The once metropolitan city of Ephesus, with a population of 250,000 now lies in ruins (photo). Ephesus became the center of the primitive church after the death of Christ. Walking on the original Roman pavement (photo) our footsteps traced the same paths of Paul, John, and Timothy.
The marble relief of the mythical, winged goddess Victorious (photo) hovered over the procession path from the civic center to the market agora. Did the irony of this stone icon influence Paul's epistle he wrote from Ephesus to the Saints in Corinth concerning the true victor?
"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is they victory? But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." - 1 Corinthians 15:54,55,57
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