What name is given to the second state of the church?

Answer

"Unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write!' Verse 8.
NOTE - The meaning of Smyrna is myrrh, or sweet-smelling savor, and applies to the period of
time when many of the saints of God suffered martyrdom under pagan Rome.

What is Christ to one renewed after God's image?
In what act especially has Gods love been manifest?
In what literal language is this persecution of the people of God further described?
What relation does the earthly sanctuary sustain to the heavenly?
21. To what extent is the apostasy, or fall, of modern Babylon, the mother, and of her daughters, to be carried?
How early was this tendency manifested?
What is God's attitude toward the poor?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle