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Revelation 3:14-21 – Laodicea
Background Laodicea was situated in the Lycos Valley in the province of Phrygia and was founded by Antiochus II (261–246BC) of Syria, who named it for his wife Laodike, and who populated it with Syrians […]
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Revelation 3:7-13 – Philadelphia
Background Name of city = “brotherly love”. In 189BC the city came into the possession of the king of Pergamon, Eumenes, and was named after his brother, Attalus II (159-138BC), whose truth and loyalty won […]
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Revelation 3:1-6 – Sardis (1)
Background The city of Sardis was a principal city in western Asia Minor, located in the Hermus Valley, 80km east of the port city of Smyrna. Until it was captured in 546BC by the Persians […]
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Revelation 2:18-29 – Thyatira (2)
2:21 – And I gave her space – Gk chronos – time; season to repent of her fornication; – the Lord continually seeks repentance (v5, 16, 22; 3:3, 19) – he used the work of the […]
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