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LAODICEA

A city in the fertile Lycus Valley of the province of PHRYGIA where one of the seven churches of Asia Minor was situated (Rev 3:14). About 65 kilometers (40 miles) east of Ephesus and about 16 kilometers (10 miles) west of Colossae, Laodicea was built on the banks of the river Lycus, a tributary of the Maeander River.

The words of the risen Christ to Laodicea in Rev 3:14-22 contain allusions to the economic prosperity and social prominence of the city. Founded by the SELEUCIDS and named for Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II (261 B.C. - 247 B.C.), Laodicea became extremely wealthy during the Roman period. For example, in 62 B.C. Flaccus siezed the annual contribution of the Jews of Laodicea for Jerusalem amounting to 20 pounds of gold. Moreover, when the city was destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 60 (along with Colossae and Hierapolis), it alone refused aid from Rome for rebuilding (compare the self-sufficient attitude of the church of Laodicea in Rev 3:17). Laodicea was known for its black wool industry; it manufactured garments from the raven-black wool produced by the sheep of the surrounding area. Laodicea depended on water from Colossae, with it’s cool springs and Hierapolis, known for hot mineral springs, which exactly accords with its geographical position, 18 miles W. of Colossae, six miles S. of Hierapolis.

The site of Laodicea is now a deserted heap of ruins that the Turks call Eski Hisar, or "old castle."

Video sermons are not yet available for the Westbury Campus.

LAODICEA

A city in the fertile Lycus Valley of the province of PHRYGIA where one of the seven churches of Asia Minor was situated (Rev 3:14). About 65 kilometers (40 miles) east of Ephesus and about 16 kilometers (10 miles) west of Colossae, Laodicea was built on the banks of the river Lycus, a tributary of the Maeander River.

The words of the risen Christ to Laodicea in Rev 3:14-22 contain allusions to the economic prosperity and social prominence of the city. Founded by the SELEUCIDS and named for Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II (261 B.C. - 247 B.C.), Laodicea became extremely wealthy during the Roman period. For example, in 62 B.C. Flaccus siezed the annual contribution of the Jews of Laodicea for Jerusalem amounting to 20 pounds of gold. Moreover, when the city was destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 60 (along with Colossae and Hierapolis), it alone refused aid from Rome for rebuilding (compare the self-sufficient attitude of the church of Laodicea in Rev 3:17). Laodicea was known for its black wool industry; it manufactured garments from the raven-black wool produced by the sheep of the surrounding area. Laodicea depended on water from Colossae, with it’s cool springs and Hierapolis, known for hot mineral springs, which exactly accords with its geographical position, 18 miles W. of Colossae, six miles S. of Hierapolis.

The site of Laodicea is now a deserted heap of ruins that the Turks call Eski Hisar, or "old castle."