Ephesus of the first century was quite a city to behold. It was a free city in the Roman Empire. There was no garrison in it. They paid taxes to Rome and kept the peace. So Rome didn’t have try to control it militarily. What they did was control Ephesus through economics. Ephesus had paved roads, sewer systems, running water, street lights and a booming economy. There were over one hundred thousand people that lived in the port city. It was the center of Christianity in the first century. Paul left Titus as the first bishop. Then eventually the Apostle John became the bishop of Ephesus. This is the city where John was exiled to the Isle of Patmos. There he wrote the book of Revelations. From the book of Ephesians to the book of Revelations was a span of forty years, a generation. From Paul’s writing to the Ephesians to John’s writing of Revelation, the church at Ephesus lost their way. Of which God was not pleased with these people. He definitely was going to destroy the church at Ephesus. This is when the center of Christianity moved to Alexandria, Egypt. It only took forty years to change for the worst. One Generation.