In Revelation 1:11, Jesus tells John of Patmos to write what he sees and send letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor. The letters are contained in chapters two and three of Revelation.

Sardis’ synagogue (which assumed its current enormous size in the 3rd century) was centrally located next to a Roman bath and sports complex. On the outside, the church in Sardis seemed to be ...

For example, the fifth letter is sent to the Church at Sardis. The church there is told to wake up, probably a reference to the famous fall of Sardis in battle in 546 BCE.

The Revelation was written to be a source of hope to hard-pressed Christians. Because the book contains prophetic material dealing with the future, ...