We live in the fullness of the Laodicean attitude within God's church, and it is safe to assume that we all possess strong Laodicean proclivities. As Laodiceans, if we cannot rouse ourselves to open the door to Christ at every opportunity, He will make one last attempt to rescue us through the fire of tribulation. Christ expects His future bride, the one He will spend eternity with, to love Him with as much zeal and passion as He loves us. Using Herbert Armstrong's example of constant prayer and awareness of God's presence, we can perform a simple daily test to determine how much Laodiceanism has infected us. At day's end, we should ask how much time we spent communicating with God and Christ and how much time They were in none of our thoughts. If we find ourselves short, the solution is to repent and zealously build that relationship by increasing our contact. During our day, we can demonstrate our desire to walk with Them, to build the relationship by opening the door to Their presence at every opportunity. Responding to the call to pray without ceasing is the answer to our Laodicean tendencies.

The Laodicean attitude is one of self-satisfied fence-sitting and compromise. Utter worldliness has flooded into the church. The Laodicean group is materialistic and self-satisfied. Those with this attitude are no longer interested in doing the work of God in their personal lives or as a public proclamation. Christ gives a very strong rebuke to this attitude. There is no stronger rebuke in the Bible. When Christ says that He is going to vomit them out of His mouth it shows such distaste for His own people not being enthusiastic or zealous about doing a work. Their estimation of themselves strongly implies spiritual self-satisfaction. They evaluated themselves on the basis of their material wealth. When God looked He evaluated them on the basis of their spirituality and He found very much that was lacking. They were worth nothing and had to be spit out. So bad is it that the Savior is on the outside looking in. He has to knock on the door as it were to be let into services or into their lives. It is no wonder that He says that He is going to vomit them out. The Laodicean era of the church follows the Philadelphia era. The life has gone out of the church. It has gone out of the church because it has been becoming Laodicean. It has lost its vigor. It has lost its zeal its drive and its energy. The influence from the world is pouring into the church. The church is largely populated by people who agree that this is the true church but their lives are a wreck and they are doing nothing about it. They are satisfied to leave things as they are. The Laodicean just sits there and does little or nothing himself to develop his relationship with God. The Laodicean is not doing this. He is just sitting there waiting on God.

Laodiceanism originates in the world. Church members bring it with them and never sufficiently get rid of it. Laodiceanism is the most subtle form of self-centeredness or worldliness. It springs from the attractiveness of the world. The Laodicean is lulled into spiritual complacency and apathy by the attractiveness of the world. The Laodicean attitude dominates the era of the end time. Laodiceans are blind to their own state. They are complacent, self-satisfied, bored with or indifferent to the real issues of life. They compromise to avoid suffering. They are vigorous in carnal affairs but lackadaisical in godly things. They have wrong priorities, leading to idolatry. Their faith is in what they can see. They are not living by faith. They are worldly, holding the same values as Babylon. They avoid sacrifices necessary to overcome and grow. They are masters of appeasement, accommodation, conciliation. They are not lazy but workaholics with faulty priorities. They judge themselves rich and in need of nothing but are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. They are poor in spiritual things, weak, blind to spiritual comprehension, and naked, meaning still carnal. They serve themselves within the church. They pay attention to wrong things. Their witness suffers. Their problem is an internal attitude. Laodiceanism is the most subtle form of idolatry and the most refined form of worldliness. It is brought into the body from the world. A Laodicean is distracted by desirable things.

The Feast of Trumpets holds a profound significance for the people of God, as it vividly pictures the potential return of Jesus Christ, the transformation from flesh to spirit, and the dawn of peace enveloping a weary, war-torn world. This holy day serves as a powerful reminder and urgent call not to falter in the perilous end-time Laodicean environment. God desires for us to remain steadfast, working out our salvation with fear and trembling, recognizing that He is actively working within each of us to ensure our success in glorifying Him and attaining the incredible future He has prepared for us.