The Roman Catholic Church started their 40 days of Lent, so let’s look at where that tradition started in Babylon, as one more proof that they are Mystery Babylon.
In Babylon, Nimrod was worshiped as the Sun God and his wife (some say she was his mother too) Semiramus was the Moon Goddess.
Semiramus shared power with Nimrod and declared herself the “Queen of Heaven.”
After Nimrod was killed, Semiramus claimed to have an immaculate conception of Nimrod’s son, whom she named Tammuz, the reincarnation of Nimrod.
Note: Here is the Babylonian Queen of Heaven claiming to have an immaculate conception. The Roman Catholic Church also calls Mary the Queen of Heaven. That is not a coincidence.
Tammuz, son of the mighty hunter Nimrod, died at the age of 40 while hunting. He was gored by a wild bore.
To honor him, Semiramus started a tradition of fasting for 40 days – a day for each year of his life.
The Bible records that the Israelites practiced weeping for Tammuz.
After God had Ezekiel look into the temple and see “every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls,”
God showed Ezekiel more abominations, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.” So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.” Ezekiel 8:13-14
Then God showed Ezekiel that the men were worshiping the Sun (Nimrod). “Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.” So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.” Ezekiel 8:15-16
So God clearly detests the worship of Tammuz of Babylon and He hates Sun worship.
And the observance of Lent is clearly a representation of worshiping Tammuz of Babylon.
Here’s a final thought. The Papal Church uses symbols to convey the true meaning of things, even though Catholics may think that they represent something else.
On Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent, Catholics receive a t on their forehead.
They think it represents the cross.
But the top leaders of the Papal Church know that it symbolizes tammuz.
To see how the Bible specifically mentions the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope, read this Roman Catholic Beliefs Bible study.
David, I like your work, but I have to confront you over calling Roman Catholicism Mystery Babylon. That is ridiculous. Surely Roman Catholicism is a baby of the Mother of Harlots without a doubt, but the Mother of Harlots is Rabbinic Judaism. Read Revelation and apostate Israel is referred to as Sodom and Egypt, Babylon, Mother of Harlots, etc. Revelation is almost entirely about God meeting out his judgment upon the harlot in AD70. The bible tells us five had fallen (of the ten horns) (Julius Caesar through Claudius, the 6th now is (Nero), the 7th will continue for a short while (Galba), and “an” eighth who is from the 7 (Vespasian) would be the final Caesar which would bring God’s judgments upon Rabbinic oral law Jews. I appreciate that you got Daniel’s 490 year correct, but you need to fix this because you are misinforming people. The feet of steel and clay occurred on AD70. The Roman army was not purely Roman, it included other Persian armies which meeted out God’s judgement against that “wicked generation” upon whom all of the unrighteous acts from Able forward would be recompensed. Mystery Babylon is also credited with the death of the prophets. There is only one Mystery Babylon who would be held responsible for that. Rabbinic oral law Satanists whom Jesus called the Synagogue of Stan and told us that their father was the devil. Mystery Babylon is also described as the city in which our Lord was crucified. There is only one city that qualifies for that, Jerusalem. So again, Mystery Babylong is Rabbinic oral law apostate Christ rejecting Judaism, and Roman Catholicism is just a baby of the Mother of Harlots. The bible in Revelation describes the Harlot riding the beast. The harlot was Judaism, the beast was the pagan Roman leaders which demanded to be worshipped as Gods, and whom the Rabbis cried out when they were collaborating to put Jesus to death that they had no “king” but Jesus. If you understand this in the context, “king” was referring to their claim to being deity, so the Harlot caused the world to worship the beast. Yet notice, the beast turns on the Harlot and devours hers. This is AD 70 when pagan Romanism destroys and metes out God’s sentence (the 7 bowls or wrath or Revelation) upon the Mother of Harlots.
Greg, Revelation is almost entirely about the Roman beast kingdom, the fourth beast kingdom of Daniel 2 and Daniel 7.
Revelation 17 is showing John how the harlot church of Rome rose to power. Revelation 17:10 is telling John that the eighth king, the Popes of Rome, would rise to power after seven forms of government of the Roman Empire. When John wrote Revelation, five forms of government had passed, the sixth was the Emperors of John’s day who existed until 476 AD, and the seventh existed for a short time from 476-538, when the Popes were given civil power over the Roman beast kingdom.
“the feet of steel and clay”???? It’s iron, not steel! Iron points to the Roman beast kingdom.
Revelation is forward looking and tens of millions of saints were killed by command of the Popes of Rome through Catholics during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition.
The ‘great city’ of John’s day is Rome, as they were at their height of power. It’s also known as the city of ‘seven hills.’
The harlot church is lead by the antichrist beast Popes of Revelation 13.
You seem to be a preterist, but I prove out that the prophecies in Revelation have been in the process of being fulfilled since they’re written.
You’ve proven nothing except for your misunderstanding of prophecy. Here’s a Revelation Fulfillment Timeline Summary that shows how it’s been fulfilled, and the studies on the website prove it out verse by verse. https://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/revelation-fulfillment-timeline-summary/
I pray that you keep seeking truth for preterism is way off the mark!
David
Nice, thanks for some more food for thought, I was heading in this direction, you gave more pieces to it if not the rest here.
If YHWH does not instruct us to do something, do not do it. He gave us His Holy Feasts and Sabbaths and said they were His Feasts and not to take away from them – and not to add to them. That should be sufficient for all of us.
I agree, thank you for your comment! 🙂
Excellent summary and very accurate – thank you!