Lesson 2246

(Lesson 2246)(02-01-18) Revelation 2:8-11
    “And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.”

   I believe the reference to the church at Smyrna, in today’s quote, represents the second dispensation of the church age. That was a time when Christians were horribly persecuted for mere determination that they were Christians.~