The Roman Catholic Church hordes amounts of priceless art in its Vatican and adorns churches with gold not by the ounce or gram, but pound. For sometime the Papal States have held on to treasure chests that they filled at the high of their power in the Middle Ages. Like the golden cafe in the wildness (Exodus 32), the Romanite Church places faith in its goblets and artifacts of priceless value. The priests ignore Jesus words, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21), and “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money” (Matthew 6:24)
The golden horde of the Roman Catholic Church will be plundered, just as the Vikings sacked churches back in the day. One must wonder if it is really devotion to the Catholic religion or all the glittering gold that draws acolytes to its gilded halls? For you find nowhere in the New Testament golden altars, priests with silk and gold tassels or precious jewels on goblets. Instead you find simple fishermen and one Pharisee who caste it all aside, “discarding all things that I may gain Christ.” (Philippians 3:8). Christ our Lord even drove out the temple traders with a whip, saying, “My Father’s House is to be house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it s den of robbers.” (Matthew 21:13).
The Roman Catholic Church is a false church that has false apostles, “These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve,” (2 Corinthians 11:13-15), a false gospel, “But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. You put up with too easily whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed,” (2 Corinthians 11:3-4), “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!” (Galatians 1:6-9), and is nothing akin to anything seen in the Acts of the Apostles or New Testament Scripture. It is a Byzantine offshoot, that schismed in 1054 A.D. and is an invention of Constantine, an antichrist
who after Jesus tore the veil and destroyed the old temple system, “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,” (Matthew 27:50-52), allows us to enter holiest place, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus,” (Hebrews 10:19) and made all Christians his temple, “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you,” (1 Corinthians 3:16); Constantine decided to erroneously re-erected the old temple system, place an altar of separation with a veil, and make priestly caste (see final chapter of Eusebius History of the Church) when we are all priests through faith in Christ!, “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light,” (1 Peter 2:9) and “Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood6and has made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” (Revelation 1:5-6, Jubilee). Constantine is father of Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, two false churches built on false gospels (Galatians 1:4-9) that add to the blood of Jesus and His Sacrifice, “How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:29).
The Harlot Babelyon is Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Church along with Protestant Churches who stray from pure and simple devotion to Christ (who add to blood of Christ and faith in Jesus as justification). The Harlot Churches will be destroyed before Jesus Christ our God and Lord Returns:
“After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. 2 He gave a mighty shout:
“Babylon is fallen—that great city [Rome is a City, The Vatican is called Vatican City] is fallen!
She has become a home for demons [Indeed, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodxy invite demons by their false gospels and witchcrafts].
She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal.
3 For all the nations have fallen[c]
because of the wine of her passionate immorality.
The kings of the world
have committed adultery with her.
Because of her desires for extravagant luxury [take a look at the Vatican and churches, enough said], the merchants of the world have grown rich.” [Definitely describes the Middle Ages how kings consorted with Roman Church and merchants became rich on relics]
4 Then I heard another voice calling from heaven,
“Come away from her, my people.
Do not take part in her sins,
or you will be punished with her.
5 For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds.
6 Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror [purgatorio, penance, fears] for others, so brew twice as much for her.
7 She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow.
She boasted in her heart,
‘I am queen on my throne [interestingly Catholics venerate Mary as Queen of Heaven, which is same title as Ashteroth, a goddess of fertility and war, see Jeremiah 44].
I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’
8 Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day—
death and mourning and famine.
She will be completely consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.”
9 And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
10 They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out,
“How terrible, how terrible for you,
O Babylon, you great city!
In a single moment
God’s judgment came on you.”
11 The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods. 12 She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet cloth; things made of fragrant thyine wood, ivory goods, and objects made of expensive wood; and bronze, iron, and marble. 13 She also bought cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, wagons, and bodies—that is, human slaves.
14 “The fancy things you loved so much are gone,” they cry.
“All your luxuries and splendor
are gone forever,
never to be yours again.”
15 The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will weep and cry out,
16 “How terrible, how terrible for that great city! She was clothed in finest purple [Archbishops wear purple] and scarlet linens [Cardinals wear scarlet],
decked out with gold and precious stones and pearls! [Russian Orthodox Patriarch wears gold and precious stones, as does The Pope at times]
17 In a single moment all the wealth of the city is gone!”
And all the captains of the merchant ships and their passengers and sailors and crews will stand at a distance.
18 They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, “Where is there another city as great as this?”
19 And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,
“How terrible, how terrible for that great city! The shipowners became wealthy by transporting her great wealth on the seas.
In a single moment it is all gone.”
20 Rejoice over her fate, O heaven
and people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her for your sakes.
21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted,
“Just like this, the great city Babylon will be thrown down with violence, and will never be found again.
22 The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen and no trades will ever be found in you again. The sound of the mill will never be heard in you again.
23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The happy voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the greatest in the world, and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.
24 In your streets flowed the blood of the prophets and of God’s holy people [Reformers, Tyndale, Huguenots, and etc] and the blood of people slaughtered all over the world [Mayans, Germans, and many more].” (Revelation 18:1-24).
Babylon is still here. Some of these passages may be fufilled by The Reformation itself, but still the harlot churches have yet to totally fall. The volley of scandals has like fire arrows on a ship caused great damage, but the ship has yet to sink. I urge you as the angel implores at the beginning of the chapter, “come out of her, come out of bablyon,” (Revelation 18:4) and instead have a pure and simple devotion in Christ and by faith, “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). Amen.
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