3. WHAT IS RIGHT WITH THE CHURCH Jesus is acquainted with the conditions which exists in the churches. Satan's throne ("seat"). There were many heathen temples in Pergamos, including a temple for emperor-worship. Asclepias ws the god of healing, and symbolized by a serpent (Today the medical symbol of a serpent intertwined around a pole) At Pergamos in BC 29 a temle was built to Augustus and emperor worship became a prevalent practice there.