Mark 15:23 (KJV) 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received not. it John 19:39 (KJV) 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. The word myrrh means bitter and it came to be associated with suffering and death. Planned City Free City A beautiful, wealthy pagan city 1. A Crushed Church Revelation 2:9-10 (KJV) 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, I know and are not, but the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of are those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have some tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. A. Faced Persecution (tribulation) B. Faced Poverty the word means absolute – destitution
Mark 15:23 (KJV) 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. John 19:39 (KJV) 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. The word myrrh means bitter and it came to be associated with suffering and death. Planned City Free City A beautiful, wealthy pagan city 1. A Crushed Church Revelation 2:9-10 (KJV) 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which 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 shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. A. Faced Persecution (tribulation) B. Faced Poverty – the word means absolute destitution
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