Revelation Rightly Divided

The traditional view of the Book of Revelation teaches that chapters one, two, and three apply to us, the church, the Body of Christ. And everything from chapter 4 thru 22 is yet future. Church tradition also tells us that the seven letters of chapters two and three were written to churches in Asia Minor, started by the apostle Paul, and have a present-day application to the dispensation of grace.  But is that true?

Are the seven letters in chapters two and three relevant to the Body of Christ or other assemblies of believers in a different timeframe or setting? If the letters apply to us, the body of Christ, why did the Lord not deliver them through our Apostle Paul? Remember, John is an apostle to the circumcision, Israel, not the Body of Christ as clearly stated in Galatians 2:9.

“And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.” – Gal 2:9