The Second Age
Church In Smyrna
Church in Smyrna
Second Seal
Second Trumpet
Second Plague
The Individual verses
REVELATION> Chapter 2> Smyrna
8. And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive:
9. I know thy tribulation and thy poverty, but thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life.
11. He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second death.
REVELATION> Chapter 6> Second Seal
3. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature, saying: Come, and see.
4. And there went out another horse that was red: and to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and a great sword was given to him.
REVELATION> Chapter 8< Second Trumpet
8. And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and as it were a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood:
9. And the third part of those creatures died, which had life in the sea, and the third part of the ships was destroyed.
REVELATION> Chapter 16> Second Plague
3. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea, and there came blood as it were of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
The Second Age
Or Second Epoch
The verses put together as one continuous paragraph.
And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive: I know thy tribulation and thy poverty, but thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life. He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second death. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature, saying: Come, and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another, and a great sword was given to him. And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and as it were a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood: And the third part of those creatures died, which had life in the sea, and the third part of the ships was destroyed. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea, and there came blood as it were of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Ven. Fr. Bartholomew Holzhauser
THE SECOND EPOCH, called the period of “IRRIGATION,” (status irrigationis), is that of the persecutions, which lasted until Constantine. [68 – 337 AD]