Rene,
You had written:
“Odd, isn't it that the "gate of
hell" was found in Turkey where the Bible tells us Satan's
Seat is (Pergamos)??? ”
That is where
Jesus said it was, even though Alexander Hislop disagreed
with Jesus, saying that it had moved to Rome.
Revelation 2:12 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.
Then,
interestingly, that same seat is later (like nearly 2,000
years later) given to the beast:
Revelation
13:2 And the
beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet
were as
the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of
a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat,
and great authority.
So, it sure
looks like that Satan gives his seat, which is there in
Turkey, to the beast.
Turkey had been
the head of the Eastern leg of the Roman Empire, which
survived long after Rome fell.
Turkey also
became the head of the Caliphate.
Turkey, also
used to be believed to be the land of Magog (until after
people tried to make it fit with the Soviets in the 20th
century).
So, yes, the
whole thing is a very strange twist.
Gino