Through this week I’ll be posting and asking for comment about the messages that Jesus gave John to write to the churches in Revelation.
Today I’d like to discuss, through the comments on this post, the message that Jesus gave John to write to the church at Pergamum.
In chapter 2 we see the message to Pergamum with Jesus commenting on the things He is pleased with and the things which He holds against the church. Jesus also encourages those who overcome.
What themes do you see?
How do you see these themes occurring in churches today?
What challenges you personally when reading this message?
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this: ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
Revelation 2:12-17 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.2.12-17.NASB
