Revelation 2:1-7 is addressed to the congregation of Ephesus and reveals Yeshua’s call to return to first love, presents the life of the congregation within a framework of living covenant relationships between the congregation and the Lord.
I once heard an excellent illustration of our lives under pressure. There are moments in life when a person feels as if he is lying on the ground with the metal track of a heavy tank passing over him. Each link in the track presses him further and further into the earth.