Biblical Church History

1. Biblical Church History Following the Hand of God and the Hand of Satan

2. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER THUS FAR

3. WHO IS THIS WOMEN? Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

4. Revelation • The women is a “religious system”

5. (Rev 2:20-24) Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

6. Revelation • The women is a “religious system” • The women is a “city”

7. (Rev 17:18) And the woman which thou sawestis that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

8. POSSIBLECities Revelation • Jerusalem • Babylon (Iraq) • Rome • Mecca • Salt Lake city • London • Tokyo • ?

9. S M Y r N A • The Knights of Columbus acknowledge that Rev. 17 “Mystery Babylon” is Rome just it is referring to Pagan Rome

10. WHICH ROME ?

11. (Rev 17:6) And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

12. (Rev 18:24) And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

13. S M Y r N A • John was there when pagan ROME crucified Jesus. • John was there when pagan ROME martyred Saints under people like Nero • John was there on the Island of Patmos because of Pagan ROME

14. S M Y r N A • More Christians have died in the City of ROME than any other place • From the years of 1,000- 1,700 AD over 2 million Bible Believers were martyred by the Command of Papal ROME

15. Connecting the women with Today

16. Revelation • Rome referred to as Babylon (18:21)

17. S M Y r N A • In his book, Catholicism and Fundamentalism, Catholic apologist Karl Keating writes: "Babylon is a code word for Rome. It is used that way six times in the last book of the Bible [so he acknowledges that the woman in Rev 17 is Rome!] • Sibylling Oracles (5, 159Q, the Apocalypse of Baruch (ii, 1), and Esdras (3:1). Eusebius Pamphilius, writing about 303, noted that ...Peter ...referred to [Rome] figuratively as Babylon [in 1 Pe 5:13]." The Bible often addresses a person or city under another name. For example, Jerusalem is called "Sodom and Egypt" (Rev 11:8) and Satan is addressed as the king of Babylon in Isaiah 14 and as the prince of Tyrus in Ezekiel 28.

18. Revelation • A city on 7 hills • (Rev 17:9)

19. S M Y r N A • Babylon was not built on seven hills, nor does it meet any of the other identifying criteria. Rome, however, was and has universally been known as the city of seven hills. The Catholic Encyclopedia states: "It is within the city of Rome, called the city of seven hills, that the entire area of Vatican State proper is now confined."

20. Above is a an ancient Roman coin (a Sestertius) in the collection of the British Museum, minted at Tarraco in 71 A.D. during the reign of Vespasian (69-79 A.D.), declaring him to be the PontifexMaximus (a title assumed by the papacy), which depicts the city of Rome as both the goddess Dea-Roma seated on 7 hills, and a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (just above the R in ROMA).

21. Revelation • A city of purple and scarlet • (Rev 17:4)

22. Here you see the Pope wearing scarlet and an Archbishop wearing reddish-purple. Pope Benedict in scarlet

23. On the12th of March 2000, during the Papal Apology Mass, the pope and other members of the Roman Catholic priesthood wore various shades of violet/purple because it also occurred during the Catholic festival of Lent, when the color of purple is traditionally worn.

24. Priests of the Catholic Church regularly wear red vestments on Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Pentecost, Birthday Feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists, and the Feasts of Martyrs. Purple vestments are worn on Advent, Lent, and at Funerals, although other colors are optional on some of those days. Other approved colors are white, green, black and rose and gold. A distinctive shade of bright orange-red designated officially by the

25. THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA STATES: • Cappa Magna – A cloak with a long train and hooded shoulder cape… (it) was purple wool for Bishops; for Cardinals, it was scarlet watered silk… • Cassock – The close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by the catholic clergy was official garb…The color for bishops and other prelacies is purple, for cardinals Scarlet

26. THE MISSING COLOR

27. (Exo28:3-4) And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

28. (Exo28:5-8) And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

29. (Exo 28:31) And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. (Exo39:1-2) And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

30. BIBLICAL MEANING OF THE COLOR BLUE

31. THE THRONE OF GOD THE WORD OF GOD

32. The sapphire stone was blue which represents the throne of God in the Bible (Exo 24:10, Ezk 1:26 & 10:1)

33. (Exo24:10-12) And they saw the God of Israel: and there wasunder his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in hisclearness…. And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

34. (Eze 1:26) And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. (Eze 10:1) Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubimsthere appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

35. The sapphire stone was blue which represents the throne of God in the Bible (Exo 24:10, Ezk 1:26 & 10:1) • It is understood that the tablets of the Ten Commandments were cut from the clear blue sapphire seen on mount Sinai (Exo 24:10&12) This seen because of Numbers 15:38-39.

36. (Exo24:10-12) And they saw the God of Israel: and there wasunder his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in hisclearness…. And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

37. (Num 15:38-39) Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

38. Revelation • A city of decked with gold and precious stone and pearls • (Rev 17:4)

40. The most respected of the ecclesiastical symbols, the tiara, or triregno, is also a symbol of the pope's authority over the Church. No one knows for certain when the tiara originated, and it has undergone many changes since it first appeared at the Papal Court. The tiara comprises three separate crowns, or diadems. The bottom crown appeared in the ninth century as ornamentation at the base of the mitre.    When pontiffs assumed the temporal role of sovereign princes, they further adorned the base decorations with the jeweled crown of the princes of the time. The second crown was added by Pope Boniface VIII in A.D. 1298 to represent his spiritual dominion. By A.D. 1315, the triregno appears in the documentation of the Papal Treasury.

41. The fabulous treasure of Lourdes (France) whose existence was kept secret by the catholic Church for 120 years, has been unveiled… Rumours have been circulating for decades about a priceless collection of gold chalices, diamond-studded crucifixes, silver and precious stones..After an indiscreet remark by their press spokesman this week, church authorities agreed to reveal part of the collection…(some) floor to ceiling casca were opened to reveal 59 solid gold chalices alongside rings, crucifixes, statues and heavy gold broaches, many encrusted with precious stones. Almost hidden by the other treasures is the “Crown” of Notre Dame de Lourdes, made by a Paris goldsmith in 1876 and studded with diamonds. Church authorities say they cannot put a value on the collection. “I have no idea” says Father Pierre-Marie Charriez..”It is of inestimable value” Across the road is a building housing hundreds of (antique) ecclesiastical garments, robes, miters, and sashes-many in heavy gold thread… The European, April 9-12, 1992

42. Revelation • A city or woman with a golden cup (chalice in her hand • (Rev 17:4)

43. Five hundred diamonds encrust this golden chalice, a gift of Sultan Abdul Medji for Pope Pius IX’s election, and first used by Pius IX on December 8th, 1854, at the Mass proclaiming the Immaculate Conception of Mary

44. This is the reverse side of a papal medal minted by Pius XI in 1929 to commemorate the Lateran Treaty, which restored Papal sovereignty and made Vatican City an independent state. The sunburst wafer of the Eucharist appears in the sky above the Lateran and St. Peter's basilicas, over the cup of the Mass

45. THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA STATES: “The Golden Chalice is the most important of the sacred vessels”

46. In 1825 Pope Leo XII, made a medal with his image on one side, and on the other side, a woman with a cup… with the inscription “Sedet Super Universum” Which is Latin for “the whole world is her seat” (C.f. Rev17.1 and 15)

47. Revelation • A city or woman the kings of the earth have committed fornication • (Rev 17:2)

48. (Rev 17:2) With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Rev 18:3) For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

49. Hundreds of world leaders attended the funeral, reported to be the largest such gathering in world history, including 4 kings, 5 queens, 70 presidents and prime ministers, and 14 leaders of other religions. • Over 4 million pilgrims arrived in Rome, a city with 3 million residents. • The funeral likely had the world's largest TV audience for any event, exceeding 2 billion viewers.

50. THE POPE WITH AMERICAN LEADERS