---
title: "Revelation — Smyrna and Their Crown"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue to hone a hermeneutical prowess in the realm of apocalyptic literature, taking a look at the letter to Smyrna and asking, “What is the context?”"
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/176
published: 2020-07-09
---

# Revelation — Smyrna and Their Crown

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- Published: 2020-07-09T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `176`
- Episode number: 176
- Session: 4
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue to hone a hermeneutical prowess in the realm of apocalyptic literature, taking a look at the letter to Smyrna and asking, “What is the context?”

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue to hone a hermeneutical prowess in the realm of apocalyptic literature, taking a look at the letter to Smyrna and asking, “What is the context?” Discussion Video for BEMA 176 Transcript for BEMA 176

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/176)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/176)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/176)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/3b867e01-30cd-4aaf-b8e0-d2db064a5842.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQTEYc_h1SapWPV8TPhosDw6Xv-XDn_Eo555rCx4iWd_7BOxPiKubSMkIQNN0a-DEt1gO3Xw-UZxzD4/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/176)