As we become increasingly aware of the agitation regarding religious liberty in the public arena, students of prophecy realize that one by one every principle of our constitution is being repudiated, which will inevitably result in the prohibition of freedom of worship if it differs with the government-enforced way and day of worship.  This is yet another evidence that Jesus' Second Coming is even at the doors. This is the message to the church of Laodicea, that, if heeded will prepare a people for Jesus' Second Coming.  We are living in the Laodicean era, the final phase of God's church, as indicated in the the meaning of the word "Laodicea," which is people living in the judgment.  This is the time-period in which the case of every living soul is scrutinized and an irrevocable verdict is pronounced (Revelation 22:11 and 12).  After the sentences are rendered, the final events will unravel, be completed, and Christ will come with His rewards.  It is therefore incumbent upon each of us to study and look intricately into the message addressed to the church of  Laodicea, heed the counsels of the True Witness, endure the shaking (which is caused by the opposition to the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans), be sealed, and at last, be saved.  It is not insignificant that Jesus reveals Himself to Laodicea as the "Amen,"  the "Faithful and True Witness," and the "Beginning of the Creation of God."  Each of these titles unveil important principles of present-truth that must be inculcated in one's daily experience so that we can be "hot" or fervent for Christ. Upon viewing this message, one will be able to determine presently whether he/she is heeding the straight testimony as given in the counsel to Laodicea and are "hot,"  or whether he/she is rising up against this message and in a lukewarm condition.