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.
Of whom was Christ to be born?
How did persecution affect the preaching of the gospel?
To whom does God reveal the secrets of the future?
Where was God to meet with Israel?
What two covenants are contrasted in the Bible?
How did God prove Israel in the wilderness?
What words to this church show the second advent near?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle