*Note: I love the dear Catholic people. I have some very good friends who are Catholic. I even have a priest friend. I hold absolutely nothing against these good folks. Many were born into their religion and have never even considered anything else. Having said that...
Rev 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
When religious Babylon is utterly destroyed by God for her martyrdom of 50 million of His saints, the holy apostles and prophets will rejoice.
Babylon, that mixture of Nimrod, Semiramis, the “queen of heaven,” the son god, Popes, cardinals and bishops is well deserving of what is coming. She daily mocks Christ by introducing the death cookie as the actual body of Christ to her billion plus adherents. She persecutes the gospel throughout Latin America and elsewhere. She makes merchandise of souls by selling masses, high and low, to say prayers for the dead, hoping to deliver them from purgatory. She sells indulgences in hopes of absolution for sins. She compels and corrupts her little children at their first confession (and each subsequent one) by bearing every wicked thought and deed to a priest in the confessional. She encourages prayers to the dead, to angels and to idols. She claims that she is the only repository of salvation and there is no redemption outside of her auspices. She asserts that her leader speaks ex cathedra, as the infallible voice of God. Such are the doctrines and practices of Romanism.
But her day of destruction is coming in which her fine linen and purple, her gold, precious stones and pearls will come to nothing in one hour.
God calls unto Babylon's citizens, "Come out of her!" (vs 4) They who answer that call will escape the plagues coming upon her.
Peter was a humble apostle of Christ who preached the true gospel of faith in Jesus Christ alone. He was not the vicar of the Roman church as they falsely claim.
I am intrigued by your studies of prophecies of the end times, Pastor Gary. I'm right with you in alot of your conclusions. I think you are justified in your indictment of the Catholic system of worship too. Like you said, it's nothing against individual believers, but...
ReplyDeleteYou are aware that many of the Protestant Reformers believed the Papacy to be the Antichrist. Could they have been right? According to my studies, they certainly meet all the criteria found in Scripture.
I don't see the Pope as the antichrist himself, but maybe as the false prophet. A/c is possibly one who has lived in the past. The Bible twice says that he was and is not and ascends out of the pit, then goes into perdition. Judas would be a possibility??? It says of both Judas and A/c that they are the son of perdition and they go to their own place. Just an idea that intrigues me. Of course there are many antichrists who come into the world, but one man of sin, the beast, the ultimate antichrist. So, in that case, the papacy may qualify. As you know, the reformers were hounded by the papacy, even unto martyrdom. If anyone would think he was a/c, the reformers would believe so.
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