Imagine a city defined by its beauty and its wealth, its magnificent "Street of Gold" wrapping around Mt. Pagus like a jeweled crown. This was Smyrna, a city proud of its civic and religious loyalty to Rome. This city was so loyal to the emperor that it was the first in Asia to build a temple in honor of "Dea Roma"—the personification of Rome—and later a temple to Emperor Tiberius himself. But for the community of Christ this city brought persecution and poverty. In this episode we will explore the hope of Christ offered to the Christians in Smyrna through Jesus Christ.

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