THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST...It's coming....

I know for a certain that the BIBLE (the word of GOD) is the only true word when measured against other religious books.So we know that the Bible predicts the future and tell of the return of Jesus at the close of probation.
Ellen G White wrote about this time of the end in her books.In the book Last Day Events this very interesting piece is found: you may ask what makes this piece so interesting,please take not of Bold areas in the writings of E G White and then that of Newt Gingrich Presidential candidate of the USA.

Ellen G White's quote:
"The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes, for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which
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their eternal destiny will be decided.--2SM 81 (1890).  {LDE 227.3}
     What is the "image to the beast"? and how is it to be formed? The image is made by the two-horned beast, and is an image to the beast. It is also called an image of the beast. [THE TWO-HORNED BEAST OF REVELATION 13:11-17 MAKES AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST PORTRAYED IN REVELATION 13:1-10.] Then to learn what the image is like and how it is to be formed, we must study the characteristics of the beast itself--the papacy.
When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state, and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of "heresy." In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends. . . .   
     The "image to the beast" represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas".--GC 443, 445 (1911).

Newt Gingrich's quote: "this is a new era in which conservative Catholics and evangelical Protestants have joined forces in what they see as a defining struggle against abortion, same-sex marriage and secularism."


Who would have predicted this 500 years ago, when the great Protestant reformation began, exposing the Roman Catholic Church as antichrist. God knew! And Bible prophecy is always spot on!
Friends, please give your all to Christ Jesus now. Prepare, study, pray, be a witness for the truth. We are getting close!

WHOM DO YOU WORSHIP???..Nimrod or JESUS...

"NIMROD" - The LORD of Christmas

"NIMROD" - The LORD of Christmas
"Nimrod started the great organized worldly apostasy
from God that has dominated this world until now.
Nimrod married his own mother, whose name was Semiramis.
After Nimrod's death, his so-called mother-wife,
Semiramis, propagated the evil doctrine of the survival
of Nimrod as a spirit being. She claimed a full-grown
evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead tree stump,
which symbolized the springing forth unto new life
of the dead Nimrod. On each anniversary of his birth,
she claimed, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree
and leave gifts upon it. December 25th, was the birthday
of Nimrod. This is the real origin of the Christmas tree."
-The Plain Truth About Christmas
by David J. Stewart | December 24th, 2005
"Traditionally, a yule log was burned in the fireplace
on Christmas Eve and during the night as the log's embers
died, there appeared in the room, as if by magic,
a Christmas tree surrounded by gifts. The yule log
represented the sun-god Nimrod and the Christmas tree
represented himself resurrected as his own son Tammuz."
--After Armageddon -Chapter 4
Where do we get our ideas?
by John A. Sarkett
"So our Christmas tree -- and our yule log -- have
tremendous meaning, but not a Christian meaning.
The yule log is the dead Nimrod, human ruler of
ancient Babylon, who was eventually deified as the
sun incarnate, and hence a god. The Christmas tree
is mystical Tammuz, the slain god come to life again."
--After Armageddon -Chapter 4
Where do we get our ideas?
by John A. Sarkett

The Real Origin of Christmas
"The real origin of Christmas goes back to ancient
Babylon. It is bound up in the organized apostasy
with which Satan has gripped a deceived world these
many centuries!   In Egypt, it was always believed that
the son of Iris (Egyptian name for "Queen of Heaven")
was born December 25th. Semiramis also bore the title
"Queen of Heaven" - and she was Nimrod's mother.
Paganism celebrated this famous birthday over most
of the known world for centuries before the birth
of Christ."
-The Plain Truth About Christmas
by David J. Stewart | December 24th, 2005
"Christmas as a pagan holiday traces back
thousands of years before to a man named Nimrod,
founder of ancient pagan Babylon."
-Christmas Unwrapped
From the History Channel
by Alan Mansager
"December 25 was highly honored and recognized
by Nimrod's supporters...Many centuries later
this pagan custom was "Christianized" as being
the birthday of Christ."
-The True Origin of Christmas and Other Holidays
Who Was Really Born On December 25?
The Gilead Institute of America
"Lent, Easter and Christmas are of Babylonian origin."
-EASTER AND CHRISTMAS PAGANISM
2000 B.C. TO DATE
by Edward Stevens (1895-1966)
"December 25th was celebrated as
Nimrod's birthday. Generally, all mankind
is fast asleep, dreaming this old Babylonian dream."
-The Story Of Nimrod,
As It Relates To Christmas And Easter
by Wilhelm J Wolfaardt

A Deception of Satan
"Jesus Christ was NOT born on December 25.
But December 25th can be traced back to Genesis
and a man named Nimrod. Nimrod was the founder
of a great false religious system that began in
ancient Babylon that has always opposed the truths
of God. It’s time we face facts! This world is deceived,
just as God prophesied it would be (Rev. 12:9).
Satan is the power behind this deception.
Satan has successfully pawned off the old customs
of the Babylonian mystery religion as being pleasing
to Jesus Christ."
- Why Christmas is (Not) So Important to God 
By Carl Hilliker and Mark Jenkins  December 2002
article in; The Trumpet

A Corruption Against Jehovah God

"As the people increased in number,
the Way of Jehovah was corrupted
and a principal figure in those days was Nimrod,
the grandson of Ham described as a mighty hunter
before Jehovah.  The word 'before' used in this
sense means, 'totally antagonistic to Jehovah.'
We celebrate Christmas on a date which coincides
with the birthday of Nimrod - the villainous king
of ancient Babylon."
-The Ensign Trust
VOLUME I No.2 - JUNE 1999
'NARROW IS THE WAY'
By Harry Lancaster

 

"Nimrod, who built Babel or Babylon, conceived a
one world government model in rebellion against
Jehovah-God and went about to establish a one world
government in the land of Shinar (which is today
known as Iraq) and institute a pagan worship system
that rejected the Lord God Jehovah."
-- The Book; THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
The Nimrod - Druid Connection
Pastor David L. Brown, Ph.D.
© September 1998

 

"Not only has the original Babylonian religious system
served as the source of all the world’s non-Christian
religions, hut it has also infiltrated and corrupted
Christendom to an alarming degree."
--Babylon - Source of False Religion
"Babylon, Mystery Religion" by Ralph Woodrow

 

"Nimrod was a great grandson of Noah.
Nimrod became a "mighty tyrant in the face of Jehovah."
Much of the Babylonian worship was carried on through
mysterious symbols - thus the "Mystery" religion.
This system of idolatry spread from Babylon to the
nations, for it was from this location that men were
scattered over the face of the earth (Gen. 11:9).
As they went from Babylon, they took their occult
worship and its various mystery symbols with them."
--Babylon - Source of False Religion
"Babylon, Mystery Religion" by Ralph Woodrow

 

Nimrod and - His Mother - Semiramis
were the --  "MODELS"  --
after which Satan Fashioned
all other False gods and goddesses

 

"Thus from Babylon emerged the entire complex of
human "religion".  the various gods and goddesses
of Rome, Greece, India, Egypt, and other nations
can be identified with corresponding gods from Babel."
--Babylon - Source of False Religion
"Babylon, Mystery Religion" by Ralph Woodrow

 

Here - Below - is a partial list of some gods that were fashioned after Nimrod -
according to Secular Scholars -

 

 

Christendom is Tied to False gods

Christendom will not admit, that by compromising with the pagans of
the world when adopting December 25th as Christ's birthday - they have
tied themselves into honoring all the pagan gods of the world.

How so ?

 

Almost all the pagan gods - who are nothing more than "Nimrod" reincarnated,
all claim December 25th as their birthday.  The list is exhaustive.


Many False Gods - Whose Birthday was "December 25"
Fashioned After "NIMROD"

"December 25th - not only was Mithra, the sun-god of
Mithraism, said to be born at this time of the year,
but Osiris, Horus, Hercules, Bacchus, Adonis, Jupiter,
Tammuz, and other sun-gods were also supposedly born
at what is today called the "Christmas" season, the winter solstice!
- Doane, p.474; 
- "The Two Babylons; Alexander Hislop, p.93.
"The "winter solstice (December) was the time at which all the
sun-gods "from Osiris to Jupiter" and Mithra had celebrated
their (birthdays) -  the celebration being adorned with
the pine tree of Adonis, the holly of Saturn, and the
mistletoe (of the pagan Druids).....tapers(candles) represented
the kindling of the newborn sun-god's fire..."
-Man and His Gods, p.201.
"Subtly...the old gods had entered their churches...
And they live still in the festivals of Christianity."
-(Testament: The Bible and History,
   Romer, 1988, pp. 230-31)


In Sharp Contrast to Jesus
And here we have Jesus Christ who was born in a warm month when the
flocks were still outdoors at night - as ample proof that a compromise has been
made.   December 25th was celebrated by the pagans in Christ's day, but
he and his early followers would have NO PART of it.

"It is evident that Jesus was NOT born during the middle of winter,
for at the time of his birth, the shepherds were living out in the fields
with their flocks. As the bible says: 'There were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night"
(Luke 2:8). As is well known, the shepherds in Palestine do NOT
"abide in the fields" during the winter season because of the extreme,
cold temperatures. The shepherds always bring their flocks in
from the mountain slopes and fields no later than October 15th! "- Mede's Works, 1679. Discourse xlvii

Christ's First Followers -
REFUSED to Celebrate December 25th
"On your day of gladness, we [Christians] neither cover
our doorposts with wreaths, nor intrude upon the day with lamps.
At the call of public festivity, you consider it a proper thing
to decorate your house like some new brothel. We are accused of a lower sacrilege because
we do not celebrate along with you the holidays ..."
- (Tertullian, (A.D. 155-220), 2001, p. 1176).
  (quoted by David Bercot, A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs,
         1998, p. 342).

"The pagan Romans clad their doorposts with green and branching
laurels...In the Saturnalia...Presents come and go...There are...gifts...
and Banquets...yet Christians should have no acquaintance with
the festivals of the pagans."- Tertullian, (A.D. 155-220),
  quoted by David Bercot,
A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, 1998, p. 342).

"In the days of Christ, December 25th
was sacred to the pagan Romans..."-The Xmas Story Part 4
 "Heathen Holidays" by Denise Snodgrass
CHRISTMAS AND PAGANISM; The Winter Solstice

 

"Familiar to early Christians was the Saturnalia,
an ancient Roman festival celebrated during the
last days of December in honour of Saturn, the god
of agriculture. The Saturnalia...was diametrically
opposed to the teachings of Christ."- Hidden Truths About Christmas
  UCG; Australia

 

"To the pagans, the Saturnalia was fun.
To the Christians, the Saturnalia was an
abomination in homage to a disreputable god
who had no existence anyway."
-4,000 Years of Christmas:
A Gift from the Ages (1997)
Earl Count

"At the time of persecution,
Christians were detected
by NOT decorating their houses
at the Saturnalia. The ancient Christians
were puritanically jealous of anything that
might seem like coqueting with idolatry. "
-Crippen

 

"Gift Giving - during the Roman festival of Saturnalia,
gifts were given as good luck emblems and houses were
decorated with greenery.  The early Christians, however,
 frowned on this pagan ritual, and wouldn't have any part of it."
- Christmas Traditions & Trivia
1999 HFCWillcox

Judgment Time Has Come

 

There is a judgment going on in heaven right now that will decide who is counted worthy for the kingdom of heaven. Jesus is in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary and is deciding the case of every professing Christian as to whether they lived the faith they proclaim.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 ...'I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked.'

Not only are the righteous judged, but the wicked also. All mankind are judged and will be rewarded for what they have done, whether good or bad. But will anyone else be judged? ... Jude 1:6 ...'And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.' ... Yes, the angels who turned against God and followed satan will be judged for what they have done.

With who does the judgment begin? ... 1 Peter 4:17 ...'For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?' ... So we who profess to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ are being judged first. You and I are being judged now! Are you living according to the faith you proclaim? What shall be the end of them that know the gospel but do not obey it? They will be thrown into the lake of fire and will be lost forever!
Daniel 7:10 ...'A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.' ... So there are books in heaven with the records of every deed of every person that has lived ... Ecclesiastes 12:14 ...'For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.' ... There is nothing that is hidden from God. EVERY work that we have done, good or bad, and EVERY little secret sin will be brought out into the open and we will be judged by them.

In light of this, what should we all be seeking to do? ... Ecclesiastes 12:13 ...'Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.' ... Keep the bible ten commandments.

2 Peter 3:11,14 ...'Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness ... Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.'

John 5:28-29 ...'Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.' ... That hour is the hour of Jesus' second coming. Just before that time, which is very soon to come, judgment will have ended and the cases for all mankind will have been decided, NEVER to be reversed. If you are saved when judgment ends you are saved, if you are lost then that is final.

Luke 21:36 ...'Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.' ... We live in a time of great importance. This world as we know it is about to come to an end, and the judgment is coming to a close and every case will be decided for saved or lost, for eternal life or eternal death. Are you living a life worthy to escape the lake of fire and to be able to stand before the Lord? We need to watch and pray. We need to deny ourselves and take up our cross. We need to die to sin and follow the Lord Jesus with all our heart, mind, soul and strength.

Who is it that presides over the judgment? ... Daniel 7:9-10,13 ...'I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him' ... What a scene this is! The awesome majesty of God, who presides over the judgment of mankind, with angels ministering to Him and the Son of God, Christ Jesus with Him.

So what happens in this judgment? ... Revelation 3:5 ...'He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.' ... So all who profess to follow Jesus have their names written in the book of life. Now each person is presented to God who profess to follow the Lord Jesus and their deeds are laid bare before God and all the angels to see whether they lived the faith they professed. Now notice one thing about those who Christ says He would NOT blot out of the book of life: He said above in Revelation that "he who OVERCOMETH" will not be blotted out. So it is only those professing Christians who have overcome sin and have truly lived for Christ that will NOT have their names blotted out. The rest will be blotted out of the book and be lost. Remember, this all happens BEFORE Jesus returns at the second coming and once this judgment is complete, the fate of every person is sealed!

Is it just our faith that we are rewarded for? ... Revelation 22:12 ...'And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.' ... No, we are rewarded for our works which were done in faith. You see, faith alone does not save us as James explains in his book. Those who have TRUE faith will do good works which will PROVE their faith to be true in the judgment. Which is why James said that faith without works is dead. In the judgment, Jesus will see that "a person" believed in Him, but they did no good works and carried on living a worldly sinful life, therefore their name will be blotted out of the book of life. We are only saved by the grace of God and the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, but those who profess a faith in Him but are not changed by having Jesus in their lives and continue to live in sin and don't do the "works" of faith, they will be shown to have a false faith and will be lost.

Revelation 14:6-7 ...'And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.'

There are two judgments that take place upon the world. The investigative judgment, to find out who is counted worthy of the kingdom of heaven, which is happening now. And the executive judgment which will take place when Christ Jesus returns at the second coming. So what must we be doing as Christians? We should fear God and keep His commandments. We should be turning away from sin and this world. We should be focusing on heavenly things that are eternal, not earthly things that are temporal. We should be denying ourselves and putting God first and others before ourselves. We should be following the Lord Jesus with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. The time of judgment has come! Will you be counted worthy for the kingdom?

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