Although Pergamum was a centre of imperial cult and Greek god worship, the followers of Jesus hold on to their faith even after Antipas was killed for it.

But there were also people in the community who were looking for compromises.

In Pergamon and in Thyatira, some mixed religion with eroticism, although God always explicitly separates these two areas.

Instead of meat sacrificed to idols, the Pergamum believers should focus on the hidden manna.

Those who do not give up and hold on to Jesus receive heavenly bread (manna) and a new suitable name.

Revelation 2:17 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.”