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Where are we going… where have we been?. Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical). Eph e sus. 90-200 A.D. Smyrna. 200-325 A.D. P e rgamos. 325-500 A.D. P e rgamos. Commission Character Commendation Condemnation Correction Call Challenge.
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Application: • Historical • Devotional (Inspirational) • Doctrinal (Prophetical)
Ephesus 90-200 A.D.
Smyrna 200-325 A.D.
Pergamos 325-500 A.D.
Pergamos • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation • Correction • Call • Challenge
Where are we going…where have we been? • Pergamos “Eclipsed andEntangled”
Pergamos-“Marriage”(Polygamy/Bigomy) • Commission • The name “Pergamos”
Where are we going…where have we been? • Pergamos “Christianized andPaganized”
Where are we going…where have we been? • Pergamos “Sword Smitten andAgainst All”
Pergamos • Commission • Character
Pergamos • Commission • Character • “HE which hath the sharp sword with 2 edges”
Hebrews 4:12– “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Healing and Help • Judgment and Destruction
Hebrews 4:12– “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” • Healing and Help
1st Peter 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” • Healing and Help
Revelation 19:15 “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” • Judgment and Destruction
Revelation 19:21 “And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.” • Judgment and Destruction
Healing and Help • Judgment and Destruction
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Pergamos • Commission • Character • “HE which hath the sharp sword with 2 edges”
One of the key things Satan will seek to pull off in this period is to: • Set up a counterfeit church that calls itself the “universal Christianity” or “Catholic church”. • It will set itself up as authoritative. • It will claim to be the sole interpreter of the Bible and the means of grace for salvation, rather than Jesus! • Pergamos
Pope John Paul II: Introduction “Catechism of the Catholic Church”:
Pope John Paul II: Introduction “Catechism of the Catholic Church”: “This catechism is offered to every individual who wants to know what the Catholic Church believes”.
Article 100 of the Catechism: “The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the Bishops in communion with him”
The Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism explains: “For it is through Christ’s Catholic Church alone, which is the universal help toward salvation, that the full means of salvation can be obtained”.
One of the key things Satan will seek to pull off in this period is to: • Set up a counterfeit church that calls itself the “universal Christianity” or “Catholic church”. • It will set itself up as authoritative. • It will claim to be the sole interpreter of the Bible and the means of grace for salvation, rather than Jesus! • Pergamos
Pergamos • Commission • Character • “HE which hath the sharp sword with 2 edges”
Pergamos • Commission • Character • Commendation
Pergamos • Commission • Character • Commendation • “I know”: • Thy works • Thy dwelling place
Pergamos • Commission • Character • Commendation “Antipas”(Against All)
An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating: “We order those who follow this doctrine to receive the title of Catholic Christians,…
An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating: “…, but others we judge to be mad and raving and worthy of incurring the disgrace of heretical teaching…”
An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating: “…, nor are their assemblies to receive the name of the churches. …”
An Edict was passed in 380 A.D. stating: “… .They are to be punished not only by Divine retribution but also by our own measures, which we have decided in accordance with Divine inspiration.”
Pergamos • Commission • Character • Commendation “Antipas”(Against All)
Ecclesiastes 1:9 – “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and thereisnonew thingunderthesun.”
Where are we going…where have we been? • Pergamos “Sword Smitten andAgainst All”