(The Seven Churches Of Asia)

First and foremost these are seven letters written to seven actual, historical churches found in the Roman province of Asia, which was located on the western seaboard of what we now know as Turkey. Geographically, these seven cities form a rough circle and they are listed here in the order which a messenger might visit them. Sailing from the isle of Patmos he would arrive at Ephesus, he would then travel north to Smyrna and Pergamum, then south east to Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.

Now the churches in this region were hard pressed.