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SheepShed
"The Church 0 The Body of Christ"
Lesson One
Part One
YSZpq The Israel of God Gal 6:16
Y Who or What is
The Church?
Y "When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi He put this question to His disciples, 'Who do the people
say the Son of man is?'
And they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, some
say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' 'But you,' He said, 'Who do you say I am?' Then
Simon Peter spoke up and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Jesus replied, 'Simon son of
Jonah, you are a blessed man! Because it was no human being that revealed this to you, but My Father in heaven.
So I now say to you:You are Peter and on this rock I will build My Church/Community, and the gates of Hell, the
underworld will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven: whatever you bind on
earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.' "
Y The Hebrew word qahal in the Greek is ekklesia
and means 'an assembly, called out ones'; it is used in the OT to indicate the community of the 'chosen people',
especially the church/community of the desert period. The term 'church' or 'community' used side by side with that
of the Kingdom of Heaven shows that the Church receives it's power and authority from Heaven where it is
birthed from. It is not of this world! It is not a 'building' made by hands; even though we say, 'Lets go to church,'
meaning a building where we meet. No, the 'called out ones' are the Church. The Church can meet in your home
or where two or three are gathered in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Acts 7:38; Is 4:3; Mt 26:28; Ep 5:25; Mt 4:17; Ac 5:11; 1 Co 1:2; Mt "Mt 18:19-29.".
Y Peter 0 Petros & Petra
"You are Peter, and on this rock [petros] I will build My church," said Jesus. The rock is not Peter as an
individual, since Jesus is the petra , a foundation rock or boulder, Jesus used petros ,
which is a fragment of the 'Petra'. The word petros...Peter was given him because of the revelation that was given
him by God the Father.
What a blessing it is to receive revelation from Heaven...man did not give Simon this knowledge,
You are the Christ, [Messiah] the Son of the living God." Jesus himself is the Petra/Rock, the Foundational Stone
on which the church is built.
The church, singular, yet plural, are the individual 'petros/stones that partake of the nature of the Petra/Rock by
their confession of faith, revealed to them by the Father, who confess, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God." These are the living stones which are built upon the foundational Stone. This building is not made by human
hands, it is not wood, mud, stone, rock, cement or any other material of this world that has no 'life' in it.
Peter represents or is referred to as the 'Church' as of a many membered body of believing living stones. Peter is
careful to point out that Christ was the Rock upon which the Chrurch is to be built. as stated in Acts 4:10-11,
regarding the healing of the lame man, "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name
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of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him does this man
stand here before you whole. This is the 'stone' which was set at naught of you builders, which is become the head
of the corner." Reading again in 1st Peter's account 2:1-8 he states in verse 4, "Coming to Him as to a 'Living
Stone', rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a
spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it
is also contained in Scripture.
'Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect,
precious,
And he who believes in Him will
by no means be put to shame.'
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
'The Stone which the builders
rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,
A Stone of stumbling
And a Rock/Petra of offense.' "
The apostle Paul states when writting to the Christians at Corinth, "No other foundation can anyone lay than that
which is laid which is Jesus Christ." And the one who is building on this foundation better be careful what kind of
material he is using while building. It must be fire resistant, for the Day that dawns in fire will test it. Fire will only
make it more valuable: such as gold, silver and precious stones; but hay, wood and stubble will burn. Jesus shows
that this 'end time people who are His called out ones from among the nations' are members of His eschatological
Messianic Kingdom called the church/community and that it has it's beginnings here on earth but it's origin is in
Heaven from whence we look for our Savior.
1 Co 3:1-17.
Y Sectariaism Is Carnal
The apostle Paul writing to the, "church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified [set apart] in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints [holy], with all who in 'every place' call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs
and ours..." states, "and I, brethern, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to 'babes' in
Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food [meat of the word]; for until now you are not able to receive it
[the solid food], and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal . For where there are envy, strife, and
divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says,
'I am of Paul,' and another, 'I am of Apollos,' are you not carnal? Who then is Paul. and who is Apollos, but
ministers through whom you believed,
as the Lord gave to each one?" [Walking as men, flesh].
Paul continues, "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything,
nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each
one will receive his/her own reward according to his/her own labor. For we are God's fellow workers, you are
God's field, you are God's building [house, temple where He dwells by the Spirit]."
Paul says, "According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the
foundation, and another builds on it." As previously stated, Paul warns, "Be careful what kind of material you are
using while building, teaching, doctrines." and Paul reveals, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and
that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of
God is 'holy' which temple you are."
1 Co 3:1-17
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The true Church is only composed of all those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. They are not
professors, but they through faith in Christ, and a personal acceptance of Him are born again by the Spirit of God.
They are children of God. They have received Him, therefore, they are the Sons of God as John writes to us, "For
as many as received Him to them gave He [Jesus] power [the Holy Spirit] to become the Sons of God!" If we
walk after the carnal mind, flesh, we shall die. But if we walk after the Spirit we shall liive ... for to be carnaly mind
is death, said Paul. Today's Church is carnal minded.
It is those who are Sons of God, whose names are written in the Book of Life. These only belong to the True
Church.
John 1:12; 3:1-13; Phil 4:3
Y Denominationalism
We often speak of the various Denominations as churches, for instance, the Episcopal Church, the Lutheran
Church, Methodist, Presbyterian, Reform,
Believers, Baptist, the many Charismatics, Church of Christ, Morman, Latter Day Saints, Seventh Day Adventist,
Pentacostals, Holiness, and the Roman Catholic Church, et cetra.
Let us understand that the use of this term "Church" does not occur in the Scriptures. Some of these same
denominations even claim to be the ONLY True Church.
These so called Churches are nothing more than denominations and as denominations are sects that have to be
'joined'. Believers are added to the Church or Body of Christ as soon as they are saved, as is stated in Acts 2:47,
"And the Lord added to the Church daily those who were being saved." And are set in it, as Paul says in 1 Co
12:18, "But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased."
Glory be to God our Father and to His Son and to the Holy Ghost!
Webster defines the term "denomination" as follows..."a class, or society of individuals called by the same name, a
sect, as a denomination of Christians."
These humanistic systems have been responsible for the dividing of the Universal Church into sects, that only seek
to propagate their own type of teaching, and enlarge their own borders. There are 250 plus different groups in the
United States alone.
Remember, the Church is one Universal Church in God's eyes functioning and fellowshipping as ONE which have
been 'born again' into the Body of Christ; not many denominational churches. The word "Catholic" means
Universal. There is ONLY
one Body, one Fold, one Faith and One Head.
Paul makes it very clear to us what really matters,
"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircmcision avails anything [being a Jew or Gentile], but being a
New Creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the 'Israel
of God.' "
This Body of believers are the Spiritual Israel of
God...which all of the OT covenants and promises are fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 6:11-15.
Y One New Man
When our Lord Jesus ascended into Heaven and took His seat of athourity at the 'right hand' of God, "He led
captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." He ascended back to Heaven far above ALL heavens so that He might
fill all things. And He gave some to be apostles, some to be profits, O excuse me, I mean prophets, some
evangelists, and some to be pastors [shepherds] and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of
ministry, that is, to minister what Jesus begin to do and teach, for the edifying [building up] of the 'Body of Christ'.
How long are we to
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have these gifted men and women? Paul tells us,
"till we ALL come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man [I know some
of us don't like that word 'perfect', and that the word used means 'mature'],
to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
What is the purpose for all of this building and perfecting, shaping and cutting of these 'living stones'... making them
to fit into the perfect place in the One Temple which is the habitation of God by the Spirit?
The Apostle Paul continues to lay truth, in order that, "we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but
we, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the Head...Christ...from whom the whole
Body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which 'every
part' does its share, causes growth of the Body for the edifying of itself in love." Please, dear Saints, note in your
mind, spirit who is the Head of the Church, the Israel of God!
Ephesians 3:19 states, " that you may be filled with the fullness of Him, Jesus." Fullness, pleroma: Strong's #4138:
Full number,
full complement, full measure, copiousness, plenitude, that which has been completed. The word discribes a ship
with a full cargo and crew, and a city or town with no empty houses. Pleroma strongly emphasizes fulness and
completion. WW SFB. Eph. 4:1-16
Y Christ The CornerStone of
The One New Man
Clearly Paul tells the Saints, "For through the Lord Jesus, Yeshua we both, Jew and Gentile, have access by ONE
Holy Spirit to the Father. Now, therefore, we are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the
Saints and members of the household of God,
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief CornerStone,
in whom the 'whole' building, being fitted together, grows into a
Holy Temple in the Lord, in whom we are being built together for a dwelling place, an habitation
of God in the Holy Spirit."
Our Lord Jesus in His own flesh abolished the law of commandments that was contained in the ordinances which
was against us in the sight of God, so that He can now create in Himself One New Man from the two, from the
Jews and from the Gentiles, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in One Body
through the 'cross', and in this way He put to death the enmity that was between the Jew and Gentile...if you are in
Christ Jesus. He came preached peace to we Gentiles who were afar off
from God's covenants to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel, and to those who were near...natural Israel. The Lord
Jesus, Yeshua is our peace.
Paul wants us, Jew and Gentile, to understand this 'new revelation' knowledge which has been a 'Mystery' hidden
in the mind of God from the beginning of the ages. This 'Mystery" of His Son, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, which the
Angels longed to look into or to understand, but it was even hidden from them. Satan tried every imaginable thing
to find out what God was up to...but could not. Otherwise he would not have moved upon the elders and men of
Israel and Rome to crucify the Lord of Glory.
This beautiful 'revelation', like Peter, was revealed to Paul by the Holy Spirit....that is, that the Gentiles should be
fellow heirs, of the same Body. and partakers of His promise in the Messiah
through the gospel of Jesus, for in Him are all of the unsearchable riches of our Father's Glory!
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Eph 2:19 forigners, paroikos; Strong's #3941: From para, 'beside.' and oikeo, 'to dwell'; hence, 'dwelling near.'
The word came to denote an alien who dwells as a sojourner in a land without the rights of citizenship. The word
discribes Abraham and Moses, sojourners in a land not their own [Acts 7:6,29], and the Christian who is traveling
through this world as an alien whose citizenship and ultimate residence are in Heaven [1 Pet 2:11]. Eph 2:14-3:13.
We are citizens of another World, another Kingdom, which is filled with the brightness of His Shekinah Glory...that
at times and at last
one day will fill and transform our bodies... bringing us to the full stature of perfection into the image of the Captain
of our complete Salvation...which is our Blessed Hope!
Paul put it this way, "O, that I might
'know' Him in His suffering and in the 'power' of His 'resurrection."
Thank you dear, dear, precious Paul, for enduring
such afflections to give to us the Truth of the message of Messiah Jesus! May the Lord truly grant us, according to
His riches in glory, letting us be strengthened with might by His Spirit until we absolutely come to be filled with
ALL the fulness
of our Father God! Amen & Amen.
Y Claims of The
Roman Catholic Church
This system of Religion, in many areas of the Scriptures, misinterprets them [as well as many of the Protestants
who are editing the New Translations of the Bible and their doctrines]. This clergy tries to prove that the Roman
Church, as being the only True Church, was built upon Saint Peter, who was the first pope, and that every
successive pope is a direct line from Peter.
According to this Church, Peter was the rock on which the Church was to be built and as Christ promised to
Peter...the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, the Pope and his successors, therefore, can unlock the gates of
purgatory and change laws.
The Scriptures used to prove this are the ones which we have already quoted, Mt 16:18-19.
[See page 1. col. 2; Y Peter 0 Petros & Petra]
Therefore, we understand clearly the Rock is Christ Jesus.
Then also, it must be understood that the 'keys' of the Kingdom of Heaven with the authority of binding and loosing
was not given to Peter only, but to all the Church, as seen from Mt 18:10-20,
dealing with a sinning brother or sister in the SheepShed or Fold of the Church. For the sheep that is straying and
has left the ninety-nine, Jesus teaches that he does not want it to perish...so He wants it to be searched for. And
He also says,
"Moreover if your brother sins against you,
go and tell him his fault between you and
him alone. If he hears you [receives your words], you have gained your brother. But
if he will not hear, take with you one or two
more, that by the mouth of two or three
witenesses 'every word may be established.'
And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the
church [he is attending]. But if he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and tax
collector. Assuredly, I say unto you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven. Again I say unto you that if two of you agree on earth
concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Faher in Heaven. For where two
or three are gathered in My name, I am there in the midst of them."
Notice...[The recent C C priest scandal should have fallen into these Scriptures]. The 'whosoevers' and the
'whatsoevers' pertain to all believers in the Body of Christ...as this is the 'teaching & doctrine' of Jesus himself.
Note also, one cannot make up his or her own rules and regulations as to what the Laws of the Kingdom are. The
Church cannot not make-up their own rules as though they have that athourity to make and create new laws.
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It must have been already established in Heaven. See too, that it is always Heaven that fulfils the binding and
loosing...we ask and pray in Jesus name! We are asking the Father to bring the Kingdom of Heaven into the
situation on earth...that His will might be done...as it is in Heaven! Glory to God, that's the part I like! Please
notice...that the letters are not written to Pope Peter, or Saint Paul or to the Elders of such and such a city, but to
the Body of Believers in that city or town who are gathered in the Name of Jesus Christ...even two or three.
There is more teaching on this subject found in the Apostles letters to the Churches.
Y Claims of the Catholic Church
[Roman Catholic]
Questions & Answers
&
"Comments"
First of all, The Catholic Church has never styled itself "The Roman Catholic Church." They object to the words
"Romish" and "Romanist" because these words have ever been used in an insulting sense, eventhough, the
Standard Dictionary says:
Romish. They believe the term is used chiefly by those whose views are unfavorable toward the
Apostolicity of that Church who claim to be the only True Church of Jesus Christ.
Martin Luther, as well as other Reformers, believe the Cathoic Church to be a corruption of the Early Church.
Martin Luther, being a Catholic Monk, faught to restore the Church to its primitive purity.
Y Question: Is not Luther and other of the Founders of The Reformation not true successors of the Apostles who
also hold to the Apostle's Creed, who preach Christ, and manifest His Presence by the Holy Spirit and Jesus' love
for the brethern? Have they not laid down their lives
for the sake of the Gospel of the Messianic Kingdom?
Y CC'S Answer: "Luther's theory of the transmission of Christ's revelation through the Bible interpreted by the
individual, is an impossible theory, leading to doctrinal divisions, indifferentism and unbelief. The modern Proestant
view that revealed truth is handed down by purely human witnesses, whose authority depends soley on their
natural ablities, is also utterly destructive of all certainty in religion. A man's critical scholarship, his profession of the
Apostle's Creed, his devotedness to the people in no way prove that he is a successor of the Apostles."
[However, the Holy Spirit, according to the Apostle John, states in his letter written to the Children of God. "That
the Anointing which you have received, abides in you, so that you do not need that anyone teach you, but as the
same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as he has taught you, you will
abide in him. These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive [lead you astray]. "
1 John 2:12-14,26-27.
We continue in their own words, "Apostolicity implies that the true Church is the Church which Christ
commissioned His disciples to 'establish' [?] under the supremacy of St. Peter." [Jesus said, "I will build My
Church." Should we not say here Pope Peter, then? When was his named changed again by the Lord Jesus? Even
the other Apostles never addressed Peter as 'Pope' nor 'Holy Father'. His hand, ring, nor toe, they never kissed!]
Let us read on, "Jesus Himself chose the tweleve Apostles, made St. Peter their head, and commissioned them to
transmit 'infallibly' all His divine revelation to all nations till the end of the world." Mt 4:18-22; Mk 3:13; Jn6:71'
15::16; Lk 6:13; Mt 16:18; Lk 22:31; Jn 21:15-17; Mt 28:18; Mk 16:15; Jn 14:16. [Please note to whom the
Lord was commissioning].
"The true Church is Apostolic in origin, doctrine, and implies the authority of ministry to teach, to rule and sanctify,
which has been handed down from the Apostles. Valid orders alone do not gurantee an Apostolic ministry, for
they may be conferred by men who are in heresy and schism.
Valid orders must be accompanied by legitimate jurisdiction, which comes only through union with the 'head' of the
Apostolic body. the See of
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Peter. The true Church must trace its origin in unbroken line to Jesus and the twelve Apostles. Before giving His
divine commission to the Apostles, Christ insists upon His divine commission from His heavenly Father, "As the
Father has sent Me, I also send you....The very works that I do bear witness to Me that the Father has sent Me...
All power is given Me in heaven and in earth...
Going, therefore, teach all nations..."
Jn 20:21; 5:36; Mt28:18-19;
"No 'individual' has the right to associate himself with the Apostles; he must be "sent" or "commissioned" with
divine authority, "How shall they preach," asks St. Paul. "unless they be sent?" Ro 10:5. [Note: The Apostle Paul
did not receive his Gospel of the Kingdom from Peter. He was given the message directly from Christ by
revelation knowledge and even related the hidden mana to Peter, which Peter said,
"At times it is hard to understand...the wisdom given to him, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own
destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures."
If I were you, I would look up the Scriptures quoted above and read them all in their "context". God does not
want us tampering and editing His Word to us and to the World! I think you will find a different interpretation than
the one given regarding who is being SENT. And too, there are to be signs following those who believe and are
SENt. However, one must be called and be 'Anointed' by the power of God, the same 'Anointing' which
descended upon the 120 on the Day of Pentecost...at the command of the Lord Jesust].
Acts 2:1-4.
They go on to say, "No intruder or usurper outside the legitimate succession can have jurisdiction. A break with
the past proves that Apostolicity of origin is lost. As our Lord put it:
"He that entereth not by the door [gate] into the sheepfold, but climbs up another way, the same is a thief and a
robbler."[Stating that the RCC is the door] ! Jn 10:1 [In this statement, I've heard it all; since the LORD JESUS
Himself is that Door! Not the Catholic Church...nor any so called Church for that matter. The Church is the
SheepShed or the Sheepfold for the 'lambs' and 'sheep'.]
Read it again for the First Time.
In light of what is happening today, May 2002, and over the past hundreds of years, the next reply to the same
Question asked previously is heartbreaking! And I might add, Protestants are just as guilty!
"Apostolicity of origin is proof of Apostolicity of doctrine. God's Church cannot become "corrupt", because He
has promised to preserve it from error: "The gates of hell shall not prevail against it." "I am with you all days."
[What happened]? "Christ never said that the Bible would contain all His divine revelation; Christ never said that
critical estimates of certain early documents would be sufficient guarantee of His Gospel. The mere appeal to the
Bible or history is therefore beside the point. He did guarantee to keep His one true Church free from error until
the end of the world." [Which I might add, is His Body of which He is the blessed Head].
Mt 16:18; 28:20; Jn 14:16.
The answer continues, "The 'only' Church that can rightly claim that it's origin is not due to break with the past is
the Catholic Church. The Eastern Churches broke with the past and lost the Apostolic succession when Cerularius
was excommunicated by the Papal legates in 1054. The continental Protstants broke with the Apostolic Church at
the time of Luther's revolt in 1520, and
the English Protestants in 1559, when the State made Parker the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury."
[Let me remind you that the Messianic Kingdom of God is not of this world! One cannot force people to become
"born again" into His Kingdom and war in the name of Jesus Christ...calling themselves "Crusaders". We have
now, in the Protestant Churches...Carnal T-Shirts with arm and "clinched fist raised". God help us! We are not
SENT to establish the Church! Have you ever wondered where, in the Scriptures, the names Pope and Pontif
originated, along with Cardnals, Reverands, Holy Father, and Archbishops]?
"When the early Fathers wished to use a most convincing argument to prove the true Church,
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they always appealed to the fact of its Apostolic origin." [Which had fallen into a state of apostasy].
"We often found them compiling authentic lists of the legitimate Bishops, especially with regard to the Apostolic
See of Rome. As early as the second century we find the Syrian Hegesippus and the Greek Ireanaeus, Bishop of
Lyons, maintaining that the source and standard of the faith is the Apostolic tradition handed down in an unbroken
succession of Bishops. It would be too long to enumerate here the series of all the Churches; it suffices to point out
the Apostolic tradition,
the teaching that has come down to us by episcopal succession in the Church of Rome, the greatest and most
ancient of all, known everywhere, and founded in Rome, the greatest and most ancient glorious Apostles. Paul and
Peter,"[Peter, who was married]. [The most ancient and true Church was founded by Jesus Christ Jn 20:22, & on
the Day of Pentecost empowered, from the City of the Heavenly Jerusalem, as Paul tells us in Galatians 4:26-27,
"She is our Mother.' Not the city Vatican in Rome]! Selah!
Adv. Her., iii., 3; Cf. Eusebius, Hist. Eccles., iv., 8.
Bibliography: Berry, The Church of Christ; Lattey, (ed.), The Church; Sertillanges, The Church.
Y Question: Is not the Church of England and her offshoot, the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States,
continuous and identical with the Church in England prior to the Reformation?
Did not the pre-Reformation Kings and Bishops of England deny in many an instance the supremacy of the Pope?
What of William the Conqueror, Edward III, and Bishop Grosseteste?
Y CC'S Answer: "No, the "Continuity Theory" of the modern High Churchmen is a myth, for the Established
Church of England which dates from Elizaabeth differs totally in "government, doctrine and worship" from the
Catholic Church. No English King or Bishop prior to the Reformation ever denied the primacy of the Pope.
The Archbishops of Canterbury, primates of the English Church, were never recognized until their appointment had
been confirmed by the Pope. When consecrated and invested with the "pallium",
[see below] which the Pope always sent them as a symbol of their rightful jurisdiction in union with him, the
Church's supreme head, they swore "to defend the Roman Papacy against all men, to obey the commands of the
Holy See with their whole strength, and to cause them to be obeyed by others" ...legates of the Holy See, and their
obedience to the Pope."
Stubbs, Const. Hist., iii, 305; Rymer, Foeders, vi., 80. Letter of Archbishop Chichely to Pope Martin V in 1426.
Hadden & Stubbs, Ecc. Conc., iii., 441, 541. [God has never elevated any King, President or Secular World
Government, nor any
Pope as Head over His Church...whom He Himself governs].
Pallium n., 1) A cloak or mantle worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans, Pontifical 2) Eccles. A vestment worn
by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops and sometimes on bishops.
They go on to claim, "The English Bishops before the Reformation were never recognized without the Pope's
confirmation, and as a rule were directly appointed by him. The 'oath' taken at their consecration ran as follows:
"I will be faithful and obedient to St. Peter,
to the Holy Apostolic Roman Catholic Church,
to my Lord Pope N---and his successors
canonically entering. . . . I will give aid, saving
my order, to defend and to maintain against every man the Papacy of the Roman Church and
the Royalty of St. Peter. . . .So may God
help me and these holy Gospels."
Wilkins, Concilia, ii., 199.
[If this does not alert the 'True Believer" today, I don't know
what will. If Peter, Paul, John, Mary, Luther, Wesley & other Saints of God were her today...they would tell us
NOT to name our 'Churches" after them and for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ don't be faithful and obedient to
St. Peter...nor to the Papacy of Rome. This is blasphemy! Which reminds me, "the Lord's enemies are full of the
names of blasphemies." Rev 17:3. O God Most High, open our eyes to the absolute Truth, Your Word is Truth]!
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More Church history, "Rome was always the supreme court of appeal in all important trials.
The kings of England always recognized the Pope's
supremacy in the matter of episcopal appointments, the granting of dispensations in the prohibited degrees, the
receiving of Papal legates, and the accepting of Papal interdicts and excommunications." [All Reasons for the
Reformation].
Stubbs, Cont. Hist., iii., 315.
"The Pope was the divinely appointed autocrat of the Church universal and being a man, a Pope might be a bad
Pope, but the faithful Christian could not but obey him in the last resort. The Papacy was so interwoven with the
whole Church of the Middle Ages, that few figments have less historical basis than the notion that there was an
anti-Papal Anglican Church in the days of the Edwards."
Political History of England, iii., 379
[Can a leopard change it's spots]?
Y Comments from
The Apostolic Letters of
The Apostles
These Scriptures fall to all men and women in the Body of Christ who teach and practice the Word of God, who
have been called by God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and anointed with His Holy Spirit; whether he or
she be Protestant or Catholic. Personally, I don't call myself either;
I call myself a Christian belonging to Jesus Christ,
who places me in His Body as He sees fit.
I think the first words to read are those of the Apostle Paul written to the Saints
in the various cities...regarding who is the Head of the Church.
"Beware lest 'anyone' cheat you through
philosophy and empty deceit, according to
the tradition of men, according to the basic
principals of the world and not according
to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete
in Him, who is the Head of all principalaty
and power. ...Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility...vainly
puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding
fast to the Head, from whom all the body [church], nourrished and knit together by
joints and ligaments, grows with the increase
that is from God."
Col 2:8-9; 18-19. It would be good to read the entire chapter. Notice, there is no mention of St. Peter being the
Head of the Body of Christ here. The Pope's successors & Cardnals, Archbishops & Bishops, Reverands, The
Most Reverand, et cetra, are the empty deceits according to the traditions of men & the basic principals of this
World's System. Titles are everything. They are a form of godlinss...
only a form...because, most times, the Holy Spirit is denied His place of Power and Authority, even in the
Churches. The World is not interrested in His Anointing...but the Father & Jesus are!
"If then, you were raised with Christ, seek those
things which are 'above', where Christ is, sitting
at the right hand of God. Set your mind on
things above, not on things on the earth. For
you died, and your life is hidden with Christ
in God. When Christ who is our life appears,
[and not before] then you also will appear with Him in 'glory'."
Col 3:1-4.
Paul goes on to teach in his letter to the Ephesian Christians who is the Head of Church. He wanted us to know
and understand what our hope is and Christ's calling, and what riches of glory are His inheritance in the saints.
"He is seated far above all principality and
power and might and dominion, and every name
that is named, not only in this world [age] but also in that which is to come. And He put all things
under His feet [authority], and gave
Him to be Head over all things to the
Church, which is His Body, the fullness
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of Him who fills all and all."
Eph 1:18-23.
The 'Heavenly Places' refer to the invisible realms that surrounds our present daily life, the atmosphere of spiritual
action and warfare's activity. Christ's authority from His 'seat' rules every age & exceeds every known power. The
NT reveals the invisible realm's hierarchy of evil powers who deceive & nanipulate human behavior, thereby
advancing satanic strategies. Christ Himself and all who are in Christ are shown to be placed in authority above
these powers, & authority that only spiritual warfare can assert. We have been so programed in doctrinal teaching
to be helpless...that teaching the Truth of the Word is difficult to receive. Then, too, the carnal Christian had rather
stay carnal and live on the 'baby's bottle'. Paul's letter shows His Body, the Church, as the present, physical
Presence of Christ. The Church is to be filled with Him by the Holy Spirit, and is assigned by the LORD Jesus to
represent Him to society to minister His life, love, power & "holiness". "We are His workmanship created in Christ
Jesus for good works, which God prepared 'beforehand' that we should walk in them." We are to walk & do that
which Jesus began to do and teach [beforehand] while He was fulfilling the covenants and promises of Abraham,
Isaac & Jacob. He has given us the Holy Spirit so that that ability to do His works and live the holy life, might be
of Him and not of ourselves. We have no excuse not to! For we are His Body that fills everything everywhere. . .in
heaven and in earth.
Eph 2:1-10; esp. v. 10; 3:19-20. Portions from SFB notes.
Y Regarding the Apostle's
Teachings on
Holiness 0 Integrity 0 Morality
These are the Character and The Kingdom.
While listening to the 'daily news reports' these past few weeks...regarding the scandal among the priests of the
Roman Catholic Church, I have not heard any Scripture quoted as to what is the 'mind' of God the Father and His
Son Jesus;
after all, it is Him we must follow and obey. Instead, we hear about Bishop and Archbishop,
Cardnal and Pope, and Church Law. Since this Church calls itself the only Church in the successive order of the
Apostle Peter, how is it that it does not obey, then, the Apostle's doctrine? [The Catholic Church is practicing
bribery in the fact that it offers money for 'silence' in the cases of priests sexual abuses against children].
Here are Paul's own words regarding immoral conduct among the Saints. Paul calls them 'puffed up', not doing
anything about it. How much more should these words carry weight among "Priests" or any man or woman who
serve as "Ministers" of Jesus Christ?
"It is actually reported that there is sexual
immorality among you, and such sexual immorality
as is not 'even' named among the Gentiles...
that a man has his father's wife!" [A Pedophile is even worse]! "And you are puffed up, and have
not rather mourned, that he who has done this
deed might be taken away from among you.
For I indeed, as absent in body but present in
spirit, have already judged him who has done
this deed. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered togather, along with my spirit,
with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."
Immorality defiles the Church and it must be judged. A little leaven...leavens the whole lump of dough. If the
Bishops, Archbishops, even the Cardnals in the Catholic Church don't do it...Paul
addresses the Saints to do it; for the simple reason there were no, Archbishops, Cardnals and Popes. However,
there were Shepherds Teachers, Apostles and Prophets. But, the Apostle Paul is addressing the assembly of
Saints. He goes on to say,
"Your glorying is not good. Do you not know
that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Therefore, purge out the old leaven, since
you truly are unleaved. For indeed Christ, our
Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore,
let us keep the feast, not with old leaven [sin],
nor with the leaven of malace and wickedness,
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth." l Co 5:1-8.
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God's present reign in Christ is through the lives of believers and is backed up by the power of the Holy Spirit, [&
Angels] which carries a moral authority that Paul can use [or any Pastor of his Church] and the saints who are
walking in His righteousness, if necessary. The presence of the Holy Spirit is the power of The Kingdom of God.
All we are hearing now regarding the immorality in the Catholic Church are 'words'. But the Apostle Paul was not
interrested in 'puffed up words'...but where is the power, for,
"The Kingdom of God is not in word but in power."
Like the Catholic Church, the Corinthians attitude towards this gross sin of immorality, was a disgrace to Jesus
Christ and a godly judgement needed to be administered. This discipline is badly needed in the Protestant
Churches as well. We allow such sins to be judged with only a slap on the hand, so to speak, but we find if the
Churches do not pass godly judgement...then God will. He uses the 'world' to lift up the skirts of His people and
show their nakedness!
"Deliver to Satan," this implies the protective power of God is removed and Satan's freedom to destroy the flesh.
Perhaps the sufferings inflicted by Satan and his demons would bring about repentance. This is one of the laws of
binding and loosing which has been given to the Saints.
It is the 'overcomers' who inherit the Kingdom of God. Here is the Apostle Paul's writting under the hand of the
Spirit of God to the Church,
"I wrote to you in my letter not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I
certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous,
or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you
would need to go out of the world [note:
not the word 'age' used]. I have written to you
not to keep company with 'anyone' named a
brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler.
or a drunkard, or an extortioner...not even
to eat with such a person. For what have I
to do with judging those who are outside?
Do 'you' not judge those who are inside?
But those who are outside God judges.
Therefore, put away from yourselves
the evil person."
1 Co 5:9-13
Paul elsewhere seeks the restoration of the erring saint.
The church judges those inside its congregation. Paul's,
"Put away from among yourselves the evil person," as a quotation repeated nine times in Duet. as an abiding
principle for God's people, applying directly to the case of incest and indirectly to all leavening evil in our lives.
2 Co 2:5-11; SFB notes.
The OT taught again & again that the Kingdom of God is a righteous Kingdom & Jesus affirmed it. Paul declares,
therefore, that the unrighteous, of whom he proceeds to give examples, will not inherit the Kingdom of God,
thinking of its future consummation. Paul states that they who willfully &
unrepentantly persist in the evils of the wicked and think like the world regarding sin, they face the same final
danger as the wicked, "so that they be not condemned with the world." Paul is trying to arrest their attention &
stop their deception. And if they do not love the truth but the lies...God will send them a spirit of strong delusion of
signs and lying wonders, that they should believe the lie, that they may be condemned who did not believe the truth
but had 'pleasure in unrighteousness'.
Mt 6:33; 2 Thess 2:10-12; 2:1-9 the Great Apostasy, SFB.
Because of the God-ordained purposes of the body.
being the Temple of God by the Holy Spirit, therefore belonging to Christ. the functioning of the body for the
unbeliever is not the same as for the Saint. sexual sin reaches into the eternal and metsphysical depths of the
being...[where the Glory of the Shekinah dwells]. Jesus is one with the believers spirit, how can we make Him a
partner in such immorality. It has devastating effects; whether one understands it or not. This immorality is not only
a sin against the body; it is a sin against the Holy Spirit, who dwells in the body of the believer. We are told that
our bodies belong to Christ and we are not our own...we have been bought by His 'blood', therefore, we must
honor Him in every thing we do and say. The 'marriage bed' is undefiled in the eyes of God...as long as the acts of
sexual intercourse are not the demonic acts of lewdness, homosexuality and lesbianism.
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Y SheepShed
The Church 0 The Body of Christ 0
The House of God
Lesson One
Part Two
Y Claims of the Catholic Church
Questions 0 Answers
& Comments Cont'd.
Y Question: The Episcopate,
Is there the slightest proof of Episcopacy in the early Church? Were not bishop & presbyter synnnonymous terms
in the New Testament?
The Government of the Church is on whose shoulders?
Y CC'S Answer: "'The Counsil of Trent'
teaches that there is in the Catholic Church a divinely instituted hierarchy of bishops, priests and deacons; that
bishops are superior to priests, and have the power of confirming and ordaining" (Sess. xxiii., canons 6,7).
"As Christ established the priesthood as a permanent institution, He certainly gave some priests, i. e., bishops, the
power to communicate the priesthood to others. The New Testament plainly tells us that the Apostles were
bishops, for it pictures them frequently as ordaining. . .the characteristic function of a bishop".
"It is true that in the New Testament the words "bishop" and "priest" are used to designate the same persons".
[More on these names under 'Comments']. "It seems certain that in the beginning all newly-founded churches did
not have at their head one bishop, having priests and deacons under his jurisdiction, as we find universally by the
middle of the second century. The Apostles were not attached to any special church, and Timothy
and Titus were Apostolic Delegates, placed in charge of a whole section of a country rather than bishops properly
so-called. So churches like Ephesus and Philippi had a college of bishops at their head, subject either to an
Apostle or his Delegate."
Moran, Government of the Church in First Century. Scriptures used: Acts xx.17, 28; 1 Tim. iii. 1-7; Tit. i. 5, 7;
Phil. i, 1.
"The Monarchical Episcopate of the second century was nothing new, for the mother church of Jerusalem had
a Monarchical Bishop in St. James from the time the Apostles dispersed. Whether the church had one bishop at
their head, or a college of several bishops, the Episcopate still carried on the Apostolic succession."
[Episcopate: 1) Of or relating to a bishop, 2) Of, relating to, or involving church government by bishops, 3)
Episcapal, Of or relating to the Episcopal Church. In the U.S., in communion w/the See of Canterbury. Lit.
meaning in the Greek <Gk. episkopos, overseer; epi, epi- + skopos; watcher].
Y Comments: What do the original Apostles call 'Teachers', 'Evangelists', Pastors. and Prophets?
Y Answer: Let us look at the Scriptures.
"He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, [why?] that He might fill all things.
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, [For
what purpose?]
for the equipping of the saints [the believers] for work of ministry, for the edifying [building up] of the body of
Christ, [How long?] till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."
Eph 4:10-13 seq.
"But now has "God" set the members every one of them in the body as it has pleased Him." Who is doing the
setting? The people,
"Were praising God and having favor with all
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people, and the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved."
1 Co 12:18; Acts 2:47.
Let us make this statement before we continue: Today spiritfilled saints can no longer hold to the 'traditional
methods' relating to the different forms of gatherings in the churches in which they have
come out of, for those methods will never allow them to fully express themselves as they should in their ministry
and gifts. The only method we can now fellow as "spiritfilled" believers are the scriptural methods laid down for us
in the Word of God. It cannot be ministries of the 'carnal mind'...this was never the kind of ministering done by the
Holy Spirit of God. And if any teaching, ministering of the gifts are not of the divine Holy Spirit, then, they are not
of Christ. The method which Jesus Himself taught His disciples is the method we must seek after. It is the Spirit's
anointing we must follow who is leading us.
We are not to mimic the world...but to come out of it, be set apart and sanctified.
Jesus Christ was the Apostle, the Prophet, the Evangelist, the Great Chief Shepherd and the Greatest
Teacher/Rabbi of all men. He also was the High Priest of a different 'order', that being of the Melchizedec[k]
Priesthood. This priesthood is an eternal one. And according to St. Peter, when writing to the saints, states,
"But you are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
His own special people, that you may proclaim
the praises of Him who called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light." This scripture states that we are all a 'Royal Priesthood'! Who should know
better than St. Peter? The Lord Jesus said to Peter, "Feed My sheep, feed My Lambs...if you love Me Peter, feed
My sheep, feed My Lambs." In other words, Shepherd My flock, lead them into good green pastures, take good
care of them. Keep the wolves away from devouring them...look for the zipper, that is, wolves in 'sheep's clothing'.
This being so, all ministries in the 'Body of Christ' are extensions of Himself, except for the one and only 'High
Priest's Office'. Now, every child of God in Christ Jesus may enter boldly before the throne in the Holy of Holies,
before the Shekinah Glory and pray. He or she may ask Him anything at all. In 'this place' he or she confesses their
sin, repents, and receive forgiveness...the confessional and it's seal, are not scriptual. It is the "Blood" of Jesus that
cleanses from ALL unrighteousness.
Because 'sin' brings sickness and death, and Satan is allowed to destroy the flesh, then, the position that I see in
the pattern Son, Jesus, is, "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise and walk.' "
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has
power on earth to forgive sins"...then He said
to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed,
and go to your house."
This would be, in my understanding, an extension
of the Ministry of Jesus on earth ...of all that He begin to do and teach.
Did Peter's actions express this type of the Lord's teaching and ministry?
"Now Peter and John went up together to the
temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
And a certian man lame from his mother's
womb was carried, whom they laid daily at
the gate of the temple which is called
Beautiful, to beg alms from those who entered
the temple, who seeing Peter and John about
to go into the temple, asked for alms.
And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter
said, 'Look at us!' So he gave them his
attention, expecting to receive something
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from them. Then Peter said, 'Silver
and gold I do not have, but what
I do have I give you; In the Name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up
and walk.' "
Heb 4:14-5:1-11seq.; See Lesson on 'The Melchizidec Order';
1 Pet 2:9 seq. Mt 9:1-6; Acts 3:1-6 seq.
The original word in the Greek for 'pastor' is 'shepherd'. An extension of the Great Shepherd of the sheep. 1) A
Christian minister having spiritual charge over a congregation or group [known as a flock or fold of sheep], an
overseer, watcher of, 2) A lay person having spiritual charge over a person or group, 3) A shepherd, to serve or
act as a pastor of <even in Lat. pastoralis, pastor, shepherd>.Pastoral: relating to shepherds or 'herders'.
Y This is the picture that Jesus gives of His pasture. It is the country or county life.; a rural, charminingly simple and
serene with green lush pastures and living springs of water. There are instruments with tender melodies played and
songs sung in quiet slow rhythms.
"There He restores my soul,
He leads me by still waters.
Though I walk in the valley of the shadow
of death...I shall fear no evil."
This is the extension of the Great Shepherd.
It is the traditional Shepherds' music and rural life.
These 'pastors' and 'shepherds' were also called
'elders' or 'overseers', even 'Apostles'.
Shepherd: Gk. poimen, Strong's #4166: A herdsman, sheepherder; one who tends, leads, guides, cherishes, feeds,
and 'protects' a flock. The NT uses the word for a Christian pastor to whose care and leadership others will
commit themselves. The term is applied metaphorically to Christ and to those He has called to extend Himself.
WW SFB. Eph 4:11; John 10:11, 14, 16; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 2:25.
The door of the sheepfold is not the Roman Catholic Church, as they claim that it is. Nor is it any Church
denonmination. Jesus says, "Most asuredly, I say unto you, I am the door [gate] of the sheep...if anyone enters by
Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture."
I believe, the 'pasture' is in the Kingdom of God,
that is, it is in Heaven as well as on earth. The sheep and lambs are grazing in Heaven...finding hidden manna there
in the Presence of the Father...and coming out to find pasture on earth, but still in the Kingdom of Light of God's
Dear Son.
We enter by the 'Door' and, "To him the Doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear His voice; and He calls His own
by name and leads them out. And when He brings out His own sheep, He goes before them; and the sheep follow
Him, for they know His voice. They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not
know the voice of strangers."
John 10:1 seq.The imagery 'contrasts' Jesus' protection
of the sheep in the fold with usurpers, the false prophets of OT times and the false messiahs of more recent times.
[SFB notes.]
Any one who calls himself a pastor, priest, elder, deacon, bishop, cardinal or pope who fleeces, abuses and
immorally molests the sheep of Jesus Christ should be handed over to Satan to destroy his flesh! Just because a
Church goes through rituals, ceremonies, various sacraments and wear what is called 'priestly garments' does not
mean that our Lord Jesus has called them nor anointed them with His Holy Spirit!
"The fruit in the life which they bear is that by which 'we' know them," said Jesus.
Y Regarding the claims of the Roman Catholic Church St Cyrian writes: "She is holy, the spouse of Christ and
cannot become adulterous; she is undefiled and chaste. She owns but one home; she guards the sanctity of one
chamber. She keeps us for God; she appoints unto the kingdom
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the sons that she has borne. Whosoever has separated from the Church [Roman Catholic] is joined to an
adulteress; he or she is cut off from the promises of the Church. Neither shall he/she come unto the rewards of
Christ, who leaves the Church. [Perhaps this is the reason the Catholic priests are so fearful of leaving the Church,
eventhough, they sin in their vows]. He is an alien, an outcast, an enemy. He can no longer have God for a Father,
who has not the Church for a Mother."
On the Unity of the Church, 5. Q & A.
Y After The
Great Flood
The great sin commited by the fallen Angels which became the immediate cause of the Flood; and even after the
Deluge, we find sin again gravitating to the same spot, which was taken as a possession by the descendants of
Noah's accursed son. For Cush was the son of Ham.
"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty hunter one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the
Lord; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord; and the beginning of his 'kingdom'
was Babel, and Erech, Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."
Gen vi. 2: x. 9-10.
"From universal mythology and the sacred books of the East, it appears that at this period revelations
were made to men "by fallen angels"; and that those who received them were formed into a "secret Society", in
order that the world might through their means be both taught and ruled by Satan. These who had received the
revelations
[initiates] became the depostaries of the lie with which the Adversary had planned to counteract the truth of God.
They promulgated the theory, that man originally proceeded out of the Godhead, and is working his way back to
become an integral and intelligent part of the same; that to the effect thus, he needs 'no' Savior nor helper, but,
depending upon himself, must struggle on through various disciplines and many 're-incarnations', until he is made
perfect. And this is the doctrine that underlies every false religion of any importance, and forms its philosophic
basis. This doctrine contains laws of obediience and sacrifice."
"Even in the early times of which we are speaking it caused a general rebellion against God; and, affected by its
influence, wicked and demonic-inspired men attempted to defy God's commands, and to unite the whole human
race in opposition to Him. The confusion of languages followed, accompanied by a terrific manifestation of Divine
anger; and the affrighted rebels moved off in various directions to people the distant parts of the earth, carrying the
Babylonian poison and the false revelation of the fallen angels with them."
G.H. Pember, Babylon pp. 77, 78, 79.
These writings were found written in the Sacred Books of the East.
"But the headquarters of the secret Society still remained at Babylon, where Satan seems to have fixed his earthly
throne, perhaps for two reasons.
The position is central, having easy access either to the East or to the West, and was, therefore, adapted to the
purpose of affecting and 'controlling' the world."
[Note: in Revelation 17, we find the Scarlet Woman riding the Scarlet Beast...in order to 'control' it, thereby,
controlling the world. She is calleed Mystery Babylon, Mother of Harlots].
Jehovah God, in His foreknowledge, had chosen Jerusalem even in the very early times., to set His Name in the
days of Abraham and Melchizedec was both king and high priest of the Most High God. We shall see how, out of
the midst of this "Secret Society", Paganism formed itself against Yahweh God. The LORD called Abraham and
made a covenant between the two of them. And what a covenant it was and is! Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of that
Abrahamic Covenant.
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It is very, very important for us to understand fully, right here, the significanse of the Promises God made to
Abraham... because, the 'fork' in the road begins at this point between the Babylonian Priesthood of Nimrod and
the Priesthood after the "Order of Melchizedec(k)"; of which the Lord Jesus, Yeshua has fulfilled, which I will
explain.
Y The Infallibility of
God's Word
Which means: incapable of error! Since Jesus Christ is the visible Word of God made flesh
. . . that makes Him incapable of error . . . as well as the written Word, and, I might add, what He speaks to us by
the Holy Spirit.
The "prophecies" regarding Babylon have not yet passed into history! "No Arab will ever pitch his tent there
forever." Is 13:19; 14:2,4; Jer 1:1-5. 17-20, 33-34; Rev 17:8, 11. Peter tells us, as an eye witness with the other
disciples, when they had a preliminary glimpse of the "Glory of the Messiah", and, then, saw Him in His
resurrection Body; that this was absolute proof that. . . the "prophecies of the OT concerning Jesus as the
Messiah" were fulfilled; and so, "we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that
shines in a dark place, "until" the Day Dawns and the Morning Star rises in your hearts." 1 Pet 1:16-19; Mt 17.
Rises where, Saints? Where is the "Star of Glory" to rise? In your Hearts, your Spirit, which fills your entire
being . . .When? At the 'Dawning of that Day'. What Day is that? The Great and Awesome Day of the Lord!
What will happen BEFORE that Day? Read Acts 2:14-22. The Morning Star speaks of 'authority'. What will
happen BEFORE this Day? "Immediately AFTER the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give her light; the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
THEN the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven," See Mt 24:15-31 seq.
Many people say that the Hebrew prophets spoke with much poetical hyperbole! "Hyperbole" in the Greek is
interpreted to mean "exaggeration".
Do you think that Jehovah would exaggerate?
Man does all the time! It is difficult for God to trust a man or woman with His power of anointing because of their
tendancies to LIE, which is to exaggerate! God does not utter things which He knows to be untrue! He does not
say things, in order to inspire fear, He states facts. When those who profess to believe in God, yet spread infidelity
by the way they live 'in His Name', and adulterate His Word, thereby, accusing God of "exaggeration"; this only
shows how low an estimate men form of God's predictions.
Many of the OT prophesies have yet to be fulfilled even in our present Day. But, Saints, we wont be able to be
"Seers" without purity and separation from this World which Satan is the god of! God is going to make us take the
TEST. Brace yourself! Be very careful what you watch on TV, even Christian TV. Are you able to 'see' a
'Candlestick' of pure Gold? Do you 'see' the 'Pearl' of great Price? Will you and I give all that we have . . . to buy
that 'Pearl'?
The gift of the "Ministry" of our "Lord Jesus Christ" is one of the greatest gifts which Christ Jesus has bestowed
upon the world. And the one who stands to minister JESUS to others . . . must have clean hands and a pure heart.
G.H. Pember Antichrist Babylon; pp. 86-93; some
comments taken from Second Edition, London.
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The Israel of God
Lesson One
Part Three
Y Religious Orders
Origin of
"The Sovereign Pontiff "
"You have ascended on high; You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts for men,
. . . that You O Lord, might dwell among/in us."
Eph 4:8-11.
The Church was persecuted severly until Constantine embrased the Christian faith. The Church of Rome, at its first
planting, had the divinely bestowed gift of a Scriptual ministry and government; and then "its faith was spoken of
throughout the world;" its righteousness was rich and abundant. But, in Satan's plan, the Babylonian
element was admitted into the ministry, and then onward, that which had been intended to be a blessing, was
converted to a curse.
If there be any who imagine that there is some occult and mysterious virtue in an apostolic succession that comes
through the Papacy, let us seriously consider the true "Origin" of the Popes orders, and those of his bishops and
clergy. The College of Cardinals, with the Pope at the head, is just the counterpart of the Pagan College of
Pontiffs, with its "Pontifex Maximus," or "Sovereign Pontiff," which had existed in Rome from the earliest times,
and which is known to have been framed on the model of the grand original Council of Pontiffs at Babylon.
Ch. vi. p. 206; Two Babylons. sec. 1.
Remember, that the "Secret Society" had its beginning in the land of Shinar, todays Iraq!
Y A Bit of History
"The Woman represents the great Society, formed to 'teach' and 'rule' the world
[Hence, riding the Beast...both are scarlet colored], which takes its name from Babylon the place of its birth! We
can, therefore, understand that, if its 'seat' were transferred to another city, that city might naturally be called
'Mystery Babylon'.
It wasn't until God had given up Jerusalem, that Babylon seems to have continued to be the centre of wickedness
upon the earth. There, as we have seen, the great Postdiluvian 'apostasy'
arose, that 'apostasy' which, after having been in some measure checked by God's action in the OT times, and,
again, had once more recovered its ground, gathering to iself all else that is of Satan, and spreading over West as
well as East. We have in it Spiritualism, Buddhism, Mohammedism, Hinduism, Masonism, et cetraism, all derived
from the Chaldean Society.
Alexander the Great, had he lived, intended to make Babylon again the capital of the world, and doubtless at
the same time to restore the influence of the Chaldean 'wise men' [high priesthood], to whom he paid the greatest
deference.
Satan knew that to be able to rule the world he must continue to centre on other Gentile power.
He must still further shift to the fourth and greastest world empire and have its seat in the
West. Accordingly, during the times of Greek supremacy he kept the headquarters of the Society still at
"Pergamum",[see Rev 2:12, "where Satan's throne is"], where it had been removed upon the capture of Babylon
by Cyrus. But at the death of Attalus III, the royal priesthood was bequeathed to "Rome." [The royal priesthood
was the ancient pagan priesthood of Nimrod's
Society]. And it had to remain for some time in
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abeyance, since no citizen of the Republic could
fulfil conditions which required a travesty of him who "shall be a Priest upon his Throne."
At length, however, "Julius Caesar", ( c. 100-2 - Mar 15, 44 B.C,) who had previously accepted the office of
Pontifex Maximus, solved the difficulty by constituting himself Emperor. He thus became the "first Roman" in whom
the 'powers' of the 'Sovereign Pontifex' and the Imperator were 'combined', and was, proably, the first to be
recognised as "Head of the Oriental Priesthood" ---the Roman Pontifex having previously been 'distinct from and
inferior to' the Chaldean, with which it was from then on identified.
Being in the 'Royal Priesthood', he was. consequently, declared to be 'divine', and exercised a wonderful influence
over his army and the people, even going to the length of openly prescribing to the latter for whom to vote. And,
lastly, he corrected the calender, and changed times by inserting two additional months, in accordance with the
Pontifical perogative which gave him his 'title' of King of the Ages. The power which he had acquired descended
to his 'successors': so that, "in the statues of emperors, the ring is always engraved with the figure of a lituus---or
crosier---to indicate the highest quality or the imperatorial rank, that of
Pontifex Maximus." See Origins of the "Orders".
Sueton. Jul. Caes. xli.; King's "Antique Gems & Rings," vol. i., p. 338; Babylon, Prember, p. 82.
Caesar, the name of a Roman family prominent from the third century B.C., of whom Caius Julius Caesar was by
far the most prominent, should be important to the Christian, I think. Caesar was the title taken by each of the
Roman emperors;
e.g. Augustus, who reigned when our Lord was born [Lk 2:1]; his seccessor Tiberius who reigned 14-37 A.D.
[Lk 3:1]; Claudius, 41-54 [Acts 11:28]; Nero, under whom Peter and Paul were martyered, 54-68 [Phil 4:22];
Domitian was "Caesar"
from 81-96 and it was under him that John was exiled to Patmos. "Caesar" is mentioned by our Lord both literally
as referring to Tiberius, and figuratively as meaning any earthly ruler [Lk 20:22-25]. The City of Rome was
founded 753 B.C.; a monarchy until 509 B.C.; a republic from 509 to 31 B.C.; empire began in 31 B.C., fell in
the 5th century. It is this Office of Pontifex Maximus which Julius Caesar brought into his government that we
should be very careful to watch, because this Power changed the calender and times which was his 'seat' of
perogative. King of the Ages. Here we will see the worship of the Sun-god.
Y The Pope
Religious Orders
From the Pope downwards all can be shown to be radically Babylonian. The Pope now pretends to supremacy in
the Church as the successor of Peter, to whom it is alleged that our Lord exculusively committed the keys of the
kingdom of heaven. But here is the important fact that, till the Pope was invested with the title, which for a
thousand years had had attached to it the power of the keys of Janus and Cybele, no such claim to pre-eminence,
or anything apprroaching to it, was ever publicly made on his part, on the ground of his being the possessor of the
keys bestowed on Peter.
1) It was only in the second century before the Christian era that the worship of Cyeble, under that name, was
introduced into Rome; but the name goddess, under the name of Cardea, with the "power of the key." was
worshipped in Rome, along with Janus, ages before. Ovid's Fasti, vol. iii. 1. 101, p. 346. Janus was in the house of
Egypt against Moses!
Very early, indeed, did the the bishops of Rome show a proud and ambitious spirit; but, for the first three
centuries, their claim for superior honor was founded simply on the dignity of their See, as being that of the imperial
city, the capital of the Roman world. When, however, the seat of the
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empire was removed to the East, and Constantinople threatened to eclipse
Rome, some new ground for maintaining the dignity of the Bishop of Rome must be sought.
That new ground was found when, about 378, the Pope fell heir to the keys that were the symbols of two
well-know Pagan divinities at Rome. Janus bore a key, and Cybele bore a key; and there are the two keys that
the Pope emblazons on his arms as the ensigns of his spiritual authority.
2) Ovid's Fasti, lib. i. ll, 95, 99, vil. iii. p. 18.
3) Tooke's Pantheon, "Cybele," p. 153.
How the Pope came to be regarded as wielding the power of these keys will be evident as we continue to search
out the TRUTH. Now, when he had come, in the estimation of the Pagans, to occupy the place of the
representatives of Janus and Cybele, and therefore to be entitled to bear the keys, the Pope saw that if he could
only get it believed among the Christians that Peter 'alone' had the power of the keys, and that he was Peter's
successor, then the 'sight' of these keys would keep up the delusion, and thus, though the temporal dignity of Rome
as a City should decay, his own dignity as the Bishop of Rome would be more firmly established than ever.
Paul said, "The Mystery of iniquity is already at work." Sometime was allowed to pass away while the secret
Mystery of Iniquity had prepared the way for it and for the first time the Pope publicly asserted his preeminence,
as founded on the keys given to Peter. About 378 was he raised to the position which gave him, the power of the
Pagan keys referred to. In 431, and not before, did he publicly lay claim to the possession of Peter's keys.
4) In proof of the fact that this claim was first made in 431, see Elliot's Horoe, vol. iii. p. 139. In 429 he gave a hint
at it, but it was only on 431 that this claim was broadly and distinctly made.
In the course of time, it came to be widely believed of the Popes power in his Office of Pontifex Maximus. and
now, the statue of Jupiter is worshipped at Rome as the veritable image of Peter, so the keys of Janus and Cybele
have for ages been devoutly believed to represent the keys of the same apostle. So the Pope and his 'successors'
have laid claim to Peter's keys and God's Kingdom!
5) There is more to be studied regarding the Chaldean keys
the fabulous Egyptian Mercury & Jamblichus says Hermes was the god of all celestial knowledge, etc. all hidden in
the Secret Society. The Masons in America belong to this Society out of Egypt!... but we must move on. See Two
Babylons pp. 206-210, for details re: the pagan 'Peter-Roma,' the interpreter of well known Mysteries, which the
Pope had also inherited in his 'name.'
It is important for us to see how the "Woman" is riding the "Beast"! How she is part of the ruling government
beginning with Nimrod's Babylonian
kingdom. "Mystery Babylon The Great Mother of Harlots" is written on her forehead!
Y The Cardinals
Now let us understand how it is that the Pope's
Grand Council of State, assists him in the government of the Church, which is called the
'College of Cardinals.'
The term Cardinal is derived from Cardo, a hinge. Janus, whose key the Pope bears, was the god of doors and
hinges, and was called Patulcius and Clusius :"the opener and the shutter." This had a
blasphemous meaning, for he was the worshipped
at Rome as the grand mediator. Whatever important business was in hand, whatever deity was to be invoked, an
invocation first of all must be addressed to Janus, who was recognised as the "God of gods," in whose mysterious
divinity the characters of father and son were combined, and without that no prayer could be heard---the "door of
heaven" could not be opened. It was this same
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god whose worship prevailed exceedingly in Asia Minor at the time when our Lord sent, by His servant John, the
seven Apocalytic messages to the Churches established in that region. And, therefore, in one of these messages we
find Him rebuking that peculiar profane divinity, and asserting His exclusive claim of having the key of David and
His Lordship. "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: these things say He who is holy, He that has the
key of David, He that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts and no man opens,." Rev 3:7.
Now to the Janus, as Mediator, worshipped in Asia Minor, and equally, from very early times, in Rome, belonged
the government of the world; and, "all power in heaven, in earth, and the sea," according to Pagan ideas, was
vested in him. In this character he was said to have "jus vertendi cardinis" ---the "power of turning the hinge" ---of
opening the doors of heaven, or opening or shutting the gates of peace or war on earth!
6) Ovid, Fasti, lib. i. ll. 117-121; Ibid. lib. i. ll. 117, 120, 125.
Two Babylons, pp. 210-212.
The Pope, therefore, when he set up as the High Priest of Janus, assumed also the "us vertendi cardinis" ---"the
power of turning the hinge,"
[this is spiritual power reaching into the heavens]
---of opening and shutting in the blasphemous Pagan sense. Slowly and cautiously at first was the power asserted;
but the foundation being laid, steadily, century after century, was the grand superstructue pf pretended Christian
priestly power erected upon it!
Those who saw what strides, under the Papal directions, Christianity, as professed in Rome, was making towards
Paganism, were more than content to recognise the Pope as possessing this power;
they gladly encouraged him to rise, step by step, to the full height of the blasphemous pretensions befitting the
representative of Janus.
To enable the Pope, however, to rise to the full
power the co-operation of others are needed. When his power increased, when his dominion extended, and
especially after he became a temporal sovereign, the key of Janus became too heavy for his single hand, he needed
some to share with him the power of the "hinge." Hence privy councillors, his high functionaries of state, who were
associated with him in the government of the Church and the world, got the now well-known
title of "Cardinals" ---the priests of the "hinge."
This title had been previously borne by the high officials of the Roman Emperor, who, as "Pontifex Maximus," had
been the representative of Janus, and who delegated his powers to servants of his own!
Even in the reign of Theodosius, the Christian Emperor of Rome, the title of Cardinal was borne by his Prime
Minister. (7) But now both the name and the power implied in the name have long since desappeared from the civil
functionaries of temporal sovereigns; and those only who aid the Pope in wielding the key of Janus, in opening and
shutting, are known by the title of Cardinals, or priests of the "hinge."
7) Parkhurst, Lexicon, p. 627.
Janus [Jannes] was none other than the Babylonian Messiah! If we only consider the blasphemous assumptions of
the Papacy, we will see how exactly it has copied from its original. In the countries where the Babylonian system
was most thoroughly developed, we find the Sovereign Pontiff of the Babylonian god vested with the very
attributes now ascribed to the Pope. Even in the vestments worn, the head dress, the shepherds crook, and, of all
things, the "cross" and the sign thereof . . .as we shall see.
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Is the Pope called "God upon the earth,"
the "Vice-God," and "Vicar of Jesus Christ?"
The King in Egypt, who was Sovereign-Pontiff, (8)
was, says Wilkinson, regarded with the highest reverence as "The Representative of The Divinity on Earth." (9) Is
the Pope "Infallible," and does the Church of Rome, in consequence, boast that it has always been "unchanged and
unchangeable"? The same was the case with the Chaldean Pontiff, and the 'system' over which he presided. This
Sovereign Pontiff, says the writer just quoted, was believed to be "INCAPABLE OF ERROR," (10) and, in
consequence, there was "the greatest respect for the sanctity of old edicts;" and hence, no doubt, also the origin of
the custom that " the laws of the Medes and Persians could not be altered.
8) Wilkerson shows that the king had the right of enacting laws, and of managing all affairs of religion and the State
[vol. ii. p. 22]. which proves him to have been Sovereign Pontiff.
9) Wilkerson's Egyptians, vol. ii. p. 68.; 10) Wilkerson's Egyptians. "The Infallibility" was a natural result of the
popular belief in regard to the relation in which the Sovereign stood to the gods" for, says Diodorus Siculus,
speaking of Egypt, the king was believed to be "a partaker of the divine nature"
[lib. i. cap. 7, p. 57].
Does the Pope receive adorations of the Cardinals? The king of Babylon, as Sovereign Pontiff, was adored in like
manner.(11) Are kings and ambassadors required to kiss the Pope's slipper? This too, is copied from the same
pattern; for says Professor Gaussen, quoting Strabo and Herodotus, " the kings of Chaldea wore on their feet
slippers which the kings they conquered used to kiss." And, is the Pope addressed by the title of "Your Holiness"?
So also was the Pagan Pontiff of Rome. The title was common to all the Pontiffs. Symmachus, the last Pagan
representative of the Roman Emperor, as Sovereign Pontiff, addressing one of his colleagues or fellow-pontiffs, on
a step of promotion he was about to obtain, says, "I hear that Your Holiness [sacnctitatem tuam] is to be called out
by sacred letters." And, then, we of course, have the "Sacred Chair" that goes along with it. Which, as one can
guess, is called "Peter's!" Rome seems to be unfortunate in regard to the claim of Peter's Chair for when the
French soldiers under General Bonaparte took possession of Rome in 1795, they found on the back of it, in
Arabic, this well-known sentence of the Koran, "There is no God but God, and Mahomet is His Prophet."(12)
The Pope has not only a chair to sit in; but he has one canopied chair to be carried in, in pomp and state, on mens
shoulders!
As stated before, I saw even the cardinals and priests carried in this manner while in San Jose, Costa Rica. It
made me sick! I saw the pageant
and the long processions of ecclesiastics, gilded chairs, clad in vestments, the poor people bearing the chair and,
others of them, the statue of Christ on the cross adorned with flowers. While carrying a cross . . . they celebrated
Jesus in getting drunk for this fiesta!
11) From statements of Layard [Ninevah & It's Remains, vol. ii. pp. 472-474. & Nineveh & Babylon, p. 361].
12) Lady Morgan's Italy, vil. iii. p. 81. Dr. Wiseman tried to dispute this; but, as The Times, remarked, "the lady
had evidently the best of the argument."
Y Vestments
The Office of the Pontifex Maximus wore "high quality priestly robes," "a Mitre," "his triple crown," The "Triple
Crown" represented his total authority even to Heaven itself. He was not seen without his vestments which were
his insignia of his Pontifical Office. Thus, having the dignity of pomp, showing the authority of the Pontiff, he
showed pompously dogmatic or self importance; being very pretentious. In other words, In Pagan Rome they
were the vestments of the pagan Priesthood
in which they practiced their ceremmonies and expressed opinons or judgements in a dogmatic way. And,
performed their Priestly duties to their
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god(s) . . . Even used the "Mistic fan of Bacchus." His chair of state is also covered with a regular canopy.
Looking back over three thousand years the Sovereign Pontiffs have had the same royal banners floating, military
bands, gems, gold and costly array adorning them and their temples!
Y The Mitre
Janus, whose key the Pope usurped with that of his wife or mother Cybele, was also 'Dagon'. Janus, who was also
known as the 'two-headed,'
indicating he lived in two worlds! But Dagon was the fish-god in Egypt. Thus the Mitre of the fish-god Dagon.
[Notice to this day the mitre worn by the Catholic Church . . . the open mouth of the fish and the flap down the
back of the head dress and it also indicating 'two horns']. (fig. 48) The excavations of Ninevah have put this
beyond all possibility of doubt.
The Papal mitre is entirely different from the mitre of Aaron and the Jewish high priests. That mitre was a turban.
The Lord Jesus wears that High Priest head dress, and no one else! The two horned, open mouthed , which the
Pope wears, when he sits on the high altar at Rome and receives adoration of the Cardinals, is the very mitre worn
by Dagon, which is also the fish-god of the Philistines and Babylonians.
There were two ways in which Dagon was anciently represented. The one was when he was depicted as half-man
half-fish; the upper part being entirely human, the under part ending in the tail of a fish. The other was, when, to
use the words of Layard, "the head of the fish formed a mitre above that of a man, while its scaly, fan-like tail fell
as a cloak behind, leaving the human limbs and feet exposed." (13) No one who has examined the history of this
truth has denied the source of the 'mitre.'
Layard's Babylon & Ninevah, p. 343. Two Babylon, p. 215.
The gaping jaws of the fish surmounting the head of the Pope are unmistakable to that of the mitre worn by the
pontiffs of the ancients. And, thus was it in the east, at least five hundred years before the Christian era. Then,
Wilkerson says, speaking of the fish, "that one of the Genii of the Egyptian Pantheon appears under a human form,
with the head of this fish."
In the West, at a later period, we have evidence that the Pagans had detached the fish-head mitre from the body of
the fish, and used that mitre alone to adorn the head of the great Mediatorial god; for on several Maltese Pagan
coins that god, with the well-known attributes of Osiris,(14) is represented with nothing of the fish save the mitre
on his head(fig. 49); very nearly in the same form as the mitre of the Pope, or of a Papal 'bishop!'
[O, how we love these 'titles' . . . how swiftly they are cropping up in the Protestant Churches. . . even the title of
"ARCHBISHOP!"
14) Osiris' idol can be found in the Masonic temple today!
Many of America's presidents and members of the government were 32nd degree masons. We will look into that
phase of our own United States.
Even in China, the same practice of wearing the
fish-head mitre had once prevailed; for the very counterpart of the Papal mitre, as worn by the Chinese Emperor,
who, in his priestly robes and mitre, blessed the nation once a year.
(fig. 50) front view.
Y The Lituus, Crook, Crosier
We cannot overlook another 'symbol' of the Pope's power, and that is the Crosier also called 'lituus' and 'crook' or
'Shepherd's Crook.' Where did this crosier come from? It was stolen from the Roman augur. The Roman augurs
consulted the heavens, there was a certain instrument with which it was necessary for them to be equipped. That
instrument which was used to discern their observation of the sky, was curved at one end
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and called "lituus." Now, so noticable was the "lituus," or crooked rod of the Roman augurs, identical with the
pontical crosier, that the Roman Catholic writers themselves, writing in the Dark Ages, at a time when disguse was
thought unneccessary, did not hesitate to use the term "lituus" as a synonym for the crosier.(15) Thus a Papal writer
describes a certain Pope or Papal bishop as "mitra lituoque decorus," adorned with mitre and the augur's rod,
meaning thereby that he was "adorned with the mitre and crosier." But this lituus or "divining rod," of the Roman
augurs, was, as is well known, borrowed from Etruscans, who, again had derived it from the Assyrians.
15) See Gradus ad Parnassum, complied by G. Pyper, a member of the Society of Jesus, sub vocibus Lituus
Espiscopus at Pedum, pp. 372, 464.
As the Roman augur was distinguished by his crooked rod, so the Chaldean soothsayers and priests, in the
performance of their magic rites, were generally equipped with a crook or crosier. This magic crook can be traced
up directly to the first king of Babylon, that is, Nimrod, who, as stated by Bersus, was the first that bore the title of
a Shipherd-king.
In Hebrew, or the Chaldee of the days of Abraham, "Nimrod the Shepherd," is just Nimrod "He-Roe"; and from
this title of the "mighty hunter before the Lord," derived both the name of "Hero" itself, and all that Hero-worship
which has since overspread the world.
America is overwhelmed by it. Her 'Heros' have spread to the entire world. Even the Church is full of "Hero
worship" with her Christian Video Entertainers, Dove Awards, TV Evangelists, male and female. How she has
fallen!
Figure (51) shows Babylon and Ninevah with their crosiers in ruder forms. Nevertheless, rods.
In Egypt, the statues of Osiris is found with a crosier, and even Osiris himself represented as a "crosier with an eye
above it." Like the 'eye' on America's dollar bill. A symbol of the "Masonic Temple." The Masons are a religion.
They call it "the all seeing EYE of God." But I have to ask, "Which God?" Whom they call, "Lucifer."
The negros of Africa, who do not know Jesus,
whose god, called Fetiche, is represented in the form of a crosier, evident from the words of Hurd; "They place
Fetichesa before their doors, and these titular deities are made in the form of grapples or hooks." The same was
true in Thibet where it is the ensign of the Lamas or Theros office. In the great temple of Miaco, is found this
statement: "Their heads are adorned with the rays of the sun, and some of them have shepherds' crooks in their
hands, pointing out that they are the guardians of mankind against all evil spirits."
We see the crosier of the Pope, then, which he bears as an emblem of his office, as the great shepherd of the
sheep, but now, with the crucified Jesus mounted on it . . . still hanging on the cross . . . is neither more nor less
than the augur's crooked staff, or magic rod of the priests of Nimrod.
How open my eyes are now to understand why God called Abraham out of the Chaldees to form a people for His
Name and for these separated people to show the world the one true God. No wonder, in the knowledge of what
all these symbols and their paraphanalia, Jesus used the words explaining to the world, "I AM the Door, the Great
Shedperd of the sheep, any one who climbs up any other way is a thief and a robber." John 10. To me, God
showed, by using the rod or staff of Moses, that His rod was the only rod of authority to be anointed of God,
proving His power by devouring "Janus" and Jambres' rods with His 'SINGLE' one.
Praise You LORD!
You know, the martyrs were still battling against these gods, and, rather than symbolize with them,
"loved not their lives unto the death," if they
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were to see present day aspect of the so-called Church of America, England and Europe, would they be thinking,
"How horribly great an apostasy!"
and, "Mene, mene, tekel, Upharsin," reading the hand writing on the wall?
16) Two Baybalon pp. 217-218.
Y A Life of Celibacy
When Christ commissioned His servants, it was "to feed My sheep, to feed My lambs" and that with the Word of
God, which testifies of Himself, and contains the words of eternal life. When the Pope ordains his clergy, they are
bound to "a life of Celibacy." O, that we would understand that . . . in the Spirit, like circumcision, not the cutting
away of the bodily flesh, but, of the old satanic nature, and, abstain from the "intercourse" of this evil world's
system in ruling our life after the Prince of Darkness. Yes, to present our bodies 'a living sacrifice of celibacy' to
Christ . . . that is, not crawling in bed with the world and playing the harlot as Israel did.
"Feed My sheep, feed My Lambs." I want to feed you now the words of the Holy Spirit which is the doctrine for
the Church of Jesus Christ. Then we shall also study the origin of "Celibacy" in the Catholic Church of Rome.
In these Scriptures, nowhere is it commanded that one who is called to be an "Overseer" to take vows of
Celibacy. Eventhough, some translations have used the word "Bishop," in place of the word "overseer." the original
Greek word is "Overseer."
"This is a faith saying; [Gk. this is the faithful word];
If a 'man' desires the position of an overseer, he desires a good work. An overseer then, must be blameless, the
husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach, not given to much
wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his household
well. having his children in submission with all reverence. [for if a man does not know how to rule his own house,
how will he take care of the church of God?]; moreover, he must have a good testimony among those who are
'outside,' lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil."
1 Tim 3:1-7.
Paul also wrote to Titus regarding the qualifications of an 'overseer:' Titus, "For this reason I left you in Crete, that
you should set in order the things that are lacking, and 'appoint' elders in every city as I commanded you [Paul
being an apostle, and an 'overseer' himself, called by the will of God was in authority to command], If a man is
blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of debauchery, incorrigiblity or
insubordination. For an 'overseer' must be blameless, a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not
given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy.
self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to
exhort and convict those who contradict."
Titus 1:1-5. Please note: There is no mention at all, not one word of 'celibacy.' On the contrary, Paul speaks of a
"one woman man" and having obedient children. Study the character of 'leadership.' Sober-minded . . . plain or
subdued: sober attire; devoid of frivolity, excess exaggeration, straightforward; he is marked by seriousness,
gravity, soleminity of conduct or serious character. No foolish jesting!
[Not even telling jokes in the pulpit; to me, it is not the thing to do]. But, this is a way of life 24 hours a day!
Paul does not say vows must be made of 'celibacy' if you desire the office of an 'overseer!' However, there are
standards of holiness for any one who teaches, and has a leadership calling. The Holy Spirit in the early Church did
the calling and hands were laid upon those who were called.
No one laid on the floor in a "cross" position to be ordained. Their credentials were evidenced by the signs of the
Holy Spirit . . . until the Spirit was replaced, that is, in
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many Churches, with Cathedrals, rites, ceremonies, statues, which took away the Holy Spirit's authoritative Voice!
That mother, so widely worshipped [with her child], was 'Semiramis,' who, it is well known, was worshipped by
the Babylonians, and other eastern nations, and that under the name of Rhea, the great Goddess "Mother."
There is far to much to say about this "Mother of the gods" or "Goddess Mother" here [Mother & Child in arms].
It was from the son, however, that she derived all her glory and her claims to deification. We shalll speak of her &
the child in detail later regarding her 'ascension.'
'Semiramis' was the real original Chaldean Queen of Heaven. to whom the "unbloody sacrifice" of mass was first
offered. The Mysteries over which she presided were the higher orders of the priesthood who were 'bound' to a
life of 'celibacy,' as a life of peculiar and pre-eminent holiness. Strange as it may seem, yet the voice of antiquity
assigns to that queen the invention of clerical celibacy, and that in the most "stringent" form. In some countries as in
Egypt, human nature asserted its rights, and though the general system of Babylon was restrained, the yoke of
celibacy was abolished, and the preiesthood were permitted to marry. But every "scholar" knows that when the
worship of Cybele, the Babylonian goddess, was introduced into Pagan Rome, it was introduced in its primitive
form, with its "celibate clergy."
19) Pausanias, lib. vii. cap. 17, p. 566; & Kennett, Book ii, chap. vii., "Of the Duumviri," SC. TB Religious
Orders p.220.
When the Pope was appointed the 'seat' of the Pontifical Office, which was peculiar to the worship of that
goddess, he from the very same source, also, introduced into the priesthood under his authority the 'binding'
obligation of 'celibacy.' The introduction of such an unscriptural principal into the Christian Church had been
predicted as one grand mark of the apostacy, when men should "depart from the faith, and speaking lies in
hypocrisy , having their consciences seared with a hot iron, should forbid to marry."
1 Tim 4:1-3. The Apostle Paul's Warnings re: the Great Apostacy. The Catholic priests could be loosed from this
satanic doctrine and still serve Jesus . . . if they were not so afraid of stepping out in faith on God's word instead
of the word of the Pope's law at Rome! My prayer is for them to see the TRUTH of the Word and be converted
to Jesus Christ alone! Since, in Heaven, this Law of the Pope is not binding!
The effects of this 'binding doctrine' were and are most disatrous. The records of all nations, Thibet, China and
Japan, and others,, where priestly celibacy has been enforced have proved that, instead of ministering to the purity
of those condemned to it, it has only plunged them into the deepest pollution of sin. O, the abominations that have
flowed from it. Here in America, God is lifting the skirts of it in the Catholic Church . . . which has "bribed" it's
victums with mega money to keep silent! It has been "hidden" for hundreds of years. Lord, help us to see the Truth
and walk in it!
The exessess commited by the celibate priests of Bacchus in Pagan Rome in their secret Mysteries, [commonly
known as Tammuz; see Ezk 8:14, "The Lamented one], were such that the Senate felt called upon to expel them
from the bounds of the Romann republic. In Papal Rome the same abominations have flowed from priestly
celibacy, in connection with the corrupt and corrupting system of the confessional, inasmuch that all men who have
examined the subject have been compelled to admire the amazing significance of the same divinely bestowed on it,
both in a literal and figurative sense, "Babylon the Great, The Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth."
These celibate priests have all a certain mark set upon them at their ordination' and that is the clerical tonsure. The
tonsure is the first part of the ceremony of ordination; and it is held to be a
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most important element in connection with the orders of the Romish clergy. It was "the circular tonsure." It was not
a mark on their "forehead" but on the crown [of the head where the hair is cut away in the form of a circle]
indicating the visible inauguration of those who submitted to it as the priests of Bacchus [St. Peter, the Pope as
Rome now called it] and his divine authority.
Centuries before the Christian era, revealed in the 'Mysteries,' the hair was clipped in a circular form, or shaven to
around the temples. It would not surprise me if that style surfaced to the mind of some . . . it would be seen
topping the heads of many deceived and gullible men, and, perhaps women . . . who knows? Over all the world,
where traces of the Chaldean system are found, this tonsure or shaving of the head is always found along with it . .
. the ordination of the priests.
20) See pp. 220, 221, 222; TB priests, monks, & nuns. The priests of Osiris, the Egyptian Bacchus, in India, &
even in China as well as Pagan Rome, the distinuishing 'mark' of the Babylonian priesthood was the shaven
head.Thus Gautama Buddha, who lived at least 540 years before Christ, when setting up the sect of Buddhism in
India which spred to the remotest regions of the East, first shaved his own head, in obedience, as he pretended, to
a Divine command, and then set to work to get others to imitate his example. The ceremony of the 'tonsure'was an
old practice of the priests of Mithra, who in their 'tonsures' imitated the solar disk! And, as the sun-god was the
great lammented god, so those who lamented the dead cut their hair in the circular form of the sun. The circle
represents the sun-god, as we shall see . . . among many other things. Todays society are adorning their bodies
and freakish hair styles after the Satanic symbols and signs of the Dark Ages. It is happening exactly like Jesus and
His apostles predicted it would. The saddness of it all . . . is that the modern Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ are
imitating this Satanic spirit themselves!
Y The Sign of
& The Cross
The sign of the cross is another symbol of Romish worship. Here is the origin of the cross. In the Papal system, as
is well knowm, the sign of the cross and the image of the cross are all in all.
No prayer can be said, no worship engaged in,
no step almost can be taken, without frequent use of the sign of the cross. The cross is looked upon as the grand
charm, as the great refuge in every season of danger, in every hour of temptation as the infallible preservative form
all the powers of darkness. The cross is adored with all the homage due only to the Most High; and for any
one to call it, in the hearing of a genuine Romanist, the Scriptual term, "the accursed tree" is a mortal offence.
To say that such superstitious feeling for the sign of the cross, such worship as Rome pays to a wooden or metal
cross. ever grew out of the saying of Paul, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ," that is, in the doctrine of Christ crucified . . . is an absurdity, a shallow subterfuge and pretence. The magic
virtues attributed to the so-called sign of the cross, the worship bestowed upon it, never came from such a source.
The same sign of the cross that Rome now worships was used in the Babylonian Mysteries, was applied by
Paganism to the same magic purposes, was honored with the same honors. That which is now called the Christian
cross was originally no Christian emblem at all, but was the mistic Tau of the Chaldeans and the Egyptians . . . the
true original form of the letter T . . . the initial of the name of Tammuz . . . which, in Hebrew, radically the same as
ancient Chaldee, as found on coins, was formed as in #1 see figure 43, and in Etrurian and Coptic, as in # 2 & 3.
The mystic Tau was 'marked' in baptism on the "forehads"of those who were initiated in the Mysteries,(1) and was
used in every variety of way as a most sacred symbol. (2) To identify Tammuz with the 'sun'! Iit was joined
sometimes to the circle, as in #4: sometimes it was inserted in the circle, as in #5. Whether the Maltese cross which
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the Romish bishops append to their names as a symbol of their episcopal dignity, is the letter T, may be doubtful;
but there seems no reason to doubt that the Maltese cross is an express symbol of the 'sun;' for Layard found it as
a sacred symbol in Ninevah in such a connection as led him to identify it with the sun. The mystic Tau(w), as a
symbol of the great divinity, was called "the sign of life;" it was used as an amulet over the heart; it was marked on
the official garments of the priests, as also of Rome. [Just last week, on TV, I saw such a Maltese cross on the
front lapels of the robe of a catholic priest]. The Maltese cross was borne by kings in their hand, as a token of their
dignity or divinely-conferred authority. As does the Pope, even today!
1) Tertullian, De Prascript, Haret, cap. 40, vol. ii. p. 54, & Note. The language of Tertullian implies that those who
were initiated by baptism in the Mysteries were marked on their forehead in the same way, as his Christian
countrymen in Africa, who had begun by this time to be marked in baptism with the sign of the cross. [Two
Babylon p. 197, 198]. However, we are to notice, when John the Baptist came baptising, he did not mark the
forehead . . . but he immersed them into the water. In fact, this is the meaning of the word 'baptize' . . . to cover
completely in a liquid, submerge. How much more awesome when the Lord Jesus baptizes with His Holy Spirit . .
. To wholly or deeply, be absorbed into the Holy Spirit! Jesus was not marked on His forehead . . . when He was
buired in His death [grave] and brought up out of death into eternal life! But, everything took place by the 'power'
of the Eternal Holy Spirit, I mean, every thought, every miracle, & even His resurrection! 2) See Ezk 9, the angel
with the inkhorn. Commanded to mark on the foreheads of the men who 'sigh & cry' over the abminations that are
done within . . .
The six men . . . are Angel-warriors who carry out God's judgement. They symbolize the Chaldeans who would
ravage Jerusalem five years later. The mark is the Hebrew word & letter "Tav(w)," the last letter in the alphabet,
which in ancient scrip looked like the letter "X" or a cross. This mark, placed on the forehead was for protection,
placed by an angel clothed with linen. see Rev 7:3, and symbolized that God would spare the 'righteous' remnant.
Please note that that righteous remnant is absolutely sick with sighings and cryings . . . because of what they know
to be abominations in the sight of the Lord. I pray that we are near enough to the Lord Jesus to be able to "discern
this word of truth," that is, "dividing the word of truth," the precious from the vile."
See also, the "Glory" of God departed!
The Vestal virgins of Pagan Rome wore the cross suspended from their necklaces, as the nuns do now. The
Egyptians did the same, and many of the barbarous nations with whom they had intercourse, as the Egyptians
monuments bear witness.
3) Pere Lafitan,Masure des Sauvages' Ameriquains, vol. i. p. 442.
In reference to the adorning of some of these tribes, Wilkerson writes, "The girdle was sometimes highly
ornamented; men as well as women wore earrings; and they frequently had a small cross suspened to a necklace,
or to the collar of their dress. The adoption of this last was not peculiar to them; it was also appended to, or
figured upon, the robes of the Rot-n-no; and traces of it may be seen in the fancy ornaments of the Rebo, showing
that it was already in use
before the Christian era. (fig. 44).
There is hardly a Pagan tribe where the cross has not been found. The cross was worshipped by the Pagan Celts
long before the incarnation and death of Christ.
It is a fact, that the Druids in their groves were accustomed to select the most stately and beautiful tree as an
emblem of the Diety they adored, and having cut the branches, they secured two of the largest of them to the
highest part of the trunk, in such a manner that those branches extended each side like the arms of a man, and,
together with the body, presented the appearance of a Huge Cross, and on the bark, on several places, was also
inscribed the letter
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"Thau." [Tau]. It was worshipped in Mexico for ages before the Roman Catholic Church missionaries set foot
there, large stone crosses being erected, proably to the 'god of rain.' This symbol of the Babylonian god is
reverened at this day in all the wide wastes of Tartary, where Buddhism prevails, and the way in which it is
represented among them forms a striking commentary on the language applied by Rome to the Cross.
Compare this with the language of Rome applied to the Cross, it is called the "Tree of Life," and the 'worshippers'
are taught thus to address it:
"Hail, O Cross, triumphal wood,
true salvation of the world,
among trees there is none like thee
in leaf, flower, and bud.
. . . O Cross, our only hope, increase righteousness to the godly and pardon
the offences of the guilty."
The same was versafied by the Romanisers in the Church of England. The London Record. of April 1842, stated it
was the "Devotions" provided by those "woves in sheep's clothing" for the members of the Church of England.
The adoration of the coss crept into the Christian Church in Egypt, Africa, Carthage and infected all as it leavened
itself into all areas . . . taking on the Pagan T or the Egyptian "Sign of Life." It holds that position in the sepulchers
of the great Oasis. The "Crux Ansata," borne by Osiris and all the Egyptian gods became the same symbol borne
by the Priests of Rome. This, and this only, is the origin of "worship" of the "cross."
6) We who are birthed into Jesus Christ are to worship nothing or NO ONE but God our Father and His Son, our
Lord Jesus Christ. If we acknowledge a piece of wood, any
object, as well as candles, my precious one,
we are in violation of God's commandments! The Lord Jesus died on a cross to free us from all such slavery to
Satan. We have been given the Kingdom of Light and have passed out of the Kingdom of DARKNESS . . .
where all of the Satanic rituals originated. The Lord Jesus does not want any paganism brought into His own Boby
which He died to get rid of.
7) When my sister, Jackie, and I, who used to sell holloween masks & all the demonic costumes that went with it,
in Sis' Shoppe; we as Christians, were ignorant of the origin of it. . . . . because we had not been taught in the
"Church," but, as the Lord revealed His Word to us, we immediately walked in the truth of His Word that was
enlightened to us. What I am saying is this. You are receiving in these Lessons "knowledge" and the Lord Jesus
expects us to walk in the Truth He is revealing to His Chruch. Once we were ignorant, but like Paul said, "I would
not have you to be ignorant . . ."
Y Don't Be Ignorant
Thus the Babylonian caste settled itself in Rome, and 'manipulated' first the Empire and then the Harlot Church.
And so Rome became
Mystery Babylon, because the headquarters of the Babylonian caste were transferred to her, the
Harlot Church. The Office of the Pontiff is a government and a priesthood. [Just as Jesus Christ is in His High
Priest's Office, after the Order of Melchizedec, meaning an Eternal Order of Priesthood, and at the same time a
King Governing the Kingdom of God ... an everlasting Kingdom which shall never end! Clearly we are able to
understand now the doctrine which the Roman Catholic Church has regarding the claim to be "the successors of
St. Peter's Apostolic authority"...in the Divine Office of the Pontiff! The Lord Jesus declared, "My Kingdom is not
of this world."
One must be born into it by the will of God.
"As many as received Him, to them He gave power (the right) to become children of God, to those who believe in
His Name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of [the will] God."
John 1:12-13.
Is not it plain to see...Satan is a counterfiet?
Constantine the Great embrased the Christian faith. He was born in A.D. 306 and died 337.
He became Emperor of Rome at the age of 21 and remained Emperor 31 years. It was during his riegn that he
placed the first 'Bishop-Pope' into the
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Office of Pontifex Maximus, man's highest counsil
of priests in ancient Rome, as we have stated.
However, we are to remember that the 'Woman'
and the 'City', though closely connected, are not
to be identified; eventhough there is a close connection between them. The 'Woman' is identified as 'Wickedness'
because she is the 'Religion of Satan and his fallen angels' who birthed itself against the only True God at Babel.
Remember what Satan said to Jesus after showing Him all the kingdoms of the world? "All this authority I will give
You, and their 'glory'; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will
worship
before me, all will be yours." The Lord
Jesus replied, "Get behind Me Satan! For it is written, You shall 'worship' the Lord your God, and Him only you
shall serve." We are clearly able
to understand in these Scriptures the close connection between "worship" and the kingdoms of this world, that is,
Satan's Mystery Babylon, the Mother of Harlots, and her golden cup with which she made all the kings of the earth
drunk with the wine of her fornication! She was drunk with the blood of the Saints. She also is drunk with the
precious Blood of Christ Jesus!
Lk 4:1-8; Rev 17.
What has become very interresting to me while researching the Origins of popes, priests, bishops, archbishops,
cardnals, reverands, most reverands and pontiffs, kings and emperors, is that Satan loves the "Seat" of worship
and removes his "Throne" from one Country to another. What truth did he say to Jesus? "All these kingdoms are
in my power and authority." You see, Mother Babylon has many, many daughters. On her forehead a name is
written: Mystery Babylon The Great, The Mother of Harlots and of The Abominations of the Earth. Just think of it,
'Every abomination in the Earth comes out of Mother Babylon!' This mark will be on her and her children's
forehead. However, in contrast, on the forehead of the Bride of Christ, to those who are faithful and keep His
commandments, there is also a Name written: "He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My
God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the Name of My God and the Name of the City of My God,
the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of Heaven from My God. And I will write on him My New Name."
Saints of God, I see 95% of Christians seeking to be identified with the 'Harlot'. It is difficult to discern them from
the 'world'. They look and act exactly like her. They strive for recognition, honor, prestige and her 'glory'; if not in
the ruling goverment, then, in music, the 'awards' that come with the arts, dress and fashions. Self Importance,
competitiveness . . . like Babel's Tower, "Let's make a name for ourselves." On the forehead are large blazing
letters. "Me, Myself & I."
As the Lord Jesus told us in His "Parables of the Kingdom", and, He repeats the warning in His letters to the
Churches, "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
"The Gate and way that leads to life is narrow and hard, and few there be who find it," Jesus tells us.
But, this is not what our 'churches' tell us.
Most christians, even pastors, it is sad to say, are living on the broad way that leads to damnation...they have put
their hand to the plow and looking back to the world, to the old way of life; therefore, "They are not fit for the
Kingdom of God." Mt 7:13-14; Lk 9:62; I have gathered my research from five or more sources, mainly: 1) The
Two Babylons, Hislop. 2) The Antichrist Babylon, Pember. 3) The Question Box, Rev. Conway, C.S.P. 4)
Christian Center, Dr. Grimes. Apostle 5) The Holy Scriptures, Spirit Filled Bible & New Jerusalem.
Y We Christians speak often of the 'Rapture', which I call the 'First Resurrection', or the
'Firstfruits Resurrection'. A couple of days ago the Lord revealed this to me...of which I had never
truly seen before regarding "Firstfuits."
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Legally justified, yes, but, have not come to perfection. Most saints never go on to KNOW the Lord! The Spirit
explained, 'if you were checking your fruit tree or any kind of fruit, vegetable, et cetra, taking notice which fruit to
pick first...would you not reap that portion of fruit that had ripened "first"? That fruit without spot, wrinkle or any
such thing! A fruit that had fully ripened? That revelation
stopped me dead in my tracks. Christ was the 'Firstfruits' that had come to perfection and had fully ripened. "They
that were ready went in," said Jesus to His disciples.
"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
all shall be made alive. But each one in
his own order; Christ the firstfruits,
afterward those who are His at
His coming . . . That He might present
her to Himself a glorious church, not
having spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that she should be
holy and without blemish."
1 Co 15:22-23; Eph 5:27; Mt 25:1-13.
Y We, who are in the last of the last days, are not in the season of 'revival;' no, not really. I believe.we are in the
"times and seasons" of "ripening" the fruit to bring it to perfection for the "firstfruit's" harvest; which is the "first
resurrection." This is the purpose of the early and latter rains. We cannot come to maturity, without spot, wrinkle,
or any such thing, nor be a Church so full of His Glorious and Radiant Spirit, to the full measure of Christ's stature,
unless these fall rains of Tabernacles come upon us!
Y We have been learning, in part, the Mysteries of Babylon; how the "Fallen Angels" corrupted mankind before
and after the flood.
Noah's son, Ham was cursed by God, and Ham's son, Cush, whose son was Nimrod, led the people into the
"Secret Mysteries" of the knowledge of the Angels. They worshipped the "Sun-god", they deceived man into
believing and following every kind of abomination. We have seen how all the nations have been corrupted by
Satan, his angels and demons. The principalities and powers!
God called Abraham out from among his people, where he lived in the land of Shinar of the Chaleans, Iraq.
Through Abraham the LORD intended to show and teach the Nations of the World the Only True and Living
Creator, Yahweh.
Remember, that Mystery Babylon, was a Secret Society. One had to be 'initiated' into it. It requires its members to
conceal certain activities, such as its 'rites' and 'ceremonies' from outsiders. And, through Abraham Yahweh God
also had a
"Secret Mystery." The only ones who will ever understand, have insight into this "wisdom" of God's "Mystery," are
those who are born of His Holy Spirit of Glory by the will of God through Jesus Christ, His Son. The World will
never 'see' the hidden treasures of Christ's "Secret Society."
You must be Born Again!
Ephesians 3 seq. "For this reason I, Paul, the prisnoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles . . . if you have heard of
the grace that was given to me by God for you, how that by revelation He made known to me the "Mystery," by
which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the "Mystery of Christ," which in other ages was not
made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the 'Spirit' to His holy apostles and prophets;
that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the SAME body, and partakers of His Promise in Christ through the
gospel, of which I became a minister according to the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His
power. That I should preach among the Gentiles [who are Pagans] the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make
all see what is the fellowship of the "Mystery," which from the beginning of the ages has been "hidden in God" who
created all things through Jesus Christ; that now to the intent the manifold wisdom of God might be 'made known'
BY THE CHURCH To the Principalities and Powers IN HEAVENLY PLACES! Saints, we have a command
to 'fulfill!
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Y SheepShed
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The Israel of God
Lesson One
Part Four
Y The Assumption of
The Virgin Mary
Before we speak of Mary and the Roman Catholic's claim of her Ascension into heaven, body and soul by the
power of God, it is necessay, somewhat, for us to review what we have already learned.
Doctrines must always be based upon clear statements, not upon symbolical expressions which might be capable
of several meanings. The Scriptures always interpret themselves. However, behind the "symbols" are realities!
I would like to state before we enter this Lesson that "There will be nothing secret about the Second Coming of the
LORD Jesus . . . nor quiet either." We, Precious Saints, are already seeing the beginning of sorrows! Please listen .
. . 'if you have ears to hear,' "Come out of her My people,
and be sanctified unto Me, completely. Forget about your being successful, but, seek My Kingdom of
Righteousness first and above all."
"Mystery Babylon The Great, The Mother of Harlots and of The Abominations of the Earth." An adultress
commits adultery for some other reason than money. A harlot is an adulteress for 'pay.' We need to understand
and take a look at the 'Mother.' The Mother has birthed many Harlots!
She has given birth to many, many Daughters!
This "Woman" has a "Golden Cup in her hand' Making all Nations drunk with the Wine [spirit] of her fornication."
The wine in that cup is the Mystery of Iniquity ["that already works," says Paul] that the Waters [people], Nations,
and Kings are and have been drinking since the ancient Babylonian system that was created, by Satan and his
army of angels and demons, in the Land of the Chaldean "Mystery of the Secret Society." Even then,