Places
Smyrna in Revelation 1
SMUR-nuh
This place shows up in Revelation 1:11: “saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Revelation 1:11
“saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.””
What kids can learn
When you hear smyrna in Revelation, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Revelation 1:11 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Revelation 1:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
saying,“Whatyousee,writeinabookandsendtotheassemblies:toEphesus,Pergamum,Thyatira,Philadelphia,andtoLaodicea.”