Study Guide: http://prophesyagain.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pope_visits_philadelphia.pdf “The names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different periods of the Christian Era. The number 7 indicates completeness, and is symbolic of the fact that THE MESSAGES EXTEND TO THE END OF TIME, while the symbols used reveal the condition of the church at different periods in the history of the world.” {AA 585.3}