The Beautiful Side of Evil

Evil does not always takes unpleasant forms, and the worst lies have  99% truth in them with only 1% being the lie. When we imagine monsters, we tend to picture horned beings with sharp teeth, wings, and claws, those of nightmares or something from Dante's Inferno. We have been conditioned to believe that the devil is clothed in red skin with a hot poker and tale with a heart on it. The truth is that our enemy at first glance is dazzling array of gems, gold, and beauty:

"Then this further message came to me from the Lord: ¹² “Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“You were the model of perfection,
    full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
¹³ You were in Eden,
    the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone—
    red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
    blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,    blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—
all beautifully crafted for you
    and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
    on the day you were created.
¹⁴ I ordained and anointed you
    as the mighty angelic guardian.
You had access to the holy mountain of God
    and walked among the stones of fire.

¹⁵ “You were blameless in all you did
    from the day you were created
    until the day evil was found in you.
¹⁶ Your rich commerce led you to violence, (Revelation 12:7-12)
    and you sinned.
So I banished you in disgrace
    from the mountain of God.
I expelled you, O mighty guardian,
    from your place among the stones of fire.
¹⁷ Your heart was filled with pride
    because of all your beauty.
Your wisdom was corrupted
    by your love of splendor.
So I threw you to the ground
    and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.
¹⁸ You defiled your sanctuaries
    with your many sins and your dishonest trade.
So I brought fire out from within you,
    and it consumed you.
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.
¹⁹ All who knew you are appalled at your fate.
    You have come to a terrible end,
    and you will exist no more [Revelation 20:10].” (Ezekiel 28:11-19). 

The Evil One, the murderer and liar, that Dragon, the Serpent of Old, called Satan and the devil is clothed in precious gems and gold (Ezekiel 28:13). You see evil can be beautiful, and it is exactly that kind of Beautiful Evil that ensnares so many; with its glistening golden arches, its gems, and Vatican presence. The Roman Catholic Church is beautiful, within it is some of most precious art pieces by Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Da Vinci. The crosses it carries are gold and from the 6th to 16th centuries, and everything within its halls is brimming with history. Weither you walk through a monastery or St. Peter's itself, one cannot help but be captivated by its majesty and awe inspiring architecture, and props. In similar manner, The Eastern Orthodox Church boasts of its golden domed cathedrals and icons of gold leaf that seem to have incantations in them; but for many of us, Rome is the one that has made stamp in history, with artwork both primitive and renaissance divine. The Catholic Church has a embarrassment of riches in both art, architecture, and edifice; the Papal Empire seems to have consolidated the best artists, fashioners of precious gems, and legends. But all of it is the clothing that adorns the devil (Ezekiel 28:13)All of it has led the largest 'church' to vilence in crusades, indulgence based conquests, even the first friends of Pope were the bloodthirsty Franks who converted en masse to receive the Catholic Mass (abomination) along with its golden coffers and great monuments of sacred art and gold; indeed the trimmings of Satan himself, "You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared" (Ezekiel 28:13). 

The Roman Church is the Dragon's child, born in a similar manner as Original Sin. Covetous of Eden where Lucifer once worshipped (Ezekiel 28:13), he sought to ensnare God's Children, Adam and Eve, and his trickery was not a deception invented, but one he lives under (Isaiah 14:10-14), and when that crooked serpent did craft his seductive lie it was based on some truth, the serpent said, "You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman, For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil," (Genesis 3:4-5), The LORD God promised death would come of eating fruit, "but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die," (Genesis 2:17), but indeed Adam and Eve did become like God in one respect, "And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever," (Genesis 3:22); even though Adam and Eve were already in the Image of God (Genesis 1:26-27). So the devil changed one sentence from God, "You will not die, you will be like God," (Genesis 3:4-5) when the Truth was "You will die, and be like God." (Genesis 2:17 and Genesis 3:22). The great deception of the devil began with twisting God's own words, adding to them, in same manner Rome add a sentence, "From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," (Matthew 4:17, Latin Vulgate, Jerome), instead of proper translation, "From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," (Matthew 4:17, Greek). Penance means to, "voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong to obtain absolution (forgiveness of sin) from a priest, a Sacrament of Catholic Church" while Repentance means, "the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse, and to turn from that sin, meaning to change your mind: I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.metanoéō (from 3326 /metá, "changed after being with" and 3539 /noiéō, "think") – properly, "think differently after," "after a change of mind"; to repent (literally, "think differently afterwards"). Repent means to think differently, to achieve Romans 12:2, renewing of yout mind, that you consider what you did a sin and so change you mind through Christ (Ephesians 4:23) to not do it anymore; turn from. If a Christian fails to totally turn from sin and stumbles there is forgiveness for the sin by Christ Jesus and His blood (1 John 2:1-4). Repentance is state of mind, salvation is in faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:16, John 6:40, Romans 10:9-10), and His work on cross. Repentance is part of the sinner's prayer and being born again, but we will stumble and so we have Advocate in Heaven, Jesus Christ who pleads us not guilty (1 John 2:1-4), long as we continue in our faith in Him (Colossians 1:22-23). While penance in contrast is self inflicted punishment to atone for sin by works (which Scripture refutes, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 3:9, Galatians 5:4, Galatians 5:2). Thus repentence is to be transformed by faith in Christ alone for atonement for our sins and have remorse for sin, but Jesus forgives those sins when you repent. One sentence, "do penance," create a world, the Medieval World, a Church in Vatican City, and Empire that dominated empires until the Reformation loosed the Gospel of Christ from its Bablyonian Captivity, and the truth that Satan has been crushed by Jesus Christ was revealed (1 John 3:8), and salvation a free gift through faith (Ephesians 2:8). 

Long did Rome grow on the lie, "do pennace" creating Sacraments, Sacros Priests who abominably offers masses to the dead for purgatory, sacrifice Christ daily in the Eucharist which contradicts Scripture, " For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him," (Hebrews 9:24-28), and building a form of godliness that denies its power (2 Timothy 4:3), and always learning but never coming to the Truth (2 Timothy 3:7), which is Jesus Christ (John 14:6). The Roman Church is Satan's shirt, it claims to preach Christ, but it denies the Resurrection in practice. For the Catholic beleieves Jesus must be perpetually offered and sacrificed (Canon Law), He is ever [perpetually] on the cross (crucifix, corpus Christi), when the Truth, is Jesus died on cross, was crucified, and rose from dead!, "And he said to them, "knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him," (Romans 6:9), "If you confess Jesus is LORD (God of Israel), and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved," (Romans 10:9), "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him," (Mark 16:6), "But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep," (1 Corinthians 15:20), "and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood--," (Revelation 1:5), and, "²so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him." (Hebrews 9:28). The devil is content with the crucifix, for he tells his acolytes he killed God, but never mentions that God rose from dead, took the power of death from him (Hebrews 2:15), and now Christ Jesus having been firstborn from dead (Colossians 1:18), Jesus holds the keys to death and hades (Revelation 1:18), and every power and being on earth, heaven, and in underworlds will bow and submit to Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:4-11) who is omnipotent and all powerful amen! 

Rome is the devil's home, the unholy land full of enchantments, indulgences, and every antichrist promise to sway people from truth that salvation is found in faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice alone (Romans 3:25, John 6:40, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 3:8-9), and this salvation is a free gift from God called grace (Acts 15:10-11, Ephesians 2:8-9). Jerusalem is the holy city where God who is Father, Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit has given his oracles, and where Jesus Christ died for the sins of world (), rose from dead, ascended into heaven, and shall come back on clouds to establish his Kingdom (Revelation 20:4-7). Behold the two, Rome and Jerusalem, both murderers, the former sending Crusaders to die like Mujahedeen in a suicidal campaign called The Crusades, calling this sacred by an indulgence (antichrist promise of salvation through works), the latter murderer, Jerusalem, achieved God's Will by putting to death the Christos, Jesus, and by doing so has made it possible for all who believe in Jesus to have eternal life through His blood (Romans 3:25, Romans 6:23). Rome murders souls from St. Peter's, it like Babylon Harlot devours true saints (Babylon drinks blood of martyrs verse), while Jerusalem murdered the Savior so that all now can be saved through Him by faith (Romans 6:23, Philippians 3:9). Rome shall when Christ appears on cloud shrink from Him (Revelation 6:16) as Adam and Eve did after their Original Sin, but Jerusalem shall jump for joy as it receives its True King (Matthew 23:39), and prepares the Seat of David for Him to reign One Thousand Years (Revelation 21:4-7). 

Rome offers tomes and talismans, Jerusalem offers Jesus and Talidim (disciples). The Roman Catholic Church is a whore and revilement to the nations. She is the devil's mistress, the Spirit of Elymas, making crooked the straight paths, "and Paul said to Elymas, "O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?" (Acts 13:10). Rome abundant trade will one day be caste down (Revelation 18 and 19 verses), until then we on the straight and narrow (Matthew 7:13-14) must resist her harlotries, and advances , and remember, "beauty does not last and charm is deceptive, but a woman who fears LORD is greatly to be praised," (Proverbs 31:10). The Roman Church is a murderer, it has tried to suppress the Gospel for thousands of years, hiding it in Latin and monasteries from men and women, until one from its cloisters was called a man to break wide open the velvet doors and unleash the Gospel to the world again. The Reformers were God's Battalions, armed with Scripture not swords, speaking the Truth of salvation as Jesus had spoken, "This is my Father's Will, anyone who looks to Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at last day," (John 6:40), "Anyone who confesses Jesus as Son of God, God lives in them, and they in God," (1 John 4:15), "For God so loved the world, He gave his One and Only Begotten Son (Jesus), whosoever believes in the Son will have eternal life," (John 3:16), "Why are you trying to put a yoke on the disiciples that neither our ancestors or us could bear, do you nto believe as we do that we are all saved by Grace of Lord Jesus Christ?" (Acts 15:10-11), "We are saved by grace, not works, lest any person boast, not by works or anything we have done, but by grace of God," (Ephensians 2:8-9), "For while we were still sinners, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation," (Romans 5:6-11), "For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him, " (Hebrews 9:24-29), "Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ, and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith," (Philippians 3:8-9), and "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20). The Reformers opened the doors of the True Gospel by letting it be printed in languages of the people. Rome had hoped to keep it obscured its Latin loins, but the LORD Jesus made it possible for His truth and Grace to finally reach the hungry masses. 

The Roman Church is the Harlot that devours the blood of the Saints, "On her forehead a mysterious name was written: Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth, could see that she was drunk--drunk with the blood of God's holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement," (Revelation 17:5-6), and this was not just literally as in days of Reformation, when Catholics slaughtered, burned at stake, and killed Protestant, always being initiators of killing, "If French Protestants were militant so were Catholics crowds and they were generally more murderous: where Protestants smashed images, Catholics butchered people." (The Reformation, Diamand McCulloch, pg 308). Roman Church also devoured the life blood of people figuratively as well, because blood represents life (Leviticus 17:14), and Catholics, those ensnared in Roman ritual are wasting their lives "doing penance" and antichrist rites rather than walking in freedom of True Gospel, and knowing Jesus Christ personally (John 17:3, Matthew 24 I never knew you, Philippians 3:8-9). I frankly am grieved the Roman Catholic Church still stands, and that it asserts its poisonous influence even today. The Pontiff of whom I have written much, has not only preserved the corruptions of Catholicism, he has added new ones, ad universalism, and false gospels (Galatians 1:8-9, 2 Corinthians 11:2-4) on top of the already false gospel of Sacraments and penance for sins. The devil's church is hard at work keeping so many downtrodden in its Latin loins, and I weep, and pray for the multitudes, 2.5 Billion people, who grovel on their knees up steps, and worse to please God, when all He wants is for them to put their faith in Him and His sacrifice alone (Hebrews 10, John 6:40, Romans 3, Romans 5), and wants them to know Him in personal and loving relationship (John 17:3, Philippians 3:8-9, 15). My heart aches to know so many are on broad path of destruction built by the Roman Catholic Church, perhaps this was what Christ meant, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:14). That narrow path and gate is simply Jesus Christ, believing in Him as LORD God, "because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved," (Romans 10:9-10),  letting Him be the Savior, "looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus," (Titus 2:13), our only Mediator, "For there is one God, and one mediator [μεσίτης, ου, ὁ, mesités,  mediator, go-between,  mediator, intermediary, a go-between, arbiter] also between God and men, the Son of Man Christ Jesus," (1 Timothy 2:5), and Advocate for our sins, "My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world." (1 John 2:1-4). The Pope, the dead saints, and Mary are not mediators, they have no power. Only Jesus Christ alone saves us, atones for us, cleanses us and reconciles us to God the Father, "But now He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence, if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant." (Colossians 1:22-23). Amen.