<p>3:14 <em>And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God</em>- The subsequent judgments are prefaced by this reminder that the Lord Jesus is the final truth, the &quot;Amen&quot;, and had Himself suffered unto death as the ultimately faithful martyr / witness. Laodicea was a hopeless case, it seemed; but the Lord reminds them that He is the beginning of a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17), and the power of the Spirit which had created the natural creation was available to them too. He had begun the work of new creation in them, and it could still be brought to completion if they repented.</p>