PERGAMOS REVISITED
Revelation 2 :16 |
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What was the compromise of this spirit
filled, blood washed, water baptised, Jesus praising, scripture reading church of the
living God / Yahweh?...............Revelation 2 : 12-17 / bible reference.
And is this the case revisiting the churches across the globe
today?..........(P.Sheehan) |
REGARDING THE CHURCH AT PERGAMOS
* (From IVF Bible Dictionary)
Nicolatians: Those "who sought to work out a compromise with paganism to
enable Christians to take part without embarrassment in some of the social and religious
activities of the close-knit society in which they found themselves."
"Possibly = Balaam and therefore allegorical, the policy of being likened to
the OT corrupter of Israel."
* (From 'A dictionary of Scripture proper names- JB Jackson)
Pergamos = Much married.
Antipas = Against all.
Against fatherland.
* (According to Josephus - paraphrased)
Balaam, finding that he could not curse Israel gave Balak (Israel's
enemy) the secret of a curse, namely, for the young women of
Moab to entice the men of Israel into marriage, making idol worship a pre-requirement-as
per Numbers 25-at the cost of 24 thousand Israelites dead.
(.........by way of Balaam earning his 'wages of
unrighteousness'?.................-not Josephus comment.
Researched by Yoke fellow Wilson
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