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The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia and Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse by W. M. Ramsay, Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen.

“The marked and peculiar character of the society and population of the great Asian cities, amid which the local Churches were built up, is present in the writer's mind throughout the Seven Letters; and it is necessary to form some conception of this subject. Disregarding differences, we shall try to describe briefly the chief forces which had been at work in those cities during the last three centuries, and the prominent features that were common to them all about AD 90. Some of them were ancient Greek colonies, like Smyrna and Ephesus, some were old Anatolian cities, like Pergamum and Sardis; but all these had recently experienced great changes, and many new cities, like Laodicea, Philadelphia, Thyatira, had been founded by the kings” (Ramsay, The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, Chapter 11).

Israelite.Info - History and prophecies of the Two Houses of Israel, by Christian, Messianic Hebrew, and Jewish scholars. (Not part of CBCG.org)

The Seven Churches of Asia Minor:

Maps Of Asia Minor - Look for thumbnail of Seven Churches of Asia Minor map. (Not part of CBCG.org)

Seven Churches of Asia Minor - Large View (Not part of CBCG.org)

Seven Churches of Asia - Map, plus photos  (Not part of CBCG.org)

On our Holy Days 2000 Page, by following the Pentecost 2000 links, you may access both audio and transcripts relating the significance of these cities to church history from the time of the apostles to the present. This series by Fred R. Coulter is entitled The Seven Church Harvest.

For a good perspective on the locations of the Biblical cities of Asia Minor, visit the Ancient Regions of Turkey site. (Not part of CBCG.org)

Thumbnail photos (that can be enlarged) of the archaeological sites of Ancient Turkey may be viewed. (Not part of CBCG.org)

A wonderful Interactive Map of the regions of Italy, Greece and Western Turkey may be accessed.  (Not part of CBCG.org)

Ephesus: The City of Change

Smyrna: The City of Life

Pergamum: The Royal City: The City of Authority

Thyatira: Weakness Made Strong

Sardis: The City of Death

Philadelphia: The Missionary City

Laodicea: The City of Compromise