But take a look at this verse and ask yourself why Claudius is mentioned and why are there SO many books on Rome?
Do you think Claudius is mentioned as a clue for us to dig deeper into this historical puzzle???
Acts 18:2
King James Version
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
The persecution that arose over Stephen lasted three and a half years, or one thousand two hundred and sixty days (A.D. 34-38) (Rev.12:6, 14); it collapsed with the removal of Caiaphas from the high priesthood; Pilate’s leaving Judaea, and the conversion of St. Paul. This is represented by the earth opening its mouth to swallow the flood of persecution pouring out of the dragon’s mouth. (Rev. 12:16) It is also symbolized by the beast receiving a mortal wound to one of its heads. (Rev. 13:3)
In receiving the mortal wound to its head, the beast lost the power to persecute and symbolically went down in death to the bottomless pit . (Rev. 11:7; 17:8) The dragon, which gave the beast power, also went down to the bottomless pit. (Rev. 20:1, 2) Both the dragon and beast remained in the bottomless pit for a period symbolized by a thousand years. (Rev. 11:7; 17:8; 20:7)
Claudius was the “angel” that bound the dragon. (Rev. 20:1) All during Claudius’ reign the church enjoyed the protection of law; even banishing Jews from Rome for rioting against the church. (Acts 18:2) St. Paul alludes to Claudius in his second epistle to the Thessalonians as “he who lets” (restrains). (II Thess. 2:6, 7) The persecution of the last day would not come so long as Claudius was upon the throne, repressing the mystery of iniquity and powers of persecution. When Claudius was taken out of the way, Nero would be revealed as the man of sin and son of perdition, and the church would be gathered in martyrdom unto Christ. John portrays this by the dragon and beast being loosed from the bottomless pit and the mortal wound to the beast’s head having healed. John described the beast in Rev. 17:8 as the beast that “was and is not and is about to ascend out of the bottomless pit.” That is, the persecuting power of the empire that suffered defeat by the collapse of the persecution over St. Stephen was about to manifest itself again, this time under Nero, whose name the beast bore. This is the point at which the battle of Gog and Magog begins:
the adversary in this case was world civil power embodied in Rome, Nero, and the Jews. In Rome, the beast was identified with Nero, who was its driving power (Rev. 13:1-10); in Asia and other parts of the empire, the Jews, at the behest of their leaders in Jerusalem, were the driving force. John portrays this by a harlot, riding the beast in a surfeit of blood and gore. (Rev. 17:3-6) In Palestine, the persecution was driven by the “false prophet,” the religious leaders of the Jews who bade them to make an inquisition against the church like unto the beast’s. (Rev. 13:11-18) The dragon and beast make war against the church by surrounding the “camp of the saints” (the church). But fire comes down from God out of heaven and consumes Gog and his host, and the dragon, beast, and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 19:20, 21; 20:9, 10) The harlot is also consumed. (Rev. 18) An angel calls to the birds of heaven to come and devour the carcasses of the slain. (Rev. 19:17, 18; cf. Ezek. 39:17) Following the world-wide devastations of the last days, God renews the earth, in which the church reigns supreme with Christ. (Rev. 21, 22)
.The name Nero is proverbial for murder, rape, sodomy, incest, cruelty, and every kind of crime imaginable.
The persecution that arose over Stephen lasted three and a half years, or one thousand two hundred and sixty days (A.D. 34-38) (Rev.12:6, 14); it collapsed with the removal of Caiaphas from the high priesthood; Pilate’s leaving Judaea, and the conversion of St. Paul. This is represented by the earth opening its mouth to swallow the flood of persecution pouring out of the dragon’s mouth. (Rev. 12:16) It is also symbolized by the beast receiving a mortal wound to one of its heads. (Rev. 13:3)
In receiving the mortal wound to its head, the beast lost the power to persecute and symbolically went down in death to the bottomless pit . (Rev. 11:7; 17:8) The dragon, which gave the beast power, also went down to the bottomless pit. (Rev. 20:1, 2) Both the dragon and beast remained in the bottomless pit for a period symbolized by a thousand years. (Rev. 11:7; 17:8; 20:7)
Claudius was the “angel” that bound the dragon. (Rev. 20:1) All during Claudius’ reign the church enjoyed the protection of law; even banishing Jews from Rome for rioting against the church. (Acts 18:2) St. Paul alludes to Claudius in his second epistle to the Thessalonians as “he who lets” (restrains). (II Thess. 2:6, 7) The persecution of the last day would not come so long as Claudius was upon the throne, repressing the mystery of iniquity and powers of persecution. When Claudius was taken out of the way, Nero would be revealed as the man of sin and son of perdition, and the church would be gathered in martyrdom unto Christ. John portrays this by the dragon and beast being loosed from the bottomless pit and the mortal wound to the beast’s head having healed. John described the beast in Rev. 17:8 as the beast that “was and is not and is about to ascend out of the bottomless pit.” That is, the persecuting power of the empire that suffered defeat by the collapse of the persecution over St. Stephen was about to manifest itself again, this time under Nero, whose name the beast bore. This is the point at which the battle of Gog and Magog begins:
the adversary in this case was world civil power embodied in Rome, Nero, and the Jews. In Rome, the beast was identified with Nero, who was its driving power (Rev. 13:1-10); in Asia and other parts of the empire, the Jews, at the behest of their leaders in Jerusalem, were the driving force. John portrays this by a harlot, riding the beast in a surfeit of blood and gore. (Rev. 17:3-6) In Palestine, the persecution was driven by the “false prophet,” the religious leaders of the Jews who bade them to make an inquisition against the church like unto the beast’s. (Rev. 13:11-18) The dragon and beast make war against the church by surrounding the “camp of the saints” (the church). But fire comes down from God out of heaven and consumes Gog and his host, and the dragon, beast, and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 19:20, 21; 20:9, 10) The harlot is also consumed. (Rev. 18) An angel calls to the birds of heaven to come and devour the carcasses of the slain. (Rev. 19:17, 18; cf. Ezek. 39:17) Following the world-wide devastations of the last days, God renews the earth, in which the church reigns supreme with Christ. (Rev. 21, 22)
The name Nero is proverbial for murder, rape, sodomy, incest, cruelty, and every kind of crime imaginable.
The emperor Nero was blamed by the Roman populace for the great fire that broke out in Rome in 64 A.D., and in turn blamed the Christians. The Roman historian Tacitus explains what happened in his narrative.
The execution of Christian was a comic relief to Nero and
the c l i m a x of these cruel shows was the mockery of the crucifixion of Christ: according to a second-century tradition, the Christian leader Peter was crucified upside down.
Malachi 4:5-6 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet >>>before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:<<<< 6 and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For >>>these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled<<<<<. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be>> led away captive into all nations: <<< Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 25 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; 26 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. 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to >>>come to pass, <<< then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
**DOES POPE FRANCIS WHOSE NAME ALSO ADDS UP TO **666** COMPLETELY QUALIFY TO BE THE FUTURE FALSE PROPHET OF **666**??
** THE AMAZING PROPHECY OF ST MALACHY IN AD 1139 THAT THERE WILL BE 112 POPES AFTER AD 1139 AND THAT DURING THE REIGN OF THE 112TH POPE THE END OF THE WORLD WILL COME. **POPE FRANCIS** IS THE 112TH POPE**!!
St. Malachy was the Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland and a very good archbishop who always helped the poor. He claimed he experienced a vision while visiting Rome in 1139 AD. He said he saw every pope that would exist from the time of his vision until the last pope. The last pope would be the 112th from the time of his vision. Malachy also stated that the last pope would be a very evil pope and that God would judge everyone and the city of Rome would be destroyed during the reign of this last pope.
When John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, articles were written pointing out that the pope who would replace John Paul II would be the 111th pope. Benedict XVI was 78 years of age when he began his papacy on April 19th, 2005. Because of his advanced age, it was obvious that his reign as the Bishop of Rome could not last too long. Everyone understood the next pope, according to St. Malachy, would be the last pope. Malachy also said the church would be judged, Rome would be destroyed, and implied that the end of the world would come during this final papacy. The question on everyone’s mind was: How long till the 112th pope?
On February 11, 2013, Pope Benedict shocked the world by announcing his intention to resign from the papacy. This was the first resignation of a pope while in office in over 600 years. Benedict said that, at the age of 85, he no longer had the strength to execute the duties of leading the Roman Catholic Church. It was time to elect the 112th pope foretold in the vision of St. Malachy! Overlooking St. Peter’s Square, the announcement was made that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina had been elected the 112th pope in the prophecy on March 13th, 2013!! And the 2*66*th Pope over all.
He was 76 years of age when elected pope and chose to take the name Pope Francis for his papal name. Francis is the first non-European pope and the first pope ever elected from the very Satanic Jesuit order. The Satanic Pope Francis is the leader of about 1,200,000 Roman Catholics which is over one *6TH* of the world's population, and it is quite obvious that he is very evil and Satanic and possibly would qualify to be the future False Prophet of 666!
**DOES POPE FRANCIS QUALIFY TO BE THE FUTURE FALSE PROPHET OF 666**??
**WHAT ARE THE **10** BIBLE CLUES WHICH MAY REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE FUTURE
FALSE PRIOPHET OF **666**??
{**1**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL HAVE **2 HORNS**
{**2**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL BE A RELIGIOUS LEADER **LIKE A LAMB**
{**3**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL SPEAK DECEPTIVELY LIKE **SATAN**
{**4**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL BE THE **BEAST** OF THE **EARTH**
{**5**} ""THE FALSE PROPHET WILL BE AN IDOL WORSHIPER**
{**6**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL NOT BELIEVE IN ETERNAL HELL**
{**7**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL TEACH THAT FOLLOWERS OF ALL RELIGIONS WILL GO TO HEAVEN**
{**8**} **THE FALSE PROPHET WILL BELIEVE IN A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT**
{**9**} **THE FALSE PROPHET OF **666** MAY ALSO HAVE A NAME THAT ADDS UP TO **666***
{**10**}**THE FALSE PROPHET HEADQUARTERS WILL BE IN THE EVIL CITY ON 7 HILLS WHICH IS ROME**
*^WE WILL SHOW THAT POPE FRANCIS FULFILLS ALL OF THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE THE FALSE PROPHET OF 666**!!!
Revelation 13:11,12: Then I saw a 2nd **BEAST**, coming out of the **EARTH**. He had **2 HORNS** **LIKE A LAMB**, but he spoke like a **DRAGON** {**SATAN**}. He will exercise all the authority of the 1st **BEAST** on his behalf and make the **EARTH** and its inhabitants worship the 1st **BEAST** {**666**}.
The False Prophet will have 2 horns **LIKE A **LAMB**. He will be a religious leader like Jesus who is called a **LAMB** 30 times in Revelation! The False Prophet will have **2 HORNS** **LIKE A **LAMB**. The Pope's mitre is a kind of folding-cap. It consists of two like parts! These sides are stiffened, and when the mitre is worn, they rise in front and behind like two horns pointed at
the tips. This **2 HORNED** mitre is worn by Popes and signifies **RELIGIOUS POWER** and **POLITICAL POWER** just **LIKE A LAMB** {JESUS}
**THE FALSE PROPHET WILL SPEAK DECEPTIVELY LIKE **SATAN**
2 Corinthians 11:13-15: For such people are **FALSE APOSTLES**, deceitful workers, masquerading as **APOSTLES OF CHRIST**! And no wonder, for **SATAN** himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants *MASQUERADE AS SERVANTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS**!!
**THE FALSE PROPHET WILL BE THE **BEAST** OF THE **EARTH**??
Revelation 13:11,12: Then I saw a 2nd **BEAST**, coming out of the **EARTH**... He exercised all the authority of the 1st **BEAST** {**666**}!
Roman Catholic Popes falsely claim to be **APOSTLES OF CHRIST** and also falsely claim that they are the **HEAD** of God's church on **EARTH**.
Revelation 17:9 shows that the future headquarters of 666 and his False Prophet will be the evil city on 7 hills or Rome {See Rev 17:9}; which is also the present headquarters of Pope Francis and the former headquarters of 666, Nero Caesar, who will come up from the Abyss!! {See Daniel 7:23-25}
A Roman Catholic Priest Says Homosexuality Is Gift From God, And That The Bible Is Not The Word Of God, And Then Pope Francis Kisses His Hand And Praises Him??
A 93 year old Italian priest named Michele de Paolis, considered to be Italy’s most rebellious priest and amongst the most universally notorious advocates for the Catholic Church to change its position on homosexuality, said:, "Homosexual love is a gift from (God) no less than heterosexual. This same damned heretic said, "The Bible “is” not the word of God And now, just a few days ago, Francis, whether by his own will or through some malicious advisors, celebrated mass with this evil man and then kissed his hand????
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis waded into the controversial debate over the origins of human life, saying the big bang theory and evolution did not contradict the role of a divine creator, but even required it. The pope was addressing the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which gathered at the Vatican to discuss “Evolving Concepts of Nature.” Pope Francis said, “When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so,” Francis said. “He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment.” “God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life,” the pope said. “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.”
Pope Francis has also made comments showing he believes in the Big Bang Theory???
Pope Francis Quote: “The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it. Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of Creation”. However the Big Bang Theory is COMPLETELY inconsistent with the Creation account. God says He created man in HIS IMAGE, not in the Image of an ape. Christian belief in Evolution is a slap in the Face of God, and a bunch of monkey business.
Pope Francis Said that **MOTHER EARTH** is the one who "Gave us life and safeguards us."{???}
Giovanni Bignami, a professor and president of Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics, welcomed Francis’ comments, saying he had buried the “pseudo theories” of creationists. The Pope’s statement is significant,” Bignami told Italian news agency Adnkronos. “We are the direct descendants from the Big Bang that created the universe. Evolution came from creation.”
Pope Francis: says, The Church could support civil unions??? By Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor: - Pope Francis suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support some types of civil unions. The Pope reiterated the church's longstanding teaching that "marriage is between a man and a woman." However, he said, "We have to look at different cases and evaluate them in their variety." States, for instance, justify civil unions as a way to provide economic security to cohabitating couples, the Pope said in a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday in Corriere della Sera, an Italian daily. State-sanctioned unions are thus driven by the need to ensure rights like access to health care, Francis added.
A number of Catholic bishops have supported civil unions for same-sex couples, including Pope Francis when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 2010, according to reports in National Catholic Reporter and The New York Times. Behind closed doors, Pope Francis supported civil unions in Argentina, activist say. But Wednesday's comments are "The **FIRST TIME** a Pope has indicated even tentative acceptance of civil unions," according to Catholic News Service.
Francis delivers homilies each day, the contents of which are summarized by Vatican Radio. On May 22, 2015 he caused no shortage of confusion when he suggested that even atheists could find salvation. In his homily, Francis said: "The Lord has redeemed all of us, with the Blood of Christ:, not just Catholics. Everyone! Even the atheists. Everyone!"
Satanic quote by Pope Francis on February 6th, 2019:
"Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action. The pluralism and the **DIVERSITY OF RELIGIONS**, color, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings. This divine wisdom is the source from which the **RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF BELIEF** and the freedom to be different derives. Therefore, the fact that people are forced to adhere to a certain religion or culture must be rejected, as too the imposition of a cultural way of life that others do not accept.
Pope Francis also said, "It's not right to convince someone of your faith." {???}
However in John 14:6 Jesus says, "I am the **WAY** the **TRUTH** and the **LIFE**. No one can come to the Father **EXCEPT THROUGH ME**."
Pope Francis says "We look for Jesus Christ and say: 'This is your sin, and I will sin again'. And Jesus likes that, because it was his mission: to become the **SINNER FOR US**." {???}
Pope Francis said to his Church and the World that “GOOD DEEDS” of atheists, Muslims and homosexuals can get them to Heaven with **NO NEED** of Salvation or Faith and belief in JESUS. This is completely opposed to what the Word of God says.
Jesus is called a **LAMB** 30 times in the book of Revelation and Revelation 13:11 states the False Prophet of 666 will be **LIKE A LAMB** which implies that he may be a very deceptive religious leader and will **MASQUERADE AS A SERVANT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS**!!
Speaking to 33,000 Christians in Rome, Pope Francis said that a “Personal, direct, immediate relationship with Jesus must be avoided at all costs!” Which is the exact opposite of what God's Word clearly teaches! The Roman Catholic leader explained that no one can truly be a follower on his or her own, believers must rely on the **CHURCH ONLY** for their salvation.”
Pope Francis said, "Pagan blood runs through the veins of Jesus." Which is absolutely Satanic.
Pope Francis tells his flock that “the Quran and the spiritual teachings contained therein, is just as valid as the Holy Bible.” NO, it is most certainly not. It is a book of WAR, violence and bloodshed, while the Holy Bible is a Love Story between God and man. How in the world can someone so ignorant to the polar opposites of Christianity and Islam be the leader of billions of Christians globally?! It is a very dangerous thing. Last year, Francis was the FIRST POPE in all of world history, to hold Islamic prayers in Vatican square and allow reading of the Quran in Church services. Now, if this Pope truly believed the Holy Bible, he would acknowledge that the teachings of the Quran of Islam are antithetical to the teachings of our Holy Book. The Quran DENIES Jesus is The CHRIST, Messiah and The SON OF GOD. The Quran teaches that Allah is God and Mohammed is GREATER than the Lord JESUS. The Quran teaches that Jesus will return as a MUSLIM, destroy every Cross, and MURDER every Christian and Jew that doesn’t convert to Islam under Islam’s “messiah” Mahdi!
Pope Francis said, "There is no such thing as Islamic terrorism." {???}
Pope Francis also says "Who am I to judge homosexuals." and Pope Francis states that sincere homosexuals will also enter the kingdom of heaven.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
I Corinthians 6:9-11: Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor **HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS** will inherit the kingdom of God. {Unless they repent} And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
"**WHEN LOVE FAILS**, and it fails many times, we have to feel the pain of that failure, accompany the people who have felt the **FAILURE OF THEIR LOVE**" Pope Francis quote on February 28, 2014.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
I Corinthians 13:4-8: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. **LOVE NEVER FAILS**"
Responding to a list of questions published in the paper by Mr Scalfari, who is not a Roman Catholic, Pope Francis wrote: “You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying – and this is the fundamental thing – that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience. “Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience"????
Pope Francis quote: "We believers and of course above all we priests and we bishops believe in the Absolute, but each in their own way because each one has his own head and thought. So our **ABSOLUTE TRUTH**, shared by us all, **IS DIFFERENT FROM PERSON TO PERSON**. We do not avoid discussions in the case where our different thoughts confront each other. So there is a kind of relativism among us as well."
Pope Francis said, "God cannot be God without man."{???}
Pope Francis is an extreme socialist who believes that all capitalism is extremely evil!! The Pope also loves socialism and believes that anyone who does not believe in socialism is sinning!
For the First Time in History a Pope has declared that people of all beliefs other than Christianity such as Muslims and even atheists shall go to heaven if they are sincere and lead a good life.
For the First Time in History in History a Pope refuses to judge or condemn homosexuals or those who participate in Gay Marriage!!
For the First Time in History a Pope has declared that everyone who does not believe in Global Warming is Sinning and all who do not do something to reduce Global Warming is Sinning!!
For the first time in History the Roman Catholic Church has elected a **JESUIT POPE*!! One of the main enforcers of the Roman Catholic Inquisitions were the Jesuits. All Jesuits take the same Satanic oath today. Pope Francis has taken and administered this same Satanic Jesuit oath which includes the following amazing statements: "I promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage war , secretly and openly, against all heretics and Potestants as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex nor condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive those infamous heretics; rip open their stomachs and wombs of their women, and crush their infants heads against the walls in order to annihilate their execrable race.
Revelation 13:14: The False Prophet will be given power to give breath to the statue of 666, so that the statue could speak and cause all who refuse to worship the statue to be **KILLED*! {Just like the Jesuits above who killed God's true saints!}
And so it is interesting to note that the 112th and last pope {??} who is the leader of about 1,200,000,000 {One Billion} Roman Catholics agrees with Satan on everything!!
Matthew 23:9: "Jesus says, "Do not call *ANYONE on earth 'father,' for you have **ONE FATHER**, and He is in *HEAVEN*!!" This is an obvious reference to a SPIRITUAL FATHER since earthly fathers of earthly children are mentioned hundreds of times in God's Word. And so according to Jesus: calling the leader of the Satanic Roman Catholic Church 'Holy Father' is a terrible sin.
Pope Francis {Who Satanists call **HOLY FATHER**} has made a Papal Decree stating that he alone has given power to Roman Catholic priests {Who Satanists call **FATHERS**} to forgive **ALL ABORTIONS** which would include Gruesome and Horrific Abortions an hour before conception!! Is this **MURDER**??
As usual, the Satanic Pope Francis is absolutely contradicting God's Sacred Word!!:
Psalm 22:10: David said, "From my mother's **WOMB** you have been My God!"
Psalm 139:13: David said, "For you created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's **WOMB**!"
Isaiah 44:2: This is what the Lord says--He who made you, who formed you in the **WOMB**!
Isaiah 44:24: This is what the Lord says--your Redeemer, who formed you in the **WOMB**!
Jeremiah 1:5: The Lord said, "Before I formed you in the **WOMB** I knew you!"
Extremely Satanic Quotes by Pope Francis:
"Jesus Christ’s life ended in **FAILURE**, **FAILURE** of the cross?"
"When God fails, and He fails many times, we have to feel the pain of His failure, accompany the people who have felt the failure of their God"
"If at times our efforts and works seem to fail and produce no fruit, we need to remember that we are followers of Jesus… and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, in the failure of the cross."
"When we go to confession, for example, it isn’t that we say our sin and God forgives us. No, not that! We look for Jesus Christ and say: ‘This is your sin, and I will sin again!"
When actually The **SUCCESS** of Jesus at the Cross was the **GREATEST SUCCESS** in the history of mankind!!
THE SATANIC ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BELIEVES THAT THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST HAS TO BE SPILLED OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ATONE FOR OUR SINS DURING THEIR MASS OR **MESS** SINCE JESUS FAILED TO DO THIS AT THE CROSS!!
The Apostle Peter wrote in I Peter 1:17-19: For you know it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were **REDEEMED** from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the **PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST**, a Lamb without blemish or defect!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and **BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED**. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!!
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself bore our sins in his body on a tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness, **BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED!. For you were like sheep going astray , but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls!
Revelation 22:16,18,19: "I, Jesus. have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the Churches.... I warn everyone who hears the words of this prophecy of this Book: If anyone *ADDS* anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this Book {Including **ETERNAL HELL**} And if anyone **TAKES WORDS AWAY** from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City {The New Jerusalem}, which are described in this book."
Revelation 1:5: From Jesus Christ, to Him who loves and has **FREED US FROM OUR SINS BY HIS BLOOD**!!
Which Pope Francis and the RC Church totally disagrees with and commits the unpardonable sin of **TAKING WORDS AWAY** from the book of Revelation!!}
Revelation 5:9: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain and **WITH YOUR BLOOD** purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation!!"
Ephesians 1:3-8; 11; 19-23: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with **EVERY** spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and **BLAMELESS** in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will--to the praise of His **GLORIOUS GRACE**, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In Him we have **REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, the **FORGIVENESS OF SINS**. in accordance the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.....In Him we were also **CHOSEN** having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will!!.....That power is like the working of His mighty strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the **PRESENT AGE** but also in the one to come. And God paced **ALL THINGS** under His feet and appointed Him {Not a pope}to be the ***HEAD*** over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way!!
MATTHEW 28:18-20: Jesus says, "**ALL AUTHORITY** in heaven and **ON EARTH** has been given to **ME**! Therefore go and make disciples of all nations... teaching the to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you **ALWAYS**!!"
However, many Roman Catholic Catechisms state:
"The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth. By divine right the Pope has supreme and full power in faith, in morals over each and every pastor and his flock. He is the true vicar, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. He is the infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the author of and the judge of councils; the universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the world, the supreme judge of heaven and earth, the judge of all, being judged by no one. The Pope is God himself on earth.” “We confess that the Pope has power of changing Scripture and of adding to it, and taking from it according to his will.”
Jesus is called a **LAMB** 30 times in Revelation and in Revelation 13:11: the future False Prophet of 666 will be **LIKE A LAMB** or world famoous religious leader **JUST LIKE JESUS**!!
**THE FALSE PROPHET WILL BE A RELIGIOUS LEADER WHO UNIFIES ALL THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD INTO A ONE-WORLD RELIGION**!!
The False Prophet will be a religious leader who unifies all the religions of the world into a one-world religion. He will lead the false religions of the world to their destruction by getting everyone except God's saints to worship 666 with many miracles signs and wonders as per Revelation 13:12-15 an Revelation 19:20!
Revelation 13:12: And he {THe False Prophet} makes the earth and those who dwell in it to **WORSHIP** the first beast {*666*}!
If Pope Francis is the future False Prophet of 666 then we would expect to see him taking actions to unite the religions of the world, which is exactly what he has been doing. If he is the False Prophet, then his claims of promoting world peace and unity are actually just ploys to move the world closer to a one-world religion that ultimately requires everyone to worship **666**.
Pope Francis appears to be on a crusade to unite the religions of the world into one. He started fast right out of the blocks and has not slowed down. Since being elected Pope on March 13th, 2013, he has launched initiatives to reconcile differences between leaders of every major religion, including longstanding rifts between Christian denominations.
Beginning the day after he formally took office, Pope Francis met with leaders from every major religion including Orthodox Christians, Protestant Christian denominations, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, and Jainists. In that meeting he made the following statement:
“The Catholic Church is aware of the importance of the promotion of friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions. I want to repeat this: The promotion of friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions.”
Pope Francis is pushing for steps toward **GLOBAL AUTHORITY** that supersedes the rights of individual countries, all with the goal of pursuing "the common good" on issues like climate change and immigration.
"When a supranational common good is clearly identified, it is necessary to have a **SPECIAL AUTHORITY** legally and concordantly constituted capable of facilitating its implementation. We think of the great contemporary challenges of climate change, new forms of slavery and peace," he told members of the Pontifical Academy.
They met last week at the Vatican to discuss the topic of: "Nation, State, Nation-State." While discussing the coferencence, Francis rebuked the trend of nationalism among individual countries and the many tensions that "come from an excessive demand for sovereignty on the part of States."
However, the pope defended patriotism as a good thing. But he warned it can become perverted when "it involves the exclusion and hatred of others when it becomes a conflictual nationalism that builds walls, indeed even racism or anti-Semitism," according to Breitbart.com.
Francis also implied national sovereignty becomes twisted when countries do not have a welcoming attitude toward migrants.
"The Church observes with concern the reemergence, in many parts of the world, of currents that are aggressive towards foreigners, especially immigrants, as well as a growing nationalism that neglects the common good," he told the conference.
This, in turn, "threatens to jeopardize consolidated forms of international cooperation, undermines the aims of international organizations as a space for dialogue and meeting for all countries in a spirit of mutual respect, and hinders the attainment of the sustainable development goals approved unanimously by the United Nations," the Pope said.
The Pope also said individual countries can no longer look out for their own people by themselves due to globalization.
"The nation-state is no longer able to procure the common good of its populations alone. The common good has become global and nations must associate for their own benefit," Francis said.
The Pope also pushed the idea of supranational entities to the conference. A supranational union is defined as a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to by an **AUTHORITY** by governments of member states. The term is sometimes used to describe the European Union, according to Wikipedia.
For instance, a group of nations could "strengthen their cooperation by connecting certain functions and services to intergovernmental institutions that manage their common interests," he said.
"When a supranational common good is clearly identified, it is necessary to have a *SPECIAL AUTHORITY** that is legally and concordantly constituted and capable of facilitating its implementation," the Pope concluded.
Quote from Pope Francis Christmas message on December 25th, 2018:
"What does that Child, born for us of the Virgin Mary, have to tell us? What is the universal message of Christmas? It is that God is a good Father and we are all brothers and sisters. This truth is the basis of the Christian vision of humanity. Without the fraternity that Jesus Christ has bestowed on us, our efforts for a more just world fall short, and even our best plans and projects risk being soulless and empty. For this reason, my wish for a happy Christmas is a wish for fraternity. Fraternity among individuals of every nation and culture. Fraternity among people with different ideas, yet capable of respecting and listening to one another. Fraternity among persons of different religions."
This message of unity has been his ongoing theme of Pope Francis in meeting after meeting and nation after nation. He has not only sought unity among Catholics, but has ventured much farther than any previous Pope in reaching out to people of other religions. It appears he is having great success because he is getting warm receptions from people all over the world from many different religions. He has even been warmly received by so-called charismatic believers who are embracing him like a brother in the faith.
On Sunday, June 8th, 2014, Pope Francis took an unprecedented action for a Pope when he brought together Muslims, Jews, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians to pray for peace in the Middle East. Pope Francis hosted a prayer meeting in the Vatican Garden attended by the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. Prayers were delivered in Italian, Hebrew, Arabic and English.
On June 24 2014, Pope Francis took another very unusual step for a Pope by meeting with famous Protestant Charismatic Christian leaders, including Kenneth Copeland, James Robison, John Arnott, Carol Arnott, and others. This is another example of how far Pope Francis has ventured, much farther than any previous Pope, in his efforts to bridge the gap between different religious groups. This meeting came just weeks after meeting with another famous Christian television preacher, Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church, a mega-church based in Houston, Texas, who now loves Pope Francis!
Thanks to Donald Trump there will then be a **MAJORITY** of **FIVE** Roman Catholics on the US Supreme Court who will Have Pope Francis as their religious leader!!
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr..................................Roman Catholic
Neil Gorsuch was raised Roman Catholic but now attends a very liberal Episcopal church which welcomes gays and lesbians and abortions and has a woman Pastor. Justice Neil Gorsuch also sent all his children to Roman Catholic schools. So it is safe to say that there are no born again Christians on the US Supreme Court.
On Sunday December 1st, 2014, Pope Francis met with Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, attempting to mend their thousand year-old differences. About 500 years before Martin Luther led his protest against the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church rejected the ultimate authority of the Pope in what is called the Great Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Christians have been separated from the Catholic Church ever since. However, in this historic meeting they signed a declaration committing to **UNITY** between their two churches.
In January 2015, Pope Francis visited South Asia to meet with leaders of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities. On the first day of his visit he spoke to a large crowd of religious leaders during a meeting at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. In his speech Pope Francis made the following comments:
“As experience has shown for (inter-religious) dialogue and encounter to be effective, it must be grounded in a full and forthright presentation of our respective convictions. Certainly, such dialogue will accentuate how varied our beliefs, traditions and practices are. But if we are honest in presenting our convictions, we will be able to see more clearly what we hold in common. New avenues will be opened for mutual esteem, cooperation and indeed friendship."
On Wednesday January 14th, 2015 Pope Francis made a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions must unite to heal the country’s war wounds. This was only the second time in history that a Pope has visited a Buddhist temple. The last time was by Pope John Paul II in 1984. Sri Lanka is about 70 percent Buddhist.
Pope Francis was honored by the Buddhist monks when they opened a container holding Buddhist relics that is normally unsealed only once a year.
While he was in Sri Lanka, Pope Francis also met with Hindu leaders. Following his speech at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Sri Lanka, a Hindu priest placed an orange cape on Francis’s shoulders.
"Starting in the Emirates, in the eastern part of the Arab world and now going to the Western part, the pope wishes to **EMBRACE THE WHOLE ARAB WORLD** from East to West as a sign of peace, welcome and encounter,’’ Adname Mokrani Professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic studies told Rome Reports on March 28th, 2019!!
Pope Francis told Morocco's tiny Catholic community on Sunday, March 31st, 2019 their role in the predominantly Muslim country was not to covert their neighbors but **LIVE IN BROTHERHOOD WITH ALL OTHER FAITHS**{???}
On February 2nd, 2018 Pope Francis indicated he would recognize the legitimacy of seven atheistic Communist Party-approved Roman Catholic bishops in China.{???? A deal with the Devil!}
If Pope Francis is the future False Prophet then we would expect to see him taking the very same actions as he has been doing, on his way to forming a one-world religion. We must pay attention because he fits the description of the False Prophet of 666. His ultimate secret goal could be to get the whole world to worship 666.
Revelation 13:12: And he makes the **EARTH** and those who dwell in it to **WORSHIP** the first beast {666}!! The False Prophet of 666 is also called the beast of the **EARTH** in Revelation 13:11!
Pope has also made overtures to those who are not religious: to atheists, homosexuals, evolutionists, communists, those who practice civil unions and same-sex marraiges and those who have abortions!!
In March 2018, Francis was quoted in la Republica as saying (in Italian) "Those who repent obtain God’s forgiveness and take their place among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot be forgiven **DISAPPEAR**. **HELL DOESN'T EXIST**, the disappearance of sinning souls exists.”
Pope Francis as the False Prophet will teach that the whole world will be saved and no one will go to hell even if you worship,**666** and his statue, and receive his mark on your right hand or forehead!! However God's Word states the following:
Revelation 14:9,10: "If anyone worships the beast and his image {On world-wide TV?} and receives his mark on the forehead or hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God's fury They will be tormented with burning sulfur. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever!!"
**DOES THE FALSE PROPHET OF ***666*** ALSO HAVE A NAME THAT ADDS UP TO ***666***!!??
The name of Pope Francis who is the 2**66**TH Pope is Jorge **BERGOGLIO**!!
Here is another interesting coincidence concerning the Satanic number **666**, which I found to be shocking, as the chances of obtaining such a number are very low to say the least. ASCII is the code read by all computers for simple text and can be seen in Wikipedia under the ASCII Computer Code. It is a common language of computers for basic letters, symbols, and numbers. Each letter is represented by a number. If you translate the name “BERGOGLIO” (in capital letters) from letters into ASCII code and add up the numbers, the result is **666**!!
In the ASCII CODE the capital letter A is represented by the number 65 and the Capital letter B is represented by the next number **66** etc and:
Also interesting is the middle 3 letters in the Pope's last name: BER**GOG**LIO which adds up to **666**. There are some very interesting Scriptures concerning the very evil names **GOG** and **MA*GOG** in God's Word!!
Ezekiel 38:2,3,18-22: The Word of the Lord came to me, "Son of Man set your face against **GOG**, of the land Magog."... This is what the Sovereign Lord says, "I am against you **GOG**"... This is what the Sovereign Lord says, "This is what will happen in that day. When **GOG** attacks the land of Israel, My hot anger will be aroused... In My zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great *EARTHQUAKE* {See Rev 11:13} in the land of Israel... The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground!! I will summon a sword against **GOG** on all My mountains!! I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and **BURNING SULFUR** {**FIRE** as per Rev 20:9 below!**} on **HIM** and on his troops and on the **MANY NATIONS** with **HIM**!"
Revelation 16:13-16: Then I saw 3 impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon {Satan}, and out of the mouth of the beast **666** and out of the mouth of the False Prophet {?BER**GOG**LIO? who adds up to **666**} They are demonic spirits perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the earth to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty... Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. {Which is 77 miles North of Jerusalem}
Then they will attack Jerusalem where **666** will kill God's 2 witnesses {See Rev 11:7,8} and then there will be a great **EARTHQUAKE** which will also completely destroy one tenth of Jerusalem as per Revelation 11:13 and Ezekiel 38:19 above!
Revelation 20:7-10: Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the 4 corners of the earth--**GOG** and Magog--and to gather them for battle {See Rev 16:13,14}. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city He loves {Jerusalem}. But **FIRE** {**BURNING SULFUR** as per Ezek 38:22 above**} came down from heaven and devoured them. And the Devil, who deceived them, will be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast {**666**} and the False Prophet {*BER**GOG**LIO = **666**} had been thrown {See Rev 19:19,20}. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever! {So here we see that **ALL** the nations in the 4 corners of the earth are called **GOG AND MA*GOG** and **666** and the False Prophet of **666** and **666** and Satan will gather all the nations of the world called **GOG** and **MA*GOG** to Armageddon and then to Jerusalem just before the Last Day as per Revelation 16:13-16!!}
The letters in **GOG** add up to 29 and the letters in **MA*GOG** add up to 43 in English Gematria. And so the letters in **GOG** {29} and **MA*GOG** {43} add up to a total of {72} which is also **66+6**!! *G* is the 7th letter in the English alphabet: G=7 O=15 G=7 and 7+15+7 = 29 M=13 A=1 G=7 O=15 G=7 and 13+1+7+15+7 = 43 And 29+43 = 72 which is also **66+6**!!
Isaiah 14:12-15: How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn. You have been cast down to the earth. You said in your heart, I will ascend, "I will ascend to the heavens. I will raise my throne above the stars of God... I will make myself like the Most High."
In Revelation 12:3-9 we read that just before the Great Tribulation; Satan will invade heaven with one third of the angels who left with him, but Michael and heaven's angels will kick them out of heaven to earth. Then Satan will give authority to the beast {**666**} and the False Prophet of **666** to rule every nation of the world during the 42 {**6X6+6**} month Great Tribulation. {Read Revelation 13:4-18}
In Revelation 4:6,8; 5:6,8,14; 6:1,6; 7:1; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4 we read about the **4** powerful Living Beings who surround God's throne in heaven. Most Evangelical Bible scholars believe that Satan was the **5TH** Living Being before he rebelled against God since he is much stronger than his angels. This is probably why Satan's worshipers always use the Pentagram or **5** pointed star in their worship services.
And so it is interesting to note that Satan's name and the Pope's first name: **JORGE** adds up to exactly **55** in English Gematria. *S* is the 19th letter of the English alphabet and:
S = 19 A = 1 T = 20 A = 1 N = 14 and 19 + 1 + 20 + 1 + 14 SATAN EQUALS EXACTLY **55**!!
J = 10 O = 15 R = 18 G = 7 E = 5 and 10 + 15 + 18 + 7 + 5 JORGE ALSO EQUALS EXACTLY **55**!!
It is interesting to note that Pope Francis, the 266th Pope, who completely qualifies to be the False Prophet of **666** and whose last name {BER**GOG**LIO} also adds up to **666**! has a first name **JORGE** that also adds up to Satan's number of **55**!!! who was the **5TH** Living Being and is always worshiped with a **5** pointed star!!
And so the 42 {**6X6+6**} month Great Tribulation my be **EXTREMELY CLOSE** if Pope Francis, the 2*66th* Pope, will be the future False Prophet of **666** since **JORGE BER*GOG*LIO** is 81 years old and the last pope retired at age 85!!
**WILL THE EVIL CITY ON 7 HILLS OR ROME BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF 666 AND THE FALSE PROPHET OF **666** DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION**??
Rome is called **BABYLON** **6** times in Revelation and once in I Peter 5:13 and will be the headquarters of **666** and the False Prophet of **666** during the Great Tribulation.
I Peter 5:13: She {Peter's wife} who is in **BABYLON**, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark. {Peter and his wife were known to be in Rome when Peter wrote I Peter!}
The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire in the year AD 64. It caused widespread devastation destroying about two thirds of Rome or about **66.6** Percent, before being brought under control after **6** days. Differing accounts blame Emperor Nero Caesar for initiating the fire! According to Tacitus and later Christians, Nero blamed the devastation on the Christian community in the city, initiating the empire's first persecution against the Christians. As a result, Nero Caesar imprisoned, tortured or killed about 10,000 Christians in Rome.
And this why Peter called the evil city on 7 hills {Rome} the evil name of **BABYLON** who killed thousands of Israelites and Peter also wrote about Nero's persecution in I Peter:
I Peter 2:21; 4:12,13; 5:8,9: To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His steps!... Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.... Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil {Nero} prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith!!
**WAS ANCIENT BABYLON COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY GOD NEVER TO BE LIVED IN AGAIN IN 122 BC**??
Jeremiah 50:12,13,39: 51:29,37: The Lord said, "She will be the least of the nations--a wilderness, a dry land, a desert. Because of the Lord's anger she will **NOT BE INHABITED** but will be completely desolate. All who pass **BABYLON** will be appalled; they will scoff because of all her wounds...The Lord's purposes against **BABYLON** stand-- to lay waste the land of **BABYLON** so that **NO ONE WILL LIVE THERE**... **BABYLON** will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where **NO ONE LIVES**!
Babylon suffered 18 "falls" subsequent to its fall by Cyrus. The final recorded fall was in 122 B.C. by Mithradates II when all of the above was completely accomplished!
Revelation 17:3-6,9: I saw woman sitting on a **SCARLET** Beast {*666*} that was covered with blasphemous names and had 7 heads. The woman was dressed in **PURPLE** and **SCARLET**... The name on her forehead was a mystery: BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. I saw the woman was drunk with the blood of God's Holy people, the blood of those who bore testimiony to Jesus..,. This calls for a mind with wisdom. The 7 heads are **7 HILLS** on which the woman sits {Which is **ROME** the **CITY ON 7 HILLS**}!!
Revelation 18:10,15-17: Woe! Woe to you, great city, the mighty city of Babylon {Rome}! In one hour your doom has come!... The merchants who gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn and cry out, "Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, **PURPLE** and **SCARLET**! In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!!
**ARE **SCARLET** AND **PURPLE** VERY INTERESTING COLORS RELATED TO THE EVIL CITY ON 7 HILLS WHICH IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE **ROMAN** CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF **666** AND THE FALSE PROPHET OF **666**??
There are 226 Cardinals and about 5,100 Archbishops and Bishops under the control of Pope Francis in the **ROMAN** Catholic Church, who command people to worship and pray to statues. Archbishops just control a larger area than a Bishop. There is at least one Bishop in every country in the world. They are in charge of about 410,000 **ROMAN** Catholic priests who minister to about 1.2 billion *ROMAN** Catholic people or about 1 out of every 6 people in the world.
Cardinals and Archbishops and Bishops wear Cassocks or Long Coats. A Cardinal's Cassock is always **SCARLET** and Archbishop's and Bishop's Cassocks are always **PURPLE**!! Cardinals and Archbishops also wear a square shaped hat called a Biretta. A Cardinal's Biretta is always **SCARLET** and Archbishop's and Bishop's Birettas are always **PURPLE**!! Cardinals also wear a skullcap called a Zucchetto which is always **SCARLET**!! All Popes were Cardinals and are chosen by Cardinals!
Revelation 17:3-6,9: I saw woman sitting on a **SCARLET** Beast {666} that was covered with blasphemous names and had 7 heads. The woman was dressed in **PURPLE** and **SCARLET**!!
Revelation 18:16: "Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, **PURPLE** and **SCARLET**! In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!!
**WHAT CITY WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF **666** AND THE FALSE PROPHET OF **666**??
The headqaurters of **666*** and the False Prophet of **666** is called an evil **WOMAN** **6** times in Revelation 17:3,4,6,7,9,18 and is also called a city on 7 hills {*ROME*} in Revelation 17:9. This evil **WOMAN** **66** is also called Babylon exactly **6** times in Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21!!
Revelation 17:3,4,6,18: I saw a **WOMAN** sitting on a scarlet **BEAST** {**666**} that was covered with blasphemous names... She had a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries... I saw the **WOMAN** was drunk with the blood of God's holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus... The **WOMAN** you saw is the great **CITY** that rules over the kings of the earth!! The good woman is mentioned in Revelation 12:1-17.
It is interesting to note that this evil **WOMAN** {**66**} in Revelation 17 adds up to exactly **66** in English Genatria: W = 23 O = 15 M = 13 A = 1 N = 14 and 23 + 15 + 13 + 1 + 14 equals exactly **66** and is mentioned exactly **6** times in Revelation 17. This evil **WOMAN** {**66**} is also called Babylon **6** times and will be the headquarters of **666** and the False Prophet of **666** during the 42 {**6X6+6**} month Great Tribulation!!
The **6th** Caesar {Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & the **6th** was NERO CAESAR} ordered the execution of Paul & Peter in AD *66* and adds up to exactly **666** in the Hebrew language.
Nero Caesar or **666** is called the **BEAST** 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation and he will exercise his authority for exactly 42 {Or **6X6+6**} months as per Rev 13:5. It very interesting to note that the 36 {**6X6**} numbers in numbers 1 through 36 or **6X6** adds up to exactly **666**!! 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20+21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+29+30+31+32+33+34+35+36 equals exactly ***666***!!!
Nero Caesar who adds up to **666** In Hebrew and was the **6TH** Caesar who had Paul and Peter killed in **AD 66** will come up from the **ABYSS** {**66**} and is called a **BEAST** 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation and the False Prophet {?BERGOGLIO? = **666**} of **666** is also called a **BEAST** in Revelation 13:11. These 2 **BEASTS** {**66**} will rule from the evil city on 7 hills called a **WOMAN** {**66**} **6** times and **BABYLON** **6** times in Revelation. It is very interesting to note that **BEASTS** also add up to exactly **66** in English Gematria: B = 2 E = 5 A - 1 S = 19 T = 20 S = 19 and 2+5+1+19+20+19 = **66**!! and **ABYSS** also adds up to exactly **66**: A = 1 B = 2 Y = 25 S = 19 S = 19 and 1+2+25+19+19= **66**!!
{**666**} according to Revelation 11:7 And 17:8 will come up from the **ABYSS** which adds up to {**66**} and he is called a **BEAST** 36 or {**6X6**} times. This **BEAST** will come up from the **ABYSS** {**66**} by way of the **SEA** as per Revelation 13:1. It is interesting to note that this **SEA BEAST** adds up to exactly 72 which is also {**66+6**} For S = 19 E = 5 A = 1 B = 2 E = 2 A = 1 S = 19 T = 20 and 19+5+1+2+5+1+19+20 equals exactly 72 which is also {**66+6**}
**666** is called the **BEAST** from the **SEA** while the False Prophet is called a **BEAST** of the **EARTH**!
Revelation 13:11: Then I saw a second **BEAST**, coming out of the **EARTH**. He had 2 horns **LIKE A **LAMB**" {A religious leader like Jesus who is called a **LAMB** 30 times in Revelation!}
Note: The Roman Catholic Church believes that they will rule the world from this present **EARTH** for 1,000 years!
**QUOTES ABOUT THE **EARTH** BY POPE FRANCIS WHO MAY BE THE **EARTH BEAST**!!:
"Let us protect our lives so that we can protect others, so that we can **PROTECT CREATION**! The vocation of being a **PROTECTOR**, however, is not is not just involving us Christians alone, It also has a prior dimension which is simply human involving **EVERYONE**! It means **PROTECTING ALL CREATION**!"
"Today we cannot fail to recognize that a truly ecological social approach should integrate justice in discussions about the environment be listening to the **CRY OF THE EARTH**. We need unity to **PROTECT CREATION**!"
"We need an **ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION**. Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is **ESSENTIAL TO A LIFE OF VIRTUE**!"
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY ABOUT THIS PRESENT EARTH**??
2 Peter: 3:10,13: But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief {To unbelievers}. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire and the **EARTH** and everything in it will be burned up... But in keeping with His promise **WE** are looking forward to a **NEW HEAVEN** and a **NEW EARTH** the home of righteousness!
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a **NEW HEAVEN** and a **NEW EARTH** for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. I saw the Holy City, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, coming down out of heaven from God. prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. An I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making **EVERYTHING NEW**!
AND SO POPE FRANCIS OR JORGE **BER*GOG*LIO** WHICH ADDS UP TO **666** COMPLETELY QUALIFIES TO BE THE FUTURE FALSE PROPHET OF **666** OR BEAST OF THE **EARTH** AND THEREFORE THE END-TIMES MAY BE **EXTREMELY CLOSE**!!
**WHAT ARE THE NUMEROUS BIBLE CLUES WHICH REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF **666**???
Revelation 13:17b,18: "The mark of the beast {Or anti-christ} is the *NAME* of the Beast or the number of *HIS NAME*. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, *LET HIM* calculate the number of the Beast {Even in AD 96 when Revelation was written}, for it is a man's number {Or "Number of a MAN"}. *HIS* number is *666*." God has promised in the above inspired passage that any saint {Even in AD 96--which implies that the name was known in AD 96} with spiritual wisdom and insight may calculate the name of the beast which is a *MAN'S NAME* and adds up to 666.
In Thess 2:3 the Beast of the End-Times is called a "*MAN* of sin or lawlessness" or very **SINFUL MAN** and therefore the name of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a *MAN'S* name which is also confirmed in Rev 13:17b,18 above. Therefore, the NAME of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a sinful *MAN'S NAME* and could not be the name of a woman or a city, country, computer or Satan, etc.. 666 is also identified with a MASCULINE pronoun 28 times in God's Word which we will show later.
Rev 13:16,17: "He {The False Prophet} forced everyone... to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead. No one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name {666}. The anti-christ is called a "BEAST" 36 {6x6} times in Revelation. The BEAST is a much better name than anti-christ since anti-christ is mentioned 5 times in God's Word {I John 2:18{2X}, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7} and each time the word encompasses all who are against Christ. I John 2:18: "Even now many anti-christs have come."
**666** is referred to in the MASCULINE gender 28 times and the Beast is never referred to in the feminine or neuter gender. It is interesting to note that if the Beast of the end-times will be a religious organization, country or city it would be referred to in the female or neuter gender!!! The masculine pronouns used for the Beast are "HIS" 11 times: Rev 13:1, 5,16b,18b; 14:9,11; 17:7b; 19:2; 20:4(2X) & Daniel 7:26. "HE" 10 times: Rev 13:1;6a,7a,7; 17:8b; 17:11; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:24,25 & Daniel 9:27. "HIM" 5 times: Rev 13:4b; 19:20; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:25 & Daniel 9:27. "HIMSELF" 2 times in 2 Thess 2:4.
**REVELATION WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN IN PRISON ON THE ISLE OF PATMOS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AD 95 AND SEPTEMBER AD 96**
During the last year of his rule Domitian Caesar decreed that everyone in the Roman Empire must worship idols of former Roman Caesar's or else they would be killed or put in prison. Historical documents show us that the Apostle John {Who then lived in Ephesus} lived to about AD 100 and therefore would have been alive during Domitian's evil decree of September AD 95 to September of AD 96. Since we can be sure that the Apostle John would never worship an idol of a Roman Caesar it is then highly probable that John was put in prison on the Roman prison in Patmos Isle sometime during Domitian's evil decree from September AD 95 to September AD 96 and therfore Revelation was written between September AD 95 and September AD 96.
Revelation 1:9: I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of **PATMOS** because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus!
**IN 2 THESSALONIANS WE READ THAT THE **MAN OF SIN** WILL CLAIM TO BE **GOD**.
2 Thessalonians 2:4: He {The **MAN OF SIN**} will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, proclaiming himself to be God!
In Revelation 13:8 we learn that all the unsaved inhabitants of the world will worship the Beast. Nero and Caligula "abandoned all reserve" in promoting emperor worship - they were the only two Roman Caesars who demanded divine honors while still alive. Nero claimed to be the Sun-God Apollo. In 2 Thess 2:4 above we read that the "Man of Sin" will proclaim that he is God! Inscriptions have been found in Ephesus in which Nero is called **ALMIGHTY GOD** and **SAVIOR**!
**REVELATION 17:8 BELOW SHOWS THAT **666** WAS ALIVE AND THEN DIED BY A FATAL SWORD WOUND BEFORE AD 96 WHEN REVELATION WAS WRITTEN**:
Revelation 17:8: The beast, which you saw, once was {Alive}, Now {in AD 96} is not {Alive} and will come up out of the **ABYSS** {Hell} and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book life will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was {Alive before AD 96}, now {In AD 96} is not {Alive} and yet will come.
Nero Caesar was born on December 15th, AD 37 and died by a fatal sword wound on June 9th, AD 68 and then went to **HELL** which is also called the **ABYSS** !!
Rev 13:14: He {The False Prophet} will order the inhabitants of the earth to set up an image in honor of the beast who was {FATALLY-Rev 13:3} wounded by the sword and yet lived."
Rev 13:3: “One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been HEALED!! The whole world was astonished and followed the beast."
**666** WILL COME OUT OF THE **HELL** ALSO CALLED THE **ABYSS** TO RULE EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD FOR 42 {Or 6X6+6} MONTHS UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS ON THE LAST DAY**
Revelation 17:8: The Beast, which you saw, once was {Alive}, and now {In AD 96} is not {Alive}, and yet will come up put of the **ABYSS**{*HELL*} and go to his destruction.{On the Last Day-See Rev 19:20}
Revelation 11:7: Now when they {God's 2 witnesses} have finished their {1260-day} testimony the Beast that comes up from the **ABYSS**{*HELL*} will attack and kill them.
We know that the **ABYSS** is **HELL** by comparing 2 Peter 2:4 with Luke 8:30,31 as follows:
2 Peter 2:4: For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to **HELL**, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.
Luke 8:30,31: Jesus asked him. "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the **ABYSS**!
We can be sure that Nero Caesar is now in the **ABYSS** or **HELL** since he killed Paul and Peter and thousands of Christians and sent Vespasian {the father of Titus and Domitian Caesar} to kill the Jews and destroy their Temple. The **MAN OF SIN** or Nero also killed his own mother and killed his pregnant wife by kicking her in the stomach.
**THE NAME OF THE EVIL BEAST MENTIONED 36 {**6X6**} TIMES IN REVELATION WILL ADD UP TO **666** MOST LIKELY IN THE BIBLE LANGUAGES OF HEBREW OR GREEK**
Revelation 13:18: The mark of the Beast is the **NAME** of the Beast or the **NUMBER** of **HIS NAME**! This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the Beast, for it is a man's number. **HIS NUMBER IS **666**!!
When I was a missionary in Israel I studied the Hebrew language. One of the first things that you learn when you study the OT Ancient Hebrew language {Which is also the language of Israel today!} is that the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet ALSO represent 22 numbers! When you read Psalm 119 you will note that the 176 sentences are divided into 22 sections; each section with 8 sentences or verses praising the Word of God. These 22 sections are each headed by one of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet in the exact same order as shown below. The ancient Hebrew language {Which is exactly the same as the modern Hebrew language} frequently used the letters of their alphabet to designate numbers in the OT as follows: ALEPH=1. BETH=2. GIMEL=3. DALET=4. HE=5. VAV=6. ZAYIN=7. CHETH=8. TETH=9. YODH=10. KAPH=20. LAMED=30. MEM=40. NUN=50. SAMEKH=60. AYIN=70. PE=80. TSADHE=90. KOPH=100. RESH=200. SHIN=300. TAV=400.
NOTE: Most vowel sounds except "O" {VAV} are not used as letters in Hebrew. These vowel sounds are designated by dots and dashes under their *PRECEDING* consonants. In Hebrew "N" is added on the end of all foreign names ending in "O". Therefore, the foreign name of Nero would be "NERON" in Hebrew. The name Nero Caesar would be pronounced Neron Kaysar in Hebrew. The "E" in Neron and the 2 "A" sounds in Kaysar {There is no "C" in Hebrew} are designated by dots and dashes under their preceding consonants and therefore are not letters in the 22 letter Hebrew alphabet, and so have no numerical value.
Neron in Hebrew would use 4 letters with numerical value: N-R-O-N and Kaysar in Hebrew would use 3 letters with numerical value: K-S-R. There would be a dot under the first N to show the "E" sound in NEron There would also be 2 dots under the "K" to show the "AY" sound in KAYsar and a dash under the "S" to show the "AH" sound in KaySAHr. The 4 letters with numerical value in NERON would be {SEE TABLE ABOVE} N = NUN = 50; R = RESH = 200; O = VAV = 6; and N = NUN = 50 and 50+20+6+50 equals 306. The 3 letters with numerical value in "KAYSAR would be K = KOPH = 100; S = SAMEKH = 60; and R = RESH =200 and 100+60+200 equals 360. And so the numerical value of Nero in Hebrew is 306 and the numerical value of Caesar in Hebrew is 360, and therefore the numerical value of Nero Caesar is 306+360 or exactly *666*!
There is a very interesting footnote in the Revised Standard Version concerning the number 666 which states that some ancient manuscripts have the number **616** which *DOUBLY* confirms that Nero Caesar may be the future Anti-Christ!! You will note that the Hebrew language adds an "N" to all foreign names ending in "O". Now "N" or "NUN" in Hebrew has a numerical value of **50**!! and so if you decided not to add the last "N" in NERON then Nero Caesar would add up to exactly *616* in Hebrew. This is an absolutely amazing coincidence!
Any honest Hebrew language scholar will confirm that the letters of Nero Caesar's name add up to 666 in the Hebrew language whose 22 letters are also 22 numbers as shown above, and the Bible was written by 40 Jews. Since all of the prophecies concerning the anti-christ are written in OT Hebrew {Like Daniel 7:8-25} or NT Koine Greek it would then seem logical that God would use one of these 2 Bible languages to identify the Name of the Beast whose letters add up to 666. One of the problems of doing this in NT Koine Greek is that the letters of their alphabet are not also numbers. And therefore you can only assign a numerical value of 22 to the 22nd letter, etc.. Using this formula you could not get any name to add up to over 250, let alone 666. You have the same problem with English and all other languages other than the Hebrew language! The 3 different Greek words used in Rev 13:18b to arrive at the number 666 are the 3 different Greek words for 600 and 60 and 6 and not 6 + 6 + 6.
The **6th** Caesar {Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & the **6th** was NERO CAESAR} ordered the execution of Paul & Peter in AD *66* and adds up to exactly **666** in the Hebrew language.
It is interesting to note that **666** will come up from the **ABYSS** and **ABYSS** adds up to exactly **66** in English Gematria> A = 1 B= 2 Y = 25 S = 19 S = 19 and 1+2+25+19+19 equals exactly **66**!!
Nero Caesar or **666** is called the **BEAST** 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation and he will exercise his authority for exactly 42 {Or **6X6+6**} months as per Rev 13:5. It very interesting to note that the 36 {**6X6**} numbers in numbers 1 through 36 or **6X6** adds up to exactly **666**!!
**666** WILL BE A **ROMAN KING** FROM THE 4TH GREAT EMPIRE OR ROME WHEN WE COMPARE DANIEL 7:23-25 TO REVELATION 13:5**!!
Theologians agree that the 4 great empires mentioned in Daniel 7:3-24 were:
{**1**} The Babylonian Empire
{**2**} The Medo Persian Empire
{**3**} The Greek Empire
{**4**} The Roman Empire
The dominance of the 4th Empire or Roman Empire probably began aound 146 BC when it defeated the Greek Empire at Carthage and Corinth. The dominance of the Roman Empire probably ended in AD 476 when a barbarian named Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emporer named Romulus Augustulus in AD 476.
Daniel 7:25: He {A Roman King} will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints. The saints will be handed over to him for time {12 months}, times {24 months} and 1/2 a time {6 months} {12+24+6=42 months} {Daniel 7:23,24 shows that he was a king from the 4th or Roman Empire!!}
By comparing Daniel 7:25, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 11:2,3; 12:6,14 we know that 42 months, 1260 days And time {12 months or 360 days}, times {24 months or 720 days} and 1/2 a time {6 months or 180 days} are the exact same period of time
Revelation 13:5,7: The Beast {A Roman King} will be given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for **42 MONTHS**...He will be given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them! {Compare to Daniel 7:25 above!}
**WHAT CITY WHICH IS CALLED A **WOMAN**{**66**} **6** TIMES AND BABYLON **6** TIMES WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF **666** AND THE FALSE PROPHET OF **666** DURING THE 42 {**6X6+6**} MONTH GREAT TRIBULATION**??
The headqaurters of **666*** and the False Prophet of **666** is called an evil **WOMAN** **6** times in Revelation 17:3,4,6,7,9,18 and is also called a city on 7 hills {*ROME*} in Revelation 17:9. This evil **WOMAN** **66** is also called Babylon exactly **6** times in Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21!!
Revelation 17:3,4,6,18: I saw a **WOMAN** sitting on a scarlet **BEAST** {**666**} that was covered with blasphemous names... She had a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries... I saw the **WOMAN** was drunk with the blood of God's holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus... The **WOMAN** you saw is the great **CITY** that rules over the kings of the earth!! The good woman is mentioned in Revelation 12:1-17.
It is interesting to note that this evil **WOMAN** {**66**} in Revelation 17 adds up to exactly **66** in English Genatria: W = 23 O = 15 M = 13 A = 1 N = 14 and 23 + 15 + 13 + 1 + 14 equals exactly **66** and is mentioned exactly **6** times in Revelation 17. This evil **WOMAN** {**66**} is also called Babylon **6** times and will be the headquarters of **666** and the False Prophet of **666** during the 42 {**6X6+6**} month Great Tribulation!!
Nero Caesar who adds up to **666** who will come up from the **ABYSS** {**66**}; is called a **BEAST** 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation and the False Prophet {?BERGOGLIO? = **666**} of **666** is called a **BEAST** in Revelation 13:11. These 2 **BEASTS** {**66**} will rule from the evil city on 7 hills called a **WOMAN** {**66**} **6** times and **BABYLON** **6** times in Revelation. It is very interesting to note that **BEASTS** also add up to exactly **66** in English Gematria: B = 2 E = 5 A - 1 S = 19 T = 20 S = 19 and 2+5+1+19+20+19 = **66**!!
{**666**} according to Revelation 11:7 And 17:8 will come up from the **ABYSS** which adds up to {**66**} and he is called a **BEAST** 36 or {**6X6**} times. This **BEAST** will come up from the **ABYSS** {*66**} by way of the **SEA** as per Revelation 13:1. It is interesting to note that this **SEA BEAST** adds up to exactly 72 which is also {**66+6**} For S = 19 E = 5 A = 1 B = 2 E = 2 A = 1 S = 19 T = 20 and 19+5+1+2+5+1+19+20 equals exactly 72 which is also {**66+6**}
**AND SO ALL THE BIBLE CLUES POINT TO NERO CAESAR AS THE FUTURE **666** WHO WILL COME UP OUT OF THE **ABYSS** TO RULE THE WORLD FOR 42 {**6X6+6**} MONTHS UNTIL THE 2ND COMING OF JESUS ON THE LAST DAY**
**THERE ARE ONLY 2 RESURRECTIONS MENTIONED IN REVELATION 20:4-6** THE 1,000 YEAR FIRST RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 IS FOR THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES AND MARTYRS ONLY**?? THE SECOND RESURRECTION IS FOR EVERY SAINT OF ALL AGES WHO ARE NOT A MARTYR OR ONE OF THE 24 ELDERS**!!
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to **JUDGE** in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30. In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Moses, Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Noah and Enoch. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15. ONLY the 24 Elders state on the Last Day in Rev 11:16-18: “The time has come for **JUDGING** the dead and for rewarding your saints.”
It is completely obvious that the 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for **24 ELDERS** on Thrones and **MARTYRS ONLY** according to God's Word in:
Revelation 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to *JUDGE* {The 24 Elders} and I saw the souls of those who had been executed {Or beheaded} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the **FIRST RESURRECTION**... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the **FIRST RESURRECTION**. Rev 20:5a: “The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life **UNTIL** the 1,000 years were **ENDED**.”
Which, of course, would be the **SECOND RESURRECTION** at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The **FIRST RESURRECTION** is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders **ONLY** and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the **SECOND RESURRECTION** must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include all saints {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
God's word states that the Martyrs of the Great Tribulation will participate in the **FIRST RESURRECTION** while the pre-tribbers claim that the Rapture of the Church saints is the **FIRST RESURRECTION** **BEFORE** the Great Tribulation!!
I Corinthians 15:20-24: Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the Firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the**RESURRECTION** of the dead comes also through a Man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in turn: Christ the Firstfruits, then, when He comes, those who belong to Him. **THEN THE END** will come, when He hands over the Kingdom to God the Father!!
So when Jesus comes He will Resurrect those who belong to Him {Including all **CHURCH SAINTS**} church saints and on tis same day the End will come when Jesus hands over the Kingdom to God the Father. And so this day could not be 7 or 3 1/2 years before the End when Jesus hands over the Kingdom to God the Father in a pre-trib rapture. This passage also contradicts the belief that Jesus will be the head of His kingdom on earth for 1,000 years after His second coming.
**THIS ABSOLUTELY CONTRDICTS THE PRE-TRIB VIEW THAT THE **FIRST RESURRECTION** IS ONLY FOR CHURCH SAINTS JUST BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION**!!
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; and according to Revelation 7:14-17: They are **BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD** and God will spread His tent over them. They will receive White Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. Never again will they hunger or thirst and God Himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. Jesus will be their Shepherd and will lead them to springs of Living Water.
At the Beginning of the Great Tribulation we read in:
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the 5th seal, I saw under the Altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, Holy and True, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" Then each of them were given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer untill the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were to be killed just as they had been! {And so the Martyrs are **AWAKE** and **TALKING TO GOD** with **HEAVENLY BODIES** **BEFORE** the 2nd Coming of Jesus when those who are not Martyrs or the 24 Elders will be awakened and receive their new heavenly bodies!
Then just before the 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 8 we read in:
Revelation 7:9,13-15: There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing **BEFORE THE THRONE and before the **LAMB**. They were wearing white robes... Then of the {24} Elders asked me, "These in white robes--who are they and where did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the **GREAT TRIBULATION** {**MARTYRS**Like Jesus} they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB**! Therefore, "They are **BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD** and **SERVE HIM** day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence!" {And so the Tribulation martyrs are also Awake before God's throne and **SERVE GOD** **BEFORE** the 2nd Coming of Jesus!!}
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the that the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins July 7th, 2019; and would therefore end 1260 days later on December 18th, 2022. Then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place during the 1,000 years from December 18th, AD 1022 to December 18th, 2022. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before December 18th, 1022 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after December 18th, 1022 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on December 18th, 2022 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when {According to Rev 20:5: "The rest of the dead come to life when the thousand years are ENDED!"
The **24 ELDERS** are mentioned 12 times in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16; 14:3 and 19:4. The **MARTYRS** are mentioned over 20 times in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9-17; 12:11; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 17:6; 18:24 an 19:2!! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS** like Jesus are the **ONLY SAINTS** mentioned who are awake, before God's throne, talking to God and have their eternal heavenly bodies in Revelation. All the rest of the saints are asleep in Jesus until the **SECOND RESURRECTION** at the Second Coming of Jesus when they will be awakened and receive their new heavenly bodies. And their is absolutely no mention of all the **CHURCH SAINTS** that were supposedly raptured **BEFORE** the tribulation according to the pre-trib fairy tale!!
I Corinthians 15:50-52 I declare to you brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, . Listen I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep {Since the **24 ELDERS & **MARTYRS ARE AWAKE**} but we will all be changed --in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the Last {7TH} trumpet. For the {7TH & LAST} trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed!!
Those who believe in a future 1,000 Millennium after the Last Day of the Great tribulation wrongly believe that: "Since all the saints will receive new heavenly bodies and all the unsaved will be sent to hell as per Matthew 25:31-46, there would no one left to inhabit a future 1,000 year Millennium!!"
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, “EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.” However, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: “With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!
Revelation 12:11: They triumphed over him {666} by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!
Revelation 2:10: Jesus promised, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of **LIFE**!!"
NOW THE PREMILLENIEST BELIEVES THAT DURING A 1,000 YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST **AFTER** THE LAST DAY THE LORD JESUS WILL REIGN IN THE EZEKIEL TEMPLE MEENTIONED IN EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 40-48 WHERE THERE WILL BE ANIMAL SACRIFICES TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR SINS**???
Ezekiel 45:21-23: In the first month on the 14th day you to observe the Passover, a festival lasting 7 days.. In that day **PRINCE** {Mentioned as leader 17 times} is to provide a bull as a **SIN OFFERING**, **FOR HIMSELF** and for **ALL THE PEOPLE** of the land. Every day during the 7 days of the festival he is to provide 7 bulls and 7 rams without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord and a male goat for a **SIN OFFERING**.{????}
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
Isaiah 1:11: "The multitude of your sacrifices--what are they to Me?" says the Lord. "I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats!"
Jeremiah 6:20: The Lord says, "Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me!!"
Hebrews 10:8-10: First He said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them," although the law required them to be made. Then He said, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He sets aside the first **TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND**. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ **ONCE FOR ALL**!!
Hebrews 9:22; 26-28: The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood **THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS**.... But now He has appeared **ONCE FOR ALL** at the end of the ages to do away with sin **BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF**!! Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, and Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time {And not a third time}, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him!!
Mr. Harding draws a sharp distinction concerning the "promise-hope- inheritance" theme in its "firstfruit-deposit" experience in the lives of the pre-parousia believers living on earth, compared to the "hope of glory" in its fullness that these same Christians would shortly experience at Christ’s parousia. These believers had arrived at the very threshold of heaven! "But you have drawn near Mount Zion, even the city of the living God, to a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, and to a gathering and an assembly of the first-born ones having been enrolled in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to spirits of just ones who have been perfected; and to Jesus the Mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling speaking better things than that of Abel." (Heb. 12:22-24)
C. Like other preterists who believe in "The Literal Rapture Expectation" view, Mr. Harding sees the necessity of both the dead saints being delivered out of Sheol/Hades and those living first century saints all being gathered together as one body and caught up to be with Jesus Christ at the time of the parousia. Citing specific scriptures that teach this, such as Heb. 11:40 ("God having foreseen something better concerning us, that they should not be perfected apart from us"), Mr. Harding stresses the point that any view of the rapture which separates the time of final glorification of the pre-parousia dead saints from that of the pre-parousia living saints, who allegedly would not go to heaven until the time of their physical death, actually contradicts the clear teaching of scripture.
Ian Harding also teaches that the "deposit-firstfruit" experience of the first century living Christians parallels the experience that we 21st century believers have today. Yet he carefully notes the exceptions that we have with the completed canon of holy scripture, and we are not looking for a repeat-parousia event. Rather, we today anticipate our physical death, at which time we will enter into the fulfillment of all the promises that first century believers experienced at the parousia about AD 70. So Mr. Harding sees a real parallel experientially of Christians living today with those pre-parousia saints of the first century. And that is one reason why we today can so readily identify with those suffering saints and can draw so much benefit and comfort from reading the New Testament scriptures. Yes, we too have the "deposit-firstfruit" experience that those early believers had!
Differing with some other preterists who maintain that the ministry of the Holy Spirit as Paraclete was completed at AD 70, Mr. Harding sees no support from scripture to hold this view. He teaches that the ministry of the Paraclete as set forth in John 14-16 is just as much needed by Christians today as His ministry to the pre-parousia Christians was needed in the apostolic period. He firmly believes that the present day ministry of the Holy Spirit, in His equipping for service, in His comforting ministry, in His indwelling in the hearts of God’s people, and everything else that the New Covenant promises to sustain us, is ours, as we await our personal call to the heavenly realm.
We need not be "comfortable Christians" and be lax in our reaching people with the Gospel , helping the poor which Y'shua said would always be with us and repenting of sin .
**WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE NEW HEAVEN THE NEW EARTH AND THE ETERNAL NEW JERUSALEM**!!
Except for the Preterists like KJVonlly who believe we are looking for an earthly Kingdom which already began in AD 70???
Hebrews 12:26-28: God says, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken--that is created things--so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a *KINGDOM* that can not be shaken let us be thankful...for our God is a consuming fire!
2 Peter 3:10-13: But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will DISAPPEAR with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and *EVERYTHING* in it will be burned up {NIV}. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you {**CHURCH SAINTS*} wait eagerly for the Day of God to come. {NIV} That Day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with His promise **WE** {Excluding the Preterists and Chuckles} are looking forward to a New heavens and a New Earth, the home of righteousness.
I Corinthians 15:50--51: I declare to you brothers, that flesh and blood CANNOT INHERIT the *KINGDOM OF GOD*... Listen I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet."
John 18:36: Jesus says, "My *KINGDOM* is not of this world....But now, my Kingdom is from another place!!"
Matthew 25:31-34: Jesus says, "When the Son of Man comes in His glory , and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another..He will put the sheep on the right and the goats on His left. Then the King will say to those on His right, "Come you who are blessed of My Father, take your inheritance, the *KINGDOM* prepared for you!!"
**WE** ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE NEW EARTH, THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM!!
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a New heaven and a New Earth, for the {present} first heaven and first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making **EVERYTHING NEW**!" Then He said, "Write this down, for these words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!"
Hebrews 11:13-16: All these people {Abraham, Sarah Isaac, Jacob, Noah etc} were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were looking for a BETTER COUNTRY--a HEAVENLY ONE. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a *CITY* (The *NEW JERUSALEM*} for them!!
Galatians 4:25,26: Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the **JERUSALEM** that is **ABOVE** is free, and she is our MOTHER !!
The New Jerusalem is described in Revelation 21:9 to Revelation 22:5. The New Jerusalem will be 12,000 stadia long, high and wide as per Revelation 21:16. A stadia is 606 feet long which is the exact same length as the ancient Greek stadium. 606 feet times 12,000 equals 7,272,000 feet which is 1377 miles plus 1,440 feet. A mile is exactly 5,280 feet. {1377 times 5,280 feet equal 7,270,560 feet.} And so the New Jerusalem will be exactly 1377 miles plus 1,440 feet long, wide and high!!
Revelation 21:9-12,15-16,19,23,27; Revelation 22:1-6: The angel said to John, “Come, I will show you the Bride the Wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God It shone like the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel. It had a great high wall {1377 miles plus 1,440 feet HIGH!} with 12 gates, and with 12 angels at the gates.
The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the City, its gates and its walls. The City was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the City with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia {A Stadia is exactly 606 feet} in length, and as wide and high as it is long. {1377 miles plus 1,440 feet long, wide and high} The wall was made of Jasper, and the City of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone....... The great street of the City was of pure gold, like transparent glass...... Only those written in the Lamb's Book of Life will be able to enter the New Jerusalem!
Then the angel showed me the river of the Water of Life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb {Jesus} down the middle of the great street of the City. On each side of the river stood the Tree of Life, bearing 12 crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month... The throne of God and of the **LAMB** will be in the City, and his servants will serve Him. They will see His face and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night!! They will not need the light of the lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign **FOR EVER AND EVER**. The angel said to me, “These words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!!”
JESUS WILL WRITE ON US THE NAME OF THE CITY OF GOD THE **NEW JERUSALEM**!!
Revelation 2:18; 3:12,21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes I will give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it... I will write on him the name of the City of My God, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, which is coming down out of heaven from My God....And I will give the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."
According to Revelation 22:3 the only 2 thrones in the **NEW JERUSALEM** will be the thrones of the **FATHER** and of the **LAMB** Jesus Christ.
