among the groups of his followers, with eyes of flame, and heart of love, keeping watch over these, His empowered witnesses on earth. And He tells John that he is to write to the groups of his followers a threefold message, a description of Himself as just now seen by John, a description of affairs in these Churches as seen by His own eyes, and an account of the things that are going to happen on the earth. Then follows this description of the Churches. It is in a sevenfold personal message to His