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Papal Rome…Anti-Christ and False Prophet? - Pastor Mike Taylor - https://pastormiketaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/two-popes-in-rome-7and-8anti-christ-and.html
 
“And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” (Daniel 12:8-10 )
 
I wrote this message several years ago, but I feel it is time to review what is happening around us, and the rise of the Beast power influenced by the false prophet Events are building rapidly that point to the end of days being upon us. Control of the masses is becoming evident everyday, especially when chaos and fear over this so called “plannedemic” of the CoVID-19 that is being used for political control of the masses of humanity.
 
PROPHECY OF THE BIBLE BEING FULFILLED.
 
Understanding that the Bible is 25% + prophecy, and that to understand the whole of the bible, one must come to learn the meaning of the books of the Bible that deal with prophecy and it's fulfillment. The Bible has been and will be 100% accurate in its predictions of things to come. No other book gives the reader so much difficulty than the Book of Daniel and the last book of the Bible, Revelation. Each have symbols and passages that speak of things to come. Things that have been completed as prophesied and things yet to occur. In this message we will deal with the Prophecy noted in the title found in Daniel and then later, jump to Revelation and show their connection to the time of the end.
 
GABRIEL REVEALS THE FUTURE TO DANIEL
 
In Daniel, the prophet had a vision that started in chapter 10 and goes through unbroken till the end of the book in chapter 12. Even though there are chapter breaks in our bible, they were not there in the original manuscripts and proceed with one vision that Daniel had been given to him by this angel from Almighty God.
 
In this vision, Daniel is given details that tells of the coming future events, long before they had even happened. Many of these verses in Daniel lay out historical events starting with the kingdom of Babylon and goes forward through the kings of Persia, Alexander the Great, the split of Alexander's kingdom into four regions by four of his generals, and proceeds to give details of each struggle of each ruler and king that sought power in the region of the Middle East, even unto the coming of the Roman Empire with it's Caesars ruling during the time of Jesus Christ and the subjugation of Jerusalem and Judea by it's forces.
 
Rome became the most powerful nation on earth during the time of this vision prophesied and would remain a regional power up until the time of Constantine, when things began to disintegrate. This implosion of the Roman Empire began in the year 330 A.D. It was in this year that Rome ceased to be the city from where all ruling was done and the base of the kingdom. It was at this time that Emperor Constantine moved the seat of power to Byzantium, later called Constantinople, in the west. Then Rome was to rise up and have indignation against the holy covenant, or the true Gospel or those who hold fast the true profession of faith. But how did they do this?
 
HISTORICAL RISE OF THE “HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE”
 
The Emperors of Rome began to be united with the Bishops of Rome who had departed from the true Gospel as they had turned to worshiping angels, saints, and martyrs. Superstitious ceremonies were woven into everyday life. Wakes and banquets for the dead were celebrated; the relics of the saints were collected and adored, and they pushed aside the council of Christ by uniting church and state:
 
20 “And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” (Matthew 22:20-21.) .
 
This move, of uniting the church with the state, was done to increase the stability and power of the state. “Thus the state within the state was abolished; the strongest political force then to existent, to wit, the church, was made the cornerstone of the state. Both parties, the emperor and bishops, were equally well pleased.” (Historians History of the World pgs 639, 640, 642.)
 
This all began with Constantine, who had “converted” to Christianity, or the form that was evident during his reign that brought him more power. Christianity no longer was persecuted within the empire. It proceeded so to exterminate the heresy of Arianism held by the three powers that overran the “Eternal City” namely the Heruli, Goths and Vandals. Emperor Justinian decreed in 533 A.D that the Bishop of Rome would be the head of the entire “church” and rid the church/state of heresies. Many faithful were scattered abroad through the crumbling Roman Empire that refused to bow the knee to the newly created head of the “church”, the Bishop of Rome. Thus began the transition of the Paganism of Rome into the Papal Rome.
 
(Notice to the reader: I seek not to make inflammatory remarks against any religion, but let history speak for itself and confirmed by bible prophecy. Sadly, one religion that is present on this earth has fulfilled the prophecy spoken of in Daniel and it begins and ends with the Catholic Church. So I must use their name.)
 
 “And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.” ( Daniel 11:31)
 
History shows us that in 496 A.D. Clovis, King of the Franks converted to Catholicism, recognizing the Bishop of Rome as head over all the church, corrector of heretics and vicar of God on earth. Thus he places his armies at the disposal of the Pope to defend the faith, expand her borders and correct the heresies currently so popular in the Western Empire. Between 496 and 508 A.D., Clovis used his military forces to convert idolaters to Romanism, through alliances, capitulations, and conquests, the Arborici, the Roman garrisons in the West, Brittany, the Burgundians, and the Visigoths, were brought into subjection. They gave up their pagan attachments, but only to perpetuate its abomination in another form called Christianity. The Christianity of the Catholic Church was and still is only baptized paganism.
 
 Many in the failing empire of Rome refused to submit to the Bishop of Rome, meaning the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Heruli, all avowed Arians, refused to acknowledge the Bishop of Rome as head over the churches and opposed the Catholic Emperor. Justinian sent his army with General Belisaris to take care of the opposition. After defeating the Vandals, and the Heruli only the Ostrogoths remained. The Goths retreated and allowed Belisaris to enter Rome unopposed. They then in a better season laid siege to the city: which they held for over a year. However, the siege that included the entire nation in its attempt was a bitter failure and that remnant of Goths that remained abandoned the city to Belisaris and disappeared from history. Thus by the year 538 A.D. there remained no opposition to the Pope of Rome to take the seat of the Empire to himself.
 
 “And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” ( Daniel 11:32) IN this verse we see a connection with Daniel 8:11-14,
 
 “Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
12. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
13. Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
 14. And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” (Daniel 8:11-14)
 
Even during this time, called the Dark Ages, there were many that would not submit and did heroic deeds for the cause of the Gospel with self sacrifice who kept the pure Word of the Gospel alive. These were the Waldenses, Albigenses and Hugenots. Papal Rome would hunt down these groups and destroy them by whatever means available by sword, torture, fire, or being thrown off a cliff to their destruction.
 
 “And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.” ( Daniel 11:33-35)
 
Highlighting the words in the above passage, “and by spoil, many days” refers to the many days to the much repeated 1260 years of Papal Supremacy over Europe. There would be war between the Protestant governments and the Papal Governments until those who would escape the persecution fled to a fledging country just discovered, the newly founded government of the United States of America. The end of papal supremacy was ended in 1798 when the Pope was taken prisoner by Berthier of the Napoleon’s French army, and to all intents and purposes the power that had fueled the inquisition and the persecution of heretics was stopped. Papal power was broken and received a deadly wound. Although such persecution has existed and still does exist today in many places, the scope and control of such persecution is extremely limited in contrast to its jurisdiction under the Dark Ages.
 
Papal Rome has never regained the power she once had, up to modern times. But make no mistake, she lusts after regaining her former power and glory and works behind the scenes by mixing the religious affairs of the Papal state with the politics of the secular world. But mark this word, she will rise again.
 
 “And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.” ( Daniel 11:36-39)
 
Who on earth would this describe, even in our modern era? You say the Pope in Rome and you would be right. The king of the north described here is the Pope in Rome, as she had conquered through various armies all the land surrounding papal Rome. As Daniel, when discussing the issue of Pagan Rome, outlined secular events involved in the rise of this power and then retraced the time and outlined specific characteristics of Pagan Rome, so in discussing Papal Rome here he outlined the rise of the power in Daniel verses 30-35 and then retraces his steps and outlines the characteristics of the Papacy in verses 36-39.
 
The Papacy had total control over the king and queens of Europe and on threat of excommunication, enforced their will on secular governments. This is true to the point of death, that no other god could be acknowledged, but the Pope in Rome. So in Daniel 8:25, 11, we see that the Papacy would magnify himself in his heart and also to Jesus Christ the Prince of the host, for he claims to be the Vicar of Christ, or God on earth. This man blasphemed God by taking attributes that are Divine and belong to solely to God in Heaven (John 10:30-31) and claiming to have the right to forgive sins. (Mark 2:5-7) This is an affront to the God of Heaven to do so. Further, the “church in Rome” decided to change the Sabbath to Sunday worship based on pagan practices of sun worship to lead men away from the Creator to the false god, the Pope in Rome and their sole power and supremacy. God has allowed this indignation to be accomplished and when it is fulfilled, the end will come.
 
NEITHER SHALL HE WORSHIP THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS.
 
This is attributed to the French Atheistic Revolution but in context references that “he magnifies himself above all other gods”, even the God he claims to represent. His fathers worshiped the God of the scriptures, the God of heaven, however, the papacy regarded the gods of the pagans under a “Christian” garb. Also it claimed that the wafer was actually God and thus it is worshiped as though it is God, carried about as any pagan deity might be in celebrations and processions, and ultimately eaten that the devotee might possess it for their “salvation”. This is but one of many of their rituals and doctrines that lead men away from God and to Rome.
 
The above verse speak of the desire of women which could mean several things. I've heard that the coming Anti-Christ, which the Papal Roman church could be a forerunner of such a system or the even the real deal, will be a homosexual. Hmmm, could be. Other interpretations is that during the time of Christ, that women dreamed of being the mother of the Messiah, so the man doesn't desire the Messiah produced by a virgin according to scripture. In other words, he doesn't truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ or desire to follow Him in spirit and in truth. Another interpretations, is the celibacy of the Catholic priesthood, if you can find one that is actually celibate to his calling and not found pleasure in little boys, or Catholic nuns. Not all priest do these things, but a subset have been found guilty and protected by their hierarchy in this church.
 
Further, the subsequent popes have elevated saints, and the worship of Mary. Even in places where there seemed no desire to follow the pagan practices of Catholicism had Mary worship developed and taken hold. In fact, in the religion of the American Indians, the Tibetan Dalai Lama and even the Hindus are the prophecies of a woman who is to come and bring peace to the world. Thus the world was being prepared in the most unexpected places to accept Catholicism as the world spiritual leaders. I'm sure the virgin Mary, should she be alive today would never have envisioned being elevated to the same level as the Messiah she brought into the world. Popes in Rome have made edicts and papal bulls to make Mary in an exalted position of Co-mediatrix, co-redemptrix with Christ.
 
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven (Jesus Christ) given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12).
 
To elevate any other mortal on earth, no matter their station in life or the righteousness imparted to them by God through Jesus Christ our Lord, is blasphemy against a Holy God.
 
 THE FINAL ANALYSIS OF THE DOWNFALL OF THE “HOLY” ROMAN CHURCH
 
“In 1798 the king of the south, France began an ongoing war against the king of the north, Catholicism. Atheism continued to develop its ideology and reached another stage of growth at the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Communism continued the war against Catholicism attempting to bring the former empire of Papal Rome into its grasp, but in time, Catholicism mounted an overwhelming counterattack. The king of the north swept away the entire structure of the king of the south/communism, entering into all the countries of the former Soviet Union and her tributary states. This overwhelming attack came with the military and economic assistance of the United States of America. This alliance repeats the history of Clovis, when “arms shall stand on his part.” Could this point to Revelation 13, teaching that soon the United States of America will speak as a dragon, and then force the world to also form an image to the beast? Daniel 11:40 is the first historical manifestation of this end-time unholy alliance.” (Taken from The Final Rise and Fall of the King of the North by Jeff Pippinger.)
 
This quote plays back to my prior assertion that an unholy trinity will develop between Papal Rome and the United States of America and the coming Anti-Christ. Who the man is can only be speculation on anyone's part, I believe the man will not be fully revealed until the church is removed from this earth. He/She could be the POTUS, or the Pope in Rome, or some unidentified monarch/dictator of Middle Eastern descent.
 
But Paul warned that apostasy will come in the last days:
 
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, (apostasy/rapture) and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; v4. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” (II Thessalonians 2:3-4)
 
The Papacy will enter into God’s church. This is done through the doctrines of Catholicism coming in and being accepted into the Remnant Church. That is, apostasy from the truth of God. Just as during the initial rise of the Papacy in the dark ages, those who were against the holy covenant united with the false church to promote its agenda. (This could also be applied to the inculcating of the false doctrines of Catholicism into Protestantism.)
 
 Many shall be overthrown and many shall be taken in by the false doctrines that are coming in amongst them. These false doctrines that permeate the Catholic Church will be enforced by the alliance of the Papacy and the United States of America is my hypothesis. Egypt shall not escape -
 
“40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.” ( Daniel 11:40-42)
 
 Egypt is both a reference to Atheism, (symbolized in the Bible as the land of sin with her idols) and also to symbolize the secular world. Thus this reference is to state that after a Sunday law is enforced all the religions of the world will unite to accept it. Even secular countries, or non-Christian countries will come under the Papal decree enforced through her alliance with the United States of America. Papal Rome will wield power over the whole earth, as the verse speaks of power over silver, gold and precious things of Egypt (the atheistic world). This is referring to economic power. The Papacy will control all trade etc. in the world, through such laws as the prohibition to buy or sell without the mark of the beast. (Revelation 13:16-17)
 
43 “But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.” ( Daniel 11:43-45)
 
 Daniel is being told that the papacy will be frustrated because of the witness of many saved individuals that believe the Gospel message, either by the 144,000 Hebrew evangelists, the two witnesses at the Temple Mount, or those saved because of their message. This is the Loud Cry of the fourth angel of Revelation 18, which comes against the Papacy’s attempt to control the entire world and bring it under its false teachings. This group who are giving the Loud Cry are the only ones who stand in the way of full control for the Papacy. Thus their strong Biblical message under the power of the Latter Rain of the Holy Spirit (See Revelation 18) causes much consternation and frustration for the Papacy. As seen before many will accept this message and “escape” from under its tyranny.
 
ISRAEL THE DOOR, JERUSALEM, KEY TO END OF DAYS
 
8 “I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?”
9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end.
10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.” (Daniel 12:8-10)
 
The prophet Daniel did not understand, and was not given to him to understand, because the time of the end was far into the future. No one has understood this prophecy until one thing happened in our modern age. What happened is that Israel became a nation again, and the fig tree put forth her leaves. Jesus said:
 
 “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” (Matthew 24:32-35 KJV)
 
When Israel became a nation again, those that were alive to see its birth or born in that generation, that generation will still be alive when all things are completed. That tells me that Jesus will be reigning and ruling on this earth, and I may even be alive to see His coming. Why do I say that? Because the bible tells us that man is appointed 70 years, 80 years by strength. (Psalm 90). Not making any predictions or assuming a date or year of the return of our Lord Jesus, simple addition tells me the general area of the completion of this prophecy. In the last 73 years, Israel has become a stumbling block to all the world. Not a day goes by that Israel is not in the news in the negative and the world powers trying to force a peace treaty between the Palestinian Authority and the government of Israel.
 
We see politics and threats of yet another war on the world stage daily. The former so called “POTUS” was trying to force Israel into a date with death, and world powers at the UN demonizing this small country and ignoring all the human rights violations of other countries that blatantly torture and kill Christians and Jews. We see the present papal office sticking their self righteous nose into the affairs of the secular world and bringing doctrines that fly in the face of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. It all centers around Israel, because Jerusalem is the center of God's world here on earth. Satan hates Israel, hates God and hates anyone connected to them by biology or spiritual awakening to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who as we know was a Jew Himself while here on earth.
 
Remember in the first parts of this message that I spoke that Rome lusts to regain the power she lost during the 18th century in 1798 when the Pope was imprisoned? How will that be accomplished, if at all?
 
THE MERGING OF THE STATE AND THE PAPAL CHURCH
 
What I'm about to discuss here is not all my own thoughts, but the thoughts and beliefs of a brother I converse with in South America. When asked how this will be accomplished, the friend of mine had an interesting theory...Mind you, it is only conjecture on anyone's part how the coming of the Anti-Christ will come upon the earth, but his analogy leaves one wondering and scratching their head.
 
“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
 
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.” (Revelation 17:10-11)
 
Based on this passage which in reading it, is a most strange passage in the bible, but this is my friend's theory and it's most interesting:
 
 “Most of Pre-millennial Protestants have nowadays a better and clearer sight than our brothers in the third century. We ought to be all expecting the Rapture of the Church. Most believers deem that it will happen after the Apostasy (forceful removal of the church) which shall take place just before the appearing of the eschatological Antichrist. But thanks to God there is diversity of opinions and some are getting aware that subverting the Word of God is here today, and has infected at least 90 % of the local churches, and that a pope may be the eschatological Antichrist as our fathers of Reformation were wont to teach dogmatically. I will talk about pope Number 5, because he is the one who prepares the way for pope Number 6: the eschatological Antichrist. Number 5 is actually molding the proper profile that is convenient for Number 6 when he be ready to take control over the EU; the new Roman Empire which shall be the head of the New World Order. But before we go any further let us remind our readers the reason why I call Francis I the pope Number 5. We find it in Revelation 17:
 
9 “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.”
 
 This is a mysterious passage, isn’t it? However there is a clue to that mystery which unfolds it and makes it crystal clear to anyone. I have this clue, and although I cannot say that it is for sure the right interpretation, nevertheless it is the most simple, literal and contemporary one you can find among the multitude of available interpretations. This is at least good hint! Time will tell after Francis I burial whether the Holy Spirit showed me the truth about the 7 kings or whether I was mistaken as many others…”
 
THE KINGS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
 
“According to verse 10 these 7 heads are also 7 kings. Now who are the kings of Rome? Everybody knows that for more than 15 centuries the real kings of Rome have been the popes, wherefore I do assume that these 7 kings are 7 popes. The angel says to John at the precise moment he gives him this vision that 5 kings are fallen.
 
 What kind of fall can be deemed if we compare these 5 popes with the long list of the rest of them? The answer is easy: it is a fall from their traditional arrogance, it is a fall from their pretenses, and it is a (temporary and seemingly) doctrinal fall. Remember the Catholic church received a deadly wound in the 1700s that has not fully healed. As a matter of fact all popes before the ecumenical council of Vatican 2 proclaimed openly and dogmatically their absolute supremacy above all religions. They were the only and exclusive Church of Jesus Christ whose popes were the vicars whereof. They used to say and teach that without submission to the pope there was no salvation.
 
 Protestants were just a bunch of heretics they had to fight, and the Bible societies were just devilish organizations. Since Pope Nicolas I (858-867) started to use the crown as a king founding his pretenses upon a forged document called “The donations of Constantine” which claimed that the emperor Constantine had made the popes heir to the entire Roman Empire, since then the Caesars in religious costumes have pulled it off. Till Vatican 2 the aim was to subdue all secular powers, all nations, and all kingdoms. They also increased at the same time their spiritual pretenses so as to fulfill their arrogance in issuing the dogma of papal infallibility in 1870.
 
 Nevertheless after WW II when their puppet (Hitler) fell. (Bear in mind that Hitler and his entire clique were all Roman Catholics who were never ever excommunicated). So when Hitler passed away they had to change their politics and profile. Until Pius XII (Hitler and Mussolini’s friend), Rome thought she could re-establish her dominion by her dogmatic pretensions and the Jesuits cunning craftiness, but the victory of the Allies, the shame of the Nazi Holocaust and the new born Hebrew State in 1948 supported by the USA put an end to any public and dogmatic arrogance. They had to make a sudden cosmetic change so as to turn the Roman wolf into a harmless lamb; they definitely fell! So they descended from their clouds of arrogance and presumptions and since John XXIII they have been making a big show of humility and brotherly love.
 
Remember that according to the Roman canonical laws no priest loses his “holy unction” as long as he lives, even if he gives up his functions and does not minister sacraments any longer. That is why pope # 6 will step down for a while as the chief of the Roman Catholic Church so as to comply with the EU regulations, and this will entail new elections in Rome so as to replace # 6 by # 7. I believe that Number 7 will be the false prophet of Rev. 16: 13 and 19:20, if the 7 kings are the last 7 popes… In effect pope # 7 will exalt with all kind of signs and wonders former for pope # 6, so that the entire world will be lulled into following the devilish agenda of the Antichrist.
 
Once Pope# 6 has full sway of the EU, he will become instead of president, the new Caesar. Then # 7 will step down and give him back his functions as a new pope: pope # 8. Then will come to pass what was the common to all emperors of the former empire: the Caesar was chief of the State and a god to be worshiped. But this pope after a short time as # 8 will claim to be the only true God and not only the Vicar of the Son of God. At that time he will break the covenant he had done 3 1/2 years before with the Jews, allowing them to rebuild the temple and perform their sacrifices and rituals in it, and he will come in the temple and set up a TV broadcast inside the holiest demanding the whole world to worship him in front of their TV sets (the image of the beast: Rev. 13:15, 14: 11). So the ministry of # 7 will be short; it will last until # 6 becomes the supreme leader of the EU and of the ecumenical Roman church which will have absorbed all religions.
 
 Therefore it is written: “the beast that was, and is not, even is the eighth, and is of the seven”, which simply means that the Caesar who existed during the former Roman Empire, does not exist when pope # 6 becomes the president of the EU (the new Roman Empire), but he makes part of the seven latter popes and become in fact the eighth because he retakes his functions after # 7 when he gets a total control of the new Roman Empire. This last Caesar will not only demand worship but he will also eagerly looking forward to get the people chipped in their right hand and forehead promoting the mark of the beast for economical transactions.” (end quote)(Gilbert Lillo, Rise of the Anti-Christ)
 
Are you still with me? Troubling is it not? This present Pope is nothing but a forerunner of the coming man of lawlessness, using his Jesuit training to usher in the foundation of a New World Order and a One World Religion...Remember the UN with it's Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development that was discussed by many authors on this site, including myself? But how can you protect yourself from falling prey to this imp of Satan? By arming yourself with the truth of God's Word..by believing and accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead you into all truth.
 
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” (John 16:13)
 
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”...(John 3:16-18)
 
8 “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:8-13)
 
Next time we explore how Daniel and Revelation connect to each other in prophecy...
 
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They Want National Internet Speech Regulations So That They Can Legally Censor You into Oblivion - by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/they-want-national-internet-speech-regulations-so-that-they-can-legally-censor-you-into-oblivion/
 
Facebook, Twitter and other big tech companies actually want standardized Internet speech regulations. In fact, Facebook has been spending millions of dollars on ads that openly call for more government regulation of speech on the Internet. You can view an example of what I am talking about right here. At first glance, it may seem odd that Facebook wants more government regulation of the tech industry, but it actually makes perfect sense. If the federal government is the one making the rules, Facebook and the other big tech companies can legally censor you into oblivion without ever having to worry about any legal consequences. And then because all other social media platforms in existence will have to follow the exact same rules, there will be nowhere else for you to turn. There won’t be any “free speech alternatives” to Facebook and Twitter, because all of those “alternatives” will be forced to apply the same speech standards that Facebook and Twitter and applying.
 
Right now, Facebook and Twitter are losing millions of users to other platforms, and they want this to stop.
 
And so they are going to continue to push for national Internet speech regulations that apply equally to everyone.
 
In the end, Facebook basically envisions that everyone else in the industry will be forced to engage in the sort of extreme censorship that Facebook is already engaged in. The following are three quotes that come directly from Facebook…
 
-“Today, we work with more than 80 partners covering over 60 languages around the world to review potentially false content.”
 
-“We include warnings on posts that are rated false so that you can decide what to read or share.”
 
-“When third-party fact-checkers label content false, we significantly reduce its distribution so fewer people see it.”
 
That sounds so noble, doesn’t it?
 
But of course all of the “third-party fact-checkers” have an agenda, and all of them see the world the same way that Facebook sees the world.
 
If you are an independent thinker, it is just a matter of time before you are hit really hard by the censor hammer. The censorship has gotten stricter and stricter with each passing year, and the number of people that Facebook has working in this realm has “quadrupled”…
 
Facebook is not waiting for regulation. We’re continuing to make progress on key issues. We’ve quadrupled our security and safety teams to 40,000 people and built new privacy tools. We’re also working with tech peers to make it easier for people to move their data between platforms securely.
 
While we at Facebook are working to make progress, we know that we can’t – and shouldn’t – do it alone. That’s why we support regulations to set clear and fair rules for everyone, and support a safe and secure open internet where creativity and competition can thrive.
 
They claim that they are relentlessly working to weed out “hate speech”, but their definition of “hate speech” is essentially any opinion that they disagree with.
 
They also claim that they are fighting “health misinformation” head on, but their definition of “health misinformation” is essentially anything that contradicts the narratives that are being pushed by the big pharmaceutical companies.
 
Anything having to do with COVID, vaccines or COVID treatments has become such a sensitive area. The big tech companies have been extremely diligent to censor users when it comes to these topics, but that still isn’t good enough for some Democrats. A few months ago, two Democrats in the Senate introduced a bill called “the Health Misinformation Act”…
 
The nicest thing you can say about the Health Misinformation Act, proposed in July by the Democratic senators Amy Klobuchar and Ben Ray Luján, is that it means well. The internet has been a key accelerant of widespread myths, misunderstandings and lies related to Covid-19; Klobuchar and Luján’s bill would force online companies like Facebook to crack down on false information during public health emergencies, or lose immunity from lawsuits if they don’t.
 
The good news is that this bill probably doesn’t have much of a chance to get through Congress right now, but Democrats will inevitably keep trying.
 
Meanwhile, over in the EU there are plans to start systematically monitoring text messaging and video chat platforms for “suspicious content”…
 
A German member of the European Parliament is warning against EU plans to adopt new, wide-ranging mass surveillance rules that he says would seriously jeopardize citizens’ right to privacy by forcing tech companies to give access to encrypted messages to the authorities.
 
And that is what the laws now in the works in Brussels – that are supposed to replace temporary rules adopted in July – are designed to do, by ordering messaging and video chat providers like WhatsApp and Skype to put tech in place that would provide access to people’s private communications and, thanks to an automated system, monitor chats in real time and report suspicious content.
 
Of course anything that deviates from the official narratives about the pandemic would be considered to be “suspicious content”.
 
So what should be done to those that are “guilty” of spreading “health misinformation”?
 
Well, the CEO of Pfizer says that they should be treated like “criminals”…
 
People who spread misinformation on Covid-19 vaccines are “criminals” and have cost “millions of lives,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday.
 
Speaking with Washington D.C.-based think tank Atlantic Council, Bourla said there is a “very small” group of people that purposefully circulate misinformation on the shots, misleading those who are already hesitant about getting vaccinated.
 
They don’t want us to criticize what they are doing, and meanwhile they are making billions upon billions of dollars and laughing all the way to the bank.
 
It truly is sickening.
 
And now we are being told that “booster shots” will be needed “every 6 to 12 months”…
 
Australians will need to get COVID booster shots annually “for the foreseeable future” to combat CCP Virus, according to the country’s Pharmacy Guild.
 
Trent Twomey, the president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA), warned that people may need to get booster shots every 6 to 12 months to keep more deadly variants at bay.
 
So Pfizer and Moderna will continue to rake in billions upon billions of dollars in perpetuity, and any criticism of their misdeeds will be systematically suppressed by their friends in the big tech industry.
 
In a lot of ways, large corporations now have more power over our lives than national governments do, and many of the largest corporations are becoming increasingly authoritarian.
 
Big tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter have decided that they want to use their power to shape what you think, what you believe and how you view the world.
 
Personally, I will never submit to such manipulation, and I will continue to do all that I can to share the truth with a lost and dying world.
 
Many of you feel the exact same way.
 
Unfortunately, we are in the minority, and the big tech companies are entirely convinced that the world will be a much better place if they can permanently relegate people like us to the outer fringes of the Internet.
 
What they really want are masses of fully obedient “sheeple” that will simply go along with whatever narratives they are currently pushing, and they don’t want “wolves” such as us messing with their flocks.

 



 
Eerie Past and Future Evil - By Terry James - https://www.raptureready.com/2021/11/11/eerie-past-and-future-evil-by-terry-james/
 
Words coming from the heart of what many of us believe to be the reviving Roman Empire sounded to be both prologue and prescience. They were spoken by a German representative to the European Union’s parliament.
 
Christine Andersen, speaking while being interviewed by Steve Bannon of The War Room podcast, gave an eerie analysis of the mask mandates being issued by leaders around the world. She compared what is going on in today’s world to things going on during the time leading to the rise of the Third Reich.
 
She indicated much of the program involving attempts to gain complete control of the masses today is frighteningly similar to the program employed by the scientists, doctors, epidemiologists and others of the era just before Hitler and his henchmen took over Germany. She explained that their efforts during pre-Nazi Germany were geared toward separating people. They had at the center of their evil postulation that the totally unproven, so-called science showed that inferior races were disease carriers and needed to be separated from the “pure race.”
 
In the days leading to the holocaust, the Jews and Gypsies were the main targets; then, as the regime garnered power, all others who weren’t considered of the pure, Aryan bloodline were targeted for separation, sequestration in the ghettos and death in the extermination camps.
 
She said that is what the masking and the vaccines are all about now. They are touting a pseudo-scientific edict that all be mandated, using the masks and the vaccine threats of job loss and worse to separate people. Divide and conquer is the ages-old methodology tyrants always utilize to bring about their regimes of totalitarianism.
 
Andersen said that the (for the most part) ineffective masking and the untested, not officially approved vaccines in most cases had at the heart of their purpose the divide and conquer modus operandi of all tyrants. The globalist would-be masters had chosen those who refused to adhere to the demands of the elite –the mask and vaccine mandates— to turn the compliant against the resisters. Those who refuse to be vaccinated are declared to be spreaders of COVID. These must be punished by whatsoever methods that will make them comply with the tyrant’s dictates –All for the good of humanity, of course.
 
We have certainly been witness to the tyrannical methods used to try to turn the masses against those who don’t want to take “the jab,” as it is called. Rather than letting up on their demands, despite the growing number of people refusing the jab, those forces at the top that are almost without exception of the globalist mindset double down.
 
Much like the Nazis, the one-worlders try to initiate the destruction of prevailing culture from within the family unit. They know they can control more viciously, more completely, if they can take control of children away from parents. This is what the present cancel culture fascists are trying to accomplish through corruption within America’s and the world’s educational systems. It appears at present that those so determined to take the children totally from parental control have overstepped boundaries. The recent elections in Virginia validate this to some extent.
 
But the battle continues to rage. The evil one who incessantly makes war on humanity and humanity’s Creator continues to stalk about seeking ways to wreak destruction.
 
The following news item illustrates how Satan’s past wickedness during the rise of the Third Reich is making yet another assault at present. His minions are again using the children to do their destructive work. Again, it is the masks and the vaccines that are at the black heart of this Twenty-first Century attempt to help bring in the Antichrist system of control.
 
[Excerpt]
 
OAKLAND — San Francisco will soon require children as young as 5 to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter certain indoor public spaces like restaurants, entertainment venues and sporting events, public health officials said this week.
 
The local mandate already requires children and adults over the age of 12 to show proof that they are vaccinated before entering those places. Now, city health officials are planning to extend the health order to children ages 5 to 11, the group newly eligible for the shot…
 
Vaccinations of the younger age group began Wednesday in California, the same day West Coast scientific experts announced they greenlighted the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5-11 — and a day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the kid-sized dose. The pediatric vaccine is a third of the adult dose and, like the adult formulation, is given in two doses, 21 days apart.
 
Officials from the San Francisco Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed the plan, saying the city’s current vaccination and masking requirements will be reexamined once the younger children have adequate time to be vaccinated.
 
Source: 5-year-olds soon have to show vaccine cards in San Francisco - By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO, 11/03/2021]
 
I like the way Geoffrey Grider of Nowtheendbegins.com summarizes and frames this past and future evil.
 
People get mad when you compare the Yellow Star placed on Jews in Nazi Germany in the 1930s with the COVID vaccine mandates being forced on people here in 2021, but in point of fact, the two are surprisingly and alarmingly similar. The Yellow Star created two classes of people, and the vaccine mandate does exactly the same thing. The only question is, have we learned anything from history, or is it getting to repeat itself again? Don’t answer; it’s rhetorical.
 
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us” (Ecclesiastes 1:9:10).

 


 
Pride - Nathele Graham - [email protected]
 
There are two kinds of pride…a good side and a bad side. Good pride urges us to pull our pants up to our waist, comb our hair, bathe, and brush our teeth in order to be presentable in society. We can take pride in doing a good job or in creating a work of art. On the other hand, pride can stumble our walk with Jesus and cause us to think more of “me” than of serving the Lord. Pride causes us to believe we are better than other people and to look down on them. We are all sinners and are all in need of God’s grace. It’s not a Christian virtue to pridefully look down on other people. We are all human with many failings, so if you set the standard of perfection by your own actions, you’ve lifted yourself above Jesus. He was perfect in every way and never sinned. He is the standard of perfection we need to aim for. Since we are all human with a sin nature, we can never achieve perfection in our own right, therefore we can’t be so prideful as to expect others to meet our standards. “A man’s pride shall bring him low; but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.” Proverbs 29:23. Remember, none of us is righteous by our own means, our righteousness comes only through Jesus. We owe Him our life.
 
This doesn’t mean we aren’t to discern. Scripture tells us not to pursue friendships and marriages or any partnership that compromises our walk with Jesus. Always ask yourself if joining closely with another person will bring you closer to God, or drive you away from Him. If Jesus is first in your life, you will try to be like Him and He will be your guide in all things. Jesus was humble and only got angry when God the Father was dishonored, or when the Pharisees allowed pride to compromise compassion. What makes you angry? Is it someone who steps on your pride? Someone who makes you feel inferior? If these things make you mad, then your pride is making you follow a wrong path. According to Scripture, we are to love our fellow human beings. “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8. More than likely, you do things that step on other people’s pride. You cannot control another person’s actions, but you can allow the Holy Spirit to guide your actions.
 
There are many bad attitudes that pride brings into your life. Pride won’t allow you to forgive someone who has wronged you, even if they don’t seek your forgiveness. It also stops you from asking forgiveness from someone you’ve wronged. “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” 1 Peter 5:5-7. Take all things to the Lord and ask Him to help you subdue your own pride. Let Him lift you up, instead of allowing your pride to bring bitterness into your heart.
 
We can’t find a better example of the ugliness of pride than the pride of Lucifer. He was filled with pride thinking that he was equal to God. He’s a being created by God, therefore inferior to God. “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” Isaiah 14:12-15. Sadly, too many people reject Christ and follow the ways of the world, which is ruled by Satan. When you look down upon another person with anger and spite, you aren’t following in Jesus’ footsteps, but are following Lucifer in his pride and hatred. Satan’s pride caused him to lose his place in Heaven and he will spend eternity in the lake of fire. He will be there with all who reject Christ and choose to follow satanic ways. Be sure to look to Scripture to guide your life, choices, words, and attitude.
 
The only example of true humbleness is Jesus Christ. With the words of His mouth, He created the earth and all that’s in it. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” John 1:1-4. Jesus is God the Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. He was in the very beginning of all things…the Creator. He existed in Heaven where love abounds. There is no sin there and no pride. Yet, He loved His creation enough to humbly step into this fallen world in the form of a human baby in order to give us the only way of salvation. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1:14. John did indeed behold Jesus in all His glory. John saw the miracles and he saw the pride-filled Pharisees try to discredit Jesus. John was there at the last supper, saw Jesus arrested, and watched Him humbly allow Himself to be crucified. John also found the tomb empty on the third day. He saw the risen Lord. He was there on the day of Pentecost and was filled with the Holy Spirit. John must have been quite a rowdy fisherman when Jesus first called him. Jesus nicknamed John and James “The Sons of Thunder” (Mark 3:17). John mellowed over time, but never compromised God’s truth. His writings give us a special insight into the love of God.
 
Jesus came to earth in order to save humanity from sin. He gave His life for you and for me. Although He created the entire universe, He humbly stepped into His creation to show us the only way to eternal life. His own words tell us to be humble in our spirit. “Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3. Poor in spirit doesn’t mean that you have a weak spirit, but that the spirit you have is humble and not enriching itself. Jesus goes on to say, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5. Meekness isn’t weakness, but power under control. A meek person has a mild disposition and a gentle spirit. Pride isn’t in them, just the love of God.
 
The wrong kind of pride will bring much misery into your life. When you’re filled with pride, you have no room for love of your fellow humans. Pride causes us to see worldly desires rather than desire to please God. “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1 John 2:15-16. We only need to look upon the recent riots and destruction in order to see the result of pride unleashed. Christians need to put pride behind us and serve our Lord and Saviour, rather than allow pride to drag us down to the level of worldly people who serve Satan instead of Christ. That evil being was prideful enough to try to tempt Jesus to sin. If he was arrogant enough to try to tempt Jesus, he will certainly try to tempt those of us who follow Jesus. After Jesus had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, Satan thought He was weak. Not Jesus…He was humble, not weak. Every temptation put before Him by Satan was answered with Scripture. The third and final temptation presented was that Satan would give Him all the kingdoms of the world if only Jesus would worship him. That would have meant Jesus wouldn’t have to endure the cross, but it would also mean His blood wouldn’t have been shed for our salvation. Pride could have caused Jesus to accept the challenge, but Jesus had Scripture ready to thwart Satan’s feeble attempts to cause Him to stumble. “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” Matthew 4:10. If you allow pride to rule your life, you are not serving Christ.
 
Remember, it was pride that caused Lucifer to think He could be like God almighty. Lucifer is so far from being like God that there is absolutely no comparison. God is love; Satan is hate. God wants you to be with Him forever in Heaven, but Satan only wants you to join him in the Lake of Fire. Both places are eternal, but only faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus brings eternal love and peace. “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, coventousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within; and defile the man.” Mark 7:21-23. Pride is a sin.
 
Don’t let pride cause you to fall. Bow your heart humbly before Jesus and let Him lift you up. “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he shall lift you up.” James 4:10.
 
God bless you all,
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Daily Jot: Wake Up America - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com
 
The constructs of a government of the people, for the people and by the people are breaking down. Economic policy is directly responsible for the highest inflation rate increase since 1990. Foreign policy has destabilized the world by allowing bad actors to fill the void where US influence was maintaining stability. Energy policy is contributing to astronomical increases in fuel prices. National security policy has abdicated America’s role internationally and has emboldened Russia, China, Iran and terrorists groups. Border security policy has allowed record numbers of illegals into the country. Health policy of mandates is oppressive and putting people out of work. Does this sound like a government protecting its people?
 
Joe Biden and his band of politicians are trying to convince Americans that this runaway inflation is temporary—nothing to see here. The only temporary part of this inflation cycle is that it is temporarily at these current low levels because inflation will continue to rise. Think about it. Biden’s first week in office resulted in the elimination of the Keystone Pipeline project. That put 11,400 people out of work. Halting oil and gas drillings on federal lands is estimated to cost another million jobs according to the American Petroleum Institute. Now Biden, at the request of environmental activists, is considering shutting down the Embridge Line 5 pipeline that carries 23 million gallons of oil a day. On January 18, just before Joe Biden took office, the national average of gasoline at the pump was $2.46 per gallon. What are you paying now?
 
Policies such as increasing taxes, pouring money into climate change, and giving money and weapons to Islamic terrorist organizations, pose tremendous harm to American citizens. The COVID oppression positions the government to control your every move. Vaccinated or not, direct or indirect mandates are designed not to save lives but to subject them to control resulting in tyranny. These are very similar to the end time prophecies where a world leader causes all people to worship him. Those who do not cannot buy, sell, or even live. This truly targets Christians, who know the freedom of God and will refuse to bow to tyranny. It is Christians, by and large, who are resisting these mandates, but more need to join the movement otherwise the Liberty we enjoy in Christ will become the chains of bondage in the land of the living.
 
The Biden Administration is attempting to blend radical Marxist social policies with steadfast economic principles and the two are incompatible. One cannot build back better by destroying the moral, social and economic fabric of a country. Teaching that all white kids are racist. Allowing the LGBTQ agenda to confuse and groom children for a life of sexual depravity. Then labeling concerned parents as domestic terrorists. Using COVID mandates to control what people wear, think, buy, and travel. Shutting down jobs and products at affordable prices. Pronouncing judgments against the enemies of God in Ezekiel 32, the Lord notes in verse 26, “though they caused their terror in the land of the living.” This government is causing a terror to the people, while hiding behind extreme propaganda to cover it up. Wake up America!

 


 
Daily Devotion: Soul-Sick - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org
 
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns. —Jeremiah 4:3
 
https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/soul-sick/ - Listen
 
If you want to plant a garden, then you need to first clear the soil. You need to dig up the rocks, pull out the weeds, and prepare it for planting.
 
We need to do the same with our hearts. For the seed of the Word of God to properly take root, we have to first clear the ground of things that would hinder its growth. Weeds of wickedness and roots of bitterness must come out.
 
James tells us, “So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls” (1:21 NLT).
 
And Jeremiah 4:3 says, “Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns” (NLT).
 
Once that soil is broken up and cleared, then we are to receive God’s Word with humility. This means coming humbly and with an open heart to hear and apply God’s precious Word. Instead of a hypercritical, already-heard-that attitude, we should approach with openness to what the Lord would say to us. If we do this, it will have a great effect in our lives.
 
It’s also important to understand that in this context, James isn’t speaking of the salvation of our souls from eternal damnation. Rather, the phrase “save your souls” also could be translated “preserve and heal your soul” or “restore your soul.”
 
In other words, if you allow the pollutants of evil into your life, then you will have a sick soul. Your refusal to obey the Word of God may not disqualify you as a Christian, but it certainly will disqualify you for spiritual rewards.
 
God’s Word received is able to save our souls not only from damnation but also from damage. Don’t live your life with a damaged soul. Approach God’s Word with meekness, openness, and the recognition there is so much more to learn.

 


 


 
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