The prophecies of Daniel, Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2, and John in Revelation, all declare that Rome is the last beast of prophecy.
It has changed forms over the years, but it is the kingdom that was in power during Messiah’s ministry, and it is the kingdom that will be destroyed by Messiah when He returns.
Satan reigned in the pagan Roman Empire, where he was worshiped through all of their false Gods. He used them to try to destroy the Early Church of Christ, killing millions.
Our Lord caused the Roman Empire to collapse, which made Satan lose his power.
Satan countered by empowering the Roman Catholic Church to rise up in its place.
He used them to burn Bibles and to kill over 50 million saints.
Our Messiah caused the Roman Catholic Church to lose power through the Protestant Reformation, and then when the Pope was taken prisoner in 1798 A.D.
Satan countered by empowering the Jesuits to take control of the Catholic Church. They’re creating a New World Order, where he will be worshiped, and the saints attacked.
Our Messiah will cause the Harlot Church to be burned and desolated, and He will destroy the scarlet beast of the Jesuits.
Let’s see how the prophecies of Daniel, Paul and John, all point to the beast of Rome.
These explanations may be counter to what you’ve been taught, so please pray
to the Holy Spirit for discernment, and read the whole study to see the big picture.
Many people teach that much of Daniel, 2 Thessalonians 2, and most of Revelation is applied to the last few years of history.
Please read through the list to see how they have been fulfilled through the history of Church, and will continue to be fulfilled until Jesus returns.
The prophecies in Daniel, in the epistles of Paul, and in the epistles and Apocalypse of John, are not complete in themselves; but when their separate features are combined, you get the perfect portrait.
Daniel 2 describes four kingdoms, the last of which would be in power until Jesus returns.
Daniel 2:32 “this image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze“
The kingdom of Babylon was represented by the gold head.
Medo-Persia, the silver chest, conquered Babylon.
Greece, the bronze waist, conquered Medo-Persia.
Daniel 2:40 “the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything”
The Roman Empire was the most powerful of all, and it conquered and controlled most of the civilized world, trampling people groups that were in its path.
Daniel 2:41-43 “the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay“
The Strong’s Hebrew word for both “mixed” and “they shall mingle themselves” is 6151 “arab.”
The clay represents the Arabs, the Muslims, who became the great Ottoman Empire, who worked with the Roman Catholic Church, to control the lands previously occupied by the Roman Empire. They both killed Christians and Jews, but they have also warred with each other during the Crusades, as they don’t mix well.
Daniel 7 describes the same four kingdoms, but uses the imagery of beasts.
Daniel 7:4 “The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.“
Babylon represented by the lion, who had its wings plucked by the Medo-Persian empire, who humbled the mighty Babylonian king.
Daniel 7:5 “And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!‘
Babylon was defeated by Medes-Persia, represented by a bear, because they overwhelmed the enemy with their armies sheer size, which could number over 1 million. One side was stronger than the other, thus it raised up on one side. It conquered three territories previously held by the Babylonians, thus the three ribs.
Daniel 7:6 “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.”
Medes-Persia was defeated by Alexander the Great and Greece, represented by a leopard as they conquered quickly due to effective military strategies and the small size of their military units. Alexander’s four Generals (four wings) helped him conquer, and when he died, the empire was split amongst them (four heads).
Daniel 7:7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns“
Greece was defeated by Rome, the fourth beast of Daniel 7, the dreadful and terrible beast that trampled everything in its path, including the Jews and Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
The Roman Empire was different as it killed millions of Christians in Rome, as Satan used them to try to wipe out the Early Church.
When the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D., the Roman Empire split into 10 civil kingdoms.
Daniel 7:8 “and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots.“
Out of the ten kingdoms, the Little Horn of the Roman Catholic Church emerged, which claimed authority over both the civil world and the ecclesiastic world.
The Roman Catholic Church subdued and destroyed three of the ten kingdoms;
the Heruli, Ostrogoths and Vandals; who did not bow down to their authority.
Daniel 7:8 “And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.“
The office of the Papacy acts and speaks for the whole body. The Popes spoke pompous words, proclaiming to be God, to be Jesus Christ, and that salvation is only through the Roman Catholic Church, all of which is Antichrist.
Pope Pius IX said “I alone… am the successor of the apostles, the vicar of Jesus Christ. I am the way, the truth, and the life…” (Source: History of the Christian Church, by Henry Charles Sheldon, p. 59.)
Pope Boniface VIII said “We declare, say, define, and pronounce, that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” (Source: Bull “Unam Sanctum,” as cited in “Apostolic Digest, Book V: The Book of Obedience”)
Pope John Paul II said “Don’t go to God for forgiveness of sins: come to me.” (Source: Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1984.)
Daniel 7:25 “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time.“
The Roman Catholic Church persecuted the followers of Christ, during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition.
At the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. they changed the calendar to be based on the Sun, not the moon as God ordained in the Bible. In the Catechism, they removed God’s 2nd Commandment, which forbids idol worship, and divided the 10th commandment into two.
They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538 A.D. when Emperor Justinian gave them power over all churches; until 1798 A.D., when the Pope was taken captive and imprisoned, where he later died.
2 Thessalonians 2 describes the transition of power from Roman Emperors to Roman Popes.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 “for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first“
When Emperor Constantine joined the idol worship of pagan Roman with Christianity, it created the beginnings of the Roman Catholic Church. Many Christians compromised their beliefs to be exalted in Rome, after several centuries of severe persecution.
Pure Christianity apostatized into a religion with pagan holidays, idols and theology.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 “and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition“
Both of the times that the phrase “son of perdition” is used in the Bible, it refers to someone who claimed to follow Christ, but was really antichrist in their beliefs and actions. Both Judas and the office of the Papacy have fulfilled this role. So the “son of perdition” is someone who would deceive within the church.
2 Thessalonians 2:4 “who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
The temple of God is not a physical Temple, it is the body of Christ. In the name of Christ, the Pope is seated in the midst of the Christian Church, which is the temple of God.
Pope Innocent III said “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.)
Saint Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.)
Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.”
(Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894)
2 Thessalonians 2:7 “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.”
Up to the beginning of the 4th century, Rome was a pagan city, and the Emperor was the high priest, called the Pontifex Maximus, of its religion.
As long as the Roman Emperor was in power, the Papal Pontifex Maximus could not take power. The last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D. Shortly thereafter, in 538 A.D., the Roman Catholic Church gained religious and civil power when Eastern Emperor Justinian issued a decree making the Pope head of all churches.
The antichrist in John’s Epistles can mean “in place of Christ.“
“And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.” 1 John4:3
The word ‘antichristos’ is the Greek word for Antichrist. Translated into English it means Vice-Christ or Vicar of Christ, which the Pope has claimed as his title.
In 1303 A.D. Pope Boniface VIII said in his infamous Bull ‘Unam Sanctam’, “We declare, assert, define and pronounce to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every creature altogether necessary for salvation… 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 Christ, have but one consistory, and I am able to do almost all that God can do. What therefore, can you make of me but God?” Pope Boniface VIII, Papal bull Unam sanctam, 1302 A.D.
Pope Pius X declared, “The Pope is not simply the representative of Jesus Christ. On the contrary, he is Jesus Christ Himself, under the veil of the flesh. Does the Pope speak? It is Jesus Christ who is speaking, hence, when anyone speaks of the Pope, it is not necessary to examine but to obey.” Pope Pius X, Evangelical Christendom, Vol. 49, Jan 1. 1895 A.D., p. 15, “the organ of the Evangelical Alliance,” published in London by J. S. Phillips.
Pope Pius XII said, “…recognize the Holy, Catholic, Roman Church to be the only true Church of Jesus Christ, outside of which neither sanctity nor salvation can be found. Call them to the unity of the one fold, granting them the grace to believe every truth of our holy faith and to submit themselves to the Supreme Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth.” Pope Pius XII, The Raccolta, Benzinger Brothers, Boston, 1957 A.D., No. 626.
The sea beast of Revelation 13 matches up perfectly with the fourth beast of Daniel 7, the Antichrist Roman Catholic Church.
Revelation 13:1 “Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.”
John is showing us that it is the same beast as in Daniel 7, which had ten horns.
A beast in prophecy represents a kingdom power. Water in Bible prophecy represents people, and the Roman Catholic Church rose up out the 10 kingdoms of the fallen Roman Empire. The blasphemous name may be “Vicar of Christ” or “Holy Father.”
Revelation 13:2 “Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.”
John is telling us that the beast would have the characteristics of Greece (leopard), which put education and logic above revelation; Medo-Persia (bear), which put the rule of law above mercy (Dan 6:12); and would speak like Babylon (lion), which was steeped in astrology, and the spirits of the occult. The Roman Catholic Church displays all of these attributes.
The name ‘Vatican’ means ‘divining serpent’ from Latin Vatis=diviner, and can=serpent. It’s not pointing to just one person, it’s pointing to a position. The President of the United States, the King of England, have all been fulfilled by many people. The office of the Papacy is the same way.
Revelation 13:3 “And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.”
When the Roman Empire collapsed, their head, the Roman Emperors, were removed from power, which was the deadly head wound. It recovered in the form of the Roman Catholic Church, when Popes took authority as the Pontifex Maximus, and claimed civil and ecclesiastical authority over the whole world.
Revelation 13:5, “And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.“
Popes have claimed to be God, to be Jesus Christ in the flesh, to forgive sins, to provide salvation, and other blasphemies.
Satan used the Roman Catholic Church to deceive in the name of Christ. The 42 months here is the same 1,260 years as Daniel 7:25 spoke about with “a time and times and half a time” which occurred from 538 – 1798 A.D.
The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1990, Vol.26, p.938) says “The ultimate humiliation of the Church came when Pius VI was driven out of Rome by the French armies in 1798 and in the following year was taken captive by them and dragged back to France, where he died.”
Revelation 13:7 “It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.”
Satan used the Roman Catholic Church to make war with the saints during the Dark Ages and the Inquisitions. They persecuted the saints so extensively, that they pronounced the opposers who testified against them as dead.
“We define that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff (Pope) hold the primacy over the whole world.” (Source: Laetentur Coeli, Council of Florence, 1439)
And at that time, they did have control of the whole civilized world.
The Revelation 13 earth beast describes the Jesuits of Rome, the False Prophet.
Revelation 13:11 “Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth.”
This beast did not rise up out of a people group, but were created by Ignatius Loyola. The Jesuits are the military order of the Vatican who were empowered at the Council of Trent in 1545 A.D. to counter the Reformation, to bring Protestant Churches back under their power and to kill the followers of Christ. When the Roman Catholic Church lost its power in the 18th century, the Jesuits seized control of the Vatican.
Like the title of ‘Antichrist,’ the name ‘False Prophet‘ represents a position, not just one person; much like the President of the United States or the King of England.
The False Prophet represents all of the Jesuit Generals, Black Popes, who lead the Society of Satan to deceive the world with their sorcery.
The Jesuits act Christ-like (lamb-like), but spread around the world teaching a false salvation message of following the seven sacraments through the Papal Church.
They are False Prophets.
The Jesuits are the source of false prophecy teaching of a future 70th week of Daniel featuring a one-man antichrist, as to deflect blame away from the Roman Church.
They are False Prophets.
Revelation 13:11 “and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.”
They call themselves the “Society of Jesus” and on the surface they appear to be priests who spread around the world ministering, but behind the scenes they serve Satan and they subversively do his work. They are lamb-like in pretensions, but dragon-like in character.
Here is part of the Jesuit Oath which testifies to their wicked mission. “I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth;… I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus.”
Revelation 13:12, “And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed“
The Jesuit General, the Black Pope, controls the Vatican, not the white Pope, which everyone sees.
Jesuits priests spread around the world converting people to Catholicism, to the false religion of Rome, as to cause them to revere/worship the Pope of Rome.
1/6th of the earth’s population is Roman Catholic, and now Pope Francis, a Jesuit, is drawing Muslims, Protestants, and other people groups under their power.
The Jesuits of Rome are empowered by Satan, and they are using the power of the major military’s and intelligence agencies, especially those of America, to make war with other countries, to push the world into the their New World Order, where Satan will be worshiped.
Revelation 13:13, “He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.”
The Jesuits control HAARP technologies from Nikola Tesla, which allow them to manipulate the weather, and even cause lighting to strike where they want.
On February 11, 2013, lightning hit the Vatican three times within the hour that Pope Benedict XV gives his resignation. The Jesuits manipulated the Papacy, as Popes usually reign until they die. But they needed to put a Jesuit in the White Pope position, which they did with Pope Francis.
They have staged events to mislead Catholics about Mary and Fatima.
In 1917 A.D, the Jesuits caused an event where 70,000 witnesses supposedly saw the sun, contrary to cosmic laws, twirl in the sky, throw off colors and descend to earth. This event, which occurred in Fatima, Portugal, caused even non-believers to immediately dropped onto their knees and beg for forgiveness.
That ‘Miracle of the Sun‘ supposedly confirmed the validity of the “Message of Fatima,” a message from the Virgin Mary, which gave warning of future calamity if people did not participate in the Eucharist communion. It served to draw the Muslim community towards the Roman Catholic Church, as they too revere Mary and believe that she was speaking through Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad.
It may refer to a future deception from the Jesuits using HAARP or other technology to cause fire to come down from the heavens.
Revelation 13:14 “And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.”
Since 1798 A.D., the Jesuits have propped up the Roman Church, creating an image of what it used to be.
In 1929 A.D., at the Lateran Treaty, the Jesuits caused Mussolini of Italy to establish Vatican City as an independent state, giving her civil authority again.
So in effect, the Jesuits have created an image of the beast. They have created a power structure in the form of the Catholic Church, which they have revived. They are using it to gather the world under their control.
It may also refer to a future deception from the Jesuits using satellites such as Project Blue Beam, which is designed to create holographic images in the sky, to create a worldwide message supposedly from God, or Mary.
Revelation 13:15 “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.”
They are using Pope Francis, who is a Jesuit, to draw the world unto the “universal church” and those who don’t unite with her are becoming the enemy of the world.
Revelation 13:16 “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads.”
These False Prophets now deceive 1/6th of the world’s population with a false salvation message. These people have the mark of the beast on them, as they obey the commands of the Pope and trust in him for salvation. And the Jesuits are drawing Protestant Churches to the Papal Church, along with Muslims and people of all religions.
In their One World Government, they will cause people to worship the beast, or be killed or be cut off from buying and selling.
Revelation 13:17 “and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
The Jesuits control the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank of Settlements, the Federal Reserve Bank, and Central Banks in almost every country. In their New World Order, they will control the monetary system, to dictate who buys and sells.
Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”
The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, which equates numerically to the number 666.
Revelation 17 describes Mystery Babylon, the Roman Catholic Church, which will be destroyed by the Jesuits of Rome.
Revelation 17:1-2 “Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
The seven bowls are judgments against the Antichrist Roman Catholic Church, so the context of this chapter is the Harlot Church.
Revelation 17:3 “And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”
The Jesuits are the scarlet beast that is using the Harlot Roman Catholic Church to draw the world under their control.
The scarlet represents the blood they have shed during their Inquisition of killing the followers of Christ.
They proclaim the blasphemous name “the Society of Jesus,” but they are really “the Society of Satan.”
Revelation 17:4 “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.”
“The color for bishops and other prelates is purple, for cardinals scarlet… The pectoral cross should be made of gold and… decorated with gems…”
(Source: Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic Encyclopedia, 1991, p. 175, 178, 466)
Revelation 17:5 “And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
They are called “Mystery Babylon the Great,” because they pretend to be Christian, but they’re really the Babylonian religion of Sun and Satan worship.
Revelation 17:5 “THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
They have created all the major false religions, including Islam, Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the New Age Movement, etc.
Revelation 17:6 “I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.”
“History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, Vol. 2″ documents “That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind will be questioned by no Protestant who has a complete knowledge of history.”
Historians estimate that during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition, the Roman Catholic Church killed over 50 million people whom they deemed as heretics, most of which were Christians who dared to own a Bible (which the Church forbid) or proclaimed the Gospel of Christ.
At one event, remembered as the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, an estimated 100,000 Huguenots (Protestant Christians in France) were slaughtered.
In Spain alone the number of condemned exceeded three million, with about 300,000 burned at the stake during the length of the Spanish Inquisition. (Source: Page 259 of an updated version of “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”; 2001; Publisher: Bridge-Logos.)
Revelation 17:7 But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns”
We already know that verses 1-6 are about the Roman Catholic Church, so the explanation in the next verses was given to help John understand who they were.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
The first beast of Daniel WAS Babylon, out of which came Satan’s pagan worship system which stole praise from the Father. They attempted to built a tower to the sky, as if to deny God.
In John’s day, Babylon WAS NOT, for it had been overtaken by the Medo-Persian Empire, then Greece, then the Roman Empire.
And now in verse 5, John had been shown that the Babylonian pagan religion was still alive and would manifest itself in the form of the Harlot Church. Roman Catholicism is really the pagan Babylonian religion of Sun and Satan worship, mysteriously masked by the cover of Christianity. The idols of Babylon became the idols of Rome, which were then given Christian names.
John would have marveled at this grand deception of Satan coming in the name of Christ, so that people would worship a false Christ. The Jesuits, like the Babylonians, are pushing the world into a New World Order, where Satan will be exalted, where man will defy God.
The antichrist beast, the Papal Church, will be judged and delivered unto perdition.
Revelation 17:9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman (harlot church of Rome) sits.”
Rome was the great power of John’s day, which is known for its seven hills (mountains) named Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal.
Interestingly, an eighth hill, Vatican (Vaticanus) Hill, is located across the Tiber river from the traditional seven hills of Rome. After the papacy returned from Avignon, France, in the 1370’s, Vatican Hill became the headquarters for the papacy.
It was the site of the Roman temple to the Great Mother Goddess Cybele, which had, and probably still does, house secret tunnels under where the Vatican is located, where the secret worship ceremonies of Cybele, including child sacrifice, occur.
You will see that the Roman Catholic Church is the eighth head, which came out of the seven, so this reinforces that the Roman Catholic Church is Mystery Babylon.
Revelation 17:10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
At the time that John wrote Revelation, five forms of the Roman kingdom had come and gone; 1) Kings, 2) Consuls, 3) Dictators, 4) Decemvirs, and 5) Military Tribunes.
The sixth form of the Roman government was the Imperial head, commencing with Octavian, better known as Augustus Caesar. This form of government existed in John’s day and was in power until the last Emperor was removed in 476 A.D.
During the ‘short space‘ until the 8th head would arrive; the seventh head of the Roman beast was the Dukedom of Rome. Renowned historian Edward Gibbons tells us that Italy was divided unequally between the kingdom of the Lombards and the Exarchate of Ravenna.
John was being told that the Harlot described in verses 1-6, the Roman Catholic Church, would rise to power after the seven forms of government of the Roman Empire.
The Popes of Rome were empowered by Eastern Emperor Justinian in 538 A.D., which was a ‘short space‘ after the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D.
This matches Paul’s warning in 2 Thessalonians 2, that the Son of Perdition would rise to power when the ‘restrainer,’ the Roman Emperors, were removed.
Paul and John had to hide their message, as they couldn’t write that the Roman Empire would be destroyed, as that would have invited more persecution from Rome.
Revelation 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
The Roman Catholic Church is the eighth, which came to power when the Roman Empire collapsed and the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D.
The Popes took the title of Pontifex Maximus, the title of the Roman Emperors, which can be traced back in different forms to the ancient Babylon. The Babylonian Kings served as both king and priest of the pagan Babylonian Mystery religion.
As priests, they bore the title “Pontifex Maximus” or “Supreme Pontiff,” meaning “supreme pathfinder” or “bridge maker,” representing “the path or connection between this life and the next.” They ruled upon the throne of Satan, which is the throne of Nimrod as the “hidden god.”
Revelation 17:12-13 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.“
They are the same as the “ten toes” of Nebuchadnezzar’s image in Daniel 2, and the “ten horns” of the fourth beast on Daniel 7.
When the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D., the Roman Empire split into 10 civil kingdoms, the ten kings; who then went on to form the nations of Europe, such as Italy, France, Spain, England, etc.
They reigned as independent kingdoms for a short while, but then they bowed down to the authority of the Little Horn of Daniel, which rose up at the same time, the Popes of Rome.
Revelation 17:14 “These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
These ten kingdoms, especially France and Spain, obeyed the Popes in persecuting and killing the saints.
The Messiah has overcome them during the Protestant Reformation, and when the Popes of Rome were removed from civil power in 1798 A.D. And He will ultimately overcome them in the end when He causes them to be desolated.
Revelation 17:15 “Then he said to me, ‘The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.’ ”
The Vatican has political relationships with almost every country in the world.
The Roman Catholic Church has ecclesiastical power over 1.2 Billion people, who live in the nations of the world and speak different languages.
Revelation 17:16-17, “And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
The ten European countries will come to hate her doctrines, they will leave (desolate) her, they will desolate her authority over them (cease to give their power and strength), and remove her power over their countries (eat her flesh).
Alluding to the law in Leviticus 21:9, which required that the daughter of a priest, that played the whore, should be burnt with fire; and this is to be understood literally of burning the city of Rome, the seat of the whore, with fire.
Revelation 17:18 “And the woman (the harlot church) whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
John is being told that it is the great city that reigns over the earth at his time, which is Rome.
Today, Vatican City is a city-state, making it the smallest country in the world, that has political relations with almost every country.
Presidents and world leaders who visit Vatican City bow to the Pope’s authority.
Vatican City controls the city-state of the City of London, which is the world’s financial power; and they control the city-state of Washington D.C., which is the world’s military power.
The city-states of Vatican City, the City of London, and Washington D.C., will control the world in the New World Order.
I respectfully disagree that America is Babylon. It is controlled by the Babylonian Jesuits of the Roman Catholic Church. Here is Revelation 18, with an explanation.
Revelation 18 describes the Jesuits of the Roman Catholic Church, who will be destroyed by our Lord.
Revelation 18:1-2 “After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!”
We already know who Babylon is from Revelation 17, which identified Mystery Babylon as the Roman Catholic Church.
Babylon is the metaphor for the Roman beast that Satan has empowered to fight against Jesus and His Church. Holy Jerusalem is the metaphor for the Church that Jesus has empowered.
Revelation 18:3 “For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.”
The Jesuits of Rome, who are the earth beast of Revelation 13, controls the city-state of Vatican City, which controls religion; the city-state of London, which controls the worlds finances; and the city-state of Washington D.C., which controls the world through its intelligence agencies and military.
The Jesuits control the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank of Settlements, the Federal Reserve and the central banks of almost every country in the world, the major commercial banks and financial institutions. They have made corporate leaders and country leaders wealthy, by serving them.
Revelation 18:4 “And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.”
The ‘her” is referring to the Mother of Harlots, the apostate antichrist Roman Catholic Church, from Revelation 17.
Revelation 18:5-8 “For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ Therefore her plagues will come in one day–death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.”
Revelation 18:9-10 “The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'”
Revelation 17:18 tells us that the Roman Catholic Church is the great city, “And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
Revelation 18:11-14 “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.”
The City of London is on water, but it does its trades electronically, as they control the major financial markets of the world, including the buying and selling of people. Every bank has a central office there. And they control the markets in New York.
Revelation 18:15-16 “The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!”
Again, Babylon is the Roman Catholic Church, which was described in Revelation 17:4 “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.“
Revelation 18:17-20 “For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like this great city?’ They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.’ Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”
Revelation 18:21-24, “Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”
This is the same ‘uncut‘ stone that was described in Daniel 2, which was cast at the Iron/Clay feet of the statue, the iron representing Rome.
In “her,” the Roman Catholic Church, over 50 million saints were killed. No doubt at the hands of the Jesuits and all the people they control, the number is much higher.
If you’re in the Catholic Church, Jesus has lovingly called you to, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.“ Revelation 18:4
There are many good priests and people in the Catholic Church, but the Vatican leaders, more specifically the Jesuits, are empowered by Satan to oppose Christ.
Come out of her and know true salvation, which is by faith in the atoning work of the Lamb of God, Christ Jesus.
If you’re a Pastor who has been teaching about a future one-man antichrist, you have been promoting the deceptions of the Jesuits, which are from Satan.
You will be judged for what you’ve taught your flock. You will be held accountable for them not knowing the truth, so that they can be prepared.
You will be held accountable for not fighting against the antichrist beast by the power of the Word of God.
Friend, can you see the truth now?
I pray that you pursue the truth for yourself, because you are going to be held accountable before the Lord some day.
As a follower of Christ, you should be actively battling against the Antichrist beast in the power of Jesus Word. And the best way for the Church to prevail is to know the truth about who the enemy is and expose them.
Instead, most Christians have no clue about prophecy fulfillment, and many don’t really care, as they think that they will be raptured out before the battle gets intense.
As such, they will be caught off-guard when the time of testing occurs, as they may choose to preserve their lives, rather than choose to honor the Lord.
Don’t be accused of being a foolish virgin, who has not the oil of truth, and isn’t prepared for Jesus return.
Their own words reveal who they are. Their bad fruit reveals who they are.
Almost every study on this website teaches a deception that has been originated by the Jesuits, to deflect blame against the Roman Catholic Church, and to deceive Christians.
Pastors are not teaching you these concepts because the Jesuits have infiltrated seminaries and Bible schools, to corrupt their teaching.
And quite honestly, some Pastors are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
I pray in the name of Jesus that the Advocate anoints you with eye salve, so that you may see the truth.
To help you be in the right frame of mind and heart, please read our End Times Deception Introduction. Otherwise your flesh, your knowledge, your pride, may cause you to defend what you’ve previously been taught.
Pray to the Holy Spirit to be as the fertile soil where truth may take root, instead of the hard path, where Satan comes and steals away the truth.
Grace to you and peace from Elohim the Father and our Messiah!
David Nikao
The Bible studies listed on the right side of the website will provide much more information, to help you see the truth.
To read how the antichrist has hidden its presence from today’s Christians, read
The Antichrist Is Hidden In Plain Sight
To see how the Jesuits have infiltrated seminaries and Bible schools, to corrupt their end times prophecy teachings, read End Times Antichrist Deception
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Thank you David. Well done!!! May God continue to keep you close.
While it is true that the Vatican has the spirit of antichrist embodied in it, and that it has everyting to do with the final antichrist – the ‘mother’ of them all, and that Vatican at least if not Rome entirely will be destroyed, there is yet to be a ‘man’ the man of sin who will appear as the final antichrist. Paul talks about the man of sin – the son of perdition -2 Thess 2:3. Judas was also called the son of perdition – Jn 17:12. Jesus uses the term as does Paul. The phrase occurs nowhere else in Scripture asn is the exact same term. It only applies to 2 individuals.
The word for man in 2 Thess 2:3, is anthropos and means a human being. Only individual beings – man or evil spirit is cast into the Lake of Fire. There are no institutions in Hell or the Lake of Fire. Disobedient creatures will end up there.
The woman who rides the beast is not a man or an individual, it is a system of religion ; a collecive term. Israel of old was referred to by God as a woman whther in faithfulness or not; and so is the ‘church’.
May I urge the readers of this site to get hold of Doc Marquis ‘The Illuminati’s plan for 2012 and Beyond’ (disk 2 of Vol. 1). available from ‘Cutting Edge Minsitries’. Doc Marquis was deep into the Illuminati, but the Jesus Christ rescued him. You may well find it interesting.
Rome has its tendrils everywhere, it is sucking any loose believer or ‘church’ into its vaticuum…and they are all going happily to their doom. We must pray for one another to endure every onlsaught of the evil one.
Let us look unto and hide in Jesus Christ alone from whence comes our Help. He alone is our Salvation – Psalm 27:1.
Thank you for your comment Ian 🙂 The ‘son of perdition’, the ‘antichrist’ and the ‘false prophet’ are positions, like the President of the United States or the King of England. Yes, there will be one man in those positions at the end, but the role has been historically fulfilled by many men, all of which will be thrown into the pit.
Traditionally the Popes (antichrist) and Jesuit General (false prophet) continue in their position until they die. But the last Pope and Jesuit General retired, so now there are two living Popes and two living Jesuit Generals.
Doc Marquis offers a unique perspective to be sure.
Keep learning and growing, and sharing the truth!
David
David, the other part to this is that many who have not fallen into this deception, as of yet, get really annoyed at conversations about the end times and additionally they think I am off in la la land rather than being about My Father’s Business. My answer to that is that “end time prophesy and end time events are part of the Word of God and if they would get knowledgeable concerning these things, they could use the information as an additional tool to lead others to Christ.” I wonder, just what is going to make Americans wake up and care that their Brothers and Sisters are “Falling Away” from Jesus? They just don’t seem to care. Nothing shakes us except our pocketbooks or love life. It is so encouraging to find this site, since it is not that I am “Lonely” because I have Christ, but any meaningful fellowship is very scarce.- Scarce enough to make me press harder to know the Truth. God bless!
Thank you for your comment Karen 🙂 In Revelation 1:3 our Messiah gave a blessing to those who read it and hear (understand) the words of the prophecy. And I truly have been blessed to learn how our Messiah has empowered His Church throughout history, to fight against the Roman beast of Satan. I see how He has controlled the armies of the world, and even the Jesuits of Rome, the Society of Satan, to carry out His perfect will.
And I see how He is waking up the remnant to wage war against the enemy, to expose their deceptions, which removes their stronghold.
Sadly most people won’t wake up until it’s too late. All we can do is teach truth and pray for them, and hopefully the Spirit of Truth will open their eyes.
It’s a lonely road to be sure. Just know that you’re not alone, for we are the remnant of the Church of Christ, the commonwealth of Israel.
To our church age of Laodecia, Messiah said that we are lukewarm, wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked… but to the overcomers, He promised “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
Keep pressing toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus! Philippians 3:14
David
Thanks for the references concerning the Jesuits. I am just learning about them. I want to share my huge concern for the Body of Christ at this time. But first let me tell you a little about myself. I was raised Catholic, attending Catechism and Mass every Sunday through 12th Grade and receiving all the Holy Sacraments available to someone during those years of my life. My two sisters were raised the same way, however, they have both taken different paths than I have. My older sister is a New Ager, who has taught a Course In Miracles, Studied with Werner Erhard and his EST junk, presently Charts peoples Astrology Charts for profit, studies under a man who, according to her, is one of the only (or few by now) who “channels” the spirit of christ” (small letters not to offend my Lord) and on and on with much, much, more of the Occult. My younger sister is a devout Muslim who has made her pilgrimage to Mecca. She is an RN and presently she goes into Hospitals and “ministers spiritually” (her rubbish) to people who are very sick or dying .
I, however, was saved the moment I prayed with Ben Kenchlow, while watching the 700 Club in ’79 and soon after that I rejected the Catholic Church as Truth and began to believe, as I studied the Word, that it would be deeply involved with the Anti-Christ and False Prophet. I have never changed my beliefs on that and am presently extremely alarmed with the Deception that I see within the Body of Christ, concerning the Catholic Church and the Pope. Incredibly the Charismatic, Pentecostals, Warrenites, Beth Moorinites, James Robinites, Arnottinites, Osteenites, Copelandites (not all I realize, but many) and all those who follow them and more are cozying up to the Pope and have bought into the Cover Up the Catholic Church and Pope are pushing. At the same time it seems to me these same “Christians” are buying into Richardson’s and Walid Shoebat’s theories that the Anti-Christ will be a Muslim. At this point, it seems to me the handwriting is on the wall. Masses of people who look up to these leaders and teachers will follow them right into the arms of the Anti-Christ, the Pope and Catholic Church, as they run in what they think is the opposite direction from the so called Muslim anti-Christ, which is really just a smoke screen of Satan to trick them into accepting the Pope as Godly and representative of Christ. Ultimately the trick is to get them to think the Pope and the Catholic Church are part of the Good guys, as well as, eventually ushering in the real Christ. Under great deception, they will align themselves with the Anti-Christ and False Prophet, (the Pope and his ungodly co-harts) and the One World Gov, Economy, and Religion because they would rather believe a lie than the Truth. I see this as a huge part of the Falling Away.
Meanwhile, discerning Christians, The Bride of Christ, will neither fall for the Pope’s lies and deception nor the idea that the Anti-Christ will be a Muslim. That idea is just to deflect attention away from the idea that the Pope and the Catholic Church are tied to the real anti-Christ or False Prophet. I believe Scripture teaches us that the anti-Christ and false Prophet have their roots in the Roman Catholic Church. This may sound very “general” but isn’t it sort of how it is unfolding?
Thank you for your comment Karen 🙂 Your explanation makes my heart smile, as you see the truth about what is happening around us. The Church is being led to the slaughter, as they fail to understand who the enemy of Christ and His Church is, and they fail to understand prophecy fulfillment, so that they are unprepared for what will happen in the future, as the Society of Satan pushes the world into their New World Order. Keep spreading the truth for the remnant to see it and wake up! David
Karen, I too am a recovering Catholic! 43 years in the Beast system. I was born again in 1984 along with my husband and I have the same feelings as you do. After talking to a lot of people it just amazes me how little the mainstream Christians know about Catholicism……or even what their current religion teaches them. My large family is still devout Catholics and my heart breaks for them. I am the only one that has come out of that system. I pray everyday that Yahweh calls them unto him and that they research what they believe is truth.
While on Google I came across “Catholics Did NOT Invent the Rapture.” I would like to see some reactions to it. God bless.
Thank you for your comment Jesse 🙂 The Jesuits of Rome created the narrative of a future 7-year tribulation featuring a one-man antichrist. They did this in the 16th century to deflect blame away from the Popes of Rome, as they had rightly identified them as the Little Horn of Daniel, the son of perdition of 2 Thessalonians 2 and the antichrist beast of Revelation.
The concept of the pre-trib rapture came later in the 18th century, supposedly by a dream from a girl, and then it was promoted by Darby and Scofield.
But the whole concept of a future 7-year tribulation period is false, because it’s based on a supposed future 70th week of Daniel. But the 70th week was fulfilled on time, after the 69th week, from 27-34 A.D. http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/the-70th-week-of-daniel/
So they pre-trib rapture is a lie from the enemy, to deceive Christians, so that they are unprepared for the New World Order.
Keep learning and growing!
David
I think this is a very plausible reason, because the Christians who are waiting for the rapture anytime are totally unconcerned with discerning the times or often even current events. I realised this and researched into the rapture 20 ago , after I just spoke about the threat of Islam and some told me I should not be concerned because ” we will be raptured before then”.
If they think they will be raptured before the AC arrives, they will not recognise the AC.?
I am a former RC and we were never taught the rapture. This I discovered through Evangelicals.
I now do not beling to any established church and we worship at home as the very first Christians did. ” where 2 or3 are gathered in my name, I am in your midst”
Agreed! Most Christians aren’t real concerned with prophecy fulfillment because they believe that they will be raptured. The enemy has been very successful in deceiving Christians. I’m like you, I no longer belong to an established church, as most are daughters of Rome who teach things that are contrary to Scripture.
This is a most excellent documentary of the evil Jesuit Order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSzJQN4-iM4
Thank you Jackie, I’ve seen it. That amazing part is the World’s Last Chance produced that video, but they teach that America is the earth beast of Revelation 13, not the Jesuits. SMH! http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-earth-beast-of-revelation-13-jesuit-generals-of-rome/
where can i learn more about the fact that the Jesuits control the Vatican and
Washington DC, as well as the World’s financial systems. I would like to understand how this can be.
Thank you for your comment Karen 🙂 The home page of this website shows you how The Jesuits fulfill prophecy in Revelation 13, 16, 17 and 18.
In order for the enemy to take control of the world, they have to control the financial system, to be able to put every country and person in massive debt, and to ultimately control who can buy and sell in their New World Order.
That takes a large organization of people, who control the corporations, the banks, the financial institutions, etc.
They control much of it through people like the Rothchilds, the Rockefellers, etc.
Here is a page that lists all that they control http://thetruthfulone.com/
You can search YouTube for videos that show how the Jesuits control the world’s finances. Of course they do it through front companies, to hide their control, but all roads lead to them.
Here are a few videos to check out.
The Jesuits, Celestiophysics, Gold and World Domination http://youtu.be/XfoXgDusAC8
International Jesuit Tyranny http://youtu.be/iTpvh_825_c
The Rothschild – Jesuit Controlled Knights / Bankers of the Papacy http://youtu.be/HZFmYqogsLQ
I hope that helps!
Grace and peace and love to you in Christ’s name,
David
Most of the videos you listed have now been removed by YouTube. Interesting.
Jackie, I’m not seeing any videos on the page that you commented on. What videos are you referring to? Is that from the comments?
Please read the following passages LITV, KJV, Young’s Literal (via e Sword)
Matt 16:31; 17:23; 20:19; 27:64.
Mk 9:31; 10:34
Lk 9:22; 18:33; 24:7, 21
Acts 10:40
1 Cor 15:4.
All the above testify to Jesus being raised on,within the period of the third day day. The wtiness for ‘after’ the third day is but a few.
Jesus came to life again in a resurrected, immortal body on the third day.
Both the angels and Paul testify that this would be according to the (Hebrew) Scriptures.
Hosea 6:2 is a proophetic statement about God raising bothe Jesus from the dead, and raising up the living foundation stones (Hebrews – the apostles) of the assembly of Jesus Christ from deadness of the Law.
Peace in Jesus Christ the Resurrection and the Life
is it true that the Jews in Israel is the biggest deception of the end time?
Thank you for your comment Rod 🙂 I don’t know if that’s the biggest deception of the end times, but it’s pretty huge. The supposed future 70th week of Daniel is a huge deception. The pre-trib rapture is a huge deception. The identity of the Antichrist beast of Revelation is a huge deception. The futuristic fulfillment of all of the Revelation seals, trumpets and bowls is a huge deception. Take your pick! Keep learning and growing! Grace and peace and love to you in Christ’s name, David
Jesuits have been busy since they became a ‘police’ cum ‘espionage’ force within the Romish system. They will stop at nothing, and do anything to convince or overthrow any lawful thing, or one standing in the way of Roman Catholic intent. They are sworn (going to diabolical extremes to ‘prove’ their oaths) to absolute allegiance to their supreme ruler which is the Father General in the Vatican (nicknamed the Black Pope), not the pope who dresses in white.
Rome’s Doctrine has been evolving since its inception; it is constantly moving. It has no absolutes.
A point or two David on worshipping God on Sunday. Jesus was raised from the dead on the first day of the week which was the very next day after the weekly Jewish sabbath.
On THAT first day, which was the eighth day after the previous sabbath, and eight in the Bible is synomous with new life etc, Jesus Christ appeared to His disciples on three (not an insignificant number) separate occasions. Jesus did not wait around till the next sabbath before He appeared to and met with His disciples.
It was on that FIRST day. Which day just happens to be called Sunday – a much later invention.
BECAUSE Jesus Himself set the precedent, no longer a Jew in mortal flesh, but as the Firstborn from the dead, the First born of a NEW spiritual creation, it is perfectly within my right to worship Jesus Christ and His Father, my Father, on that day. The early disciples did not call (at least in Scripture) the day of a week by the modern names we ‘have’ to.
It was centuries later that Rome got busy to ‘sanctify’ the ‘Sunday’ to make it acceptable. And this is their practice in other areas such as making saints of dead people. Whereas God makes saints of living people. But Rome was already centuries too late. Jesus had already sanctified it by His own holy appearances in His new holy glorified body.
The early disciples did not just worship God on one day of the week but on EVERY day of the week. And neither should we; everyday is holy to the Lord. We may worship our Lord God Jesus Christ every day of the week. And I do.
Also, for those who hold to the old testament keeping of sabbath as the only legitimate day of worshipping God, they must also bear in mind that no work was to be done on the weekly sabbath. They were not even allowed to gather (shop for) food on the Sabbath In Moses’ day, one man was stoned to death on God’s direct command; all he did was gather some sticks to make a fire no doubt for his family perhaps so as they could cook their manna on that day. Jews were not allowed to travel very far at all – the new teatament talks about a sabbath days journey for Jews. In fact in Moses’ day they had to remain in their dwellings on the sabbath, if you read the text carefully.
If one is going to ‘keep’ the fourth command in STRICT observance, they had better keep all the details that God gave connecting to it. To break one detail of a single Law is to break all the Law.
But Paul tells us that we are not under the Law of Moses, but under the Law of Christ Jesus the Greater than Moses – as he puts it “the Spirit of Life in Christ has mde me free from the Law of Sin and Death (Rom.8:2).
Jesus fulfilled all the Law. Jesus came to bring to us a greater understanding of God’s Law. The Moral laws are still valid concerning the last 6; although now in Jesus they also include the secrets of the heart – wow!
The way that the first four were to be fulfilled in the old covenant was through animal sacrifices and a strict keeping of the seventh day.
In the new covenant ratified in Jesus’ blood, the first four have a different form of expression if I may be permitted to say it that way. The intent and motive is still the same but certain aspects of expression and form, as the risen Christ, and His apostles show us are notably different.
Grace and peace and love to you in Jesus Christ the risen, ascended and exalted Lord.
Ian
Ian
But they will not repent, for they have been filled with pride and Rome says, “I sit as a Queen, and am no widow, and will see no sorrow” (Rev. 18:7). ‘Rome’ claims to be the Mother Church.
‘Rome’ prostitutes itself with every religious head it can. It receives all and will baptize any who yields to its teaching and authority; even according to official material willing to baptize as I have said elsewhere ‘aliens’ when they arrive; and Rome is secretly preparing for such an event.
This is the way of a harlot.
The Jesuits have infiltrated every sphere of society and hold high office in maniline churches, in government departments; they even came across to America disguised as Puritans.
They will say all the right words to decieve all they can, but their hearts are not right before God. May God yet have mercy on all of those Jesuits yet living as He did on the late Alberto Rivera.
The whore of Babylon is based in the Vatican. It is decked with gold and silver and has fornicated with all the kings and princes of the earth. Not many world leaders have or could achieve what the popes of Rome have. They are one of a kind. I find it quite interesting indeed that this last pope of Rome is a Jesuit, the first Jesuit pope Rome has ever had. hmmmmm
A problem I see with a Mahdi, an Islamic Messiah as THE final antichrist, is that while they do behead peopl who will not bow down, they do not have the subtlity of the serpent like the Vatican does. They do not have the spread of influence like one who has fornicated with ALL the kings of the earth.
Rome does not bow to any Arab, or Islamic leader, yet they do bow to it. Rome is very warm to Islam, like two lovers in bed, but no more so than any other lovers. There is something unique about Romes’ (the Vatican – or the Vaticuum’s) manner that is distinctly compelling.
Rome has been very brutal, as ancient Rome was in the past, because it is composed of iron and clay. It still has the hallmarks of ancient Rome while being ‘pliable’ enough (like wet clay) to blend in and look very inviting as a does a prostitute. Islam does not seem to have that trait.
And on the matter of beheading true believers in Christ…America, where the Jesuit influence is huge, has thousands of guillotines in certain places for the purpose of beheading ‘enemies’ of the State.
But all of the enemies of Jesus Christ will come to their end.
Thank you for your comment Ian 🙂 Agreed about the Jesuits!
As for Jesus rising on Sunday, my studies show that He died at 3 pm on Wednesday as the Passover Lamb, the next day was a High Sabbath of the feast of Unleavened bread so no work was done, the 2nd day the women bought and prepared the spices, the 3rd day was the weekly Saturday Sabbath, on which Jesus rose after 3 pm, and the 4th day was the day that the woman came early to the tomb with the spices and found it empty.
A Friday-Sunday explanation is not 3 days and 3 nights. A Wednesday-Saturday explanation is.
John 19:31 confirms that it was a High Sabbath day, not the weekly Sabbath. “Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
When you put Mark 16 and Luke 23-24 together, you get the whole narrative:
Passover – Jesus died as the Passover Lamb. Mary observed the tomb and how his body was laid
Next Day – Unleavened Bread High Sabbath – they rested
2nd Day – they bought and prepared spices
3rd Day – Weekly sabbath, they rested, Jesus rose
4th Day – They came to the tomb early bringing the spices, he was not there.
Mark 16:1-2 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen
Luke 23:55-6 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Luke 24:1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
Here is the explanation of what day Jesus died and rose again, with a chart on the bottom that helps you visualize the fulfillment http://www.ucg.org/doctrinal-beliefs/jesus-wasnt-crucified-friday-or-resurrected-sunday/
Keep learning and growing! Grace and peace and love to you in Christ’s name, David
I agree. Friday to Sunday is not three days and three nights and Jesus made this explicit in the Jonah metaphor. I had not learned that the Jesuits were behind the Vatican and evil but I believe it after reading this study. Isn’t it amazing that the “Federal Reserve Bank” has nothing to do with the US Federal Government? It’s really the private bank or part of it. Plain evil. The study is very good. It’s one thing to read the Bible about the “beast power” and the description of it but to see it in the above photo. That confirms it. The way it says, friend, it could not be more plain. The purple and scarlet and the big gold crown and the gold cup. All there. You know what hit me when I first saw the photo? When Jesus said fill up the measure you viper brood. I was wondering…do they know they are the very thing Revelation is describing? The more I learn the more questions I have. God bless. xo
I really enjoyed your article, but must do some Biblical study on some of these things. I have been studying the history of Christianity, and would like to point out a few things. The Crusades and particularly the Inquisition’s definition of heresy was any individual or assembly that did not recognize the authority of the Pope to determine doctrine and practices. Therefore, the Sabbath keepers were a prime target, and were practically wiped out. Also although you identify false religions as the whore’s daughters, almost all the Protestant denominations perpetuate many of the false doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, and are therefore the harlot’s daughters as well. Huldreich Zwigley said “If it’s in the Bible do it, if it’s not in the Bible don’t do it.” Wise words if we want to truly come out from among her, and not partake of her abominations!
Thank you for your comment Carolyn 🙂 The true followers of Christ were killed by the antichrist Roman Catholic Church because they witnessed about pure salvation through Christ’s atoning work, instead of through the sacraments of the Papal Church; and because they witnessed against the Popes of Rome as the antichrist beast of Revelation. I have never seen a quote from a martyr or an accusation from the Papal Church, that people were killed because of the Sabbath.
The Protestant Churches started out pure, when Catholics came out of the Papal Church, to be saved by Christ alone. But the Jesuits have countered the Reformation, and have brought the Protestant Churches back under their power, so that they teach the things of Rome, such as Sunday Sabbath, pagan holidays such as Christmas and Easter, false prophecy fulfillment explanations, false Gospel messages, etc.
Every denomination has been created and/or infiltrated by the Jesuits, which is why I am not a part of any denomination. Keep learning and growing!
Grace and peace and love to you in Christ’s name, David
I believe this to be true also. Protestantism may have started in a right manner but it does adhere to pagan holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween and so on. These are plainly pagan holidays. It hurts, I know because when we were small my parents did all these with us and we did not know. When I was taught this I believed these were wrong and I still do. The Catholic church is depicted as a mother in the Bible but a mother of harlots so to me it’s self explanatory. To speak in the vernacular, it’s a shame, ain’t it? Almighty God must be hurt by all these things and He should not be sad. We should make Him happy. Right now I feel I have learning over load. I’ve been searching for many years and learned a lot but I cannot seem to get the puzzle 100% but I don’t think anyone can but if we are persistent we can get close and enough to get us through. God bless, all. It’s fun to read all the posts to see what others think.
In His Love,
Shirley xo
Thank You, Shirley,
Your sentiments are similar to mine. I have learned a lot within the last past (15) years, concerning: Bible prophecy, Catholicism, Jesuits, Protestants, and Israel. America should prepare for Agenda 21 depopulation, Martial Law, and FEMA Camps. As goes America…so goes the world. The Anti-Christ will then take over; as prophesized in the book of Revelations.
Shirley,
I truly know what you mean about the learning over load, as I had been called out in 2007, but it wasn’t till 2010 that I found one who would teach chapter by chapter, verse by verse, precept by precept. I studied from before sun up to well past sun down, day in and day out. I have completed about 90% of the bible in its full teaching, but I came to a stop and now can not retain anymore, I love YHVH with my whole heart and still study and keep into the word. I know that there are treasures within me. I will not forsake my LORD and I know his love is with me . I also should state that when I came to that stop, I did at that time go straight into the History of all the empires, at that time we had seen the rise of the Muslim brotherhood and the fall go to the rise of ISIS=Paid Mercenaries by Nations who say they are fighting ISIS. These Nations today are buy the Oil on the Black Market..
I agree With Kristin in that I believe the beast empire will come from one of those represents in the statue dream and interpretation of Daniel. As time moves along, and prophecies are being fulfilled, daily now, we can see and understand things that we could not quite grasp before. There are many differing opinions of the Daniel prophecies as well as interpretations of Revelation. As the end of this age rapidly approaches, we see so very many churches becoming apostate, not just the catholic false church. Now we have christlam, pure abomination, and so many churches that were one strong bastions of Biblical truth who have and are falling away. Satan has spread his false teaching far and wide, usurping many who call themselves Christian. The day is soon approaching when God will judge His church. As that day approaches, scripture is becoming clearer every day as to the role catholicism as well as Islam will play in the tribulation and events leading up to it.
Thank you for your comment Carol 🙂 Yes, there are a lot of opinions of the Daniel prophecies, but for 1,800 years, our Church fathers all proclaimed that they were Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome; and that the Rome beast would endure until Christ returns to destroy it. Since then, the Jesuits of Rome have caused many deceptions, to deflect blame away from the antichrist Roman Catholic beast.
Some day I will complete a study that shows the prophecy fulfillment of the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the Muslims, which have worked together through history to kill Jews and Christians. Today, Al Qaeda and ISIS are controlled by the Jesuits of Rome, via the CIA and Mossad, which they also control; to carry out their Inquisition of killing Christians, and to overthrow the leaders of countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, who would not bow down to their authority. That is why President Assad of Syria is being demonized and attacked, in order to overthrow him, so that they can control Syria.
Keep learning and growing! Grace and peace and love to you in Christ’s name, David
Shalom David ~ With due respect for your insightful research, I nevertheless have to say that I think you have sidestepped the issue I raised re the correct interpretation of the Seven Heads/ Mountains/ Empires . The correct intepretation, substantiated by Revelation 17:10 ff, which identifies them as Seven Biblical Empires and not as the seven hills associated with the city of Rome, indicates that ALL IDOLATROUS WORSHIP, involving the ‘same’ demonic deities, which feature under ‘another’ name in ALL SEVEN of the Biblical Empires, combines to form Satan Worship AKA False Religion, which is the whole substance of the Great Whore of Babylon. The same idolatrous deities by another name appear in every consecutive Empire, since Nimrod was deified as the Sungod in the dark Mystery Religion of Ancient Babylon. Like Nimrod, the birthday of all those consecutive sungods was celebrated on 25th December, from Nimrod and Tammuz of Babylon through to Sol Invictus, the sungod of the Roman Empire. Can you please provide contextual specific scriptures to substantiate your statement that the Beasts rising out of the Sea represent Popes! In fact, the Beast of Revelation 13 is formed from a conjoined creature which incorporates Seven Heads and the body parts of three individual beasts, each of which Daniel specifically identifies as the Empires of Greece /Leopard, Persia/ Bear , and Babylon/ Lion. Certainly , the Roman Catholic Church inherited the idolatrous practises of Constantine’s corrupted version of Christianity in the 4th century, which cut off the times and seasons of the Hebraic roots of the Faith and substituted them with Rome’s idolatrous religion. This corrupt form of Romanised Christianity subsequently materialised into the rites, rituals and regulations of Romam Catholicism, including the celebration of 25th December as the falsely designated ‘ birthday’ of the Messiah , Yeshua/ Jesus. Thus, Roman Catholicism has its roots in Babylon and is featured among the numerous seductive faces of the Whore of Babylon, who sits astride the Scarlet Beast of Revelation 17. Her attire of Scarlet and Purple is a counterfeit copy of the specific and significant colours which God ordained to represent His Redemptive Programme, in the furnishings of The Taberbacle … notably the colour ‘ Blue’ is missing from the Whore’s garments … which is another article! Scarlet and Purple have been hi- jacked by Satan’s usurping agenda and these colours have been promininent in every idolatrous Religion from Babylon to Rome. They are not exclusive to the Roman Catholic Church.
There is certainly a great deal of insightful information in this article, which merits prayerful consideration. Thanks ! However, I have to question your interpretation re Revelation 17:9 > “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman (harlot church of Rome) sits.”
‘The seven hills (mountains) around Rome are named the Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal.’
Scripture indicates that these seven Heads or Mountains are 7 consecutive idolatrous Biblical Empires, all of which opposed and oppressed God’s People/ Israel. Scripture specifically records, in respect of those Heads/ Mountains/ Empires that, at the time when John was writing The Revelation, ” Five have fallen, One is, and One is yet to come”. This is a reference to Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo Persia, Greece, as the five which had fallen – a reference to Rome as ‘one is’, meaning Rome was the dominant Empire in John’s day – and a reference to the Ottoman Empire as the’ one that is to come’ . Scripture further reveals that the 8th Kingdom/ Empire of the Beast will be ‘ Of the Seven ‘ meaning it will either be one of the revived previous empires or a regime that is constituted of all the same heretical idolatries which appeared in the seven previous ungodly empires, which together are identified as the Whore of Babylon.
Thank you for your comment Kristin 🙂 Revelation 17:1-6 are clearly speaking about the Roman Catholic Church, as a Harlot is an apostate Christian Church. The problem with assigning the seventh beast to the Ottoman Empire is that it does not fit the description of “he must continue a short time,” as the Ottoman Empire was in power for 624 years, from 1299 – 1923 A.D.
When you look at the description of the beasts that are defined in Revelation 13, you see that the sea beast is the Roman Catholic Church which reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 A.D., until the Jesuits had Napoleon remove the Pope from power. The earth beast is the Jesuits of Rome, the leader is the Jesuit General, the Black Pope.
The Jesuits of Rome are the scarlet beast of Revelation 17, who has propped up the Roman Catholic Harlot Church, to gather the world under their power. And now a Jesuit is Pope for the first time. They hate the Harlot and will burn her, when they gain full power over the world.
So the context of the explanation to John in Revelation 17 is all about the Roman Catholic Church and the Jesuits of Rome.
Grace and peace and love to you in Christ’s name,
David
What is your view on Obama date of birth according to Hebrew calendar? I try to remain flexible as far as Scripture because so much has been misinterpreted…..what is your interpretation of the parable of the ten virgins? Ty
Hi Mandy 🙂 Obama is just a puppet of the Jesuits of Rome, so I really don’t think that his birthday means much according to the Hebrew calendar.
The wise virgins know where we are at on the Revelation fulfillment timeline, and what will happen next as we await His return. Here is a summary study which tells you that. http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/revelation-seals-trumpets-and-bowls-timeline/
The wise virgins know that Messiah is fulfilling His Father’s seven Holy Feast Days, and that He will return on the fall Feat of Trumpets. Here is a summary study on the Feast Days http://christianitybeliefs.org/the-falling-away/the-biblical-holy-feast-days-were-hidden/
The seven headed beast of revelation 17 is a conglomerate beast of the book of Daniel. If you add up the heads of the four beasts, they add up to seven heads,(Babylon (1) Medio-Persia (1) Greece(4) Rome (1)..)..And if you consider the other features of that beast, they are also the various features of all four of those beasts combined. Now if you consider closely the Roman Catholic Church, they have the religion of all four empires fully ensconced in their ecclessia, and they expound the philosophies of the Greeks ( Aristotle,Plato,Democritus,Socrates)…Do a bit of research, food for thought!!
Agreed the Roman Empire had traits of the previous empires, because they conquered the territory formerly held by the beast. But Daniel only defines four beast kingdoms that would exist until Messiah returns. Rome is the fourth kingdom.
Revelation 17:7 But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns”
Verses 1-6 are about the Harlot Roman Catholic Church, so the explanation in the next verses was given to help John understand who they were.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
The first beast of Daniel WAS Babylon, out of which came Satan’s pagan worship system which stole praise from the Father. They attempted to built a tower to the sky, as if to deny God.
In John’s day, Babylon WAS NOT, for it had been overtaken by the Medo-Persian Empire, then Greece, then the Roman Empire.
John had been shown that the Babylonian pagan religion was still alive and would manifest itself in the form of the Harlot Church. Roman Catholicism is really the pagan Babylonian religion of Sun and Satan worship, mysteriously masked by the cover of Christianity. The idols of Babylon became the idols of Rome, which were then given Christian names.
John would have marveled at this grand deception of Satan coming in the name of Christ, so that people would worship a false Christ. The Jesuits, like the Babylonians, are pushing the world into a New World Order, where Satan will be exalted, where man will defy God.
The antichrist beast, the Papal Church, will be judged and delivered unto perdition.
Revelation 17:9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman (harlot church of Rome) sits.”
Rome was the great power of John’s day, which is known for its seven hills (mountains) named Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal.
Interestingly, an eighth hill, Vatican (Vaticanus) Hill, is located across the Tiber river from the traditional seven hills of Rome. After the papacy returned from Avignon, France, in the 1370’s, Vatican Hill became the headquarters for the papacy.
It was the site of the Roman temple to the Great Mother Goddess Cybele, which had, and probably still does, house secret tunnels under where the Vatican is located, where the secret worship ceremonies of Cybele, including child sacrifice, occur.
You will see that the Roman Catholic Church is the eighth head, which came out of the seven, so this reinforces that the Roman Catholic Church is Mystery Babylon.
Revelation 17:10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
King in Strong’s can be translated as ‘sovereign’. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines ‘sovereign’ as “A supreme lord or ruler; one who possesses the highest authority.” So it’s pointing to 8 types of rulers in the Roman Empire, which John would be familiar with.
At the time that John wrote Revelation, five forms of the Roman kingdom had come and gone; 1) Kings, 2) Consuls, 3) Dictators, 4) Decemvirs, and 5) Military Tribunes.
The sixth form of the Roman government was the Imperial head, commencing with Octavian, better known as Augustus Caesar. This form of government existed in John’s day and was in power until the last Emperor was removed in 476 A.D.
During the ‘short space‘ until the 8th head would arrive; the seventh head of the Roman beast was the Dukedom of Rome. Renowned historian Edward Gibbons tells us that Italy was divided unequally between the kingdom of the Lombards and the Exarchate of Ravenna.
John was being told that the Harlot described in verses 1-6, the Roman Catholic Church, would rise to power after the seven forms of government of the Roman Empire.
The Popes of Rome were empowered by Eastern Emperor Justinian in 538 A.D., which was a ‘short space‘ after the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D.
This is the same message that Paul gave in 2 Thessalonians 2, when he said that the Son of Perdition would rise to power when the ‘restrainer,’ the Roman Emperors, were removed.
Remember, Paul and John had to hide their message, as they couldn’t write that the Roman Empire would be destroyed, as that would have invited more persecution from Rome.
Revelation 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
The Roman Catholic Church is the eighth, which came to power when the Roman Empire collapsed and the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D.
The Popes took the title of Pontifex Maximus, the title of the Roman Emperors, which can be traced back in different forms to the ancient Babylon. The Babylonian Kings served as both king and priest of the pagan Babylonian Mystery religion.
As priests, they bore the title “Pontifex Maximus” or “Supreme Pontiff,” meaning “supreme pathfinder” or “bridge maker,” representing “the path or connection between this life and the next.” They ruled upon the throne of Satan, which is the throne of Nimrod as the “hidden god.”
This fulfillment matches that of the Little Horn of Daniel 7. When the Roman Empire collapsed, it was split into 10 civil kingdoms.
Then Satan empowered the Roman Catholic Church to rise to power in Rome, and the Popes caused three of the kingdoms, which would not bow down to their authority, to be removed, plucked out.
This fulfillment also matches that of the Son of Perdition of 2 Thessalonians 2.
As long as the Roman Emperors were in power, they restrained the Popes of Rome from having control. But when the last Roman Emperor was removed in 476 A.D., the Popes of Rome took power a short time later in 538 A.D.
http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/the-7-kings-of-revelation-17/
Great article! I am so glad to have been introduced to this site. This is exactly the information I need to try to enlighten my friends who are still under the delusion of the false Jesuit doctrine of Futurism
You are so correct James. Many who call themselves Protestants do not realize that they are unwittingly helping to spread the lies of the counter reformation. If they would believe the words of Jesus they would see that the tares are gathered first . So much for the “left behind” series.
Friends, one has to keep in mind what Jesus said about His Kingdom. Before Pilate He said that His kingdom is not of this world. The Kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom not an earth based or physical kingdom.
This world where the wheat and tares grow is the field.
The important phrase in Mattheww 13 parable of the Tares, is “OUT OF HIS KINGDOM”. Jesus has told us His kingdom is not of the world…NOT of the earth.
Note that Jesus DOES NOT SAY that the tares are gathered out of the world, which He has told us is the field. The tares are gathered out of His kingdom….even all things that offend.
Note to,o that tares or darnel as LITV renders it, is a look a like plant to the wheat. It appears to be the same but it has nothing at the end. Those who flagrantly live in sin, know that they are nothing like them Christians.
But those who pretend to be Christians in the ‘churches’ but are not, not having the Holy Spirit of God, look like and talk like and behave like their counterparts, these are the tares. This is why Paul says to Timothy, the Lord knows those that are His.
It would help if we understood this point…the tares are gathered out of His (Jesus’) kingdom.
Matthew 25 talks about the wedding and one fellow does not have a wedding garment on and he is thrown out into outer darkness. We ought not think that this means that some sinners will be able to slip into Heaven unnoticed. It is a parable, and only points to the real thing.
Sin cannot enter such a holy place.
sorry the wedding parable is in matthew 22
I agree with the aforementioned definition of the tares. What I am unsure of is if you are defending a position of Futurism or Rome.
Joel, first of all, my prayer and petition before Almighty God is that He would grant repentance to any and evey one who has anything to do with the Roman Catholic system, and that they would find their joys and eternal Rest in JESUS CHRIST and in Him alone…EXCLUSIVELY.
However, there is no doubt in my mind that the Roman Catholic system is truly a beast in every sense of the word. It is a harlot that opens its skirts to any and everything. It considers itself untouchable – immune from God’s judgments. It considers itself as truly the queen in Heaven, the jewell of Heaven. It claims sole ownership of and dispenser of any form of blessing to mankind.
Yet it rips and tears and strangles its prey, and fills them up with vain and empty janglings, and dangling objects.
Jesus said to the religious leaders of His day, that they did not wish to go into the kingdom of God nor did they allow anyone else to get in. ….
…you are like the whitewashed sepulchres you look after, but inside are filled with the bones of dead men and all uncleanness.
In other words, while you wear lovely outside robes you stink underneath.
Rome is covered with pornographic paintings from floor to ceiling. Those quaint little paintings of naked ‘cherubs’ are nothing but little naked children the artist has put wings on to camouflage the real identity of its prey. ‘God’ is portrayed as half naked. and they still have filthy images which they pretend is an image of the pure spotless Lamb of God Jesus Christ still on a cross. That is where Rome wnats to keep Jesus crucified. As long as they see Him crucified they do not have to deal with Him as raised from the dead and about to Judge them , or their words or works.
Where in God’s Bible does any angel of God appear to men or women in a naked form? Where in God’s Bible does any ‘angel’ appear as a child?
Rome by its own admission has underneath its imposing structures the bones of dead men in its vaults, and God alone knows how many dead innocent children. It also has many spiritually unclean things down there. Images of Satan, Baphomet, and etc.
God Himself will set that place on fire soon.
Rome – the Vatican itself claims to have supreme civil and spiritual authority over the entire world. By its own mouth it condemns itself for all the evils and injustices that go on in the world. The buck stops at the top!! If the cap fits wear it. You can’t lay calim to something yet not take responsibility for all things within the sphere of that claim.
May God have mercy on all the billions of souls who are deceived by this harlot.
We must remember that Jehovah God Himself called His own people when unfaithful to Him under the old covenant, a harlot, a prostitute, yet who even made prostitutes blush. He told Israel and Judah later that a prosititue gets money for services rendered, but you My people pay others to prostitute with you.
In the new covenant He tells us that if we think we have it all together when we don’t as far as He is concerned, we are ready to be spat out of His mouth – vomited out…total rejection.
I was watching an Italian (broad accent), Leo Zagami last night via Youtube. He is a Roman Catholic. He has been in the thick of the activities of the Vatican. Now he is blowing the whistle, may God bring him into the full truth of Jesus Christ, and right out of that evil thing.
One thing that I remember him saying is that one fellow was kicked out of the Vatican but he protested sayng but I believe in Jesus Christ, and the reply was along this line – we don’t care about Jesus Christ, just get out.
the link is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc99vUS_PZE
As far as ‘futurism’ goes, I will leave the future where it is… in God’s hands. I do not pretend to know everything. Anyone who says that they understand fully certain biblical prophecies is kidding themselves. We can only know in part down here. But when that which is perfect is come – JESUS CHRIST Himself, then that which is in part will be done away. We can only see through a glass darkly. While I hold to some views lightly, I hold to the Scriptures tightly.
In general, regarding biblical prophecy, I see that propehcies often have multiple fulfillments over time and eras.
While I love reading Scripture prayerfully, and do seek the Lord’s wisdom on it, my main concern is that i be fashioned by it so as to be conformed more and more into the image of Jesus Christ my Lord and my God and my soon coming King and our Bridegroom.
The big question is ARE WE READY NOW…WHEN HE COMES?
hope that answers your question Joel.
Brother Ian,
What you wrote was so well thought out and so well written I almost don’t have any words. I could write a thousand words and still would not be able to add anything to what you have written . Well done my brother in Christ Jesus, truly well done. I find sometimes that our family splits hairs where there is no need, and you have truly summed it all up with your closing statements. It is a blessing to have met you Ian, and I simply cannot reiterate how much we are in agreement concerning not only Rome, but keeping our focus on Jesus alone. He is the Pearl of Great Price, He is the Good Shepherd. He is my first love, my Saviour, my Lord, and my God.
Blessings to you and your family,
Joel