<TITLE>09. Par 54-66</TITLE>L-54 And the angel of the light of--of Pergamos was the great Saint Martin. I don't believe there was a greater man ever lived on earth, outside of Jesus Christ, than Saint Martin. Power? The assassinist come to him to cut his head off (He believed in signs and wonders, and the Pentecostal blessing.), and when they went to, they was going to assassinate him, he pulled his cloak back and held his neck out to them. And when the assassinater drawed the sword to chop his head off, the power of God knocked him plumb back out from him, and he crawled on his knees to ask...?... He was an angel to the church.
Other things. Watch how he... One of his brethren had been hung, be was on the road to try to find him, see what taken place. And when he got there, they done hung him. He was laying stretched out, dead, and his eyes pushed out of his head. He went in to him, and fell down upon his knees, and laid his body across him for an hour, praying to God. And the power of God come upon the man, and he raised up took his hand and walked away with him like that. That's history, just like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or whatmore. It's history.
Yes, sir. Saint Martin was the angel unto the Pergamos church, which the marriage church that takes them over into Catholicism after that.

L-57 The angel of the church of--of Thyatira was Columba. The angel of the church of Sardis, the dead church... The word "Sardis" means "dead," come out with a name, not His Name, "But a name that you live, but you're dead." Watch how they brought out that baptism in that day. See, come from it. The angel of the church of Sardis was Martin Luther, the first reformer.
The angel of the church of Philadelphia was John Wesley, the messenger.
And the angel of the church of--of Laodicea is not known yet. It will be someday, but perhaps he... on earth... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... "He that has an ear..." [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... know this is the age we're living in. God will do the judging of that.

L-61 Now, notice now, and we'll get now to the Scriptures, back to the first church age. Now, I would like... I got some little things wrote down here that I wished you would listen closely.
The first church, the Ephesian church, the works of the church, what God condemned them for, was works without love. Their reward was the Tree of Life.
The church of Smyrna was a persecuted church, went through tribulation: reward was crown of Life.
The third church, Pergamos, the age of false doctrine, Satan's lying, the foundation of the papacy rule, marriage to church and state. The reward was hidden manna and a white stone.
The church of Thyatira was the church of the papal subduing, the dark ages: reward was power and rule of nations and the Morning Star. That's the little minority that went through.

L-66 The church of Sardis was the reformation age, the great missionary--or not missionary, but the hidden names; they had their own names. And the reward was white raiment, and name on the Book of Life (which has to come in the judgment). We had that the other day, the Book of Life; you're to be judged from the Book of Life. The saints are translated and taken without that, they don't go to that.
The Philadelphian church age was the age of brotherly love, the great commission age, and the great missionary age, the open door. And the reward was a--a pillar. Reveal the names of God was to be in during--during this age, when it went out around 1906. All right.
The Laodicean age was the lukewarm church, rich, increased in goods, having need of nothing, but was wretched, poor, blind, and miserable, and naked. And the reward was to set on the throne with the Lord, those who overcome that age.


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