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* See also:
** '''[[w:Bible prophecy|Bible prophecy]]
** '''[[w:Christian eschatological differences|Christian eschatological differences]]
** '''[[911:Eschatology#Jewish_eschatology|Jewish Eschatology]]'''
** '''[[911:Vatican_%26_Jesuits|Vatican & Jesuits]]'''
** '''[[911:Vatican|Vatican]]'''
:''Behold, I come quickly: blessed [is] he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.'' [http://bible.cc/revelation/22-7.htm Revelation 22:7]
:''And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202:17%20&version=KJV Acts 2:17] & [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joel%202:28&version=KJV Joel 2:28]
:''Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings'' [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20Thessalonians%205:19-20&version=KJV I Thessalonians 5:19-20]
** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2012:18-27&version=KJV Mark 12:18-27] - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2022:23-33&version=KJV Matthew 22:23-33] - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2020:27%E2%80%9340&version=KJV Luke 20:27–40]
** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016:26&version=KJV Matthew 16:26] - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%208:36&version=KJV Mark 8:36] - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%209:25&version=KJV Luke 9:25]
:''And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: '''worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.''' '' [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+19:10&version=KJV Revelation 19:10]
:::::* '''[[w:midtribulationism|Midtribulationism]]
::::::* '''[[w:Prewrath|Prewrath]]
:[[File:Book-of-revelation.jpg|center|350px]]
* [[w:End_time|End time]]
* [[w:Apocalypse|Apocalypse]]
** [[w:Armageddon|Armageddon]]
*** [[w:Gog_and_magog|Gog and magog]]
* [[w:Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]
Prophecies involving the Pope as the seat of the Antichrist: interpreting the meanings of the symbols of the [[w:The_Beast_(Bible)#Historicist_view|Beast]] and of the [[w:Whore_of_Babylon|Whore of Babylon]] (woman riding the beast) depicted in the chapter of Revelations.
==Is the book of Revelation literal or symbolic?==
The key for understanding the Book of Revelation is found at the front doorstep of the Book. Verse 1 says: "The Revelation...signified [Greek, ''sema''--a sign] by his angel to his servant John."
'''Revelation is a book of signs, that is, symbolic language.'''
* No wonder, Jesus always spoke in parables [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013:34-35&version=KJV Matthew 13:34-35]! He was not talking about literal "wheat" or "tares." Neither did Jesus speak to John in vision about literal beasts or "locusts." Only once in awhile are the parables or the symbols of Revelation translated. ''"The waters. . .are peoples."'' (Revelation 17:15).
===The Beast===
* '''Outsiders will not otherwise understand this symbolic language''' (Mark 4:10-12). ''"And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them"'' [http://www.revelation-today.com/A1Symbol.htm]
: ''' ''Revelation 13:1-5 (King James Version)''' ''
:''And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
:''And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
:''And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
* [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter. [http://bible.cc/proverbs/25-2.htm Proverbs 25:2]
=[[w:The Beast (Bible)|The woman riding the Beast]]=
{{#ev:youtube|w5Ke7Tn3uOU|600|center|A Woman Rides the Beast - Dave Hunt }}
==The Woman==
* Revelation 17:3 "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
* Revelation 17:4 "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication"
* Revelation 17:5 "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
* Revelation 17:6 "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration."
* Revelation 17:7 "And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
* Revelation 17:9 "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
* Revelation 17:18 "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."
: '''Revelation 12:9'''
:''And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth'' :''the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.''
[[Image:JPII funeral.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[w:Funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II|Jean Paul II Funeral mass]]. Revelation 17: And the woman (the church) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour]]
[[Image:Cardinals.jpg|200px|thumb|right|These are the colors of the Holy See, or the administrative arm of the Vatican. The Pope's aides wear purple vestments , with shirt sleeves that are scarlet from the elbow to the wrist and purple skull caps , while Cardinal Bishops wear black and scarlet. As for the Pontiff, he generally wears white under garments with a scarlet cape when he is there.]]
[[Image:Pope jpII sun scepter.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Jean Paul II holding a [[w:Monstrance|Monstrance]].

 The Roman Catholic Church even admits the Monstrance to be a sunburst: "During the baroque period, it took on a rayed form of a sun-monstrance with a circular window surrounded by a silver or gold frame with rays." Source: The Dictionary of the Liturgy by Rev. Jovian P. Lang, OFM., published and copyrighted © 1989 by Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, ISBN 0-89942-273-X, page 436. [http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/seventh-day-adventist/TKJ265L09Q9FKG4E1] ]]
[[Image:Mother-church-seal.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The inscription of the columns on the central entrance door of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome.

 It translates to "Sacred Lateran Church, Universally for the City and the World, Supreme Mother of Churches", or "Holy Lateran Church, Mother and Head of all Churches in the City and the World", a fulfillment of [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017:5&version=KJV Revelation 17:5].

 "Supreme Mother of Churches = Mother of Harlots"]]
::'' '''Revelation 12:3 (King James Version)''' ''
::'' And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads  and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.''
* seven heads '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=seven%20heads&version1=31&searchtype=all&spanbegin=73&spanend=73 seven heads]'''
** Revelation 17:9, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
** So the seven heads represent 7 mountains/hills. '''The [[w:City_of_the_Seven_Hills|City of the Seven Hills]] is Rome with the [[w:Seven hills of Rome|Seven hills of Rome]]'''
:'' And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.''
'''Woman is a Church in prophetic language'''
* ten horns '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=ten%20horns&version1=9&searchtype=phrase ten horns]'''
* Woman, Pure = True Church ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%206:2;&version=9; Jeremiah 6:2] - "[http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=%22daughter+of+Zion%22&searchtype=all&version1=9&spanbegin=1&spanend=73 daughter of Zion], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2Corinthians%2011:2&version=9 2Corinthians 11:2], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205:23-27;&version=9; Ephesians 5:23-27], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2012:1-2&version=KJV Revelation 12:1-2])
** [[w:Daniel%27s_Vision_of_Chapter_8#An_animal.27s_horn_may_represent_both_a_king_and_a_kingdom|An animal's horn may represent both a king and a kingdom]]
* Woman, Corrupt = Apostate Church also called "Harlot" ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2016:15-58;&version=9; Ezekiel 16:15-58]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ez%2023:2-21&version=KJV Ezekiel 23:2-21], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%202:5;&version=9; Hosea 2:5]; [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea%203:1;&version=9; 3:1], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2014:4&version=AMP Revelation 14:4])
** 10 Horns = 10 kingdom/regions? [http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Category%3AJesuit+assistancies&btnG=Google+Search 10 Jesuit Assistencies] - Club of Rome [[911:Denver_International_Airport_murals#Countries_.26_Flags_.2210_Horns.22|World 10 Divisions]] - 10 toes of the statue interpreted by Daniel
** The woman still symbolizes a church, but one which has committed spiritual adultery. Her cup is filled with fornications. According to the Bible, this represents a turning away from Christ and unfaithfulness to His Word. "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?" [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%204:4&version=AMP James 4:4]. Although married to Christ, this church has been disobedient to His Word, taken the teachings of the world, His enemy, and therefore become a spiritual harlot. The fornications in the cup would constitute false teachings and doctrines that would be contrary to Christ, the true husband [http://www.bibleuniverse.com/study-tools/free-book-library/english/book-viewer.aspx?IID=36&LNG=en&TL=The-Scarlet-Woman]
*** Revelation 17:12: "The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.
*** Daniel 7:24: "And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
'''Woman is a Church and THE great (spiritual) city (of ROME)'''
* ten crowns '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=ten+kings&qs_version=KJV 10 kings]'''
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2017:18&version=KJV Rev 17:18] ''"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."''
** The 10 crowns represent the 10 kings that will rule the 10 kingdom/regions (10 horns) for one hour with the beast
** Other References for "great city":
*** Revelation: [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+14:8&version=9 14:8][http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+16:19&version=9 16:19][http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+18:10&version=9 18:10][http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+18:16&version=9 18:16][http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+18:18&version=9 18:18][http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+18:19&version=9 18:19][http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+18:21&version=9 18:21]
'''She wears Purple and Scarlet colors'''
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%20Revelation%2017:4&version=AMP Revelation 17:4]: "The woman was robed in '''purple and scarlet''' and bedecked with gold..."
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2018:12;&version=AMP; Revelation 18:12]: "Their merchandise is of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, '''purple, silk, and scarlet'''..."
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2018:12;&version=AMP; Revelation 18:16]: "Alas, alas for the great city that was robed in fine linen, in '''purple and scarlet'''..."
#'''[[w:Scarlet|Scarlet]]''' is the color of sin
:'' '''Revelation 13:2 (King James Version)''' ''
##[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%201:18&version=KJV Isaiah 1:18] ''"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow."''
:''[ The Beast out of the Sea ] And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
#'''[[w:Purple|Purple]]''' is the color for a king's garments.
* seven crowns '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=seven+crowns&x=17&y=20 seven crowns]'''
## [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%208:26&version=KJV Judges 8:26] ''"...and purple raiment that was on the kings.."''
## [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2015:15&version=KJV Mark 15:17] ''"And they clothed him (Jesus) with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head..."''
## Aslo see: [[w:Tyrian_Purple|Tyrian Purple]] ([http://www.historyofscience.com/G2I/timeline/index.php?id=2337 Imperial Purple (1,200 BCE)]), [[w:Monsignor|Monsignor]], [[w:Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[w:Clergy|Clergy]] ([[w:Archbishop|Archbishop]] & [[w:Bishop_(Catholic_Church)|Bishop]]), [[w:Abbot|Abbot]] > pervesion of the word "[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=122&letter=A&search=Abba Abba]" ( [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mat%2023:9&version=KJV Matthew 23:9]: "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven")
**** Since 1929 there has been 7 popes:
***** '''"five are fallen"'''
****** [[w:Pope_Pius_XI|Pope Pius XI]] - [[w:Pope_Pius_XII|Pope Pius XII]] - [[w:Pope_John_XXIII|Pope John XXIII]] - [[w:Pope_Paul_VI|Pope Paul VI]] - [[w:Pope_John_Paul_I|Pope John Paul I]]
***** '''"one is"'''
****** [[w:Pope_John_Paul_II|Pope John Paul II]], was pope for 26 years, no doubt has been the most influential popes, has traveled around the world and '''[[911:Vatican#Karol_J.C3.B3zef_Wojty.C5.82a|met all major head of states]]''' in his time.
******* This also corelates to Revelation 18:3 "[http://wikicompany.org/wiki/911:Vatican_%26_Jesuits#Popery_.26_Heads_of_state For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication], and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her"... and Revelation 14:8 "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
***** '''"and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space"'''
****** [[w:Pope_Benedict_XVI|Pope Benedict XVI]]
'''MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT'''
* "MYSTERY"
This self-proclaimed "mother" church is also '''Mystery Babylon, the apostate church of Mysteries and the purveyor of [[911:Catholic_Heresies|Babylonian doctrinal confusion]]'''. (Note this quote of John Paul II from the Vatican Information Service press release dated 17 September, 1997):
The Catholic is also well familiar with many "mysteries" through the recitation of their [[911:Catholic_Heresies#1090|Hail Marys and the rosary]]. There are 15 decades of prayer (150 recitations) and during each decade of ten recitations, the Catholic contemplates on one of the "mysteries" of the church, which are the [[w:Luminous_Mysteries#Mysteries|Luminous Mysteries]]
:'' And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:''
:'' And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.''
* "BABYLON THE GREAT"
** todo: Roman Catholicism as occult/babylonian/sun worship/luciferian/pagan based religion of the antichrist
*** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%201:18&version=KJV Isaiah 1:18] ''"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow."''
** Purple is the color for a king's garments.
"When the early church departed from God and imbibed pagan errors, she became Babylon." --Quoted From -- the International Sabbath School Quarterly, Feb. 29, 1896 "'''It was by departure from the LORD, and alliance with the heathen that the...church became a harlot''', and Rome, corrupting herself in like manner by seeking the support of worldly powers, receives a like condemnation.
" --Quoted From-- [http://www.greatcontroversy.org/books/gc/gc21.html The Great Controversy], Pg 382 [http://www.scribd.com/doc/25604996/European-Easter-Egg]
::''"There is but one universal (Roman Catholic) Church of the faithful, outside of which no one at all can be saved"'' ([[w:Pope Innocent III|Pope Innocent III]], Fourth Lateran Council, 1215.)
'''"[The Holy Roman Church] firmly believes, professes and teaches that none of those who are not within the Catholic Church, not only Pagans, but Jews, heretics and schismatics, can ever be partakers of eternal life,''' but are to go into the eternal fire 'prepared for the devil, and his angels' (Mt. xxv. 41), unless before the close of their lives they shall have entered into that Church; also that the unity of the Ecclesiastical body is such that the Church's Sacraments avail only those abiding in that Church, and that fasts, alms-deeds, and other works of piety which play their part in the Christian combat are in her alone productive of eternal rewards; moreover, '''that no one, no matter what alms he may have given, not even if he were to shed his blood for Christ's sake, can be saved unless he abide in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church."''' (Mansi, Concilia, xxxi, 1739.) (Pope Eugene IV, Bull Cantate Domino, 1441). [http://avenueoflight.xanga.com/]
:''See Also:[[w:Sister Churches (ecclesiology)|Sister Churches (ecclesiology)]]''
** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2018:6-7&version=AMP Revelation 18:6-7]: "Repay to her what she herself has paid [to others] and double [her doom] in accordance with what she has done. Mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed [for others]. To the degree that she glorified herself and reveled in her wantonness [living deliciously and luxuriously], to that measure impose on her torment and anguish and tears and mourning. Since in her heart she boasts, '''I am not a widow; as a queen [on a throne] I sit, and I shall never see suffering or experience sorrow'''"
** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2047:7-8&version=AMP Isaiah 47:7-8]: "And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, '''I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children."'''
** ''See Also:[[w:Sister Churches (ecclesiology)|Sister Churches (ecclesiology)]]''
===Gold Cup===
:'' And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
:'' '''Jeremiah 51:7'''
:'' '''Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord's hand''', making all the earth drunken. The nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
:'' '''Revelation 17:6'''
:'' And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration '''having a golden cup''' in her hand full of '''abominations and filthiness of her fornication''':
:'' And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration '''having a golden cup''' in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Gold Cup represent: "'''I wondered with great admiration having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication'''": [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017:6;&version=9; Revelation 17:6]
* "The golden cup" ([[w:Chalice (cup)|Chalice (cup)]] - [[w:Holy Chalice|Holy Chalice]]) the woman holds represents '''false doctrines'''
** '''[[911:Heresies_Timeline|A List of Catholic heresies and Human traditions adopted and perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years]] (Main Article)
*** [[w:Transubstantiation|Transubstantiation]], [[w:Ecumenism_(Catholic_Church)|Ecumenism]], [[911:The_Birth_of_Idolatry|The Birth of Idolatry]] (see also:[[w:Idolatry and Christianity|Idolatry and Christianity]]), [[w:Marian devotions|Marian devotions]], [http://saints.sqpn.com/bvm/] (''Also see: [[w:Roman Catholic Mariology|Roman Catholic Mariology]], [[w:Co-Redemptrix|Co-Redemptrix]]''), [[w:Eucharist|Eucharist]], the [[w:Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]: The blood of Jesus Christ was shed at the cross, and is not present in the Catholic Mass except in a symbolic way. Claiming the Mass is the same sacrifice, the true body and blood of Christ, but in an unbloody manner is nonsensical and a corruption of the truth and '''[[w:Atonement|Atonement]]''', through "''[[w:faith|faith]] and the [[w:sacraments|sacraments]]''" (Vs Protestant '''[[w:Salvation|Salvation]]''' through ''[[w:Sola fide|Sola fide]] only'')
*** "The errors of the popery arose, for the most part, in times of great ignorance. And as from their very nature they could not stand the light, it became the settled policy of Romish ecclesiastcs, to exclude that ligth as much as possible from the midst of the minds of men. The conversion of preacher into the priest, the saying of the mass in the stead of proclaiming salvation, the invention of numerous and burdensome ceremonies, the introduction of saint and image worship, and especialy the interdicts placed upon the reading of the scriptures all these were so many means invented by crafty mens to shut out the light of the gospel from the dupes of this dreadful delusion"  [http://www.archive.org/stream/christantichrist00cassuoft#page/330/mode/2up Pope proved to be AntiChrist] by Sam Cassells, p 330.
*** '''[[w:John Henry Newman|Cardinal Newman]]''' admits in his book that the "temples, incense, oil lamps, votive offerings, holy water, holidays and seasons of devotion, processions, blessings of the fields, priestly vestments, the tonsure (of priests, nuns and munks) pictures and statues … are all of pagan origin. " - The development of the Christian Religion Cardinal Newman p.359 [http://www.romancatholicresources.com/2009/05/catholics-do-you-know-that-cardinal-newman/]
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===Abominations and filthiness of her fornication===
* ''One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. '''[[911:Vatican#Popes|With her the kings of the earth committed adultery]]''' and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries."'' [http://niv.scripturetext.com/revelation/17.htm Revelation 17:2]
** Todo: "filthiness of her fornication" represents the meddling of the Vatican and Jesuits with the world politcal affairs
*** See: '''[[911:Vatican_%26_Jesuits#Jesuit_operations|Jesuit operations]]'''
*** See: '''[[911:Vatican#Popes|Vatican: Popes]]'''
*** See: '''[[911:Vatican#Spiritual_and_Temporal_Powers|Spiritual and Temporal Powers]]'''
*** See: '''[[911:Catholic Heresies|Catholic Heresies]]'''
*** See: '''[[911:The Birth of Idolatry|The Birth of Idolatry]]'''
===Blood of the Martyrs and the Saints===
:'''[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017:6;&version=9; Revelation 17:6]: ''" I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus"''' ''
Hundreds of Protestant Christians were promptly burned at the stake for adhering to such anti-Catholic and, according to the papacy, "evil" thoughts; and many more Protestants had to flee for their lives into neighboring countries. But it was pope [[w:Innocent III|Innocent_III]] who first instituted the office of the inquisition, which was also officially sanctioned by subsequent popes — [[w:Gregory_IX|Gregory IX]] in 1233, [[w:Clement_VII|Clement VII]] in 1380, [[w:Leo X|Leo X]] in 1531, et al. The slaughter of countless thousands (millions by some accounts) of innocent Bible believing Christians was the result of this 'holy' inquisition, a diabolical practice that continued for several centuries in various countries (France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Italy, et al). The members of this order, the Dominicans, have ever since been the principal inquisitors in every country into which that horrible tribunal has been introduced (American Dictionary of the English Language, Webster, 1828, 1911; Dictionary of Saints 1980; Book of Martyres, Charles A. Goodrich, Hartford, printed by Philemon Canfield, 1830, pp.85,86,103; Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 1999). Authorized by the Pope(s), the Crusades — the so called "[[w:Crusades|Holy Wars]]" (1095-1272); the [[w:French Wars of Religion|French Wars of Religion]] (1562-98); the [[w:Thirty Years' War|Thirty Years' War]] (1618-48) — were a series of wars fought against Bible believing Christians and others who opposed the papacy and rejected the teachings of the Roman Catholic church (The Cambridge Factfinder 1994, pp. 175,176). '''Unfortunately, this information has been largely suppressed in the Catholic community, as Catholic apologists have used diversion techniques and other methods to steer both Catholics and non-Catholics alike away from the truth.''' With the amount of misinformation and distortion of facts being disseminated over the years, it is no wonder why most Catholics know little or nothing about the true history of their church, as the hierarchy of the church of Rome has done its best to conceal these disturbing facts and re-write its own history. [http://www.angelfire.com/la2/prophet1/kjv1.html]
In the 1100s and 1200s, a gradual renewal of the true gospel in Europe prompted persecution from the "official" Church. This led to one of the bloodiest periods in known history. For the next few hundred years, the Vatican's pursuit of "heretics" was relentless. The Roman church was able to maintain and enhance its political strength by torturing and executing Christians who opposed them. Truly Christian groups such as the [[w:Waldenses|Waldenses]] and [[w:Albigenses|Albigenses]], who would not bow to Rome's authority, were hunted down and put to death. This persecution of the saints has been recorded in '''[http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html Foxes Book of Martyrs]''' and other historical writings. [http://web.me.com/robblair/GaryKah/Historical_Summary.html]
::''"There was no village of the Vaudois valleys but had its martyrs. The Waldenses were burned; they were cast into damp and horrid dungeons; they were smothered in crowds in mountain caverns, mothers and babes, and old men and women together; they were sent out into exile in the winter night, unclothed and unfed, to climb the snowy mountains; they were hurled over the rocks; their houses and lands were taken from them; their children were stolen to be indoctrinated with the religion which they abhorred. Rapacious individuals were sent among them to strip them of their property, to persecute and exterminate them. Thousands of heretics" or Waldenses, "old men, women and children, were hung, quartered, broken upon the wheel, or burned alive and their property confiscated for the benefit of the king, and Holy See."''-Thompson - [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AGA6019.0001.001?view=toc The Papacy and the Civil Power] [http://babylonmysteryreligion.com/Quotes/Hatred%20towards%20Christians.htm]
** - "Whoever does not agree with the Apostolic See is without doubt a heretic." [[w:Pope Paschal II|Pope Paschal II]]: (1099-1118)
** - Todo: Council of trent -> Dave Hunt "Woman who rides the beast"
* '''How does the Papal Church say they should deal with heretics?
:''"And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."'' ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013:7%20&version=KJV Revelation 13:7])
:: This verse says the beast would fight against God's people and defeat them. This coming statement is not intended to foster any ill towards another as this would be contrary to Christian teaching and not only that but over the centuries, many wonderful Christian people from the Catholic Church have done many outstanding deeds. But truth is truth and the sad truth is the Roman Catholic Church murdered and tortured between 50 and 150 million people as heretics.
[[File:The-wheel.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[w:Breaking wheel|Wheels]] were adapted to many torturous uses. They could be part of a stretching rack, but medieval torturers were far too creative to leave it at that. Early torturers were fond of tying someone to a large wooden wheel, then pushing it down a rocky hillside. A more elaborate method involved a wheel mounted to an A-frame that allowed it to swing freely. The victim would be tied to the wheel, and then swung across some undesirable thing below — fire was always a good choice, but dragging the victim's flesh across metal spikes also worked well. The wheel itself could also have spikes mounted on it, so the pain came from all directions. Instead of swinging, the wheel might turn on an axle. The difference was likely immaterial to the victims. [http://theloveforhistory.com/other/10-medieval-torture-devices/] ]]
** [http://crusades.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page crusades.wikia.com]
***** [[w:Marian Persecutions|Marian Persecutions]] (see: '''[[TerryHomePage:The Testimony of the reformers|The Testimony of the reformers]]''')
**** video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=Z-I44rCeA2U 20th CENTURY ATROCITIES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH]
===Death of the Whore===
====Destruction of Rome====
*** The great city "made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication" is ROME sitting on the seven hills. And as per [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2018:7-9&version=KJV Revelation 18:7-9] she will be "utterly burned with fire".
::"In the year seventy-three [2012 / 2013] the kings of the world will assemble in the great city of Rome, and the Holy One will shower on them fire and hail and meteoric stones until they are all destroyed, with the exception of those who will not yet have arrived there." Besides the obvious revelations of the Zohar prophecies, another thing that immediately stood out to me was how among other scholars of the implications of the year 2012, a few have pointed to a prophecy by Malachy O'Morgair, or "St. Malachy" as he is known to Catholics, having to do with "the last pope." This prophecy, taken from St. Malachy's "[[w:Prophecy_of_the_Popes|Prophecy of the Popes]]," is among a list of verses predicting each of the Roman Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II to the final pope, "[[w:Prophecy_of_the_Popes#Petrus_Romanus|Peter the Roman]]," whose reign would end in the destruction of Rome. According to Malachy's prophecy, the next pope (following Benedict the 16th) is to be the final pontiff, Petrus Romanus, or "Peter the Roman." He will assume authority during a time of great tribulation, and then "the "'''[[911:Bible_prophecy#7_Heads_and_10_Horns_and_7_crowns|city of seven hills]]'''" will be destroyed, and the terrible and fearsome Judge will judge his people." [http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?noframes;read=166520]
** [http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/verita.htm Historically, pagan Babylon worshipped the sun as a deity, and pagan Rome also worshipped the invincible sun.]
** [http://wordforit.wordpress.com/beast-of-revelation-intro/beastsun-image/ Sun Worship-Satan's Ancient Counterfeit]
==The Beast==
** [[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Sun|Occult symbolism (Sun)]]
:''And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

 What is less appreciated is that in this type of genre, an ancient style of writing called Apocalyptic writings, much of the imagery is well known and can fairly straightforwardly be interpreted. I cannot go into everything here so will sketch a few highlights. The first beast is said to:
# Get its authority from the dragon,
# Resemble a leopard, a bear and a lion,
# Have 7 heads and 10 horns (with 10 crowns), we know also that
# Everyone will worship this beast and no one can defeat it in battle.
===Authority from the dragon===

 The first point is fairly straightforward. The [http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=dragon&searchtype=all&version1=9&spanbegin=1&spanend=73 dragon], is identified as "the ancient [http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=serpent&searchtype=all&version1=9&spanbegin=1&spanend=73 serpent]." The allusion here is to the story of Adam and Eve in the first three chapters of Genesis; there the serpent is a crafty creature that tempts Adam and Eve to try to be like God and encourages them to disobey God's commands.
* '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Lucifer|Lucifer]]
* [[911:Occult_symbolism_X#Dragon|Occult symbolism: Dragon/Serpent]]
* [[w:Satan#In_Christianity|Titles of the Devil/Satan In Christianity]]
* video: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=NEPHILIM+%E2%80%93+The+Sons+of+God+and+the+Antichrist+&aq=f NEPHILIM – The Sons of God and the Antichrist]
:''And the '''great dragon''' was cast out, '''that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,''' which deceiveth'' :''the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.''
===Resemble a Leopard, a Bear and a Lion===
[[File:Biblical Table.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nebuchadnezzar's Dream and Daniel's Vision [http://www.biblicalreader.com/prophecy/articles/daniel_2_7.htm] & [http://www.google.com/imgres?q=King+Nebuchadnezzar%E2%80%99s+Dream&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=841&tbas=0&tbm=isch&tbnid=w_YvzTAYYqm_iM:&imgrefurl=http://www.biblicalreader.com/prophecy/articles/daniel_2_7.htm&docid=M0xzhVQ7GUQMtM&w=667&h=387&ei=wF05TompFY6dOqzigbkD&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=93&page=7&tbnh=113&tbnw=194&start=153&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:153&tx=100&ty=49] ]]
[[File:Nebuchadnezzars-dream-statue-interpretation.jpg|200px|thumb|right| ]]
There is a broad agreement among Jewish and Christian scholars that the kingdoms represented by '''Daniel's lion, bear and leopard, are the successive ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece, followed by the fourth "terrible" beast, that is understood to be the Roman Empire.''' This conclusion is reached within the traditional continuous-historic context of prophecy. This is simply the view that bible prophecy is fulfilled steadily, as the era about which it is written gradually unfolds. This is the context in which virtually all Christians and Jews understand Old Testament prophecy. [http://www.beholdthebeast.com/daniels_four_beasts.htm]
* [http://www.ultimatebiblereferencelibrary.com/WorldPowers.html World Powers of Bible History]
* [[w:Daniel_2#Identification_of_the_four_kingdoms|Daniel 2: Identification of the four kingdoms]]
File:215f2260.jpg|Lion - Babylon

Daniel 7:4 The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings...
File:Medo persia.jpg|Bear - Medo-Persia

Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear...
File:Greece.jpg|Leopard - Greece

Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard...
File:Roman Empire.jpg|Fourth "dreadful" - The Roman Empire

Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly...
* '''[[w:Book of Daniel|Book of Daniel]]''': The Book of Daniel lays the framework for the study of the tribulation period and Daniel alone gives the two critical preconditions for the beginning of the period: 1) the existence of Israel as a national entity; and 2) the re-emergence of a future form of the Roman Empire under the leadership of a small group of ten leaders from which the Antichrist will ultimately derive his authority to rule and emerge as a satanically empowered dictator (Dan. 9:26-27), with the full knowledge and assistance of these ten leaders (Rev. 17:12-13). [http://www.biblicalreader.com/prophecy/articles/daniel_2_7.htm]
** [[w:Daniel_2#Identification_of_the_four_kingdoms|Daniel 2: Identification of the four kingdoms]]
** [[w:Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Daniel 3 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego]]
** [[w:The writing on the wall|Daniel 5 - The writing on the wall]]
** [[w:Daniel 7|Daniel 7 - Prophecy of the beasts]]
** [[w:Daniel 8|Daniel 8 - Prophecy of goat/ram/horn]]
** [[w:Prophecy of Seventy Weeks|Daniel 9 - Seventy-week prophecy]]
** [[w:Daniel 11|Daniel 11 - Prophecy of Kings]]
** [[w:Literary parallels in the Book of Daniel|Literary parallels in the Book of Daniel]]
===7 Heads and 10 Horns and 7 crowns===
[[Image:Seven hills of rome.png|200px|thumb|right|The [[w:Seven hills of Rome|Seven hills of Rome]] represent the seven heads of that beast.

 Revelation 17:9 "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth." ]]
:'' And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads  and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.''
====Seven heads====

 Seven heads '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=seven%20heads&version1=31&searchtype=all&spanbegin=73&spanend=73 seven heads]'''
The Woman (church) who is sitting on the seven heads (mountains) represent 7 mountains/hills. '''The [[w:City_of_the_Seven_Hills|City of the Seven Hills]]''' is '''Rome''' with the '''[[w:Seven hills of Rome|Seven hills of Rome]]'''
* Revelation 12:3 "Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with '''seven heads''' and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads."
* Revelation 13:1 "The Beast out of the Sea The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and '''seven heads''', with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name."
* Revelation 17:3 "Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had '''seven heads''' and ten horns."
* Revelation 17:7 "Then the angel said to me: "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the '''seven heads''' and ten horns."
* Revelation 17:9, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. '''The seven heads are seven mountains''', on which the woman sitteth."
====Ten horns====

 Ten horns '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=ten%20horns&version1=9&searchtype=phrase ten horns]''' with Ten crowns '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=ten+kings&qs_version=KJV 10 kings]'''
* [[w:Daniel%27s_Vision_of_Chapter_8#An_animal.27s_horn_may_represent_both_a_king_and_a_kingdom|An animal's horn may represent both a king and a kingdom]]
* 10 Horns = 10 kingdom/regions? [http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Category%3AJesuit+assistancies&btnG=Google+Search 10 Jesuit Assistencies] - Club of Rome [[911:Denver_International_Airport_murals#Countries_.26_Flags_.2210_Horns.22|World 10 Divisions]] - 10 toes of the statue interpreted by Daniel
** Revelation 17:12: "The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.
** Daniel 7:24: "And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
* The 10 crowns represent the 10 kings that will rule the 10 kingdom/regions (10 horns) for one hour with the beast
====Seven crowns====

 Seven crowns '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=seven+crowns&x=17&y=20 seven crowns]'''
* The [[w:The_Beast_(Bible)#Historicist_view|Beast]] with 7 heads and 7 kings (Revelation 17:10) and 10 horns (Revelation 17:12)
* The seven crowns represent 7 kings. But a king must need a kingdom! This is why in 1929 the [[w:Lateran_treaty|Lateran treaty]] was signed and the Vatican became a sovereign state and the [[w:Popes#21st_Century|Popes]] became kings.
** The 7 crowns represent successive kings [http://web.archive.org/web/20071230013826/http://www.worldslastchance.com/]:
*** Chronology:
*** Revelation 17:10 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"'''.
*** Since 1929 there has been 7 popes:
**** '''"five are fallen"'''
***** [[w:Pope_Pius_XI|Pope Pius XI]] - [[w:Pope_Pius_XII|Pope Pius XII]] - [[w:Pope_John_XXIII|Pope John XXIII]] - [[w:Pope_Paul_VI|Pope Paul VI]] - [[w:Pope_John_Paul_I|Pope John Paul I]]
**** '''"one is"'''
***** [[w:Pope_John_Paul_II|Pope John Paul II]], was pope for 26 years, no doubt has been the most influential popes, has traveled around the world and '''[[911:Vatican#Karol_J.C3.B3zef_Wojty.C5.82a|met all major head of states]]''' in his time.
****** This also corelates to Revelation 18:3 "[http://wikicompany.org/wiki/911:Vatican_%26_Jesuits#Popery_.26_Heads_of_state For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication], and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her"... and Revelation 14:8 "And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
**** '''"and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space"'''
***** [[w:Pope_Benedict_XVI|Pope Benedict XVI]]
===Everyone will worship this beast===
[[File:Ecumenism Assisi 1986.jpg|200px|thumb|right|All are adjoined under the vatican umbrella, worshiping their [[911:Vatican#Pope|Pontifex Maximus]]. Jesus said there is no peace on THIS Earth. [http://avenueoflight.xanga.com/photos/6afdf133465007/] ]]
The Universal Church.: The word [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Catholic Catholic] means Universal. So the Roman Catholic Church is claiming to be the Universal or Worldwide Christian Church, a claim of authority over all the Christians of the world. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4243727.stm Catholics Currently 1.1 Billions] (largest single church denomination)
* The woman (church in prophetic language) of Revelation 17 sits on many waters (multitudes of people and tongues), representing authority over many people:
::'' '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2017:15%20&version=KJV Revelation 17:15]
:::'' And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
** '''[[w:Catholic Church and ecumenism|Catholic ecumenism]]''' Started with [[w:Nicene Creed|Nicene Creed]] (325/381) & the [[w:Ecumenical_Council#The_first_seven_ecumenical_councils|The first seven ecumenical councils]] (325/787), [[w:Ecumenical_Council#Councils_recognised_as_ecumenical_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Church|Councils recognised as ecumenical in the Roman Catholic Church]] (869/1965), [[w:World Methodist Council|World Methodist Council]] (1881), ([http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=99B62702F7248B1F]), the [[w:Mennonite World Conference|Mennonite World Conference]] (1925, Switzerland, see also: [http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/lofi/D354494-90.html]), [[w:World Jewish Congress|World Jewish Congress]] (1936, Switzerland, see also: [http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/intrelig_catholic.html], [http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/meet/meet_rome0710.html]), [[w:World Council of Churches|World Council of Churches]] (1937, 340 churches), [[w:Lutheran World Federation|Lutheran World Federation]] (1947, 140 churches), [[w:Conference of European Churches|Conference of European Churches]] (1959, 125 churches) meetings, [[w:World Alliance of Reformed Churches|World Alliance of Reformed Churches]] (1970, 214 churches), [[w:Charta Oecumenica|Charta Oecumenica]] [http://www.endtime.net/engelsk/charta.htm] [http://www.endtime.net/engelsk/jesuit.htm] (2001), [[w:United Religions Initiative|United Religions Initiative]] [http://galatiansfour.blogspot.com/2010/07/united-religions-intiative-and-vatican.html] [http://www.uri.org/about_uri/charter], [http://www.oikoumene.org/en/ecumenical-links/church-ecumenical-organizations/christian-world-communions.html International 'Christian' organizations], [http://www.eni.ch/information/support.shtml ENI supporters], [[w:Secular_institute|ecumenical community with inter-religious orientation]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia_Gyger] for the repossession of Jerusalem throught the [[w:Jerusalem-Project|Jerusalem-Project]].
** '''[[w:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin|Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]]''' (French philosopher and Jesuit priest) set the stage for the renewal movement which came to flower in the era of [[w:Vatican II|Vatican II]]. Vatican II is the document that lauched the [[w:Ecumenism|Ecumenical Movement]]
** Is [[w:Ecumenism|Ecumenism]] the [[w:Great_Apostasy|Great Apostasy]] of the church?
*** Also see: [[w:Synchretism|Synchretism]] & [[w:World councils of Churches|World councils of Churches]]
**** video: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mystery+Babylon+ecumenical+movement+William+Cooper%27s+&search_type=&aq=f Mystery Babylon Ecumenical Movement] by William Cooper.
**** video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7TTQilMRgI Only way-Ecumenical Movement]
**** video: [http://vodpod.com/watch/2604722-pushing-a-one-world-secular-religion Pushing a One World Secular Religion]
**** video: Catholic Jesuit Ecumenical Anti-Christ One World Religion [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrHXwcdr7zg Part 1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhASZeXYYgo Part 2]
=[[w:Number_of_the_Beast|Number of the Beast]]=
There is no doubt that the number of the beast is [[w:666|666]] and not [[w:Number_of_the_beast#616|616]] nor [[911:Numerology#666|216]] (6x6x6) because '''[[w:threescore|threescore]]''' is an expression meaning three times 20. Revelation 13:18 "''Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred [[w:threescore|threescore]] and six.''"
* '''[[911:Magic_Squares_and_Sigils#Magic_Square_of_6|Magic Squares and Sigils: Magic Square of 6]]
* '''[http://numberonestars.com/life/babylonian_astrology.htm Babylonian Astrology]'''
* '''[http://www.markbeast.org/mark-beast-prophecytables.html Mark of the Beast Prophecy Tables]
* '''[http://www.whochangedthesabbath.com/ 666 and Sun Worship and why God calls the Catholic Church Babylon]'''
* [http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/verita.htm Historically, pagan Babylon worshipped the sun as a deity, and pagan Rome also worshipped the invincible sun.]
* [http://wordforit.wordpress.com/beast-of-revelation-intro/beastsun-image/ Sun Worship-Satan's Ancient Counterfeit]
* [[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Sun|Occult symbolism (Sun)]]
* [[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Solar_deity|Solar deities]]
[[File:Augustus.jpg|200px|thumb|right|"Now in those days a decree went forth from Caesar Augustus for all the inhabited earth to be registered" (Luke 2:1) [http://www.ultimatebiblereferencelibrary.com/BibleAsHistory.html] ]]
:''And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.''
===Material Mark===
* '''Material Mark'''
* ''"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond"
** ''"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond"
** This will be mandatory
*** This will be mandatory
** NO exceptions
*** NO exceptions
** Global Government
* ''"no man might buy or sell"
** unified economic systems - global economy - one currency?
** purely economic reasons
** no financial transaction possible
** loss of economic liberty
*** loss of economic liberty
* ''...in their right hand, or in their foreheads.''
** ''...in their right hand, or in their foreheads.''
** "the mark" (microchip? ''See: [[911:Secret_services#Networks|Networks]]'')
** "the name of the beast" (One world religious symbol/mark?)
** "number of his name" (invisible code bar tattoo for those who don't want the microchip?)
====Tattoo====
:''Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.'' - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+19:28&version=KJV Leviticus 19:28]
'''The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office which currently posts an "abstract for a Method for verifying human identity during electronic sale transactions": [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5878155.PN.&OS=PN/5878155&RS=PN/5878155 United States Patent 5,878,155]
::"A method is presented for facilitating sales transactions by electronic media. A bar code or a design is tattooed on an individual. Before the sales transaction can be consummated, the tattoo is scanned with a scanner. Characteristics about the scanned tattoo are compared to characteristics about other tattoos stored on a computer database in order to verify the identity of the buyer. Once verified, the seller may be authorized to debit the buyer's electronic bank account in order to consummate the transaction. The seller's electronic bank account may be similarly updated." [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5878155.PN.&OS=PN/5878155&RS=PN/5878155]
::"In some pictures of a tattooed man we are faced by a permanent prayer to and identification with the heavenly powers, at the same time as a basic means of communication with them. Such is the most generalized meaning of tattooing bestowed in consequence of a rite of initiation which allows this communication to take place. At the same time, this initiation is a rite of admission into a social group and the tattoo is the permanent mark of that initiation, the badge of the tribe.
::"All in all, tattooing belongs among symbols of identification and is interfused with all their magic and mystic potency. Identification always carries a double meaning: it tends to invest the individual concerned with the properties and strength of the creature or thing to which that person is assimilated and, at the same time, to immunize the latter against its potential power to cause harm. This is why tattoos depict dangerous creatures such as serpents or scorpions, or animals which are symbols of fertility, such as bulls or of power, such as lions, and so on. Identification also carries a sense of surrender or even of consecration to whatever the tattoo symbolically depicts. It then becomes a badge of fealty."
::Like a wedding band which represents an indissoluble union of two people, the initiate's tattoo "becomes a badge of fealty" to the "creature or thing to which that person is assimilated". Since Lucifer aspires to be "like God", in his pride he will orchestrate a counterfeit fulfillment of the Bible prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. The terminology used in the Dictionary of Symbols to describe the initiation tattoo suggests that Lucifer will bond his followers to himself in a sacred marriage rite --- the Satanic equivalent of the Marriage of the Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, to His Bride. [http://watch.pair.com/stuph.html]
===Non Material Mark===
* '''Sunday as a mark of authority of the Catholic church over Christianity
**** Although '''[[w:Roger Morneau|Roger Morneau]] stated in his interview [http://clubofnow.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/a-trip-into-the-supernatural-part-1-8/ A Trip Into The Supernatural] the future anti Christ will establish a one world religion, in which the Sunday will be sanctified. ANY religion will be tolerated as long as you keep Sunday as the worship day and not the Sabbath according to the 10 commandments.'''
===Uncertainity===
* According to Daniel Daniel 12:4 ''"But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."'' Some prophecies are sealed until the end of times, meaning some prophecies of the bible are not meant to be known/understood until close to the the time of it's fulfillment.
** Taking as a focal point that ''"And that no man might buy or sell"'' for now we can only estimate/guess what some of the prophecies are about. In this case the best guess considering the evolution of money through history (barter > gold > cash > cashless) that the Mark of the beast is most probably a microchip/GPS or tattoo (combined with forced vaccinations?) that will be used for transactions purposes.
=[[w:Solomon%27s_Temple|Solomon's Temple]]=
::'''[[911:Jesuit_Order#Primary_Goals_of_the_Order|Jesuit Order: Primary Goals of the Order]]
::'''[http://z13.invisionfree.com/THE_UNHIVED_MIND/index.php?showtopic=63688 Vatican Agenda, Timeline behind temple mount deal]
==[[w:Tabernacle|Tabernacle]]==
[[File:Tabernacle4.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The structure and Dimensions of the [[w:Tabernacle|Tabernacle]]
[http://www.templestudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tabernacle4.jpg] ]]
'''[http://ojgraham.com/GodsPlan.htm The Tabernacle in the Wilderness, God's Plan of Salvation - The Everlasting Covenant]''': Article with diagram shows the Salvation Plan of God in relation to the Tabernacle in the Wilderness
==[[w:Solomon%27s_Temple|Solomon's Temple]]==
Todo: verses "Temple of God"
==[[w:Second Temple|Second Temple]]==
==[[w:Third_Temple|Third Temple]]==
[[File:Jesuit-Temple.png|200px|thumb|right|Jesuit Novitiate studying the second Jerusalem temple [https://picasaweb.google.com/marcoponce/SolomonSTemple#5514650107214195586]]]
*** [[w:The Temple Institute|The Temple Institute]] & [[w:Red Heifer|Red Heifer]]
::: '''[http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Israeli+excavations+under+Al-Aqsa&btnG=Google+Search Israeli excavations under Al-Aqsa]
:::: [[w:Excavations at the Temple Mount|Excavations at the Temple Mount]]
:::: [http://z13.invisionfree.com/THE_UNHIVED_MIND/index.php?showtopic=4548 Israel Builds Synagogue Under Al-Aqsa: Palestinians]
'''Important: Remember that on 9/11 in NYC 3 buildings fell. The [[w:twin towers|twin towers]] as well as the [[w:7_World_Trade_Center|WTC building 7]] called [http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Salomon+Brothers&btnG=Google+Search&aq=&oq=#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=Salomon+Brothers+building&aq=f&aqi=g3g-m1g-o1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=257d70b645c283b4 Salomon Brothers building]. The twin towers could be viewed as the [[911:Occult_symbolism_XIV#Two_pillars|twin pillars]] of Freemasonry (boaz and jachin) thus converting 9/11 into a freemason ritual, using the destruction of the "fake" salomon's building in NYC as a call for the reconstruction of the [[w:Third_Temple|Third Temple]] in Jerusalem (and initiate the turmoil in the arabic countries).'''
* video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXxVOSS3aNk&feature=related 911 Iluminati Ritual] (eye of horus)
Todo: [http://www.tribwatch.com/dolphin2.htm] Hal Lindsey, Chuck Missler, Chuck Smith, the [http://www.templemountfaithful.org/ Temple Mount Faithful], [[w:Balfour Declaration|Balfour Declaration]], SRI project in Israel, Lambert Dolphin (former senior research physicist at SRI International) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza#Water_erosion_debate] , more details [http://z10.invisionfree.com/The_Unhived_Mind_II/index.php?showtopic=33]
=[[w:Man_of_Sin|Man of Sin]]=
:''Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 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.'' - [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2Thessalonians%202:3-4&version=KJV II Thess. 2:3,4]
[[File:BottomlesspitJesus2.jpg|160px|thumb|right|Not Jesus, but rather the Beast ascending from the Bttomless Pit [https://picasaweb.google.com/marcoponce/MysteryBabylonVaticanSpitsOnGodSSacrifice#5476031941510480210] ]]
[[File:BottomlesspitJesus.jpg|160px|thumb|right|See previous, with Pope.[https://picasaweb.google.com/marcoponce/MysteryBabylonVaticanSpitsOnGodSSacrifice#5476029585630600562] ]]
The notion of the '' '''Son of Perdition''' ''/''' '' Man of Sin'' ''' ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17:12&version=9 John 17:12], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2_Thessalonians+2:3&version=9 2 Thessalonians 2:3]) and is a name commonly associated with the '' '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=Antichrist&version1=45&searchtype=all&spanbegin=1&spanend=73 Antichrist]''' '' ([http://bible.cc/1_john/2-18.htm 1 John 2:18] and [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2_John+1:7&version=AMP 2 John 1:7]), the '' '''Lawless One''' '' (Dan. 7 and 8), and the '' '''Beast of Revelation''' '' (Rev 13).
* [[w:The_Unholy_Trinity|The Unholy Trinity]] ( ''See also: [[911:Occultists#Alice_Bailey|Alice Bailey "Hierarchy of Ascended Masters"]]'' )
** The Unholy Trinity represents [[w:Satan|Satan]], [[w:Antichrist|Antichrist]], and the [[w:False_Prophet|False Prophet]]. The separation of those 3 entities can be verified in the verses Revelation
*** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2019:20&version=AMP Rev 19:20]: "And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone"
*** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2020:1-2&version=AMP Rev 20:1-2] "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years".
==[[w:Pope|Pope]]==
The title "Holy Father" appears only one time in the Scriptures and it refers to God, and God alone (John 17:11). The pope of Rome has, nonetheless, taken this title unto himself. But Jesus said to "call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.%2023:8-9&version=KJV Matt. 23:8-9]) [http://www.angelfire.com/la2/prophet1/kjv1.html]
* '''[[911:Vatican#Pope|Pope]]''' (Main Article)
* [[w:Father_(disambiguation)#Religion|Father in Religion]]
=[[911:Bible_prophecy#Rapture_or_Tribulations.3F|Tribulations]]=
* In Revelation chapter 4 we see God seated on the throne in heaven, it is he who is sovereign over earthly events. We should notice first that only the Lamb (Jesus) is able to take the scroll from God and to break the seals and reveal its contents. Each of the four riders is summoned onto human history by one of the heavenly living creatures. Notice the phase -'''he was given a crown'''-, -'''was given power'''-, -'''do not damage the oil and the wine'''-, -'''were given power over'''-, all of this indicates that the four riders are under the sovereignty of God. [http://www.apocalipsis.org/fourhorsemen.htm]
::[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%206&version=KJV Revelation 6:1] says: "I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a '''white horse!''' Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest." (6:1-2)
Another translation says, "a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer" (NKJ). There are three different interpretations of this rider. [http://www.bibleprophecyrevealed.us/main/white.html]
#The International Bible Commentary, F.F. Bruce general editor, says,
## One long-established interpretation understands this of the victorious progress of the gospel, the rider on the white horse being Christ, as in 19:11. (p. 1607)
# The Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary puts forth the dominate evangelical view today, that it is the Antichrist. The commentator admits that the symbolism of the white horse is always "associated with righteousness and Christ," but rejects it because the other three horses clearly represent war and judgments. He goes on to say:
## The references in 19:11-16 to the rider on the white horse as "Faithful and True" and as one who judges and makes war with justice stands in contrast to the rider in 6:2, who is not faithful or true and who wages war for unjust conquest. '''Moreover, the Lamb opens the seals and would not be one of the riders, nor would it be proper to have an angelic being call forth Christ.''' Again, a "bow" would most naturally be connected with the enemy of God's people (Eze 39:3, Eph 6:16). . . . The evidence, however, seems to favor . . . the Antichrist and his forces that seek to conquer the followers of Christ. (Vol. 2, p. 1160-1161)
# The Wycliffe Bible Commentary by Moody Press, first published in 1962, also says it cannot be Christ because of the other three horses and quotes another commentator saying:
## "Can there be any doubt that this is the vision of antiChrist? It so resembles the real Christ that it deceives people, even many a reader of this passage!" (Thomas F. Torrance, The Apocalypse Today, p. 44).
Definition of antichrist (greek root of anti), the one that usurps the place of Christ, hence will come "dressed" in white, as a peaceful person.
Then '''the rider on a white horse''' is seen. This rider '''represents the leader of a peace movement'''; the color white represents peace. Then one can see that this particular rider has a bow but no arrows; he conquers without bloodshed and destruction. He is a great ruler for a crown is given to him. [http://www.prophet666.com/2011/07/1st-seal-rise-of-third-antichrist.html]
* This would also confirm the prophecy of a One World Goverment where a peace agreement has been made, the 7 years covenant with the AntiChrist which will be broken at the middle point (3 1/2 years. )
* Although he will be against faithful Christians and will mock God's Word, the world will view him as a great leader and a man of peace. This man will be Satan's counterfeit messiah (false prophet?). He will use deception and lies to "spin" his web of deceit and to conceal his true motives. [http://www.alphanewsdaily.com/antichrist.html]
* This "man of peace" is most probably the same as the vision Daniel had:
::''And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, '''and by peace shall destroy many''': he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. '' (Daniel 8: 24-25)
::''And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.'' (Daniel 11:21)
Differences between the white horse in Revelation 6 and Jesus on the white Horse in Revelation 19
* In Revelation 19 Jesus has many crowns, but in Revelation 6 the rider has just one.
** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+6:2&version=AMP Revelation 6:2]: "And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. '''And a crown was given him''', and he rode forth conquering and to conquer"
** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2019:11-12&version=AMP Revelation 19:11-12]: "After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse [appeared]! The One Who was riding it is called Faithful (Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady) and True, and He passes judgment and wages war in righteousness (holiness, justice, and uprightness). His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on '''His head are many kingly crowns (diadems)'''; and He has a title (name) inscribed which He alone knows or can understand."
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%206:3-4&version=AMP Revelation 6:3-4]: And when He broke '''the second seal''', I heard the second living creature call out, Come! '''And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider was empowered to take the peace from the earth,''' so that men slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword.
** Also see: [[911:Denver_International_Airport_murals#Act_I_-_Tribulations_Part_1|Denver international Airport Murals: Act I - Tribulations Part 1]]
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%206:5-6&version=AMP Revelation 6:5-6]: When He broke open '''the third seal''', I heard the third living creature call out, Come and look ! And I saw, '''and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales''' (a balance). And I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius [a whole day's wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine! [II Kings 6:25]
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%206:7-8&version=AMP Revelation 6:7-8]: When the Lamb broke open '''the fourth seal''', I heard the fourth living creature call out, Come! So I looked, and behold, an ashy '''pale horse [black and blue as if made so by bruising]''', and its rider's name was Death, and Hades (the realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild beasts of the earth.
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%206:9-11&version=AMP Revelation 6:9-11]: When the Lamb broke open '''the fifth seal''', I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for [adhering to] the Word of God and for the testimony they had borne. They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth? Then they were each given a long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%206:12-17&version=AMP Revelation 6:12-17]: When He [the Lamb] broke open '''the sixth seal''', I looked, and there was a '''great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, [the full disc of] the moon became like blood. And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth''' like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind. And the sky rolled up like a scroll and vanished, and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place. Then the kings of the earth and their noblemen and their magnates and their military chiefs and the wealthy and the strong and [everyone, whether] slave or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, And they called to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on (before) us and hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the throne and from the deep-seated indignation and wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of His wrath (vengeance, retribution, indignation) has come, and who is able to stand before it?
** Cross references of black sun [http://bible.cc/joel/2-31.htm]
Todo: Link with BlueBeam Project and the lighting up of Saturn + new agers quotes (todo: Arthur C. Clarke movie with quote about 2 suns/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EDhpxzn2g&feature=related jupiter exploding] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFsQ4yWBA1s 2010 ending "2 Suns"]) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/]
* "There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and '''fearful events and great signs from heaven.'''" (Luke 21:11)
* "There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, '''for the heavenly bodies will be shaken'''." (Luke 21:25-26)
* TO check [http://www.greatdreams.com/twosuns.htm][http://www.catastrophism.com/texts/sun-and-saturn/]
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%208:1-2&version=AMP Revelation 8:1-2]: WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven.
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%208:6&version=AMP Revelation 8:6]: Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets ... Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
There are three key differences between the Trumpet judgements and the Vial/Bowl judgments:
# Firstly, the '''Trumpet judgments are plagues upon nature''', while the '''Vial/Bowl judgments are direct assaults against humanity'''.
# Secondly, the '''Trumpet judgments are partial''' (namely, they affect 1/3 of what they plague) while the '''Vial/Bowl judgements will destroy or harm all of what they assault.'''
# Lastly, '''the Trumpet judgments offer a possibility of redemption''', while the '''Vial judgments do not; the Vial judgments are a literal assault on those who have taken the mark of the Beast,''' and those who take it are irredeemable. (wikipedia)
===1/3 Trees===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+8:7&version=KJV Revelation 8:7]
==[[w:Tribulation#Seven_vial_.28bowl.29_judgments|Seven vial (bowl) judgments]]==
** "The first angel blew [his] trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth. And a third part of the earth was burned up and a third of the trees was burned up and all the green grass was burned up.(A)"
===1/3 Sea===
* 1 [mark of beast sore]
* 2 [sea blood]
* 3 [rivers water blood]
* 4 [scorching sun]
* 5 [seat of the beast]
* 6 [kings of east & gathering to ]
* 7 [it is done.]
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%208:8-9&version=AMP Revelation 8:8-9]
** "The second angel blew [his] trumpet, and something resembling a great mountain, blazing with fire, was hurled into the sea. And a third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed."
===1/3 waters wormwood===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%208:11%20&version=AMP Revelation 8:11]
=Catholic prophecies=
** "And the name of the star is Wormwood. A third part of the waters was changed into wormwood, and many people died from using the water, because it had become bitter."
===1/3 Sun/moon/stars===
* [[w:Rapture|Rapture]] [http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/antichrist.htm][http://www.godfire.net/Rapture.html][http://www.theologue.org/Theory-JPEby.html][http://www.mashiyach.com/rapture.htm][http://www.andrewcorbett.net/articles/rapture.htm]
** The Rapture or "millions missing" fable was invented by 2 Jesuits and is held by most "Protestants" today....It ranks right up there with the fantasy of the moving earth and evolution.... No matter how bizarre the believe system is, if it will undermine the Reformation, the [[911:Vatican_%26_Jesuits|Jesuits]] will embrace it with all the enthusiasm of a fanatic.[http://www.reformation.org/left-behind-by-jesuits.html]. Authors were: [[w:Francisco_Ribera|Francisco Ribera]] and [[w:Robert_Bellarmine|Robert Bellarmine]]
* [[w:Prophecy_of_the_Popes|Prophecy of the Popes]]
** "Then the fourth angel blew [his] trumpet, and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that [the light of] a third of them was darkened, and a third of the daylight [itself] was withdrawn, and likewise a third [of the light] of the night was kept from shining."
** The Prophecy of the Popes, attributed to [[w:Saint_Malachy|Saint Malachy]], is a list of 112 short phrases in Latin. They purport to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few anti-popes), beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) and concluding with a later added pope described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will end in the destruction of the city of Rome.
** St. Malachy was reported to have possessed the powers of levitation, healing, and clairvoyance. While on his way to the Vatican to assume the post of papal legate for Ireland, he fell into trance and saw a line of papal reigns stretching from the successor to Innocent II and extending through centuries to the last of the line, identified as Peter of Rome. Malachy assigned short descriptions in Latin to each pope when he committed his vision to paper. These mottoes usually refer to a family name, birthplace, coat-of-arms, or office held before election to the papacy. Some of the phrases are multiple prophecies, written with ingenious word play. For example, Pius II, who reigned for only 26 days in 1503, was aptly described as "De Parvo Homine" (from a little man). His family name was Piccolomini, Italian for "little man."[http://thestygianport.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-religion-for-new-age.html]
** The current Pope Benedict is number 111 on St.Malachy's list of 111 Popes. An un-numbered name appears at the end of the list and may have been added at a later date.
** Here is the prophecy for the last name on the list called "Peter the Roman':"In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Petrus Romanus, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. The End."
** Petrus Romanus is not a Pope because he is not numbered. There is a roman cardinal named Peter which people think may be the next Pope, but I doubt it.
** Malachy's final words: "Rome, the seat of the Vatican, will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people." In 1909, while granting an audience, pope Pius X leaned back and closed his eyes. Suddenly he "awoke" and cried out: "What I see is terrifying. Will it be myself? Will it be my successor? What is certain is that the pope will quit Rome, and in leaving the Vatican, he will have to walk over the dead bodies of his priests."
===Abaddon from pit & locust===
* [[w:Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima|Our Lady of Fátima]]
* "[[w:Omega point|Omega point]]" (by the controversial Jesuit [[w:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin|Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]])
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%209:11%20&version=AMP Revelation 9:1-3, 9:11]
=Cataclysms=
** "Then the fifth angel blew [his] trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth; and to the angel was given the key of the shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit). He opened the long shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit), and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed out of the long shaft, so that the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the long shaft. Then out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth's scorpions have."
** "Over them as king they have the angel of the Abyss (of the bottomless pit). In Hebrew his name is Abaddon [destruction], but in Greek he is called Apollyon [destroyer]."
** The bottomless pit/shaft might be the center of the earth. See [[911:Bible_History#Hollow_Earth|Hollow Earth]] theory
===Euphrates 4 angels===
* Todo: Physical destruction prophecy interpretation (references to: earthquakes / volcanoes / flooding / droughts / unusual astronomical phenomena / etc.)
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+16:12&version=KJV Revelation 9:13-14]
** Then the sixth angel blew [his] trumpet, and from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God I heard a solitary voice, Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Liberate the [http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=the%20four%20angels&version1=9&searchtype=phrase the four angels] who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
** Is there a similitude/paralellism between the '''4 angels of Revelation''' 9:13-14 with the '''[[911:Bible_prophecy#Seven_seals|4 Horsmen]]''' of the apocalypse?
===Days of voice & kingdoms are Lord's===
* Cities
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2011:15&version=AMP Revelation 11:15]
** "The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)!"
** Part 2: [[w:Tribulation|Tribulation]], Vials and Trumpets of Revelations (Divine Judgment)
** ''Sun Dimming''
*** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+8:12&version=KJV Revelation 8:12] ''"And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise."''
** ''Sun scorch the earth''
*** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+16:8&version=KJV Revelation 16:8] ''"And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire."''
*** [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+16:9&version=KJV Revelation 16:9] ''"And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory."''
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:1&version=AMP Revelation 16:1]: THEN I heard a mighty voice from the temple sanctuary saying to the seven angels, Go and empty out on the earth the seven bowls of God's wrath and indignation.
===Mark of beast sore===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:2&version=AMP Revelation 16:2]: So the first [angel] went and emptied his bowl on the earth, and foul and painful ulcers (sores) came on the people who were marked with the stamp of the beast and who did homage to his image.
===Sea blood===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:3&version=AMP Revelation 16:3]: The second [angel] emptied his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a corpse [thick, corrupt, ill-smelling, and disgusting], and every living thing that was in the sea perished.
===Rivers water blood===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:4&version=AMP Revelation 16:4]:Then the third [angel] emptied out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into (became) blood.
===Scorching sun===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:8-9&version=AMP Revelation 16:8-9]:Then the fourth [angel] emptied out his bowl upon the sun, and it was permitted to burn (scorch) humanity with [fierce, glowing] heat (fire). People were severely burned (scorched) by the fiery heat, and they reviled and blasphemed the name of God, Who has control of these plagues, and they did not repent of their sins [felt no regret, contrition, and compunction for their waywardness, refusing to amend their ways] to give Him glory.
===Seat of the beast===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:10-11&version=AMP Revelation 16:10-11]:Then the fifth [angel] emptied his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was [plunged] in darkness; and people gnawed their tongues for the torment [of their excruciating distress and severe pain]. And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their anguish and their ulcers (sores), and they did not deplore their wicked deeds or repent [for what they had done].
===Kings of east & gathering to===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:12&version=AMP Revelation 16:12]:Then the sixth [angel] emptied his bowl on the mighty river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to make ready a road for [the coming of] the kings of the east (from the rising sun).
* video: '''[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-236603451790404943&ei=pxdxSfXVHYn82gKv8pSoBQ&q=The+Final+Events+of+Bible+Prophecy+&hl=en&dur=3 The Final Events of Bible Porphecy]'''
* video: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2389537090809015806&ei=J_F1SoHbGqW-2gKy8ZGsDQ&q=megiddo&hl=en Megiddo I: The March to Armageddon]
* video: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6468335733049415398&ei=DhNxSbKMFp-i2wK2oo2tBQ&q=MEgiddo+new+age&hl=en Megiddo II The New Age]
* video: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7351922695607117665&ei=IA98SumGKsbC-Abu1PidAQ&q=Roman+Empire+Rules+Today&hl=en&dur=3 Roman Empire Rules Today (Part1)]
* video: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4032076800390535825&ei=IA98SumGKsbC-Abu1PidAQ&q=Roman+Empire+Rules+Today&hl=en&dur=3 Roman Empire Rules Today (Part2)]
* video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Ke7Tn3uOU A Woman Rides the Beast - Dave Hunt]
* video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8HUVYDLV_Y The Secrets of the Jesuits (Jim Arrabito)]
* video: [http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Exposing%20the%20Satanic%20Empire%20Final%20Cut%20(2008)&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv# Exposing the Satanic Empire Final Cut (2008)]
* video: [http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=24542 Ring of Power]
* video: [http://amazingdiscoveries.tv/c/2/Total_Onslaught/ Total Onslaught] by [[w:Walter Veith|Walter Veith]]
===It is done===
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016:17-21&version=AMP Revelation 16:17-21]:Then the seventh [angel] emptied out his bowl into the air, and a mighty voice came out of the sanctuary of heaven from the throne [of God], saying, It is done! [It is all over, it is all accomplished, it has come!] And there followed lightning flashes, loud rumblings, peals of thunder, and a tremendous earthquake; nothing like it has ever occurred since men dwelt on the earth, so severe and far-reaching was that earthquake. The mighty city was broken into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And God kept in mind mighty Babylon, to make her drain the cup of His furious wrath and indignation. And every island fled and no mountains could be found. And great (excessively oppressive) hailstones, as heavy as a talent [between fifty and sixty pounds], of immense size, fell from the sky on the people; and men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail, so very great was [the torture] of that plague.
* [http://biblelight.net/ biblelight.net]
* [http://www.remnantofgod.net/RemnantofGod/nl0504.htm Remnantofgod.net]
** [http://www.remnantofgod.net/RemnantofGod/beastword.htm Pope Quotes]
* [http://www.the-mark-of-the-beast.com/ The mark of the beast]
* [http://www.hol.com/~mikesch/dragon.htm The Red Dragon and Rome]
* [http://www.wwco.com/religion/believe/believe_01.html Is Christianity Based on a Illogical Premises?]
* [http://www.gravity.org/mythology/myth_iframe_all.html Vol. I: Mythology & History]
* [http://www.hlinc-zionsake.org/Babylon/15-NWO-Revolution.html Hlinc-zionsake.org/Babylon]
* [http://www.watchmanbiblestudy.com/ watchmanbiblestudy.com]
* [http://www.teachinghearts.org/dre17hdan02.html teachinghearts.org]
* [http://www.earth-history.com/Babylon/Myth/index.htm Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] by Donald A. Mackenzie 1915


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News | July 20, 2016
Cassini Significant Events 07/13/16 - 07/19/16
Cassini is orbiting Saturn with a period of 23.9 days in a plane inclined 43 degrees from the planet's equatorial plane. The most recent spacecraft tracking and telemetry data were obtained on June 29, using the 70-meter diameter Deep Space Network station in Spain. The spacecraft continues to be in an excellent state of health with all of its subsystems operating normally except for the instrument issues described at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/anomalies .
The gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn seem like miniature solar systems. Indeed, studying them offers clues to scientists about how our solar system, and systems about other stars, were formed. Cassini has been providing one of many perspectives on exploration of the solar system, as discussed in a news feature released this week: /news/12921/nasa-sails-full-speed-ahead-in-solar-system-exploration .
Wednesday, July 13 (DOY 195)
Instrument calibrations are always an important part of scientific observations. All of Cassini's instruments carry out different kinds of calibrations frequently, even though they usually do not appear in these pages. Today the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph did a 19-hour calibration activity using the bright blue star Spica, or Alpha Virginis. The whirling double star itself is of astronomical interest, but for UVIS today it just served as a well-characterized single-point source of light at various wavelengths.
Thursday, July 14 (DOY 196)
The Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) led a 90-minute meteorological monitoring observation of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, while it was about 1.9 million kilometers from Cassini. The Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) and the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) participated. Next, ISS and VIMS spent 60 minutes scanning the space close to Saturn for small objects as part of the satellite orbit campaign. This pair of observations repeated on Saturday.
Friday, July 15 (DOY 197)
UVIS spent 13.5 hours making mosaic scans of Saturn, its magnetosphere and its rings.
Saturday, July 16 (DOY 198)
ISS and VIMS rode along today with UVIS's scan, which lasted 11 hours, but was otherwise similar to the one the day before.
Sunday, July 17 (DOY 199)
Commands that were uplinked two days before executed Orbit Trim Maneuver (OTM)-453 today. Following orders, the spacecraft turned and fired its main rocket engine. After burning fuel and oxidizer for 11.5 seconds, it shut off, and turned to point its high-gain antenna back towards Earth. This maneuver provided the 2.0 meter-per-second change in velocity to target for the upcoming Titan T-121 close encounter.
With the OTM successfully completed, UVIS returned to the business of making mosaic scans of the Saturn system. Today's lasted 15 hours.
Monday, July 18 (DOY 200)
Today's 12-hour UVIS observation was the final mosaic scan of the 217 hour campaign, which began on July 3.
Tuesday, July 19 (DOY 201)
VIMS observed the red star Antares, Alpha Scorpii, for 10.3 hours today while it was being occulted by Saturn's rings. ISS and CIRS rode along. This illustration shows Cassini's extraordinary view, with Antares visible within the Cassini Division between the A and B rings.
Aside from occultations and calibrations and optical navigation images, stars are usually not part of what ISS is looking for. This is discussed along with this week's featured image: /resources/17391 .
The Deep Space Network communicated with and tracked Cassini seven times this week, using stations in California and Australia. A total of 159 individual commands were uplinked, and about 1,430 megabytes of telemetry data were downlinked and captured at rates as high as 142,201 bits per second.
An illustration of Cassini's path up to mid-day July 19, 2016.
Bennu North Pole Flyover
Dry Ice on Mars
First Image of a Black Hole
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Myself an Army major, I know how crazy it sounds to most people. And, yet, while I am on the record as strongly opposed to empty platitudes like "the purpose of the military is to kill people and break things" (the military's purpose is to protect and defend), I also know this infamous quotation from fifty years ago reflects one of the harsh, paradoxical realities of war: sometimes, unfortunately, militaries must destroy in order to save.
While some will scoff at that formulation, they should know that battlefields impose a different set of values than those of the civilian world. War has always been ruled by a logic of paradox—as Edward Luttwak has pointed out, the presence of an aggressor makes conflict a counterintuitive endeavor where a good road is a bad road because it is a good road (and thus the enemy will likely attack there). The ancient aphorism, "if you want peace, prepare for war," follows the same sense.
And, unlike most other contests, at war there are few rules and no guarantees an enemy will abide by them. Sometimes that enemy gets to choose where the fight will go.
The worst choose cities. Arguably, the most extreme test of military forces is against a dug-in opponent in an urban area. This enemy uses civilians as a shield, and to metastasize, much the way some cancer cells "coerce neighboring healthy tissue into helping the disease's growth and spread." During the recent siege in Mosul, we've learned ISIS took and placed a newborn baby in a street to lure Iraqi soldiers into sniper range; three that came to rescue the baby boy were killed; finally, a tank got to him, but before the boy was saved, a dog dragged him off so violently the now seven-month-old's arm had to be amputated.
Like doctors, while military officers didn't invent the disease, we still do our best to understand, treat, and preserve a shot at full recovery for patients holding an otherwise certain death sentence.
Philosophers have long chewed on this problem of close proximity between enemy forces and civilians. Brian Orend has described a doctrine in which officers facing this moral dilemma can still conduct war justly, provided they only intend to "destroy the military target," that they are not using "civilian casualties as a means" to impact a military target, and that the military target is "worth the collateral dead." Michael Walzer has also written that military forces must demonstrate "due care," which is for soldiers to accept additional personal risk, like the Iraqi soldiers that went to rescue the baby in Mosul, to ensure civilian harm is minimized to whatever extent possible.
The siege doesn't stop there. Mosul. Aleppo. Marawi. Rio de Janeiro's favelas. One million people in eastern Ukraine live in a concrete hell. Kim Jong Un holds hostage two of the world's great megacities, Seoul and Tokyo. It's no wonder a colleague at the Modern War Institute calls cities "the battlefield of the future." And this trend—this cancer on civilization—will only intensify as humanity continues to leave the countryside for the cityscape.
To roll back this monstrous threat, military forces will need to use destructive means and must take "morally hazardous actions to preserve our civilization," as Reinhold Niebuhr wrote.
Military officers, in particular, must hold onto these seemingly incongruent ideas—like Gen. Grant, whose last doctor described him as a "paradoxical" figure, noting his "sensitive abhorrence to the infliction of pain or injury to others," with an equal recognition that the very same man had designed and executed the most ruthlessly effective campaigns of the American Civil War.
A phrase like "destroy to save" is similarly paradoxical—yet, we must permit its core truth. If we don't, we risk losing civilians and cities with no end. Nobody should like it, but we shouldn't dodge or duck this necessary military duty.
Maj. ML Cavanaugh is a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, and co-edited the forthcoming book, with author Max Brooks, Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict.
And maybe sometimes it's necessary to kill people to save their lives, too? Call it paradox or sophistry, I don't believe it.
After US and Iraqi forces had surrounded Mosul and Raqqa and effectively established a starvation siege, with no way out for the besieged population or ISIS fighters, there was no necessity to continue indiscriminate bombing or street fighting which killed many innocent civilians, except that the military wanted to claim a swift victory over the Islamic State. The US/Iraqi coalition could have negotiated the evacuation of civilians, instead of shooting at them or bombing them when they tried to escape. And however brutalized dehumanized and debased those ISIS fighters were/are—and there's no doubt that they were/are–they were/are not subhuman things, diseases, or vermin, they were/are human beings, just as were/are those civilians who were held hostage by them. They are human beings, not human shields, and can't be chalked up to collateral damage or called diseases or vermin.
Every time US forces or US bombs kill innocent human beings, you can be sure there will be more subhuman things ('terrorists') to kill in the next counter-terrorist operation, since terrorism breeds terror, just as liberating cities by destroying them only breeds more terrorists. The Islamic State was bred by the US Iraq War, started on the false pretext of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that never were found, and spawned in the US/Iraqi prisons where Iraqi fighters were further brutalized and taught to hate the United States as a foreign occupying power that destroyed their cities and killed their families and children. A whole generation of Iraqis have now been schooled in terrorism by the US invasions which have demonstrably failed to stop terrorism, or, at best, replaced Sunni Islamist terrorists with Iranian-backed Shiite militias with equally terrorist tendencies. And the only result of all that can only be more terrorism, and more war.
And speaking of ancient sources, Aristotle also said that the only possible purpose of war is to stop war. But after fifteen (twenty-five?) years, the US war on terror has only resulted in a self-perpetuating cycle of escalating terrorism, which now appears it might just go on forever, since nobody knows how to stop it. Certainly it cannot be stopped by killing more innocent people or bombing more cities into rubble. I don't believe the Sieges of Mosul and Raqqa will result in the elimination of the Islamic State, since the Sunni population of Western Iraq and Anbar or Eastern Syria will still not submit to being ruled by an Iranian-backed Shiite government and its Shiite militias, or by a US-backed puppet government. But even following the cynical belief that US objectives could be accomplished by simply exterminating human beings like disease or vermin, the only accomplishment of the Iraq War has been to turn over Iraq to Iran—exactly what the US was trying to prevent since the 1979 Iranian Revolution— and to vastly increase Russian influence in the Middle East— exactly what US foreign policy has opposed since the end of WW II. So even by those criteria, the Iraq War(s) have been counter-productive, and cannot be said to justify killing innocent people on those grounds.
Maybe there are times when innocent civilian casualties can be written off as 'collateral damage' in a 'just war,' although I don't believe it But was/is the Iraq War a just war? Or was/is it just war? Michael Walzer has also argued that the Iraq War and anti-ISIS campaigns cannot be considered 'just wars' by the criteria of Christian just war theory, since they cannot possibly succeed if they have no strategy to negotiate a truce or declare the war over. And therefore the only possible goal that can justify them on moral grounds is to stop them, along with the killing of innocent civilians by both sides, since nobody can possibly be liberated by killing them. Just as no city can be liberated by being destroyed. Just ask the citizens of Mosul and Raqqa who risked their lives to courageously oppose ISIS, only to be bombed to death by the US/Iraqi coalition, in its stampede to 'liberate' them….
As usual it is great to see articles that challenge the reader to think. Thank you for that.
IMHO one may say correctly that it was necessary destroy the city to save the nation, or to destroy the city to eliminate the enemy. The key is the "to" part should be a goal of the military force. What makes the comment paradoxical was not the need to destroy the city, but the rationalization the goal was to save the city. It was not. The goal was the kill VCs, or one may argue, to win the battle. And for that goal, the final state of the city was secondary.
A wise warrior once told me that soldiers fight against something, while warriors fight for something. I think this mindset is essential to decide what is important. If one goals is to defeat an adversary (fight against something, soldier mindset) then it becomes more acceptable to have losses among civilians (outgroup) to defeat that adversary, as long as fellow soldiers (ingroup) are not hurt. But if one goals is to fight for something (i.e. the locals, an ideal) then suddenly priority changes and the focus now is to protect what is valuable (a particular ideal, a group of people, etc.) against the threats. This mindset suddenly makes those being protected part of the ingroup, together with the fellow warriors. The very concept of victory changes accordingly.
Sometimes we must take the casualty of the Moral High Road.