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.

To whom was this covenant-promise later renewed?
How, then, did the Lord prove the people (verse 4) whether they would keep His law, or not?
Of what was this memorial to he a sign?
What is first commanded in the Sabbath commandment?
What did the Savior say should precede the end?
When are the righteous to be recompensed?
What peaceful condition will prevail in the earth made new?

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