Pergamon
Nowadays known as Bergama
Antipas was most likely the pastor of the local church at Pergamos. Historically we know that he was the first martyr of Asia Minor. The method by which he met his demise is more barbaric than any mentioned in our previous study.
According to tradition he was slowly roasted to death in a bronze kettle during the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian. As you recall, Domitian began the second wave of persecution in 81 AD. Christians who stood before this savage ruler were given a chance to live if they would renounce their faith. The test was an oath they had to take during renunciation.
Pergamos at that time Revelation was written was both the capital city of Asia Minor and the religious center of the Roman Empire. In fact, we can prove historically that Satan's seat had been in Pergamos for three centuries before John's writing and remained there during the first part of the Pergamos church period. As proof, in the second century BC when the vile Attilus III, the priest/king of the Chaldean hierarchy fled before the conquering Persians to Pergamos, Satan shifted his capital from Babylon to Pergamos.
Of the seven cities mentioned in Revelation, Pergamos was indeed the most wicked for Satan's seat was established there. As its name implies, Pergamos was a city of mixed religions and temples. In fact, a title held by the inhabitants of Pergamos was "chief temple-keepers of Asia." Behind the city was a cone shaped mountain rising 1,000 feet above sea level which in John's day was covered with heathen temples. Towering above all the temples and visible for miles around was a giant altar to Zeus, the Grecian father of the gods. The city was also headquarters of the serpent god, Asklepios and like Smyrna, Pergamos had erected a temple to the Roman emperor.
Revelation 2:12-13
And to the angel of the church in 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.
Where Satan's Seat Is
PERGAMOS: Satan's Throne and Dwelling Place. To many, these phrases have been merely pictorial rather then truly historical. But they are surely real and history bears that out. Pergamos was indeed the throne and dwelling place of Satan. It happened on this wise:
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But how did Pergamos become the seat of Satan if Babylon was the seat? The answer again is in history. When Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians, the priest-king, Attalus fled the city and went to Pergamos with his priests and sacred mysteries. There he set up his kingdom outside the Roman empire, and thrived under the care of the devil.
Pergamon Altar or Zeus Altar
This is the altar that Hitler took back to Berlin. Can be seen in the Berlin Museum along with the Ishthar Gate
The front of the Pergamon Altar, as it is reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
The Pergamon Altar is a magnificently opulent structure originally built in the 2nd century BC in the Ancient Greek city of Pergamon (modern day Bergama in Turkey) in north-western Anatolia, 25.74 kilometers (16 miles) from the Aegean Sea. It has long been assumed that the temple was dedicated to Zeus.[1] The altar appears to be mentioned in the Book of Revelation, Revelation 2:12-13: "In Pergamos where Satan's Throne is"
The Altar has a 113 metre (371 feet) long sculptural frieze depicting the gigantomachy, or struggle of the gods and the giants.
Empty basis of altar in Pergamon
Anatolian Mythology (4given: are these giants the nephilim from the old testament?)Further reading material available at this link