The Message to Laodicea (3:14–22)* In Amos Niven Wilder’s haunting poem, “Alien: A Period Piece” (Wilder 1972:28), a wounded stranger wanders outside a beautiful place of joy and celebration. A gentle, homeless pilgrim, he hears the music within and knows he cannot enter, but he holds no bitterness toward those who are gathered there. Wilder leaves it to us to identify the stranger, but there is no denying that the poem’s imagery evokes the message of Christ to Laodicea. If the angel at Philadelphia
Revelation 3:14–22