|
|
There are many today who for various reasons, God has not yet shown His truth concerning His Sabbath.
People who are loyal to Him. Soon the Sabbath truth will be brought before the world. Soon this will become the issue most needing to be settled in everyone’s mind. Soon the Sabbath truth will divide all the earth’s people. Soon those loyal to God will have to make a choice. |
The Woman, the Beast and the Mark.
Revelation 17:1-2
1 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,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
In prophesy a woman is a church.
The great harlot is a unfaithful church.
In prophesy wine is doctrine.
The kings of the earth committed fornication or unfaithfulness with her and all the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her unfaithfulness.
Drunk- emotionally intoxicated: overwhelmed with
and judgmentally impaired by an intense emotion.
Revelation 17:3
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness.
And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
We don’t have to wonder what any of this means, the Bible interprets it all for us.
In prophesy a beast is a nation, kingdom or governing power.
So we have a woman or church controlling a nation which is full of blasphemy.
Revelation 17:4
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.
One way to identify this church is by her apparel, purple and red in color,
and she is adorned with gold and precious stones. (Anyone come to mind yet?)
What are the seven heads and ten horns? We don’t have to wonder just read.
Revelation 17:9
9 Here is the mind which has wisdom:
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
This is the location of this unfaithful church and state combination.
She sits on top of 7 hills or mountains.
What city sits on seven hills that are also the location of a church and state?
Type it in google.
Revelation 17:12
12 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.
13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
The location is Rome.
The Church is the church of Rome,
which is also a state, and a member of the united nations.
She will be given control of the world for a very short amount of time.
What will she do with this power?
The Bible says she will enforce her mark.
Make it mandatory to be followed.
What is her mark?
What is this church and state known for?
What does she claim as her mark of religious authority?
Sunday sanctification
The change was made not by God but Rome.
Type 321AD in google
Cardinal James Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (Ayers Publishing, 1978): 108:
But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation,
and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday.
The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday,
a day which we never sanctify.
Catholic Record (September 1, 1923):
The [catholic] Church is above the Bible,
and this transference of the Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.
Letter from C.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons on October 28, 1895:
Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act…
And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.
She causes all the nations to accept her mark,
which is a doctrine of unfaithfulness to God.
She teaches the world to disregard Gods commandment # 4
and obey her commandment in its place.
The world is to honor her with obedience rather than God.
When this becomes a law everyone will know this is the mark spoken of in the Bible.
It cannot be accepted or rejected until it becomes the law of the land
and disobeying is punishable by death.
What to watch for.
The Church of Rome gaining popularity and power.
Laws relating to Sunday sanctification.
Harsh penalties for disobedience of the law.
Revelation 17:1-2
1 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,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
In prophesy a woman is a church.
The great harlot is a unfaithful church.
In prophesy wine is doctrine.
The kings of the earth committed fornication or unfaithfulness with her and all the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her unfaithfulness.
Drunk- emotionally intoxicated: overwhelmed with
and judgmentally impaired by an intense emotion.
Revelation 17:3
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness.
And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
We don’t have to wonder what any of this means, the Bible interprets it all for us.
In prophesy a beast is a nation, kingdom or governing power.
So we have a woman or church controlling a nation which is full of blasphemy.
Revelation 17:4
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.
One way to identify this church is by her apparel, purple and red in color,
and she is adorned with gold and precious stones. (Anyone come to mind yet?)
What are the seven heads and ten horns? We don’t have to wonder just read.
Revelation 17:9
9 Here is the mind which has wisdom:
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
This is the location of this unfaithful church and state combination.
She sits on top of 7 hills or mountains.
What city sits on seven hills that are also the location of a church and state?
Type it in google.
Revelation 17:12
12 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.
13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
The location is Rome.
The Church is the church of Rome,
which is also a state, and a member of the united nations.
She will be given control of the world for a very short amount of time.
What will she do with this power?
The Bible says she will enforce her mark.
Make it mandatory to be followed.
What is her mark?
What is this church and state known for?
What does she claim as her mark of religious authority?
Sunday sanctification
The change was made not by God but Rome.
Type 321AD in google
Cardinal James Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (Ayers Publishing, 1978): 108:
But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation,
and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday.
The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday,
a day which we never sanctify.
Catholic Record (September 1, 1923):
The [catholic] Church is above the Bible,
and this transference of the Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.
Letter from C.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons on October 28, 1895:
Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act…
And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.
She causes all the nations to accept her mark,
which is a doctrine of unfaithfulness to God.
She teaches the world to disregard Gods commandment # 4
and obey her commandment in its place.
The world is to honor her with obedience rather than God.
When this becomes a law everyone will know this is the mark spoken of in the Bible.
It cannot be accepted or rejected until it becomes the law of the land
and disobeying is punishable by death.
What to watch for.
The Church of Rome gaining popularity and power.
Laws relating to Sunday sanctification.
Harsh penalties for disobedience of the law.
Revelation 17:3 |
2 Thessalonians 2:3 |
Revelation 7:2-3 |
Revelation 13:16 |
|
|
|
