Please keep in mind that this is a very shortened down version of the actual writeup. Everything mentioned in here has MUCH more information, but for the sake of time, I have only included the most pertinent and direct pieces of information. If you would like more information on anything included here, please just contact me and I will be happy to provide anything you need.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTICHRIST:
1 Exterminates 3 nations Antichrist destroys 3 nations after Rome falls
2 Rome will concede to it Antichrist receives its seat and authority from Rome
3 Political & religious in one Antichrist is both political & religious power
4 Will reside on 7 hills Antichrist will have his church & state sit on 7 hills
5 Rules for 1260 years Antichrist is to rule the world for 1260 years
6 Will receive mortal wound Antichrist is wounded after 1260-year reign
7 Mortal wound will heal Antichrist receives “deadly wound” which later heals
8 Was … is not … yet is Antichrist is the beast “that was, is not, yet is”
9 Will blaspheme Antichrist is to be a blasphemous power
10 Will expect worship Antichrist will be able to charm the world to worship him.
11 Dark Sentences Antichrist will understand the “dark sentences” of hell
12 Says Jesus had not flesh Antichrist declares Jesus has not come in the flesh
13 Craftiness and deceit Antichrist is to use craftiness and deceit in a major way
14 Preaches another Jesus Antichrist is to preach ‘another Jesus’ unto all
15 666 Antichrist controls a man whose name will add to 666
16 Will hate the Bible Antichrist hates Bible and anyone that uses it
17 Will kill Christians Antichrist has a church that makes war with the saints
18 All wonder after him Antichrist is a world power which the world “wonders after”
19 Will embrace Babylon Antichrist is a “Christian” church mixed with Babylon
20 Will join with all kings Antichrist must join with the “kings of the Earth”
21 Will mock Jesus Antichrist will mock Christ so as to confuse the unlearned.
22 Antichrist hates women Antichrist’s men will be homosexual
23 Forces Remnant to hide Antichrist forces Christians into hiding for 1260 years!
24 Will be a mother church Antichrist is a “mother” church that spawns many errors!
25 Try’s changing times & law Antichrist seeks to tamper with and change times & laws
26 Will use Sorcery – Pharmacy Antichrist will use drugs on the masses to control them
Antichrist will destroy three complete nations out of the original ten of fallen Rome.
Daniel 7:24 “And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.”
Daniel identifies immediately that the horns in this vision actually refer to kings. For further confirmation, later in Daniel 8:20 we see the two horns on the ram Daniel sees in vision are in fact the two kings of Media and Persia. When Pagan Rome fell in 476AD it resulted in the formation of TEN SEPARATE KINGDOMS. Three of these ten kingdoms rejected the idea of a “universal / Catholic faith” that was both religious as well as political so as to better control the people of the fallen nation of Rome. They were annihilated for protesting against such an evil entity. 1. Heruli nation was annihilated in 493AD. 2. Vandals in 534AD. 3. Ostrogoths in 538AD were the final of the three kings that would be subdued just as Daniel prophesied. With the fall of the Ostrogoths in the year 538AD the political entity we today refer to as the “Roman Catholic institution,” began its official reign as the last part of this fourth beast mentioned in the prophecy of Daniel.
THE TEN HORNS that came to be after Rome fell:
- The Alamannis which is now called Germany
- The Visigoths which is now called Spain
- The Franks which is now called France
- The Sueves which is now called Portugal
- The Burgundians which is now called Switzerland
- The Anglo Saxons which is now called England
- The Lombards which is now called Italy
- The Ostrogoths
- The Vandal
- The Herulis
Antichrist is to receive its “seat” and authority from Rome.
Revelation 13:4 “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”
Who is this dragon in prophecy? According to Revelation 12:9 it is Satan. And as we know, Satan never stands before man in his true form. He is not allowed this option. 1 Corinthians 10:13 explains why.
1 Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”
So, he must possess men to do his will. At this time the dragon was attacking the Christian faith, it was Rome it chose to administer its hatred. This is not something anyone needs convincing of. It is an open fact of historic record. Fact is, even the Gospel portrays this definition of the true identity of the dragon at this time as well …
• A ROMAN Official seeks to kill baby Jesus causing the deaths of many baby boys.
• A ROMAN Governor condemns Jesus to die.
• A ROMAN Soldier whips Jesus.
• A ROMAN Band of Soldiers beat and mock Jesus.
• A ROMAN Executioner crucifies Jesus.
• A ROMAN Official seals the tomb of Jesus.
• A ROMAN Squad of Soldiers keep watch on the tomb of Jesus.
• A ROMAN Governor places all followers of Jesus in peril
• A ROMAN coliseum is where Christians were fed to lions
• etc.
Rome most assuredly allowed the dragon’s will to be enacted back then just as it does today. Rome is all the dragon can hope to become. Pagan Rome is his masterpiece. Looking at the Pope’s of today, as well as times past, one can see absolute Roman rule runs through the veins of this hierarchy. The clothing, the architecture, the laws, the belief structure, the art, the lifestyles, the pharmaceutical religiosity, the political savvy, the global reach. All of it proves this prophecy fulfilled in Roman Catholicism. In fact, Pope Pius IX couldn’t have been more accurate when he said …
Pope Pius IX, in his “Discorsi” (I., p. 253), said: “The Caesar who now addresses you, and to whom alone are obedience and fidelity due.”
Antichrist is both a political and religious power.
Revelation 17:3 “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”
In prophecy, a woman is defined as a church …
Jeremiah 6:2 “I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.”
We also understand the Church of Jesus Christ is considered to be the “Bride of Christ” because of many areas of Scriptures that describe her as such. It is also commonly understood that prophecy defines a beast to be a nation.
Daniel 7:17 “These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.”
Daniel 7:23 “Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.”
Even in today’s world, nations are described as beasts. The USA is seen as an eagle, Russia is likened unto a bear, and China even carries the image of a dragon.
Many years ago, Daniel was given a great vision about all the nations of the earth till the end of time. In this vision he saw the last beast to be “diverse from all the others.” (Daniel 7:19) But how diverse would it be? According to Revelation 17:3 as we have already seen, this beast will have a woman riding it. Since prophecy defines a woman as a church, and a beast as a nation, is there such an entity described in history? Is there a church and state mixed together as one some place today? Yes, there is. Only one place on earth has ever done this. The Vatican of the Roman Catholic church has been established upon this type of union, and is now finalizing plans to use this prophesied church & state structure to obtain global rule in the place of pagan Rome.
Antichrist will have his church & state sit on 7 hills
Revelation 17:3 “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”
Now, before I define these seven heads I would like to remind you that I am not giving my “private interpretation” of this prophetic symbol. The Word of God states we are never to do this.
2 Peter 1:20 “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.”
According to Revelation, that beast the woman is sitting on, that we already defined as the Vatican church & state conglomerate, will have seven heads. But how does prophecy define those seven heads? Look just a few verses lower to find out. The Angel that is showing John this vision actually tells him point blank what those heads actually mean.
Revelation 17:9 “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”
Looking into the STRONG’S CONCORDANCE, how is that word “mountains” defined?
STRONG’S # 3735
Mountain:
3735 oros {or’-os} probably from an obsolete oro (to rise or “rear”, perhaps akin to 142, cf 3733); TDNT – 5:475,732; n n
AV – mountain 41, mount 21, hill 3; 65
So, the word “mountain” can also be translated out as a hill. Is there a church and state sitting on seven hills somewhere on this world?
“It is within the city of Rome, called The City on Seven Hills, that the entire area of Vatican State Proper is now confined” The Catholic Encyclopedia, p. 529.
~”Geography.about.com” website answers the query… “What are the seven hills of Rome?”
Rome is known to be built upon seven hills. Rome was said to have been founded when Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, ended up at the foot of the hill Palatine and founded the city. The other six hills are Capitoline (the seat of government), Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine.
ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA
Query ~ Seven Hills of Rome
“…group of hills on or about which the ancient city of Rome was built. The original city of Romulus was built upon Palatine Hill (#1) (Latin: Mons Palatinus). The other hills are the Capitoline, (#2) Quirinal, (#3) Viminal, (#4) Esquiline, (#5) Caelian,(#6) and Aventine (#7) (known respectively in Latin as the Mons Capitolinus, Mons Quirinalis, Mons Viminalis, Mons Esquilinus, Mons Caelius, and Mons Aventinus).” –http://www.britannica.com/seo/s/seven-hills-of-rome/
Understand first that Daniel 7:23 tells us this Beast will be “diverse from all kingdoms.” How diverse you ask? As we define the prophetic symbols, we understand this woman that is sitting on the beast is actually a church and a NATION combined. It is what Daniel said. There will be a kingdom that will arise that will be TOTALLY DIFFERENT than any other kingdom that ever existed on Earth. The Vatican fits this perfectly! Never was there a nation that was both a nation and a church that the same time! NEVER! And even if there was, did it have SEVEN HILLS to sit on as we see Rome Italy has being doing since its inception? Do a search online for “SEVEN HILLS’ and you will see numerous pages with maps of the city of ROME!
Antichrist is to rule the world for 1260 years.
Daniel 7:25 “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.”
Revelation 12:6 “And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.”
Revelation 13:5 “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.”
Revelation 13:5 speaks of this time as forty-two months. These forty-two months of Rev 13:5 and the “time, and times and dividing a time” of Daniel 7:25 equal the exact same thing. 42 months actually equates to 3½ years. Looking closely, one can see this, A “time (one year) and times (+ two years) and the dividing of time, (+ half a year) That’s a “time” + “times” + “dividing of a time”, which equals 3½ years, or forty-two months. (12+24 + 6 = 42 months) Revelation 12:6 confirms this calculation when it says that the church of Jesus would hide in the wilderness for exactly 1260 days. 42 months, or 3½ years equals 1260 days.
Still, some will say that 42 months does NOT equal 1260 days because all our months do not equal 30 days each. The fact here is, prophecy speaks of Biblical months. To understand the forty and two months, or the time, and times and diving a time, that the beast will reign, we must first find the method of time the Bible declares for prophecy. Looking in Genesis 7:11, we find the Bible says the rains of Noah started on the 17th day of the 2nd month, remember that date. In Genesis 8:3-4 we find the water receded at the end of exactly 150 days. Then it says the ark rested on the 17th day of the 7th month. That’s exactly 5 months to the very day. If we divide the 150 days, by the 5 months, we will get 30 days per month. So, 42 months multiplied by 30 equals 1260. And again, when you look in Revelation 12:6, it confirms the calculation to be valid. It actually says the children of God will be hiding in the wilderness for exactly 1260 days! However, we are not done. A day in prophecy actually equals a year. God says in,
Ezekiel 4:6 “I have appointed thee each day for a year…”
Numbers 14:34 “… After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, “
So, according to Ezekiel 4:6, and Number 14:34, that’s 1260 years that Papal Rome would reign, and during this reign it will kill many Christians.
And yes, some will say that this is just my opinion, or interpretation. They will say that the only way this “day for a year” idea can be valid is if history proves it out. So, does it? Well, first we need to find out when the Roman Catholic church became a “woman on a beast” and became capable of ruling in both the political as well as religious realm. Why? This is when she has her full power according to Revelation.
“Vigilius … ascended the papal chair (538 A.D.) under the military protection of Belisarius.” History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3, p. 327
Historical records reveal the papacy began its reign in 538AD upon Emperor Justinian’s decree, and under the military protection of Belisarius. And the Bible says the beast will rule for EXACTLY 1260 years before receiving a mortal wound. Now, it’s just a matter of simple mathematics. It is also a grand method by which to see the Lord glorified. If the prophecy is correct, 1260 years after 538AD, the Beast must receive a mortal wound. Did this happen? Can the prophecy be that accurate?
If you add 1260 years to the beginning year the Roman Catholic church had “absolute” power as a church and state in 538AD, you will arrive in the exact year 1798AD. So, according to the prophecy, we are told the first reign of the Beast will last until the year 1798. So, did it end in 1798, and how?
“In 1798 General Berthier made his entrance into Rome, abolished the papal government, and established a secular one.” -Encyclopedia Britannica 1941 edition
That’s Exactly 42 prophetic months, or 1260 years, or a time, and times, and dividing a time after the Papacy began its powerful reign that the Pope “shall go into captivity” by the military! This not only confirms the “day for a year” issue, it also glorifies the Lord like no other prophecy can. It’s that accurate!
After the 1260 years, the beast will be mortally wounded.
Revelation 13:3 “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death …”
Revelation 13:10 “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.”
The prophecy is telling us that the beast would be destroyed with the sword (sword = military in this instance) at the end of its reign of exactly 1260 years of killing Christians. We just learned by the previous prophecy that this did in fact occur. But to further illustrate the fact that the prophecy also said the beast must go into captivity and die there, we find that history does tell us that the pope was removed from the Vatican, was placed in exile, and then died.
Pope dies: August 1799:
Fact: Documented Roman Catholic source states -“Half Europe thought… that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.” -Joseph Rickaby “The Modern Papacy” Lectures on the History of Religion, Lecture 24, (London Catholic Truth Society, 1910), p.1
Again, this happened Exactly 42 prophetic months, or 1260 years, or a time, and time, and dividing a time after the Papacy began its powerful reign as a “woman on a beast” that the Pope did finally “… go into captivity” by the military of that day, and later did in fact die because of the actions brought forth by the “sword” or military strength of Napoleon.
Antichrist receives “deadly wound” that later heals.
Revelation 13:3 “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.”
As we just saw, the “deadly wound” was given to the Papacy by Napoleon in 1798. The Vatican still continued as a church however. But she was completely stripped of her civil and political power just as the prophecy declared. Then, suddenly in 1929, we see the Italian government recognizing Vatican City once again as an independent state. This political move once again made the Pope a religio-political power! Just as prophecy said, the mortal wound that was administered in 1798 by Napoleon was supposed to be healed. Notice how the newspapers of that day actually used prophetic language without realizing it.
Mussolini and (Cardinal) Gasspari sign historic Roman pact.
“The Roman question tonight was a thing of the past, and the Vatican was at peace with Italy… In affixing the autographs to the memorable document healing the wound of many years, extreme cordiality was displayed on both sides” -The San Francisco Chronicle. Feb. 11, 1929
Pope Becomes Ruler of a State Again
Rome, June 7. –From 11 o’ clock this morning there was another sovereign independent State in the world. At that time Premier Mussolini, as Italian Foreign Minister representing King Victor Emmanuel–the first Italian Premier ever to cross the threshold of the Vatican–exchanged with Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, representing Pope Pius XI, ratifications of the treaties signed at the Lateran Palace on Feb. 11. By that simple act the sovereign independent State of Vatican City came into existence. -New York Times July 7, 1929
The beast is one that “was”, “is not” and “yet is”
Revelation 17:8 “… behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”
The Beast that was: The Roman church began in 538ad and continued until Napoleon sent in General Berthier in 1798ad
… and is not: From 1798ad until the signing of the Lateran treaty in 1929 the Roman Church/state was non-existent.
… yet is: From 1929 to present the Roman Church has been a church & state.
This prophecy is so blunt, and so to the point that there is no need of explaining it if in fact the one studying these facts has already investigated the three previous prophecies that defined each state of this beast’s existence throughout history.
Antichrist is to be a blasphemous power
Revelation 13:1 “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.“
BLASPHEMY BIBLICALLY DEFINED …
John 10:33 “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”
“The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh.” Catholic National July 1895.
“We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty” …Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter of June 20, 1894,
“For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the director, thou art the husbandman, finally thou art another God on earth.” Labbe and Cossart’s “History of the Councils.” Vol. XIV, col. 109
The title “Lord God the Pope” is found within a gloss of Extravagantes of Pope John XXII, title 14, chapter 4
In an Antwerp edition of the Extravagantes, the words, “Dominum Deum Nostrum Papam” (Our Lord God the Pope) can be found in column 153. In a Paris edition, they are found in column 140.
The Bull Unam Sanctam… Issued by POPE BONIFACE VIII reads as follows: “The Roman Pontiff judges all men, but is judged by no one. We declare, assert, define and pronounce: to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every human creature necessary for salvation that which was spoken of Christ ‘thou has subdued all things under his feet’ may well seem verified in me… I have the authority of the King of Kings. I am all in all and above all, so that God himself and I, the vicar of God, have but one consistory, and I am able to do all that God can do.”
“The Saviour Himself is the door of the sheepfold: ‘I am the door of the sheep.’ Into this fold of Jesus Christ, no man may enter unless he be led by the Sovereign Pontiff; and only if they be united to him can men be saved, for the Roman Pontiff is the Vicar of Christ and His personal representative on earth.” (Pope John XXIII in his homily to the Bishops and faithful assisting at his coronation on November 4, 1958).
Of course, these are but a few quick quotes of the popes proving they believe they are God on earth. I have dozens more. What amazes me is, if some small cult leader was to proclaim himself God on earth, the authorities would snatch him up in a heartbeat. Yet, the popes of Rome can proclaim this lie for almost 2000 years and no one seems to mind.
By the way, claiming to be God on earth is only one Biblical definition of blasphemy. Another is claiming to have the power to “forgive men sins.”
Mark 2:7 “Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?”
Is it possible the Roman Catholic Vatican does this as well? Can prophecy be that accurate and exposing of this evil entity? Yes, it can! The “confessional” of the Roman Catholic Church is indeed yet another identifiable feature exposing the Vatican as Antichrist’s dwelling. They openly declare a MAN dressed as a priest has the power to FORGIVE SINS of men!
“This judicial authority will even include the power to forgive sin.” [The Catholic Encyclopaedia Vol 12, -article “Pope” pg. 265]
“And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priest and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse to give absolution, provided the penitent is capable of it.” -Liguori, «Duties and Dignities of the Priest», p.27
Antichrist is to be able to influence entire world to worship him
Revelation 13:8 “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
To worship is to be in agreement with that which you worship. Are not all Christians in agreement that the Lord Jesus is correct in His Truth? Strong’s Concordance defines the word worship in this way…
Strongs # 4345
Worship
4352 proskuneo {pros-koo-neh’-o} from 4314 and a probable derivative of 2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); TDNT – 6:758,948; v
AV – worship 60; 60
1. to kiss the hand to (towards) one, in token of reverence
2. among the Orientals, esp. the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence
3. in the NT by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication
Worship can be done by simple agreement; however, it can also be done by an open act. In Daniel 3 we see that as fact when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar set up before the people. The entire nation bowed of course, but those three students of Daniel bluntly refused. Were they fanatics as some would call them today? Or was God about to define that act as an open act of worship regardless of what the person felt in his heart?
Antichrist must be able to understand “dark sentences” of hell
Daniel 8:23 “And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”
It has been said time and time again that the Vatican has always been the only place on earth that hell can be glorified or put in a light that is acceptable to man. Mixing Paganism with Christianity proves this rather easily. Where else on earth can you see open satanic rituals being performed, yet at the same time be called Christianity? The Vatican has single handedly been able to make Christians the world over accept graphic Neo Pagan rituals as 100% acceptable. But this is not the main issue by which this prophecy is fulfilled.
These dark sentences, or dark speech is something only found in two places on Earth. The Roman Catholic Vatican, and the Satanic church. These two entities agree on many things. Both have priests and operate in a hierarchy. Both have these priests wear black robes. Both chant. Both the Vatican and the Satanic church use crucifixes. An empty cross is bad enough, seeing how it is a symbol of death, but the Vatican, like Satan’s church use a cross with a dead Jesus upon it. Both the Vatican and the Satanic church invert, or turn their crosses upside down. We all know of the Satanic upside down cross by merely looking at a few album covers on such rock bands as Slayer, Metallica, Black Sabbath, or Marilyn Manson. But were you aware the Pope displays the inverted cross as well?
But just how bad is it in the Vatican? The prophecy states they will understand dark sentences. So … do they?
Satanism discovered in Vatican
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 4:49 AM
Subject: “Satanism Is Practiced in Vatican!”
http://www.fatima.org/news/newsviews/milsatanism.asp
Two Eminent Churchmen Declare
“Satanism Is Practiced in Vatican!”
In recent weeks, a firestorm has been raging in Italy. The controversy revolves around the statements Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who made formal allegations that satanic activity is taking place inside the Vatican. When questioned by the Italian press about the allegations, he said that he stood by them. The Archbishop chose the Fatima 2000 International Congress on World Peace held in Rome in November 1996 hosted by the Fatima Crusader magazine as a platform to first make these allegations public.
News of Animal Sacrifice in the Catholic Mass
Human Life International reported yesterday that some South African’s are calling for ancestor worship and animal sacrifices to be included in the liturgy of the Mass. According to Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Bloemfontein, plans to include African pagan rites during the Mass is in response to the Vatican’s invitation to “inculturate” Catholic rites. Hearing that both priests and lay people were making such plans, an outraged Father Richard Welch, President of Human Life International, steamed, “In the letter to the Hebrews, Saint Paul discussed the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross with the following words: ‘For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin should be taken away…Sacrifice and oblation thou would not…Behold, I come…He takes away the first, that he may establish that which follows…we are sanctified by the oblation of the body of Jesus Christ once.’ -By Thomas Horn -worthynews.com
Antichrist declares Jesus has not come in the flesh
1 John 4:3 “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
The Word is plain here. If a church proclaims that Jesus Christ did NOT come in the flesh, then that church is of Antichrist. Many Catholics to this day fight me on this tooth and nail. They proclaim their church DOES say that Jesus came in the flesh. But does this church really say Jesus came in the flesh? Notice an actual excerpt from the Roman Catholic Catechism book.
491. “Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, ‘full of grace’ through God, [Lk 1:28.] was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of JESUS Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of ORIGINAL SIN. [Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus (1854): DS 2803
You can also verify this in the online version of the Catechism book at the Vatican website in the “Original Sin” section. Direct link = http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p7.htm#III
Besides the fact they lie about Mary and her state of salvation, to declare that Jesus Christ came to this world in a flesh OTHER THAN the flesh the catholic church teaches we bear, is to preach that Jesus did NOT come in the flesh! They say He came in a flesh “not stained” with the stain we supposedly bear! To say Jesus did NOT have in His flesh what “we” have in ours, is to say He did NOT come in our flesh. Therefore, He cannot possibly be the same Jesus John spoke of in 1 John 4:3 The Roman Catholic Jesus is NOT the Jesus of the Bible. The Jesus of Rome cheated and prevented His flesh from being stained with what Rome calls “original sin.” But what is the definition of original sin according to Rome?
Q. What is Original Sin?
A. Original Sin is the sin we inherit from Adam, the Father of the Human Race.
-The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine. p. 41
According to Roman Dogma, Original Sin is a sin we ALL inherit from Adam. Problem with that is the Bible proves it to be a bold-faced lie. For it is written …
Ezekiel 18:20 “The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”
The Word of God plainly states there is no such thing as “Original Sin.” What we are born with is the SINFUL NATURE. We choose to sin when we come to the age of accountability. Jesus was also born with the sinful nature. Difference was, He chose NOT to sin.
Antichrist is to use craftiness and deceit in a major way.
Daniel 8:23,25 “And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.”
STRONGS# 04820
Craft
mirmah {meer-maw’} from 07411 in the sense of deceiving; TWOT – 2169b; n f
AV – deceit 20, deceitful 8, deceitfully 3, false 2, guile 2, feigned 1, craft 1, subtilty 1, treachery 1; 39
1) deceit, treachery
The popes of Rome have all along used craftiness and deceit to gain the upper hand. For example, the “New World Order” is now something that can be well verified first in Rome. Do an online search and notice all the articles online that pertain to this topic that were first “suggested” by Rome and then “agreed to” by major Governments. Rome’s major prophetic desire is in fact the “One world court and one world church” system combined. The one world court started in 1999 and was ratified in the year 2000. This Roman International court carries the solar wheel logo of the Vatican itself on it’s website as well as it’s letterhead. The Pope is in fact its globally accepted elected leader. The one world church began on June 26, 2000. In fact, the papers were signed to bring to life the United Religions Initiative in the same hotel room, and same date of June 26, as back in 1948 when they created the United Nations. Truth is, the pope was considered the elected leader of this church a year in advance, and when it came to be in 2000, he stepped in victorious.
CHURCHES AGREE THAT POPE HAS OVERALL AUTHORITY
THE Pope was recognized as the overall authority in the Christian world by an Anglican and Roman Catholic commission yesterday which described him as a “gift to be received by all the Churches”. …if a new united Christian Church was created it would be the ‘Bishop of Rome who would exercise a universal primacy. The 43-page document, The Gift of Authority, has been produced by the 18-member Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, after five years of debate. The commission concluded that the Bishop of Rome had a “specific ministry concerning the discernment of truth” and accepted that only the Pope had the moral authority to unite the various Christian denominations. Mark Birchall, a member of the Church of England Evangelical council, said: “It speaks as if the Bishop of Rome has always been on the side of the angels while it is well known that for several centuries past the Bishop of Rome was certainly not.” The Rt Rev Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton and the other co-chairman, added: “The primacy of the Pope is a gift to be shared.” -Electronic Telegraph-UK News May 13, 1999 Oliver Poole
Antichrist is to preach ‘another Jesus’ unto all
2 Corinthians 11:3-4 “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.”
Is the Jesus of Rome the Jesus of the Bible? Notice a “few” of the teachings of Rome. Does this sound like they preach the Jesus of the Bible? It’s truly this easy to see this prophecy fulfilled. All one needs do is open a Bible, then open a Roman Catholic Catechism book.
Do they preach Jesus when they GLORIFY Mary as Co-Redeemer?
Do they preach Jesus when their priestly ambassadors of Jesus are drunks, smokers, child molesters, thieves, and murderers?
Do they preach Jesus while killing 500 million Christians during the dark ages?
Do they preach Jesus while placing tradition over and above the Scripture?
Do they preach Jesus when they teach of Purgatory instead of Salvation in Jesus?
Do they preach Jesus when teaching you must suffer to be saved, making the cross insufficient?
Do they preach Jesus while going to man for forgiveness instead of God Almighty?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope says, “Evolution is fact” making Jesus the Creator a liar?
Do they preach Jesus when they teach gambling is acceptable Christ-like activity?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope praises and embraces Buddhism on global News networks?
Do they preach Jesus when they preach that “Fellow believers” stoned Stephan on EWTN?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope preaches “Mankind can protect you better than God”?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope preaches you MUST be loyal to him to be saved?
Do they preach Jesus when they teach you must bow down to the Pope and kiss his feet? (Papal worship)
Do they preach Jesus while killing millions for merely reading His Bible?
Do they preach Jesus when they ignore Jesus example, and baptize babies as did Pagans?
Do they preach Jesus when they put His Bible on the list “forbidden books” back in 1229ad?
Do they preach Jesus when they “venerate” crosses, statues, images, relics, etc.?
Do they preach Jesus when they sell indulgences making the cross insufficient?
Do they preach Jesus when they preach you must worship a wafer instead they parade before you?
Do they preach Jesus when they preach a cloth “scapular” will save you instead of Jesus?
Do they preach Jesus when they put books in the Bible, Jesus nor the Apostles ever quoted or used?
Do they preach Jesus when they say Mary was “utterly without sin”?
Do they preach Jesus when call the Pope infallible and Jesus’ Word fallible?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope himself states to all the world “He is god” on earth?
Do they preach Jesus when the Pope proclaims that the “church” is a must for salvation?
Do they preach Jesus when they make war with the Saints of Jesus as prophecy said Antichrist would do?
Do they preach Jesus when they slowly torture followers of Jesus to death?
Do they preach Jesus when they destroy entire nations?
Do they preach Jesus when they ABOLISH the Sabbath that Jesus kept and sanctified and adopt the Pagan day of the Sun?
THE CONVERTS CATECHISM OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE (112 pages)
By Rev. Peter Geiermann, C. SS. R.
B. Herder Book Co.
15 & 17 South Broadway
St. Louis, Mo. 1946
Were you aware that out of the 448 Questions in this book of Catholic doctrine there were 776 answers due to the fact that many of the questions had multiple answers? Some had as many as 17 answers to a single question. Out of all these questions regarding “Catholic Doctrine” there were only 56 Bible verses listed! And more than 75% of those Bible verses were taken completely out of context! But let’s give the Vatican the benefit of a doubt and “assume” that all 56 Bible verses used were “in context” shall we? That would mean, 56 Bible verses used for 776 answers equating to 13.8% of the questions having Bible verses given to explain or confirm them. That means, 86.2% of the answers were NOT found in the Bible!
Matthew 16:18 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
This single verse PROVES the Catholic church is NOT of Jesus! Historic fact is, the gates of hell have prevailed against this church from the beginning and will do so all the way until its SOON demise! If this church they claim was built upon the faith of Peter is Roman Catholicism, then they also proclaim Jesus Christ a liar. For even the Pope himself admitted in his mea culpa on March 12, 2000 that the gates of hell DID PREVAIL against his church. So much so that over 500 million Christians were burned at the stake, drawn and quartered, buried alive, boiled in oil, skinned alive and had numerous other horrendous acts of evil done against them. Is this what Jesus would have Christians do to those that don’t embrace His Word? Even a babe in Christ can easily proclaim, no! Jesus would never do as Rome does!
Antichrist controls a man whose name will add to 666.
Revelation 13:17-18 “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
Revelation gives us a clue as to how to calculate the number of the beast. It reveals that his name will also equal this number. The name I am about to share with you is the official titles of the Pope. Thing is, for many years most Catholics I shared this with said that name was a bogus title. I used to be Catholic, and I did see the name itself inscribed upon the miter of the Pope in what appeared to be jewels or diamonds many years ago. Problem is, I never made note as to where I saw that back then. So, for years it was my word against theirs. However, recently the Lord has blessed me with an actual copy of the Catholic weekly of April 18, 1915 wherein are found the following words.
“The letters inscribed in the Pope’s miter are these ‘VICARIUS FILII DEI’. which is the Latin for ‘VICAR OF THE SON OF GOD.’ Catholics hold that the church, which is a visible society, must have a visible head. Christ, before his ascension into heaven, appointed St. Peter to act as His representative… Hence to the Bishop of Rome, as head of the church, was given the title, ‘VICAR OF CHRIST’.” Our Sunday Visitor, (Catholic Weekly) “Bureau of information,” Huntington, Ind., April 18, 1915.
Latin is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church. Church Documents are usually published first in Latin, and then translated from the Latin into other languages. The association of “Lateinos” with 666 was first suggested by Irenæus (ca. 130-202 A.D.) who proposed in his ‘Against Heresies’ that it might be the name of the fourth kingdom in Daniel 7:7. It is a very probable [solution], this being the name of the last kingdom [of the four seen by Daniel]. For the Latins are they who at present bear rule: -Against Heresies, by Irenæus, Book 5, chapter 30, paragraph 3. St. Irenaeus biography online at the New Advent Catholic Supersite.
-LATIN:
VICARIVS FILII DEI
(Vicar of the Son of God)
V 5
I 1
C 100
A 0
R 0
I 1
V 5
S 0
F 0
I 1
L 50
I 1
I 1
D 500
E 0
I 1
TOTAL 6 6 6
VICARIVS FILII DEI
THE LITERAL MEANING:
VICARIVS – substituting for, or in place of
FILII – means son
DEI – means God
NOTE: I have a compilation of 15 other official titles used in the Roman Catholic Vatican which also equal 666!!!
Antichrist must hate the Bible and anyone that embraces its Truth
Mark 4:15 “And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.”
As we all know, Satan hates the Word of God because it exposes him perfectly. So naturally, the one Satan has doing his bidding on earth, will hate it just as much. Keep in mind, I did NOT write the history books, nor did I write the Bible! ALL this information is well documented and easy to research for yourselves. In fact, I implore you to do so! That way you will know for a FACT that the Roman Catholic church really does speak in such a way when it comes to the Bible! Now notice a few comments of the Roman Catholic church that even a babe in Christ can verify as OF SATAN.
The decree set forth in the year 1229 A.D. by the Council of Valencia… places Bible on The Index of Forbidden Books. The doctrine withholds “it is forbidden for laymen (common man) to read the Old and New Testaments. – We forbid them most severely to have the above books in the popular vernacular.” “The lords of the districts shall carefully seek out the heretics in dwellings, hovels, and forests, and even their underground retreats shall be entirely wiped out.” Council Tolosanum, Pope Gregory IX, Anno. Chr. 1229
The church Council of Tarragona ruled that: “No one may possess the books of the Old and New Testaments in the Romance language, and if anyone possesses them he must turn them over to the local bishop within eight days after the promulgation of this decree, so they may be burned.” D. Lortsch, Histoire de la Bible en France, 1910, p.14.
“Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies… pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.” The encyclical Quanta Cura Issued by Pope Pius IX, December 6, 1866
“The Bible does not pretend to be a formulary of belief, as in a creed or catechism. There is nowhere in the New Testament a clear, methodical statement of the teaching of Christ” -Question Box, p. 66
“The very nature of the Bible ought to prove to any thinking man the impossibility of its being the one safe method to find out what the Savior taught.” Ibid., p. 67
…It was well for Luther that he did not come into the world until a century after the immortal invention of Guttenberg. A hundred years earlier his idea of directing two hundred and fifty million men to read the Bible would have been received with shouts of laughter, and would inevitably have caused his removal from the pulpit of Wittenburg to a hospital for the insane.” -The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 69; see also The Faith of Millions, p. 152
“Again, it has ever been practically impossible for men, generally, to find out Christ from the Bible only.” -Question Box, p. 70
“…The Bible nowhere implies that it is the only source of faith.” –Ibid., p. 77
“The Scriptures indeed is a divine book but it is a dead letter, which has to be explained, and cannot exercise the action which the preacher can obtain.” -Our Priesthood, p. 155
“…A dead and speechless book.” -Question Box, p. 67
“The simple fact is that the Bible, like all dead letters, calls for a living interpreter.” -The Faith of Millions, p. 155
“The Bible was not intended to be a textbook of Christian religion.” -Catholic Facts, p. 50
Antichrist has a church that makes war with the saints.
Daniel 7:25 “And he shall … shall wear out the saints of the most High,”
Revelation 13:7 “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”
Rome has all along never denied it persecuted Christians. Sure, they will call them heretics, but when you look into what these heretics believed, they were actually Bible believing Christians. History is literally drenched with all sorts of evidence proving this out nicely. Jesus said in,
John 16:2 “They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.”
Were you aware that in the Pope’s globally broadcast “Mea Culpa” that he admitted the Catholic church killed millions upon millions because they thought they were doing God’s will? Jesus said that they will kick you out of churches, and kill you thinking they are doing God’s will, and then the Pope says they kicked people out of churches, and then had to kill them because they thought they were doing God’s will.
Strange thing is, the whole world MISSED THAT! All I saw after that Mea Culpa on March 12, 2000 was the media and all the world talking about how holy the Pope was for asking for forgiveness. Don’t get me wrong, I do forgive the Pope, as well as all the popes, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, and governing officials under the rule of Rome that did those things. If I don’t forgive, I am no more a Christian than Satan himself. But forgiving him doesn’t change history. I have forgiven as I am instructed to do as a Christian, but I am also painfully aware that my Bible has these prophecies in it. They are here for a reason! We are told in advance what the Pope will do simply because we are called to warn the people. So, yes, I forgive him, and all his cohorts. But the Word of God is plain. It warns us he isn’t done yet! So, we must study the prophecies of old so as to better understand the character of this Antichrist we find ourselves engaging in these last days.
As usual, I am not going to ask you to take my word for it when it comes to prophecy being fulfilled. So, does history confirm the popes of Rome as being the ones that have killed the Christians in mass numbers?
“For teaching faith contrary to the teaching of the Church of Rome, history records the martyrdom of more than 100 million people.” Brief Bible Readings p. 16
Under the influence of Germanic customs and concepts, torture was little used from the 9th to the 12th centuries, but with the revival of Roman law the practice was reestablished in the 12th century… In 1252 (Pope) Innocent IV sanctioned the infliction of torture by the civil authorities upon heretics, and torture came to have a recognized place in the procedure of the inquisitional courts. -New Catholic Encyclopedia, arts. “Inquisition”, “Auto-da-Fe’,” and “Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Day.”
“During the 2,000 years the [Roman Catholic] Church has been on this earth, she has warred with nearly every government in this world. The world is full of their ruins. Their thrones have toppled over and fallen, their dynasties have come to dust. And the governments of the world today will meet the same fate if they challenge the hostility of the church of God. She remains; she is today what she was 2,000 years ago; . . she is today what she was during the Middle Ages; she is today what she was during the times of Protestant persecution during and since the sixteenth century; she is the invincible church of God. God help the state that attacks her; God help the king that provokes her hostility.”—from a sermon by the Catholic priest D.S. Phelan on Sunday, Dec. 12, 1909, published in the Roman Catholic (St. Louis) periodical, The Western Watchman, Dec. 16, 1909.
“The Catholic has some reason on his side when he calls for the temporal punishment of heretics, for he claims the true title of Christian for himself exclusively, and professes to be taught by the never-failing presence of the Spirit of God . . . It is not more ‘morally’ wrong to put a man to death for heresy than for murder, . . . [and] in many cases persecution for religious opinions is not only permissible, but highly advisable and necessary.”–“The Lawfulness of Persecution,” in The Rambler, 4, June 1849, pp. 119, 126 [“The Rambler” was an English Roman Catholic journal published from 1848 to 1862].
“Under these bloody maxims [Roman Catholic decrees to kill Protestants] those persecutions were carried on . . After the signal of open martyrdom had been given in the canons of Orleans, there followed the extirpation of the [French] Albigenses, under the form of a crusade, the establishment of the inquisition, the cruel attempts to extinguish the [Swiss] Waldenses, the martyrdoms of the [English] Lollards, the cruel wars to exterminate the Bohemians, the burning of Huss and Jerome, and multitudes of other confessors, before the Reformation; and afterwards the ferocious cruelties practiced in the Netherlands, the martyrdoms of Queen Mary’s reign, the extinction by fire and sword of the reformation in Spain and Italy, by freed and open persecution In Poland, the massacre of Bartholomew, the perjuries of the [French] Huguenots by the [Catholic] League, . . . and all the cruelties and perjuries connected with the revocation of the edict of Nantes [in France]. These are the more open and conspicuous facts which explain the prophecy [of Daniel Seven], besides the slow and secret murders of the holy tribunal of the Inquisition.”–T. R. Birks, The Four Prophetic Empires, 1845 ed., pp. 248-249.
“Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies… pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.” The encyclical Quanta Cura Issued by Pope Pius IX, December 6, 1866
Antichrist is a world power which the world “wonders after”
Revelation 13:3-4 “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”
All throughout history, the Roman Catholic church has appealed to the masses merely because sin is appealing to the lost. Most will say that Rome must be the true church because of its immense size. But looking to Scripture, one can see that size is a true giveaway that it is evil. Case in point, ALL the world thought Noah and his family were nuts. Only 8 people on the planet were walking with God at that time. As always, the majority is most likely to be those that are friends with the World.
Whenever the president of the United States would travel abroad, there would be upwards of a thousand or more journalists covering his every move. During an election, one can expect that number to double. During war time, it would triple. Now look at the Pope. No matter what the occasion is, there is always a minimum of 15000 journalists covering his every move! If the pope so much as stubs his toe, people the world over will hear about it! All the world truly does wonder after this beast.
The word “Wondered” in verse three of Revelation thirteen is translated by Strong’s Concordance this way …
STRONGS# 2296
Wondered:
thaumazo {thou-mad’-zo}
from 2295; TDNT – 3:27,316; v AV – marvel 29, wonder 14, have in admiration 1, admire 1, marvelled + 2258 1, vr wonder 1; 47
1) to wonder, wonder at, marvel
2) to be wondered at, to be had in admiration
Every popular magazine on earth has either openly stated the Pope an admirable man, or a holy man of God. Time magazine, back in May of 1981 actually said “It’s like shooting God” when the Pope was shot!
“Shooting presidents, that’s politics, that I can understand. But shooting the Pope–it’s like shooting God!” TIME Magazine May 25,1981 article “It’s like shooting God” By George J. Church.
It’s bad enough for a “man” to believe that shooting another “man” is like shooting God, but to have a brazen disrespect for the lives of Presidents who are assassinated merely because of their occupation, is troubling to say the least. A simple fact to notice is this … If the Pope were God as he claims to be in dozens upon dozens of authenticated Vatican quotes, then why I ask has it never been recorded in any history book whatsoever of a Pope raising a dead man, or healing a blind man, a deaf man, a leper, or a cripple? How about a simple miracle as easy as healing himself? How many Popes have died since the beginning of the Roman Catholic church? I thought they said they were God? Why is it they keep dying? And why is it no one notices? In fact, why is it everyone missed it when Pope John Paul himself was unable to cast a demon out of a 19-year-old girl not long ago during a Vatican mass?
Vatican Exorcism Fails
September 12, 2000 08:12 CDT
A British newspaper has reported an unusual encounter with the devil in the Vatican, with Pope Paul II, himself, attempting an exorcism of a possessed young woman.
The Telegraph reported “the Pope carried out an impromptu exorcism on a teenage girl after she began screaming insults in a cavernous voice during an audience in the Vatican City. Despite the Pope’s efforts and those of his chief ‘Satan-buster,’ Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the girl remained possessed. The Devil’s voice sneeringly laughed from within her at the Pope’s failed attempt to drive him away,” said the British news organization. -Staff Writer Sally Suddock
This was made known globally! Still, Catholics stayed in this church. Their wonderment of this man in robes has them hypnotized!
Adam Clarke put it best regarding the Popes when he said …
“They have assumed infallibility, which belongs only to God. They profess to forgive sins, which belongs only to God. They profess to open and shut heaven, which belongs only to God. They profess to be higher than all the kings of the earth, which belongs only to God. And they go beyond God in pretending to loose whole nations from their oath of allegiance to their kings, when such kings do not please them. And they go against God, when they give indulgences for sin. This is the worst of all blasphemies.” Taken from -ADAMCLARKE, commentary, on Daniel 7:25
Antichrist must be a “Christian” church that embraces the teachings of BABYLON
Revelation 17:5 “And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
In the Scriptures, we find a prophetic explanation of the church of Antichrist. We learned earlier that a woman in prophecy equals a church. A mother is most definitely a woman, is she not? Therefore, this mother in Revelation 17:5 is a church. Problem is, this mother is a whore. In fact, she is a mother of many whores the prophecy says. This means that MANY churches the world over will spawn out from this church doing as she has taught. Looking through history, one will find upwards of 3000 denominations that have been spawned from Roman Catholicism. Prophecy defines this woman as a whore. This means she will be an apostate mother or church to all those that do as she suggests.
All throughout the Word of God we see an apostate church being likened unto a harlot. In,
Jeremiah 3:6 “The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.”
Israel is the bride of Christ. But the Word shows that she seeks another husbandman. Doing so means she “cheated on her husband” to put it plainly. She “played the harlot.” Sad fact is, she is still doing so to this day.
The Pagan’s of Babylon would perform worship to idols under green trees. This practice found its way into the lives of God’s chosen people. Soon, Israel itself was embracing Pagan rituals as well. We all know the name “Israel” is in fact the loving name the Father has given to His church. This is not just for the Jewish believers that accept the Lord Jesus as Christ. This name Israel is also for the Gentile believer, for it is well known our Father is not a respecter of persons, and it is also penned in,
Romans 9:6-8 “Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”
There is one more defining feature of this church that I would like to bring to your attention. We already understand it to be a whore, but what type of whoredom does she commit? The Prophecy states this will be a church that embraces the teachings of BABYLON. Could it be that the church that claims Christ Jesus Lord is also a church that embraces Babylonian, or Pagan worship? The Lord God who is a God of divine order gives us many identifiable facts that point to this very church. So many that it makes it overwhelmingly easy for the child of God THAT TRUSTS their Heavenly Father and His Word to see plainly. Please understand this is a major KEY in identifying the church of Antichrist! For if you do not trust your Creator or His Word, then it may be you this passage describes as one who embraces the flesh over and above the Spirit. For it is written well in,
1 Corinthians 2:1 “… the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
What I am about to share with you is a list of documented admissions of the Roman Catholic church proving its overwhelming connection to Babylon.
Cardinal Newman admits in his book that; the “The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, …the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church. {374}” -An Essay on the Development of the Christian Doctrine John Henry “Cardinal Newman” p.359 (Also see According to Dr. E. D. Clarke, Travels, vol. i. p. 352.)
The penetration of the religion of Babylon became so general and well known that Rome was called the “New Babylon.” -Faith of our fathers 1917 ed. Cardinal Gibbons, p. 106
“Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil, and to transmute the instruments and appendages of demon worship to an evangelical use… the rulers of the church from early times were prepared should occasion arise, to adopt, or imitate, or sanction the existing rites and customs of the (Pagan) populace.” -Development of Christian Doctrine, Cardinal Newman. p. 372
Cardinal Newman lists many examples of things of “pagan origin” which the papacy brought into the church “in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen: He stated, “in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen:” “The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; holy water; asylums [hermitages, monasteries and convents]; [pagan] holy-days, processions, sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images, . . . and the Kyrie Eleison.”–Cardinal J. H. Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, 1920 edition, p.373 [Roman Catholic].
“The [Catholic] Church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the heathen. She took the pagan Roman Pantheon, temple of all the gods, and made it sacred to all the martyrs; so it stands to this day. She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday. She took the pagan Easter and made it the feast we celebrate during this season . . . The Sun was a foremost god with heathendom . . . The sun has worshipers at this hour in Persia and other lands . . . Hence the Church would seem to say, ‘Keep that old pagan name [Sunday]. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.’ And thus, the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus”–William L. Gildea, “Paschale Gaudium,” in The Catholic World, 58, March, 1894, p. 809 [A Roman Catholic weekly].
“The mighty Catholic Church was little more than the Roman Empire baptized.”– A. C, Flick, The Rise of the Mediaeval Church, 1909 edition, p. 148.
From ancient Babylon came the cult of the virgin mother-goddess, who was worshiped as the highest of gods–see S. H. Langdon, Semitic Mythology, 1931 edition.
This worship was taken over as Mary-worship by Rome. Heathen sun-worship on Sunday was likewise adopted by the Roman apostasy.
“In order to attach to Christianity great attraction in the eyes of the nobility, the priests adopted the outer garments and adornments which were used in pagan cults.” -Life of Constantine, Eusabius, cited in Altai-Nimalaya, p. 94
“The Church did everything it could to stamp out such ‘pagan’ rites, but had to capitulate and allow the rites to continue with only the name of the local deity changed to some Christian saint’s name.” –Religious Tradition and Myth. Dr. Edwin Goodenough, Professor of Religion, Harvard University. p. 56, 57
“From the foregoing, which treats merely of the more important solar festivals, it is clear that these products of paganism are as much in force at present … as they ever were, and that Christianity countenances, and in many cases, has actually adopted and practiced, pagan rites whose heathen significance is merely lost sight of because attention is not called to the source whence these rites have sprung. So heavy was this infiltration that Sir Samuel Dill exclaims: “Christianity is only a sect of the Mithraists.” –Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius, p. VII
Actually, it would be far more accurate if he said, “Catholicism is only a sect of the Mithraists.” The true Remnant Christians of today would never do such things as this. As Revelation 14:4 puts it, the true Church of Christ is not defiled by these women (churches)
“We know that Mithraism was a state religion of Rome at the time that the Christian church was established there. Evidently tenants of Mithraism such as Sunday worship and eating the wafer in the mass were adopted into Christianity at that time” -Jim Arrabito “666 & the Mark”
In Stanley’s History, page 40: “The popes filled the place of the vacant emperors at Rome, inheriting their power, their prestige, and their titles from PAGANISM.”
“In short, sun worship, symbolically speaking, lies at the very heart of the great festivals which the Christian Church celebrates today, and these relics of heathen religion have, through the medium of their sacred rites, curiously enough blended with practices and beliefs utterly antagonistic to the spirit which prompted them.” –Sun Lore of All Ages, Olcott, p. 248
“Yet the cross itself is the oldest of phallic emblems, and the lozenge-shaped windows of cathedrals are proof that the yonic symbols have survived the destructions of the pagan Mysteries. The very structure of the church itself is permeated with phallicism. (sexual symbolism) Remove from the Christian Church all emblems of Priapic origin and nothing is left…” –The secret teaching of all ages by Manley P. Hall
“When the zealots of the primitive Christian Church sought to Christianize paganism, the pagan initiates retorted with a powerful effort to paganize Christianity. The Christians failed but the pagans succeeded. With the decline of paganism, the initiated pagan hierophants transferred their base of operations to the new vehicle of primitive Christianity, adopting the symbols of the new cult to conceal those eternal verities which are ever the priceless possession of the wise.” –The secret teachings of all ages, Manley P. Hall p. CLXXXV
The Christians failed because Christ would have no agreement with such error. He would never sanction mixing truth with error. Deuteronomy 12:29-32 confirms that perfectly!
Deuteronomy 12:29-32 “When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.”
“…The world, cloaked with a form of righteousness, walked into the church. Now the work of corruption rapidly progressed. Paganism, while appearing to be vanquished, became the conqueror. Her spirit controlled the church. Her doctrines, ceremonies, and superstitions were incorporated into the faith and worship of the professed followers of Christ.” Ellen G. White, -The Great Controversy, p. 50
“The belief in miracle-working objects, talismans, amulets, and formulas was dear to Christianity, and they were received from pagan antiquity . . . The vestments of the clergy and the papal title of ‘pontifex maximus’ were legacies from pagan Rome. The [Catholic] Church found that rural converts still revered certain springs, wells, trees, and stones; she thought it wiser to bless these to Christian use then to break too sharply the customs of sentiment . . . Pagan festivals dear to the people, reappeared as Christian feasts, and pagan rites were transformed into Christian liturgy . . . The Christian calendar of saints replaced the Roman ‘fasti’ [gods]; ancient divinities dear to the people were allowed to revive under the names of ‘Christian saints’ . . . Gradually the tenderest features of Astarte, Cybele, Artemis, Diana, and Isis were gathered together in the worship of Mary”–Wil Durant, The Age of Faith, 1950, pp. 745-746.
Langdon tells us that Mary worship came from ancient Babylon where the virgin mother-goddess was worshiped under the name “Ishtar.” Elsewhere in the Near East, the mother-goddess was called “Astarte, Ashtoreth, Persephone, Artemis, [Diana] of Ephesus, Venus, and Isis.” This goddess, considered to be greater than any god, was called by these heathens the “virgin mother, merciful mother, Queen of Heaven, and my lady” [which is what “Madonna” means in Italian]. Langdon says she was often sculptured in mother-and-infant images, or as a “mater dolorom” [sorrowful mother] interceding for men with a wrathful god. And thus, ancient paganism was brought into the churches and lives of Christians. –see S.H. Langdon, Semitic Mythology, 1931 edition, pp. 12-34, 108-111, 341-344.
Laing mentions several other corruptions by which the mother-goddess was worshiped by heathens, that Rome adopted into Christianity: holy water, votive offerings, elevation of sacred objects [lifting of the host], the priest’s bells, the decking of images, processions, festivals, prayers for the dead, the worship of relics and the statues of saints. –see Gordon J. Laing, Survivals of Roman Religion, 1931 edition, pp. 92-95, 123-131,238-241.
Two dominant elements brought into Christianity from paganism by Rome were Sun worship symbols and the religious practices of ancient Babylon] “The solar theology of the Chaldaeans [Babylonians], had decisive effect . . . [upon the] final form reached by the religion of the pagan Semites, and following them, by that of the Romans when [the Roman emperor] Aurelian, the conqueror of Palmyra, had raised ‘Sol Invictus’ [the invincible sun-god] to the rank of supreme divinity in the Empire”–The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. 11, pp. 643, 646-647. From Palmyra he transferred to the new sanctuary the images of Helios [the sun-god] and Bel, the malaise patron god of Babylon–see Cumont, The Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism, 1911 edition, pp. 114-115, 124.
“The removal of the capital of the Empire from Rome to Constantinople in 330, left the Western Church, practically free from imperial power, to develop its own form of organization. The Bishop of Rome, in the seat of the Caesars, was now the greatest man in the West, and was soon [when the barbarians over-ran the empire] forced to become the political as well as the spiritual head.”–A.C. Flick, The Rise of the Medieval Church p. 168.
“Whatever Roman elements the barbarians and Aryans left . . . [came] under the protection of the Bishop of Rome, who was the chief person there after the Emperor’s disappearance . . . The Roman Church in this way privily pushed itself into the place of the Roman World-Empire, of which it is the actual continuation; the empire has not perished, but has only undergone a transformation . . . It [the Catholic Church] is a political creation, and as imposing as a World-Empire, because [it is a continuation of] the Roman Empire. The Pope, who calls himself ‘King’ and ‘Pontifex Maximus’ [the title of the Roman Emperor in the time of Christ], is Caesar’s successor.”–Adolf Harnack, What is Christianity? 1963, pp.269-270.
“Long ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the Western emperors was left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and protection, and asked him to rule them; and thus, . . . commenced the temporal sovereignty of the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the scepter to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many ages.”–American Catholic Quarterly Review, April 1911.
[Speaking of the time, about 500 A.D., when the Roman Empire was crumbling to pieces:] “No, the [Catholic] Church will not descend into the tomb. It will survive the Empire . . . At length a second empire will arise, and of this empire the Pope will be the master–more than this, he will be the master of Europe. He will dictate his orders to kings who will obey them”–Andrea Lagarde, The Latin Church in the Middle Ages, 1915, p. vi.
“From the foregoing, which treats merely of the more important solar festivles, it is clear that these products of paganism are as much in force at present… as they ever were, and that Christianity countenances, and in many cases, has actually adopted and practiced, pagan rites whose heathen significance is merely lost sight of because attention is not called to the source whence those rites have spring. So heavy was this infiltration that Sir Samuel Dill exclaims: “Christianity is only a sect of the Mithraists.” –Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius. P. vii
Antichrist must join with the kings of the earth.
Revelation 17:12 “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.”
Were you aware that as of the year 2000 there are over 170 ambassadors to the Vatican? And were you also aware that every one of those ambassadors, as well as each delegate from each of those nations must have at one time or another bowed before the Pope in an act of worship by kissing his ring? Keep in mind that the Vatican is not only a religious organization, it is also a bonafide nation as of 1929 when Mussolini signed the Lateran treaty with Cardinal Gasspari. That means, the Vatican is the only religious organization that has a seat in all United Nation meetings. Or, as prophecy describes it, the Vatican religious organization has joined with the kings of the earth. Rome does this, so the Vatican can use its national status to perform religious acts it deems necessary in a global agenda. And ALL nations that have any interest in global movements have already stated they agree with the Vatican. They have openly joined with her on many issues of global importance. In fact, not a single nation makes a major move, or adopts a national policy without first making sure it doesn’t go against any of the plans of Rome. If they do, Rome will most assuredly use the power of the lamb horned beast (USA) to make sure they stay in line. Plus, as of the inception of the Roman International Criminal Court system coming to be in 1999, all nations know that it would not be a wise decision to go against the Vatican. What with the USA, or as prophecy defines it, the lamb horned beast bowing to the Vatican’s suggestions regarding warfare. This, by the way, is regardless of what the media pumps before the masses. They know that to go against Rome would be futile. Many historians tie all the modern-day wars, and most wars of the past to Roman Catholic influence. The prophecy is sure when it is said that
Revelation 13:4 “… Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? “
Of course, this final hour prophecy being spoken of is yet to arrive when all the kings will join with Rome in its globally realized attack on the true Christian that follows the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. But when that day comes, it will be their final act of rebellion against the Creator God. That act will end with their total destruction as Jesus Christ Himself, with His Father, will split the eastern sky to put an end to their blasphemous reign. However, as of April 1968, we see that day approaching quickly.
Adaptive Model of the Global World System
“The Club [of Rome] had its beginnings in April of 1968, when leaders from ten different countries gathered in Rome…The organization claims to have the solutions for world peace and prosperity…The Club of Rome has been charged with the task of overseeing the regionalization and unification of the entire world…
“The Club’s findings and recommendations are published from time to time in special, highly confidential reports, which are sent to the power-elite to be implemented. On 17 September 1973 the Club released one such report, entitled Regionalized and Adaptive Model of the Global World System… The document reveals that the Club has divided the world into ten political/ economic regions, which it refers to as ‘kingdoms.’”
They actually use the same terminology expressed in the prophecy. The Lord stated they would have “ten kings” in the end that rule the world, and the club of Rome declares there will be “ten kingdoms” in the coming days.
Antichrist will mock Christ so as to confuse the unlearned.
Many people the world over will be drafted into total acceptance of the Antichrist theology by sheer ignorance. This is becoming an easy task for Rome in fact. They have already gotten their church goers to refuse the Bible. All throughout its history, it has shunned and even declared the Bible a dangerous book. Most Catholics that I have met before and after leaving this church have stated they never read a Bible. In 1229ad, the Catholic church even put the Bible on the index of forbidden books as we learned earlier.
Rome still has a problem with the Word to this day. Walk into any Catholic church and you will find what they call a “misslette” to be used for the mass. It’s a small booklet filled with prayers, bits and pieces of out of context Bible passages, and songs to be used in the Catholic mass.
By the way, it’s not just Roman Catholicism that has this problem now. The Vatican has been instrumental in re-writing the modern-day Bibles to fit their dogma. If you don’t have a trusted King James Bible, you may miss some of the ways the Antichrist mocks the Lord to try and pull people into their camp. So, how does Antichrist mock the Lord? There are actually hundreds of ways, but to give you a quick idea, I have a few I can share with you here.
• Prophecy stated Antichrist will rise out of the water. Jesus arose out of water at his baptism.
• Jesus was mortally wounded at His crucifixion. The Vatican was mortally wounded in 1798
• Jesus resurrected. The Vatican resurrected in 1929
• Both Christ and the beast have many horns. The Lamb of God has 7 horns in Revelation 5:6. The Beast has 10 in Revelation 13:1
• Both Jesus and the beast seek and receive worship
• Both Jesus and the beast have a global and universal agenda. Jesus for the good of all for eternity. The beast for the death of all for eternity.
• Jesus was born of a virgin. Antichrist of old stated Tammuz was born of a virgin.
• Both Jesus and the Vatican claim a day or rest and worship. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath; the Vatican admits to inventing Sunday as their day as we will get into much more detail later.
I could actually go on and on with literally hundreds of proofs that show the Vatican will take what the Bible says, and then twist it to fit a Pagan, or Babylonian doctrine.
Antichrist, and the men he controls will not have a desire for women.
Daniel 11:37 “Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.”
The Vatican boldly declares in their catechism …
“Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades.” (For the ENTIRE document in the Catholic Encyclopedia, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03481a.htm)
Absolutely every person on earth knows that the Roman Catholic priests, bishops, cardinals, and popes are not married. It is also well known that the majority of these men are gay. This homosexual group of men are the most extreme gathering of women haters known to man. In fact, there is now documented evidence of their hatred now in writing.
MIHAILO TOLOTOS
This is probably the only healthy man in modern history who never saw the form or heard the voice of a woman! The monk Mihailo died in 1938 at the age of 82 in one of the monasteries atop Mount Athos in Greece. When his mother passed away during his birth, Mihailo was taken to Athos. Not once in his entire life did he leave his monastic colony, which for more than 900 years has strictly excluded all females – both animal and human. –The book of amazing facts, Vol. 1 page 69
Can you imagine the graphic hatred of these men, that they would refuse an infant to ever see a woman? Can you imagine what they told this child, as he grew up, about women? Over the years, I have heard my fair share of twisted passages and strange doctrinal opinions to confirm the celibacy of the Roman priests. But all of them fall as easy as a house of cards with one simple passage in Timothy’s writings.
1 Timothy 3:2 “A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
Rome openly denies the sanctity of marriage. If they were to be Biblical, at least some of their priests would be married, and the rest would be those that could stand alone. But since many of them are as Daniel said Antichrist will be, they truly don’t desire women in the first place. It is a proven fact. The Roman Catholic priesthood is not only the largest organized group of gay men known to man, they are also the largest known group of men that have been judged worthy of the AIDS virus.
Catholic Priests dying of AIDS, often in silence.
… the annualized death rate of priests confirmed by The Star to have died of AIDS in Kansas and Missouri from 1987 to 1999 is 7 per 10,000, or seven times that of the general population. That death rate is consistent with the rate calculated by The Star after reviewing death certificates of priests who died in California, Missouri and Massachusetts in 1995. The finding: six priests — or 7.3 per 10,000 — died of AIDS in those states that year. The AIDS death rate of the general population in those three states in 1995 was 1.8 per 10,000. A.W. Richard Sipe, a former priest who has spent more than 30 years studying sexuality issues in the church, thinks that about 750 priests nationwide have died of such illnesses. That would translate into an AIDS-related death rate eight times that of the general population. Joseph Barone, a New Jersey psychiatrist and AIDS expert, puts the number of U.S. priests who have died at 1,000 — nearly 11 times the rate of the general population.
“And the church just doesn’t want to admit it.” –By JUDY L. THOMAS – The Kansas City Star Date: 01/29/00 22:15 Rich Sugg/The Star (This is NOT the “Star” tabloid you find in supermarkets)
In May of 2001, Roman Catholic archbishop Emmanuel Milingo married Korean acupuncturist Maria Sung. Rev Sun Myung Moon officiated at the wedding. When the Vatican got wind of this, they threatened the archbishop with excommunication if he didn’t divorce the woman at once! If I’m not mistaken they did excommunicate him so as to get his attention. This of course is regardless of that fact that,
Mark 10:9 “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Milingo held out as long as he could, but in August of that very year, he did finally renounce his marriage and left his wife behind, so he could go back to Rome, and regain his status as archbishop. This amazed more than a few people both in and outside of Rome. The Roman Catholic church actually forced this man to divorce his wife even though she did not do anything worthy of divorce. How can Cardinal Egan say that Rome embraces marriage as something holy and sacred, and then force a man to divorce his wife because he’s a priest? Does the prophetic word speak of a church as this…? Again, yes. Look in 1 Timothy chapter 4 and you will see that, in the latter days, not only will they depart from the faith and embrace doctrines of demons, they will forbid to marry! Why? Satan hates the institution of marriage. It was instituted in Eden BEFORE sin entered the World. By the way, this is also why Satan attacks the 7th day Sabbath. It too was instituted before sin entered into the world.
Those the Antichrist persecutes will go into hiding during the great 1260-year tribulation. AFTERWARDS they will re-surface.
Revelation 12:15 “And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.”
Revelation 12:6 “And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.”
The Bible declares that there will be a Christian church that will have to go into hiding during this hellish reign of the Roman Catholic church as it kills over 500 Million followers of Jesus Christ. There is only ONE church that historically did this act. There is documented evidence to support that only one church did as Revelation 12:17 says the Church of Jesus would do in these last hours.
Revelation 12:17 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
Only one church AFTER 1798 resurfaced from hiding that did as Revelation 12:17. Throughout History, the real Christians always kept the commandments. And most had to do it in hiding. Notice this as well. Everyone admits that this church did arrive on the scene around 1798. That is directly AFTER the mortal wound was administered to the Pope as we learned earlier. And it was most assuredly at the end of a 1260-year period of time as we discovered earlier as well. Most honest historical researchers will openly admit it was the Seventh Day Adventist Church that was prophetically coming “out of hiding” at this time.
Antichrist is a “mother” church (daughters have come out of her)
Revelation 17:5 “And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
The Roman Catholic church fits this description better than any other church in history. Main reason being is, it is the only church where all modern-day churches have sprung out of. Sure, some will say they never stepped into Rome, nor ever embraced any of her errors, but if you honestly want the Truth, then all one needs to do is investigate the doctrines of all churches to see where they originated. For example, the most graphic example of all the false doctrines that have been embraced by all the other churches has to be the changing of the Bible Sabbath from day seven to day one
“Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; –she could not have SUBSTITUTED the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is NO SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY.” -Rev. Stephan Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, “On the Obedience Due to the Church,” chap. 2, p. 174. (Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, archbishop of New York.)
“They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. Why? Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. They have no other reason …The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance … The author of the Sunday law…is the Catholic Church.” Ecclesiastical Review, February 1914.
I actually have many, many, more quotes regarding the Roman Catholic church’s apparent arrogance regarding the Sabbath change. Look around and you will see ALL churches both inside and outside of Rome keep SUNDAY as their Sabbath. Yet there is not a single passage in the Bible that says this is what the Lord suggests for the New Testament Christian. ALL churches are doing as their “mother in Rome” does.
As we learned earlier, in prophecy, churches are illustrated as “women.” A “harlot” is indeed a woman, is it not. So, ALL these churches that do as their mother harlot does, are as she is, a harlot. This is why Sabbath keeping Christians are considered “peculiar treasure” of the Lord.
Exodus 19:5 “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”
Psalms 135:4 “For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.”
This is why we, as end time Christians, are described as those that are NOT defiled by these women in Revelation 14:4. We truly do not do as these “women” do. By the way, as I alluded to earlier, it’s not just “Sunday Keeping” that declares the churches to be daughters of this whore. It’s far worse than that. Does your church do any of the following Roman Catholic rituals?
Does your church …
• Place Halos on pictures or statues?
• Celebrate Christmas?
• Preach Santa Clause?
• Have Christmas trees?
• Celebrate Easter?
• Speak of Easter Bunny’s and eggs?
• Celebrate Good Friday?
• Halloween?
• St. Valentine’s day?
• Do you acknowledge 40 days for Lent?
• Does your church have a Steeple?
• Do you wear Wedding rings?
• Are infants baptized in your church?
• Do they teach trinity doctrine?
• Do they teach an immortal soul?
• Do they teach eternal life in hell?
• Do they teach an immediate heaven/hell?
• Do they teach a 3.5 or 7-year tribulation theory?
• Do they teach the Ten Commandments were abolished?
• Do they teach Leviticus 11 or Deuteronomy 14 are no longer viable?
• Does your Bible have the Apocrypha in it?
• Is there a cross or a crucifix in your church?
• etc…
Antichrist presumes authority to tamper with and change God’s Law.
Daniel 7:25 “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.”
This happens to be the most graphic prophetic characteristic to date. This is the ultimate in exposing the Antichrist in Rome! This actually has a LOT to do with what the mark of the beast actually is. I have all the info regarding that fact. I won’t go into that detail here because it is rather involved. There is a REASON the Vatican seeks to make the entire Christian world ignore the true Sabbath of the Creator God for their Roman Sunday, but what I want to illustrate here is the fact that they DO ADMIT having been the ones that attempt to make this change. This characteristic of Antichrist is their masterpiece of deception, as well as the Lord’s masterpiece of exposure!
In the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, we see they ripped out the second commandment which forbids image worship, then divided the 10th commandment into two parts so that they still appear to have 10 commandments. This proves they “think to change laws” as Daniel put it. The Roman Catholic Church, not Jesus Christ, changed the Sabbath given at creation week from Saturday, the 7th day to Sunday, the 1st day. And to top it off, the Roman Catholic church ADMITS that very fact!
“Of course, the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act… And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things.” H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.
“Sunday is our MARK of authority. . .the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1,1923.
“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. “The day of the Lord” was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church’s sense of its own power …. People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Seventh-day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy.” (Saint Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.)
“The [Catholic] Church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the heathen. She took the pagan Roman Pantheon, temple of all the gods, and made it sacred to all the martyrs; so it stands to this day. She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday. She took the pagan Easter and made it the feast we celebrate during this season . . . The Sun was a foremost god with heathendom . . . The sun has worshipers at this hour in Persia and other lands . . . Hence the Church would seem to say, ‘Keep that old pagan name [Sunday]. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.’ And thus, the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus”–William L. Gildea, “Paschale Gaudium,” in The Catholic World, 58, March 1894, p. 809 [A Roman Catholic weekly].
“Some non-Catholics object to Purgatory because there is no specific mention of it in Scripture. There is no specific mention of the word Sunday in Scripture [either]. The Sabbath is mentioned, but Sabbath means [a keeping of] Saturday. Yet the Christians of almost all denominations worship on Sunday not on Saturday. The Jews observe Saturday. Nowhere in the Bible is it stated that worship should be changed from Saturday to Sunday.”–Martin J. Scott, Things Catholics are Asked About, 1927, p.236 [Roman Catholic].
“It is quite clear that however rigidly or devotedly we may spend Sunday, we are not keeping the Sabbath . . . The Sabbath was founded on a specific, divine command. We can plead no such command for the observance of Sunday . . . There is not a single line in the New Testament to suggest that we incur any penalty by violating the supposed sanctity of Sunday.”–Dr. R. Dale, The Ten Commandments, p. 106-107 [British Congregationalist].
“And where are we told in the Scriptures that we are to keep the first day at all? We are commanded to keep the seventh; but we are nowhere commanded to keep the first day. The reason why we keep the first day of the week holy instead of the seventh is for the same reason that we observe many other things, not because the Bible, but because the church, has enjoined [commanded] it.”–Isaac Williams, Plain Sermons on the Catechism, vol 1, pp. 334, 336 [Anglican].
“The Roman [Catholic] Church reversed the Fourth Commandment by doing away with the Sabbath of God’s Word, and instituting Sunday as a holiday”–Nicholas Summerbell, History of the Christian Church, 3rd edition, 1873, p. 415 [Christian Church (Christian Connection)].
“Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles …. From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first.” (Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August 1990.)
Question: How prove you that the church had power command feasts and holydays?
Answer: By the very fact of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of; and therefore, they fondly contradict themselves by keeping Sunday strictly, and keep most other feasts commanded by the same church.
Question: Have any other way of proving that the church has power to institute festivals precept?
Answer: Had she not such power, she could not a done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; -she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the way, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day of the week, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority. “-Stephen Keenan, a doctrinal catechism, p. 174
“It was the Catholic church by the authority of Jesus Christ, which has transferred this rest to Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Therefore, the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the Catholic church.” – Mgr., Segur Plain Talk about Protestantism of today page 213
“From this we may understand how great is the authority of the church in interpreting or explaining to us the commandments of God- an authority which is acknowledged by the universal practice of the whole Christian world, even of those sects profess to take the holy Scriptures as their sole rule of faith, since they observe as the day of rest not the seventh day of the week demanded by the Bible, but the first day. Which we know is to be kept holy, only from the tradition and teaching of the Catholic church.” – Henry Gibson “Catechism Made Easy” No 2 ninth edition volume one pp. 341, 342 Authoritative quotations on the Sabbath and Sunday.
“Reason and sense demand the acceptance of one or the other of these alternatives: either Protestantism and the keeping holy of Saturday Catholicism and the keeping holy of Sunday. Compromise is impossible. –James Cardinal Gibbons. Catholic mirror, December 23, 1893
There you have it. COMPROMISE IS IMPOSSIBLE! Either you keep the Bible Sabbath as a Christian, or you keep the Sunday sabbath as a Catholic. Since there is not a single passage in the Bible that says God changed the Sabbath. And the Bible does say we should “obey God rather than men.” We as Christians should keep the seventh day holy. If we do not, we are graphically stating to all the Universe and the Creator of it, that we choose to obey MEN rather than the Creator of men.
One last quote regarding Rome’s arrogance concerning Sabbath …
Rome’s Challenge
Why do Protestants keep Sunday?
“The Adventists are the only body of Christians with the Bible as their teacher, who could find no warrant in its pages for the change of day from the seventh to the first. Hence their appellation,” Seventh-day Adventists. “They’re cardinal principle consists in setting apart Saturday for the exclusive worship of God, in conformity with the positive command of God Himself, repeatedly reiterated in the sacred books of the Old and New testaments, literally kept by the children of Israel for thousands of years to this day, and endorsed by the teaching and practice of the Son of God while on earth.” –Rome’s Challenge, page two
“Is not yet too late for Protestants to redeem themselves. Will they do it?… will they indeed take the written word only, the Scripture alone, as their sole authority and their sole standard? Or will they still hold the indefensible, self-contradictory, and suicidal doctrine and practice of following the authority of the Catholic church and wear the SIGN of her authority? Will they keep the Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, according to Scripture? Or will they keep the Sunday according to the tradition of the Catholic church, -Ibid, page 31
As for the “times” that was changed by Rome? Not only has Rome been instrumental in changing calendars, but when does the DATE change on your wrist watch? Midnight, right? Biblical time change is,
Genesis 1:5 “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Rome now declares MIDNIGHT causes the date to change! For much more info on Rome’s admission to changing times and laws, please contact me.
Antichrist will use drugs on the masses to control them
Revelation 18:23 “And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”
As you read into this passage you will find it is speaking of the Antichrist and his destructive methods upon the people of the world so as to harm as well as control. Notice the word “sorceries” in this passage and how the Word says Antichrist will use it to keep “all nations deceived.” Now notice if you will the definition of the word “sorceries” as it is found in the Strong’s Concordance.
5331 pharmakeia {far-mak-i’-ah} from 5332; n f
AV – sorcery 2, witchcraft 1; 3
1) the use or the administering of drugs
2) poisoning
3) sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it
4) metaph. the deceptions and seductions of idolatry
The word “pharmakeia” is where we get the modern word “pharmacy” today. For literally decades the Lord has moved me to declare the Popes of Rome have been active in using Pharmaceutical drugs to better control the people under his rule.
Class action suit is the first of its kind
(TORONTO, Canada) – A joint media release by The Association of Citizen Prosecutors (ACP) and The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) is to be released on “Canada Day”, July 1, 2012. It announces the first, class action lawsuit in Canadian history to name as co-defendants the Vatican, the Crown of England, Canada and its churches, and big pharmaceutical companies, all of which are accused of crimes against humanity and criminal conspiracy.
The lawsuit is brought by Jason Bowman of the ACP and Rev. Kevin Annett of the ITCCS, on behalf of a group of many others. The lawsuit will be explained in detail at a press conference held on the date of filing at the Federal Court Building, on Wednesday, July 4 at 1 pm EST at 180 Queen street West in Toronto. A copy of the July 1 press statement is attached. “Victims of church, state and big pharma are finally uniting to put an end to their terror” said Kevin Annett today.
“Among other plaintiffs in our class action will be survivors of Canada’s genocide against native people, who have never had their day in court. The whitewash is over. More than 50,000 murdered children will finally be confronting Canada and the Catholic, Anglican and United Church, and placing them all on trial”.
Finally, we have our smoking gun that the Vatican is in fact involved in the manufacturing and distributing of Pharmaceutical drugs, just as our Lord’s prophecy stated long ago.
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