THE MYSTERY OF MODERN PERGAMUN

TO THE CHURCH OF PERGAMUM

“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

These are the words of Him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. I (JESUS) know WHERE YOU LIVE—WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—WHERE SATAN LIVES.

Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. REPENT therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

WHOEVER HAS EARS TO HEAR, let them (YOUR EARS) hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it. 

(Revelation 2:12-17)

In tthe book of  Revelation 2:12-17, Jesus addresses the Church of the Greek city of Pergamun. He begins by describing the critical place in which this church is situated: where Satan has his throne (the Pergamum altar). HE highlights the positive points of this church that despite harsh persecution 'did not renounce its faith in HIM', and finally points out the spiritual dangers that lie in wait for the members of this small community.

Some of the members of this church followed and practiced the teachings of Balaam (a "certain type of prophet" from the Old Testament) "who taught the children of Israel to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and encouraged them to commit sexual immorality".

Jesus admonishes this church to repent and says that otherwise HE will come to her and fight with the sword of HIS mouth against the members who do not repent.

THE BIBLE is the living Word of God and this Word is not limited to times and dimensions. What was becomes again.

The Word of Christ for the Church of Pergamum in Greece is the same for the Church of Pergamum today.

In 1878, the German engineer Carl Humann started official excavations on the acropolis of Pergamon, an effort that lasted until 1886. The relief panels from the Pergamon Altar were subsequently transferred to Berlin, where they were placed on display in the Pergamon Museum. ( source: wikipedia )

The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) or according to JESUS HIMSELF the THRONE OF SATAN was transferred to BERLIN.

An altar where many bloody sacrifices were once made has been activated again. A satanic portal was opened in the city of Berlin. It is no surprise that Satan had a thirst for blood, and he found in Hitler a good partnership. Hitler, besides being a dictator and assassin, was also an occultist and he did his best to accomplish his masters' desires. He made a huge holocaust.

Could the church in Germany have had the power to stop the Holocaust? I really don't have an answer for that.

What I know for a fact is that Queen Esther was able to minimize a Holocaust in Persia. She received from the King the permission to FIGHT against his own old decree to kill her people. She received the PERMISSION TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST HER PEOPLES ENEMIES, after fasting and praying.

But the church in modern Pergamun - Berlim ( with some exceptions as the martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer ) was submerged in such apathy and political stupidity that she was blind to the spiritual darkness hovering over her: the Throne of Satan and it's priest (Hitler).

Are we different today?

Are we aware of the dark spiritual clouds hovering the nations today?

The slumbers say: 'bow down before evil and it will become good'. Pretend evil is good, and you can have a peaceful life.

JESUS said one of the problems with the Pergamum church is that she gets so enticed by immorality (with the blessing of their false prophet ) that she can't differentiate evil from good. The false prophet Balaam says: have pleasure, carpe diem, and forget about what is going on over your head including the sword of Satan that is about to decapitate you.

And the only remedy JESUS can offer to the salvation of this church soul is HIS OWN SWORD.

JESUS says  'I AM COMING TO YOU WITH MY SWORD. Because if I don't come with my sword to you, Satan will come with his. And JESUS sword comes to divide.'

HE WILL SEPARATE GOOD FROM EVIL.

HE will separate holy from unholy.

HE is coming with the SWORD OF TRUTH.

Without prayer and confrontation evil will not go away.

Image source: Wikipedia, Altar of Pergamum, Berlin.