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The Letter to Laodicea emphasizes a wholeheartedness in everything (Rev. 3:15-16 “You are lukewar,and neither hot nor cold “).About forty miles southeast of Philadelphia thre are three famous cities clustered in a valley.Hierapolis stood on the North of the river,while on the South bank were Laodicea and Colossae.Its beginning and pasta re not clear but Christ sends to this church the sternest of the seven letters.There’s no mention of heretics or persecutions,simply that they were “neither hot nor cold “.The hot springs of Hierapolis become lukewarm by the time they reach Laodicea.Perhaps none of the seven letters is more appropriate to the modern Church than this one. |