)?
   Answer: To eat from the tree of life
   To the one who overcomes I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God (Revelation 2:7).
4. In the letter to Smyrna, what will the one who overcomes not suffer (Revelation 2:11)?
   Answer: The second death
   The one who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death (Revelation 2:11). The ten days of tribulation are announced in verse 10.
5. Which faithful witness was put to death in Pergamum, where Satan dwells (Revelation 2:13)?
   Answer: Antipas
   Christ recalls the days of Antipas, his faithful witness, who was put to death in Pergamum, where Satan dwells (Revelation 2:13).
6. Which teaching does Christ reproach some in the church of Pergamum for holding (Revelation 2:14)?
   Answer: The teaching of Balaam
   In Pergamum, some held the teaching of Balaam (Revelation 2:14). Jezebel is the reproach made to Thyatira (2:20).
7. Which of these promises is made to the one who overcomes in Thyatira (Revelation 2:28)?
   Answer: The morning star
   To the victor in Thyatira, Christ gives authority over the nations and the morning star (Revelation 2:26-28). The white stone is for Pergamum.
8. What will Christ not do to the one who overcomes in Sardis (Revelation 3:5)?
   Answer: Blot his name out of the book of life
   The one who overcomes will be dressed in white; I will never blot out his name from the book of life (Revelation 3:5).
9. Which key does the one who writes to the church in Philadelphia hold (Revelation 3:7)?
   Answer: The key of David
   The Holy One, the True One, holds the key of David: what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open (Revelation 3:7).
10. What does Christ promise to the one who overcomes in Laodicea (Revelation 3:21)?
    Answer: To sit with him on his throne
    To the one who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I overcame and sat with my Father on his throne (Revelation 3:21).