Smyrna, the second of the churches. Smyrna was described as a Church in tribulations, poverty and blasphemy of false brethren, Christ Jesus encourages the church to continue till the end. This letter is a message of hope to every saint experiencing tribulation, poverty and prejudice, for Christ knows your state, He calls you rich though you lack the good of this world, He knows the blasphemy of false brethren around you, and He encourages you to continue, for your present and future persecutions is only but for a moment, and they all work a far more exceeding weight of glory.