The Seven Churches of Revelation Quiz

Letters to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Practice interactive Scripture questions with answers, explanat...

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The Seven Churches of Revelation Quiz: Scripture Study & Explanations

The prophetic letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor in Revelation 2 and 3 deliver Christ's timeless commendations, sober rebukes, and glorious promises to all who overcome. Spanning Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, these divine appraisals unveil the spiritual strengths and perils confronting the Christian Church throughout all church history.

Quiz Study Sheet: Questions, Answers & Scripture Explanations

Q1.In Revelation 1:11-20, what do the seven golden lampstands and the seven stars held in Christ's right hand represent?

A) The seven lampstands are the seven churches of Asia, and the seven stars are the angels (messengers/leaders) of the seven churches ✓
B) The seven Roman emperors and the seven hills of Rome
C) The seven deadly plagues of Egypt
D) The seven feasts of the Levitical calendar
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 1:20 - 'As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.'

Q2.In Revelation 2:1-4, what serious spiritual charge did Christ bring against the hardworking and doctrinally vigilant Church in Ephesus?

A) 'You have abandoned the love you had at first (your first love)' ✓
B) They accepted Roman currency into the church treasury
C) They refused to fast on weekly Sabbaths
D) They spoke Latin instead of Greek in church gatherings
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:4 - 'But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.'

Q3.In Revelation 2:7, what glorious reward is promised to the overcomer in Ephesus?

A) 'I will grant to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the paradise of God' ✓
B) A royal crown of solid gold in Rome
C) Authority to command the trade ships of Ephesus
D) Exemption from physical aging and hunger
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:7 - 'To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'

Q4.In Revelation 2:8-10, what comforting and challenging word did Christ give to the persecuted and impoverished Church in Smyrna?

A) 'Do not fear what you are about to suffer... Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life' ✓
B) Flee across the Aegean Sea to Greece immediately
C) Compromise with the imperial Roman cult to avoid prison
D) Build stone walls around your meeting house
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:10 - 'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.'

Q5.In Revelation 2:11, what solemn promise protects the overcomer in Smyrna?

A) 'The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death' ✓
B) He will never face physical execution
C) He will receive all the gold mines of Lydia
D) He will rule over the Roman Senate in Rome
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:11 - 'The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.' (The lake of fire, Rev 20:14).

Q6.In Revelation 2:12-14, where does Christ say the Church in Pergamum dwells, and what false doctrine had crept in?

A) Where Satan's throne is; they held the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before Israel ✓
B) In the gardens of Ephesus; they taught circumcision was required for trade
C) At the harbor of Miletus; they taught that the resurrection had already happened
D) In the desert of Arabia; they worshipped the golden calf
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:13-14 - 'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name... But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.'

Q7.In Revelation 2:17, what two intimate and hidden gifts are promised to the overcomer in Pergamum?

A) The hidden manna, and a white stone with a new name written on it ✓
B) A golden ring and an ivory palace
C) A chariot of silver and purple silk robes
D) A bronze sword and ten talents of gold
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:17 - 'To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

Q8.In Revelation 2:18-20, what false prophetess was the Church in Thyatira rebuked for tolerating in their midst?

A) That woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and misleads God's servants ✓
B) Athaliah the daughter of Omri
C) Delilah the Philistine
D) Sapphira the wife of Ananias
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:20 - 'But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.'

Q9.In Revelation 2:26-28, what celestial reward and governmental authority are promised to the overcomer in Thyatira?

A) Authority over the nations to rule with a rod of iron, and the Morning Star ✓
B) Ten Roman galleons loaded with purple dye
C) A bronze statue in the marketplace of Thyatira
D) Exemption from paying taxes to Caesar forever
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 2:26-28 - 'The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron... And I will give him the morning star.'

Q10.In Revelation 3:1-2, what startling spiritual diagnosis did Christ pronounce concerning the Church in Sardis?

A) 'You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead' ✓
B) They were secretly sacrificing bulls to Apollo
C) Their church building collapsed in an earthquake
D) They had no Bibles or parchment scrolls in the city
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:1-2 - 'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.'

Q11.In Revelation 3:4-5, what assurance is given to the few names in Sardis who have not soiled their garments?

A) They will walk with Christ in white, and their name will never be blotted out of the Book of Life ✓
B) They will become governors over Asia Minor
C) They will receive physical silver mined from Mount Tmolus
D) They will live in Solomon's palace in Jerusalem
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:5 - 'The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.'

Q12.In Revelation 3:7, how does Christ identify Himself when addressing the faithful Church in Philadelphia?

A) 'The Holy One, the True One, who has the Key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens' ✓
B) The general of the heavenly chariot legions
C) The high priest of the temple of Diana
D) The governor of the cities of Lydia
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:7 - 'And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens."' (Isaiah 22:22).

Q13.In Revelation 3:8, what divine opportunity did Christ place before the Church in Philadelphia because they kept His word and did not deny His name?

A) 'Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut' ✓
B) Ten Roman cargo wagons loaded with wheat
C) A royal decree making Christianity the state religion of Asia
D) A fleet of war galleys on the river Hermus
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:8 - 'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.'

Q14.What profound promise of preservation from future global tribulation is given to the Church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:10?

A) 'Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world' ✓
B) You will live in an underground bunker for forty days
C) Roman soldiers will guard your houses day and night
D) You will never experience financial poverty again
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:10 - 'Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.'

Q15.In Revelation 3:12, what threefold eternal inscription and architectural honor will the overcomer in Philadelphia receive?

A) Made a pillar in the temple of God, inscribed with the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and Christ's new name ✓
B) Made a centurion in the imperial praetorian guard in Rome
C) His name engraved on the golden gates of the Parthenon in Athens
D) Given a marble palace on the banks of the Euphrates River
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:12 - 'The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem... and my own new name.'

Q16.In Revelation 3:15-16, what sickening spiritual temperature did Christ denounce in the self-satisfied Church in Laodicea?

A) 'You are neither cold nor hot... because you are lukewarm, I will spit (vomit) you out of my mouth' ✓
B) Too zealous and fervent in street evangelism
C) Freezing cold in ascetic hermit caves
D) Consuming too much wine at the love feasts
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:15-16 - 'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.'

Q17.In Revelation 3:17-18, what tragic contradiction existed between Laodicea's self-image and Christ's assessment, and what did He counsel them to buy?

A) They said 'I am rich', but were wretched, poor, blind, and naked; Christ counseled them to buy gold refined by fire, white garments, and eye salve ✓
B) They claimed to be Roman citizens, but were slaves; buy iron armor and horses
C) They had no money in the bank; buy wheat from Egypt
D) They were too generous to the poor; hoard more silver
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:17-18 - 'For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments... and salve to anoint your eyes.'

Q18.In Revelation 3:19, what is Christ's divine motive when He rebukes and disciplines believers?

A) 'Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten, so be zealous and repent' ✓
B) To destroy them and start a new religion
C) Because He has forgotten His promises to them
D) To drive them out of Asia Minor forever
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:19 - 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.' (Proverbs 3:11-12, Hebrews 12:5-6).

Q19.What celebrated invitation of intimate fellowship does Christ extend in Revelation 3:20 to the door of the heart?

A) 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me' ✓
B) 'I will break down your gates with an iron battering ram'
C) 'I will pass by your house without stopping'
D) 'Only priests who bring animal sacrifices may open this door'
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:20 - 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.'

Q20.In Revelation 3:21, what supreme honor of royal co-regency is promised to the overcomer in Laodicea?

A) 'I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne' ✓
B) He will rule the gold mines of Phrygia
C) He will become chief magistrate of Ephesus
D) He will build a fleet of merchant ships in Smyrna
Scriptural Explanation: Revelation 3:21 - 'The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.'

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