Lesson 5 — Pergamum

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•Capital of the province of Asia

•Center of Roman government and of emperor worship

•Capital of the province of Asia

•Center of Roman government and of emperor worship

•Home of a library of over 200,000 volumes

•Featured giant altar to Zeus

•Had large temple to Asclepios (seen here)

•Home of a library of over 200,000 volumes

•Featured giant altar to Zeus

•Had large temple to Asclepios (seen here)

Pergamum

•Name means “citadel”

•Built on a cone-shaped hill 1000 feet above the Caicus River valley

•Name means “citadel”

•Built on a cone-shaped hill 1000 feet above the Caicus River valley

Revelation 2:12-17

• He who has the sharp double-edged sword

• “I know…”

From the Risen Christ

Satan’s Throne

•Pergamum was the center of Roman government in Asia

•The church had suffered persecution already

•They had remained faithful, even in the face of martyrdom

The Compromise

•Some held to the teachings of those who would lead them to idolatry and immorality

•The teachings of Balaam and of the Nicolaitasns seemed to be the spirit of compromise with the surrounding culture

Repent!

• Jesus threatens the visitation of judgment

• He will come to them with words of judgment, words that will condemn them

He Who Conquers

•He who conquers will eat of the hidden manna

•He will receive a white stone with a new name written on it

Our circumstances Our circumstances must not dictate the must not dictate the intensity of our faithintensity of our faith

There can be no There can be no compromise between compromise between the church and the the church and the worldworld

Our circumstances Our circumstances must not dictate the must not dictate the intensity of our faithintensity of our faith

There can be no There can be no compromise between compromise between the church and the the church and the worldworld