A Prophetic Analysis From the Seven Churches of Revelation

A Hard Word from the King of Kings

The children are disappearing.

While we debate worship styles and argue about building campaigns, while we polish our stages and perfect our presentations, while we count attendance and chase influencer status, the children are being trafficked, abused, abandoned, and spiritually murdered under our very noses.

This is not a blog post. This is a declaration of war against the religious and political systems (Babylon) that have made merchandise of God's people and turned houses of prayer into dens of thieves. This is a trumpet blast to the remnant who still have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

The same Jesus who overturned tables in the temple is speaking today.

The same Christ who called religious leaders "whitewashed tombs" and "broods of vipers" has words for the churches of 2025. And those words are not comfortable. They are not seeker-friendly. They will not boost your attendance or fill your offering plates.

But they are true. And truth is what sets captives free.

To every pastor or teacher reading this who has built your kingdom instead of serving THE Kingdom: Your time is up.

To every religious system that has added to the Gospel or subtracted from Christ's finished work: Your deception is exposed.

To every believer who has grown comfortable in Laodicean lukewarmness while children suffer: Your King is calling you to account.

The Great Basin Region stands at a crossroads. For too long, it has been dominated by the false gospel of works-righteousness on one side and the false gospel of easy-believism on the other. But neither false gospel saves children. Neither builds the Kingdom. Neither prepares the Bride for her King's return.

What follows is not religious commentary. It is prophetic surgery. It will cut deep, but only to remove the cancer that has infected the Body of Christ. Some will be offended. Some will reject this word. Some will continue in their deception until judgment comes.

But some will repent. Some will return to their first love. Some will abandon their dead works and false gospels to embrace the narrow way that leads to life.

This word is for the "few." This word is for the remnant. This word is for those who love children more than their comfort, who love truth more than their traditions, who love Jesus more than their religious reputations.

The Lion of Judah is roaring. The question is not whether you will hear His voice—the question is whether you will obey it before it's too late.

The Pattern of Christ's Church Evaluation

The risen Christ's messages to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3 provide a timeless framework for evaluating the spiritual condition of Christian communities today.

Using the Holy Bible as our foundation, we examine how these ancient words speak prophetically to the Great Basin Region today, particularly concerning the protection and discipleship of children—our most vulnerable and precious inheritance.

The Seven Churches: Christ's Evaluation Summarized

1. Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) - The Loveless Church

Christ's Commendation: "I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men"

Christ's Condemnation: "But I have this against you, that you have left your first love"

Christ's Call: "Remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first"

2. Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) - The Suffering Church

Christ's Commendation: "I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich)"

Christ's Warning: "Do not fear what you are about to suffer"

Christ's Promise: "Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life"

3. Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) - The Compromising Church

Christ's Commendation: "I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name"

Christ's Condemnation: "But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam... and the teaching of the Nicolaitans"

Christ's Call: "Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly"

4. Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) - The Tolerant Church

Christ's Commendation: "I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance"

Christ's Condemnation: "But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess"

Christ's Warning: "Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation"

5. Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) - The Dead Church

Christ's Condemnation: "I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead"

Christ's Call: "Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die"

Christ's Promise: "He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments"

6. Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) - The Faithful Church

Christ's Commendation: "I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name"

Christ's Promise: "Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing"

7. Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) - The Lukewarm Church

Christ's Condemnation: "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth"

Christ's Call: "Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent"

Comprehensive List of Shortcomings Christ Identified

Abandonment of First Love (Ephesus)

Doctrinal Compromise (Pergamum)

Tolerance of False Teaching (Thyatira)

Spiritual Death Despite Eternal Life (Sardis)

Lukewarmness and Self-Deception (Laodicea)

Idolatry (includes Sexual Immorality) (Pergamum, Thyatira)

Love of Money and Materialism (Laodicea)

Pride and Self-Sufficiency (Laodicea)

Lack of Genuine Works (Sardis)

Failure to Overcome Evil (Multiple churches)

The Carnal Christian Church of St. George - "The Church of Itching Ears"

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires" - 2 Timothy 4:3

What Jesus Would Say to the Carnal Church

"To the angel of the church in St. George write: The words of Him who walks among the seven golden lampstands, who holds the seven stars in His right hand, says this:

I know your works—your impressive buildings, your polished presentations, your wannabe celebrity pastors who want to draw crowds like entertainment venues. I know your wealth, your comfortable pews, your programs that rival Disney's production value. I know that you say you love Me, yet you have made My house a marketplace and My Gospel a product to be consumed.

But I have this against you: You have abandoned the narrow way for the broad road that leads to destruction. You preach a crossless Christianity, a comfortable Gospel that requires no death to self, no taking up of crosses daily. Your shepherds have become CEOs who hire consultants instead of seeking My face. They count attendance instead of making disciples. They build brands and franchises instead of building My Kingdom.

You tolerate the doctrine of modern-day Balaam—those who super subtly teach that prosperity is spirituality, that comfort is My blessing, and that suffering is something to avoid. You have embraced the Nicolaitan spirit of hierarchical control, where a few rule over the many, where My priesthood of all believers has been replaced by “influencer” culture and pastoral wannabe dynasties.

Most grievous to My heart: you have failed to protect the little ones I have entrusted to your care. While you build entertainment centers, children are trafficked in your very communities. While you debate worship styles, orphans languish in systems designed more for bureaucracy than for love. While you argue about theological preferences, the vulnerable cry out and find no refuge in My house.

You speak much of My return, but live as though I will never come. You deny the rapture, not because of theological conviction, but because you are too invested in this world to long for the next. You are Laodicean in your lukewarmness—neither hot with genuine revival nor cold with honest rebellion, but tepid with religious routine.

Therefore, repent, or I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place. Return to your first love. Sell your excess and give to the poor. Open your doors to the orphans and widows. Make disciples, not attendees. Train believers to be priests and kings, not perpetual consumers of religious goods.

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - "The Church of Another Gospel"

"But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!" - Galatians 1:8

What Jesus Would Say to the LDS Church

"To the angel of the church in Salt Lake City write: The words of the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, who was dead and has come to life, says this:

I know your works—your missionary zeal that spans the globe, your welfare system that cares for temporal needs, your emphasis on family that reflects My heart's design. I know your discipline, your dedication, your willingness to sacrifice for what you believe to be truth. These things I do not despise.

But I have this against you, and it is a matter of eternal consequence: You have accepted another gospel, another Jesus, another spirit than what My apostles delivered. You have added to My finished work and made salvation dependent upon ordinances, temple works, and hierarchical approval rather than upon faith alone in My completed sacrifice.

You call yourselves by My name, yet you diminish My deity, making Me a brother rather than your Lord and God. You speak of eternal marriage while failing to understand that in the resurrection, there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage. You seek to become gods while missing the truth that I alone am God, and beside Me there is no other.

Joseph Smith, whom you revere as a prophet, spoke many things that contradict My written Word. The Book of Mormon, which you hold as scripture, contains the doctrines of men mixed with portions of My truth, creating confusion where there should be clarity. Brigham Young led you further into deception with teachings about blood atonement, plural marriage, and racial restrictions that never came from My heart.

Most troubling to My spirit: you have created a system where families are held hostage by works-righteousness. Children grow up believing their eternal families depend upon their perfect performance and temple worthiness rather than upon My perfect performance and finished work. You have turned the beautiful gift of family into a burden of earning and achieving.

Your leaders claim revelation yet speak from human wisdom. Your prophet receives impressions and calls them visions. Your apostles make policy changes and call them revelations. You have made yourselves prophets, seers, and revelators while rejecting the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator whom the Father sent—Me.

I call you to repentance, not because I hate you, but because I love you too much to leave you in deception. My arms are stretched out still. Come unto Me—not through any earthly mediator, not through any temple ceremony, not through any church authority—but come directly to Me. My blood alone cleanses from sin. My righteousness alone makes you worthy. My grace alone saves you.

To those among you who have ears to hear: Come out from among them and be separate. Touch not the unclean thing of adding works to My finished sacrifice. I will receive you. You shall be My sons and daughters through faith alone, by grace alone, through My blood alone.

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

The Vision: Mass Repentance and Revival in the Great Basin Region

The Fall of False Systems

Image The Spirit of Christ is moving across the Great Basin Region like a mighty wind, exposing deception and calling His people to genuine repentance. Both the carnal Christian churches and the LDS system face divine judgment—not for destruction, but for transformation.

The Carnal Church Awakening: The wannabe celebrity pastors' empires begin crumbling as their financial idols are exposed. Congregants discover their shepherds have been wolves in sheep's clothing, more concerned with writing books and gaining podcast followers than soul care. The entertainment model collapses as people hunger for genuine spiritual food. Small house churches begin emerging, led by humble servants who wash feet rather than build platforms.

The LDS System Upheaval: Long-hidden financial records reveal the corporation's vast wealth while members sacrifice their widow's mites. Historical documents surface that definitively expose the fabrications of founding narratives. Current leaders are forced to acknowledge that temple ceremonies were borrowed from Masonic rituals, that the Book of Abraham was not translated from ancient papyrus, and that DNA evidence contradicts fundamental Book of Mormon claims. That’s just the beginning of the cleansing.

The Rise of the Foot-Washing Leadership

From among the ashes of these fallen systems emerges a new breed of servant-leaders—former LDS bishops, disillusioned mega-church pastors, and everyday believers who have encountered the authentic Jesus of Scripture. These are the Philadelphia Church remnant: they have little power in worldly terms but have kept Christ's word and not denied His name.

Profile of the Humble Revolutionary: Meet David, a former LDS bishop in his late 30s who once served faithfully in the Babylonian system but experienced a genuine born-again awakening through reading the New Testament without institutional filters. He began seeing the radical differences between the Jesus of Scripture and the Jesus of LDS doctrine. Instead of leaving quietly, the Holy Spirit burdened him to serve as an agent of transformation from within–Grace working through love.

David's approach is not one of angry confrontation but of gentle truth-telling. He begins teaching home Bible studies that focus purely on Scripture, letting God's Word do its own work of conviction. As families encounter the authentic Gospel—salvation by grace alone through faith alone—they begin questioning the elaborate system of requirements they've lived under.

The transformation spreads through relationships rather than mass rallies. Former LDS members don't simply leave their faith community; they work to redeem it from within, removing the false additions while preserving the genuine Christian elements that exist within LDS culture: love of family, service to community, personal discipline, and missionary zeal for Christ.

The Decentralized Church Revolution

As both systems collapse under the weight of their contradictions, a new model emerges—one that looks remarkably like the New Testament church:

Characteristics of the New Basin Region Church

Home-centered worship replacing massive buildings

Servant leadership replacing hierarchical control

Bible-only authority replacing additional revelations or celebrity personalities

Grace-centered Gospel replacing works-righteousness or easy-believism

Child-focused ministry making protection and discipleship of the young the highest priority

Radical generosity replacing institutional hoarding

Holy Spirit dependency replacing programmatic manipulation

The Child-Saving Movement

At the heart of this revival is an unprecedented focus on protecting and discipling children. Former LDS members bring their strong family values, but now ground them in biblical truth. Former carnal Christians abandon their entertainment model and redirect resources toward actual ministry to the vulnerable.

Practical outcomes include:

Homes opening to foster children in record numbers

Biblical education is replacing both secular indoctrination and false religious teaching

Communities organizing to combat trafficking and abuse

Churches are prioritizing children's ministry with the same resources once spent on buildings and programs

Intergenerational discipleship replacing age-segregated programming

The Path Forward: Romans 12:1-2 Christianity

"Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:1-2

The revival in the Great Basin Region becomes a model for the global church as believers learn to live Romans 12:1-2 Christianity:

Living Sacrifice Christianity

Total surrender to Christ's lordship over every area of life

Death to self and resurrection to new life in Christ

Sacrificial service to others, especially the vulnerable

Generous giving of time, resources, and talents for Kingdom advancement

Renewed Mind Christianity

Scripture-saturated thinking replacing cultural programming

Spiritual discernment replacing emotional manipulation

Eternal perspective replacing temporal focus

Christ-centered worldview replacing humanistic philosophy

Proven Will Christianity

Obedience to Christ's commands over cultural expectations

Authentic relationships over superficial networking

Genuine ministry over professional Christian performance

Kingdom advancement over institutional preservation

The Great Basin Awakening: A National Model

As the revival spreads, the Great Basin Region becomes known not for religious activity but for authentic Christianity. Other regions begin sending delegations to learn how:

Former cult members found freedom in Christ

Celebrity pastors became foot-washing servants

Entertainment churches became disciple-making communities

Institutional resources redirected toward vulnerable populations

Denominational barriers dissolved in unity around Christ alone

The movement's emphasis on saving children resonates across cultural and denominational lines, creating unprecedented cooperation among true believers while exposing those more committed to systems than to Christ.

The Spirit's Call to the Churches Today

Christ's words to the seven churches echo across time to every generation, but they hold particular urgency for our moment. The Great Basin Region, long dominated by false religious systems, stands poised for authentic revival—but only through genuine repentance, radical obedience to Scripture, and sacrificial love for the most vulnerable among us.

The call is clear: Come out from among the false systems. Return to biblical Christianity. Protect the children. Make disciples. Live sacrificially. Prepare for Christ's return.
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

The Spirit is speaking. The question remains: Will the churches listen?

For those who are LEFT BEHIND.