Evangelist John Muncy
7/6/14
PART I
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The “most” avoided chapter in the entire book of
Revelation
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Rev 17:1-7 ‘Then one of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you
the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2with whom
the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth
were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3So he carried me away in the
Spirit into wilderness. And I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns. 4The
woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious
stones and pearls having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication. 5And
on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERS, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6I
was the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the
martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I
marveled with great amazement. 7But
the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel?
I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries
her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.’
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God did this on purpose!
o Rev
1:1
§ The
Revelation of Jesus Christ…
·
‘signified’ – rendered into signs (Greek)
o Pr.
25:2 ‘It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to
search out a matter.’
§ investigate,
research and analyze à those who truly want to understand will do this
§ it
is no wonder the most popular shows are forensics, mysteries and
investigations!
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7 Points of Identification:
#1.
- Rev.
17:18 ‘And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the
kings of the earth’.
- ‘that
great city’ = ‘the woman’
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Rev. 17:9 ‘Here is the mind which has wisdom:
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.’
o ‘seven
mountains on which the woman sits’ = ‘seven heads’
§ mountains
here means lifting itself above the plain; refers to either a small or large
raised area – hill, mount
o what
city is known as a ‘City Sitting on Seven Hills’?
§ Vatican
City, Rome according to Catholic Encyclopedia
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Vatican City means “City of Prophesy”
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church referred to as a ‘bride’:
o Rev.
21:2 ‘Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of the
heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.’
o Jer.
6:2 ‘I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman.’
o 2
Cor. 11:2 ‘For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that
I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.’
o Eph.
5:25 ‘Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave
Himself for her.’
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the Vatican called “mother of harlots” helps to
establish a One World Religion
o Pope
Francis connects Vatican System with Rev. 17 on Oct. 12, 2003
§ “woman”
but also a “mother”
#2. The Babylon Mysters religion
was filled with relics & superstition
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Rev. 17:5 ‘And on her forehead a name was
written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.’
o opposite
of the church which is viewed as a bride
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Ishtar – sex goddess who fell from heaven and
fell in the Euphrates River
o playboy
bunny
o symbol
of today’s Easter traditions rather than of Christ
o sun
worshippers
o claimed
sun rays shot down and impregnated her
o Tammuz
“miracle son”
o Babylon
religious system – cult of “Mother-Goddess” expands upon Tower of Babel
incident near Mesopotamia
o Mother-Goddess
& Child cults:
§ Sermiramis
& Tammuz
§ Ishtar
& Tammuz
§ Shing
Moo & Son
§ Isis
& Iswara
§ Cybel
& Deonius
§ Venic
& Cupid
§ Isis
& Horus
§ Aphrodite
& Eros
§ Start
& Baal
§ Devaki
& ____
o Mary
– Queen of Heaven
§ Pope
Pious XII proclaimed honorary feast back in Oct 31, 1942
·
Queenship of Mary – 5/31
·
in art piece, Mary is now the centerpiece with
Christ and God on either side of her!
·
Jer. 7:18 ‘The children gather wood, the fathers
kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of
heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke
Me to anger.’
o hot
cross buns with a “t” = Tammuz
·
Sanctuary of the
Divine Mercy – Chicago, IL
o Mary
sitting in the place of God on the Ark of the Covenant!!
·
Mary on the cross with Christ
·
15 “Mysteries” of the Rosary
o Mt.
6:7 ‘And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for
their many words.’
§ hindus,
muslims, catholics
#3.
- Rev.
17:4 ‘The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet’
- John
19:2 ‘ And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head,
and the put on Him a purple robe.’
§ purple
represents royalty
·
catholic bishops wear purple
o Mt.
27:28 ‘And they stripped Him and put a
scarlet robe on Him.’
§ scarlet
represents evil
·
catholic cardinals wear scarlet
#4.
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Rev. 17:4 ‘and adorned with gold and precious
stones and pearls’
o popes
garments are embellished such decorations
o possessions
of the catholic church are valued at several billions of dollars per the UN
§ Time
Magazine – 1965, $15B
#5.
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Rev. 17:15 ‘Then he said to me, “The waters
which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and
tongues.’
o ‘many
waters’ = ‘peoples, multitudes, nations & tongues’
§ people
from all walks of life
§ catholic
means “universal”
o there
is a coin within the currency that claims to rule over the entire world
§ this
is reserved for God alone!!
·
Ps. 29:3 ‘The voice of the Lord is over the
waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is over many waters.’
·
pope is known as the ‘Vicar of Christ’
o vicar
comes from vicarious which means “in the person of”
§ antichrist
means “against Christ”, “in the person of” or “a substitute for Christ”
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Rev. 17:3 ‘So he carried me away in the Spirit
into wilderness. And I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns.’
o Charisma
magazine – pope is labeled as “Vicar of the Spirit”
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Mt. 23:8-10 ‘But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’;
for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for
One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.’
o pope
translated means papa/father
§ also
called “his holiness” or “the most hold father”
§ bow
to kiss pope’s ring
·
bowing goes back to Constantine called Pontifex
Maximus
·
catholics refer to Peter as the first pope but
he was married!
o interesting
b/c catholics don’t allow marriage of their clergymen
o Acts
10:25,26 ‘As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet
and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him
up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.”’
·
statue of St. Peter St. Peter’s Bascilla seats
over 60,000
o statue
itself was used in pagan worship and was originally called Jupiter, they just
moved the statue and renamed it!
o right
foot strategically extended for people to bow down and kiss as they walk by
§ so
many have done so throughout the decades that the foot is polished over; the
toes are no longer visible
o sun
disc hovers over the head of the statue
§ another
pagan inspiration
o said
that if you kiss the foot of St. Peter it will take 50 days off your judgment
in purgatory
o multiple
deities located throughout St. Peter’s Bascilla
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Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:1-17)
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Catholic version
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Scripture
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1. You shall have no other gods
before Me.
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1. You shall have no other gods
before Me.
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2. You shall not take the name of
the Lord your God in vain.
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2. You shall not make for
yourself a carved image…you shall not bow down to them nor serve them…
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3. Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it hold.
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3. You shall not take the name of
the Lord your God in vain.
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4. Honor your father and your
mother.
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4. Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it hold.
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5. You shall not murder.
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5. Honor your father and your
mother.
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6. You shall not commit adultery.
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6. You shall not murder.
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7. You shall not steal.
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7. You shall not commit adultery.
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8. You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor.
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8. You shall not steal.
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9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house
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9. You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor.
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10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
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10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet
your neighbor’s wife…
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#6.
·
Rev. 17:1-2 ‘Then one of the seven angels who
had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show
you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2with
whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the
earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.’
o one
must dress darker in the presence of the pope; preferably black
o even
Hitler was warmly received by the pope!!
§ replacement
theology says God has replaced Israel with the Church
§ previous
pope, Benedict, was a youth Nazi
#7.
·
when pope John Paul II died, 4B pilgrims
traveled to the Vatican on top of the already 3B residents and another 2B
watched the ceremony live in tv
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Rev. 17:4 ‘having in her hand a golden cup full
of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.’
o sexual
abuse in the catholic religion
o undeniable
symbol of Catholicism is the golden cup
o “receives
Christ” through the eucharist which catholics believe is the literal body and
blood of Christ (this process of transformation is called “trans-substitution”)
§ re-sacrifices
Christ!
·
doubt that any of the disciples thought that
they were eating the literal body and blood of Christ at the Last Supper
§ denies
the finished work of Christ on the cross!
§ this
is their sales pitch of salvation
·
people pay billions
§ Canon
1 pg 79
·
anathema = damned or put to death
·
200M burned to death at the stake Vatican II
o church
of Rome has shed more blood
o Rev.
18:4 ‘And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people
lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.’
§ some
of God’s people are in “the system”
Summarization:
1. Religious
system of the world is heading for judgment.
2. God
is calling His true Church to “come out”.
3. God
is looking for a faithful bride who will obey Him no matter what the cost.
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Rev. 17:16-17 ‘And the ten horns which you saw
on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her
flesh and burn her with fire. For God
has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to
give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.’
·
Rev. 18:19 ‘They threw dust on their heads and
cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, “Alas, alas, that great city, in
which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in an hour she is made desolate!”’
o in
one hour that great city will be destroyed
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Rev. 18:20 ‘Rejoice over her, O heave, and you
hold apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!’
o God
rejoices
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This harlot church system is a look-a-like to the Church of Jesus
Christ.
PART II
·
Rev 18:4 ‘And I heard another voice from heaven
saying, “Come out of her, my people lest
you share in her sins, and lest you received of her plagues.”’
o who
you are in Christ, salvation
o grow
in grace in the knowledge of the Lord
o Martin
Luther experienced this
§ salvation
comes through faith alone
· Contend
for the faith
o freedom,
marriage, health, etc
o Jude
1:3 ‘Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common
salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend
earnestly for the faith which was for all delivered to the saints.’
·
it’s sometimes hard to see a liar when they seem
godly
o this
is deception
o Mt.
7:15 ‘ Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but
inwardly they are ravenous wolves.’
§ you
must be aware to beware!
·
Paul warns of another Jesus, another Spirit and
another Gospel
o 2
Cor. 11:1-3 ‘Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you
do bear with me. For I am jealous for
you with godly jealousy. For I have
betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to
Christ. But I fear, lest somehow, as the
serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ.’
§ understand
this is not a complicated thing
·
a child an understand
§ Jesus
dies for you, paid the full debt of sin, will you accept it?
o 2
Cor. 44:4 ‘For if he who comes preaches another Jesus who we have not preached,
or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a
different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!’
§ you
put up with these, another Jesus another Spirit and another Gospel, and Jesus
wishes you would give Him the same opportunity and privilege!
·
the Bible speaks of the harlot selling herself
out to the political leaders
o Rev.
17:1,2 ‘Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked
with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot
who sits on many waters, 2with whom the kings of the earth committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of
her fornication.’
§ this
harlot will help join the religions of the world into one
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“House of One”
o June
8, 2014 – Pope Francis to usher peace between Israeli and Palestinians
§ Islamic
prayers and readings
o Jews,
Muslims & Christians
§ located
in Berlin, Germany
§ building
with a synagogue, church and mosque under one roof
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Call to Unity
o The
Catholic Charismatic Alliance
§ Charismatic
Movement has always been associated with a lack of doctrinal stability and
leaving doctrinal teachings in the name of unity
§ Pope
Francis inviting them back to “the Mother Church”
§ Joel
Osteen & Mormon Sen. Mike Lee and select others met privately with Pope
Francis on June 5, 2014
·
Joel Osteen quoted he liked “trying to make the
church larger, making the church more inclusive”
·
promote ecumenical prayer and interfaith
understanding
o ecumenical
– drop doctrines, and come together as one, love each other as is
§ concept
of clergy over leatey is a doctrine straight out of hell
·
Rev. 2 & 3
o God
hates this
o Nicoleatines
§ nico
= high
§ leatines
= peons
·
there is nobody higher than the other
·
Jesus said greatest among you is servant of all
o Mk.
9:35 ‘”If anyone desired to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of
all.”’
§ Kenneth
Copeland opens the door of Ecumenicalism
·
Tony Palmer’s wife liked the concept of
Charismaticism and would like to go back to catholic roots as they are
accepting this
·
‘Spirit of Reconciliation’
o “spirit
of Elijah”
§ “fathers”
o come
back to the “holy father”, to the catholic pope
·
Diversity is divine and division is diabolic??!
o Heb.
4:12 ‘For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of the soul and spirit, and of
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.’
o Luke
12:51 ‘So you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather a
division.’
o Rom.
16:17 ‘Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses,
contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.’
§ division
comes when it goes contrary to the Word of God!!
·
“glory not doctrines”
o what
is this “glory” that somehow bypasses
the necessity of the Truth?!!
o 1
Cor. 12:13,14 ‘ For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether
Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into on
Spirit. For in fact the body is not one
member but many.’
·
gifts of the Spirit
o charismatics
rely on these
§ he
is appealing to the charismatic “feelings”
·
Paul Crouch – founder of TBN
o “Join
or else!”
o this
whole ecumenical unity things is what is becoming diabolical
o called
it “doctrinal do-do” and fade fun of “heresy hunters”
o openly
claimed “we are gods”
o wore
priestly influenced clothing
§ 2
Tim. 4:2-4 ‘Preach the world! Be ready
in season and out of season. Convince,
rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have
itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn
their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.’
o Was
the Inquisition propaganda?
§ not
according to Pope John Paul
§ murdered
200M Christians because they would not bow to the pope
§ March
12, 2000 Pope John Paul II admitted to these actions of the catholic church
o Canons
& Decrees of the Council of Trent
§ Canon
1 pg 79 denies sacrament and says is actual
blood and body of Christ
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heretics were those who said these were a symbol and burned at the stake for it
§ Cardinal
Bellarmine quote “Experience teaches…constrained to put them to death.”
o “Luther’s
Protest is over”
§ no
more protest then we are all catholics again
§ it
wasn’t just Luther, but a movement of tens of thousands of Christians
o John Wycliffe
§ stood
against heretic preachings of the church which said the people shout not have a
copy of the scriptures
·
was considered illegal to own a copy
§ he
died and 43 years later his bones were dug up by the catholic church, burned
and his ashes were dumped into the river
o William
Tyndale
§ translated
the Bible into English
·
Oct 6, 1536 – condemned, strangled, burned at
the stake and his ashes were thrown into the river
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Are we all catholics again?
o Ex.
20:4,5 ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down
to them nor serves them. For I, the Lord
your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me’
o Rom.
3:10-12 ‘As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none
who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have
together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.’
o Heb.
4:15 ‘For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.’
o 1
Tim. 2:5 ‘And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he
competes according to the rules.’
o Heb.
7:27,28 ‘who does note need daily, as those high priests, to offer up
sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s for this He did
once for all when He offered up Himself.
For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word
of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected
forever.
o Heb.
10:10 ‘By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all.
o Eph.
1:1 ‘Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are
in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus’
o 1
Pet. 2:9 ‘But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a hold nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you
out of darkness into His marvelous light.’
o 1
John 5:13 ‘These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the
Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may
continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.’
o Mt.
23:9 ‘Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who
is in heaven.’
o Mt.
6:7 ‘And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for
their many words.’
o Is.
43:25 ‘I, even I, am He who blots out
your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.’
o Luke
5:24 ‘”But that you may know that the Son of
Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was
paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”’
·
Mt. 7:15 ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to
you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.’
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We do not believe:
o tradition
does not equal scripture
o interpretation
is not only for the pope
o Mary
was not sinless, co-redemption with Christ, intercedes and aids in salvation
o there
is no such thing as purgatory
o fullness
of salvation does is not only through Catholicism
o the
pope does not have supremacy and is not infallible
o we
do not believe in celibacy
o salvation
is not obtained through good works, baptism, indulgences, rituals or sacraments
o we
do not believe in prayers of the dead/for the dead
o penance
is not necessary for salvation
o the
catholic church cannot forgive sins
o infants
are not born again through baptism
o we
do not have mass which re-sacrifices Christ and converts the bread and wine
into the actual body and blood of
Christ
o we
do not worship the elements of bead and wine
o we
do not confess all our sins to a priest
o indulgences
(money) do not provide forgiveness of sins and escape from purgatory
o salvation
is not obtained through the good works of the “saints”
o we
do not partake in the veneration of relics, images or statues
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Pope Francis
o first
Jesuit pope in history
§ Jesuit
= special operation force
·
were responsible for the torture and Inquisition
·
founded 1534 by Ignatious
·
quotes:
o Marquis
– “It is my opinion…they have instigated most wars in Europe.”
o John
Adams – “I am not happy…society of Jesuits.”
o Abraham
Lincoln – “…It is not against the Americans,…we have to defend ourselves.”
o Gen.
Thomas Ewing Jr. – “I would remind
you…they are the enemies of Christianity…”
o Time
Magazine called him “New World Pope”
·
the coming once world religion
·
heaven is thrilled over this?!!
o even
“open minded” Kenneth Copeland found this development hard to believe years
ago; unthinkable even
·
Adolf Hitler modeled his SS “according to the
Jesuit order”
o “Above
all I have learned from…Jesuits for the use of the party.” ~Hitler
o “The
SS organization has been constitutes…close imitation of the Catholic Church’s
hierarchical order.” ~Edmund Paris
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What is your guide?
o the
Bible or tradition??!
