Sardis

With the Laodicean church being the last and aptly the coded the Apostate church.

Apostate means= The act of abandoning or renouncing one’s previously held religious beliefs or faith, often in favor of a different set of beliefs or non-belief.

(Faithlife, LLC. “Apostasy.” Logos Bible Study, Computer software. Logos Bible Study Factbook. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, LLC, January 18, 2025. https://ref.ly/logos4/Factbook?id=ref%3abk.%25apostasy.)

Pergamos fits the Church that was married to the world under Constantine. His successors would make it the official state religion, which was disastrous spiritually. Thyatira introduced idolatry in the medieval Church, which became codified in the Roman Catholic Church. It carries an express threat of being cast into the Great Tribulation. Sardis seems to fit the Reformation and the start of denominationalism. But notice that Sardis is one of the seven that had nothing good said about it. Philadelphia is the glorious Church, the missionary Church declaring the blood of Christ. It has an express promise of being removed prior to the time of the Tribulation. Laodicea is the apostate Church.