The 7 Churches of Revelation

Greetings peasants,

As of right now I can happily say I am recovering (No drugs for this guy, yay! Just cough meds) and although the group has been in Turkey for 12 days in January (where it should be raining 6/12 days) it hasn't rained on us once! So I can say that the trip is still going well.

After my last blog on my free day in Smyrna, the group traveled yesterday to the Agora in Smyrna, and the cities of Sardis, Philadelphia, and Thyatira. As for today, we went to Pergamum and visited four different areas of the city.

As you biblically knowledgd peopled might have already figured out, the five places that the group visited are the cities with the churches of Revelation. Below I thought I would put pictures of the sites and the bible verse linking to the letter (I was going to type the verses themselves but my blog would be way to long). So here it is:

Map of the 7 Churches

Smyrna - Rev 2:8-11

The Agora of Smyrna 

Bottom of the Agora 

Saridis - Rev 3:1-6

Temple of Artemis

Part of the gymnasium 

Philadelphia - Rev 3:7-13

Byzantine church

Thyatira - 2:18-29

Also a Byzantine church

Pergamum - Rev 2:12-17

On top of the Acropolis looking down

The Asclepion (hospital) 

Here are the last two churches that I have already visited, but I'll post pictures of them.

Laodicea - Rev 3:14-22

Ephesus - Rev 2:1-7

Walking in the cities of the 7 churches brings the biblical text to life. Sadly, only tomorrow remains in Turkey (visiting Troy! woot woot) and than off to Greece for a week. Thanks for all the prayers and I will be blogging again in two days!