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The Letter to Pergamos
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"At
first, John of Zebedee came with Jesus to the island of Patmos, off the
coast of Asia Minor. There he wrote the first part of the book of
Revelation, with letters to the seven churches of the province of Asia,
conveying the will of Jesus concerning the different problems, moral and
doctrinal, that were besetting them." The letter to Pergamos
contains a historical event that occurred in 92 AD, the martyrdom of a
Christian bishop named Antipas. This shows that although
started in 49 AD at Patmos, Revelation was still being added to in 92 AD.
But this is not the main point here, as I have shown. |
Barbara
Thiering writes:"John wrote that he was on
the island of Patmos "on account of the word of God and the testimony
of Jesus". He was "in the Spirit on the Lord's
day", that is, acting as a presbyter on the Sunday service, when he
heard behind him a loud voice telling him to write what he saw, in a
book. " I'm contending that this was not a Sunday service,
but an Essene YOM KIPPUR service, and that John of Zebedee was only one of
several authors of this book.
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begins by referring to a sword with two edges. We have
switched from the Biblical story references in the first two letters
to now an emphasis on Pagan (Greek and Roman) mythology in which the
two edged sword belongs to Mars-Aries, the Greek and Roman god of
War. The Age of Taurus is past, the Age of Aries has now begun. In
this age (2000 to 1000 BC) lived Balak and Balaam, who are referred
to in this letter. |
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Pergamos
Revelation
2:12 "And
to the angel of the church
of Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp
sword with two edges; 13
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat
is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied
my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr,
who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 14
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 stumbling block before the children of
Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit
fornication. 15
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes,
which thing I hate. 16
Repent; or
else I come quickly, and I will fight against them with the sword
of my mouth. 17
He that hath
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him who overcometh will I give to eat of the
hidden manna, and I will give him a white
stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
By receiving the third letter in the sequence, Pergamos
represents the third millennial day, from 2000 BC until 1000 BC.
As does Ephesus, Pergamos starts with astrology. In Greek and
Roman mythology the God of War was Mars or Aries, symbolized by the
sharp sword with two edges. The constellation for the Age of
Aries was that of the RAM. Abraham offered a ram in
place of Isaac. But Abraham is not mentioned here. However, in
this time period appear Balaam and Balak, who ARE mentioned.
And manna, which Israel ate while wandering in the wilderness.
Jesus himself, born in March, was born under the sign of Aries, so
could claim to slay people with such a sword. Also known
by the Essenes as the "word" this term has a double
meaning. The phrases about the "white stone"
and a "new name" document a practice of the Essenes at the
time of Jesus in which the Essene baptizers of Diaspora Jews (or
Gentiles) would, for a cash donation, give these would-be Jews a
stone from the Jordan River with a new Jewish name written on it.
Now they were Jews! |
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Once one
understands that the Essenes in the end supported a MILLENNIAL WEEK
prophecy, also shown in John chapter 7, the 8 parables of Matthew
13, and Daniel chapter 12, its possible to find the same MILLENNIAL
WEEK prophecy in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. Others can
do little more than draw fanciful pictures like that shown on the
left, and let their imaginations run wild and invent prophecies that
terrorize their fellow church-goers (until these prophecies fail).
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