This message, part 1 of an exegesis of Revelation 3:14-122, was preached at New Testament Christian Fellowship in Conover, NC on November 17, 2013. The particular focus of this message concerns the history of the city of Laodicea and its relation to very specific prophecy in the Book of Daniel. Matters of introduction are also cross-referenced with Daniel 11:5-9; Isaiah 46:9-10; and Colossians 2:1, 4:12-16.