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Croesus Day 56
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you." (Revelation 3:1-3)
The wealth of "Sardis," was legendary. Through the lower town flowed the River Pactolus, which was said in the old days to have had gold-bearing waters from which much of the wealth of Sardis came. The greatest of the Sardian kings was Croesus, whose name is still commemorated in the proverb, "As rich as Croesus." It was with him that Sardis reached its zenith and it was with him that it plunged to disaster. (The likeness of Croesus is shown on a gold coin from the period at right.)
It was not that Croesus was not warned where "Sardis," was heading. Solon, the wisest of the Greeks, (see his likeness on an ancient tablet at right) came on a visit and was shown the magnificence and the luxury of the city. He saw the blind confidence of Croesus and his people that nothing could end this splendor, but he also saw that the seeds of softness and of degeneration were being sown.
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