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Post by nathan on Apr 17, 2020 23:19:09 GMT -5
“Revelation’s Mark of the Beast Exposed” - with Evangelist Mark Finley Some people are so afraid of it they try to avoid having a Social Security number. Others worry about the bar codes scanned at check-out stands—what could be behind it all? 3,082,044 views• Jun 4, 2018 This evangelist has a good understanding who is the BEAST/A Roman Empire political power system over many nations = In the 4th century it became the Roman Catholic Church political and religious system rule over 1 Billions of believers around the world.
666= Title of the Roman emperors who later became Papacy/Pope. The 666 number of a man/ruler of religious political and religious system over the billions of people. Mark of the beast/666 on their hands and foreheads.
The seal the servants of God had seal of God in their forehead/minds/worship through Jesus Christ gospel.
He is off on about the Sabbath keepers as the seal of God people. Mike Finley is a Seventh Day Adventist. He got the beast/666= Rome+RCC empire political and religious system over the sea of humanity/1 billions people are correct. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTL_lnN5-Q&feature=emb_rel_end
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 0:21:08 GMT -5
have a few problems with this interpretation(yes i watched it all)but in general the end will come about very similar to what he said....
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 2:27:37 GMT -5
Dave Hunt the lady of Babylon
The lady of Babylon or Babylon the Great is a symbolic female figure and also place of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Her full title is stated in Revelation 17 (verse 5) as Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth (Ancient Greek: μυστήριον, Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν καὶ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῆς γῆς; transliterated mystērion, Babylōn hē megalē, hē mētēr tōn pornōn kai tōn bdelygmatōn tēs gēs). The lady is associated with the Antichrist and the Beast of Revelation by connection with an equally evil kingdom.[citation needed] The word "lady" can also be translated metaphorically as "Idolatress".[1] The lady's apocalyptic downfall is prophesied to take place in the hands of the image of the beast with seven heads and ten horns. Many Biblical scholars[6][7] believe that "Babylon" is a metaphor for the pagan Roman Empire at the time it persecuted Christians, before the Edict of Milan in 313. Some biblical scholars recognize that “Babylon” is a cipher for Rome or the Roman Empire but believe Babylon is not limited to the Roman city of the first century. Craig Koester says outright that “the lady is Rome, yet more than Rome.”[8] It “is the Roman imperial world, which in turn represents the world alienated from God.”[9] James L. Resseguie says that Babylon “is not merely a representation of the Roman Empire.” It is “the city of this world” and a cipher for “the tyrannical ways of evil.”[10] Perhaps the phrase is specifically referencing some aspect of Rome's rule (brutality, greed, paganism). Seventh-day Adventist view[edit] Seventh-day Adventists believe that the lady of Babylon represents the fallen state of traditional Christianity, especially in the Catholic Church. Other churches (predominantly Protestant) are generally considered either part of the harlot or her daughters. Adventists further hold that the persecution of the "saints" in Revelation 17:6 represents the persecution of believers who rejected the doctrines introduced by the Roman Catholic Church and were based on pagan Roman beliefs. The Persecution during the Middle Ages of anyone who opposed the Catholic Church, especially by the Inquisition, and the persecution of the Waldensians and the Huguenots are cited as examples.[46] Seventh-day Adventists interpret Revelation 17:18 as a prophecy of the false church, which has power over the kings of the earth. They consider the pope to be in apostasy for allowing pagan rituals, beliefs and ceremonies to come into the church. They consider the Papacy, as a continuation of the Roman Empire, as a fulfillment of 2 Thessalonians 2:7: "For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way."[citation needed] Ellen G. White's The Great Controversy (1858) states that "Spiritual Babylon" would have worldwide influence, affecting "all nations", that Imperial Roman Empire could not meet the criteria, as she wrote that it only had influence in the Old World. Like many reformation-era Protestant leaders, her writings also describe the Catholic Church as a fallen church, and it plays a nefarious eschatological role as the antagonist against God's true church and that the pope is the Antichrist.[47][48] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lady_of_Babylon
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 2:33:28 GMT -5
For more than a thousand year, Believing Christians have identified Rome with the Harlot of Revelation 17.
~~ At the end of the 9th Century, "Tergadus, Bishop of Treas", called the Pope antichrist, yea, a Wolf and Rome, Babylon (Martyrs Mirror, 5th English edition. Page 240).
~~ In the 10th Century, Arnulphus, Bishop of Orleans, called the Pope Antichrist, in a full council at Rheims (Peter Allix, The Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of Piedmont, 1821, Page 229).
~~ In the 11th Century, Berenger of Tours denounced Rome's dogmas and maintained that the Roman Church was the Seed of Satan (George Faber, the History of Ancient Vallense and Albigenses, 1838, Page 159). The Waldensians, throughout their long history, identifies the Pope as the Antichrist. The Waldenses treatise titled the Noble Lesson dated 1100 A.D. state: "Antichrist, the predicted murderer of Saints, hath already appear in his True Character, seated monarchally in the Seven-hilled City."
~~ In 1160 A.D. A Treatise Concerning Antichrist identified the Pope of Rome as the Antichrist. George Faber identifies this as a production of Peter Waldo the Apostle (George Faber, page 379-384).
~~ In 1206, at the conference of Montreal, the Albigenses made the following confession: "That the church of Rome was not the Spouse of Christ, but the Church of confusion, Drunk with the Blood of the Martyrs. That the polity of the Church of Rome was neither Good or Holy, nor Established by Jesus Christ." (Peter Allix, The Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of Albigenses, 1821 edition, first published in 1692, Page 178).
The Bohemians, a Colony of Waldenses in Bohemia, held the following beliefs, according to the Roman Inquisitor. This Description from the 13th Century: "The first error, saith he, is that the Church of Rome is not the Church of Jesus Christ, but an assembly of Wicked men, and the lady that sits upon the Beast in the Revelation. They declared the Pope to be the head and ringleader of all Errors. (Allix, Ancient Churches of Piedmont, Page 242-259)".
~~ The Lollards of the 14th and 15th Centuries maintained "That the Church of Rome Was Not the Church of Christ, but infidel heathens; and they despised all ecclesiastical laws, together with all the Bishops and Ministers of the Church" (Allix, Ancient Churches of the Aligenses, Page 230).
The Petrobusians Judged the Pope to be the Antichrist (Allix, Ancient Churches of the Albigense, Page 142). Throughout the Reformation era, Rome was considered the Mother of Harlots. ~~ On September 9, 1560, The Apostle Jean Louis Paschale of Calabria, just before he was burned Alive in the presence of Pope Pius IV in Rome, turned to the Pope, and "arraigned him as the Enemy of Christ, the Persecutor of his People, and the Anti-Christ of Scripture, and concluded by summoning him and all his Cardinals to answer for their Cruelties and Murders before the Throne of the Lamb." (J.A. Wylie, History of the Waldenses, 1860, Page 120).
ALL of the Reformation leaders considered the Pope Antichrist, including Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Huss; their successors ~~ in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries persisted in this. The Bible translator William Tyndale identified the Pope as the Antichrist in his The Practice of Prelates and in the preface to the 1534 edition of his New Testament contained dramatic woodcutting portraying the Scarlet Woman of Revelation 17, plainly identifying the Roman Catholic Church with this Religious Apostate System.
~~ In his work 1893 work titled Union with Rome, Bishop Christopher Wordworth of the Church of England stated the view which prevailed among Protestants at that time "We tremble at the sight, while we read the inscription, Emblazoned in large letter, " Mystery, Babylon the Great " written by John the Apostles in 95 A.D. He was guided by the Holy Spirit of God, on the Forehead of the Church of Rome."
We believe the Roman Catholic Church is the Partial fulfillment of the prophecy in Revelation 17 of a One-World religious Harlot. This is not to say that Revelation 17 is entirely fulfilled by Roman Catholicism. This prophecy will not be completed until the reign of the Antichrist just prior to the Coming of the Lord, and Rome will be joined by a conglomeration of others apostate churches and organizations, the end result, no doubt, of the present Ecumenical movement.
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 2:37:11 GMT -5
Halley's handbook
During the 1260-year rule of the Papacy, this church sought to be the Only one with access to God's Word. They performed their Masses in a Language the common man did not understand, and zealously destroyed any translation of the Bible that "Peasant " could read. The Roman Catholic Church went about Selling in Blessings and Indulgences, even in (Acts 8: 20) says the gift of God cannot be Purchased with money, and when any one came along and Disagreed with their doctrine, this Church totally forgot that the Only Coercion Christ use as Coercion of Love. The Roman Catholic went far, far beyond that... they formed the Inquisition!
It's estimated that during these 1260 years 50-100 Millions people were put to Death for "Heresy" by the Catholic Church. For only wanting to read the Scriptures themselves, in their own languages, and believing as Gods' spirit lead, Millions were tortured in dungeons and burned at stake. This was the "Persecution of the Saints" or the Bride of Christ. Totally blatant Un-Christ like behavior by "Men of God." The Bride of Christ! God is Protecting and Preserving the Bride of Christ until His Son Jesus comes again! (Matthew 24:14) Jesus said "This Gospel of the Kingdom Will be Preached in the Whole World as a testimony to ALL nations, and then Shall the End Come."
Roman Empire Fell A.D 476. But in the Name of Christ, and by the Aid of the Church of Rome, Came to Life Again! Papal Rome ruled the World on Vast extent, and for a longer Time, and with a more Despotic hand, than ever Pagan Rome had done, or any World Power before it. Ministers became Priests. The term "Priest" was not applied to Christian ministers before A.D. 200. It was borrowed from the Jewish system, and from the example of heathen Priesthood. (Leo I 440-461) Prohibited priests from marrying and Celibacy of priests became a law of the Roman Church.
The Papacy is an Italian Institution. It arose on the Ruins of the Roman Empire, in the name of Christ occupying the Throne of the Caesars, a Revile of the Image of the Roman Empire inheriting the Spirit thereof; "The Ghost of the Roman Empire come to Life in the Grab of Christianity." The Popes mostly have been Italians. The Papacy's methods. It brought itself to Power through the Prestige of Rome, and the Name of Christ, and by shrewd Political Alliances, and by Deception, and by Armed Force and Bloodshed has maintained itself in power.
Papal revenues: Through a large part of its history the Papacy, by the sale of ecclesiastical office, and its shameless traffic in Indulgences, has received vast revenues that enable it to maintain, for much of the time the most Luxurious Court in Europe. Personal character of the Popes: some of the Popes have been good men; some of them unspeakably vile, the most of them have been absorbed in the Pursuit of Secular Power.
Papal claims: Yet, in spite of the Characters of the general run of Popes, their methods, and the Secular and Bloody record of the Papacy, these "Holy Fathers" claim that they are the "Vicars of Christ," "Infallible," and that they "hold on this earth the place of Almighty God," and that Obedience to Them is Necessary to Salvation.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 18, 2020 2:44:15 GMT -5
Halley's handbookDuring the 1260-year rule of the Papacy, this church sought to be the Only one with access to God's Word. They performed their Masses in a Language the common man did not understand, and zealously destroyed any translation of the Bible that "Peasant " could read. The Roman Catholic Church went about Selling in Blessings and Indulgences, even in (Acts 8: 20) says the gift of God cannot be Purchased with money, and when any one came along and Disagreed with their doctrine, this Church totally forgot that the Only Coercion Christ use as Coercion of Love. The Roman Catholic went far, far beyond that... they formed the Inquisition! It's estimated that during these 1260 years 50-100 Millions people were put to Death for "Heresy" by the Catholic Church. For only wanting to read the Scriptures themselves, in their own languages, and believing as Gods' spirit lead, Millions were tortured in dungeons and burned at stake. This was the "Persecution of the Saints" or the Bride of Christ. Totally blatant Un-Christ like behavior by "Men of God." The Bride of Christ! God is Protecting and Preserving the Bride of Christ until His Son Jesus comes again! (Matthew 24:14) Jesus said "This Gospel of the Kingdom Will be Preached in the Whole World as a testimony to ALL nations, and then Shall the End Come." Roman Empire Fell A.D 476. But in the Name of Christ, and by the Aid of the Church of Rome, Came to Life Again! Papal Rome ruled the World on Vast extent, and for a longer Time, and with a more Despotic hand, than ever Pagan Rome had done, or any World Power before it. Ministers became Priests. The term "Priest" was not applied to Christian ministers before A.D. 200. It was borrowed from the Jewish system, and from the example of heathen Priesthood. (Leo I 440-461) Prohibited priests from marrying and Celibacy of priests became a law of the Roman Church. The Papacy is an Italian Institution. It arose on the Ruins of the Roman Empire, in the name of Christ occupying the Throne of the Caesars, a Revile of the Image of the Roman Empire inheriting the Spirit thereof; "The Ghost of the Roman Empire come to Life in the Grab of Christianity." The Popes mostly have been Italians. The Papacy's methods. It brought itself to Power through the Prestige of Rome, and the Name of Christ, and by shrewd Political Alliances, and by Deception, and by Armed Force and Bloodshed has maintained itself in power. Papal revenues: Through a large part of its history the Papacy, by the sale of ecclesiastical office, and its shameless traffic in Indulgences, has received vast revenues that enable it to maintain, for much of the time the most Luxurious Court in Europe. Personal character of the Popes: some of the Popes have been good men; some of them unspeakably vile, the most of them have been absorbed in the Pursuit of Secular Power. Papal claims: Yet, in spite of the Characters of the general run of Popes, their methods, and the Secular and Bloody record of the Papacy, these "Holy Fathers" claim that they are the "Vicars of Christ," "Infallible," and that they "hold on this earth the place of Almighty God," and that Obedience to Them is Necessary to Salvation. For once I agree with you Nathan. I have never read this Halley handbook but realized years ago through my readings that the Empire had morphed into the church. However it doesn't really matter. The belief in pagan gods is wasteful of time and energy and ultimately dies a natural death because of the lies it is built on.
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 3:04:06 GMT -5
Halley's handbookDuring the 1260-year rule of the Papacy, this church sought to be the Only one with access to God's Word. They performed their Masses in a Language the common man did not understand, and zealously destroyed any translation of the Bible that "Peasant " could read. The Roman Catholic Church went about Selling in Blessings and Indulgences, even in (Acts 8: 20) says the gift of God cannot be Purchased with money, and when any one came along and Disagreed with their doctrine, this Church totally forgot that the Only Coercion Christ use as Coercion of Love. The Roman Catholic went far, far beyond that... they formed the Inquisition! It's estimated that during these 1260 years 50-100 Millions people were put to Death for "Heresy" by the Catholic Church. For only wanting to read the Scriptures themselves, in their own languages, and believing as Gods' spirit lead, Millions were tortured in dungeons and burned at stake. This was the "Persecution of the Saints" or the Bride of Christ. Totally blatant Un-Christ like behavior by "Men of God." The Bride of Christ! God is Protecting and Preserving the Bride of Christ until His Son Jesus comes again! (Matthew 24:14) Jesus said "This Gospel of the Kingdom Will be Preached in the Whole World as a testimony to ALL nations, and then Shall the End Come." Roman Empire Fell A.D 476. But in the Name of Christ, and by the Aid of the Church of Rome, Came to Life Again! Papal Rome ruled the World on Vast extent, and for a longer Time, and with a more Despotic hand, than ever Pagan Rome had done, or any World Power before it. Ministers became Priests. The term "Priest" was not applied to Christian ministers before A.D. 200. It was borrowed from the Jewish system, and from the example of heathen Priesthood. (Leo I 440-461) Prohibited priests from marrying and Celibacy of priests became a law of the Roman Church. The Papacy is an Italian Institution. It arose on the Ruins of the Roman Empire, in the name of Christ occupying the Throne of the Caesars, a Revile of the Image of the Roman Empire inheriting the Spirit thereof; "The Ghost of the Roman Empire come to Life in the Grab of Christianity." The Popes mostly have been Italians. The Papacy's methods. It brought itself to Power through the Prestige of Rome, and the Name of Christ, and by shrewd Political Alliances, and by Deception, and by Armed Force and Bloodshed has maintained itself in power. Papal revenues: Through a large part of its history the Papacy, by the sale of ecclesiastical office, and its shameless traffic in Indulgences, has received vast revenues that enable it to maintain, for much of the time the most Luxurious Court in Europe. Personal character of the Popes: some of the Popes have been good men; some of them unspeakably vile, the most of them have been absorbed in the Pursuit of Secular Power. Papal claims: Yet, in spite of the Characters of the general run of Popes, their methods, and the Secular and Bloody record of the Papacy, these "Holy Fathers" claim that they are the "Vicars of Christ," "Infallible," and that they "hold on this earth the place of Almighty God," and that Obedience to Them is Necessary to Salvation. For once I agree with you Nathan. I have never read this Halley handbook but realized years ago through my readings that the Empire had morphed into the church. However it doesn't really matter. The belief in pagan gods is wasteful of time and energy and ultimately dies a natural death because of the lies it is built on. Yes, you are correct. God and Christ revealed to John the apostle in 95 A.D. there are TWO churches of Jesus Christ have existed through the centuries the Bride of Christ= the TRUE church which Jesus and the apostles have built and the Gate of HELL can't destroy it. Read Rev. chapters 11-13.
And the other is The false bride of Christ also survive and prosper through Satan's power of greed, wars and destruction. Read Revelation chapters 17-19.
It does matter a GREAT deal because people Salvation are depending on it because God is calling them out of false bride of Christ. Rev. 18:4-5 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities."
Those who belong or part of the false bride of Christ will NOT be allowed to enter the kingdom of God in heaven and they will be casting along with Satan in the lake of fire/Second death. That is why God has preserved and raise up God servants and people on the earth in EVERY generation to call people OUT of the false bride of Christ to join the True bride of Christ procession... Satan will go after them, and get them back to join the false bride 40,000 plus denominations, so they can't be with the 5 wise virgins to join in the marriage Supper of the Lamb in heaven.
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 11:58:36 GMT -5
Warnings of the Last Days From God | Christian Short Film "The Days of Noah Have Come"
1,683,843 views•Jul 5, 2017Here are the WAKE up signs! the last 15 years.... listen to a TRUE story happened in 2008 a horrific great disaster at 14 min. the modern day the most beautiful city of Sodom and Gomorrah in China destroyed twice with and earthquake and the next year wit a great flood within two years! Warning this will take place when Jesus returns like in the days of Noah great world wide flood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0uyh2IH72wRead Genesis chapters 17-19 on the Destruction of sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. From the Dead Sea Scroll #3 Cave #3 "The Lord (Elohim) instructed his Angels, both from the Morning and Evening Star/Venus Planet, to assist Lot and his family to escape what was to befall the Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The Two Chosen ones/angels instructed Lot and his family to drape themselves in white Garments (fine linen) and run away from the cities with great haste. Then a voice came from the darkening skies from on high and the other Heavenly Messengers, also from the Morning and Evening Star who rode in their chariots of fire saying unto all of them below, "Make haste because the judgment of Almighty God is about to fall upon these cities. We are prepared to obey His Voice and point our fire-spears towards the cities of sin and destroy them according to the Divine Will of the Father. Then a white light as bright as the sun blazed behind them and the Earth did shake with a mighty roar. The elements did separate as the cities of sin were leveled to the ground. The air above the Earth was filled with destructive dust and everyone including the animals. "The smoke rose into the heaven and did cloak the ground with destruction. Thus, the messengers, from the Stars did likewise accomplish their mission as their wheels returned to the skies where they rested with others in their home which was high above the Earth." "She who was the wife of Lot, because of her disobedience, did turn around and gaze upon the destruction. She was turned into what appeared to be the salt of the land and the deadly destructive dust that clung over the Earth did indeed cause her life to cease. The smoke and vapor from the cities rose higher and higher as the cities were laid waste in the wilderness on the plains of Zoar that morning."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 12:38:33 GMT -5
So..... if a person was to use the word "hex" meaning 'six' three times in one post, what would that mean? Asking for a fiend.
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Post by christiansburg on Apr 18, 2020 14:03:59 GMT -5
“Revelation’s Mark of the Beast Exposed” - with Evangelist Mark Finley Some people are so afraid of it they try to avoid having a Social Security number. Others worry about the bar codes scanned at check-out stands—what could be behind it all? 3,082,044 views• Jun 4, 2018 This evangelist has a good understanding who is the BEAST/A Roman Empire political power system over many nations = In the 4th century it became the Roman Catholic Church political and religious system rule over 1 Billions of believers around the world.
666= Title of the Roman emperors who later became Papacy/Pope. The 666 number of a man/ruler of religious political and religious system over the billions of people. Mark of the beast/666 on their hands and foreheads.
The seal the servants of God had seal of God in their forehead/minds/worship through Jesus Christ gospel.
He is off on about the Sabbath keepers as the seal of God people. Mike Finley is a Seventh Day Adventist. He got the beast/666= Rome+RCC empire political and religious system over the sea of humanity/1 billions people are correct. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTL_lnN5-Q&feature=emb_rel_end This is more complicated that it should be. John often wrote in symbols to avoid explicit definitions of what 666 was. I have read, and it seemed logical, that 666 identified the emperor who followed Nero. Something to that effect. Don't think it had anything to do with the Papacy or the evolving of the Catholic Church.
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 14:21:09 GMT -5
“Revelation’s Mark of the Beast Exposed” - with Evangelist Mark Finley Some people are so afraid of it they try to avoid having a Social Security number. Others worry about the bar codes scanned at check-out stands—what could be behind it all? 3,082,044 views• Jun 4, 2018 This evangelist has a good understanding who is the BEAST/A Roman Empire political power system over many nations = In the 4th century it became the Roman Catholic Church political and religious system rule over 1 Billions of believers around the world.
666= Title of the Roman emperors who later became Papacy/Pope. The 666 number of a man/ruler of religious political and religious system over the billions of people. Mark of the beast/666 on their hands and foreheads.
The seal the servants of God had seal of God in their forehead/minds/worship through Jesus Christ gospel.
He is off on about the Sabbath keepers as the seal of God people. Mike Finley is a Seventh Day Adventist. He got the beast/666= Rome+RCC empire political and religious system over the sea of humanity/1 billions people are correct. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTL_lnN5-Q&feature=emb_rel_end This is more complicated that it should be. John often wrote in symbols to avoid explicit definitions of what 666 was. I have read, and it seemed logical, that 666 identified the emperor who followed Nero. Something to that effect. Don't think it had anything to do with the Papacy or the evolving of the Catholic Church. You are correct 666 was Nero and all of the Roman emperors after him... According to history it's VERY simple and easy to understand.... John the apostle was identifying number 666/a man, was referring to Nero Emperor and the emperors after him the next 300 years who had continued persecute God's people and servants for thousands of years to come. Rome alliance with ungodly rulers, princes, kings throughout our Europe to wipe out God's people from the face of the earth but they can't destroy it, God has protect and preserve her to the time of Jesus returns to set up His earth kingdom. They will help Christ to rule and reign with Him.
Constantine the emperor of Rome became a Christian (Satan plans), before his death in 337 A.D. he transferred all of his power/authority over to the Bishops of Rome... In the 4th the bishops and Papacy took over the Emperor of Rome authority political and religious power to the nations which they control for almost 2000 yrs continuing persecute God's people for over 1700 years... and still have a lot of power today around the world.
Halley's handbook: Roman Empire Fell A.D 476. But in the Name of Christ, and by the Aid of the Church of Rome, Came to Life Again! Papal Rome ruled the World on Vast extent, and for a longer Time, and with a more Despotic hand, than ever Pagan Rome had done, or any World Power before it. Ministers became Priests. The term "Priest" was not applied to Christian ministers before A.D. 200. It was borrowed from the Jewish system, and from the example of heathen Priesthood. (Leo I 440-461) Prohibited priests from marrying and Celibacy of priests became a law of the Roman Church. The Papacy is an Italian Institution. It arose on the Ruins of the Roman Empire, in the name of Christ occupying the Throne of the Caesars, a Revile of the Image of the Roman Empire inheriting the Spirit thereof; "The Ghost of the Roman Empire come to Life in the Grab of Christianity." The Popes mostly have been Italians. The Papacy's methods. It brought itself to Power through the Prestige of Rome, and the Name of Christ, and by shrewd Political Alliances, and by Deception, and by Armed Force and Bloodshed has maintained itself in power. Satan has been using the beast/ godless anti- Christ gov't rulers and his evil children around the world to do his dirty works. Rome pagan gov't has morph/turned into Roman Catholic Church and his 40,000 plus Protestant daughters to fulfill his plan of world political and religious domination ONE World Order! under his thumb.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 18, 2020 15:23:06 GMT -5
Similar symbols were used in Tolkien's and Rowland's books.
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Post by nathan on Apr 18, 2020 17:49:17 GMT -5
Someone wrote: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Why Was the Book of Revelation Written Symbolically?
A common view among Christians generally is that John wrote the Book of Revelation in symbols as a kind of code. The church was experiencing persecution and John wanted to write critically of Rome in such a way that the recipients of his book would not get in trouble for harboring such an inflammatory document. He wrote in symbols so that any non-initiated Roman would fail to understand what he was reading, and thus the church would be spared further persecution. It would take a pretty ignorant Roman censor to fail to notice that the harlot riding the beast in ch. 17--the beast with seven heads which are seven mountains (17:9), and the harlot that is the great city (17:18)--represents Rome. Christians did not shrink from directly challenging Roman authority, by doing exactly what John wanted them to do: refusing to participate in Roman religion. This often resulted in martyrdom for Christians, which they welcomed; they did not flee from it. Moreover, Christians knew how to directly insult the powers-that-be in their literature. Revelation is written in symbols because it is apocalyptic literature. That is how apocalyptic literature works, and there are plenty of other examples to bear out this point. If Revelation were the only example of this type of literature, then we might have to devise an explanation for all the symbols, but it is, in fact, not unique in this aspect. And it would be foolish to argue that all apocalypses were written as such in order to avoid punishment for their readers. The symbols are essential to the message that Revelation wants to convey. It is not as if John wanted to communicate a message to the churches and then decided to do so symbolically. No; the symbols are integral to the message. John wants to reform our minds, to transform the way we see reality. He cannot accomplish this 'conversion of the imagination' (to borrow a phrase from Richard Hays) without the powerful and unrelenting symbols. ~~ Revelation to John New Testament Written By: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Revelation to John, also called Book of Revelation or Apocalypse of John, last book of the New Testament. It is the only book of the New Testament classified as apocalyptic literature rather than didactic or historical, indicating thereby its extensive use of visions, symbols, and allegory, especially in connection with future events. Many scholars, however, agree that Revelation is not simply an abstract spiritual allegory divorced from historical events, nor merely a prophecy concerning the final upheaval at the end of the world, couched in obscure language. Rather, it deals with a contemporary crisis of faith, probably brought on by Roman persecutions. Christians are consequently exhorted to remain steadfast in their faith and to hold firmly to the hope that God will ultimately be victorious over his (and their) enemies. Because such a view presents current problems in an eschatological context, the message of Revelation also becomes relevant to future generations of Christians who, Christ forewarned, would likewise suffer persecution. The victory of God over Satan (in this case, the perseverance of Christians in the face of Roman persecution) typifies similar victories over evil in ages still to come and God’s final victory at the end of time.Although Christ is clearly the central figure of Revelation, an understanding of the text presupposes familiarity with Old Testament language and concepts, especially those taken from the books of Daniel and Ezekiel. The author uses the number seven, for example, in a symbolic sense to signify “totality” or “perfection.” References to “a thousand years” (chapter 20) have led some to expect that the final victory over evil will come after the completion of some millennium.www.britannica.com/topic/Revelation-to-John
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