Sardis Turkey
Sardis Turkey. Sardis is another of the 7 churches of Asia Minor mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Rev. 3:1-6 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight often my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
There is a huge reconstructed Roman Gymnasium right next to the largest Jewish synagogue outside of Israel at that time, where the early Christians here would have worshipped initially. There is also a temple to Artemis and directly behind that is a small Byzantine Christian church from the 300’s AD.
This site is surrounded by beautiful mountains! Turkey is at the intersection of 3 major tectonic plates and the intersection of Europe and Asia geographically. God has worked some spectacular topography here and it’s gorgeous.
