Revelation 2:13

Revelation 2:13

Revelation 2:13 "'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

'I know where you dwell

The sense of the passage is, that it does much to enable us to judge of character to know where people live. In Mathew 6:21 Lord said “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” So we can easily guess the people character based on their activities. So here also the Lord told to the Pergamum church people “I  know where you dwell”

Even where Satan's throne is

A place of special wickedness, as if Satan dwelt there. Satan is, as it were, enthroned there. The influence of Satan in producing persecution is what is particularly alluded to, as is apparent from the reference which is immediately made to the case of Antipas, the "faithful martyr."

 “Where Satan’s throne is,” not simply seat. This statement stems from the fact of the extreme idolatry and demonic nature of the religious activity connected with the worship of the serpent god of Esculapius, the worship of the Emperor of Rome, and the persecution these Christians faced as a result.

Revelation 13:2 and 16:10

Same Satan’s thrown going to come in feature

Revelation 13:12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,^[1] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

The God will destroy the Satan’s thrown completely

Revelation 16:10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

Yet you hold fast my name,

            Even though the people living in midst of the bad circumstance, the became the Christ believer very quickly. They were ready to face any persecution, trails and tribulation for the gospel sake.

You did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness who was killed among you where Satan dwells

            Because of that the bishop of Pergamum church Antipas was a first person sacrificed himself to God. The ruler of the Pergamum burned him in the brazed bull. After saw this also the Christian got more faith on Christ and followed antipas there were many people died as a martyrs.