The character of the Church today is Laodicea, and as the Laodicean Period is to continue until the Church of the “New Born” is taken out, we cannot hope for any great change until the Lord comes back. What do these “Messages to the Churches” teach us? They clearly teach the DECLINE OF THE CHURCH. That the professing Church, instead of increasing in spiritual and world converting power, will become lukewarm, faithless, and Christless.