Asia Minor was the home of emperor-worship, and nowhere did the new institution fit so well into the existing religious system. Inscriptions have recently thrown much light on a society of Xenoi Tekmoreioi ("Guest-Friends of the Secret Sign") who lived on an estate which had belonged to Men Askaenos beside Antioch of Pisidia, and was now in the hands of the Roman emperor.

Asia Minor The desirable church that left its first love (Revelation 2:1-7). Ephesus was the influential capital city of Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea. Ephesus is now known for its huge metropolis of ancient streets, arches and ruins. The persecuted church that suffered poverty and martyrdom (Revelation 2:8-11). Smyrna was located

Asia Minor was the home of emperor-worship, and nowhere did the new institution fit so well into the existing religious system. Inscriptions have recently thrown much light on a society of Xenoi Tekmoreioi ("Guest-Friends of the Secret Sign") who lived on an estate which had belonged to Men Askaenos beside Antioch of Pisidia, and was now in the hands of the Roman emperor.

Biblical Anatolia Asia Minor ASIA MINOR One of the great ancient civilizations was located in a large peninsula between the Black and Mediterranean seas called Asia Minor by the Romans, the land is the Asian part of modern Turkey, across Thrace. It lies across the Aegean Sea to the east of Greece and is usually known by its Greek name Anatolia.

The Christians all over the world often forget that Asia Minor (modern Turkey, territory also known as Anatolia) was the land of some of the most significant events of the Old and New Testaments. It is quite possible that the Garden of Eden was located in Turkey as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers originate in, and snake through, eastern Turkey.

Cities of Asia Minor important to the New Testament accounts included Alexandria Troas, Assos, Ephesus, Miletus, Patara, Smyrna, Pergamum, Sardis, Thyatira, Philadelphia, Laodicea, Colassae, Attalia, Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, and Tarsus. The cities figured prominently in the Apostle Paul's missionary journeys, several of the churches ...

The earthquakes of Asia Minor have not been of such a serious nature, and seem rarely if ever to have caused more than a passing loss and inconvenience. There was nothing in such an event likely either to kill or to frighten away the Christians of those two Churches. (3) Troas was the seat of a Church in AD 56 (2 Cor 2:12) and AD 57 (Acts 20:7ff).

Christ Speaks to Seven Churches in Asia Minor AThe Things Which Are@ Revelation 2 -3 Bible Truth Web Site - by Cooper Abrams Revelation Chapters 2-3 begin the section that deals with situation in the day that John wrote the book. It addresses "the …