This is a letter no church would want to receive. This is judgement on a church that has literally begun to tolerate the deep things of Satan. It’s a terrifying text. God will not tolerate sin in His church. “Judgment must begin” – 1 Peter 4 says, “at the house of God.” Revelation 2:18-29 “And…
The church at Pergamum was linked inseparably to the world. They decided that they could maintain some kind of Christian credibility and also associate itself with the sins of the past. Pergamum is a picture of any church or believer that courts the world. They are in grave danger and disaster looms on the horizon.…
The price of being a Christian can be very high in a hostile environment. That apparently was the case in Smyrna. Through persecution they had been purified and had come to a serious kind of Christianity. Through persecution they had been deprived, but in their poverty, they had become spiritually rich Revelation 2:1-11 “To the…