The 7 churches were
all located in Asia according to Rev. 1:4
& Rev. 1:11. (They were actually
located in western Asia Minor which is
present day Turkey which was and is a
Gentile nation.)
Saul who later became
the apostle Paul was chosen by the Lord to
preach to the Gentiles according to the
verses below:
Acts
9:15, "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy
way: for he is a
chosen vessel unto
me, to
bear my name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel:"
According
to Romans 15:16, Paul said, ""That I should
be the minister of
Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the
gospel of God, that the
offering up of
the Gentiles might
be acceptable, being
sanctified by the
Holy Ghost."
As for the seven churches being
just Jewish assemblies as you claim and not
Christian Churches under the Pauline Gospel, the
seven churches in Asia did contain both Jewish
& Gentile believers. One of the seven
churches was Ephesus, and the entire book of
Ephesians was written by Paul to the Christians
believers consisting of both Jewish &
Gentile believers in the church of Ephesus so
they would have heard the Pauline gospel.
However, Paul said specifically to the gentiles
in church of Ephesus the following:
Ephesians 2:11-18, "Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the
Circumcision in the flesh made by
hands; That at that time ye
were without Christ, being
aliens from
the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers from
the covenants of
promise, having no hope, and without
God in the
world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far
off are
made nigh by the
blood of
Christ. Israel, and strangers from
the covenants of
promise, having no hope, and without
God in the
world: For he is our peace, who hath
made both one, and hath
broken down the
middle wall of
partition between
us; And came and
preached peace to
you which were
afar off, and to
them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
Father."
Since there were
both Jewish & Gentile
believers who were
Christians in the church of
Ephesus, it would be silly
to think that there were no
Gentile believers in the
other 6 churches in Smyrna,
Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia & Laodicea
that were in Asia mentioned
in the book of
Revelation. The church
of Laodicea was specifically
mentioned by Paul in Col.
4:15-16, "Salute the
brethren which
are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the
church which
is in his house. And when this
epistle is
read among you, cause that it
be read also in the
church of
the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea."
No where does he
refer to them as
just a Jewish
assembly.
Also in
regards to your
statement "Jesus
commanded His
disciples not to
preach to Gentiles"
(Matthew 10.5-6),
according Matthew
28:19-20, Jesus
later told 11
disciples "Go ye therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the
Father, and of the
Son, and of the
Holy Ghost: Teaching them to
observe all
things whatsoever I
have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the
world. Amen."
And
although the
disciple Peter's
main ministry
was to the Jews,
according to
Acts 15:7 Peter
said, "And when
there had been much disputing, Peter rose
up, and
said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how
that a
good while ago God made
choice among us, that
the Gentiles by my mouth should
hear the
word of
the gospel, and believe."
How do
you think the
first Gentile
believers
received the
Holy
Spirit?
It happened
after they
heard Peter
preach
according to
Acts 10:44-47
which says, "While
Peter yet spake these words, the
Holy Ghost fell on all them
which heard the
word. And they
of the
circumcision which
believed were
astonished, as
many as came
with Peter, because that
on the
Gentiles also was
poured out the
gift of
the Holy Ghost. For they
heard them speak
with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any
man forbid water, that
these should not be
baptized, which have
received the
Holy Ghost as well
as we?"