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In 1945 the Russians took the Pergamon Altar to Lenningrad and then returned it 13 years later.

It was re-built in the Pergamon Museum in 1959. Berlin had become the capital of Germany again.

Then the German Government moved the altar back to Reichstag where the seat of Satan is now.

Later Adolph Hitler built a reproduction of the
Pergamon Altar at Nuremberg for his Nazi rallies.

The 'Satan's seat' or the Throne of Satan was taken apart and shipped to Germany in the late 1800's.

The Pergamon
Altar was
rebuilt in
Berlin by
Kaiser
Wilhelm II
in 1902.

It was celebrated by a massive festival and party to the pagan gods.

Ham's oldest son Cush was the father of Nimrod.

Nimrod built the tower of Babel. Ancestor worship originated in Babylonia.

In ancient Pergamos, at the 'seat of Satan,' they actually worshipped a living serpent. The 'seat of Satan' was moved from Babylon to Pergamos.

In Genesis 10:6 "And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan."

The curse God placed on Ham's son, Canaan went into effect.

The Canaanites became wicked, perverse, idlolatrous and violent people.

When Noah awoke and realized what had happened, he put a curse on Ham's son, Canaan.
"cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brethern." Genesis 10:25

Ham's lack of respect for his father's nakedness had a spiritual force to it. It revealed something of what was going on in his heart with his relationship with his father and God as well.

Then Noah blessed the sons of Shem and Japeth.

Noah had become a farmer and had planted a vineyard.

He got drunk and passed out naked in his tent. Ham walked into the tent and saw his father naked.

Ham went outside and told his two brothers; so they [Shem and Japeth] walked into the tent backwards so that they couldn't see their father's nakedness and cover him.

It is likely that during the time of the Great Flood when Noah and his family were in the Ark, he taught his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth about God whom he worshipped.

Noah after the flood

Babel is the original name for Babylon.

It was the first example of a type of one world government ruled by Satan.

Babylon was also the beginning of goddess-mother worship.

Read Genesis 11:1-9
It's about an evil ruler named Nimrod who built the tower of Babel which was ancient Babylon.

The tower of Babel was built as a giant astrological and occult worship place so that its followers could reach up into the heavens, become godlike and see the stars.

Pergamos wasn't the original place that held "Satan's dwelling place or seat".

Babylon was the headquarters of Satan and demonic powers.

The old Church Fathers believed that the age of Christianity had come; that the Millennial reign of Christ had come to the earth.

The Book of Revelation is of God's kingdom triumphing on earth through the church.

The Pergamos religion was moved to Rome in 313 A.D.

It eventually became Roman Catholicism when Constantine, the Emperor of Rome was converted to Christianity.

At that time Church and State joined together and persecution of Christians stopped.

Some of the modern churches of today have committed spiritual adultery with humanistic ideas.

They have compromised God's Word with immorality, homosexuality, abortion, and on and on.

Jesus Christ says to the Church at Pergamos:
"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." Revelation 2:14


The people of Israel began to adopt the pagan customs that were around them and God no longer blessed them.

Much of Christianity today has similar compromises as the Church of Pergamos by rejecting the truth of the Word of God for the theories of evolution, humanism, modern psychology, and New Age religions.

There is very little difference in the morality and spirituality of the Christians and the non-believing world.

Like the Church of Pergamos, the modern church of today accepted the pagan philosophies of the modern culture to gain social acceptance.

Darwin's purpose was not just to establish the concept of evolution but was to convince the scientific world that it was unscientific to believe in a supernatural cause. His purpose was to 'ungod' the universe.

Whenever the Church [body of Christ] lets itself be used by one political party or leader, it has entered into the error of Pergamos.

If Hitler was running for office today, many Christians would vote for him because he claimed to be a Christian. He was going to restore Christian values.

Many Protestant and Catholic leaders backed him and the Third Reich.

The Church of Pergamos was seen as the compromised world church.

Christianity became the state religion in A.D. 325.

Not only did the Church of Pergamos compromise with immorality, it compromised its doctrine in order to achieve political and social power.

A corrupt spiritual/political system arose with Nicolaitan style and religious hiearchy ruling.

The reference to "Satan's seat" in Revelation 2:13 could be that Pergamos had the largest altar in the world and it was built to worship the god of Zeus.

Pergamos was the center of the pagan doctrines that entered the church.

The Church of Pergamos was under assault from the pagan customs all around them.
They were accommodating to the pagan culture in order to be accepted.

Their compromising made a way for the paganization of the church for many centuries to come.

Jesus criticized them for allowing false teachers and those who taught the doctrines of Balaam.
Sexual immorality was promoted.

The Chruch of Pergamos in the Book of Revelation resembles the modern church.

37% of evangelical pastors struggle with pornography
63% of men at christian retreats do the same
2/3 of them are in church leadership
34% of christian women have visted porn sites

Psalm 37:4

In Revelation 2:9, the phrase "synagogue of Satan" is used.

This could be referring to a group who was developing a "Nicolaitan" type of hierarchy,
OR
a group that rejected salvation by grace alone and tried to teach it was through obedience to Jewish laws.

The Church of Smyrna refers to the persecuted church and myrrh which releases it fragrance by being crushed.

The church age that it represents refers to the second and third centuries, where the church of Jesus Christ was violently persecuted by Roman dictators.

Jesus commends this church for its faithfulness in extreme tribulation and poverty. [Similar to how the church in China stays faithful and wins millions of souls despite persecution from the Communist Chinese Government].

The Church of Ephesus teaches us an important lesson.

It had spiritually left its "first love" for Jesus.

They were right on with their doctrine, but they had lost their original passion for Him.

This is a warning for every Christian and church today!

It is possible to be doctrinally sound and yet have lost your "first love".

Immorality was comman with the Nicolaitan leaders who tried to be 'upper class' among the people.

Pastor and leaders involved in affairs and pornography are similar to the Nicolaitan leaders.

We can see from the past that whenever a select group of preachers or priests [religious leaders] begin to arise in the church, compromise and immorality followed.

When men are separated from society or never had to work in the real world for a long time, they can't really minister to the people because they have never been one of the people.

The word Nicolaitanes is made up of two Greek words, Nico which means to overcome and laitanes which refers to 'lay people'.

They are referred to the first century teachers who wanted to overcome or rule the 'lay people' and build a church hierarchy within the Church.

Sexual immorality was common among the leaders of the Nicolaitans.

Jesus commended the Church of Ephesus for discerning and hating the teachings of the Nicolaitans.

The Nicolaitans were connected to Nicolus who was one of seven men selected to serve the early church but started teaching heresy.

Their doctrine was of Balaam who promoted sexual immorality.