Anonymous ID: 7dd58c May 16, 2018, 6:22 p.m. No.1437017   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Powers and Principalities.

 

The seven churches of Revelation is concerning John's letter to the church in Pergamos.

 

To the Church in Pergamos - Revelation 2:12-17 …..'And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

 

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.'

 

The Message to Pergamum

The city itself, Pergamum, once the center of a small kingdom, is here labeled a place where Satan has his throne, or where Satan lives (v. 13). One reason often suggested for this statement is that Pergamum housed a famous temple to Asklepius, the Greek god of healing, symbolized by the figure of a snake (Finegan 1981:173). An evil dragon in one of John's later visions is labeled "that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray" (12:9; compare 20:2).

 

Where is Pergamum/Pergamos? It is now called Bergama, a populous district, as well as the center city of the same district, in İzmir Province in western TURKEY.

 

https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/Rev/Message-Pergamum