XV. The Last Drama Of The Controversy

            The Bible-disobedient church whose power and influence spans the world will soon be handed the throne of global authority.  How? “Fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Lu.21:11.  Events are soon to come threatening the very existence of man, paving the way for the final union of church and state whose authority will impose on the world’s population a sinful version of religious law.  The federal legislation of numerous sins against the Ten Commandments already dominates American society; and its religious equivalent is about to unite with this fundamentally immoral authority.  The result of this union will lead to the persecution of all who refuse to participate in the church’s sins whose core of apostasy lies in Sunday sacredness in denial of GOD’S Holy Sabbath.  A national Sunday law will be imposed on every American citizen, and from here to the rest of the world (Rev.17:13).  But this chosen course of the church will only bring a corresponding increase of GOD’S wrath upon our world, which in turn will bring more desperate measures by the apostate church to avert the destruction (Rev.13:17).  Among them will be forcing all commandment keeping Jews and Christians to cease any Sabbath observance.  And all who refuse to obey this law will receive the death sentence (Rev.13:15).  But that death sentence will instead be visited on all who sell their souls to the federal law forcing every man, woman and child to sin against the Sabbath Rest of Christ (Gal.6:7).  Jesus’ warning goes unheeded to the end, “Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” “Except ye repent,” “ye shall die in your sins.” Jn.8:34; Lu.13:3; Jn.8:24.  “The wrath of GOD” will then be kindled in “the seven plagues” of Revelation 16.  The threat of death will be transferred from the righteous saints to their oppressors: “Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.” Isa.51:21-23.

            At the close of the seven plagues, at the very moment our planet can no longer support life, Jesus Christ will appear in the sky.  He comes at the very brink of life’s extinction to rescue “all them that obey him” from both the living and the dead (Heb.5:9;

I Thess.4:16-18).  The clearest prophecy of man’s destruction in this present world will soon be fulfilled: “Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down...the land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.” [Why must life on Earth come to an end?] “Because they [the Apostate Christian rulers in charge over the moral affairs of men] have transgressed the laws [by removing the authority of the Ten Commandments], changed the ordinance [altered the Sacred Precepts by removing the 2nd Commandment and supplanting the 4th with the pagan Sunday], broken the everlasting covenant [denied the method GOD ordained for the salvation of man by demanding to be saved while living a life of sin]. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth.” Isa.24:1,3,5,6.

            The churches deny this prophecy of the Earth’s thousand-year desolation.  They teach that the millennial reign of Christ is to usher in a thousand years of temporal peace for the people of Earth, and that Sunday sacredness pacifies the wrath of GOD.  And all are called to believe this assurance and wait for its fulfillment—even as the life on Earth is being decimated before their eyes.  But the Apostle Paul warned of this false assurance: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” I Th.5:3.

            False expectations rule the church today no less than when Jesus walked among men.  Christ taught that the millennium of peace for the saints takes place in heaven, and not on the Earth.  Said “the Saviour,” so clearly: “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you [in heaven].  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again [at the 2nd Advent], and receive you unto myself [“in the clouds”]; that where I am [with GOD the Father], there ye may be also.” “My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight…but now is my kingdom not from hence.” Jn.14:2-4; 18:36.  Even with the LORD’S clearest words outlining the events surrounding His 2^nd Advent, our religious leaders keep fighting to build the kingdom of this world: a world that Jesus said He would have no association with!  Therefore, the kingdom of our religious leaders is the kingdom of this world, not “the kingdom of heaven.”

1. What is the first step of salvation?

Luke 24:47  And that ______________ and ______________ of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

2. What is sin?

I John 3:4  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for ______  ____  ______  ____________________ of the ______.

3. Will unrepentant sinners be allowed in heaven?

Galatians 5:19-21  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery [marital infidelity], fornication [sexual immorality], uncleanness [quality of impurity], lasciviousness [morally unrestrained], Idolatry [the worship of idols, including statues of Jesus, Mary and the Saints], witchcraft [supernatural powers given by Satan], hatred [murderous thoughts], variance [striving in competition, in government, business and sports, etc.], emulations [rivalry with malice], wrath [actions of rage], strife [selfish ambition], seditions [violent oppositions to authority], heresies [opposing opinions and actions to GOD'S established laws], [v.21] Envyings [spiteful jealousy], murders, drunkenness [habitual intoxication], revellings [selfish merrymaking with mocking indifference], and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that _______  _________  ____  _______  _________  _______  _____  ___________  _____  ______________  ____  ______.

Revelation 21:27  And there shall in no wise enter into it _____ _________ that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. 

1.   Do "the works of the flesh" demonstrate defiance to

     the Ten Commandment Law?

Psalm 119:96  I have seen an end of all perfection: but _____  ___________________  ____  _______________  ___________.  

Isaiah 42:21  The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; ____  _______  _______________  _____  _____ and make it honourable.

Romans 8:7,8  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for ____  ____  _____  _________  ____  _____  _____  ____  _____, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

James 2:10  For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet ___________ in one point, he is ___________  ____  _____.

5. Can we be sure that obedience to the Ten Commandments

     is the Standard of Righteousness for the redeemed of

     Jesus Christ?

Matthew 19:16-19  And, behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? [v.17] And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? there is none good but One, that is, God: but ____  _______  _______  _______  ______  _______  _______  _____  ______________________.  He saith unto Him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

         It should be noted that the rich young ruler focused his relationship with GOD solely on the admonitions of the first four Commandments.  It was apparent that his upbringing in Judaism was not observant to the last six Commandments: the ones that disclose our level of care for one another.  This was due to the rabbinical teaching that the poor were sinful and deserving of their ill fate.

John 5:23  That all men should honour the Son, _______  ____  _______  ___________  _____  __________.  He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him.

     united to oppose, with the exceptions of Judaism and

     commandment-keeping Christians?

Exodus 20:8-11  _______________ the Sabbath day, to ________  ____  _______. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [v.10] But _____  ____________  _____ is the Sabbath of _____  ________  _____  _____: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: [v.11] For ____  _____  ______ the LORD ________  __________  _____  __________, the sea, and all that in them is, and __________  _____  ___________  _____: wherefore the LORD ___________ the Sabbath day, and _______________ it.  

        The battle of Armageddon is simply sinful man’s last stand against The Ten Commandments.  Satan “deceiveth the whole world” to reject not only “the law of liberty” (Ja.2:12) but also its Author: Jesus Christ (Jn.8:58).  And the devil has accomplished this through the world’s ruling religion in Rome: the church where men kiss the signet ring of the pope to gain his approbation.  The pope has symbolically taken a hammer and chisel to GOD’S tables of stone, fracturing away the Second Commandment altogether, and chiseling the very heart out of the 4^th Commandment.  “The seventh day” has been removed and Sunday has been fastened in its place: written in “iron” (Dan.2:40), with the finger of man (Dan.9:25), not “the finger of God” (Ex.31:18).  This is the blasphemy of the pope!  And the Christian world obeys his commands over the LORD Jesus Christ!  To verify the arrogance against Jesus and the Holy Bible itself, here’s one of many examples on Rome’s proclamation of authority to overrule the Ten Commandments: “Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change [from Sabbath to Sunday] was her act...And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious matters.”—H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.  Rome’s apostasy fulfills the prophecy: “And he shall…think to change times and laws…” Dan.7:25.

But the two Commandments purposely desecrated by Rome are the ones that point directly to the LORD Jesus Christ!  The 4^th Commandment points to Christ, declaring His Name: “LORD;” His Title: “God;” His Authority: “Creator;” and His Domain: “heaven and earth” (Ex.20:8-11).  And as the seals of kings throughout history have always declared these traits of authority, so the 4^th Commandment, the Seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday) is the Bible’s “seal of GOD” (Rev.9:4).  It is the seal of the Christian resting in Christ’s power to redeem His children from both sin and the grave, acknowledging His power as He Himself rightfully claimed: “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matt.28:18).  Over 800 verses of the Bible declare Jesus Christ as “the Creator of heaven and earth.”  And only One Commandment of the Ten honors Him as our Creator: the 4^th Commandment.  But the world’s dominant churches refuse to honor Christ as Creator, and have claimed the right to remove His Authorship of Creation, and substitute their own authority, signified by their day of rest: “the venerable day of the sun:” a day of observance that GOD has not “commanded,” “blessed,” “sanctified” or “hallowed:” a day that exposes the open rebellion of apostate Christianity against the very GOD they claim to serve.  It is the epitome of legalism: where man chooses “the first day” to merit salvation apart from Christ and His chosen rest day, “the seventh day” of the Fourth Commandment.  It is salvation by works apart from “the works of Christ:” “THE LORD OUR RIGHEOUSNESS” (Matt.11:2; Jer.23:6).

         Various arguments outside of Bible guidelines have been given to promote the legitimacy of the pagan Sunday.  Among the leading arguments is the question, “How do we know that Saturday today is the same seventh day held by Christ?”  Orthodox Jews have meticulously kept the seventh-day since the days of Moses.  And GOD’S Word assures its preservation since the creation of the Earth.  It has also been astronomically proven that GOD has preserved the seven day weekly cycle since the dawn of Creation, right down to the exact day.  Calendar adjustments have been made but this never interfered with the progression of the weekdays.  So the Seventh-day Sabbath today is the same Seventh-day Sabbath held by Jesus, Moses, and Adam (Lu.4:16; Heb.4:8-12; Gen.2:1-3).  GOD even assures of its eternal significance in the earth made new: “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make...it shall come to pass, that…from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.” Isa.66:22,23.  Christ kept Holy the Sabbath day, and we are called “to walk even as He walked” 

(I Jn.2:6).  To all who have overruled GOD’S Word “the LORD” said, “all…shall know whose word shall stand, mine or theirs” (Jer.44:28).

         The other Commandment that papal Rome removed over 1700 years ago is the Second Commandment (Dan.7:7).  This exquisitely perfect Law points to Jesus Christ as the Source of all “mercy” for “them,” GOD said, “that love me, and keep my commandments” (Ex.20:6).  That “mercy,” revealed in the Second Commandment could only be granted through the greatest event of all eternity: the day “the LORD our Maker” laid down His life on the Cross of Calvary.  Jesus directs us to the Second Commandment when He said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” Jn.14:15.  In fact, every verse of Scripture ascribing man’s love for GOD directs us to the Second Commandment!  The Vatican is proven by their removal of this Law to have no love for GOD, for true love is evidenced through humble obedience to “all His commandments” (Ps.111:7).  Rome has literally removed the very “mercy” of GOD from the Gospel of Jesus Christ and substituted their own sinful version of mercy: to be granted only by the pope!  The traditional Catholic Catechism of church doctrine verifies this.  By removing the Second Commandment they were left with only nine!  So what did they do?  They made the Third Commandment to become the second, the Fourth the third, and so on, until the Tenth Commandment.  They divided the tenth into two, as it is written in their catechism:

            “IX. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.

              X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods.”

—Baltimore Catechism No.3

            The 10^th Commandment forbids coveting anything that does not belong to you.  The pope and priesthood of Roman Catholicism covet the authority that does not belong to them!  It belongs to Jesus Christ and His Word (Jn.5:22, 12:48)!  For any Bible believing Christian to give the Roman priesthood any endorsement of acceptance with GOD illustrates the power of Satan to blind the mind to the dangers of sin.  If John the Baptist were alive today his words spoken to the Pharisees and Sadducees would be repeated to both Catholic and Protestant ministers: “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Matt.3:7,8).

            Rome’s religion has existed since the Council of Nicaea where Constantine presided.  This was the day the church of Rome made peace with Satan.  Tyranny then became integral to their religion.

7. What did Jesus say of those who lead others to disobey

    the Ten Commandments of GOD?

Matthew 5:19  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments [Greek meaning: lesser], and _______  __________  ______  ____, he shall be called the _________ in the kingdom of heaven [Greek meaning: insignificant—or unworthy]: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven [Greek meaning: magnificent].

8. What about church ministers and members who

     innocently did not know they were violating GOD'S

     Commandments, but would have readily kept the 2^nd

     and 4th Commandments if given the proper knowledge?

Numbers 15:27,28  And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he [the sinner] shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. [v.28] And the priest [representing Jesus Christ] shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance, before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; ______  ____  ________  ____  ______________  ______.  

Acts 17:30  And the times of this ignorance ______  ___________  ____; but now commands _____  _______ everywhere ____  ____________.

         This is another precious aspect of the accredited righteousness of Jesus Christ to the whole of mankind.  All ignorant sins are forgiven through the holy history of Christ Who carried every sin of His children to the Cross; and thus, justified every man with the freedom to choose life.  This applies to everyone: that those who lived up to the light of their conscience, as led by the Holy Spirit in their hearts, will be raised to life; for they refused to yield to the temptations to trample their conscience concerning right and wrong, as well as their feeling remorse for those occasions where they did violate their conscience in the sinful deeds done in life (Ps.51:17).

     GOD'S Holy Law be denied “the kingdom of God?”

Numbers 15:29-31  Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. [v.30] But the soul that doeth __________  ________________________, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and ______  _______  ________  ____  ______  ______ from among his people. [v.31] Because he hath _____________ the word of the LORD, and hath ____________  _____  ______________________, that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him.

10. What is the mindset of those who refuse to obey Christ's

       admonitions for salvation, even those who claim to

       serve Him?

Luke 19:14  But his citizens _________  _____ and sent a message after him, saying, _____  ______  ______  _________  ________  ______  ____  ____________  ________  _____.

            When the last message of the Gospel is proclaimed (Rev.18:1-5) every Sunday keeping priest, pastor and evangelist will be called to repent before GOD and man.  But pride rules the hearts of most men.  And most only worship their own reputation, not “the Christ of God.”

11. What is the clearest assurance that the Seventh-day

       Sabbath is vital to GOD'S Everlasting Law?

Hebrews 4:3-9  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into _____  ________: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.  [v.4] For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And _____  _____  _________  _____  ____________  _____ from all his works. [v.5] And in this place again, If they shall _________ into my rest. [v.6] Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in ____________  ____  ____________: Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.  For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. [v.9] There remaineth therefore a _______ [Greek word, Sabbath] to the people of God.

Isaiah 66:22,23  For as the _____  _____________ and the _____  __________ which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. [v.23] And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and _______  _____  ____________  ____  ____________ shall _____  __________  ________ to worship before Me, saith the LORD.

Psalm 111:7,8  The works of his hands are verity and judgment; _____  _____  _____________________  _____  ________. [v.8] _______  _________  _______  _____  ________  _____  ________, and are done in truth and uprightness.  

12. What will be the result when the Religious leaders in the

       United States enact into federal law the pope's age-old

       decree exalting Sunday sacredness above GOD'S “holy

       day” (Isa.58:13,14)?

Psalm 119:126  It is time for Thee, LORD, ____  _______: for _______  _______  _______  _______  _____  _____.

Psalm 94:20,21  Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? [v.21] They gather themselves together _________ the soul of ____  ______________, and ___________ the ____________ blood.

Jeremiah 18:9,10,15-17  And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; [v.10] If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not My voice, then ___  _____  __________  ____  _____  ________, wherewith I said I would benefit them… [v.15] Because My people hath forgotten Me, they have burned incense ____  __________, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; [v.16] To make their land _____________, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. [v.17] I will scatter them as with an east wind, before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of _______  _____________.

         Herein lies the great threat against the civilization of men.  GOD’S command to the “four angels” to hold back the winds of strife (Revelation 7:1-3) forecasts the devastation that will result from the church legislating their dictates of worship, “after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” (Col.2:8).  GOD’S judgments against sin “are written for our admonition” (I Cor.10:11) to prepare us for this future event and its aftermath leading to global destruction (Isa.24; Jer.4:23-28).

13. How will the church leaders respond when this country

       quickly goes to ruin due to their own iniquitous rule?

I Kings 18:17,18  And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, _____  _______  _____  ________  ________________  _________? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

John 11:50  Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man ___________  _____  _____  _____  ____________, and that the whole nation __________  _____.

            As Caiaphas declared that the death of Christ was needed to preserve Judaea, so today’s church leaders will likewise condemn commandment keepers to death in the vain attempt to preserve this fundamentally immoral and hostile world.

Revelation 13:15  And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and _________ that as many as would _____  _____________ the image of the beast ___________  ____  ___________.

Isaiah 58:1  Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people _______  _____________, and the house of Jacob ________  ______.

         Throughout Israel’s history the message of GOD’S servants was unwelcome, for it warned of the eventual destruction of the nation and its people.  The prophets were martyred, the righteous taunted, the humble taken advantage of, and through the greed of wealthy men the poor were denied the basic provisions for their essential comfort and survival.  But the voice of the prophets was not void of the Spirit of GOD, nor did they speak with a harsh tone void of GOD’S compassion and desire for the salvation of those being warned. 

Revelation 18:1-5  And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power and the earth was lightened with his glory. [v.2] And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, ____________  _____  _________  ____  _________, ____ _________, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. [v.3] For _____  ___________ have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and _____  _________ of the earth have committed fornication with her, and _____  _______________ of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. [v.4] And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, ________  ______  ____  ______  _____  ____________, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and GOD hath remembered her iniquities.

Revelation 18 is the ‘moment of truth’ for the Gospel message.  Everyone will hear and be called to take a stand: Yea or Nay for “Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”  His love will shine through His saints, for through His Presence they live out the virtues of His Law. They will reflect His voice, His face, and His limitless compassion for man.  But the religious and government leaders will team up and lead the people to crucify Him in the person of His saints (Matt.25:41-46)  as Jesus said, “If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” Jn.15:20.

15. What is the first of GOD'S judgments to occur, giving the

       alarm of His displeasure because of man’s “iniquity?”

Amos 2:2  But I will ________  ____  _______ upon Moab, and it shall ___________  _____  ______________ of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.  

         In the opening chapters of the book of Amos, GOD prophesied that destruction by fire is a fitting judgment for those whose wealth is solely devoted to selfish ends.  This fire will be unleashed on the world by Satan (Job 1:16; Rev.13:13).  And as prophesied the fire will be sent to the “palaces” of the wealthy for their cruel indifference to the needs of suffering humanity.  Man’s greed, GOD says, is “a smoke in My nose” (Isa.65:5).  GOD’S judgment of fire will also burn up the business districts of the cities that serve insatiably greedy men.  But leading up to and through these events, Jesus will interpose a last message through His faithful children.  He will “create the fruit of the lips” and send a final appeal and call to repentance “to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people” (Isa.57:19; Matt.24:14; Rev.14:6).  This is the final warning deciding forever the eternal destiny for every living man, woman, and child: a fate that comes from two choices: to receive either “the seal of God” or “the mark of the beast.”  It is during this time that Satan will prod the apostate churches to unleash their fury upon Christ, in the person of His saints.  For they must turn the attention away from their guilt and cast the blame on the innocent. 

16. What is “the mark of the beast” that GOD warns His

       children to avoid at any cost to themselves?

Ezekiel 8:14-18  Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Then said He unto me, Hast thou seen this, 0 son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. [v.16] And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they __________________  ______  ______ toward the east. Then He said unto me, Hast thou seen this, 0 son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke Me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose [a profane act of defiance].  Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in Mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

          The worship of Tammuz goes all the way back to the age of the tower of Babel and Nimrod, the world’s first holy pontiff (c. 2200 B.C.): a time when GOD had to come down and prevent the global unification of men who were determined to unite the world in sin.  GOD thwarted their plans by converting man’s single language into many different languages, thus confounding Satan’s determination to unite the world against GOD.  Although dialects have changed, this division of languages remains to this day.  This intervention of GOD was imperative because during this time Noah was still alive and “the Christ” had not yet come to die for “the sin of the world.” 

         Among their many sins was Sunday sacredness whose origin is found in the death of Nimrod, who, ancient legend says, ascended to the sun after he died.  This inaugurated both sun worship and Sunday sacredness.  After his death, Nimrod’s widow, Samurais became pregnant.  She then concocted the story that Nimrod descended from the sun and divinely impregnated her.  She gave birth to “Tammuz,” the son of the sun god, Nimrod.  Thus, the foundation of apostasy against Jesus Christ was laid and continues to this day.  Samurais and Tammuz have always been worshiped as the Madonna and Child.

          Many centuries later, when the land of Judah was laid waste by the Babylonians (6^th Century B.C.), Samurais was heralded as “the queen of heaven” (Jer.7:18, 44:17).  This ancient cult with its accompanying sins led the nation of Judah to ruin.  And now, in our day we see the same heathen traditions in the Christian church: everything from the “vain repetitions, as the heathen do” (Matt.6:7) to “teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Mk.7:7).  As Satan brought the destruction of Israel, Judah and Judaea, so he will bring destruction to America in our generation.  Wherever this pagan religion rules a nation, its destruction always follows; and the Catholic Church today declares the mother of Jesus as “Mary, Queen of the Universe,” having a monstrous temple in Orlando, Florida bearing this very name. 

        Throughout history, Nimrod, the sun-god received various names, but the day of his religious observance never changed: Sunday.  In the last days of Judah it was this ancient sin that mocked GOD’S holy Sabbath and drove “the LORD” from His mercy seat in the temple, forcing His permanent departure from the sanctuary as described in Ezekiel, chapters 10-11.  Slowly, “the LORD” departed.  Step-by-step He left—never to return—not until the birth of “Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Matt.1:23.

            The same disobedience that drove GOD from the sanctuary, leading to Judah’s destruction is being repeated today in the United States of America.  This is simply because of the sins common to both nations.  Sinful, unrepentant men rule the religion, the banks, the government and education; while the Truth, “as the truth is in Jesus” is trampled under foot (Eph.4:21; II Thess.2:10-12).  “Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.” Jer.14:14.  In the time of every nation’s downfall, corrupt leaders always carried the burden of guilt.

            In summation, the sole purpose of Christianity today is to perpetuate sin forever!  And their final decree to the people of Earth will be simply this: ‘You can’t live in this world unless you sin with us’ (Rev.13:15).  And most Christians will capitulate to this demand for a mere moment of additional life due to cowardice (Rev.21:8).  But by doing this they will forfeit eternal life and face the same punishment “prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt.25:41). 

            So, the devil’s final campaign against Christ’s faithful followers is to force them to commit sin, and thus “perish.”  His age-old tactic to lead the commandment-keeping Christians to join his ranks will be a repetition of his words in the days of faithful Job when Satan said to GOD: “All that a man hath will he give for his life.” Job 2:4.  Satan could not get Job to “curse God and die” (Job 2:9).  And neither will he get a single Christ-centered soul to capitulate!  The true Christian knows the admonition of the LORD: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” Matt.16:25.

         Jesus admonishes us, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matt.10:29.  As the end of man’s probation for salvation draws near, every man must choose—between “the wrath of man” or “the wrath of God.”