It could only be the papacy. The papacy fits all the criteria. Islam is probably the false prophet of Revelation.
This is a little long.
I apologize in advance, but it IS FACT,
and unfortunately for the majority of those who seek seek God,
CONFIRMS your understanding
Revelation 17
17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Most have heard of the "Abomination of Desolation", but Scripture also speaks of a
"Transgression of Desolation".
Daniel 8
13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain [saint] which spake,
How long [shall be] the vision [concerning]
-the daily [sacrifice], and
-the transgression of desolation,
to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Not even Stephen King could write such a devastating horror story;
A DEMONIC SPIRIT
AT WAR WITH "THE CREATOR SPIRIT".
- CREATED AS LUCIFER; ANGEL OF BRILLIANT LIGHT
- CAST OUT OF HEAVEN BY MICHAEL.
- LOCKED-UP ON A PLANET WITH ADAM AND EVE.
- HUMANS ARE NOT ABLE TO SENSE HIS, OR HIS FALLEN ANGELS PRESENCE.
- HIS ONLY POWER IS TO DECEIVE.
- BY HIS POWER TO DECEIVE, HE STRIKES BACK AT THE CREATOR THAT REJECTED HIM.
- HE SEEKS TO DESTROY GOD'S MIGHTY AND HOLY PEOPLE.
- HE IS WELL AWARE OF ALL THE "CREATOR SPIRITS" LAWS!
- HE CREATES A "CARBON - COPY" OF THE "CREATOR SPIRIT'S" OBEDIENT SERVANTS.
- HE TAKES "THE SIGN" OF THEIR "EVERLASTING LIFE CONTRACT", AND DEMONIZES IT IN HIS "COUNTERFEIT".
- OVER TIME, SOME HUMANS ARE DECEIVED BY HIS DEATH TRAP!
- EVENTUALLY "THIS DEATH TRAP" BECOMES THE WORLD'S LARGEST RELIGION;
- AND CONSUMED THE ENTIRE "CHRISTIAN" WORLD!
Hear the TESTIMONY
of a COMMANDMENT of GOD.
Also hear the TESTIMONY of
a ROMAN Emperor that "thought to change" that COMMANDMENT of GOD.
We will also
hear the TESTIMONY of a RELIGION THAT;
- NOT ONLY EMBRACED that Emperor's SUBSTITUTE Commandment, but
- CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY for that change.
Now hear the TESTIMONY of
THE COMMANDMENTs of GOD,
written by the FINGER of GOD.
In the TESTIMONY of DANIEL 7, the JURY heard that the "Little Horn" would;
DANIEL 7
25 And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws:
We SHOULD NOTE, that
the 4th Commandment, which incidentally happens to DEAL WITH GOD'S TIMES, is an INCREDIBLE 4 verses long!
8
Remember the sabbath day,to keep it holy.
9
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10
But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
According to "Documented Human History",
shabath (rest), Sabbath was first described in the Biblical account of the seventh day of Creation (Gen. 2:2-3).
Observance in the Hebrew Bible was universally from sixth-day evening to seventh-day evening (
Nehemiah 13:19, cf.
Leviticus 23:32) on a seven-day week.
Most people who observe Biblical Sabbath regard it as having been instituted as a perpetual
covenant.
The Bible records that
the followers of Christ CONTINUED TO KEEP the seventh-day Sabbath following the crucifixion of Jesus.
According to classical sources, widespread
seventh-day Sabbath rest by Gentile Christians was also the prevailing mode in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
Why?
Because as we shall soon see,
THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN'S UNDERSTOOD that the SEVENTH DAY SABBATH
was ESTABLISHED by GOD to be a
'NEVER ENDING SIGN" between God and His Children, . . . . . . . . . . and, . . . . . .
BECAUSE
Observation and remembrance of GOD'S Sabbath is REQUIRED BY the 4th Commandment,
UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH!
In
EXODUS 31,
God CONFIRMS THE SERIOUSNESS of KEEPING GOD'S SABBATH.
EXODUS 31
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying,
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep:
for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know
that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you.
We SHOULD NOTE, that
in Exodus 31:13, God tells Moses;
- OBSERVING GOD'S SABBATH(day of rest) IS THE "SIGN" that we are counted as one of GOD'S CHILDREN.
- That this "SIGN" will apply to "EVERY GENERATION",
EXODUS 31
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you:
every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for
whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done;
but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD:
whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
I ask YOU;
- NO MATTER WHAT A HUMAN MAY HAVE TOLD YOU;
- Does it appear that God is VERY SERIOUS about His Children observing His SEVENTH DAY REST?
EXODUS 31
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant.
At this time, consider the meaning of the phrase, "PERPETUAL COVENANT".
Definition of PERPETUAL
per·pet·u·al
adjective \pər-ˈpe-chə-wəl, -chəl; -ˈpech-wəl
Definition of PERPETUAL
1
a: continuing forever : everlasting <perpetual motion>
b (1): valid for all time <a perpetual right> (2): holding (as an office) for life or for an unlimited time
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covenant?show=0&t=1363620037
1cov·e·nant
noun \ˈkəv-nənt, ˈkə-və-\
Definition of COVENANT
1
: a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
2
a: a written agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action
We SHOULD NOTE, that GOD HIMSELF has stated that OBSERVANCE of HIS SEVENTH DAY SABBATH, is THE SIGN of an EVERLASTING CONTRACT between God and His Children!
EXODUS 31
17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
In the 1st centuries, the first day, being made a festival in honor of Christ's resurrection, received attention as a day of religious services and recreation, but seventh-day Sabbath rest was still observed by "almost all churches".
This is a really good place to pause and reflect for a moment,
What is about to be revealed;
-Is truly devastating to all those that DO FEAR GOD,
In light of the TESTIMONY of GOD HIMSELF in Exodus, the DEFENSE would now ask the JURY;
- If I belonged to a group that followed EVERY teaching in the Bible, but the Head of that group declared AND ENFORCED a Wednesday "Day of Rest", would I be Sanctified by God as one of HIS CHILDREN, and therefore expect to receive Eternal Life?
The EVIDENCE would emphatically state;
NO!
Why?
Because, according to the TESTIMONY of GOD HIMSELF, THERE IS NO SIGN BETWEEN me AND GOD!
MY SIGN is with the HEAD of my group, NOT GOD!
I DID NOT BELIEVE GOD,
I BELIEVED a human . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-who explained it all away
-as if they had the understanding and AUTHORITY
-to render a never ending contract MADE BY GOD HIMSELF
BETWEEN YOU AND HIM
-NULL AND VOID
-and said, "you would not surely die", . . . . . .
-Just as Adam and Eve believed the serpent OVER GOD.
AND NOW!!! . . .
because there IS NO "SIGN" between ME and GOD, because I DID NOT observe GOD'S DAY OF REST, I AM DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!
I ASK YOU, are those not the words that GOD HIMSELF SPOKE?
But the MODERN "Christian" World teaches observance of this COMMANDMENT is no longer necessary!
Why?
IF IT IS TRUTH, that;
-"RESTING" on the SEVENTH DAY is . . . .
- OF A "PERPETUAL" (NEVER ENDING) CONTRACT
- BETWEEN GOD and HIS obedient children
- Which CALLS FOR THE DEATH of ALL that DO NOT OBSERVE this COMMANDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Who do you believe would TEACH humans to reject God's promise, causing(ACCORDING TO GOD) their CERTAIN DESTRUCTION?
A.) - God's Friend
B.) - Gods ENEMY
(Great Red Dragon / Satan / "Little Horn")
[making war against the Commandments of God]
According to "Documented Human History";
- The origin of Sunday worship in the 1st or 2nd century remains a debated point.
Often first-day worship (Sunday morning or Saturday night) was practiced alongside observance of seventh-day Sabbath rest and was a widespread Christian tradition by the 2nd century; over time, Sunday thus came to be known as Lord's Day and, later, a rest day.
Though the MODERN majority observance of Christian Sabbath is as Sunday rest, this development was gradual.
Some EARLY ROMAN church authorities opposed widespread seventh-day Sabbath observance as a Judaizing tendency.
According to "Documented Human History", Roman bishops "demanded ... that the Sabbath be profaned; and they denounced in the strongest language those who dared to show it honour.
For example, the Council(CHURCH) of Laodicea (canon 29) required ROMAN Christians to separate from Jewish laws and traditions, stating that Christians must not Judaize by resting on Sabbath, but must work that day and then, if possible, rest on the Lord's Day, and that any found to be Judaizers were declared anathema from Christ.
This was consistent with Constantine's personal position towards Jewry, which has been described by the primitive Christianity movement as persecution of seventh-day observers.
On March 7, 321, the Roman Emperor (pontifex maximus)Constantine issued a decree making Sunday a day of rest from labor, stating:
All judges and city people and the craftsmen shall rest upon the venerable day of the sun.
Country people, however, may freely attend to the cultivation of the fields, because it frequently happens that no other days are better adapted for planting the grain in the furrows or the vines in trenches.
So that the advantage given by heavenly providence may not for the occasion of a short time perish.
Later in 321, Constantine instructed that Christians and non-Christians should be united in observing the venerable day of the sun, referencing the sun-worship that Aurelian had established as an official cult.
At this time, the DEFENSE would submit for the consideration of the JURY that;
- The COUNTERFEITING of God's Sabbath IS the "Transgression that makes Desolation"!
Definition of TRANSGRESSION
Transgression
noun
Definition of TRANSGRESSION
-a violation of a command or law
It is an abominable TRANSGRESSION that God's Laws and Times COULD BE THOUGHT to be changed!
This SUBSTITUTE SABBATH IS a;
TRANSGRESSION that CAUSES DESOLATION!
Definition of DESOLATION
Desolation
noun
Definition of DESOLATION
2 a: grief, sadness
b: loneliness
3 : devastation, ruin
4 : barren wasteland
It causes "DESOLATION in GOD'S KINGDOM" because;
- ALL THOSE THAT SOUGHT ETERNAL LIFE WITH THEIR GOD, in SATAN'S church,
- WERE ALL CONDEMNED TO DEATH by the teachings of SATAN.
- Simply because there was NO "SIGN" BETWEEN THEM AND GOD!
- THEIR "SIGN" was with the one that deceived them!
Earlier, the JURY heard TESTIMONY that TWO Religious Groups were RISING UP inside the Roman Imperial State.
- One of those religious groups was the TRUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH which KEPT the Commandments of God.
- The other group - THE MYSTERIES of MITHRAS - was a PAGAN "Copy - Cat" of the TRUE "Christian" Church, WHICH DID NOT REGARD THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
At this time, the DEFENSE would ask the JURY;
- Which Group would you suspect thought it was O.K. to CHANGE GOD'S LAWS?
-The TRUE Remnant that KEEP the Commandments of God?
-SATAN'S "DESTROYING MOUNTAIN"?
(Great Red Dragon / Daniel's "Little Horn")
JEREMIAH 51
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
- Do you believe you could IDENTIFY the 4th Beast Kingdom of Daniel, the "LITTLE HORN" that would seek to COUNTERFEIT EVEN THE SABBATH, even if it were called by another name in this day and age?
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the TESTIMONY you are about to hear is bad enough on it's own.
Unfortunately, it is only THE VERY BEGINNING of some very disturbing TESTIMONY.
“Sunday is our mark or authority...the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923.
The Sabbath or the Lord's Day :: Catholic News Agency
ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY;
It is true that the Catholic Church through the authority of Christ replaced the Hebrew Sabbath (Saturday) with the Lord's Day (Sunday); however, this occurred very early - well before the time of Emperor Constantine in the fourth century.
Do Catholics observe the Sabbath? - Catholic Answers Forums
From the earliest times, Catholics have observed Sunday as the Lord's Day, which is "expressly distinguished" from the Jewish Sabbath.
http://www.sa-hebroots.com/catholic_admissions.php
We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." (The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, by Peter Geiermann, 50)
Roman Catholic Church Seventh Day Sabbath Truth Quotes
“They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy.
Why?
Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so.
They have no other reason...
The observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance...The author of the Sunday law...is the Catholic Church.” Ecclesiastical Review, February 1914.
“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act...And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things.” H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.
“I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy.
There is no such law in the Bible.
It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone.
The Bible says, ‘Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.’
The Catholic Church says: ‘No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week.’
And lo!
The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church.”
father T. Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802
The JURY SHOULD NOTE what God says about this Catholic "instead of" Sabbath.
ISAIAH 24
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, as one that seeks to please God with all of your heart, does not "Documented Human History" read like some NIGHTMARE.
Not even Stephen King could write such a devastating horror story;
- EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES THE WORLD'S LARGEST RELIGION;
-AND CONSUMED THE ENTIRE "CHRISTIAN" WORLD!
According to "Documented Human History";
- Worldwide, the three largest groups of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the various denominations of Protestantism.
- As of the early 21st century, Christianity has approximately 2.2 billion adherents.
- Christianity represents about a third of the world's population and is the world's largest religion.
Perhaps the following verse of Scripture takes on a whole new meaning?
REVELATION 9
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Which do you believe would be worse in God's eyes;
- PAGANS that are OPENLY PAGAN, . . . . . or,
- PAGANS that use God's "only begotten" Son's name. . . . to destroy God's "glorious and holy people"?
MATTHEW 24
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
quoted from;
IS AMERICA - Great City Harlot Mystery Babylon Revelation 17? The Evidence is Overwhelming!
