Update On The Last Disciple Series
I’ve received a number of requests for an update on The Last Disciple Series, so I’ll start by telling you about Book Six, which I’m writing now. Its title will be: The Last Disciple: Seven Cities.
Seven Cities
You may recognize these seven cities because they feature prominently in the first few chapters of Revelation:
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet 11 saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
These cities also appeared in Book Three when John and Emmaus visited them. Here’s a short excerpt:
“Timothy counted the cities on his fingers. “That makes six. Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
John glanced at Emmaus. “Only six, eh?”
“Six it is. Unless you include Ephesus. With our city, you have seven. A number that indicates completeness.”The Last Disciple: Exile in Ephesus (Chapter Nine, p. 43)
The Last Disciple: Seven Cities
In book six, believers from these seven cities — Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, and Ephesus — will gather to meet with John in Laodicea. This gathering of believers in Laodicea illustrates that the body of Christian believers has grown immensely from its early roots in Israel.
The Epistles of John
As John slows down a bit given his age, we also will see how he stays in touch with believers through his letters, which we know as the Epistles of John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John). These are wonderfully sweet and concise versions of the gospel message John gave us in the Gospel of John.
My fascination with the life of the Apostle John continues and I’m excited to be working on book six in this series of Christian historical novels. I hope you are excited too.
Yours in Christ, Kurt
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