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Revelation Chapter 12 1. Woman and her child 2. Dragon’s origin and his nefarious works 3. Mysterious “woman”

Biblical “Wonders” “Great Wonder” “Another Wonder” Contrast of two “wonders” and two “women” in Rev. 12

Mother of God? “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars” Rev. 12: 1

Mother of God? “I am she who is related to the Divine Trinity—I am the Virgin of Revelation” Stated in a vision given to Bruno Cornacchiola at Tre Fontane, Italy, 1947

Mother of God? “I am the same one that appeared all over the world. . I am the mother of God. ” Message given to Estela Ruiz of Phoenix, Arizona on Dec. 10, 1988

Mother of God? “Beloved son, today you are gazing upon the immaculate splendor of your heavenly mother. I am the Immaculate Conception. . ”

Mother of God? “. . . I am the only creature free from every stain of sin, even the original one. ” Message given to Don Stefano Gobbi on Dec. 8, 1989

Mother of God? “The original of that mother, so widely worshipped, there is reason to believe, was Semiramis who, it is well known, was worshipped by Babylonians and other eastern nations. . . ”

Mother of God? “It is from her son, however, that she derived all her glory and her claims to deification. . In Scripture he is referred to under the name of Tammuz. ” (see Ezek. 8: 14) Alexander Hislop The Two Babylons, p. 21

Babylon’s Deep “And Cush begat Nimrod: he Roots began to be a mighty one in the earth. . And the beginning of his [Nimrod’s] kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ” Genesis 10: 8 -10

Babylon’s Deep “Nimrod, a great grandson of Roots Noah, and his mother and wife, Semiramis, also known as Ishtar and Isis. Nimrod, known in Egypt as Osiris, was the founder of the first world empire at Babel, later known as Babylon. ” Forerunner Commentary

Babylon’s Deep “King Tukulti-Ninurta, or Nimrod Roots if you prefer the Biblical version, was said to have ruled the land of Shinar and founded several great cities, including Babylon, at about 2182 B. C. ”

Mother of God? “The Babylonians in their popular religion, supremely worshipped a goddess mother and her son, who was represented in pictures and in images as an infant child in his mother’s arms. . . ”

Mother of God? “From Babylon this worship of the mother and the child spread to the ends of the earth. In Egypt the mother and child were worshipped as Isis and Osiris. In India, even to this day. . . ”

Mother of God? “. . . as Isi [Vishnu] and Iswara; in Asia as Cybele and Deoius; in pagan Rome as Fortuna and Jupiter. . And even in Tibet, in China, and Japan, the Jesuit missionaries were astonished to find. . . ”

Mother of God? “. . . the counterpart of the Madonna and her child as devoutly worshipped as in Papal Rome itself; Shing Moo, the Mother of China, being represented with a child in her arms. . . ”

Mother of God? “. . . and a glory around her, exactly as if a Roman Catholic artist had been employed to set her up. ” Alexander Hislop The Two Babylons, p. 20

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Mother of God? “King Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites. ”

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Source of the Lie “. . . in the latter times, the devil’s doctrine will be taught by seducing spirits, and many will give heed to them. . . ”

Source of the Lie “. . . the doctrine the Devil taught in the Garden was, ‘Ye shall not surely die. ’ This is the sentiment of the seducing spirits at the present time. ” J. N. Loughborough Man’s Present Condition and His Future Reward or Punishment, p. 150

Source of the Lie “The notion prevailed in the heathen world that man’s spirit ascended up to be with the gods (and this is the foundation of heathen mythology). . . ”

Source of the Lie “. . . It was the old lesson taught by that unreliable character in Eden, ‘Ye shall not surely die, ’ but ‘ye shall be as gods. ’” Uriah Smith Here and Hereafter, p. 84

Source of the Lie “. . . ‘ye will be as God, knowing good and evil. ’ This is not only the literal reading, but the true meaning, of the original words [of Satan]. . . ”

Source of the Lie “. . . This gives the very thought that was put before the woman. It was not that you shall be as gods, in the common acceptation of the plural term ‘gods’. . ’”

Source of the Lie “. . . It was literally the very thought and ambition of Lucifer himself which he now put before her — ye shall be as God. . ”

Source of the Lie “. . . He would lead her away, and inspire her with this mind which was in him, to be equal with God. ” A. T. Jones Ecclesiastical Empire, p. 590

Source of the Lie “. . . He would lead her away, and inspire her with this mind which was in him, to be equal with God. ” A. T. Jones Ecclesiastical Empire, p. 590

Source of the Lie “. . . He would lead her away, and inspire her with this mind which was in him, to be equal with God. ” A. T. Jones Ecclesiastical Empire, p. 590

Creeping “We confess that the Pope has Compromise power of changing Scripture and of adding to it, and taking from it, according to his will. ” Roman Catholic Confessions for Protestants Oath, Article XI

Creeping Compromise “Take care that we lose not that salvation, that life and breath which thou hast given us, for thou art our shepherd, thou art our physician, thou art our governor, thou art our husbandman, thou art finally another God on earth. ” Christopher Marcellus in Oration addressing Pope Julius II, in Fifth Lateran Council, Session IV (1512)

Creeping Compromise “The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth. . . by divine right the Pope has supreme and full power in faith, in morals over each and every pastor and his flock. He is the true vicar, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. . ”

Creeping Compromise “He is the infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the author of and the judge of councils; the universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the world, the supreme judge of heaven and earth, the judge of all, being judged by no one, God himself on earth. ” Quoted in the New York Catechism

Creeping • Tradition instead of Bible Compromise • Sunday instead of the seventh-day Sabbath • Easter Sunday observance as a moral obligation

Character of the True “It is worth noting that the Church? centrality of Christ’s teaching on and example of self-sacrificing love, especially toward one’s enemies, was largely abandoned, at least at an institutional level, with the advent of ‘Constantinian Christianity’. . . ”

Character of the True “Church? . . . Once the church acquired worldly power, it revisioned its task as conquering the world, in Jesus’ name rather than sacrificially serving the world in Jesus’ name. ” Gregory Boyd The Nature of the Atonement, p. 42

Mother of God? What’s wrong with this picture?

Mother of God? What’s wrong with this picture?

Mother of God? 1. Immaculate Conception 2. That she be declared “comediatrix” with Christ 3. That the world be dedicated to her so that she can bring peace

Mother of God? “It is for this, that, as Mother, as Immaculate Mother, Mediatrix of all Graces, that I call you to this place, so that my union with you may be more intimate and vital. . . ” Message given to Maria Esperanza in Betania, Venezuela

Mother of God? “Have great confidence in the powerful work of intercession and mediation of your heavenly Mother. ” Message #441 i given to Don Stefano Gobbi

Revelation Chapter 12 “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. ” 1 Timothy 2: 5 “And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. ” John 17: 3

Revelation Chapter 12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. ” Acts 4: 12

Mother of God? “Satan's first effort was to root out the Christian Church, so that there should be no visible profession of Christianity. ” Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Mother of God? The image of a mother goddess with a child in her arms was so strongly written in the pagan mind, that when the days of the “great falling away” came, the imagery continued to be accepted not only in popular opinion, but by formal church approval. The image was merely renamed as Mary and her son.

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Mother of God? Doctrine of Mary “The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. ” Pope Pius IX (1854)

Mother of God? Doctrine of Mary “In 1858, just four years after this doctrine was declared, Our Lady of Lourdes appeared with the salutation, ‘I am the Immaculate Conception. ’” Patrick Marnham Lourdes, A Modern Pilgrimage, pp. 4 -9

Creeping “It is thoroughly understood Compromise that in His birth Christ did partake of the nature of Mary— the ‘woman’ of whom He was ‘made. ’ Therefore endeavor has been made. . . ”

Creeping “. . . to escape the conse. Compromise quences of this glorious truth, which is the emptying of self, by inventing a theory that the nature of the virgin Mary was different from the nature of the rest of mankind. . ”

Creeping “This invention has culminated Compromise in what is known as the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception. ” A. T. Jones Consecrated Way, p. 41 -42

Creeping “The faith of Rome as to the Compromise human nature of Christ and Mary and of ourselves springs from that idea of the natural mind that. . . we are too far off for Him in His purity and holiness to come to us just as we are. ”

Creeping “The true faith–the faith of Compromise Jesus–is that, far off from God as we are in our sinfulness, in our human nature which He took, He has come to us just where we are. . . to save us, to purify us, and to make us holy. ”

Creeping “The faith of Rome is that we Compromise must be pure and holy in order that God shall dwell with us at all. The faith of Jesus is that God must dwell with us and in us in order that we shall be holy or pure at all. ” A. T. Jones Consecrated Way, p. 45 -46

Creeping • Mind of Satan included the Compromise desire to “be as God” • Instilled this thinking into the mind of mankind • Idea grew throughout the history of this world

Worshipping Baal “For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice. ” Exodus 34: 14, 15

Worshipping Baal “And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. . . he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. ”

Worshipping Baal “And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. ”

Worshipping Baal “We expect that the Immaculate Virgin and Mother of God, Mary, through her most powerful intercession, will bring it about that our Holy Mother. . . ”

Worshipping Baal “. . . the Catholic Church will gain in influence from day to day among all nations and in all places. . . ”

Worshipping Baal “. . . and that there will be one fold and one shepherd. ” Pope Pius IX

Biblical “Wonders” “Great Wonder” “Another Wonder” Contrast of two “wonders” and two “women” in Rev. 12

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Revelation Chapter 12 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. ” Revelation 12: 17

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