Part 2: Ephesus, Smyrna and Pergamos.

Austin P Cooke

Part 2: Ephesus (Desirable), Smyrna (Fragrant) and Pergamos (Faithful).

Revelation chapter 2 foretells the history of the first three of the seven churches of Revelation. This topic spans the first three periods of Christianity. It presents a gripping account of the Apostolic period, then it deals with the period of martyrdom under the Roman Caesars. The third period it reveals as the era of great danger to the church, when Christianity became popular, resulting in the great cleavage of the Church. A minority remained faithful but the majority united with the state and laid the foundation for the development of the Papal apostasy.