These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.

14Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.16Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

17Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

Pergamon

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This article is about the ancient Greek city. For the nearby modern city of Turkey, see Bergama. For some mythological and Bible uses, see Pergamus. .

Pergamon
τὸ Πέργαμον (Ancient Greek)
The reconstructed Temple of Trajan at Pergamon
Shown within Turkey
Alternate name	Pergamum
Location	Bergama, Izmir Province, Turkey
Region	Aeolis
Coordinates	39°07′57″N 27°11′03″ECoordinates: 39°07′57″N 27°11′03″E
Type	Settlement
Area	90 ha (220 acres)
History
Cultures	Greek, Roman
Associated with	Epigonus, Sosus of Pergamon,Aelius Nicon, Galen
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
Ownership	Public
Public access	Yes

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Designated	2014 (38th session)
Reference no.	1457
Region	Europe and North America

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Pergamon /ˈpɜrɡəmən/ or /ˈpɜrɡəmɒn/ or Pergamum /ˈpɜrɡəməm/ (Ancient Greek: τὸ Πέργαμον, to Pergamon, or ἡ Πέργαμος, hē Pergamos) was an ancient Greek city in Aeolis, currently located 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern-day Bakırçay). Today, the main sites of ancient Pergamon are to the north and west of the modern city of Bergama in Turkey.

Some ancient authors regarded it as a colony of the Arcadians, but the various origin stories all belong to legend. The Greek historians reconstructed a complete history for it due to confusion with the distant Teuthrania. It became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC. Pergamon is cited in the Book of Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia.

History

Antiquity

Xenophon provides the earliest surviving documentary mention of Pergamon. Captured by Xenophon in 399 and immediately recaptured by the Persians, it was severely punished in 362 after a revolt. It did not become important until Lysimachus, King of Thrace, took possession, 301 BC, but soon after his lieutenant Philetaerus enlarged the town, the Kingdom of Thrace collapsed and it became the capital of the new kingdom of Pergamon which Philetaerus founded in 281, beginning the Attalid dynasty. In 261 he bequeathed his possessions to his nephew Eumenes I (263-241 BC), who increased them greatly, leaving as heir his cousin Attalus I (241-197 BC).

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The Kingdom of Pergamon (colored olive), shown at its greatest extent in 188 BC

The Attalids became some of the most loyal supporters of Rome in the Hellenistic world. Under Attalus I (241–197 BC), they allied with Rome against Philip V of Macedon, during the first and second Macedonian Wars, and again under Eumenes II (197–158 BC), against Perseus of Macedon, during the Third Macedonian War. For their support against the Seleucids, theAttalids were rewarded with all the former Seleucid domains in Asia Minor.

As a consequence of its rise to power, the city expanded greatly. Until 188 BC, it had not grown significantly since its founding by Philetaerus, and covered circa 21 hectares (52 acres). After this year, a massive new city wall was constructed, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long and enclosing an area of approximately 90 hectares (220 acres).

The Attalids ruled with intelligence and generosity. Many documents survive showing how the Attalids supported the growth of towns by sending in skilled artisans and by remitting taxes. They allowed the Greek cities in their domains to maintain nominal independence. They sent gifts to Greek cultural sites like Delphi, Delos, and Athens. They defeated the invading Celts. They remodeled the Acropolis of Pergamon after the Acropolis in Athens. When Attalus III (138–133 BC) died without an heir in 133 BC, he bequeathed the whole of Pergamon to Rome in order to prevent a civil war.

Roman[

Not everyone in Pergamon accepted Rome's rule. Aristonicus, who claimed to be Attalus' brother as well as the son of Eumenes II, an earlier king, led a revolt among the lower classes with the help of Blossius. The revolt was put down in 129 BC, and Pergamon was divided among Rome, Pontus, and Cappadocia.

Pergamon was briefly the capital of the Roman province of Asia, before the capital was transferred to Ephesus.

After a slow decline, the city was favoured by several imperial initiatives under Hadrian (117 - 138). It was granted the title of metropolis and as a result of this an ambitious building programme was carried out: massive temples, a stadium, a theatre, a huge forum and an amphitheatre were constructed. In addition, at the city limits the shrine to Asclepius (the god of healing) was expanded into a lavish spa.

The Sanctuary of Asclepius grew in fame and was considered one of the most famous therapeutic and healing centers of the Roman world. Galen, after Hippocrates the most famous physician of antiquity, was born at Pergamon and received his early training at the Asclepeion.

Pergamon reached the height of its greatness under Roman Imperial rule and was home to about 200,000 inhabitants.

The Library of Pergamon was renowned, and second only to the Library of Alexandria, although not approaching Alexandria in scholarship.

The city was an early seat of Christianity and was granted a bishopric by the second century. Pergamon is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, as a dwelling place of Satan and a location of his throne, and that an early bishop named Antipas was martyred there.

The city suffered badly during the third century and was badly damaged by an earthquake in 262 and was sacked by the Goths shortly after.

Anatolia was invaded by the Persian Sassanid Empire in c.620 and after the Persians were driven out by Byzantine forces, Pergamon was rebuilt on a much smaller scale by Emperor Constans II.

Pergamon was sacked by the armies of Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik on their way to the siege of Constantinople in 717.

Middle Ages

With the defeat of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, the Seljuk Turks were effectively in control of all of Anatolia, but they withdrew to central and eastern Anatolia to consolidate their gains as the Sultanate of Rum and Pergamon returned to Byzantine control. The decline of the Sultanate of Rum in the late 12th century saw the rise of the Anatolian beyliks and with the continuing weakness in the Byzantine Empire, and the expansion of the beyliks, Pergamon was absorbed into the baylik of Karasids/Karası by 1336. Competition among the bayliks resulted in the takeover of the baylik of Karasids/Karası by the Ottoman Emirate - the forerunner of the Ottoman Empire - in 1357.

The Ottoman Sultan Murad III had two large alabaster urns transported from the ruins of Pergamon and placed on two sides of the nave in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Main sights

Upper Acropolis

The Great Altar of Pergamon, on display in the Pergamon museum in Berlin, Germany

Model of the Acropolis in the Pergamon museum in Berlin

Sketched 19th century reconstruction of ancient Pergamon

View of Acropolis from Sanctuary of Asclepion

The Great Altar of Pergamon is in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. The base of this altar remains on the upper part of the Acropolis. It was perhaps this altar, believed to be dedicated to Zeus, that John of Patmos referred to as "Satan's Throne" in his Book of Revelation (Revelation 2:13). A smaller frieze on a wall inside the Altar of Pergamon depicted the life of Telephus, son ofHeracles and legendary founder of Pergamon.^[6]

Other notable structures still in existence on the upper part of the Acropolis include:

The Hellenistic Theater with a seating capacity of 10,000. This had the steepest seating of any known theater in the ancient world.
The Sanctuary of Trajan (also known as the Trajaneum)
The Sanctuary of Athena
The Library of Pergamum
The Royal palaces
The Heroön – a shrine where the kings of Pergamon, particularly Attalus I and Eumenes II, were worshipped.
The Temple of Dionysus
The Upper Agora
The Roman baths complex
Diodorus Pasporos heroon
Arsenals

Pergamon's library on the Acropolis (the ancient Library of Pergamum) was the second best in the ancient Greek civilization. Pergamon was also a flourishing center for the production of parchment, which had been used in Asia minor long before the rise of the city. The story about the Pergamene invention of parchment because of Alexandria's papyrus monopoly is a mere legend. The library at Pergamom was believed to contain 200,000 volumes, which Mark Antony later gave to Cleopatra as a wedding present.

The site is today easily accessible by the Bergama Acropolis Gondola from the base station in northeastern Bergama.

Lower Acropolis

The lower part of the Acropolis has the following structures:

the Upper Gymnasium
the Middle Gymnasium
the Lower Gymnasium
the Temple of Demeter
the Sanctuary of Hera
the House of Attalus
the Lower Agora and
the Gate of Eumenes

At foot of Acropolis

Sanctuary of Asclepius

Three kilometers south of the Acropolis at (39° 7' 9" N, 27° 9' 56" E), down in the valley, there was the Sanctuary of Asclepius (also known as the Asclepium), the god of healing. The Asclepium was approached along an 820 meter colonnaded sacred way. In this place people with health problems could bathe in the water of the sacred spring, and in the patients' dreams Asclepius would appear in a vision to tell them how to cure their illness. Archeology has found lots of gifts and dedications that people would make afterwards, such as small terracotta body parts, no doubt representing what had been healed. Galen, the most famous doctor in the ancient Roman Empire and personal physician of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, worked in the Asclepium for many years. Notable extant structures in the Asclepium include:

the Roman theater
the North Stoa
the South Stoa
the Temple of Asclepius
a circular treatment center (sometimes known as the Temple of Telesphorus)
a healing spring
an underground passageway
a library
the Via Tecta (or the Sacred Way, which is a colonnaded street leading to the sanctuary) and
a propylon

SERAPIS TEMPLE

Serapis Temple

Pergamon's other notable structure is the great temple of the Egyptian gods Isis and/or Serapis, known today as the "Red Basilica" (or Kızıl Avlu in Turkish), about one kilometer south of the Acropolis at (39 7' 19" N, 27 11' 1" E). It consists of a main building and two round towers within an enormous temenos or sacred area. The temple towers flanking the main building had courtyards with pools used for ablutions at each end, flanked by stoas on three sides. At this temple in the year 92 Saint Antipas, the first bishop of Pergamum ordained by John the Apostle, was a victim of an early clash between Serapis worshipers and Christians. An angry mob is said to have burned Saint Antipas alive inside a Brazen Bull incense burner, which represented the bull god Apis. In the 1st century AD, the Christian Church at Pergamon inside the main building of the Red Basilica was one of the Seven Churches to which the Book of Revelation was addressed. Revelation 2:12. The forecourt is still supported by the 193 m wide Pergamon Bridge, the largest bridge substruction of antiquity.

Inscriptions

Greek inscriptions discovered at Pergamon include the rules of the town clerks, the so-called Astynomoi inscription, which has added to understanding of Greek municipal laws and regulations, including how roads were kept in repair, regulations regarding the public and private water supply and lavatories.

Panoramic view of the Pergamon

Notable people

Epigonus (3rd century BC), Greek sculptor
Sosus of Pergamon (2nd century BC), Greek mosaic artist
Aelius Nicon (2nd century AD), Greek architect and builder
Galen (c. 129–200/216 AD), Greek physician

Notes[

^ Jump up to:^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pergamus". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
Jump up^ Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.8; Hellenica 3.1.6.
Jump up^ Errington, R. Malcolm (2008). A History of the Hellenistic World: 323–30 BC. Blackwell History of the Ancient World 13. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781444359596.
Jump up^ Revelation 2:13
Jump up^ E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936 - Page 526
Jump up^ Tucker, pp. 28–29.

Jump up^ Bergama (Pergamum)-Akhisar (Thyatira) accessed September 24, 2007

Jump up^ after that of Alexandria (Royal Library of Alexandria)

Jump up^ Green, Peter. Alexander to Actium. The historical evolution of the Hellenistic age, p. 168.

Jump up^ Kekeç 1989, p. 40.

Jump up^ Tucker, p. 36.

Jump up^ Tucker, p. 34.

Jump up^ Grewe & Özis 1994, pp. 350, 352

Jump up^ Klaffenbach, G. (1954). "Die Astynomeninschrift von Pergamon". Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften. Abhandlungen. Klasse für Sprachen, Literatur und Kunst. 6.

References

Grewe, Klaus; Özis, Ünal (1994). "Die antiken Flußüberbauungen von Pergamon und Nysa (Türkei)". Antike Welt (in German) 25 (4): 348–352.
Hansen, Esther V. (1971). The Attalids of Pergamon. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press; London: Cornell University Press Ltd. ISBN 0-8014-0615-3.
Kekeç, Tevhit. (1989). Pergamon. Istanbul, Turkey: Hitit Color. ISBN 9789757487012.
Kosmetatou, Elizabeth (2003) "The Attalids of Pergamon," in Andrew Erskine, ed., A Companion to the Hellenistic World. Oxford: Blackwell: pp. 159–174. ISBN 1-4051-3278-7.
McEvedy, Colin (2012). Cities of the Classical World. Penguin Global
Nagy, Gregory (1998). "The Library of Pergamon as a Classical Model," in Helmut Koester, ed., Pergamon: Citadel of the Gods. Harrisburg PA: Trinity Press International: 185-232.
Nagy, Gregory (2007). "The Idea of the Library as a Classical Model for European Culture," http://chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/. Center for Hellenic Studies
Tucker, Jack (2012). Innocents Return Abroad: Exploring Ancient Sites in Western Turkey. ISBN 9781478343585.
Xenophon. Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Carleton L. Brownson. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. vol. 1. 1918, vol. 2. 1921, vol 3. 1922.

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REMAINDER OF TEXT BY RABBI JONATHAN CAHN AND JIM BAKKER - TRANSCRIPT OF TELEVISION SHOW 7-3-15

DANIEL 11:51 "His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. then they will set up the abomination that causes the desolation.

JC: Daniel set up an altar of Zeus in the Temple of God. This was done to start a war with the Jews.

By a miracle, the Maccabees rose up, they got to the Temple, they win and restore the Temple, take down the idol of Zeus and restore Hannakuh.

JC: Another type of Antichrist, at the same time sets up another altar of Zeus on a mountain and it's called Pergamon's Altar of Zeus.

Christianity comes to the Roman Empire. The Altar of Zeus is abandoned and dwindles down into dust.

A man comes who uncovers this throne of Satan. He starts sending pieces back to his homeland.

JC: He doesn't really know what it is but in 1871, he sends the first pieces home. Then they start excavating the entire throne and altar and Satan is now appearing in the modern age and is reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany.

At the same moment in 1871, where the throne of Satan is reconstructed, Germany now comes into existence.

Nissan 19 is the date of Adolf Hitler's birth, the same day that Pharoah attempts to destroy the Jews.

Then we had WWI, and after all the reconstruction of WWI, the Altar of Satan is still there, the next evil comes to Germany.

The Nazis began to rise. It's a drama to watch the Nazis to move to Berlin where The Altar of Satan is.

In 1930, the Nazis went from beomg the smallest political party to the second largest. It went to number two and they won the election and moved to Reichstag.

They started gaining power and within three years Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. Within four years he became dictator.

Now the baby Adolf is with the altar of Satan in Berlin. So the Nazis have possession of the throne of Satan.

So now its like --- all of Germany is possessed. The entire nation is going to become possesses.

So, one of the first things Adolf says is that "I want a platform from which I can speak to Germany and the world.

He appoints his architect Albert Speer to build him a platform so he can spew his venom.

albert Spear just happened to have visited the Altar of Pergamon, so ge gets the idea to recreate the Altar of Pergamon - the Altar of satan.

So, when you see Hitler speaking, when you see hom speaking at those massive rallies, he is at Nuremburg.

So, when he is speaking and railing, he is on the recreation of the throne of Satan.

And what is the enemies goal? The goal is to wipe out the Jewish people. Just like he tried to put the altar of Zeus on the Temple Mount which is a foreshadow of the Last Days.

So now what happens? On a throne a King speaks, so on this throne, the enemy speaks to Hitler.

At the same time, in that same city, while Hitler is on that podium, they come up with the Nuremburg laws.

It was at that time, for the first time Hitler uses the words 'final solution' That happens on the altar of Satan.

The throne of Satan is also an altar. What is an altar? An altar requires blood.

A table or flat-topped block and the focus for a religeous ritual, especially for making sacrifice or offering to a diety.

An altar requires a sacrifice or something lifted up that way. The beginning of that place is the beginning of the holocaust. (burnt offering)

A holocaust is not just a death oe sacrifice, this altar was the throne of Zues, it was an altar of burnt offerings.

Books and writings deemed "un-German" are burned at the Opernplatz. Berlin, Germany, May 10, 1933.

Back in ancient times, it wasn't just abomination of desolation, it was converting God's Holy Temple, the altar of sacrifice to an Un-Holy altar.

So what the enemy does when he tries to destroy the Jewish people, because he knows if he can't destroy them, he loses, so he takes the Holy things that God gave them - they were saved by the sacrifices on that altar in Jerusalem.

So, what does, he takes a Holy thing and turns it into an Unholy thing to destroy the Jewish people.

The first altar was the Altar of Burnt Offering (mizbach ha'olah) (Exodus 30:28), also called the Brasen Altar (Exodus 39:39), the Outer Altar (mizbach hachitzona), theEarthen Altar (mizbach adamah), the Great Altar (mizbach hagedola) and the Table of the Lord (Malachi 1:7) This was the outdoor altar and stood in the Court of the Priests, between the Temple and the Court of Israel, and upon which the korbanot (animal and bird sacrifices) were offered. The blood of the sacrifices would be thrown against the base of the altar (Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:18), and portions of the sacrifices would be burned on top of it (precisely which portions would depend upon the type of sacrifice). Also consumed at the altar would be some of the meat offerings, and the drink offerings (libations of wine) were poured out here. All sacrifices had to be "seasoned with salt" (Leviticus 2:13,Numbers 18:19)

Three separate piles of wood burned atop the altar. The largest of these was where all the portions of the sacrifices were burned; the second fire provided the coals for the Altar of Incense within the sanctuary, and the third was the "perpetual fire" which constantly burned on the altar. Nothing was placed on it, and no coals were taken from it. It existed solely to fulfill the commandment that there be a perpetual fire, as the Torah states: "And a fire shall burn there on the altar constantly; it shall not be extinguished" (Leviticus 6:12-13). There was no commandment regarding the type of wood to be used; however, the Rabbis forbade the use of olive wood and grape vine, as these would not burn well and needed to be conserved because of their commercial value to the people. Three particular types of wood were preferred: fig, walnut, and pine. These woods all burn well, and were therefore preferable. The choicest branches of fig were used for the second fire, the one from which coals were taken for the Altar of Incense. If all of the lamps of the menorah went out, they would have to be rekindled from the fire on the Altar of Burnt Offering.

A large pile of ashes was formed in the center of the altar from the remnants of the three fires. A portion of the ashes from this pile were required to be removed every morning before the first sacrifice of the day. In the Second Temple, the priest who fulfilled this mitzvah (commandment) was chosen by lottery every morning. He would vest in his priestly vestments and wash his hands before approaching the altar. The ashes were taken up in a silver shovel and set on the ground to the east of the altar at what was called, "the place of the ashes." Then he would change from his priestly vetments into ordinary clothing and remove the ashes to a clean place outside the camp (Leviticus 6:10-11, Cf., 1:16).

In Exodus 27:3 the various utensils used with the altar are enumerated. They were made of brass. (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:13-14; Leviticus 16:12; Numbers 16:6-7). The altar could not be carved using utensils made of iron or of bronze (Exodus 20:25), nor were any allowed on or near it, because iron and bronze were used for implements of war. The Altar and its utensils were considered to be sacred, and the priests had to vest and wash their hands before touching them—even so much as removing the ashes from the altar.

According to the Bible, the fire on the altar was lit directly by the hand of God and was not permitted to go out (Leviticus 6:12-13). No strange fire could be placed upon the altar. The burnt offerings would remain on the altar throughout the night before they could be removed (Leviticus 6:9).

A second lottery would be made to determine which priests would fulfill the various duties involved in offering the sacrifice and preparing the menorah and the Golden Altar.

Scapegoat derives from the common English translation of the Hebrew term azazel (Hebrew: עזאזל) which occurs in Leviticus 16:8 after the prefix la- (Hebrew לַ "for").

JC: What did Hitler do in Germany to the Jewish people? That's from Yom Kippur. That is something Holy. They put their sins on the Jewish people!

Another thing, on Yom Kippur, it was marked by the color red, they put a scarlet cord on it.

When the Germans started the holocaust, they changed all the passports and on the Jewish ones, they put a letter J in red.

Then what do they do with the sacrifice on the Holy sacrifice. The sacrifice would be led to the place of sacrifice.

The Jews were led to the sacrifice in the cattle cars like cattle, lambs and goats, the way sacrifice that was offered up on Yom Kippur!

What did the Greeks call that Altar of Zeus? In Greek the word is Caudos which means burnt! A complete burnt offering was called Holos which means 'whole, complete!

They were standing on top of a recreation of Satan's throne already was called the altar of holocaust there.

On the Altar of Zeus, where is lifted up holocaust in ancient times, these offerings were done at night and hissen away, as the holocaust was hidden as it was being done.

Leviticus 5:10 "And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner ...

but in the Septuagint, the verse says in the Greek, offer the second for a holocaust.

JC: It looks like the enemy is taking Holy things meant for salvation and turning them for evil against it.

JC: There is a place in Europe called The Holy Place. Os wiecem in Germany which means The Holy Place. In German that same word means Auschwitz.

Translating that same verse from Leviticus `4:13 to German - it says: They shall offer the holocaust in Aucgwitz. (The Holy Place)

The enemy was behind it all. The enemy is real. And not only the holocaust because that wasn't the only destruction, but linked to the holocaust is the greatest destruction that ever covered theearth so far.

He attacked the Jews first - also the Greek, then calamity comes to the Jews first. The enemy knows if he can attack the Jews, he can attack the world.

Adolf Hitler ordered the slaughter of around 6 million Jewish people. They were the tithe. The tenth! The fruit! The first fruits!

And what does it sayin the Bible? It actually says that the Jewish people are the first fruits of God for salvation, for blessings, but now the enemy turns it on it's head.

In the end, Hitler brings his own destruction. When you serve the enemy, you bring your own destruction.

Hitler killed himself by gunshot on April 30, 1945. He had given orders that his body be burned and became thr last burnt offering.

April 30th is Walpurger Night which is "witches Night". It is one of the most Satanic nights of the year.

As the global cataclysm nears it's end the armies of America and it's allies converge with the armies of the Soviet Union and they all converge on the city of Satan, they all converge on Berlin, Germany.

The calamity started in Berlin and now all comes back to Berlin where the Altar of Satan is located.

JC: Now everything is destroyed. They have new judgment which comes back to Third Reich in Berlkib and Nuremburg where the original Altar of Satan is and where that massive replication of it is - The Altar of Hitler.

Those who were convicted - The Nuremburg 10 - who were hung. They were hung on a Hebrew Holy Day. It's a day marked for judgment.

JC: it was said that in the early days, Hitler went to a psychic medium and he asked her "When am I going to die?" and she said, "You are going to die on a Hebrew Holy Day!"

He said, "That's crazy! How do you know that?" She said," Any day you die is going to be a Hebrew Holy Day!"

But here now, let's bring it home! This mystery has come to America. The whole world is going to lead to the End Times.

JC: Why has the enemy warred against the Altar of God since the beginning? From the first abomination of desolation to the Antichrist, he will.

Why? Because the Altar of God, the alttar of the last offering was the sign, the shadow of the cross of the Messiah.

The offering of Messiah is the defeat of the enemy. He hates the cross. But it takes everything and tries to twist it.

Abraham Tested

²Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

³Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. ⁴On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. ⁵He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

⁶Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac,and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, ⁷Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

⁸Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

⁹When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altarthere and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. ¹⁰Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. ¹¹But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven,“Abraham! Abraham!”

¹²“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

¹³Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram^[a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. ¹⁴So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

¹⁵The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time ¹⁶and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, ¹⁷I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, ¹⁸and through your offspring^[b] all nations on earth will be blessed,^[c]because you have obeyed me.”

¹⁹Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

Nahor’s Sons

²⁰Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor: ²¹Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), ²²Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.” ²³Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. ²⁴His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.

Footnotes:

Genesis 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text a ram behind him
Genesis 22:18 Or seed
Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

JC: They've been vulnerable. They've been vulnerable to everything the enemy has done. They've been like sheep without a shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd and when they were scattered, they became food for all the wild animals.

NOTE: While I'm typing this, Aljazeera news is showing scenes from religeous wars in Kosovo and Nigeria, where thousands of men and boys were systematically butchered and the United States was forced to go over in airplanes and bomb the enemy because they wouldn't stop slaughtering people for being a different religion.

The Jewish people had no lamb. The people are spoken of as sheep without a shepherd.

John 10:12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

JC: ADOLF - the day he was born - means "the wolf" Adolf, from the German name Aodolwolf which means 'noble wolf'.

This just reveals such a little bit - there is so much. It shows how real the enemy is. He's real!

JB. (BAKKER) This is so scary. We need to wake up because ... America - I'm scared to say this ... It is happening. I'm scared we are going to start taking the crosses out of the National cemeteries.

But the cross is so hated in our country. Even in the army, they are taking the crosses off the tents for the Chaplains. In some places, you can't even use the Bible, because it offends the Arab world.

On 9/11, the only sign of protection remaining was the dross. And the cross still stands.

Every sin, every temptation is a war from the enemy against your soul. Treat it as prison. Every sin, every temptation - don't play with it because it is there to destroy you.

The other thing is, in that it tells you how important the cross is. Don't get into a doctrine war, this doctrine, or that doctrine, your own prosperity.

The enemy hates it because it is so powerful. The blood of Jesus is stronger than the enemy, than the world of flesh - the Devil.

We must stay with it and that's the power of it. You can't play with the cross. That is our bridge to Salvation.

JC: We have to stay with the cross. The enemy launched his war against the Jewish people and has tried for 4,000 years. He's used Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Rome, Hitler, and all these things, but the ultimate story is that Egypt is gone, Assyria is gone, Hitler is gone, the terrorists will be gone, but the Nation of Israel lives because the God of Israel lives, because the Messiah still lives.

Our God is stronger and we win in the end. If we stay with God, we will win as well.

Revelation 2