The Letter to Ephesus

The Letter to Ephesus
Revelation 2.1-7

The first time I visited Ephesus, I was overwhelmed with the size and scale of the place. Massive buildings still stand, dating back to the first century and beyond. The amphitheatre alone takes your breath away. Streets, houses, shops: it’s possible to get a very good picture there of what life was like. There is a gladiators’ graveyard, indicating how some of the population spent their free time. The Temple of Artemis (the Greek name for the Roman goddess Diana) was one of the wonders of the world, and the Romans, when they established temples to the city of Rome and to the emperor, did so carefully within the massive precincts of Artemis herself. The population of the city in the first century has been estimated at around a quarter of a million. It was the local capital, the most important city in the whole of western Turkey...

Taken from Revelation for Everyone – by Tom Wright