THE SCROLL: Pergamos
(Study 5-C)

The name "Pergamos" means "Elevation," in Greek. It also means "Marriage." In this study we will examine the continuing effects of the Church not earnestly striving to preserve the purity of the doctrines first committed to the first-generation followers of the Messiah. What takes place when a religious institution, in a state of unrest, joins itself to a state government instead of trusting in the Most High for preservation in a hostile world? How are we, as Christ's followers, to react to such a situation?

We observed in Set 4 of these studies what happened to the Jewish nation when they rejected their Creator, and turned Him over to the civil government, the Romans. History often does repeat itself, as it did during this third age of the Church's history.

QUESTIONS:
01) How does Yahshua describe Himself to the Church of Pergamos? (Rev 2:12)
02) What does a sword from Yahweh signify in Scriptural symbolism? (Ezek 21:4, Heb 4:12)
03) What positive thing is said about this Church? (Rev 2:13)
04) What negative things are said about this Church? (Rev 2:14,15)
05) What was the apostasy stirred up by Balaam against the children of Israel? (Num 25:1-3; Num 31:9,14-16)
06) What symbol is often used in the Bible to represent Yahweh's people? (Jer 6:2, 3:14; 2Cor 11:2)
07) What imagery is used in the Bible to represent human governments and kingdoms? (Dan 7:17, 23)
08) How does the Bible teach us to respond to governmental authority when it does not conflict with Yahweh's Law? (1Pet 2:13-17, Heb 13:17)
09) What do the Scriptures teach about the actual union of a Church and civil human authority? (Hos 7:10-12, Isa 31:1, Jer 42:15-17, Lev 18:231, Rev 17:3-5)
10) How is the apostate "woman" shown in John's vision revealed to have civil authority? (Rev 17:18)
11) What does she do with this authority? (Rev 17:6, 18:24)
12) What must Christians do concerning laws that conflict with the Father's commands? (Mark 12:17, Acts 5:29, Mark 12:30)
13) What is released at the breaking of the 3rd Seal? (Rev 6:5)
14) What does a set of scales (balances) signify in the Bible? (Job 31:6; Dan 5:27,302)
15) What does the voice from Heaven declare at the approach of this dark rider? (Rev 6:63)
16) How does the Bible describe the condition of want in the last days? (Amos 8:11-13)
17) What are the instructions given to those in that age, and what is promised to those who overcome the errors of Pergamos? (Rev 2:16,17)
18) What was the role of the "manna" in Israel's travels? (Exo 16:14,15,35; John 6:31)
19) What judgments are pronounced on both the woman and the kings with whom she ruled? (Rev 18:7-9,20)
20) What command does Heaven give to Christians who find themselves involved in the woman/beast union described above? (Rev 18:1-4)

Note1 The word there "confusion" is "Tebel" in Hebrew, which comes from the same root as Babel, or Babylon.
Note2 "Chaldeans" is another name for the people of Babylon.
Note3 These prices, in those days, would indicate a state of famine for the food of the common people.


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