The Holy Bible
God
Will Avenge You
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and
wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city wherein were
made rich all that had ships in the sea, by reason of her
costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and
prophets; For God hath avenged you on her.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone,
and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall
that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found
no more at all.
And the voice of the harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and
no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be shall be found any
more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no
more at all in thee;
Book of Revelation
18:19-22
And they cast dust on
their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas,
alas, that great city wherein were made rich all that had
ships in the sea, by reason of her costliness! For in one
hour is she made desolate.
Book of Revelation 18:19
"The fullest form of her whoredom is, where the Church
wishes to be itself a worldly power, uses politics and diplomacy, makes
flesh her arm, uses unholy means for holy ends, spreads her dominion by
sword or money, fascinates men by sensual ritualism, becomes 'mistress of
ceremonies' to the dignitaries of the world, flatters prince or people . .
." 1
Strange as
it may seem, th
is
Revelation indicates that mankind is not only going to share
in the
Catholic Church's punishment,
but will also witness the event.
The staggering
financial losses and ruin due to multi-billion dollar pedophile
compensation claims; an ever dwindling base of church
faithful;
and
critical shortage of priests will be felt and mourned by
those who profited most. Not only the merchants of the earth who traded with her
became prosperous,
but also
governors of
religious houses
who accumulated great wealth, and got prized
lands into their possession for the use and support of their
abbeys and monasteries. This religious corporation's absolute
monopoly over soul salvation
gave them absolute power to charge outrageous fees for "pardons, indulgences, absolution, saying Mass, and praying souls out of
purgatory", and still carries out this extremely
profitable trade.
Of
all ingenious brainstorming by popes and their financial
advisors to extract maximum profits for Vatican Inc., the
stellar performance of indulgences remains the darling of
Catholic spiritual managers.
Indulgences
are
heavenly rewards that can
be purchased by money from the extra credit that the great
saints of the past had earned in excess of what they needed
to get into heaven. Thus sinners could buy an easier
judgment for themselves and thus get themselves to heaven
faster, instead of being tortured in the Catholic
Purgatory hell,
by purchasing some of this extra credit of the saints.
In
this century the internet is transforming modern society as
they access a global library of information. Books, magazine
articles, and news-media specials declare that this
revolution is underway, that nothing will escape unchanged.
Like political revolutionists, advocates of the internet
computerization believe that a glorious transformation is
sweeping the world and that they are its vanguard. As
computation and communication technologies become less
expensive and more convenient, all the people of the world,
not just the wealthy, will use the wonderful services that
information machines make available. In an eruption of
awareness, men and woman will realize how terribly deceived
they have been in religious matters. Mankind will then turn
in rage on all the religious organizations and will
literally tear most of them to pieces. The first to fall
will be the Catholic Church and the prophecy of its
impending doom
— for in one
hour is she made desolate
—
is now well under
way.
Rejoice over her, thou
heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; For God hath
avenged you on her.
Book of Revelation 18:20
This
voice from heaven, which having called upon the faithful
to come out of the
Catholic Church, and
to take vengeance on her now calls upon all to rejoice at her ruin.
The countless millions of innocent souls, long crying for vengeance on account of
the shedding of their blood under her murderous reign, are especially
called upon to celebrate as God hath avenged you on her, that is,
"has executed righteous judgment on her, for all
the evils done by her to the saints in ages past, the predecessors of the
persons here mentioned, as well as to themselves: vengeance belongs to the
Lord, and he will avenge his elect sooner or later." 2
The prophesied
ruin of the Vatican is an act of God's promise of vindictive
justice, and brings forth the universal rejoicing of the godly in
heaven and on earth.
There
is a growing chorus that the end of the Antichrist's empire
is drawing near:
"Antichrist is the Son of Perdition. If a son, the
scripture underlines this conclusion, then an heir.
As Son of Perdition, the Antichrist is the heir of
perdition. It was written of him before he arose, 'he
goeth unto perdition.'
The king of heaven has made His decree and it altereth
not. As sure as the Papacy has had its glory so surely shall
its doom come.
The destruction of the Popes is twofold, 'Whom the
Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth and
shall destroy with the brightness of His coming.’
This duality of doom has been noted in prophecy ever
since the beginning of the little horn of Daniel
chapter seven. We read in verse 26 that the judgement
shall sit and they shall take away his dominion to
consume and destroy it unto the end. Here is yet another
proof that the ‘little horn’ of Daniel Chapter 7 is
the Antichrist of Paul.
The doom is in two stages. (1) gradual and (2) sudden and
terrible destruction.
The gradual consuming is by 'the spirit of the Lord's
mouth,' that is the spreading of the Word of God. Ever
since the Bible has been translated this has been going
forward. The Reformation displayed to men the damnable
errors of Rome, and its hold on the nations was loosened.
When the Word is not proclaimed the Pope will flourish.
But the destruction of Rome in totality will be sudden
and terrible. Leaving His seat of glory Christ will
confront the Antichrist personally and hurl him into
perdition with all his priests and his whole apparatus of
antichristianity. God speed the day.
'And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great
millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with
violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and
shall be found no more at all.'
Revelation 18:21.
Then and only then will the ‘Hallelujahs’ of
the saints ring forth." 3
And a mighty angel
took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the
sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city
Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Book of Revelation 18:21
"Not Christ, nor one of the
ministering spirits, but some man or set of men, perhaps the same with him
in (Revelation
18:1)
took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the
sea;
just as Jeremiah took a stone and bound it to his book
after he had read it, and cast it into the river Euphrates, as a sign and
token of the destruction of old Babylon, (Jeremiaah 51:63,64)
(Exodus 15:5) (Nehemiah 9:11)
saying, thus with violence shall that great city be thrown down,
and
shall be found no more at all;
which is
expressive of the utter destruction of Rome, and of the violence, force,
and power with which it will be destroyed, and of the suddenness and
swiftness of its destruction, and of the irrecoverableness of its state
and condition." 4
And the voice of the
harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall
be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be shall be found any more in thee; and
the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in
thee;
Book of Revelation 18:22
"For
centuries sacred music and the Roman Catholic Church have
coexisted, sharing a history rich in inspiration and beauty.
Each has developed parallel to the other while being united
in the the Catholic liturgy. Throughout the ages, Catholic
doctrine has influenced the expression of sacred music and,
in turn, sacred music has been an integral part of worship
in Catholic celebrations.
. . .
When considering an overview of this topic, the Catechism
of the Catholic Church (United States Catholic
Conference, Inc. -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994)
provides an excellent summary. In describing the value of
musical tradition in the Church, the Catechism
(paragraph no. 1158) states that song and music
"participate in the purpose of the liturgical words and
actions: the glory of God and the sanctification of the
faithful." Scripture can also serve as a point of
reference. Clearly, numerous references to sung worship in
the psalms and sacred canticles serve as a meaningful basis
for understanding the close connection between music and
sacred ritual of the Church. . . .
Music as a traditional form of worship within the Church
is found not only in scripture, but also through an
observance of the lives of the Church's holy saints. . . .
Similarly, today's church
musicians express musical ideals that echo those
of the aforementioned saints. Determined to serve God
through their music, contemporary church musicians use their
art to transcend one's
consciousness to a level where music and spirituality can
influence one another." 5
"The
Church had always preferred its premises to be both
elaborate and ornate. Witness the grand cathedrals and
churches of medieval and post-medieval Europe. The
rationale, probably the same as that of modern-day law firms
or financial houseswanting good and tasteful interior
design, was the desire to create an atmosphere of
respectability, prosperity, and prestige. The colonial
churches, though perhaps not as opulent as those of Europe,
were still as ornate as could be achieved by expatriate and
native craftsmen. And, since the Church required builders,
stonemasons, carpenters, joiners, carvers, sculptors,
gilders, glassworkers, and silvermakers, the Roman Catholic
church became the greatest single patron and employer of
artisans and craftsmen.
In an age
when all material goods were individually produced by
skilled artisans, craftsmanship flourished. Whole families
often pursued the same craft for many generations. Rigid
apprenticeship — learning by doing — is a practice going
back to the Middle Ages.
"
6
Another angel picked up a millstone and
threw it into the sea, symbolizing how the great Vatican
Whore, after two millenniums of power, will be suddenly
destroyed in this century. With violence, hate, anger,
anguish, curses, shrieks, and wails of those abused and
deceived will she be destroyed. There will be no more bells, nor organs, or any other instruments of music; no more
chanters, and sub-chanters, choristers, singing men and boy; no more fanfare, pomp, and splendor in the
churches worldwide.
The voice of the harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and
trumpeters will be silenced. There will be no more artisans
— sculptors, artists, bricklayers, carpenters — as few
new churches will arise and existing ones will be deserted
and made desolate in ever increasing numbers. There will be
no more sermons to salvage souls. There will be no more baptisms or Sunday mass.
There will be only silence and the lingering smell of death
left. The Church will never rise again. Mark these words,
Great Rome, mark these words!The
same fate awaits all organized religions with narrow minded
exclusiveness, favored people status and herd mentality, blissfully
oblivious to Truth even in the face of glaring falsehood. "According
to the
hypocritical
theory
of the day, Man is not
free
to transform his
life.
Man is not free in his
actions,
but he is free to
admit
or to deny the Truth he
knows.
When Truth is once
admitted,
it becomes the
basis
of action.
Man's threefold
relations
to Truth. The
reason
of the apparent
insolubility
of the problem of
free
will - Man's
freedom
consists in the
recognition
of the Truth revealed to him.
There is no other
freedom.
Recognition of Truth gives
freedom,
and shows the
path
along which,
willingly
or unwillingly by Mankind, Man
must
advance.
The recognition of Truth and
real
freedom
enables
Man to share in the Work of
God, not as the slave, but as
the creator of
life.
Men need only
make
the effort to
renounce
all thought of
bettering
the external
conditions
of life and
bend
all their efforts to
recognizing
and preaching the Truth they
know,
to put an end to the
existing
miserable
state
of things, and to
enter
upon the Kingdom of God so far as it is yet
accessible
to Man. All that is
needed
is to make and
end
of lying and
hypocrisy.
But then what awaits us in the
future? What will
happen
to humanity if Men
follow
the dictates of their
conscience,
and how can life go on with
the conditions of
civilized
life to which we are
accustomed?
All uneasiness on these
points
may be removed by the
reflection
that nothing
true
and good can be
destroyed
by the realization of Truth,
but will only be freed from
the alloy of
falsehood."
7
"Religious institutions can not continue in
such a society. They become increasingly bureaucratic,
reactionary, opportunistic, and tolerant of the worst crimes
against humanity. They splinter. . . . The forces that oppose
defenders of the masses, either openly or covertly, are forces of
reaction, forces aligned with the "beast." Titanic
struggle envisioned in the book of Revelations is in the air.
Armed with truth, Cosmic Conscious species and their supporters
build new heaven and new earth."
8
"In
contact with the flux of cosmic consciousness all religions known
and named today will be melted down. The human soul will be
revolutionized. Religion will absolutely dominate the race. It
will not depend on tradition. It will not be believed and
disbelieved. It will not be a part of life, belonging to certain
hours, times, occasions. It will not be in prayers, hymns or
discourses. It will not depend on special revelations, on the
words of gods who came down to teach, nor on any bible or bibles.
It will have no mission to save men from their sins or to secure
them entrance to heaven. It will not teach a future immortality
nor future glories, for immortality and all glory will exist in
the here and now. The evidence of immortality will live in every
heart as sight in every eye. Doubt of God and of eternal life will
be as impossible as is now doubt of existence; the evidence of
each will be the same. Religion will govern every minute of every
day of all life. Churches, priests, forms creeds, prayers, all
agents, all intermediaries between the individual man and God will
be permanently replaced by direct unmistakable intercourse. Sin
will no longer exist nor will salvation be desired. Men will not
worry about death or a future, about the kingdom of heaven, about
what may come with and after the cessation of the life of the
present body. Each soul will feel and know itself to be immortal,
will feel and know that the entire universe with all its good and
with all its beauty is for it and belongs to it forever. The world
peopled by men possessing cosmic consciousness will be as far
removed from the world of today as this is from the world as it
was before the advent of self consciousness."
9
1. Fausset, A. R.,
A.M. "Commentary on Revelation 18", (http://bible.crosswalk.com)
2. Gill, John.
"Commentary on Revelation 18:14". "John Gill's Exposition of
the Bible". (http://bible.crosswalk.com)
3. Antichrist:
His Doom
(www.ianpaisley.org)
4. Gill, John.
"Commentary on Revelation 18:14". "John Gill's Exposition of
the Bible". (http://bible.crosswalk.com)
5. Jacqueline
Leary-Warsaw, Catholic Music
6. Quebec Wood Sculpture (www.collections.ic.gc.ca)
7. Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
8. End of Religion
(www.jdchafe.freeservers.com)
9. Richard Maurice Bucke,
M.D., Cosmic Consciousness, (New York, E. P.
Dutton and Company, Inc., E. P. Dutton
& Co., Inc. 1969, p. 5).
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Rev.
18.23-24 And Darkness Will Descend
