SEVEN CHURCHES

OF REVELATION

Seven Churches

• Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7)

• Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)

• Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17)

• Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29)

• Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6)

• Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13)

• Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22)

Church at Pergamum

Revelation 2:12-17

• The center of emperor worship in the Roman world

• Antipas

• Balaam-Nicolaitan Error

• Sharp two-edged sword

• The “throne of Satan”

Church at Pergamum

Concerns about Pergamum:

1) Temptation

2) Responsibility for fellow believers

3) The freedom to choose your Identity

• “He who has an ear, let him hear…”

• Manna/White Stone