The letter to Smyrna - “Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna. ‘These are the words of the First and the Last, the one who was dead and
There is Smyrna, battling nobly with tribulation and danger in the midst of poverty and suffering rich in faith and good works. The Age of the Martyrs. There is Pergamos, married to the world. This church epoch began with the Emperor Constantine declaring Christianity to be the State Church ...
The Church at Smyrna reflected the overall characteristics of the Body of Christ from the end of the Apostolic period until the time of Constantine in the early 4th century. Smyrna was the ‘persecuted’ Church that suffered under the Ceasars. There have been persecuted and suffering churches thr...
Perhaps because of Polycarp being John’s disciple (John is believed to have died in Ephesus, a city in Asia Minor reasonably close to Smyrna), the late James Moffat wrote: Was not the Apostolic Canon of scripture first formed…in Asia Minor? Was not Asia Minor ahead of Rome in the form...
Revelation 17:2interprets the ten horns on the beast as, “ten kings which have yet received no kingdom” these are future kings, not kings of John’s day. The future beast is a government of ten kings who yield their power and strength over to the center, to an arch-regent, as de...
(Revelation 1:19) The Apostle John had just recorded the messages to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor as given by Jesus when John was suddenly whisked in his vision from his cave on Patmos to a scene in heaven. The Book is therefore divided thusly: Revelation 1:1-20 –“the things...
Revelation 2:9 Literally “who say themselves to be Jews”Revelation 2:8-10 New International Version To the Church in Smyrna 8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9 I know your...
The Church at Smyrna was the Persecuted Church under the Caesars (100-312) The Church at Pergamos corresponds with the early Roman Church founded by Constantine (312-590) The Church at Thyatira (The “Dark Ages”) corresponded with the period when the Vatican kept the Bible under lock and ...
The Letter to the Church in Smyrna 8“Here is what I command you to write to the church in Smyrna. Here are the words of Jesus, who is the First and the Last. He is the one who died and came to life again. He says, 9‘I know that you suffer and are poor. But you are rich...
It shared a distinction with the Church of Smyrna, in that it received no words of condemnation from the Lord. The Church of Sardis corresponded with the Reformation Period from 1500-1750, during which time, the Word of God was redistributed to the common man, ending the Roman Church’s ...