talia*: pergamum

Revelation 2:12-13

"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:

'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is..."

Pergamum was the city in which the altar/temple of Zeus was. Zeus was the chief of the Greek gods/idols.

Paul showed the parallel between demons and idols in his letters, even using the words interchangeably.

"The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with demons...if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake..." (1 Cor.10:20,28).

The Old Testament (the Septuagint) used the word 'daimonion' for "idol" in Dt. 32:17 and Ps. 106:37; which is translated "demon" in the New Testament. Psalm 106:36-39 rebukes Israel and shows the parallel of the idols of Canaan to demons:

"They (Israel) served their idols; which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and daughters unto demons, and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan...Thus they were defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions".

What is interesting is that in the book of Revelation, God refers to Zeus' temple in Pergamum as the "throne of satan". (Revelation 2:13) The temple of zeus was built by Eumenes II. Eumenes discipled Antiochus Epiphanes who ruled from Pergamum and was an avid zeus worshiper and advocated evangelization of zeus and the hatred of the Jews. He then committed the Abomination of Desolation and erected the altar of zeus in the temple in Jerusalem and sacrificed a pig (unclean to Jews) in the temple. (prophecy in Daniel 9:27) Occured in 167 B.C.

2000 years later, in the 1880's, German archaeologists in Pergamum request (from Ottomon rulers) the removal of the temple of zeus to have it rebuilt in Germany. The Muslim rulers consented, and the Temple of zeus resides to this day in Germany.

Wikipedia: Pergamum Altar

50 years after the rebuilding of the temple in Berlin, Adolph Hitler and his propaganda minister became enamored with the temple and even gave mesmerizing speeches to massive crowds in front of a replica of The temple/altar of Pergamum (Pergamon) (AKA The throne of satan).

Hitler was ironically very friendly with Arabic leader Mufti of Jerusalem because of their mutual hatred of the Jews.

75 years later, another man mesmerized crowds in Germany - Barak Obama. The only presidential candidate to ever give a foreign policy speech in another country.
Did Barak visit the Pergamum temple?

Barak in Germany:

Well... when Barak returned to the U.S. to give his acceptance speech in Denver, Colorodo, he wanted to give a speech from a replica of a Greek building.

When photos of the building went up, everyone recognized the building quickly. It was a replica of the Temple of Pergamum (Pergamon). Even mainstream news recognized it:
U.S. News - Obama's Acceptance Speech

The excuses came, stating it was a replica of the White House or Capital building, however experts and anyone who takes a look at the photos agree, it was a replica of the Temple of Pergamum.

Altar of Pergamum (zeus' temple)