Commentaries:
Jesus tells John to record for posterity his visions of the past, the present, and the future, that is, during the Lord's Day. Our Savior's focus in his doing this, however, is on what He speaks of next: the seven angels (or messengers) and the seven churches. Within the time element of the Day of the Lord, they provide the object of the book's instruction. Jesus intended John's writing—the book of Revelation—to be instruction for the seven angels and churches in the time of the Lord's Day.
Revelation 1:13 shows the reader that Christ—here called “One like the Son of Man”—stands “in the midst of the seven lampstands [churches]” on the Day of the Lord, in that period just before His return. He is with, not just one church (Laodicea), nor with just two churches (Philadelphia and Laodicea), but with all seven at the same time. We can only conclude that all seven are in existence right now.
John W. Ritenbaugh
A Truth About Revelation 2 and 3
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