The Seven Churches Of Asia: The Path of The Chosen Revealed

by P. R. Otokletos

Overview

This work is a Hebrew Roots - Messianic Judaism perspective into the prophecy of Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) … regarding the church messages found in The Revelation. Exposed is the path of the church as seen through history over the last 2000 years even to these end times. This work explores how Christianity has failed to heed the prophetic warnings so mercifully provided within G_D's Torah and drifted from its ordained Jewish roots because of Gentile political and cultural influences. The work answers the great question of the ages posed by the Revelation: "How and why did it come to this?

The Seven Churches Of Asia is a concise historical review which validates the prophetic “church era” theme applicable to the seven church messages contained within the first three chapters of the “Book of Revelation”. Ultimately the messages were not just relevant epistles for the recipient communities of the early second century Ce Asia Minor, but do indeed depict a prophesied historical path to be taken by Messiah's Earthly church.

Unlike previous works on the subject, this title deeply explores the historical, cultural and theological aspects surrounding the inspiration behind the “Book of Revelation”. The approach forces review of the basic questions people always have: who, what, where, when and why applicable to: 1) The Land Mass of Asia Minor, 2) The Seven Church Communities and of course 3) John the Apostle. As a result of this review, significant insights and context are developed which enable a much more thorough interpretive historical and theological exegesis of the seven church prophetic messages. Ultimately the result is an exegesis that is uniquely Hebraic, but solidly grounded in both the historical and Biblical record!

Clearly defining the seven church eras in the context of historical events and cultural movements is quite provocative and interesting. Ultimately the Gentile Church of Messiah, as prophesied within the Revelation, will run its due course and fade away. This work details, sometimes in agonizing fashion, this chosen path over the last 1900 years. A path that is self-imposed by the church via its failure to recognize and accept the rebukes from Messiah as contained in the seven church messages. Because of the history of the church of Messiah, a significant portion of the review naturally entails discourse relative to the activities of the Roman Catholic Church.

The true value in the work however lies in the theological truths exposed via a detailed review of related Sacred Scriptures in a proper Hebraic context. The theological exegesis developed is enabled because the work, in unbiased fashion, examines the cultural, political and historical influences upon the church of Messiah by the Gentile world at large. Still further these Gentile, and often times pagan, influences are stripped away to ultimately discern and define the basic doctrines with which both Jew and Gentile believers in Messiah should be united in.
The intent of the book is not to inflict harm or belittle any belief system but rather to reach out to individuals and help them understand the roots of their faith from an intended Scriptural context. It is the author’s position that ignorance is not bliss and can ultimately result in a person missing the Lord’s straight and narrow path to the Kingdom of Heaven. As our Messiah pointed out, the Jewish Religious Establishment of his day had become the blind leading the blind. Unfortunately within much of Christianity the Jewish Religious Establishment has been replaced by a Christian ecclesiastical leadership that is quite frankly blinded in similar fashion by the conventions of men which we more commonly know as “tradition”.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152066456
Publisher:	P. R. Otokletos
Publication date:	07/22/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	302,772
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

The author Andrew A. Cullen has been writing under the pen name of P. R. Otokletos since 2004 when he began writing/blogging Messianic Jewish/Hebraic Roots commentaries across a broad range of topics.

Responsive to G_D's amazing gift of redemption ... the author is now part of an emerging movement of believing Jews as well as former Christians recapturing the Hebraic roots of the Messianic faith. A movement that openly receives not just the redemptive grace of the Gospel but also the transformational lifestyle that comes with joyful pursuit of G_D's Sacred Torah … just as it was in the first century Ce for the original followers of Messiah.

Despite a successful career in politics and business, the author is now driven first and foremost by a desire to understand as best as possible the great G_D of Israel ... his Messiah Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew/Aramaic) and the plan for the restoration of creation. To this end the author has been led over the years to study the Hebrew and Greek Holy Scriptures, in a Hebraic context in order to get past the delusions of "this temporal world" and the mainline religions … to get at the truth!

The author is convinced that nearly two thousand years of wayward understanding of the Biblical texts and man-made doctrine has significantly shrouded humanity's view of G_D … his Messiah … and even the very Gospel message itself. Consequently the author has been led to dedicate his time and efforts to offer humanity a different perspective of the G_D of Israel … a different perspective of Messiah Yeshua … a different perspective of the Gospel message in the hopes that some might be awakened to pursue a covenantal relationship with G_D as defined within Holy Scriptures.

There is indeed a veil of ignorance that thickens all around us and is keeping us from our destiny … from our restoration. Like others who can see past this shroud, the author labors for no other reason than to give G_D the glory he is due! Ultimately it is all about G_D and Messiah Yeshua in whom all authority has been vested!

The author hosts a web-site " http://pr.otokletos.org/ where numerous Messianic Hebraic materials are provided free of charge.