October 26, 2008: The Place Where Satan Lives – Michael Hidalgo

The first Provincial Temple to the Imperial Cult was built in Pergamum. It was considered a place of authority and power. It was a place that was devoted to the worship of powerful gods and the Emperors. John uses the illusion of a double edged sword (The Bible) as that which is more powerful than the great kingdoms of this world. (The sword was also an expression of high authority in the Roman mind.) The very words of God himself are more powerful than the temples, culture and even the kings of empires. John exhorts the Church to return to the Text to find the manna of God.