On our drive to Pergamum (which was one of the 7 churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation) we stopped at Assos for a brief visit. The apostle Paul stopped here on his way to Miletus. There are no words to describe how beautiful Assos was. It is a small little village on a hill but after hiking to the top we could see the beautiful Aegean Sea as well as the island of Lesbos. I’m a little disappointed that we couldn’t go to Lesbos because I was really looking forward to meeting some Lesbians.
From a historical standpoint, Assos is most known for the Temple of Athena. There isn’t too much left but the ruins were still fun to see and it is in a great scenic spot.
After Assos we journeyed south to the place “where Satan dwelleth,” a.k.a. Pergamos. We went to the Acropolis of Pergamos which had the famous Temple of Trajan. This was the place where the seat of Satan dwelleth according to Revelation 2:12-17. It also has a huge amphitheater on a very steep hill. One of my professors who has been an archeologist in the Middle East for decades said that the white stone at Pergamos was the whitest he has ever seen in the Middle East. It gives added meaning to those who read in Revelation that to him that overcometh will be given a “white stone and a new name.”
After Pergamos we went to the Ascelpion, which is known as the world’s first health center. It was a sanctuary to the God of Medicine, Asclepios.
The hotel that we stayed at was right along the beach and it was probably the best hotel I’ve ever stayed at.
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