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Philadelphia Day 61
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name." (Revelation 3.7-8)
"Philadelphia" was the youngest of all the seven cities. It was founded by colonists from Pergamum under the reign of Attalus the Second, who ruled in Pergamum from 159 to 138 B.C."Philadelphos" is the Greek for "one who loves his brother." Such was the love of Attalus for his brother Eumenes that he was called Philadelphos, and it was after him that "Philadelphia" was named. "Philadelphia" means "brotherly love."
"Philadelphia" was founded as an "open door" for Greek culture and language to Lydia and Phrygia; and so well did it do its work that by A.D. 19 the
Lydians had forgotten their own language and were all but Greeks. "Philadelphia" became "the
center for the diffusion of Greek language and Greek letters in a peaceful land and by peaceful means."1
1Ramsay (1851 - 1939)
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