666 & Mark of the Beast; & The 7th Day the Sabbath of the LORD, the Sign and Seal of JEHOVAH God

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666 & Mark of the Beast; & The 7th Day the Sabbath of the LORD, the Sign and Seal of JEHOVAH God

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The Sign & Seal of God:

Exodus 20:8 KJB - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 20:9 KJB - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

Exodus 20:10 KJB - 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:

Exodus 20:11 KJB - 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.

Exodus 13:9 KJB - And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

Exodus 31:13 KJB - 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.

Exodus 31:17 KJB - 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.

Deuteronomy 6:8 KJB - And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Deuteronomy 11:18 KJB - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

Deuteronomy 28:46 KJB - And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
The Seal within/of a written Law will contain at least 3 things:

1. Name [which comes from the signet]
2. Title/Authority
3. Territory/Dominion

For instance:

"LORD" [JEHOVAH] God
"made" [Creator]
"heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is" [Dominion over all created things]

See:

Exodus 20:11 KJB - 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.

Nehemiah 9:6 KJB - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Psalms 146:6 KJB - Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Psalms 119:142 KJB - Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Acts 4:24 KJB - And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Acts 14:15 KJB - And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Revelation 10:6 KJB - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Revelation 14:7 KJB - Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.​

Consider:

Exodus 28:36 KJB - And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Exodus 39:30 KJB - And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:22 KJB - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

2 Chronicles 36:23 KJB - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

1 Kings 21:8 KJB - So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Esther 3:12 KJB - Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

Esther 8:1 KJB - On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

Esther 8:2 KJB - And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

Esther 8:8 KJB - Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

Esther 8:9 KJB - Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Esther 8:10 KJB - And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

Esther 8:12 KJB - Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Esther 8:13 KJB - The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

Esther 8:14 KJB - So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

Esther 8:17 KJB - And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

Job 38:14 KJB - It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Isaiah 8:16 KJB - Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Daniel 6:15 KJB - Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

Daniel 6:17 KJB - And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

Matthew 27:66 KJB - So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

John 3:33 KJB - He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

2 Timothy 2:19 KJB - Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Revelation 3:12 KJB - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 7:3 KJB - Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Revelation 14:1 KJB - And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Link - http://www.markofbeast.net/page3.htm



Link - http://www.pearltrees.com/awhn/the-loud-cry-revelation-14-12/id5277051
 

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666 & the Mark of the Beast:

Revelation 13:15 KJB - And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

Revelation 13:16 KJB - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Revelation 13:17 KJB - And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Revelation 13:18 KJB - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Revelation 14:6 KJB - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Revelation 14:7 KJB - Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Revelation 14:8 KJB - And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Revelation 14:9 KJB - And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

Revelation 14:10 KJB - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Revelation 14:11 KJB - And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Revelation 14:12 KJB - Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.


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Ezekiel 8:16 KJB - And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
 
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666 - the scriptural [KJB] Truth.

The 666, is not merely found in Revelation 13:18, but is found throughout the Bible, even from Genesis onward.

Beast and Man [in the image of God] were made on the 6th Day:

Genesis 1:24 KJB - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:25 KJB - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26 KJB - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:27 KJB - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:28 KJB - And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:29 KJB - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Genesis 1:30 KJB - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Genesis 1:31 KJB - And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 3:1 KJB - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
In Ezra, we see:

Ezra 2:13 KJB - The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.​

This text, among others, helps us to identify who receive the number 666 [Revelation 13:18 KJB]. They are the “children of Adonikam”. Once the name “Adonikam” is defined, we have a characteristic of his “children”.

It is made up of two words,

[1] “Adoni” [H113, KJC], which means “Lord” [Nehemiah 3:5, 8:10, 10:29 KJB, etc], and

[2] “qum” [H6965, KJC], which means “arose, rise, risen, get up, etc”, and even in the context of rising up “against”, or “enemy” [as in risen up against], see “... them that rose up against thee ...” [Exodus 15:7 KJB] and “... their enemies.” [Exodus 32:25 KJB]​

Therefore, the name can mean, 'the number of those that are arisen up in rebellion against the Lord, are 666'.

For other instances of this 666, may be seen in:

In the great Image of Daniel 3:1 KJB [60x6x6], the image of a fallen (sinful, Babylonian) man, whose heart became as a beasts heart [thus it is an image of a man-beast], and the issue of a death decree by a combination of state and religious authority (Daniel 3, is the violation, in type, of the first Amendment, Congress shall make no law establishing religion; whereas Daniel 6, is the violation of the next portion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof),

In the apostasy of Solomon, the height and rule of men, 6 lions on the left, 6 lions on the right, and 6 steps up to the Throne [6 – 6 – 6] in 1 Kings 10:19-20; 2 Chronicles 9:18-19 KJB, and also in the height of men's wealth, in the 666 talents of gold of Solomon in 1 Kings 10:14; 2 Chronicles 9:13 KJB, who apostatized.

One may also begin in Genesis, with the first 6, in which both “beast” [including the serpent, the most subtil beast of the field] and “man” were created in the 6th Day; Genesis 1:24-31, 2:1-25 KJB, in which an “Image” is also mentioned.

Additionally, the very numerals themselves in Revelation 13:18 KJB, the “... Six hundred threescore and six.” have a [koine] Greek meaning for each numeral:
666; χξC "chi-xi-stigma" Root word:

the G22d (agamos, ἄγαμος unmarried, unwedded, single),

G14th (agathoergeō, ἀγαθοεργέω to work good, to do good, to do well, act rightly)

and an obsolete letter (4742 [stigma, mark, stick, prick] as a cross) of the Greek alphabet (intermediate between the G5th (abba ἀββα; Abba = "father") and G6th (Habel Ἅβελ, Abel = "vanity (that is: transitory)")), used as numbers” [Strong's].​

The meaning of the [koine] Greek numeral 666, is thus, an “unmarried [single] father who is marked by claiming good works, but all that he does is unlasting vanity”. See also Matthew 6:5, 23:5 KJB, etc. The very position of popery.

In the Sanctuary, is God’s truth (Psalms 77:13 KJB), but Satan perverts every single thing in God’s complete system of truth, and therefore, Satan inverts the sanctuary in all aspect, for we are not unwise to his devices ….

Exodus 26:35 KJB - And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.​

The table of shewbread, is the symbol of the Throne of God in the Holy Place, as it was covered in Gold, had a crown [for Kings] molding, and two places for bread, 6 and 6, a place for the Father and Son on the throne, as the Son lives by the word [bread] of the Father, we are to live by the word [bread] of Jesus [John 6:57; Revelation 3:21 KJB], of which the Tree of Light in the Holy place has 6 branches [Exodus 25:32,33,35,37:18,19,21 KJB] out of the central stock, even as it represents the Holy Spirit [Revelation 1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6, 22:17 KJB], and this light [2 Peter 1:19 KJB] coming from Him, is the Spirit of Prophecy [Revelation 19:10 KJB] working in holy men, as they are moved by the Holy Ghost [2 Peter 1:20-21 KJB], thus the number 6 is the number of man [Genesis 1:26-31 KJB].

Thus Satan perverts the Sanctuary, corrupting the Word of God, and puts in its place the word of men, and perverts the Golden branches, and the holy oil therein poured in by the Holy Spirit, for a false and lying spirit to deceive, that we may be branches separated from the true tree and vine – Christ Jesus.

See also: VICARIUS FILII DEI 666, The Number of the Beast

And see also: VICARIUS FILII DEI and 666 - A Response to "Pope Fiction" by Patrick Madrid

For discussion between a True Protestant and a Roman Catholic.

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The word “anti Christ” is also found in the so-called LXX (work of Origen in his hexapla), in Leviticus 6:22:

Leviticus 6:22 LXX (so-called): ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ χριστὸς ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ ποιήσει αὐτήν· νόμος αἰώνιος, ἅπαν ἐπιτελεσθήσεται.

Leviticus 6:22 KJB - And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.​

The word Anti Christ is defined in Thessalonians in its two definitions, opposing and exalted into the place of:

The next text:

2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB - Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.​

The word “opposeth” is translated from [G480], “ἀντίκειμαι”, “antikeimai” and it is used variously as “opposeth” [2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB], “adversary[ies]” [Luke 13:17, 21:15; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Philippians 1:28; 1 Timothy 5:14 KJB], and “contrary” [Galatians 5:17; 1 Timothy 1:10 KJB], basically meaning to stand up against and so oppose.

The word “exalteth” is translated from [G5229], “ὑπεραίρομαι”, “huperairomai” and is also used in 2 Corinthians 12:7 KJB, and those two words really define anti-christ, used similarly here :

2 Corinthians 12:7 KJB - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.​
 
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Notice that the word "Christ" means "anointed":

Acts 10:36 KJB - The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

According to Scripture [KJB] the "Messiah" means to be the "anointed" one:

John 1:41 KJB - He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

John 4:25 KJB - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Psalms 2:2 KJB - The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Acts 4:26 KJB - The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Isaiah 61:1 KJB - The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Luke 4:18 KJB - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Acts 10:38 KJB - How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.​

Jesus is also identified in scripture [KJB] as the "anointed" (Christ) man (related to #6, as per Genesis 1) in being a :

[1] Prophet; (Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19; Hosea 12:13; Matthew 13:57, 21:11,46; Mark 6:4; Luke 4:24, 7:16, 13:33, 24:19; John 4:19,44, 6:14, 7:40, 9:17; Acts 3:22,23, 7:37, etc. KJB)
[2] Priest; (type: Genesis 14:18; Hebrew 7:1,11,15; type: Exodus 28:1; Hebrews 9:7, 10:11,21, 23:11, etc.; Psalms 110:4; Zechariah 6:13; Malachi 2:7; Hebrews 2:17, 3:1, 4:14,15, 5:1,5,6,10, 6:20, 7:3,17,20,21,26, 8:1,3,4, 9:11,25; Revelation 1:10-20, etc. KJB)

[3] King; (Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, 7:14,27; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:2, 21:5, 25:34,40, 27:11,29,37; Mark 15:2,9,12,18,26,32; Luke 14:31, 19:38, 23:2,3,38; John 1:49, 12:13,15, 18:37,39, 19:3,12,14,15,19,21; Acts 17:7; 1 Timothy 1:17, 6:15; Hebrews 7:2; Revelation 17:14, 19:16, etc. KJB)


Therefore, the Anti-Christ, having the number 666 associated, it/he also must make the same claim to Prophet, Priest and King.

6. Prophet; ("eyes like the eyes of a man" Daniel 7:8,20 KJB, "dark sentences" Daniel 8:23; Revelation 2:20 KJB; in point of fact, the word "Vatican", from the Latin, "vatic-anus", meaning "old prophesying woman", like a witch, or since it is a religio city-state means "prophecying city", or "city of prophecy", see.

- What does the word Vatican mean?
- Early Church Fathers on the Timing of the Rise of Antichrist
- Antichrist - Denying Jesus Christ is Come in the Flesh

Others have linked "Vatican" to "vatis" and "khan", the divining serpent/dragon, and Rome's crest is the Red Dragon, see
- The Red Dragon and Rome. )

6. Priest; (2 Corinthians 11:13-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Timothy 3:5 KJB; see
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In point of fact we can see in Daniel 2, "iron" mixed with "clay", being statecraft and churchcraft. Or in Revelation, "war" (state) and "worship" (religion, church) or "scarlet coloured beast" (state) being ridden by the "Great harlot/woman" (apostate unclean bleeding woman/church). Or, we may go to 1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJB and read "safety" (protection by kings, state) and "peace" (religion, gospel).

Furthermore it is written:

"All names which in the scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that he is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope." -
In Latin reading -

"Secundo probatur ratione, in Scripturis fundata, nam omnia nomina, quae in Scripturis tribuuntur Christi, unde constat eum esse supra Ecclesiam, eadem omnia tribuuntur Pontifici." - cited from -- Cardinal Robert Bellarmine SJ. (Jesuit) Canonized 1930. Disputationes de Contoversiis Christianae Fidei adversus hujus temporis Haereticos, Tom. 2, Controversia Prima, De Conciliorum Auctoritate, Chap. 17 (1628 ed.), Vol. 1, page 266 - translated. -
http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1080015572_C/1080015573_T2/1080015573_21.PDF
6. King; (Daniel 7:8,11,20,21,24,25,26, 8:11,12,23-26, 11:40-45; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:1-10, ec. 17:1-18, etc. KJB)​

Thus the anti-christ's related number (666) identifies his substitution, yea, taking the very place (Vicarivs Christi) of Christ Jesus in "earth" (Revelation 12:9,10,12,13 KJB) in each of those three places. Numerous quotations from the highest official Papal Roman sources will verify it's claims as Prophet, Priest and King in Christ's place on/in earth. In point of fact, it directs all worship to the "earth", not to Christ Jesus in Heaven, where He is now, in the Most Holy Place in the true Sanctuary in Heaven, closing the Day of Atonement for us now (Daniel 7:9-10,13,22, 8:13-14,26; Hebrews 9:3-5,28; Revelation 9:13-15, 14:6-7 KJB).
 
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Antichrist is "the son [male,man] of perdition" [John 17:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB], thus male, "his name" [Revelation 13:17 KJB], "himself", "he", "himself" [2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB], "eyes of a man" [Daniel 7:8 KJB], even as antichrist seeks to be in the place of God/Christ (Vicarivs Christi), both given in the masculine.

The position as held by antichrist, is not merely a single individual, but an entire "succession" of such individuals in that place, being "antichrists" [1 John 2:18 KJB], "man of sin" [2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJB], they being in contrast to the many individuals who being "the man of God" [2 Timothy 3:17 KJB]. Papal Rome, in it's official sources claims the "succession" for the "pontiff" position.

Antichrist is also linked to state/kingdom power/rule, either "horn" [Daniel 7:8,11,20,24,25,26, 8:10-13,23-26 KJB], or "king" [Daniel 11:40-45 KJB], or "beast" [Revelation 13:1-8,12,14,15,17,18 KJB].

Antichrist power was already showing signs of activity in the latter days of the Apostles [2 Thessalonians 2:7 KJB], and would grow into a great power [Daniel 7-12, Revelation 13 KJB], even world-wide power, though suffer a deadly wound [state power separated from church], and receive a healing (a false resurrection, a coming to life [Revelation 13:3,12 KJB], and come back more powerful and remain unto the second Advent of Jesus Christ in power and glory [2 Thessalonians 2:3-13 KJB], and so exist for 1,000's of years.

Antichrist would also commit "blasphemy" [Daniel 7:8,11,20,25; Revelation 2:9, 13:1,6, 17:3 KJB], which is

[1.] Claiming the prerogatives of God (claiming to be God, and/or stand in His place) [Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:64; John 10:33 KJB],

[2.] Claiming to be able to forgive sins [Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21, 7:49 KJB] and

[3.] persecuting using state power in its behalf [Daniel 7:21, 8:10-12,23-26, 11:40-45; 1 Timothy 1:13; Revelation 13:7, 17:14, etc.]​

It would be part of a Church-State union/amalgamation, thus being able to "war" and desires "worship" ["worshipped"; Revelation 13:4, "great harlot (woman)", "war" Revelation 17:1-7,9,17 KJB], because it claims the doctrine of 'the two swords' [Church (word, Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12 KJB) and State (police, Romans 13:1-4 KJB) unified], see:

Churchcraft & Statecraft

Clay & Iron [Daniel 2:33-35,44,45 KJB]

eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things/the voice of the great words/that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things & little horn/horn/that horn ... whose look was more stout than his fellows/made war [Daniel 7:8,11,20,21 KJB]

he shall speak great words against the most High/think to change times and laws & shall wear out the saints of the most High/they shall be given into his hand [Daniel 7:25 KJB]

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down & cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them [Daniel 8:10,11 KJB]

by peace [religion/gospel] & shall destroy [sword of the state] [Daniel 8:25 KJB]

Priests [priesthood, earthly] & Kings [royal, earthly] [counterfeit] [see the true Heavenly: Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6, 5:10]

Sheeps clothing/drawing disciples [outwardly claiming Christ] & ravening wolves inwardly [Rome's symbol was the Capitoline wolf] [Ezekiel 22:27; Matthew 7:15; Acts 20:29-30 KJB]


Tabernacles [house of worship] & palace [house of kings] [Daniel 11:45 KJB]

Worshippeth/worshipped/great wonders/miracles/worship & War/power over/killeth with the sword/power/causeth [Revelation 13:4,7,8,10,12,15, 14:9,11 KJB]

Woman & Beast [Revelation 17:1-8 KJB]

Blasphemy & Crowns [Revelation 13:1,2,5,6, 17:3,18 KJB]

Understanding Dark Sentences & King of Fierce Countenance [Daniel 8:23 KJB]

Exalteth & Opposeth [2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB]

Worshippeth & Sitteth (throne) [2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB]

God service & Killeth you [John 16:2 KJB]

Peace [spirit/false gospel] & be still [flesh/false sabbath rest day] [counterfeit] [the True: Mark 4:39 KJB]

Peace (Gospel, Luke 2:14 KJB) & Safety (protection by king/state, Acts 5:23 KJB) [1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJB]
 
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However, let us look more closely, by comparing scripture [KJB] with scripture [KJB], and consider that Paul also mentioned this, under another phraseology.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJB speaks of the "falling away", being the Great Apostasy (which is even now being repeated, as per Ecclesiastes 1:9, 3:15 KJB, etc.), compare to Daniel 7:8,11,20-21,24-26, 8:11-14,23-27, 11:21,31-45 KJB; wherein this Antichrist power -

Daniel 8:11 KJB - "... magnified himself even to the prince of the host ...", which words, "even to" mean to make himself equal to, or to come up to the position/place, covering the whole length, breadth or distance or time, etc., (see Isaiah 25:12, 26:5, etc.). "The prince of the host", speaks about Jesus in the position of High Priest (who is over the kingdom of priests, Royal nation, holy priesthood), see that in H8269; Isaiah 43:28 ("princes of the sanctuary"); Ezra 8:24,29, 10:5 ("chief of the priests", etc.); see also G750, G748, G749.

Daniel 8:25 KJB - "... by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes ...", and the word "peace" being associated with the Gospel (Luke 2:14 KJB; a corrupted one, Galatians 1:6-9 KJB), and again a standing up against (in opposition to, as an alternative High Priest) the Prince of princes (see previous remark on "prince").

Daniel 11:36 KJB - "... he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods ...", notice the "exalt", "magnify", "against", but more so, notice that he would be "above every god", and this word "god" points to the priests (priesthood of believers and the rulers), see Genesis 3:5; Exodus 15:11, 18:11, 20:3, 22:28; Psalms 82:1,6, 138:1; Daniel 11:36-39; John 10:34-35 KJB.

Daniel 11:37 KJB - "... he shall magnify himself above all ..."; which Paul cites in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 - "Who opposeth and exalteth above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ...", again in the context of priests, thus a person would arise out of them all, being "Lord over" the flock of God, usurping it, and that position would be held (grasped) by 'successors', and thus a whole line of Antichrist, culminating in a single position over the whole church of God.

Jesus also mentions "false Christ's", being 'pseudo-Christos' in Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:23 KJB, which were to arise.

Paul mentions in Acts 20:29 KJB - "... grievous wolves enter in among you ...", which is in the context of Acts 20:28 KJB - "... over the flock ...", "overseers" (being the place/office of bishop/elders).

Paul continues by saying, Acts 20:30 KJB - "Also of your ownselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.", so coming from without and from within to lead astray the flock, by taking leadership positions when the flock is asleep and not watching and praying.

Paul gives examples in 1 Timothy 1:29 KJB, "Hymenaeus and Alexander", "blaspheme", and see in 2 Timothy 2:17 KJB, "... their word will eat as doth a canker (cancer): of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus ...", of which context is in 2 Timothy 2:15-16,18 KJB, about the word of God, prophane and vain babblings, increase unto more ungodliness, concerning the truth have erred.

2 Timothy 3:1-9 KJB, speaks about "... in the last days ...", "... blasphemers ...", having a "... form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof ...", "... creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with diverse lusts ...", which "houses" are Churches, Acts 2:46, 20:20, 1 Timothy 5:13 KJB, and the "women" are the foolish (Matthew 25 KJB), like Eve, who fell, listening to that wicked one who snuck into the garden, while Adam, the priest head of the garden homeschool, was not aware, Eve, then fell prey to diverse lusts; flesh, eyes, pride of life (1 John 2:6 KJB).

1 Timothy 4:1-5 KJB, "... in the latter times some shall depart from the faith ...", which is a "falling away" (2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJB), see also Luke 8:13 KJB, because of a 'drawing away' (like Eve from the side of Adam), in Acts 5:37; James 1:13-15; Genesis 4:5-8; Job 15:35; Psalms 7:14; Isaiah 59:4; Romans 5:12-21, 6:21-23 KJB.

"antichrists" in 1 John 2:18-19 KJB is contextually linked to 1 John 2:20-24,26 KJB, which when seen in all the above is more clearly explained, by denying that Jesus "c(a)me in the flesh" - Hebrews 3-4 [KJB], the 7th Day the Sabbath of the LORD JEHOVAH - "my rest" "remaineth" to My people.

Roman Catholicism does that more than any other system of theology and practice on earth.

Paul clearly spoke of the "mystery of iniquity" (lawless, sin) that was already at working in his own day, even as Daniel shows it would (Daniel 11:21 KJB, etc), and that it was already the "last time" (being the last 2 Cosmic Week days (days 5 & 6), the last 2,000 years from Christ Jesus. ( the Great Cosmic Week is 6,000 years of Gospel work, and 1,000 years (in Heaven) of Rest (being the Great 7th Day, the Day of the Lord, the Last Day); see Revelation 20; Isaiah 24; Genesis 1; 2 Peter 3:8; Isaiah 46:9,10; Matthew 13:35 KJB etc.


2 John 1:7 KJB - "... many deceivers are entered into the world ...", "... deceiver and Antichrist ...", see also 1 John 2:22, and 1 John 4:3 KJB, "... the spirit of antichrist ..."

"Anti -" in scripture [KJB], had a few meanings:

[1.] "... in the room (position/place) of ...", see Matthew 2:22 KJB, wherein Herod Archelaus, ruled "in the room of" his father. See also, "in the room of" in 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Kings 2:35, 5:1; 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 6:10, 26:1 KJB. See also the phrase, "in the stead (standing/place) of" in Genesis 22:13; Jeremiah 29:26 KJB, and see also the phrase "anointed in his stead" in Leviticus 6:22 KJB [and so-called LXX].​

[2.] also includes the meaning of "against", "opposing", see G480, the Koine Greek [Tr.] "antikeimai", meaning "adversaries", in Luke 13:17, 21:15; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Philippians 1:28 KJB. See also "contrary" in Galatians 5:17; 1 Timothy 1:10 KJB. See also "adversary" in 1 Timothy 5:14 KJB. See also "opposeth" in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB. See also "Antioch" (meaning 'driven against') and see also "Antipas" (meaning 'against the (false) father' iow, against the one calling themselves 'father' over the churches') in Revelation 2:13 KJB, and see also "Antipatris" in Acts 23:31 KJB, etc.​

The prefix "Anti -", is seen in many words throughout the scripture [KJB], see G464 unto G503 in KJC, oftentimes meaning, "oppose", "against", "resist", "adversary", "opposite (to)", etc.
 
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Once the "beast" from the "sea" [Revelation 13:1 KJB, etc.] is identified from scripture [KJB], then it's "mark" is also able to be identified, with clarity.

In short (details upon request), the "beast" from the "sea" [Revelation 13:1 KJB, etc.] is Papal Rome. It's "mark" (identified from scripture [KJB], history and their own official proclamations), is that of it's blasphemous claim to "think" that it could, through human "reason" (which they erroneously claim is unfallen), be able to "change times and laws" [Daniel 7:25 KJB] of the Most High God (The Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:1-17, especially in that singular and Holy commandment, the fourth, dealing with God's Holy law of time, the 7th day the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, Exodus 20:8-11), and thus its stated prerogative of,

"... The [Roman Catholic] Church is above the Bible; and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact. ..."(1.)

(1.) The Catholic Record of London, Saturday, September 1st, 1923 edition, Ontario, Canada, Volume XLV, #2342, appearing on page 4, section "Sabbath Observance", Column 2, -- Editor -- Rev. James T. Foley, D.D. ... The CATHOLIC RECORD has been approved and recommended by Archbishops Falconio and Sbaretti, late Apostolic Delegates to Canada, the Archbishops of Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, and St. Boniface, the Bishops of London, Hamilton, Peterborough and Ogdensburg, N.Y., and the Clergy throughout the Dominion.", Column 1 - http://biblelight.net/Sources/Catholic-Record-6-shade.gif

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Therefore, Roman Catholicism's "mark", is their claim to such authority as to legislate, to the world, its own law of morality, Sunday being it's utmost symbol (identifying "mark", found in the actions (hand) and thinking/teaching (forehead)) of it's blasphemous claim.

The Papacy ties it's Sunday morality to the natural disasters (today called "climate change", "global warming", etc.), and blames the desecration of Sunday for the increase of such things. Read the Papal encyclical, "Laudato Si", for direct evidence (to be cited and highlighted later, as God's providence allows).

Sister Ellen G. White (the messenger of the Lord) shewed these things over 100 years ago, even of which, the scriptures [KJB] already said. Notice, from the book. The Great Controversy:

"... [Page 589] Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields his creatures, and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for the law of Jehovah; and the Lord will do just what he has declared that he would, he will withdraw his blessings from the earth, and remove his protecting care from those who are rebelling against his law, and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some, in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others, and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.

While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and [Page 589-590] desolation. Even now he us at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hail-storms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and beast. "The earth mourneth and fadeth away," "the haughty people ... do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant." [Isaiah 24:4,5.]

And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon those whose obedience to God's commandments is a perpetual reproof to transgressors. It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday-sabbath, that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced, and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troubles of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. Thus the accusation urged of old against the servant of God will be repeated, and upon grounds equally well established. "And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, U have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim." [1 Kings 18:17,18.]. As the wrath of the people shall be excited by false charges, they will pursue a course toward God's ambassadors very similar to that which apostate Israel pursued toward Elijah. ..." - The Great Controversy, pages 589-590

Think it impossible? Think no such 'rain' would come? (As it was in the days of Noe ...), brothers and sisters, it is already upon you, as foretold:

"SABBATH-BREAKING 'CAUSED TSUNAMI'

Christian minister calls disaster 'divine visitation' on Lord's day -- Published: 02/13/2005 at 4:00 PM [photo: Rev. John MacLeod (photo Grampian TV); of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland]

"... A Christian minister claims the tsunami of Sunday, Dec. 26, killing at least 160,000 people, was directly result of "pleasure seekers" breaking God's Sabbath. ..."

"... It has to be noted that the wave arrived on the Lord's day, the day God set apart to be observed the world over as a holy resting from all employments and recreations that are lawful on other days. ..." - Sabbath-breaking ’caused tsunami’

This is not isolated, see for yourself, through several years of documented news archives (the end of all things is upon you brothers and sisters. Do you reflect the lovely image of Jesus? John 14:15; Exodus 20:6 KJB) - Welcome to markofthebeast.net

They call it 'climate change', 'global warming', 'market collapse', 'terrorism', but it is Biblically [KJB] called

Luke 21:25 KJB - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Luke 21:26 KJB - Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.​

What is that 'mark' of antichrist [[Greek] Anti Christos - [Latin] Vicarivs Christi]]?

"... Sunday as a Mark of Christian Unity ...

... In order to fully appreciate Sunday as a mark of Christian unity we must expand our definition of unity." - Sunday as a Mark of Christian Unity

Again:

"... Keeping stores open on Sunday is not beneficial for society: Pope Francis

Pope Francis says opening businesses on Sundays is not beneficial for society because the priority should be 'not economic but human,' and that the stress should be on families and friendships, not commercial relationships. ..." - Pope Francis: Take Sundays off

Again:

"... You need & deserve a secular sabbath ...

... on Sunday afternoon ...

... Perhaps it’s no surprise that more and more people, whatever their religion — or lack of religion — are turning to the ancient idea of the Sabbath. Even God, after all, rested on the seventh day. ...

... But perhaps the best luxury of all is one day off every seven. ...

... The only word in the Ten Commandments for which the adjective “holy” is used, let’s not forget, is the Sabbath. ..." - Pico Iyer: You need & deserve a secular sabbath

Again:

"... The Pope’s powerful encyclical calls for a common response to the critical threat climate change poses to our common home. His plea for all religions to work together reflects the urgency of the challenge. ... The devastating impacts of climate change – like heat waves, damaging floods, coastal sea level rise and historic droughts – are already taking place, threatening the habitat all humans and other creatures depend on to survive. We have a responsibility to meet this challenge and prevent the worst impacts. ..." - Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment

"... [President Obama] I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis's encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope's decision to make the case - clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position - for action on global climate change. ... I believe the United States must be a leader in this effort ... it is my hope that all world leaders--and all God's children--will reflect on Pope Francis's call to come together to care for our common home." - Statement by the President on Pope Francis’s Encyclical

Consider, even Francis's encyclical Laudato Si, in regards 'climate change' and 'Sunday sacredness' and destructions to come - Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis

"... Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain ...",

"... Is it reasonable and enlightened to dismiss certain writings simply because they arose in the context of religious belief? ..."​
 
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Again:

"... Let's make Sunday, a day of rest, for God's sake. ...

... This is what Sabbath is about. It creates the space in our lives for us to remember who we are. To remember that we are players in a different story.

Americans work hard. Maybe too hard.

This is an invitation to Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, Buddhists, and Christians.

One day a week. Rest. For God’s sake. ..." - Let's make Sunday a day of rest, for God’s sake

What did sister White [the messenger of the LORD] say years ago?

"... Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world. ..." - Last Day Events; Page 135 & Testimonies for the Church, Volume 6; Page 395

The Great Controversy again:

"... [Page 570] If we desire to understand the determined cruelty of Satan, manifested for hundreds of years, not among those who never heard of God, but in the very heart and throughout the extent of Christendom, we have only to look at the history of Romanism. Through this mammoth system of deception the prince of evil achieves his purpose of bringing dishonor to God and wretchedness to man. And as we see how he succeeds in disguising himself, and accomplishing his work through the leaders of the church, we may better understand why he has so great antipathy to the Bible. If that book is read, the mercy and love of God will be revealed; it will be seen that he lays upon men none of these heavy burdens. All that he asks is a broken and contrite heart, a humble, obedient spirit. ...

... The Romish Church now presents a fair front to the world, [Page 570-571] covering with apologies her record of horrible cruelties. She has clothed herself in Christ-like garments; but she is unchanged. Every principle of popery that existed in past ages exists today. The doctrines devised in the darkest ages are still held. Let none deceive themselves. The popery that Protestants are now so ready to honor is the same that ruled the world in the days of the Reformation, when men of God stood up, at the peril of their lives, to expose her iniquity. She possesses the same pride and arrogant assumption that lorded it over kings and princes, and claimed the prerogatives of God. Her spirit is no less cruel and despotic now than when she crushed out human liberty, and slew the saints of the Most High.

Popery is just what prophecy declared that she would be, the apostasy of the latter times. [2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4.] It is a part of her policy to assume the character which will best accomplish her purpose; but beneath the variable appearance of the chameleon, she conceals the invariable venom of the serpent. “We are not bound to keep faith and promises to heretics,” she declares. Shall this power, whose record for a thousand years is written in the blood of the saints, be now acknowledged as a part of the church of Christ?

It is not without reason that the claim has been put forth in Protestant countries, that Catholicism differs less widely from Protestantism than in former times. There has been a change; but the change is not in the papacy. Catholicism indeed resembles much of the Protestantism that now exists, because Protestantism has so greatly degenerated since the days of the reformers.

As the Protestant churches have been seeking the favor of the world, false charity has blinded their eyes. They do not see but that it is right to believe good of all evil; and as the inevitable result, they will finally believe evil of all good. Instead of standing in defense of the faith once delivered to the saints, they are now, as it were, apologizing to Rome ..." - The Great Controversy 1888; Page 570-571, selected portions

No? Oh yes:

Romanism &


lookup Roman Catholic[ism] and Supreme Court, House and Senate

More:

"... But not one is made to suffer the wrath of God until the truth has been brought home to his mind and conscience, and has been rejected. There are many who have never had an opportunity to hear the special truths for this time. The obligation of the fourth commandment has never been set before them in its true light. He who reads every heart, and tries every motive, will leave none who desire a knowledge of the truth, to be deceived as to the issues of the controversy. The decree is not to be urged upon the people blindly. Every one is to have sufficient light to make his decision intelligently.

The Sabbath will be the great test of loyalty; for it is the point of truth especially controverted. When the final test shall be brought to bear upon men, then the line of distinction will be drawn between those who serve God and those who serve him not. While the observance of the false sabbath in compliance with the law of the State, contrary to the fourth commandment, will be an avowal of allegiance to a power that is in opposition to God, the keeping of the true Sabbath, in obedience to God’s law, is an evidence of loyalty to the Creator. While one class, by accepting the sign of submission to earthly powers, receive the mark of the beast, the other, choosing the token of allegiance to divine authority, receive the seal of God. [See Appendix, note 13.]

Heretofore those who presented the truths of the third angel’s message have often been regarded as mere alarmists. Their predictions that religious intolerance would gain control in the United States, that church and State would unite to persecute those who keep the commandments of God, have been pronounced groundless and absurd. It has been confidently declared that this land could never become other than what it has been, the defender of religious freedom. But as the question of enforcing Sunday observance is widely agitated, the event so long doubted and disbelieved is seen to be approaching, and the third message will produce an effect which it could not have had before. ..." - The Great Controversy 1888; Page 605
 
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Peace [Church] and Safety [State]:

Already the cry of "Peace", and 'Safety' [protection from terrorists [safety from extremists [which Romanism also includes 'fundamentalists' in the definition], 'natural' disasters [safety from global warming, climate change], etc, global economic stability [safety in money markets, etc]] ...

1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJB - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.​

"... The Argentine-born Francis spoke in his native Spanish, through an interpreter. The pope gave Trump a signed-and-bound copy of his remarks from the last World Peace Day in September, plus a set of English-language translations of his papal writings including his 2015 encyclical on climate change. Trump is a noted climate change skeptic.

“Well, I’ll be reading them,” Trump said. “We can use peace," he added. ..."

"... Trump and the pope discussed terrorism and the radicalization of young people. ..."

"... The audience with Francis came 124 days into his presidency, earlier than any of the 29 other meetings between a U.S. president and a pontiff. The previous record was held by President George H.W. Bush, who visited Pope John Paul II 127 days into his presidency in 1989. ..."

"... [TRUMP tweeted after the meeting; 5:20 AM - 24 May 2017 · Italy ] Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world. ..." - Trump to Pope Francis at the Vatican: 'We can use peace'

Again:

"... The president gave the pope a case of books by Martin Luther King Jr., and the pope gave Donald Trump a medal by a Roman artist, inscribed with an olive branch.

Francis explained that the branch is a symbol of peace, and Trump replied, "We can use peace."

The pope also presented Trump with three books that he said he sends to all Catholics: one on family, one on the Gospels and one on "care of our common home, the environment." ... " - President Trump talks terrorism with Pope Francis, climate change with the Vatican

Again:

"... Neither Trump nor the Pope revealed what their conversation entailed, but readouts from the White House and the Vatican highlighted terrorism, climate change and peace as agenda items covered. ..." - Pope-Trump meeting agenda: Climate change, terrorism - CNNPolitics

Revelation 13:17 KJB - And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.​

Economic safety/stability -

"... He gave Trump three bound papal documents that he has written that to some degree define his papacy and priorities. One focuses on the environment, demanding an end to a “structurally perverse” economic system that has turned Earth into an “immense pile of filth.” He frames climate change as an urgent moral crisis and blames global warming on an unfair, fossil fuel-based industrial model that harms the poor the most. ...

... A statement from the Vatican said that “satisfaction was expressed” at their “joint commitment in favor of life” and that there was hoped-for collaboration on health care, assistance to immigrants and protection of Christian communities in the Middle East. ..." President Donald Trump and Pope Francis focus on peace | Northwest Herald

Again:

"... The Vatican has called for the establishment of a “global public authority” and “central world bank” to preside over all financial institutions.

The Document “Toward Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of a Global Public Authority” was released by the Vatican’s Justice and Peace Department on Oct. 24.

The document called for the creation of a “supranational authority” that would have “universal jurisdiction” to guide economic policies. It goes on to lament the wealth disparity among various nations. ..." - Vatican calls for “one world currency” system

Consider:


It was foretold:

"... The work of the people of God is to prepare for the events of the future, which will soon come upon them with blinding force. In the world gigantic monopolies will be formed. Men will bind themselves together in unions that will wrap them in the folds of the enemy. A few men will combine to grasp all the means to be obtained in certain lines of business. Trades unions will be formed, and those who refuse to join these unions will be marked men.—Letter 26, 1903. ..." - Country Living [E.G. White], page 10

A few years later, the greatest Monopoly on earth was formed, at Jekyll Island, the 'Federal Reserve System'. Others are still in forming ...

"... There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God's word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them ..." - Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 [E.G. White], page 13.3

This present world, and its corrupt system of things, is almost finished.
 
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Revelation 17:1 KJB - And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters:

Revelation 17:2 KJB - With whom the kings of earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.​

The corrupt [harlot, unfaithful, idolatrous] church [woman] is seen in "fornication" with "the kings of the earth" [the rulers of state-power].

This "woman" has a problem, and it is her love of sin.

She loves to "fornicate", and is even addicted to this sin. She refuses to repent [Revelation 2:21 KJB].

She loves to murder, for she kills the saints and makes open and secret war upon them.

She is covetous, and craves gold, precious stones, purple and scarlet.

If one looks carefully, she is seen in violation of all Ten Commandments. Even as she is manifesting the "mystery of iniquity" (as her "father" before her (John 8:44 KJB)), and is headed by "the man of sin", that "son of perdition".

Yet, notice what comes of her "fornication" (unholy, unsanctified, union/atonement) with "the kings of the earth", even as she has many harlot daughters about her, but something more comes of this illicit union of Church and State:

A "child" is born of this [church & state] union.

The "child of the papacy", will be a Church and State amalgamation.

It is the foretold, "National (the later, international) Sunday Law".

"National (State) Sunday (Church) law (State)".

"... Protestants now urge that the resurrection of Christ on Sunday made it the Christian Sabbath. But Scripture evidence is lacking. No such honor was given to the day by Christ or his apostles. The observance of Sunday as a Christian institution had its origins in that "mystery of lawlessness" [2 Thessalonians 2:7 R.V.] which, even in Paul's day, had begun its work. Where and when did the Lord adopt this child of the papacy? What valid reason can be given for a change which the Scriptures do not sanction? ..." - The Great Controversy 1888, page 54.1

As type foretold:

Ezekiel 8:16 KJB - And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.​

About 25 men, these being 24 + 1, priesthood, and they had their back to the Law of God, and did not worship God, the Creator [Exodus 20:8-11 KJB], but rather instead, faced the east, towards the sunrising and the sun thereof, worshipping the creation, and manmade religion.

Turn your eyes toward the Temple of the LORD in heaven, and see what is therein that real place - Revelation 11:19; 15:5 KJB

What's in the real Ark in the real Most Holy Place of the True Tabernacle, which the LORD pitched and not man? - Hebrews 8:2 KJB - see The ARK of the Covenant HAS BEEN FOUND since AD 1844! The Sabbath Commandment [Ex. 20:8-11] is seen!

Psalms 89:34 KJB - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.​
 
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Open your Bibles to Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 KJB; more specifically the Mark passages, and consider them in the light of Ecclesiastes 1:9; 3:15 and 1 Corinthians 15:44-46 KJB, in that history is to repeat, and the natural explains the spiritual, and that Antichrist will counterfeit everything that Jesus did.

In those passages we see Jesus get into a boat, a ship, with his disciples and set sail across the Sea of Galilee [Tiberius, etc], and while Jesus is asleep a massive storm, with terrific winds, sweeps over them suddenly, and the disciples do all in their own power and strength to bail out the incoming waters, and to forcefully row through it. They are about to sink, when they turn to Jesus and wake him up, and Jesus stands in the midst and says to the raging winds and sea, waters, PEACE, BE STILL, and there follows calm, tranquility, peace and stability, even then, they are suddenly safe, and in awe, and the disciples worship him, for they see that Jesus controls these things by his very word.

Now, Anti-christ is about to counterfeit this miracle [even as he so did with the multiplying of his corrupt 'bread']. Watch and see:

The "sea", being a bowl or basin, in which "water" accumulates [Genesis 1:9,10,22; Isaiah 11:9; Jeremiah 52:17,20; Revelation 4:6, 15:2 KJB], which "water" is representative of peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues [Isaiah 57:20; Revelation 17:15; Psalms 65:7; Isaiah 17:12,13; Jeremiah 51:42 KJB, etc]. It can also represent the bowl or basin (Laver) of the Sanctuary [Psalms 77:13,19 KJB and 1 Kings 7:23-25,39,44; 2 Kings 25:13,16; 1 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Chronicles 4:2-4,6,19 KJB].

In the days of Joseph, money failed in the land of Egypt (represents the secular world and worldliness, the contrast to Canaan, promised land), and money failed in the land of Canaan (the religious world, populated by God's peoples, the heavenly minded), see Genesis 47:15,16 KJB.

History is repeating itself [Ecclesiastes 1:9; 3:15 KJB, etc], and we, who are truly Joseph's, will know what needs to be done, even as Daniel in Babylon. Yet, the world will seek the miracles of Antichrist, not desiring to give up their sinful ways.

Just as Jesus was in the boat, so too now Antichrist.

The "boat", or "ship", represents the 'houses' which carry cargo, driven by winds, even the fierce winds of war, strife, competition, etc (which merchants cause wars, that they may play both sided to always win, and reap rewards, the Hegelian, Jesuitical principle, Ordo ab Chao (Order comes through Chaos/Revolution)), and the ship trades upon the "seas", the "waters", and is thus the ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL entities, dealing in trade, commerce, money markets, stock markets, banks, monopolies (like the Federal Reserve System, Central Banks, the mint cartels), business operations, merchants of the earth, the masters of the Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron, Tin, and precious metals, ores, things, and even all valuable commodities, even animals, people as slaves, and weather control, for profit (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chronicles 8:18, 9:20,21; Psalms 104:25,26, 107:23; Proverbs 31:14; Isaiah 60:9; Ezekiel 27:9,12-36; Daniel 11:30; Jeremiah 50:37; Luke 5:7 ("partners", ie. in business); James 3:4 ("winds"); Revelation 18:3,11-19,23 KJB, etc.)

Yet, right now the money markets are going up and down as the tempest tossed waves, and water is coming in, and though the persons in the boat are struggling with all their might, the whole system is about to go under and drown.

What will those in the boat do, seeing no hope in sight, and men's knowledge and strength fail? They will turn to a spiritual leader, whom they think can deliver them, one that they think is Christ-like. They will turn to the Antichrist, because they are deceived.

Antichrist will arise and pronounce over the system of things, PEACE, BE STILL (and SAFETY, CALM, TRANQUILITY, STABILITY), and it will appear to work ... for a season ... but scripture says, sudden destruction will follow this Nation Sunday Law and market, climate change legislation.

They are actually fighting against the true God of Heaven, even the Lamb.

"... The world is no more ready to credit the message for this time than were the Jews to receive the Saviour's warning concerning Jerusalem. Come when it may, the day of God will come unawares to the ungodly. When life is going on in its unvarying round; when men are absorbed in pleasure, in business, in traffic, in money-making; when religious leaders are magnifying the world's progress and enlightenment, and the people are lulled in a false security--then, as the midnight thief steals within the unguarded dwelling, so shall sudden destruction come upon the careless and ungodly, "and they shall not escape." 1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJB ..." - The Great Controversy (1911), page 38.1

Look up Luke 21:25 KJB, see "perplexity", as it means, 'no way out', 'no human solution will solve', 'confounded', 'all things tried and failed, not knowing what to do'.

There is only one Way out. Jesus (John 14:6,15; Exodus 20:6 KJB), see John 14:1-3 KJB.

Consider carefully what the disciples were doing in that storm-tossed boat? They were taking on water, and desperately, and hopelessly bailing out water, but it miserably fails.

What do you call a business or government that is financially failing?

That which is about to GO UNDER.

What do you call the financial aide to such entities?

A BAIL OUT

Brothers and sisters, the bail outs will fail soon. They will then turn to Antichrist and the New New Deal.

I have told you beforehand that when it does come to pass you might believe ...

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Consider, even Francis's [Jesuit] encyclical [Color coded for clarity] Laudato Si - Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis

The colors are for a specific reason, to tie the passages together in their moral, humanistic, ecological, destructive, anti-christ-ian [Papal], financial etc areas.

"Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth ..."​

I hope all do realize that "he" just connected the 'gospel' [of Rome] to the [save the] planet and environmental salvation ideology. It is nothing new with Rome, but now more prominent, and open.

"... This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22) ..."​

For in it, "he" ties the worship of the Romish Sunday [false Sabbath] and their so-called 'gospel' of religious [not secular, but Religious] 'humanism' ["an authentic human ecology" [Francis I. Laudato Si. May 24, 2015] and "a truly human life and to fulfill their family obligations in a worthy manner" [John XXIII.Mater Et Magistra. 1961]], and the violation thereof, to 'natural' disasters [called 'global warming', 'climate change', etc] and thus says to all the people of earth:

"... This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her ..."

"... Now, faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet. ..."

"... human life is itself a gift which must be defended from various forms of debasement. ..."

"... Authentic human development has a moral character. ..."

"... Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rather to become painfully aware, to dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it. ..."the natural environment

"... 48. The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation. ... Today, however, we have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. ..."

"... Here we see how environmental deterioration and human and ethical degradation are closely linked. ..."

"... Still, we can see signs that things are now reaching a breaking point, due to the rapid pace of change and degradation; these are evident in large-scale natural disasters as well as social and even financial crises, for the world’s problems cannot be analyzed or explained in isolation. ... “If we scan the regions of our planet, we immediately see that humanity has disappointed God’s expectations”.[35]"

"... Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society. ..."

"... When we speak of the “environment”, what we really mean is a relationship existing between nature and the society which lives in it. ..."

"... We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental. ..."

"... We urgently need a humanism capable of bringing together the different fields of knowledge, including economics, in the service of a more integral and integrating vision. ..."​

The connection to Moral Law ["indisputable truths to guide our lives"]:

"... Pope Benedict asked us to recognize that the natural environment has been gravely damaged by our irresponsible behaviour. The social environment has also suffered damage. Both are ultimately due to the same evil: the notion that there are no indisputable truths to guide our lives, and hence human freedom is limitless. ..."

"... At one extreme, we find those who doggedly uphold the myth of progress and tell us that ecological problems will solve themselves simply with the application of new technology and without any need for ethical considerations or deep change. ..."​

Beware of the "change" movement ['we are change', 'loose [unleash] change' etc; it is run by the Jesuits, playing at the hegelian dialectic]:

Proverbs 24:21 KJB - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:


Daniel 7:25 KJB - 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: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

T
he connection of natural disasters [called "extreme weather events"] to "lifestyle" [the way one lives, ie does all things "human", such as "work", "rest", and "worship" [keep reading] and "when" they do those things according to Romish policies]:

"... A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each particular phenomenon. Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it. ..."​

[Thus the mentality of Pharoah [King of the South, Daniel 11:40 KJB, Secular Humanism/Atheism, etc, Egypt being the World] is that "get you unto your burdens." [Exodus 5:4 KJB] [work, work, work, and no rest, "... Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens." [Exodus 5:5 KJB]] is what is harming the environment, and so because of this supposed violation of [Rome's] "Moral" law, the false Ten Commandments of the Traditional Catechetical Formula, in "human" "lifestyle", with the [false sabbath] Sunday being violated.

Thus secular humanism gives way [as it is even now] to religious humanism. This will be the reason given for the repeated calls to join in the "new and universal solidarity". They have called for, and will call again for legislation in all the world [beginning in the USA first at state, local levels, then at a national level, following thereafter to all nations] to be passed to rest on Sundays, that the environment might be saved, and it will "look good" to swallow [think Genesis], but it is wickedness in disguise [think serpent], even as that messenger of light [2 Corinthians 11:14 KJB] calls for "peace, peace" when there is no peace with the violation of God's Law, Exodus 20:1-17 KJB in the Holy 7th Day the Sabbath of the LORD thy God, and all the others. Man's law or God's Law, which you will obey? Which is sin to violate?]​
 
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Laudato Si encyclical of [Jesuit] Francis continued ...

"... Today, the analysis of environmental problems cannot be separated from the analysis of human, family, work-related and urban contexts, nor from how individuals relate to themselves, which leads in turn to how they relate to others and to the environment. There is an interrelation between ecosystems and between the various spheres of social interaction ..."

"... If everything is related, then the health of a society’s institutions has consequences for the environment and the quality of human life. “Every violation of solidarity and civic friendship harms the environment”.[116] In this sense, social ecology is necessarily institutional, and gradually extends to the whole of society, from the primary social group, the family, to the wider local, national and international communities. Within each social stratum, and between them, institutions develop to regulate human relationships. Anything which weakens those institutions has negative consequences, such as injustice, violence and loss of freedom. ... Whether in the administration of the state, the various levels of civil society, or relationships between individuals themselves, lack of respect for the law is becoming more common."

"... Human ecology also implies another profound reality: the relationship between human life and the moral law, which is inscribed in our nature and is necessary for the creation of a more dignified environment. ..."

"... Outstanding among those groups is the family, as the basic cell of society. Finally, the common good calls for social peace, the stability and security provided by a certain order which cannot be achieved without particular concern for distributive justice; whenever this is violated, violence always ensues. Society as a whole, and the state in particular, are obliged to defend and promote the common good. ..."

["social peace, the stability and security", is indeed the called for "peace and safety" that the Bible warns about 1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJB]

"... Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain. We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth. The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet’s capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world. ..."

"... The mindset which leaves no room for sincere concern for the environment is the same mindset which lacks concern for the inclusion of the most vulnerable members of society. ..."

"... Disinterested concern for others, and the rejection of every form of self-centeredness and self-absorption, are essential if we truly wish to care for our brothers and sisters and for the natural environment. These attitudes also attune us to the moral imperative of assessing the impact of our every action and personal decision on the world around us. If we can overcome individualism, we will truly be able to develop a different lifestyle and bring about significant changes in society. ..."​

[ie, if anyone is seen to be going against this 'all get together' and especially the plot of protecting the environment through Sunday sacredness [rest] to be legislated by laws/government, will be seen as a "mindset" against the "common good", and eventually a danger to all, ie, "selfish", "self-centered", "self-absorbed", "individualistic", and thus a threat [terrorist/fundamentalist] to the "moral" [church] 'common good' as well as to the global commonality ["solidarity"] [state] of societal, local, National and International interests along all lines, ecological, technological, economical, etc.]​

The tie-in with "sacrament" [thus dealing with salvation, according to Rome]:

"... As Christians, we are also called “to accept the world as a sacrament of communion ..."

"... So what they all need is an “ecological conversion” ..."​
 
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Laudato Si encyclical of [Jesuit] Francis continued ...

"Francis" of Assissi and others pantheism, and panentheism [which is what evolution teaches, that all created things are related; though they say "do not possess His fullness", do obviously then in some degree according to Rome] and mysticisim/contemplation [possession]:

"... By contrast, if we feel intimately united with all that exists, then sobriety and care will well up spontaneously. ..."

"... Sir Brother Sun ... Sister Moon and the stars ... Brother Wind ... Sister Water ... Brother Fire ..."

"... 88. The bishops of Brazil have pointed out that nature as a whole not only manifests God but is also a locus of his presence. The Spirit of life dwells in every living creature and calls us to enter into relationship with him.[65] ..."

"... The very flowers of the field and the birds which his human eyes contemplated and admired are now imbued with his radiant presence. ..."

"... The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely. Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face. [159] ... also to discover God in all things. ... to encounter God in creatures outside ourselves ..."

"... This is not because the finite things of this world are really divine, but because the mystic experiences the intimate connection between God and all beings, and thus feels that “all things are God”. [162] ..."

[If "all things are God", sin, sinner, wickedness would also be included, including Satan himself, ye "shall be as gods", indeed ...]​

"... All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. ..."​

[God is not in the sinner, neither plant, tree, animal, and definitely not in satan, etc.]​

Francis I even cites the apocryphal works, Wisdom and Sirach and dares to call them "scripture".

False baptism:

"... Water poured over the body of a child in Baptism is a sign of new life. ..."​

Culmination of errors [in the Roman transubstantiation ["... unsurpassable expression when God himself became man and gave himself as food for his creatures ..."], cast to the earth] in the Roman Sunday Mass, thus desecration of Sunday is destruction of the Eucharist, which is destruction to the family, ecology, environment, etc, etc:

"... It is in the Eucharist that all that has been created finds its greatest exaltation. ... He comes not from above, but from within ... Son, present in the Eucharist ... Thus, the Eucharist is also a source of light and motivation for our concerns for the environment, directing us to be stewards of all creation."

"... 237. On Sunday, our participation in the Eucharist has special importance. Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath, is meant to be a day which heals our relationships with God, with ourselves, with others and with the world. Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, the “first day” of the new creation, whose first fruits are the Lord’s risen humanity, the pledge of the final transfiguration of all created reality. It also proclaims “man’s eternal rest in God”.[168] In this way, Christian spirituality incorporates the value of relaxation and festivity. We tend to demean contemplative rest as something unproductive and unnecessary, but this is to do away with the very thing which is most important about work: its meaning. We are called to include in our work a dimension of receptivity and gratuity, which is quite different from mere inactivity. Rather, it is another way of working, which forms part of our very essence. It protects human action from becoming empty activism; it also prevents that unfettered greed and sense of isolation which make us seek personal gain to the detriment of all else. The law of weekly rest forbade work on the seventh day, “so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your maidservant, and the stranger, may be refreshed” (Ex 23:12). Rest opens our eyes to the larger picture and gives us renewed sensitivity to the rights of others. And so the day of rest, centred on the Eucharist, sheds it light on the whole week, and motivates us to greater concern for nature and the poor. ..."​

New World Order, the 'gospel' of "change" and "revolution" [Ordo ab Chao, Order through Revolution, SOLIDARITY, WE ARE CHANGE, LOOSE [unleash] CHANGE etc [is JESUIT run, controlled, BEWARE, read Proverbs 24:21 KJB - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: ; see Daniel 7:25;p KJB - "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 ..." ]]:

"... The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change. ..."

"... We require a new and universal solidarity. ..."

"... We need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family. ..."

"... An authentic humanity, calling for a new synthesis ..."

"... All of this shows the urgent need for us to move forward in a bold cultural revolution. ..."

"... We need to develop a new synthesis ..."

"... Others will then no longer be seen as strangers, but as part of a “we” which all of us are working to create. ..."

"... Interdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan. ..."

"... A global consensus is essential for confronting the deeper problems, which cannot be resolved by unilateral actions on the part of individual countries. ..."​
 
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Laudato Si encyclical of [Jesuit] Francis continued ...

Marian [that 'angel/apparition/messenger of lie-ght'; 2 Corinthians 11:14 KJB] blasphemy:

"... 241. Mary, the Mother who cared for Jesus, now cares with maternal affection and pain for this wounded world. Just as her pierced heart mourned the death of Jesus, so now she grieves for the sufferings of the crucified poor and for the creatures of this world laid waste by human power. Completely transfigured, she now lives with Jesus, and all creatures sing of her fairness. She is the Woman, “clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Rev 12:1). Carried up into heaven, she is the Mother and Queen of all creation. In her glorified body, together with the Risen Christ, part of creation has reached the fullness of its beauty. She treasures the entire life of Jesus in her heart (cf. Lk 2:19,51), and now understands the meaning of all things. Hence, we can ask her to enable us to look at this world with eyes of wisdom. ..."​

[This because, Romanism teaches that "Mary" is the Seat/Throne of all Wisdom - sedes sapientiae.]​

Re-education [read brainwashing/mind control/possession] for ecological citizenship by a process of "adequate" [read ''force' of law' in schooling [yes, your children will be/and already are being taught this] means:

"... If the laws are to bring about significant, long-lasting effects, the majority of the members of society must be adequately motivated to accept them, and personally transformed to respond. ..."

"... Ecological education can take place in a variety of settings: at school, in families, in the media, in catechesis and elsewhere. Good education plants seeds when we are young, and these continue to bear fruit throughout life. ..."

"... Because the stakes are so high, we need institutions empowered to impose penalties for damage inflicted on the environment. ..."​

Legislation [laws to be passed], and New ["moral"] Leadership to control it:

"... We lack leadership capable of striking out on new paths and meeting the needs of the present with concern for all and without prejudice towards coming generations. The establishment of a legal framework which can set clear boundaries and ensure the protection of ecosystems has become indispensable; otherwise, the new power structures based on the techno-economic paradigm may overwhelm not only our politics but also freedom and justice. ..."​

The anti-scriptural lie of [theistic] "biological evolution" and "emergence":

"... Although change is part of the working of complex systems, the speed with which human activity has developed contrasts with the naturally slow pace of biological evolution. ..."

"... Human beings, even if we postulate a process of evolution, also possess a uniqueness which cannot be fully explained by the evolution of other open systems. ..."

"... The sheer novelty involved in the emergence of a personal being within a material universe presupposes a direct action of God ..."​

The denial of literal history of Genesis and the confusion of "creation accounts" [plural] [and the Jesuits also deny the physical Resurrection of Jesus Christ, citations coming as time allows, from Francis I, from Benedict XVI, etc]:

"... The creation accounts in the book of Genesis contain, in their own symbolic and narrative language ..."

"... The biblical accounts of creation ..."​

Extinction of species [environmentalism]:

"... Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right. ..."​

Tied to "the seventh day", "the" [definite] Sabbath Commandment [but notice they also call it "a" [indefinite] Sabbath], and calling the Bible "biblical tradition":

"... Along these same lines, rest on the seventh day is meant not only for human beings, but also so “that your ox and your donkey may have rest” (Ex 23:12). ..."

"... Although “the wickedness of man was great in the earth” (Gen 6:5) and the Lord “was sorry that he had made man on the earth” (Gen 6:6), nonetheless, through Noah, who remained innocent and just, God decided to open a path of salvation. In this way he gave humanity the chance of a new beginning. All it takes is one good person to restore hope! The biblical tradition clearly shows that this renewal entails recovering and respecting the rhythms inscribed in nature by the hand of the Creator. We see this, for example, in the law of the Sabbath. On the seventh day, God rested from all his work. He commanded Israel to set aside each seventh day as a day of rest, a Sabbath, (cf. Gen 2:2-3; Ex 16:23; 20:10). ..."​

Thus "relationship" [family time, thus rest day [they promote their false sabbath of Sunday] together] tied to environmental and ecological "crisis":

"... If the present ecological crisis is one small sign of the ethical, cultural and spiritual crisis of modernity, we cannot presume to heal our relationship with nature and the environment without healing all fundamental human relationships. ..."​

Thus "lifestyle", "work" and "rest" affect relationships, ecology, environment, and the people need to band together to put "pressure" on legislators [law-makers]:

"... We were created with a vocation to work. ..."

"... A change in lifestyle could bring healthy pressure to bear on those who wield political, economic and social power. ..."

"... Today, in a word, “the issue of environmental degradation challenges us to examine our lifestyle”. [147] ..."​

The Great Controversy, page 592 again:

"... Those who honor the Bible Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption, and calling down the judgments of God upon the earth. Their conscientious scruples will be pronounced obstinacy, stubbornness, and contempt of authority. They will be accused of disaffection toward the government. Ministers who deny the obligation of the divine law will present from the pulpit the duty of yielding obedience to the civil authorities as ordained of God. In legislative halls and courts of justice, commandment-keepers will be misrepresented and condemned. A false coloring will be given to their words; the worst construction will be put upon their motives.

As the Protestant churches reject the clear, scriptural arguments in defense of God’s law, they will long to silence those whose faith they cannot overthrow by the Bible. Though they blind their own eyes to the fact, they are now adopting a course which will lead to the persecution of those who conscientiously refuse to do what the rest of the Christian world are doing, and acknowledge the claims of the papal Sabbath.

The dignitaries of church and State will unite to bribe, persuade, or compel all classes to honor the Sunday. The lack of divine authority will be supplied by oppressive enactments. Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favor, will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance. Liberty of conscience, which has cost so great a sacrifice, will no longer be respected. In the soon-coming conflict we shall see exemplified the prophet’s words: “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.” [Revelation 12:17.] ..."​
 
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Laudato Si encyclical of [Jesuit] Francis continued ...

Marian [that 'angel/apparition/messenger of lie-ght'; 2 Corinthians 11:14 KJB] blasphemy:

"... 241. Mary, the Mother who cared for Jesus, now cares with maternal affection and pain for this wounded world. Just as her pierced heart mourned the death of Jesus, so now she grieves for the sufferings of the crucified poor and for the creatures of this world laid waste by human power. Completely transfigured, she now lives with Jesus, and all creatures sing of her fairness. She is the Woman, “clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Rev 12:1). Carried up into heaven, she is the Mother and Queen of all creation. In her glorified body, together with the Risen Christ, part of creation has reached the fullness of its beauty. She treasures the entire life of Jesus in her heart (cf. Lk 2:19,51), and now understands the meaning of all things. Hence, we can ask her to enable us to look at this world with eyes of wisdom. ..."​

[This because, Romanism teaches that "Mary" is the Seat/Throne of all Wisdom - sedes sapientiae.]​

Re-education [read brainwashing/mind control/possession] for ecological citizenship by a process of "adequate" [read ''force' of law' in schooling [yes, your children will be/and already are being taught this] means:

"... If the laws are to bring about significant, long-lasting effects, the majority of the members of society must be adequately motivated to accept them, and personally transformed to respond. ..."

"... Ecological education can take place in a variety of settings: at school, in families, in the media, in catechesis and elsewhere. Good education plants seeds when we are young, and these continue to bear fruit throughout life. ..."

"... Because the stakes are so high, we need institutions empowered to impose penalties for damage inflicted on the environment. ..."​

Legislation [laws to be passed], and New ["moral"] Leadership to control it:

"... We lack leadership capable of striking out on new paths and meeting the needs of the present with concern for all and without prejudice towards coming generations. The establishment of a legal framework which can set clear boundaries and ensure the protection of ecosystems has become indispensable; otherwise, the new power structures based on the techno-economic paradigm may overwhelm not only our politics but also freedom and justice. ..."​

The anti-scriptural lie of [theistic] "biological evolution" and "emergence":

"... Although change is part of the working of complex systems, the speed with which human activity has developed contrasts with the naturally slow pace of biological evolution. ..."

"... Human beings, even if we postulate a process of evolution, also possess a uniqueness which cannot be fully explained by the evolution of other open systems. ..."

"... The sheer novelty involved in the emergence of a personal being within a material universe presupposes a direct action of God ..."​

The denial of literal history of Genesis and the confusion of "creation accounts" [plural] [and the Jesuits also deny the physical Resurrection of Jesus Christ, citations coming as time allows, from Francis I, from Benedict XVI, etc]:

"... The creation accounts in the book of Genesis contain, in their own symbolic and narrative language ..."

"... The biblical accounts of creation ..."​

Extinction of species [environmentalism]:

"... Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right. ..."​

Tied to "the seventh day", "the" [definite] Sabbath Commandment [but notice they also call it "a" [indefinite] Sabbath], and calling the Bible "biblical tradition":

"... Along these same lines, rest on the seventh day is meant not only for human beings, but also so “that your ox and your donkey may have rest” (Ex 23:12). ..."

"... Although “the wickedness of man was great in the earth” (Gen 6:5) and the Lord “was sorry that he had made man on the earth” (Gen 6:6), nonetheless, through Noah, who remained innocent and just, God decided to open a path of salvation. In this way he gave humanity the chance of a new beginning. All it takes is one good person to restore hope! The biblical tradition clearly shows that this renewal entails recovering and respecting the rhythms inscribed in nature by the hand of the Creator. We see this, for example, in the law of the Sabbath. On the seventh day, God rested from all his work. He commanded Israel to set aside each seventh day as a day of rest, a Sabbath, (cf. Gen 2:2-3; Ex 16:23; 20:10). ..."​

Thus "relationship" [family time, thus rest day [they promote their false sabbath of Sunday] together] tied to environmental and ecological "crisis":

"... If the present ecological crisis is one small sign of the ethical, cultural and spiritual crisis of modernity, we cannot presume to heal our relationship with nature and the environment without healing all fundamental human relationships. ..."​

Thus "lifestyle", "work" and "rest" affect relationships, ecology, environment, and the people need to band together to put "pressure" on legislators [law-makers]:

"... We were created with a vocation to work. ..."

"... A change in lifestyle could bring healthy pressure to bear on those who wield political, economic and social power. ..."

"... Today, in a word, “the issue of environmental degradation challenges us to examine our lifestyle”. [147] ..."​

The Great Controversy, page 592 again:

"... Those who honor the Bible Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption, and calling down the judgments of God upon the earth. Their conscientious scruples will be pronounced obstinacy, stubbornness, and contempt of authority. They will be accused of disaffection toward the government. Ministers who deny the obligation of the divine law will present from the pulpit the duty of yielding obedience to the civil authorities as ordained of God. In legislative halls and courts of justice, commandment-keepers will be misrepresented and condemned. A false coloring will be given to their words; the worst construction will be put upon their motives.

As the Protestant churches reject the clear, scriptural arguments in defense of God’s law, they will long to silence those whose faith they cannot overthrow by the Bible. Though they blind their own eyes to the fact, they are now adopting a course which will lead to the persecution of those who conscientiously refuse to do what the rest of the Christian world are doing, and acknowledge the claims of the papal Sabbath.

The dignitaries of church and State will unite to bribe, persuade, or compel all classes to honor the Sunday. The lack of divine authority will be supplied by oppressive enactments. Political corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth; and even in free America, rulers and legislators, in order to secure public favor, will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance. Liberty of conscience, which has cost so great a sacrifice, will no longer be respected. In the soon-coming conflict we shall see exemplified the prophet’s words: “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.” [Revelation 12:17.] ..."​
 
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Laudato Si encyclical of [Jesuit] Francis continued ...

Going to take away your ability to burn wood and be off of 'the Grid', too bad all that incense of Rome won't be extinguished, and even your well water and spring water need "regulation or controls" [ie state level], and land lockdown [no go zones, except for the state level], and you cannot actually own anything [contrary to Scripture]:

"... People take sick, for example, from breathing high levels of smoke from fuels used in cooking or heating. ..."

"... Underground water sources in many places are threatened by the pollution produced in certain mining, farming and industrial activities, especially in countries lacking adequate regulation or controls. ..."

"... Some countries have made significant progress in establishing sanctuaries on land and in the oceans where any human intervention is prohibited which might modify their features or alter their original structures. ..."

"... The Christian tradition has never recognized the right to private property as absolute or inviolable, and has stressed the social purpose of all forms of private property. ... a social mortgage on all private property ... apart from the ownership of property ..."​

The plague of blood identified:

"... Some studies warn that an acute water shortage may occur within a few decades unless urgent action is taken. The environmental repercussions could affect billions of people..."​

Hypocrisy! [can anyone say, 'Inquisition'???, the Head of the Inquisition, was [and more than likely still is], Joseph Ratizinger [Benedict XVI], the Head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [in the same Inquisitorial building]]-

"... the array of technology which ... and other totalitarian regimes have employed to kill millions of people ..."​

Roman Inquisition:

Roman Catholic source:

“... Those are not to be accounted homicides who, fired with zeal for mother church, may have killed [homicidae] excommunicated persons. ...” [“The Decretum of Gratian Part 2 Case 23 Question 5 chapter 47-48”; Decreti Secunda Pars Causa XXIII. Quest. V. c. 47-49; [47,48 specifically; section 49 given in 'defense' of these actions/reasons]] - Columbia University Libraries: Corpus iuris canonici. (v. 1)= and Columbia University Libraries: Corpus iuris canonici. (v. 1)=

“...C. XLVII. Non sunt homicidae qui adversus excommunicatos zelo matris ecclesiae armantur

“... 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 competent knowledge of history. The memorials, indeed, of many of her persecutions are now so scanty, that it is impossible to form a complete conception of the multitude of her victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can adequately realise their sufferings. Llorente, who had free access to the archives of the Spanish Inquisition, assures us that by that tribunal alone more than 31,000 persons were burnt, and more than 290,000 condemned to punishments less severe than death. [1.] ...” [History of the Rise and Influence of the spirit of Rationalism in Europe Vol . II [2]; By W.E.H. Lecky, M.A. Revised Edition. In Two Volumes. New York and London; D. Appleton and Company 1919. pp 40; [1.] Llorente, Hist. De l'Inquisition, tom. iv. [4] pp 271,272. “... Llorente having been himself at one time secretary in the Inquisition, and having during the occupation by the French had access to all the secret papers of the tribunal, will always be the highest authority. ...”] - http://files.libertyfund.org/files/1667/Lecky_1341.02.pdf

Blames the past errors and persecutions, etc, on "cultural limitations":

"... If a mistaken understanding of our own principles has at times led us to justify mistreating nature, to exercise tyranny over creation, to engage in war, injustice and acts of violence, we believers should acknowledge that by so doing we were not faithful to the treasures of wisdom which we have been called to protect and preserve. Cultural limitations in different eras often affected the perception of these ethical and spiritual treasures ..."​

Read The Great Controversy, page 605, by sister E. G. White, once more. - FREE GC Audio Book

Brothers and sisters, the end is upon you, and the final events will be rapid ones.

Thus I leave you with, from his [Jesuit Francis I] own 'hand', Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur:

"... Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain ..."

"... Is it reasonable and enlightened to dismiss certain writings simply because they arose in the context of religious belief? ..."​

Laudato Si, explanation, ended.
 
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2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJB - Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.​

When Paul says, “so that he as God”, it means 'so that like as [or in comparison, or equality to] God', see also verses like: Matthew 6:10,12,29, 7:29, 8:13, 10:16,25, 12:13 KJB.

When Paul refers to this “sitteth”, it is translated from [G2523], “καθίζω”, “kathizō” [another related word, [G2516], “εκαθεζομην”, “ekathezomen” in Matthew 26:55; Luke 2:46; John 4:6, 11:20, 20:12; Acts 6:15 KJB] though it can mean to simply sit down, rest upon [Matthew 5:1, 13:48, 26:36; Mark 9:35, 12:41, 14:32; Luke 4:20, 5:3, 14:28,31, 16:6, 24:49; Acts 2:3 KJB], it also refers to a position of authority, seated, ruling over [such as a classroom [Mark 9:35; Luke 5:3; John 8:2 KJB], people, kingdom, domain], etc, see:

Matthew 19:28 KJB - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 20:21 KJB - And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

Matthew 20:23 KJB - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Matthew 23:2 KJB - Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

Matthew 25:31 KJB - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

Mark 10:37 KJB - They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

Mark 10:40 KJB - But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

Mark 11:2 KJB - And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.​

See also:

Zechariah 9:9 KJB - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Mark 11:7 KJB - And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.

Mark 16:19 KJB - So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Luke 19:30 KJB - Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

Luke 22:30 KJB - That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

John 12:14 KJB - And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

Acts 2:30 KJB - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

Acts 25:6 KJB - And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

Acts 25:17 KJB - Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.

Ephesians 1:20 KJB - Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Hebrews 1:3 KJB - Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Hebrews 8:1 KJB - Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

Hebrews 10:12 KJB - But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Hebrews 12:2 KJB - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Revelation 3:21 KJB - 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.

Revelation 20:4 KJB - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.​
 
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Online Roman Catholic Encyclopedia; section “C”, “Cathedra” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cathedra

Cathedra; (1) The chair or throne (thronos) of a bishop in his cathedral church, on which he presides at solemn functions. ... A good idea of the arrangement may be had from the catacomb frescoes representing Christ seated on a throne surrounded by the apostles ... By a definition "ex cathedra" is meant a formal infallible decision of the pope, obligatory on all the faithful. ...”​

Online Roman Catholic Encyclopedia; section “C”, “Cathedral” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cathedral

“The chief church of a diocese, in which the bishop has his throne (cathedra) and close to which is his residence; it is, properly speaking, the bishop's church, wherein he presides, teaches, and conducts worship for the whole Christian community. The word is derived from the Greek kathedra through the Latin cathedra, throne, elevated seat. In early ecclesiastical literature it always conveyed the idea of authority. ... the cathedra was the principal symbol of authority. ... The word cathedra, so expressive in the language of antiquity, has gradually been replaced in liturgical usage, by throne (thronus) or seat (sedes). ... Canonists compare to a spiritual marriage the union of a bishop with his church, and although this expression may be truer with respect to the church as understood in the moral sense than to the cathedral, it is nevertheless not inappropriate. They say that the bishop should love his cathedral, adorn and embellish it, and never neglect it. Metaphors apart, the bishop receives his cathedral as his "title" (titulus) or right; he is its governor (rector) and its head. He should take possession of it by a solemn entrance into his episcopal city and by the ceremony of enthronement (inthronisatio) as prescribed in the Roman Pontifical and the "Caeremoniale Episcoporum", (I, c. ii) in so far, at least, as custom will permit.”​

Online Roman Catholic Encyclopedia; section “E”, “Ex Cathedra” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ex Cathedra

Literally “from the chair”, a theological term which signifies authoritative teaching and is more particularly applied to the definitions given by the Roman pontiff. Originally the name of the seat occupied by a professor or a bishop, cathedra was used later on to denote the magisterium, or teaching authority. The phrase ex cathedra occurs in the writings of the medieval theologians, and more frequently in the discussions which arose after the Reformation in regard to the papal prerogatives. But its present meaning was formally determined by the Vatican Council, Sess. IV, Const. de Ecclesiâ Christi, c. iv: “We teach and define that it is a dogma Divinely revealed that the Roman pontiff when he speaks ex cathedra, that is when in discharge of the office of pastor and doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, by the Divine assistance promised to him in Blessed Peter, is possessed of that infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer willed that his Church should be endowed in defining doctrine regarding faith or morals, and that therefore such definitions of the Roman pontiff are of themselves and not from the consent of the Church irreformable.””​

Let us see that closer:

“... "from the chair" ... signifies ... authoritative teaching given by the Roman Pontiff ... when he speaks ex cathedra ... in discharge of the office of pastor and doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme ... authority ... is possesed of that infallibility ... in defining doctrine ... in faith or morals ... are of themselves and not ... irreformable.” [quoted/sourced above], and faith and morals, deals with what one believes [“...for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” Romans 14:23 KJB] and God's Law [“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” [1 John 3:4 KJB]].​

Counterfeit [of God sitting on the Great White Throne, surrounded by four living Creatures, etc, etc], etc.:

Notice where this 'pope' is sitting, on a throne between Two Cherubim, just as was the Shekinah Glory of God resting above the Ark [representing the Throne of God] in the Most Holy Place of the True Sanctuary:

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