"Babylon The Great" - An Empire of False Religion based upon the teachings of Ancient Babylon"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." --Quoted From--The Great Controversy, Pg 382
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Interests: Ancient Babylon was the center of false religion. - All pagan beliefs, holidays and doctrines were started there. Many of these ancient beliefs were spread around the world. - In time - even the pure faith that Christ taught - became corrupted by these teachings. ----- "When the early church departed from God and imbibed pagan errors, - she became Babylon.."-- Source - the International Sabbath School Quarterly, -- Feb. 29, 1896
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Sunday, May 06, 2012

The World is in Denial

"Denial"
Have we become numb ?
or do we prefer ignorance ?

The world is falling apart with violent attacks, suicide bombs,
and senseless murders.  And yet mankind insists that
nothing in the world has changed. 

Have we humans become so numb that we cannot see that
the world has taken a fatal turn for the worse.?  We are
spiraling downward in our dealings with each other.

Even the weather is exuding death-dealing blows to mankind.

Like the proverbial "monkey" who refuses to see or hear
the evil that surrounds him - have we also refused to see
and hear and get the sense of what is happening to mankind ?

    The World is in Denial

Much like an alcoholic that denies he has a
drinking problem - The world denies that it has
unprecedented troubles.



       Adaptable Denial

Humans are adaptable
to the plight we see today
we do adjust - and deny so much 
of the world and its decay

Many think the coverage
of modern News they give
Is very terse - and looks much worse -  
than the world in which we live

They say that nothing's changing
we have always had distress
but those who are much older
can recall and will confess

That the world-wide situation
is far different from past times
there's a great increase in problems
yes, a great increase in crimes

It's not just isolated
to a place just now and then
It's not just petty larceny
but a slew of murders sent

Out in all directions
each hour of the day
the crazy senseless homocides
as if children just at play

The burning of our churches
the bombing of the mosques
beheadings and dismemberings
the loss of Life it costs

People stabbing people
over trivial minor stuff
people shoot their children
there seems to be no love

Arsonists starting fires
that blaze and burn away
miles of homes and nature
nothing left for them to stay

The violence has no limits
they rape and sodomize
pour acid on each other
gouging out their crying eyes

The Riots and the Protests
as they rampage thru the streets
smashing cars and store front windows
while attacking the police

Shootings for no reason
even in the malls
The schools are plagued with killers
no safety in their halls

Parking Lots offer muggings
where kidnap is a game
for pedophile predators
the whole world's gone insane

The anger of our drivers
who will shoot to kill in rage
if you dare to pass their car up 
just a feature of our age

School teachers and the clergy
having sex with any child
the pornography of violent acts
decent values have gone wild

Children beating strangers
the beggars on the street
killing them with hammers
kicking them with their feet

Mothers butcher children
cutting off their arms
throwing them off bridges
doing them great harm

Pregnant women torn apart
disembowled with a knife
by crazy cold and hateful ones
discarding human life

No one is safe anymore
no matter where you live
people shot while getting mail
or opening their trash lid

Little girls buried alive
after they've been raped
A mother strangled with her son
then thrown into a Lake

Savage men who thirst for blood
eating human flesh
Looking for another meal
a child - small and fresh

To barbeque and cut apart
and stored in plastic bin
Like butchered meat from Deli trays
the modern latest sin

The ravages of nature
a plague that rules each day
Tsunami torment nightmares
The violent winds at play

Disaster upon disaster
eruptions and earthquakes
Volcanic smoke and ashes
flooding rivers and the lakes

Rivers bursting Levees
Mudslides wash away
obstructing even highways
tearing trees along the way

Tornados wreaking havoc
even bricks give way to wind
homes are burst to splinters
destroying everything within

Trucks are blown off highways
by the violent breath of storms
hail the size of softballs
during weather that is warm

Children killed by lightening
as they bowed before a cross
many fried before our eyes
we contemplate the loss

Hurricanes and Cyclones
torment the world today
no place is safe from the evil face
of Nature's Violent way

I think you get the picture
for I could go on with more
as troubled times begin to mount
for we know what is in store

For Christ said that distress would mark
the days of his return
he gave us ample warning
in hopes that we would learn

To stay awake - and be prepared
for that's what Jesus said
pay attention to the world's events
so you will know ahead

That its time to Look for him
and that's what we should do
For Christ warned all to be prepared
yes, everyone of you

It's for this very reason
that I attempt to consolidate
all the clues, I find in the news
before it is too late

No thief can overtake you
If you know that he is near
you'll keep awake, and will be safe
and there will be no fear

The fact that Christ foretold this
left nothing to dismay
we'll be prepared with all he shared
for his final glorious day.


"As the end approaches,
people are going to be self-absorbed,
money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up,
profane, contemptuous of parents, crude,
coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers,
impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous,
ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust,
and allergic to God. They'll make a show of religion,
but behind the scenes they're animals."
(2Timothy 3:2-5)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"You can be certain that in the last days
there will be some very hard times.
People will love only themselves and money.
They will be proud, stuck-up, rude,
and disobedient to their parents.
They will also be ungrateful, godless,
heartless, and hateful.
Their words will be cruel,
and they will have no self-control or pity.
These people will hate everything that is good.
They will be sneaky, reckless,
and puffed up with pride.
Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure.
Even though they will make a show
of being religious,
their religion won't be real.
(2Timothy 3:1-5)(CEV)-BibleGateway



"Oblivious" to
Extreme Weather Changes

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Extreme weather
has plagued the globe this year, a U.N. agency says,
causing some of the highest temperatures on record.
The agency found that climate warming was
unequivocal and unequaled in all recorded history. 
On the other hand - An unusual cold southern winter
brought wind, blizzards and rare snowfall to various
parts of South America, with temperatures reaching
as low as 7 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. 
Southeastern Europe did not escape the unusual
weather. The area suffered record-breaking heat
in June and July. In May, swell waves up to 15
feet high swept into 68 islands in the Maldives,
causing severe flooding and damage. Also in May,
a heat wave swept across Russia. In Sudan, floods
caused 23,000 mud brick homes to collapse.
The rainfall was abnormally heavy and early for
this time of the year.  England and Wales have
experienced flooding in the May-to-July period
and rainfall has broken all records since
record-keeping started in 1766.  Four monsoon
depressions, double the normal number, caused heavy
flooding in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Global
surface temperatures have broken records this year."
-Planet in Peril
A CNN WORLDWIDE INVESTIGATION
CNN BREAKING NEWS;
Extreme Weather Reported
8:51 p.m. EDT, Tue August 7, 2007

"(CBS) The tsunami in Asia. This season’s Gulf
Coast hurricanes.  The earthquake in Pakistan.
The Guatemala mudslides. The flooding in the
northeastern section of the United States.
There’ve been so many devastating natural
disasters of late, it has some people wondering
if God is angry at humankind."
-CBS NEWS
Is God Mad At Us?
Oct. 14, 2005

"Last summer, parts of Europe experienced
the worst floods in centuries, while Western
Canada struggled through the most devastating
drought in its recorded history. weather-related
disasters have skyrocketed."
-The Science and The Environment Bulletin
Natural Disasters on The Rise
    March/April 2003


WASHINGTON AP 2008- Another week, another
rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates
entire city blocks, smashing homes to their
foundations and killing people even as they
cower in their basements."
- US on track to break record for tornadoes
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer 
 

"With the year not even half done,
2008 is already the deadliest tornado year
in the United States...and seems on track
to break the U.S. record for the number of
twisters in a year, according to the National
Weather Service. Also, this year's storms
seem to be unusually powerful."
- WASHINGTON DC - 2008
US on track to break record for tornadoes
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer

"The twister that devastated Parkersburg
was a 5 — but Global warming cannot really
explain what is happening, Greg Carbin said.
The strongest of those storms — those in
the 136-to-200 mph range — have been more
prevalent than normal, and lately they seem
to be hitting populated areas more, he said.
- WASHINGTON DC - 2008
US on track to break record for tornadoes
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer

ABC News - May 12, 2008 -- 
"As communities rebuild after deadly
tornadoes bulldozed their way from
Oklahoma to Georgia and North Carolina
over the weekend, experts say that this
tornado season is bigger and deadlier than
last year's, with little relief in sight.
Seventy-seven tornadoes tore through the
country in the past few days, according
to preliminary reports at the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Storm Prediction Center. In Georgia, more
than 180,000 people were left without power,
while 15 fatalities were reported in Missouri.
This year's count is already twice the number
of tornadoes logged during last year's U.S.
tornado season, which generally runs from
mid-spring to early summer. "So far, in terms
of the number of tornadoes, this is one of
the most active years to date," said Harold
Bloom, a meteorologist at the National
Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla."
"Experts Say: Twisters are Getting Larger,
and Deadlier.  No End in Sight for
Tornado-Ravaged Nation
By ASHLEY PHILLIPS - ABC NEWS -
Technology & Science; May 12,2008

"Violent Windstorms...even outside of
hurricane season....tornadoes....heavy winds
spread destructive fires,  burning homes.
All right, so what's up with the crazy weather?
I think everybody is wondering, it's hot,
it's cold, I don't know what to do.
Is this a sign of things to come?"
-CNN.com
OPEN HOUSE - Transcript
Aired January 21, 2006 - 09:30 ET

"The devastation in recent years from hurricanes
covers many states.  The recent intensity of violent
weather has been so great that federal, state, and
local governments have been totally intimidated."
-Goodness Gracious!
Is God Mad at Us Again?
By John T Jones, Ph.D.

"No matter where you live,
your area has undoubtedly been
experiencing weather that is severe
and devastating....What on Earth
is going on?"
-Today's Extreme Weather
About.com - A part of
The New York Times Company.

"Some force, or a combination of forces,
is causing our terribly unusual, unprecedented,
weather
. Most professional weathermen shake their
heads at this unusual phenomenon and simply say
they do not know what is causing this type
of weather."
-The Cutting Edge
Who's Controlling the Weather?

"Some people are saying that....
Mother Nature (or God)  is mad
at the world.."
-David Phillips,
Canada's most renowned weather expert
 Senior Climatologist
Author of - "Blame It On The Weather"

 
"WORLDWIDE - Today's wildfires are part of
a worsening pattern most everywhere.
The number of major wildfires has soared
not only in North America but around the world.
The size and ferocity of these wildfires is
plaguing the world and astonishes even experienced
fire chiefs.  Fires the last several years "have produced
fire behavior, flame links, and intensities that we
HAD NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
And everything we had to throw at it, we did.
And it just seemed to burn right through us."
-Global Disaster Watch - Week of  6/26/06 -
WILDFIRES THIS WEEK - thehessians/disasterwatch
a service of - the National Science...Teachers Assoc.

"Fires are burning all around Oklahoma City.
In Texas, whole towns were burned out.
Pray tell us....What have these heathens done
to bring the fires of hell upon them?"
-Fires of Hell Burning in Okla and Texas. -
Is God Mad?
By Last Night in Little Rock,  Section Off Topic
Posted -Mon Jan 02, 2006 @ 06:47 PM EST

 
Becoming "Desensitized"  
to EXTREME  VIOLENCE

"Statistics, such as the murder rate
in Washington, D.C., bear out the apprehension
with which people face the world. The brutality
of crime increases almost exponentially each decade,
so that what once horrified us we now accept
as sadly routine."
-Violent Crime Is Increasing;
by Michael Hedges;  national reporter
 for the Washington Times.

“The climate is changing. We are working on a
comprehensive study with Columbia University
that shows our attitudes have clearly changed.
We have become almost desensitized to crime
and violence."
--Dennis Martin, Former Police Chief
  President of the National Association
  of Chiefs of Police

"Violence in all its forms has increased
dramatically worldwide in recent decades."
--WHO (1997) The World Health Report 1997,
     Geneva: WHO.


"A recent report concludes that workplace violence
has also gone global, crossing borders, work settings
and occupational groups."
-ILO (1998) When Working Becomes Hazardous.
   World of Work, 26


"In many countries, violence is epidemic
and is the leading cause of death among
males aged 15 - 34."
-2006 International Council of Nurses;
A Federation of national nurses’ associations (NNAs),
representing nurses in more than 128 countries.

"Whether in cities or towns,
the violence is increasing.
There is regression to
“an eye for an eye” mentality,
which agrees that violence is
going to happen in schools."
-Violence Increasing; 
 by Paul J. Fink, Ph.D.

"This virus of violence
is occurring worldwide."
-"Trained to Kill"; Virus of Violence
Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman
Oxford Press, 2000

"MOUNT OLIVE TWP – The number of violence-related
incidents in township schools went up significantly
last year over the prior year, according to the latest
state report on violence in schools around New Jersey."
-05/11/2005
School violence is on the increase
MIKE CONDON

"Gender base violence,
especially rape and other domestic
violence are on the increase."
-Deputy Gender Minister
for Research and Technical Services,
Annie Jones Demen;
The Analyst(Monrovia)June 5, 2006

"There was a sharp increase in the number
of violent attacks on shopworkers last year.
Incidents included armed robberies, kidnap,
CS gas attacks, pistol whipping, and the use
of knives, iron bars and sledge hammers."
-Violence against staff on increase
29 July 2002;  Usdaw - uk
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

"Following a dramatic increase
in domestic violence fatalities
among military personnel,
the Defense Task Force on Domestic
Violence was created."
- A Guide for Safety & Justice
   in Arizona - June 2004

"We have an unprecedented
wave of violence against journalists,"
- Joel Simon
the Committee to Protect Journalists
Worldwide, violence against journalists
hits a new high; February 06, 2006 edition 

"I WAS born in Swindon and I've lived here
most of my life. I know full well what it was
like years ago in terms of violence.
There's no doubt that it is more violent
today than it ever was. And it's the same
in every town in the country.
When was the last time that a small town
had a riot to deal with? I suspect never.
It's the reality we are dealing with.
To say that it's just the media's reporting
that has raised people's fears is absolute
stupidity. We see it for ourselves, mate.
We hear it from our friends and colleagues
and our own kids. We see it on the TV in
graphic detail."
- Violence IS on the increase
From the Swindon Advertiser
Wiltshire News 2/17/05 Wiltshire.co.uk
ANDREW ROZYCKI


"Family violence in Texas
has reached epidemic proportions
and continues to grow. It is a
significantly more serious problem
than most persons expect. Currently
identified cases of family violence
represent only the tip of the iceberg
of actual cases.  Many are not reported.
Texas leads the nation in rates of
domestic violence. Violence against
children in Texas is a severe problem
and is getting worse by the year.
Large numbers of existing cases of
family violence are not being reported.
Even though required by law, many
professionals are NOT reporting cases
of family violence.
-FAMILY VIOLENCE
AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
THE HEALTH LAW & POLICY INSTITUTE
ADVISORY BOARD; M. DAVID LOW
Director, The University of Texas—Houston,
School of Public Health

"INCREASING MUSLIM VIOLENCE IN EUROPE
is a fact, but much of it IS NOT BEING REPORTED."
-UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE;uexpress
By John Leo | Mar 19, 2006

"Men will be weak with fear.
They will be afraid of the things
that will be happening to the world."
(Luke 21:26)(WorldWide English)(WE)-BibleGateway

"Men will faint from terror,
apprehensive of what is coming on the world..."
(Luke 21:26)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"People will be so frightened that they will faint
 because of what is happening to the world. "
(Luke 21:26)(CEV)-BibleGateway

"It will seem like all hell has broken loose....
the earth in an uproar and everyone all over
the world in a panic..."
(Luke 21:25,26)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"The courage of many people will falter
because of the fearful fate they see
coming upon the earth..."
(Luke 21:26)(NLT)-BibleGateway

"Terror will make people faint.
They will be worried about what is
happening in the world...."
(Luke 21:26)(NIRV)-BibleGateway

   Pay Attention !

"...You find it easy enough
to forecast the weather—why can't you
read the signs of the times? ..."
(Matthew 16:1)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"...You are good at reading the weather signs
in the sky, but you can't read the obvious
signs of the times!"
(Matthew 16:3)(NLT)-BibleGateway

“Also, there will be signs.......
and on the earth anguish of nations,
not knowing the way out.......
while men become faint out of fear
and expectation of the things
coming upon the inhabited earth.....
And then they will see the Son of man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
But as these things start to occur,
raise yourselves erect and lift YOUR heads up,
because YOUR deliverance is getting near.”
(Luke 21:25-28)(NWT)

"This is going to be TROUBLE
on a scale beyond what the world
has ever seen, or will see again."
(Matthew 24:21)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"...When you see all these things,
you'll know he's at the door."
(Matthew 24:33)(MSG)-BibleGateway


"Following those hard times,
sun will fade out, moon cloud over,
Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble. 
Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! 
It will fill the skies -- no one will miss it."
(Matthew 24:29,30)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"...The prophet Daniel described this.
If you've read Daniel,
you'll know what I'm talking about.
This is going to be trouble on a scale
beyond what the world has ever seen,
or will see again."
(Matthew 24:15,21)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"...and he will come at a time
of terrible suffering,
the worst in all of history........"
(Daniel 12:1)(CEV)-BibleGateway

Scoffers Deny What They See

"First off, you need to know that
in the last days, mockers are going to
have a heyday. Reducing everything to
the level of their puny feelings,
they'll mock, "So what's happened to
the promise of his Coming?
Our ancestors are dead and buried,
and everything's going on just as it has
from the first day of creation.
Nothing's changed."
(2Peter3:3,4)(MSG)-BibleGateway


"But first you must realize
that in the last days
some people won't think about anything
except their own selfish desires.
They will make fun of you and say,
'Didn't your Lord promise to come back?
Yet the first leaders have already died,
and the world hasn't changed a bit.'"
(2Peter 3:3,4)(CEV)-BibleGateway


"First, I want to remind you that
in the last days there will be scoffers
who will laugh at the truth
and do every evil thing they desire.
This will be their argument:
'Jesus promised to come back, did he?
Then where is he?
Why, as far back as anyone can remember,
everything has remained exactly the same
since the world was first created.'"
(2Peter 3:3,4)(NLT)-BibleGateway

This World is Passing Away

The world as we know it
is passing away.
It's ever so obvious
with each passing day.

The violence and terror
have made earth a mess
we need intervention
we need God to bless

Yes, soon He will save us
from the darkness of night
He'll turn back our nightmare
with His blessed light.

Jehovah is sending
His precious son
To cleanse all our problems
a New world begun

Mankind will reap blessings
from Christ's loving rule
life that's worth living
an earth that's brand new

No one will grow old
and no one will die
no pain and no crying
no sorrowful sigh

The dead will arise
to a world filled with peace
to a world filled with pleasure
that never will cease.



"The world is passing away..."
(1John 2:17)(NASB) -BibleGateway

"...For this world in its present form
is passing away. "
(1 Corinthians 7:31) (NIV) -BibleGateway

"This world as you see it - 
is on its way out."
(1Corinthians 7:31) (MSG) --BibleGateway

"And the world is passing away
along with its desires,
but whoever does the will of God
abides forever."
(1John 2:17)(ESV)-BibleGateway

"Even they will perish,
 but you remain forever..."
(Hebrews 1:11)(NLT)-BibleGateway

"And the world with its lust
is passing away, but the one who
does God's will remains forever."
(1John 2:17)(HCSB)-BibleGateway

"...For there is going to come a day of judgment
when God...will judge all people according to what
they have done. He will give eternal life to those
who persist in doing what is good...But he will pour
out his anger and wrath on those who live for
themselves, who refuse to obey the truth."
(Romans 2:5-8)(NLT)-BibleGateway

"Watch now. GOD's Judgment Day comes.
Cruel it is, a day of wrath and anger,
A day to waste the earth
and clean out all the sinners."
(Isaiah 13:9)(MSG)-BibleGateway

"A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
You will "only" observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked."
(Psalm 91:7,8)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh,
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger,
to lay the earth desolate;
and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it."
(Isaiah 13:9)(Darby)-BibleGateway

"But the destruction of transgressors and sinners
shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah
shall be consumed."
(Isaiah 1:28)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"The harvest is the end of the age,
and the harvesters are angels.
The Son of Man will send out his angels,
and they will weed out of his kingdom
everything that causes sin and all who do evil."
(Matthew 13:39-41) (NIV) -BibleGateway

"The time has come...
for destroying those who destroy the earth."
(Revelation 11:18)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"...And you will destroy all who have caused
destruction on the earth."
(Revelation 11:18)(NLT)-BibleGateway

"For the upright shall dwell in the earth,
 And the righteous shall remain in it.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,
 And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it."
(Proverbs 2:21,22)

"...This will happen when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven in blazing fire
with his powerful angels.
He will punish those who do NOT know God
and DO NOT obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be punished with
everlasting destruction

and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of his power
on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thessalonians 1:7-10)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"...The decisive issue is whether
they obey my Father in heaven."
(Matthew 7:21)(NLT)-BibleGateway

"As the weeds are pulled up
and burned in the fire,
so it will be at the end of the age."
(Matthew 13:14)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"For evil-doers shall be cut off;
But those that wait for Jehovah,
they shall inherit the earth.
For just a little while longer,
and the wicked ones shall be no more
:
Yea, thou shalt diligently consider
his place,  and he shall not be.
But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace...
The righteous shall inherit the earth,
And dwell therein for ever...
Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way,
And he will exalt thee to inherit the earth;
When the wicked are cut off,
thou shalt see it."
(Psalm 37:9-11,29,34)(ASV)
-BibleGateway

Mankind's Chance For "Self-Rule"
is About to End.    How and Why ?
(click-here)

"The Weather"
Has He Gotten Your Attention ?
(click-here)

Why is God So Angry ?
(click-here)

And The Nations Grew "Angry"
and God was Angry with the Nations
(click-here)

The Nations are in Anguish
Not Knowing the Way Out
(click-here)

The "Financial" Crisis
Is The World Falling Apart ?
(click-here)

Pay Attention to the News
(click-here)

The World is in"DENIAL"
(click-here)

33 Earthquakes Hit China
on the Same Day
(click-here)

Is Violent and Destructive Weather
Fulfilling Bible Prophecy ?
(click-here)

Imagine an Earthquake
That Will Shale The Entire Earth
(click-here)

A "New Earth" For the Meek
(click-here)

 Not All Good People Go To Heaven
Why ?  (click-here) .
 

Why is God So Angry ?
What Will He do ?
(click-here)

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

The "Trinity"
From Babylon to Rome

three headed trinity god

The "Trinity"
From Babylon to Rome

"The cult that arose in Babylon
and spread its cult tentacles throughout the world
was trinitarian (Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop).
At first, this doctrine was merely humanism,
man making himself god. The first humanism trinity
of record to be setup and worshiped as gods,
was that of Nimrod, Simeramus, and Tammuz.
These are in the Old Testament in the Canaanite
language identified as Baal, Ashtoreth, and Tammuz.
At the dispersion of the people at the Tower of Babel,
this trinity doctrine of humanism was spread all over
the world. Each religion of all the pagan religions
held two common traits: 1.) A trinity of gods and;
2.) These were in a form of human gods."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor

"From ancient time Mystery Babylon has tried
to make God what he is not - A Trinity."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor

"Long ago - right after the Flood, a man named Nimrod
emerged on the scene of history. His name means
"let us rebel". He led the founding of the first
great civilization – Babylon...He led them to rebel
against God. He had tremendous power, so much that he
became a god in the eyes of the people. When he died,
his wife, Semiramis, recognized that without him she
might loose power herself, so she devised a clever plan.
Semiramis was pregnant. She told everyone that the child
in her womb was none other than Nimrod being reborn.
This was the beginning of the greatest perversion...
the concept of father/son deity, the very first
incomprehensible divine trinity (the unexplainable mystery)..."
- Resurrection Sunday and
the Babylonian Connection; By Errol Hale
 

"Bel (Lord) was the oldest and mightiest of the gods
of Babylonia, one of the earliest trinities. He was
"Lord of the World. The "doctrine of the Trinity" is
first met northeast of the Indus; and, tracing it to Asia
Minor and Europe, one recognizes it among every people
who had anything like an established religion. It was
taught in the oldest Chaldean, Egyptian, and Mithraic
schools. The Chaldean Sun-god, Mithra, was called "Triple"
and the trinitarian idea of the Chaldeans was a doctrine
of the Akkadians who, themselves, belonged to a race which
was the first to conceive a metaphysical trinity.
According to the archeologist Rawlinson, the Chaldeans
were a tribe of the Akkadians who lived in Babylonia from
earliest times..."
- THEOSOPHY, Vol. 52, No. 6, April, 1964
(Pages 175-182) THE CHALDEAN LEGEND
 
 
"In ancient days Satan seemed to make Babylon
the capital of his evil operation.  From this
headquarters was started false religion."
-(Revelation Illustrated and Made Plain p. 224).
 
"the Tower of Babel was actually the worship of Satan
in the form of fire, the sun and the serpent.  However,
Satan worship could not be done openly because of the
many who still believed in the true God of Noah.  So a
mystery religion began at Babel where Satan could be
worshipped in secret."
- Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, 2nd American ed.
 (Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959) 5, 24.)

"The researches of modern writers.....
uniformly regard Babylon... as the cradle
of the ancient Paganism."
--The Worship of the Dead (London; 1904),
   Colonel J. Garnier,  pg. 8

"Babylon was, at that time,
the center of the civilized world;
and thus Paganism...had opportunities
of
sending forth its debased counterfeit
of the truth to all the ends of the earth."

- Hislop, A., The Two Babylons,
 Loiseaux Brothers, Neptune, N.J. pg 99.

Unlike early Christianity, which worshipped
the Jewish God, Jehovah - The apostate Church
adopted the Trinity god of Ancient Babylon.

"The trinity got its start in Ancient Babylon
with Nimrod - Tammuz - and Semiramis.
Semiramis demanded worship for both her husband
and her son as well as herself.  She claimed
that her son, was both the father and the son.
Yes, he was "god the father" and "god the son" -
The first divine incomprehensible trinity."
 --The Two Babylons ; Alexander Hislop; p.51

"There were triads of gods..."
-(Babylonian and Assyrian Religion,
Norman, Okla.; 1963, S. H. Hooke, pp. 14-40) 

Rome Adopts Babylon's Errors

"The doctrine
that Jesus Christ the Son of God
was God the son
was decreed by worldly
and ecclesiastical powers.
Men were forced to accept it
at the point of the sword or else,
Thus, the error of the trinity
was propounded to the end
that ultimately people believed it
to be the truth.
Thus Christianity became in essence
 like  'Babylonian'  heathenism,
with only a veneer of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983 Victor Paul Wierwille

"The Babylonian pagan worship of Nimrod,
Semiramis, and the god-incarnate son
extended throughout the entire world
and eventually assumed the name of
Trinitarian Christianity."
- The Two Babylons, pp. 240-252.

Babylon is the source of false religion,
Revelation 17:1-6. 

"Though the city of Babylon was destroyed,
its religious concepts and customs had spread
around the world.  Today’s myriad of false religions
have their origin in ancient Babylon."
-All Roads Lead to Babylon


"Ralph Woodrow, in his book, Babylon Mystery Religion
(first published in 1966, now out of print), clearly
traces the practices and teachings of ancient Babylon,
and their modern counterparts in the Roman Catholic
Church and her Protestant daughters.  Babylonian ideas
are by no means isolated to professing Christianity."
-All Roads Lead to Babylon


"Mankind in general, has followed variations of
one kind or another, of the religion of Babylon,
to this day."
-Ralph Woodrow;
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966


"Rome...assimilated religions from her many
conquered territories.  All these religions had
commonalities, for they all came from Babylon. 
These practices infiltrated and overcame the
professing Christian Church, which later came to be
dominated by Rome itself."
-Ralph Woodrow;
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966


"This is the cup which the Babylonish system
has made all the world to drink. It is not limited
to the Roman Catholic Church of Rome, but she certainly
plays a major role in today’s religious deception."
-Ralph Woodrow;
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966


"The Romish system is based upon a mixture.
The word "Catholic" means Universal...the true
Christian goal is not religion based on mixture,
but a return to the original, simple, powerful, and
spiritual faith that was once delivered to the saints."
-Ralph Woodrow; pg. 161
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966

The  Trinity  Doctine
was  a  "CORRUPTION"
of  Early  Christianity.

the Trinity "is a  Corruption
borrowed from the heathen religions,
and  "ingrafted " on the Christian faith."
-Dictionary of Religious Knowledge

The Trinity " When she allowed these
idolatries to be  engrafted  into her church,
Rome re-established the teachings of Nimrod
(and his Babylonian Trinity) - into the
New  Testament Age, and into church dogma."
-Thunder Ministries
The Origin and Development of the Trinity
according to Trinitarian Scholars

"The doctrine of the Trinity was not a teaching
of the original Christians, who were either with Jesus
himself or taught directly by the surviving apostles.
This explains why it is not found in the Bible. 
If it was a fundamental, core doctrine of such great
importance, it would have been clearly and unmistakably
stated in scripture.  The fact that the vast majority
of professed Christians and church doctrine today
maintain a belief in the Trinity does not prove it is
correct.  Rather, it suggests that corruption of
Christian doctrinal truths is widespread and deep."
-Is Jesus God Almighty? Is the Trinity Scriptural?
By Gordon Coulson

"Christianity did not destroy paganism;
 it adopted it. . . .
From Egypt came the ideas
of a divine trinity."
(Historian Will Durant)

"The pagan trinities had all the prestige
of a vast antiquity and universal adoption...
The Gentile converts therefore
eagerly
accepted the Trinity compromise,
and the Church baptized it.
Now at length we know its origin."
--- John Newton
(Origin of Triads and Trinities)

Altering the Bible
to Support The Pagan Trinity

"Codex B (Vaticanus)...was altered by a later hand
in  MORE THAN  two THOUSAND  places.
Eusebius, therefore, is not without grounds
for accusing the
adherents of...the
newly-risen Doctrine of the Trinity of 
FALSIFYING   the Bible..."
-(Fraternal Visitor 1924, p. 148;
translated from Christadelphian Monatshefte).

"We certainly know of a great number of 
corruptions brought into the Scriptures
by the Athanasians - relating to
the Doctrine of the Trinity."
-Sir William Whiston
Second letter to the Bishop of London,
1719, p. 15

Rewriting the Bible
to Support the Trinity Doctrine:
"Learned men, so called Correctores were,
following the church meeting at Nicea 325 AD,
selected by the church authorities to scrutinize
the sacred texts and rewrite them in order to
correct their meaning
in accordance with the views
which the church had just sanctioned."

-Einfhrung in die Textkritik des
griechischen Testaments: Eberhard Nestle


"Christianity's doctrine of a "holy Trinity"
is simply NOT true.
There is nothing in the
scriptures which even suggests that it is
,
except to those who have already been taught
to see it there.
The doctrine of the Trinity
is a heathen philosophical intrusion into
the faith of Jesus
..."
-The Influence of Trinitarian Doctrine
  on Translations of the Bible
   by John David Clark, Sr.

"What I discovered in most of the versions
of the Bible produced by trinitarians
which I studied - is irrefutable proof of
intentional mistranslation of words which
refer to God...  Christian trinitarians
routinely
and  purposely mistranslate 
Greek pronouns,
so as to promote the doctrine of the holy Trinity."
-The Influence of Trinitarian Doctrine
  on Translations of the Bible
   by John David Clark, Sr.

"It's interesting to see that many of the scriptural
"evidences" said to be in favor of the doctrine
of the Trinity, are...
sometimes even outright
forgery
.  These can often be exposed by even a
cursory glance at an English/Greek interlinear
Bible or a Greek concordance."
-The Trinity-
A Doctrine Overdue for Extinction; Part 2
"Imperfections in the King James Version"
by Ted Whitten

"the doctrine of the Trinity...is contrary to
common sense.  It is contrary to Scripture.
Its origin is Pagan..."
-J.N. Loughborough, Review and Herald,
XVIII, November 5, 1861, p. 184

Trinitarians -
"Any true scholar can surely see that
these men did  NOT use the "Entire" word
of God to base their theology upon.
Rather they chose specific passages to
build on their theology, because, influence,
pagan tribute in a Roman Nation filled
with paganism, and governing power was
the mindset of Rome.
When she allowed these
idolatries to be  "engrafted"  into her church,
Rome re-established the teachings of Nimrod
into the New Testament Age, and into church dogma
."
-Thunder Ministries
The Origin and Development of the Trinity
according to Trinitarian Scholars 

 "The Papacy has in some of its churches, 
an image of the Triune God, with three heads
on one body. 
The Babylonians had something
of the same
.  So utterly idolatrous was the Babylonian
recognition of the (Triune) Divine unity, that Jehovah,
the Living God,
severely condemned his own people
for giving any countenance to it."
-Alexander Hislop
The Two Babylons (pp. 16-19).

THE  TRINITY  DOCTRINE
CORRUPTS  EARLY  CHRISTIANITY

"It is apparent to me that the Christian religion
has been corrupted from very early times, and that
these corruptions have been mistaken for essential
parts of it, and have been the cause of rendering
the whole religion incredible."
-Quoted Stannus,
Origin of Doctrine of Trinity, p. 23.

"Platonism...was part of the general Nature worship;
it was attempting to renew Paganism, and was the
recognised and leading tenet in the higher Mysteries.
In early Christianity, the Christ had been this Being
which connected mankind with the Eternal Father."
-Milman, History of Christianity,
 Vol. ii., p. 355.

"This Platonic philosophy was adopted by...
all those who in this second century presided
in the schools of the Christians at Alexandria,
Athenagoras, Pantaenus, and Clemens Alexandria..."
-Mosheim,
Fourth Century Ecclesiastical History

"This cultivation of pagan philosophy by Christian
teachers greatly displeased those who were attached
to the ancient simple faith, as taught by Christ
and His apostles; for they feared, what afterwards
actually happened, that the purity and excellence of
divine truth would suffer by it."
-The Translator of Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History,
 James Murdock, D.D.,

"The solemn dedication of the church of St. Sophia
was celebrated by a prelate who denied the
differences between the Father and the Son.
The whole Christian world was in confusion;
these fatal feuds penetrated almost as far
as the Gospel itself had reached."
-Milman, History of Christianity,
 Vol. ii., p. 447.

"the Trinity and the Incarnation have never been
learned from Scripture. Surely the sacred volume
was never intended, and is not adapted to teach
us our creed...From the very first, the rule has been,
as a matter of fact, for the Church to teach the truth,
and then appeal to Scripture in vindication of its
own teaching."
-Cardinal Newman
Arians of the Fourth Century, pp. 55-56.

"Our belief in the Trinity...are in Scripture
nowhere to be found."
-Richard Hooker
The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,
book i., sect. xiv.

"...the doctrine of the Trinity...is NOT taught
in the Holy Scriptures. What we profess in our prayers,
we nowhere read in Scripture...There is no such text
in Scripture as this."
-BISHOP SMALRIDGE
Sermons, No. 33, p. 348.

"...the Triple Godhead...
is nowhere taught in Scripture."
-THE OXFORD DOCTORS
Tracts for the Times, vol. i.,
No. 45; vol. v., No. 85.

"This TRINITY doctrine does not...belong
to the fundamental articles of the Christian faith;
as appears from the fact that it is NOT set forth
in any passage of the New Testament; for the only one
in which this is done, the passage relating to the
three that bear record (1 John v.), is undoubtedly
spurious (false, a forged later addition)...the
preaching of Jesus Christ as the Messiah;
and the foundation of His religion is designated by Christ,
as faith in the only true God and also in Jesus Christ
whom God  hath sent."
-Dr. Neander
History of Christian Religion and Church,
 vol. ii., p. 286.

"The God of the Old Testament
is also the God of the New Testament.
Christ and the apostles accepted
what Moses and the prophets had taught
concerning God; they assigned to Him
no other attributes than had already
been assigned to Him."
-Encyclopedia Britannica, Art., "Theism."

"Well, be assured that the God that the Jews
worship - is the very same God that we worship.
Their sacred writings, the Law and the Prophets,
we revere and read aloud in our meetings.
And because we worship this God of the Jews,
the one thing we cannot be accused of is novelty."
--Glimpses Issue #139 :
Why Early Christians Were So Despised;
Ken Curtis PH.D., Beth Jacobson,
Diana Severance Ph.D.,
Ann T. Snyder and Dan Graves. ©2003
by Christian History Institute.
"The Octavius of Minicius Felix" ;
2nd century A.D.

"Jesus' teachings are exclusively within Jewish
values and teachings. Modern Christianity . . .
does not adhere to many of Jesus' original teachings.
Early Christianity was an integral part of Judaism
of the period. Jesus . . . never intended to either
abandon Judaism, or to create a new religion.
The creation of the independent Christian Church
outside the framework of Judaism took place many
years later by those who neither knew the man Jesus,
nor the meanings of His difficult native Hebrew."
-- Opher Segal, YD, vol. 5, no. 6.

"...Jehovah,  'the God of your fathers',
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob......"
(Exodus 3:15)(ASV) -BibleGateway

"The God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob,
'the God of our fathers',
has glorified
his servant Jesus."
(Acts 3:13) (NIV) -BibleGateway

"Is (Jehovah) God, the God of the Jews only?
Is he not the God of other people also?
Yes, he is.
There is only one God of all peoples."
(Romans 3:29)(WE)-BibleGateway

"As a follower of Christ,
Peter used Gods name, Jehovah.
When Peters speech was put on record
the Tetragrammaton (YHWH / Jehovah) was here used
according to the practice during the first
century B.C.E. and the first century C.E."
- Paul Kahle; Studia Evangelica, edited by Kurt Aland,
F. L. Cross, Jean Danielou, Harald Riesenfeld
and W. C. van Unnik, Berlin, 1959, p. 614
(See App 1C §1.)

"This Trinity dogma...We cannot be called upon
to believe that which we do not understand,
and which, after all, is only handed down to us
by tradition."
-THE DUKE OF SUSSEX
Former President of Royal Society
(Quoted Stannus, Origin Doctrine Trinity, pp. 20).

"For that anyone should be both Father and Son...
it is not a mystery - but rather a contradiction."
-Dr. South;
"Trinity debate" with Dr. Sherlock;
 -Sermons, vol. iii., p. 240.

"We must not...involve ourselves in the darkness
of this mystery, as to deny that glory which is clearly
due unto the Father alone..."
-BISHOP PEARSON
 Exposition of the Creed, 
 vol. i., p. 47.

"...the early Christians adopted
the monotheistic views of the Jews."
-Hagen
 History of Doctrines, vol. i., p. 124

CHRIST  WAS 
SUBMISSIVE TO GOD

"The Lord Jesus uniformly represented Himself
as performing all His acts...in the most perfect
subserviency to the will of His Father,
and in full dependence upon Him;
and this fact He stated in a variety of expressions,
and on different occasions, so as to manifest and
to impress it deeply on His followers."
-Dr. J. Pye Smith,
Scripture Testimony to the Messiah,
 vol. ii., p. 300.

THE  "TRINITY"  DOCTRINE
WAS USED  FOR  EVIL

THE CHURCH BURNED MEN AT THE STAKE FOR REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE NEWLY INVENTED TRINITY DOGMA 2  

An Eyewitness Account :

Michael Servetus Villanovanus
burned at the stake
for rejecting "the trinity" doctrine

27th of October 1553

"Shortly after twelve o'clock,
a procession started from the town-hall of Geneva
-the chief magistrates of the city,
the clergy in their robes, the Lieutenant Criminel
and other officers on horseback... and in their midst,
with arms bound, in shabby, dirty clothes,
walked a man of middle age, whose intellectual face
bore the marks of long suffering...
Mounting the hill, the field of Champel was reached,
and here on sight eminence was the fateful stake,
with dangling chains and heaping bundles of faggots.
At this sight the poor victim prostrated himself
on the ground in prayer....
'Misericordia, misericordia!
Jesu, thou Son of the eternal God,
have compassion upon me!'
Bound to the stake by the iron chains,
with a chaplet of straw and green twigs covered
with sulphur on his head, with long dark face,
it is said that
he looked like the Christ
in whose name he was bound
.
Around his waist were tied a large bundle
of manuscript and a thick octavo printed book.
The torch was applied, and as the flames spread
to the straw
and sulphur and flashed in his eyes,
there was a piercing cry that struck terror
into the hearts of the bystanders.
The faggots were green,
the burning was slow,
and it was long before in a last agony
he cried again,
'Jesu, thou Son of the eternal God,
have mercy on me!'
Thus died in his forty-fourth year,
Michael Servetus Villanovanus,
physician, physiologist, and heretic.
...
he remained faithful unto death
to what he believed was the Truth
as revealed in the Bible
."
-
The execution scene
as described by Sir William Osler

"To enforce the decisions (about the trinity)
of the Council of Nicea, Constantine commanded,
with the death penalty for disobedience......."
- A History of Christianity
      Volume 1 1997
         Kenneth Scott Latourette

"The day was to come
when the Nicene party won out completely
and then the emperors,
who wished to prevent any more such quarrels,
decreed that one who denied the Trinity
should be put to death."
-The Church of our Fathers - 1950, pg. 46

"The doctrine
that Jesus Christ the Son of God
was God the son
was decreed by worldly
and ecclesiastical powers.
Men were forced to accept it
at the point of the sword or else,
Thus, the error of the trinity
was propounded to the end
that ultimately people believed it
to be the truth.
Thus Christianity became in essence
 like Babylonian heathenism,
with only a veneer of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983 Victor Paul Wierwille

"When we look back through the long ages
of the reign of the Trinity . . .
we shall perceive that few doctrines
have produced more unmixed evil."
- (A Statement of Reasons  for Not Believing
  the Doctrine  of the Trinitarians Concerning
  the Nature of God  and the Person of Christ);
  by Andrews Norton; 1833





 

 

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The "Trinity" was Invented in Babylon
and then Spread to Rome.
It actually spread All Over the World

TRINITY WITH THREE HEADED GOD BEGAN IN BABYLON

The "Trinity" was Invented in Babylon
and then Spread to Rome.
It actually spread All Over the World

The "Trinity" was Invented in Babylon
and then Spread to Rome.
It actually spread All Over the World

FROM  BABYLON  TO  ROME

The "Trinity"
From Babylon to Rome

"The cult that arose in Babylon
and spread its cult tentacles throughout the world
was trinitarian (Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop).
At first, this doctrine was merely humanism,
man making himself god. The first humanism trinity
of record to be setup and worshiped as gods,
was that of Nimrod, Simeramus, and Tammuz.
These are in the Old Testament in the Canaanite
language identified as Baal, Ashtoreth, and Tammuz.
At the dispersion of the people at the Tower of Babel,
this trinity doctrine of humanism was spread all over
the world. Each religion of all the pagan religions
held two common traits: 1.) A trinity of gods and;
2.) These were in a form of human gods."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor

"From ancient time Mystery Babylon has tried
to make God what he is not - A Trinity."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor

"Long ago - right after the Flood, a man named Nimrod
emerged on the scene of history. His name means
"let us rebel". He led the founding of the first
great civilization – Babylon...He led them to rebel
against God. He had tremendous power, so much that he
became a god in the eyes of the people. When he died,
his wife, Semiramis, recognized that without him she
might loose power herself, so she devised a clever plan.
Semiramis was pregnant. She told everyone that the child
in her womb was none other than Nimrod being reborn.
This was the beginning of the greatest perversion...
the concept of father/son deity, the very first
incomprehensible divine trinity (the unexplainable mystery)..."
- Resurrection Sunday and
the Babylonian Connection; By Errol Hale
 

"Bel (Lord) was the oldest and mightiest of the gods
of Babylonia, one of the earliest trinities. He was
"Lord of the World. The "doctrine of the Trinity" is
first met northeast of the Indus; and, tracing it to Asia
Minor and Europe, one recognizes it among every people
who had anything like an established religion. It was
taught in the oldest Chaldean, Egyptian, and Mithraic
schools. The Chaldean Sun-god, Mithra, was called "Triple"
and the trinitarian idea of the Chaldeans was a doctrine
of the Akkadians who, themselves, belonged to a race which
was the first to conceive a metaphysical trinity.
According to the archeologist Rawlinson, the Chaldeans
were a tribe of the Akkadians who lived in Babylonia from
earliest times..."
- THEOSOPHY, Vol. 52, No. 6, April, 1964
(Pages 175-182) THE CHALDEAN LEGEND
 
 
"In ancient days Satan seemed to make Babylon
the capital of his evil operation.  From this
headquarters was started false religion."
-(Revelation Illustrated and Made Plain p. 224).
 
"the Tower of Babel was actually the worship of Satan
in the form of fire, the sun and the serpent.  However,
Satan worship could not be done openly because of the
many who still believed in the true God of Noah.  So a
mystery religion began at Babel where Satan could be
worshipped in secret."
- Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, 2nd American ed.
 (Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959) 5, 24.)

"The researches of modern writers.....
uniformly regard Babylon... as the cradle
of the ancient Paganism."
--The Worship of the Dead (London; 1904),
   Colonel J. Garnier,  pg. 8

"Babylon was, at that time,
the center of the civilized world;
and thus Paganism...had opportunities
of
sending forth its debased counterfeit
of the truth to all the ends of the earth."

- Hislop, A., The Two Babylons,
 Loiseaux Brothers, Neptune, N.J. pg 99.

Unlike early Christianity, which worshipped
the Jewish God, Jehovah - The apostate Church
adopted the Trinity god of Ancient Babylon.

"The trinity got its start in Ancient Babylon
with Nimrod - Tammuz - and Semiramis.
Semiramis demanded worship for both her husband
and her son as well as herself.  She claimed
that her son, was both the father and the son.
Yes, he was "god the father" and "god the son" -
The first divine incomprehensible trinity."
 --The Two Babylons ; Alexander Hislop; p.51

"There were triads of gods..."
-(Babylonian and Assyrian Religion,
Norman, Okla.; 1963, S. H. Hooke, pp. 14-40) 

Rome Adopts Babylon's Errors

"The doctrine
that Jesus Christ the Son of God
was God the son
was decreed by worldly
and ecclesiastical powers.
Men were forced to accept it
at the point of the sword or else,
Thus, the error of the trinity
was propounded to the end
that ultimately people believed it
to be the truth.
Thus Christianity became in essence
 like  'Babylonian'  heathenism,
with only a veneer of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983 Victor Paul Wierwille

"The Babylonian pagan worship of Nimrod,
Semiramis, and the god-incarnate son
extended throughout the entire world
and eventually assumed the name of
Trinitarian Christianity."
- The Two Babylons, pp. 240-252.

Babylon is the source of false religion,
Revelation 17:1-6. 

"Though the city of Babylon was destroyed,
its religious concepts and customs had spread
around the world.  Today’s myriad of false religions
have their origin in ancient Babylon."
-All Roads Lead to Babylon


"Ralph Woodrow, in his book, Babylon Mystery Religion
(first published in 1966, now out of print), clearly
traces the practices and teachings of ancient Babylon,
and their modern counterparts in the Roman Catholic
Church and her Protestant daughters.  Babylonian ideas
are by no means isolated to professing Christianity."
-All Roads Lead to Babylon


"Mankind in general, has followed variations of
one kind or another, of the religion of Babylon,
to this day."
-Ralph Woodrow;
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966


"Rome...assimilated religions from her many
conquered territories.  All these religions had
commonalities, for they all came from Babylon. 
These practices infiltrated and overcame the
professing Christian Church, which later came to be
dominated by Rome itself."
-Ralph Woodrow;
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966


"This is the cup which the Babylonish system
has made all the world to drink. It is not limited
to the Roman Catholic Church of Rome, but she certainly
plays a major role in today’s religious deception."
-Ralph Woodrow;
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966


"The Romish system is based upon a mixture.
The word "Catholic" means Universal...the true
Christian goal is not religion based on mixture,
but a return to the original, simple, powerful, and
spiritual faith that was once delivered to the saints."
-Ralph Woodrow; pg. 161
 Babylon Mystery Religion; 1966

The  Trinity  Doctine
was  a  "CORRUPTION"
of  Early  Christianity.

the Trinity "is a  Corruption
borrowed from the heathen religions,
and  "ingrafted " on the Christian faith."
-Dictionary of Religious Knowledge

The Trinity " When she allowed these
idolatries to be  engrafted  into her church,
Rome re-established the teachings of Nimrod
(and his Babylonian Trinity) - into the
New  Testament Age, and into church dogma."
-Thunder Ministries
The Origin and Development of the Trinity
according to Trinitarian Scholars

"The doctrine of the Trinity was not a teaching
of the original Christians, who were either with Jesus
himself or taught directly by the surviving apostles.
This explains why it is not found in the Bible. 
If it was a fundamental, core doctrine of such great
importance, it would have been clearly and unmistakably
stated in scripture.  The fact that the vast majority
of professed Christians and church doctrine today
maintain a belief in the Trinity does not prove it is
correct.  Rather, it suggests that corruption of
Christian doctrinal truths is widespread and deep."
-Is Jesus God Almighty? Is the Trinity Scriptural?
By Gordon Coulson

"Christianity did not destroy paganism;
 it adopted it. . . .
From Egypt came the ideas
of a divine trinity."
(Historian Will Durant)

"The pagan trinities had all the prestige
of a vast antiquity and universal adoption...
The Gentile converts therefore
eagerly
accepted the Trinity compromise,
and the Church baptized it.
Now at length we know its origin."
--- John Newton
(Origin of Triads and Trinities)

Altering the Bible
to Support The Pagan Trinity

"Codex B (Vaticanus)...was altered by a later hand
in  MORE THAN  two THOUSAND  places.
Eusebius, therefore, is not without grounds
for accusing the
adherents of...the
newly-risen Doctrine of the Trinity of 
FALSIFYING   the Bible..."
-(Fraternal Visitor 1924, p. 148;
translated from Christadelphian Monatshefte).

"We certainly know of a great number of 
corruptions brought into the Scriptures
by the Athanasians - relating to
the Doctrine of the Trinity."
-Sir William Whiston
Second letter to the Bishop of London,
1719, p. 15

Rewriting the Bible
to Support the Trinity Doctrine:
"Learned men, so called Correctores were,
following the church meeting at Nicea 325 AD,
selected by the church authorities to scrutinize
the sacred texts and rewrite them in order to
correct their meaning
in accordance with the views
which the church had just sanctioned."

-Einfhrung in die Textkritik des
griechischen Testaments: Eberhard Nestle


"Christianity's doctrine of a "holy Trinity"
is simply NOT true.
There is nothing in the
scriptures which even suggests that it is
,
except to those who have already been taught
to see it there.
The doctrine of the Trinity
is a heathen philosophical intrusion into
the faith of Jesus
..."
-The Influence of Trinitarian Doctrine
  on Translations of the Bible
   by John David Clark, Sr.

"What I discovered in most of the versions
of the Bible produced by trinitarians
which I studied - is irrefutable proof of
intentional mistranslation of words which
refer to God...  Christian trinitarians
routinely
and  purposely mistranslate 
Greek pronouns,
so as to promote the doctrine of the holy Trinity."
-The Influence of Trinitarian Doctrine
  on Translations of the Bible
   by John David Clark, Sr.

"It's interesting to see that many of the scriptural
"evidences" said to be in favor of the doctrine
of the Trinity, are...
sometimes even outright
forgery
.  These can often be exposed by even a
cursory glance at an English/Greek interlinear
Bible or a Greek concordance."
-The Trinity-
A Doctrine Overdue for Extinction; Part 2
"Imperfections in the King James Version"
by Ted Whitten

"the doctrine of the Trinity...is contrary to
common sense.  It is contrary to Scripture.
Its origin is Pagan..."
-J.N. Loughborough, Review and Herald,
XVIII, November 5, 1861, p. 184

Trinitarians -
"Any true scholar can surely see that
these men did  NOT use the "Entire" word
of God to base their theology upon.
Rather they chose specific passages to
build on their theology, because, influence,
pagan tribute in a Roman Nation filled
with paganism, and governing power was
the mindset of Rome.
When she allowed these
idolatries to be  "engrafted"  into her church,
Rome re-established the teachings of Nimrod
into the New Testament Age, and into church dogma
."
-Thunder Ministries
The Origin and Development of the Trinity
according to Trinitarian Scholars 

 "The Papacy has in some of its churches, 
an image of the Triune God, with three heads
on one body. 
The Babylonians had something
of the same
.  So utterly idolatrous was the Babylonian
recognition of the (Triune) Divine unity, that Jehovah,
the Living God,
severely condemned his own people
for giving any countenance to it."
-Alexander Hislop
The Two Babylons (pp. 16-19).

THE  TRINITY  DOCTRINE
CORRUPTS  EARLY  CHRISTIANITY

"It is apparent to me that the Christian religion
has been corrupted from very early times, and that
these corruptions have been mistaken for essential
parts of it, and have been the cause of rendering
the whole religion incredible."
-Quoted Stannus,
Origin of Doctrine of Trinity, p. 23.

"Platonism...was part of the general Nature worship;
it was attempting to renew Paganism, and was the
recognised and leading tenet in the higher Mysteries.
In early Christianity, the Christ had been this Being
which connected mankind with the Eternal Father."
-Milman, History of Christianity,
 Vol. ii., p. 355.

"This Platonic philosophy was adopted by...
all those who in this second century presided
in the schools of the Christians at Alexandria,
Athenagoras, Pantaenus, and Clemens Alexandria..."
-Mosheim,
Fourth Century Ecclesiastical History

"This cultivation of pagan philosophy by Christian
teachers greatly displeased those who were attached
to the ancient simple faith, as taught by Christ
and His apostles; for they feared, what afterwards
actually happened, that the purity and excellence of
divine truth would suffer by it."
-The Translator of Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History,
 James Murdock, D.D.,

"The solemn dedication of the church of St. Sophia
was celebrated by a prelate who denied the
differences between the Father and the Son.
The whole Christian world was in confusion;
these fatal feuds penetrated almost as far
as the Gospel itself had reached."
-Milman, History of Christianity,
 Vol. ii., p. 447.

"the Trinity and the Incarnation have never been
learned from Scripture. Surely the sacred volume
was never intended, and is not adapted to teach
us our creed...From the very first, the rule has been,
as a matter of fact, for the Church to teach the truth,
and then appeal to Scripture in vindication of its
own teaching."
-Cardinal Newman
Arians of the Fourth Century, pp. 55-56.

"Our belief in the Trinity...are in Scripture
nowhere to be found."
-Richard Hooker
The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,
book i., sect. xiv.

"...the doctrine of the Trinity...is NOT taught
in the Holy Scriptures. What we profess in our prayers,
we nowhere read in Scripture...There is no such text
in Scripture as this."
-BISHOP SMALRIDGE
Sermons, No. 33, p. 348.

"...the Triple Godhead...
is nowhere taught in Scripture."
-THE OXFORD DOCTORS
Tracts for the Times, vol. i.,
No. 45; vol. v., No. 85.

"This TRINITY doctrine does not...belong
to the fundamental articles of the Christian faith;
as appears from the fact that it is NOT set forth
in any passage of the New Testament; for the only one
in which this is done, the passage relating to the
three that bear record (1 John v.), is undoubtedly
spurious (false, a forged later addition)...the
preaching of Jesus Christ as the Messiah;
and the foundation of His religion is designated by Christ,
as faith in the only true God and also in Jesus Christ
whom God  hath sent."
-Dr. Neander
History of Christian Religion and Church,
 vol. ii., p. 286.

"The God of the Old Testament
is also the God of the New Testament.
Christ and the apostles accepted
what Moses and the prophets had taught
concerning God; they assigned to Him
no other attributes than had already
been assigned to Him."
-Encyclopedia Britannica, Art., "Theism."

"Well, be assured that the God that the Jews
worship - is the very same God that we worship.
Their sacred writings, the Law and the Prophets,
we revere and read aloud in our meetings.
And because we worship this God of the Jews,
the one thing we cannot be accused of is novelty."
--Glimpses Issue #139 :
Why Early Christians Were So Despised;
Ken Curtis PH.D., Beth Jacobson,
Diana Severance Ph.D.,
Ann T. Snyder and Dan Graves. ©2003
by Christian History Institute.
"The Octavius of Minicius Felix" ;
2nd century A.D.

"Jesus' teachings are exclusively within Jewish
values and teachings. Modern Christianity . . .
does not adhere to many of Jesus' original teachings.
Early Christianity was an integral part of Judaism
of the period. Jesus . . . never intended to either
abandon Judaism, or to create a new religion.
The creation of the independent Christian Church
outside the framework of Judaism took place many
years later by those who neither knew the man Jesus,
nor the meanings of His difficult native Hebrew."
-- Opher Segal, YD, vol. 5, no. 6.

"...Jehovah,  'the God of your fathers',
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob......"
(Exodus 3:15)(ASV) -BibleGateway

"The God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob,
'the God of our fathers',
has glorified
his servant Jesus."
(Acts 3:13) (NIV) -BibleGateway

"Is (Jehovah) God, the God of the Jews only?
Is he not the God of other people also?
Yes, he is.
There is only one God of all peoples."
(Romans 3:29)(WE)-BibleGateway

"As a follower of Christ,
Peter used Gods name, Jehovah.
When Peters speech was put on record
the Tetragrammaton (YHWH / Jehovah) was here used
according to the practice during the first
century B.C.E. and the first century C.E."
- Paul Kahle; Studia Evangelica, edited by Kurt Aland,
F. L. Cross, Jean Danielou, Harald Riesenfeld
and W. C. van Unnik, Berlin, 1959, p. 614
(See App 1C §1.)

"This Trinity dogma...We cannot be called upon
to believe that which we do not understand,
and which, after all, is only handed down to us
by tradition."
-THE DUKE OF SUSSEX
Former President of Royal Society
(Quoted Stannus, Origin Doctrine Trinity, pp. 20).

"For that anyone should be both Father and Son...
it is not a mystery - but rather a contradiction."
-Dr. South;
"Trinity debate" with Dr. Sherlock;
 -Sermons, vol. iii., p. 240.

"We must not...involve ourselves in the darkness
of this mystery, as to deny that glory which is clearly
due unto the Father alone..."
-BISHOP PEARSON
 Exposition of the Creed, 
 vol. i., p. 47.

"...the early Christians adopted
the monotheistic views of the Jews."
-Hagen
 History of Doctrines, vol. i., p. 124

CHRIST  WAS 
SUBMISSIVE TO GOD

"The Lord Jesus uniformly represented Himself
as performing all His acts...in the most perfect
subserviency to the will of His Father,
and in full dependence upon Him;
and this fact He stated in a variety of expressions,
and on different occasions, so as to manifest and
to impress it deeply on His followers."
-Dr. J. Pye Smith,
Scripture Testimony to the Messiah,
 vol. ii., p. 300.

THE  "TRINITY"  DOCTRINE
WAS USED  FOR  EVIL

THE CHURCH BURNED MEN AT THE STAKE FOR REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE NEWLY INVENTED TRINITY DOGMA 2  

An Eyewitness Account :

Michael Servetus Villanovanus
burned at the stake
for rejecting "the trinity" doctrine

27th of October 1553

"Shortly after twelve o'clock,
a procession started from the town-hall of Geneva
-the chief magistrates of the city,
the clergy in their robes, the Lieutenant Criminel
and other officers on horseback... and in their midst,
with arms bound, in shabby, dirty clothes,
walked a man of middle age, whose intellectual face
bore the marks of long suffering...
Mounting the hill, the field of Champel was reached,
and here on sight eminence was the fateful stake,
with dangling chains and heaping bundles of faggots.
At this sight the poor victim prostrated himself
on the ground in prayer....
'Misericordia, misericordia!
Jesu, thou Son of the eternal God,
have compassion upon me!'
Bound to the stake by the iron chains,
with a chaplet of straw and green twigs covered
with sulphur on his head, with long dark face,
it is said that
he looked like the Christ
in whose name he was bound
.
Around his waist were tied a large bundle
of manuscript and a thick octavo printed book.
The torch was applied, and as the flames spread
to the straw
and sulphur and flashed in his eyes,
there was a piercing cry that struck terror
into the hearts of the bystanders.
The faggots were green,
the burning was slow,
and it was long before in a last agony
he cried again,
'Jesu, thou Son of the eternal God,
have mercy on me!'
Thus died in his forty-fourth year,
Michael Servetus Villanovanus,
physician, physiologist, and heretic.
...
he remained faithful unto death
to what he believed was the Truth
as revealed in the Bible
."
-
The execution scene
as described by Sir William Osler

"To enforce the decisions (about the trinity)
of the Council of Nicea, Constantine commanded,
with the death penalty for disobedience......."
- A History of Christianity
      Volume 1 1997
         Kenneth Scott Latourette

"The day was to come
when the Nicene party won out completely
and then the emperors,
who wished to prevent any more such quarrels,
decreed that one who denied the Trinity
should be put to death."
-The Church of our Fathers - 1950, pg. 46

"The doctrine
that Jesus Christ the Son of God
was God the son
was decreed by worldly
and ecclesiastical powers.
Men were forced to accept it
at the point of the sword or else,
Thus, the error of the trinity
was propounded to the end
that ultimately people believed it
to be the truth.
Thus Christianity became in essence
 like Babylonian heathenism,
with only a veneer of Christian names."
--- Forgers of the Word -1983 Victor Paul Wierwille

"When we look back through the long ages
of the reign of the Trinity . . .
we shall perceive that few doctrines
have produced more unmixed evil."
- (A Statement of Reasons  for Not Believing
  the Doctrine  of the Trinitarians Concerning
  the Nature of God  and the Person of Christ);
  by Andrews Norton; 1833

 

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Saturday, April 07, 2012

RESEARCH OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE

"MAKE  SURE  OF  ALL  THINGS
HOLD  FAST  TO  WHAT  IS  FINE."
(1 Thessalonians 5:21)

MAKE SURE OF ALL THINGS

"MAKE  SURE  OF  ALL  THINGS
HOLD  FAST  TO  WHAT  IS  FINE."
(1 Thessalonians 5:21)

 

"MAKE  SURE  OF  ALL  THINGS
HOLD  FAST  TO  WHAT  IS  FINE."
(1 Thessalonians 5:21)

"Don't suppress the Spirit,
and don't stifle those who have
a word from the Master.
On the
other hand, don't be gullible.
Check out everything, and keep
only what's good."
(1Thess 5:19-22)(MSG)
  -BibleGateway

I was recently told that Jehovah's people
do not do any research outside of the Bible.
I was also told that it was wrong to do any
research myself - outside of the Bible in
connection with my religious beliefs.

The Boreans were complimented by
Paul for examining the scriptures daily
to make sure that what they were learning
from the apostles, was actually true.
They only had the Old Testament
(Hebrew Scriptures) at that time.
The Boreans were called "Noble" minded
because of their research.

"Now the Berean Jews were of more
noble character than those in Thessalonica,
for they received the message with great
eagerness and examined the Scriptures
every day to see if what Paul said was
true."
(Acts 17:11)(NIV)-BibleGateway


We find in the Dictionary the definition
of "Noble" minded.

"Noble-minded people are people who are open,
people who are searching, who don't assume that
they already know everything. Noble-minded,
yes, but not gullible."


What part does research play in our belief
system ?  Should we be leery or afraid of
research ?  Is it wrong to research outside
of the Bible in our pursuit of spiritual
truth?

There are many things that we have changed in
our belief system because of research done
outside of the Bible.  And what are these ?

There are several good examples.
At one time we celebrated Christmas and
Easter and bowed down before a cross.
We no longer do that due to research done
outside of the Bible.

Many once believed that Jesus died on a cross
because the bible used the word "cross" when
translating "stauros" and "xylon".  Yet due
to research outside of the Bible, we came
to realize that the word "stake" was a more
accurate translation of those two words that
literally mean "wood", "tree", or upright
pole or pale.  We then began to realize that
Christ was impaled on a stake and not crucified
on a cross.  History books outside of the
Bible offered even more support to this evidence.

We did not learn that Christmas and Easter were
pagan holidays from the Bible.  Instead we learned
of their pagan origins and pagan practices by
doing research outside of the Bible.  

Hellfire torment is another belief that has been
rejected by Jehovah's people because of
research done by them in secular sources.

Many Bible use the word "hell" in translating
the word "Gehenna" mentioned in the Bible. 
The Bible speaks of Gehenna as a place where
the fire never goes out - a place of eternal torment. 
But upon researching the word "Gehenna" we
find that it was a place in Christ's day where
garbage and refuse was burned.  Even human
bodies of dead  criminals were disposed of
there.  The fires of Gehenna were kept burning
day and night.  Christ used this 'Gehenna' as an
analogy of the complete and utter destruction of
the wicked on Judgment Day.

On the other hand we learned about "hades" and
"sheol" which are used in the Bible in conjunction
with burial of the dead.  Through research outside
of the Bible we found that these two words mean
"to cover over" or to "conceal". 

Christ rested in "hades" for 3 days before he was
resurrected.  The faithful man "Job" prayed to die
and go to sheol where he could rest and escape
from his pain. 

So we see that our research outside of the Bible
has helped in our understanding of the scriptures.
It helped us to see that the belief in HellFire
Torment came from the pagans and was adopted
by the Roman Church during her days of Apostasy
and quest to rule the world.

There are many other religious beliefs
(too numerous to mention here) that have
been enhanced by doing research outside
of the Bible.   Such research improves
our insight into the Scriptures.

 So, yes, research outside of the Bible is very
helpful in helping us to understand the Bible better
and in supporting our unending faith in Jehovah
God .

Also, since "Correctores" were hired by the
Apostate Roman Church in order to rewrite
certain areas of the Bible to support their newly
adopted beliefs, we realize even more so,
our need to do research outside of the Bible
in order to discern those spurious scriptures
that have crept their way into the Bible over
the years.   A good example of this was their
removal of God's Name "Jehovah" from the
Bible in almost seven thousand places.  Also
their changing the word "Passover" to the
word "Easter" in honor of the Fertility goddess
named "Easter" or "Ashtoreth".   They even
changed many scriptures to support their
trinity god by making sly changes like 
"the son of God" to "God, the son".

Anyone who has ever read a Watchtower or
Awake magazine is well aware of the fact that
Jehovah's people do use research outside of the
Bible in writing their articles.  They even quote
the sources of their findings for the whole world
to see.

So the research that we do outside of our Bibles,
in conjunction with a sound mind, and deep respect
for the Bible and for Jehovah, can be of real value
to Christian servants of God.

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CORRECTORES  ALTERED  THE  BIBLE
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761047460/correctores-altered-the-bible/


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WHY  IS  GOD'S  NAME  MISSING
FROM  MANY  BIBLES ?
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761047841/item/

 

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CHRISTMAS  AND  THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761048251/christmas-and-the-ten-commandments/

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CHRIST  WAS  NOT  BORN  IN  DECEMBER.
DOES  IT  MATTER ?
CLICK-HERE)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761048741/item/

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THE  TRUTH  ABOUT  EASTER
A Fertility goddess  (click-here)

http://easter-origins.xanga.com/761050315/item/

EASTER  REPLACED  PASSOVER
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761049934/item/


DID  CHRIST  DIE  ON  A  STAKE
OR  A  CROSS ?
DOES  IT  MATTER ?
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761054474/item/

 

THE BATTLE  "AGAINST"  CHRIST'S  NAME
JEHOSHUA - VERSUS -  JESUS
A Hebrew Honor or a Pagan Slur
Jehovah's Salvation - or  ''Hail Zeus"
A Jewish Messiah - or a Greek god ?
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/760345451/the-battle-against-jehoshuashellip/

 

IS  "HELL" A  PLACE  OF  TORMENT ?
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761055370/item/

 

MAKE  SURE  OF  ALL  THINGS
HOLD  FAST  TO  WHAT  IS  FINE
Doing Research in Secular Sources
Finding information outside of the Bible
(click-here)

http://thepreachingwork.xanga.com/761036490/research--outside--of--the--bible/

 

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Friday, April 06, 2012

THE  "SECOND"  DEATH
WHAT  IS  IT  ?

THE SECOND DEATH IS COMPLETE ANNIHILATION WITH NO CHANCE OF RETURNING
They will be punished with everlasting destruction
...on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thess 1:7-10)

"...This will happen when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven in blazing fire
with his powerful angels.
He will punish those
who do NOT KNOW God
and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be punished with everlasting destruction
and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of his power
on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thessalonians 1:7-10)(NIV)-BibleGateway

Christ will be the executioner of Jehovah's Will

"For evil-doers shall be cut off;
But those that wait for Jehovah,
they shall inherit the earth.
For just a little while longer,
and the wicked ones shall be no more:
Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place,
and he shall not be.
But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace...
The righteous shall inherit the earth,
And dwell therein for ever...
Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way,
And he will exalt thee to inherit the earth;
When the wicked are cut off,
thou shalt see it."
(Psalm 37:9-11,29,34)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire,
so it will be at the end of the age."
(Matthew 13:40)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"But the day Lot left Sodom,
fire and sulfur rained down from heaven
and destroyed them all.
It will be just like this
on the day the Son of Man is revealed."
(Luke 17:29-30)(NIV)-BibleGateway

All these illustrations graphically depict the ultimate
destruction of the wicked. The contrast between the
destiny of the saved and that of the lost is one of
life versus destruction.

THE  "SECOND"  DEATH
WHAT  IS  IT  ?

The Bible Book of "Revelation" speaks of the time
when Jesus returns to the earth, and mets out
rewards to those who have obeyed his Father,
and have followed in Jesus' footsteps. 

It also talks about a punishment for those
who have refused to obey.   They, like death
and hell (the grave of mankind) would be thrown
into a "symbolic" lake of fire - known as the
"Second" Death".

"And the sea gave up the dead
which were in it;
 and death and hell [Hades]
delivered up the dead
which were in them: 
and they were judged every man
according to their works.
And death and hell [Hades] were cast
into the lake of fire.  This is the
second death
."
-(Revelation 20:13, 14)


The early Christians knew what this meant. 
Unfortunately due to the corruption of those early
teachings, many today believe that the reward
is "Heaven" and the punishment is eternal torture
in a blazing "Hellfire".

But are these truly the meanings of what Christ taught ?

Would everyone good go to heaven ?

Would all the wicked be tormented forever -
in a Hellfire torment ?

DIFFERENCES  BETWEEN  
the "FIRST" and  "SECOND"  DEATH


To determine what the "Second" Death is -
it would be a good idea to start with
examining  the "First" Death



EXAMINING  THE  "FIRST"  DEATH





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1st Death
Temporary - with Resurrection Hope
   Inherited from Adam
 a sleep-like state -  Reversable
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


A  HOPE  OF  THE  "RESURRECTION"

The first death is often called "Adamic" death by many
Bible scholars.  This is because the First Death is what
all of mankind has inherited from our forefather, Adam.

By sinning against God, Adam received a punishment
or curse that he has passed on to the all of his children,
and eventually to all of the human race.

FIRST DEATH INHERITED FROM ADAM WITH HOPE OF RESURRECTION

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world
through one man, and death through sin,
and in this way death came to all men..."
(Romans 5:12,15)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"For if, by the trespass of the one man,
death reigned through that one man..."
(Romans 5:17)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"For just as through the disobedience
of the one man the many were made sinners..."
(Romans 5:19)(NIV)-BibleGateway

Fortunately, Jehovah God, made provisions for
mankind to "AWAKE" from this sleep-like Death,
in the resurrection.

Those of the heavenly calling will be resurrected
to heavenly life with Christ, and the rest of the dead,
will be resurrected to a perfect human life on a
paradise earth.

"Happy are the meek
since they shall inherit the earth."
(Matthew 5:5)

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah
unto these bones:
Behold, I will cause breath
to enter into you,

and ye shall live.
And I will lay sinews upon you,
and will bring up flesh upon you,
and cover you with skin,
and put breath in you,
and ye shall live;
and ye shall know that I am Jehovah."
(Ezekiel 37:3-6) (ASV) -BibleGateway

"Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust,
awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is
as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth
to the departed spirits
. "
(Isaiah 26:19) (NASB) -BibleGateway

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I will open your graves,
and cause you to come up out of your graves,
O my people;
and I will bring you into the land ...
And ye shall know that I am Jehovah,
when I have opened your graves,
and caused you to come up
out of your graves,
O my people.
And I will put my Spirit in you,
and ye shall live,
and I will place you in your own land:
and ye shall know that I, Jehovah,
have spoken it and performed it,
saith Jehovah."
(Ezekiel 37:12-14) (ASV) -BibleGateway


"Don't be surprised!
The time will come
when all of the dead
will hear the voice of the Son of Man,
and they will come out of their graves. "
(John 5:28) (CEV) -BibleGateway

"...the dead in Christ will rise first."
(1Thessalonians 4:16)(NASB)-BibleGateway


"The rest of the dead
did not come to life
until the thousand years were ended.
This is the first resurrection."
(Revelation 20:5)(NIV)-BibleGateway

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DEATH

 



NOW -  LET'S EXAMINE
  THE  "SECOND" DEATH





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2nd Death -  PERMANENT,  irreversible, Forever
and  COMPLETE  - an -  UTTER   DESTRUCTION
with  NO  CHANCE  of ever   RETURNING
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PERMANENT -  NO  HOPE  OF  RETURN

Death as punishment of sin.

The final annihilation of impenitent sinners is indicated,
first of all, by the fundamental biblical principle that the
final punishment of sin is death:

“The soul that sins shall die” (Ezekiel 18:4, 20);

“The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).

The punishment of sin, of course, comprises not only
the first death,  which all experience as a result of
Adam’s sin, but also what the Bible calls the
second death at (Revelation 20:14; 21:8), which is
the final, irreversible death experienced by un-repentent
sinners.

"This means that the ultimate
wages of sin is NOT eternal torment,
but permanent death."
-College and University Dialogue;
Hell: Eternal torment or annihilation?
-From the Book -
Immortality or Resurrection?
 by Samuele Bacchiocchi Ph.D.
 Professor of religion
 Andrews University,
Berrien Springs, Michigan

The Bible teaches death to be the cessation of life.

Were it not for the assurance of resurrection
(1 Corinthians 15:18), the death that we experience
would be the termination of our existence.

It is the resurrection that turns death from being
the final end of life into being a temporary sleep.

But there is no resurrection from the second death,
because those who experience it are consumed in
“the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14).

That will be the final annihilation.

The biblical vocabulary on the destruction of the wicked
is the second compelling reason for believing in the
annihilation of the lost at the final judgment. The
rich vocabulary of destruction used in the Bible to
describe the end of the wicked is plainly spoken as
a permenent end of all existence.

According to Basil Atkinson, the Old Testament uses more
than 25 nouns and verbs to describe the final destruction
of the wicked.

Several psalms, for example, describe the final destruction
of the wicked with dramatic imagery
(Psalm 1:3-6; 2:9-12; 11:1-7; 34:8-22; 58:6-10;
69:22-28; 145:17, 20).

In Psalm 37, for example, we read that the wicked
“will soon fade like the grass” (vs. 2)
 
they “shall be cut off . . .
and ... will be no more” (vss. 9, 10)

they will “perish. . .
like smoke they vanish away” (vs. 20)
 
“transgressors shall be altogether destroyed”
 (vs. 38).

Psalm 1
“the wicked will not stand in the judgment”
(vs. 5)

they will be
“like chaff which the wind drives away” (vs. 4)

“the way of the wicked will perish” (vs. 6).

In Psalm 145, David affirms:
“all the wicked he will destroy” (vs. 20).

This brief sampling of references on the final
destruction of the wicked is in complete harmony with
the teaching of the rest of the Scriptures.

The prophets frequently announce the ultimate destruction
of the wicked in conjunction with the day of the Lord.

Isaiah proclaims that “rebels and sinners shall be
destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall
be consumed” (Isaiah 1:28).

Similar descriptions are seen in Zephaniah (1:15, 17, 18)
and Hosea (13:3).


The New Testament follows closely the Old Testament
in describing the end of the wicked with words and
pictures denoting total annihilation.

Jesus compared the utter destruction of the wicked to
such things as the weeds that are bound in bundles
to be burned (Matthew 13:30, 40), the bad fish that is
thrown away (Matthew 13:48), the harmful plants that are
rooted up (Matthew 15:13), the fruitless trees that are
cut down (Luke 13:7), the withered branches that are
burned up (John 15:6), the unfaithful tenants who are
destroyed (Luke 20:16), the evil servant who will be cut
in pieces (Matthew 24:51), the antediluvians who were
destroyed by the Flood (Luke 17:27), the people of Sodom
and Gomorrah who were destroyed by fire (Luke 17:29),
and the rebellious servants who were slain at the return
of their master (Luke 19:14, 27).

They will be punished with everlasting destruction
...on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thess 1:7-10)


 
They will be punished with everlasting destruction
...on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thess 1:7-10)

"...This will happen when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven in blazing fire
with his powerful angels.
He will punish those
who do NOT KNOW God
and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be punished with everlasting destruction
and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of his power
on the day he comes to be glorified."
(2Thessalonians 1:7-10)(NIV)-BibleGateway

Christ will be the executioner of Jehovah's Will

"For evil-doers shall be cut off;
But those that wait for Jehovah,
they shall inherit the earth.
For just a little while longer,
and the wicked ones shall be no more:
Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place,
and he shall not be.
But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace...
The righteous shall inherit the earth,
And dwell therein for ever...
Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way,
And he will exalt thee to inherit the earth;
When the wicked are cut off,
thou shalt see it."
(Psalm 37:9-11,29,34)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire,
so it will be at the end of the age."
(Matthew 13:40)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"But the day Lot left Sodom,
fire and sulfur rained down from heaven
and destroyed them all.
It will be just like this
on the day the Son of Man is revealed."
(Luke 17:29-30)(NIV)-BibleGateway

All these illustrations graphically depict the ultimate
destruction of the wicked. The contrast between the
destiny of the saved and that of the lost is one of
life versus destruction.

"For the wages of sin is DEATH,
but the gift of God is eternal life."
(Romans 6:23)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"Go in through the narrow gate.
The gate to destruction is wide,
and the road that leads there is easy to follow.
A lot of people go through that gate.
But the gate to life is very narrow.
The road that leads there
is so hard to follow
that only a few people find it."
(Matthew 7:13,14)(CEV)-BibleGateway

Did you notice that the two choices are
"roads" that lead to either life or death,
and not heaven or hell ????

"See, I set before you today
life and prosperity,  (or)
death and destruction."
(Deuteronomy 30:15)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"Thus saith Jehovah:
'Behold, I set before you
the way of life and the way of death.' "
(Jeremiah 21:8)(ASV)-BibleGateway

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2nd Death -  PERMANENT,  irreversible, Forever
and  COMPLETE  - an -  UTTER   DESTRUCTION
with  NO  CHANCE  of ever   RETURNING
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Another example is found in 2 Thessalonians 1:9,
where Paul, speaking of those who reject the gospel,
says :

“They shall suffer the punishment
of eternal destruction...”
(2Thessalonians 1:9) (RSV) -BibleGateway

"It is evident that the destruction itself cannot be
eternal in its duration.  Instead eternal Destruction
presupposes a forever type of annihilation."
-College and University Dialogue;
Hell: Eternal torment or annihilation?
by Samuele Bacchiocchi
-From the Book - Immortality or Resurrection?
 by Samuele Bacchiocchi Ph.D.
 Professor of religion
 Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan

"The destruction of the wicked is eternal, 
NOT because the process of destruction
continues forever,  but because
the results are permanent. "
-College and University Dialogue;
Hell: Eternal torment or annihilation?
by Samuele Bacchiocchi
-From the Book - Immortality or Resurrection?
 by Samuele Bacchiocchi Ph.D.
 Professor of religion
 Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan


The symbolic language of destruction is inescapable
in the Book of Revelation.  John describes with vivid
imagery the consignment of the devil, the beast, the false
prophet, death, Hades, and all the wicked into the lake
of fire, which is “the second death”
(Revelation 21:8; cf. 20:14; 2:11; 20:6).

Jews frequently used the phrase “second death” to describe
the final, irreversible death. Numerous examples can be
found in the Targum, the Aramaic translation and
interpretation of the Old Testament.

For example, the Targum on Isaiah 65:6 reads:

“Their punishment shall be in Gehenna
where the fire burns all the day.
Behold, it is written before me:
‘I will not give them respite during life
but will render them the punishment of their
transgressions and will deliver their bodies
to the second death.’”
-M. McNamara,
The New Testament and the Palestinian Targum
to the Pentateuch; pg. 123
(New York: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1978)

"The most we can say is that the rebellious
will be cast from the presence of God,
without any hope of restoration.”
-William Crockett,
Four Views of Hell; pg. 61
(Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1992)

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Go To Heaven
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(click-here)

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(click-here)

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(click-here)

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(click-here)

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(click-here)

Salvation Requires "Obedience"
(click-here) to read more

 

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