Part 3: The Church in the Wilderness

Austin P Cooke

The fourth chapter deals with the church period called Thyatira. This was the true church during the Dark Ages. It consisted of numerous small groups of true believers who had fled to the wilderness, as predicted in Revelation chapter 12. This topic identifies these groups, their location and the persecution that they endured. It tells how the growth of the gospel progressed in that period, even reaching into China. It was the remarkable Church of the East which spread throughout the East, leading millions to accept the Gospel in this period.