7 Churches Of Asia Map
According to tradition every disciple except one was martyred for his faith and that disciple s fate wasn t much better john was exiled to a rocky inhospitable island called patmos.
7 churches of asia map. Map of the 7 churches of revelation bible history online map of the seven churches in asia. He revealed far off future events and he gave john messages for each of the seven churches in asia minor. The immediate audience for the revelation recorded by john is the seven churches which are in asia rev. Asia was a term which in the books of the maccabees actually means asia minor which antioch iii the great had to give up to the roman province of asia proconsularis formed after 133 b c which embraced the regions of mysia lydia caria and phrygia see rom 16 5.
Same situation he was involved in the persecution he was on the isle of. Map of western anatolia showing the island patmos and the locations of the cities housing the seven churches. Modern day visitors to patmos arriving at the small port of skala can climb along the stone paved pilgrim s path leading up to. Rome and the surrounding territories became increasing hostile to jesus followers after his death.
Pergamum or pergamon thyatira sardis. What we re talking about is eastern turkey and we see a little bit of that on the map but with this map you see the little stars there in the dark in the section and that s where the seven churches were. According to revelation 1. Asia is not the asia of our day which is the world s largest continent stretching from the pacific ocean on its eastern border to the ural mountains in the west.
Asia was a term which in the books of the maccabees actually means asia minor which antioch iii the great had to give up to the roman province of asia proconsularis formed after 133 b c which embraced the regions of mysia lydia caria and phrygia see rom 16 5. Map of the seven churches of asia mentioned in the book of revelation. Paul s missionary journeys paul the apostle bible in a year bible mapping journey mapping san pablo kids church church ideas bible knowledge. The seven churches are ephesus smyrna pergamos a k a.
At the end of the first century the peninsula known as asia minor seems to have embraced six provinces asia bithynia. The seven churches of asia. All of them are located in the asia minor present day turkey description. At the time of john the region refers to the peninsula know as asia minor.
Dotted with words of encouragement. During this exile jesus christ spoke to john in a vision. Saved by heather hart. Ancient city ancient greek revelation bible bible dictionary bible mapping history online ephesus historical maps cartography.
Position of the seven churches in asia minor to whom the seven epistles in revelation 1 3 were addressed. The first missionary journey of paul acts 13 4 14 28. The seven churches of revelation also known as the seven churches of the apocalypse and the seven churches of asia are seven major churches of early christianity as mentioned in the new testament book of revelation. The title seven churches of asia indicates clearly that this was in asia but that doesn t mean the same thing as it does today.
Patmos is a small greek island in the aegean sea off the west coast of turkey and is only about 60 miles 100 km by sea from ephesus where john had lived and pastored the churches in asia minor as a prominent member of the church in ephesus john was exiled to the island of patmos following persecution of christians during the reign of emperor domitian in c 89ad. That john was writing to now he chose to write to them because they were involved in.