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Revelation 3:7-13 – Philadelphia

Bible Marking | by The Lampstand Magazine | Volume 26, Issue 5 | September – October 2020

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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 him the title, Philadelphus.
Though military fortifications were not neglect…

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Revelation 3:14-21 – Laodicea

Bible Marking | by The Lampstand Magazine | Volume 26, Issue 6 | November – December 2020

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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 and Jews who were transplanted from Babylonia.
The ruins of the city show it to have be…

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Bringing the Apocalypse to Life

Revelation 3:7-13 – Philadelphia

Revelation 3:14-21 – Laodicea

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