Seven churches

THE SEVEN CHURCHES
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The Altar of Serpent in Pergamos - The Throne of Satan
For 100 years Satan's throne has been in East Berlin. If that has any connection with the
rise of Hitler and the Nazis I leave to you to judge. But East Berlin is also where Hitler's
headquarters were located. The Swedish paper "Swenska Dagbladet" reported on
January 27, 1948 that after capturing Berlin, the Soviet Army removed the original Satanic
altar to Moscow. However the altar did not appear in the museum for a long time. When
the Architect Schusev, built Lenin's tomb, he took the Pergamos altar as the prototype for
his structure. The archeologist Federicc Paulson assisted him with details. This was in
1924.
Thou holdest fast my name
"Thou holdest fast my name", is another version which some people consider is given
more in a tone of reproach than commendation. The word Pergamos means "much
married". From the same root we get the words monogamy and bigamy, polygamy etc..
Just as an unfaithful wife continues to hold her husband’s name, the churches were flirting
with the world and other religions while professing to be Christians. However the
interpretation seems to me as far fetched. Jesus is commending the great strength of faith
at least some of the Christians showed in the midst of such Satanic cults.
The church here had a tough time. We do not know much about Antipas except by
orthodox tradition. According to this tradition this saint lived during the reign of emperor
Dometian in 83 AD He was contemporary with the Apostles. Antipas was consecrated
bishop of Pergamos by the Apostle John. When he was old , he was caught by the
idolaters of Pergamos. The demons, whom they worshipped, appeared to them and told
them that they could neither live in that place nor accept their sacrifices because Antipas