Two Marys

Posted on May 22, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace to the children of Light.

A Roman Catholic devotee wrote me recently in regards to our article, The Virgin Mary: The Star of the Sea.  She said that after reading the article, she was so distressed that she felt compelled to write me and guide me into a more perfect understanding of the Virgin Mary.

As I read her letter, it became very clear that she was actually talking about two different Marys: the Biblical Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the Virgin Mary that Roman Catholics worship.  It is not difficult to distinguish the two: Mary, the mother of Jesus, is written about in the Bible, while the Virgin Mary is a product of Roman Catholic tradition, folklore, and ancient mythology.  The trouble is that when defending their teachings about Mary, Roman Catholics combine the two.  The result is essentially an un-Biblical hybrid that in no way resembles the mother of our Lord Jesus.

This was something that I had never before considered.  So, in answering the lady’s questions, I tried to get her to understand that Roman Catholic teachings on Mary are extra-Biblical, and are, therefore, heretical.  Any description of Mary or characteristics attributed to her that cannot be found in the Bible describe another Mary.

In that this lady is very articulate and genteel in presenting her argument, and because her beliefs no doubt reflect the beliefs of the average Roman Catholic, I present her arguments here for the edification of the body of Christ.  Her remarks will be in bold type followed by my responses.

Click here for the original email. 

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Dear [Name withheld]:

Thank you for writing.  First of all, let me commend you for the gentleness with which you articulated your viewpoint.  You are not the first Roman Catholic who has differed with me, but you are by far the most charitable.  I will, therefore, strive to mirror your example.

I’m grateful that you wrote me concerning the article Star of the Sea, and I’m not offended at all about what you had to say.  In fact, that you felt moved to write me means that the article struck a cord with you.  This could be a good thing, because all of my articles, including Star of the Sea, quote either the Bible, historical writings, and/or, ironically, Roman Catholic sources to the effect that the Virgin Mary is the goddess, Semiramis.  Therefore, to gainsay them is to actually doubt the truth, including what those in your own church say on the matter.

99% of what you wrote me about Mary, the mother of Jesus, and what the Roman Catholic church teaches about her, cannot be found in the Bible.  This, coupled with your devotion to the Virgin Mary and the fact that the Douay-Rheims version of the Holy Bible, which you quoted, being based on the corrupted Alexandrian texts, does not agree with the King James Version.  This leads me to believe that it would be futile to try to convince you that Mary worship is unbiblical by quoting Bible verses to that effect.

You strike me as a very articulate, intelligent, and thinking individual.  I will, therefore, attempt to appeal to that individual using the Douay-Rheims bible to prove that what the Roman Catholic church teaches about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is un-Biblical, and that this proves that the Virgin Mary and the Biblical Mary are not the same person.  They are two separate Marys.  For this reason, the Roman Catholic is compelled to go outside the Bible when attempting to justify Mary worship.

For the Christian, our beliefs are nothing unless the Bible can back them up.  Because so much of what you wrote me concerning your beliefs cannot be found in the Bible, I will not try to address all of your concerns.  Let us, therefore, limit our discussion to those points on which the Douay-Rheims and the King James agree.  Your points will be in boldface followed by my responses.  All scripture references, unless otherwise stated, are taken from the Douay-Rheims version of the Bible.

“There are so many things that are mistaken in your understanding of Mary.”

That is because we are actually talking about “Two Marys.”  My understanding of Mary, the mother of Jesus, comes from the Bible.  Your understanding of the Virgin Mary is a mixture of Roman Catholic tradition and the Bible: a hybrid.  So much of what Roman Catholicism teaches about the Virgin Mary is extra-biblical, that it should be clear to any thinking person that the Virgin Mary is not Mary, the mother of Jesus, but someone else.  It is for this reason that I, as you say, read about “ancient pagan deities.”  For the characteristics of the Roman Catholic Virgin Mary agree marvelously with the characteristics attributed to the goddess Semiramis, who was, and is, worshipped all over the world under various names.  One only need compare the attributes of these goddesses with those of the Roman Catholic Virgin Mary to bear this out.

The attribute that is the most obvious is that of virginity.  If the Virgin Mary is the Biblical Mary, the mother of Jesus, why does the Roman Catholic church continue to call her a virgin?  It doesn’t make sense.  The Bible only refers to Jesus’ mother Mary as a virgin in one passage of Scripture:

“And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

“To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary” (Luke 1:26-27).

In no other place in the Bible is Mary called a virgin.  If, after giving birth to Jesus, Mary never gave birth to another child, then she technically would have remained a virgin for the rest of her life.  But the Bible clearly teaches that Mary had other children:

“Is not this the carpenter’s son?  Is not His mother called Mary, and His brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:

“And His sisters, are they not all with us?” (Matthew 13:55-56).

If Mary had other children, then she did not remain a virgin.  Furthermore, if Mary was still a virgin, why did Luke not write, “Is not His mother called “The Virgin Mary?”  Is there any mother on planet earth who, after giving birth multiple times, as the Biblical Mary did, is still referred to as a virgin?  Of course not.  Why, then, does the Roman Catholic church continue to call Mary “The Virgin?”

I submit it is because the Virgin Mary is not the mother of Jesus, but Semiramis, the “Virgin Queen of Babylon” (Isaiah 47:1), who, like the Virgin Mary, was also called “The Lady” (Isaiah 47:5).

 I wrote about this at length in several articles such as A Goddess By Any Other Name; The Star of Your God; and The Roman Catholic Church, Zionism, Stars, and Seashells.

You would do well to read them.

“[The Virgin Mary is] neither idol nor pagan goddess…”

I disagree.  An idol is essentially an object of worship.  The Roman Catholic Virgin Mary is a statue, which makes it an object, and this statue is worshipped, which makes it an idol.  Some Roman Catholics deny this, saying that the Virgin Mary is “adored” rather than worshipped.  But, in that prayer is a form of worship, and Roman Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary, then Roman Catholics worship the Virgin Mary.  The Bible says that anything that is worshipped other than God is an idol.  Mary is not God, yet Roman Catholics worship her.   The Virgin Mary is, therefore, an idol by definition and in practice, though you may not appreciate that distinction.

But let us say, for the sake of argument, that the Virgin Mary is really the mother of Jesus (which it is not).  Roman Catholics pray to Mary.  Prayer, besides being a form of worship, is the way humans speak to God.  God is alive, so it is okay to speak to Him.  Mary, the mother of Jesus, however, is dead.  Roman Catholics, therefore, in praying to Mary, are actually praying to a dead woman.  Communicating with the dead is a form of witchcraft called necromancy, and is forbidden by God (Deuteronomy 18:11).

So, whether the Virgin Mary is really the mother of Jesus or not, Mary worship is idolatry and witchcraft.  Roman Catholics, therefore, are guilty of idolatry and witchcraft.  They are truly between a rock and a hard place.

“[The Virgin Mary is] the Mother of God…”

If Mary, the mother of Jesus, were the “mother of God,” as you say, then she would, in fact, be God: as much as Jesus, being the Son of God, makes Him God.  That would mean that Mary was sinless.  Now, we know that Roman Catholicism holds to the very un-Biblical doctrine of the “Immaculate Conception”: the doctrine that Mary was born without original sin.  If this were true, however, then the Bible would be a lie, for the Bible teaches, “all have sinned” (Romans 3:23).  That includes Mary.  Only Jesus was born sinless.

But, for the sake of argument, let us say that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was the “Mother of God” (and, therefore, God) and sinless.  If this were true, then Mary should have been able to pay our sin debt in accordance with Romans 5:12-21.  Being mortal, she would have been able to shed her blood for our sins, in accordance with Hebrews 9:22, and she would have been able to die for us, in accordance with Romans 6:23.  And being God, she would have been able to rise from the dead, as the Lord Jesus did, thus having victory over death and guaranteeing the resurrection of all those who are in Christ.

In short, if Mary were born sinless and was God, then she would have had all of the qualifications to die on the cross for our sins and to rise again on the third day.  If this were true, then why was Mary only chosen to be the vessel for the Deliverer, our Lord Jesus?  Why was she not chosen to die and shed her blood for the sins of the world?  Why did Jesus have to suffer and die at all?  The answer is simple: because Mary was not sinless.

And if, according to the Bible, Mary, the mother of Jesus, was not sinless, then she cannot be the Virgin Mary, which the Roman Catholic church teaches was born without sin.

I could quote the book of Luke wherein we read that Mary, after giving birth to Jesus, went to Jerusalem to offer a sin sacrifice.  But you would likely dismiss it, since it is customary for Roman Catholics to defer to their tradition to justify the Virgin Mary’s “sinlessness.”  And they would have to, since this doctrine is not Biblical.

You should think about this very carefully, as you are saying that the Virgin Mary will redeem mankind.  This goes against the Bible, which teaches that Jesus Christ redeemed us with His own blood:

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God” (Romans 3:23-25). 

There is therefore no need for Mary or anyone else to do anything.  Jesus “paid it all.”

“If you subscribe to the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura “by scripture [sic] alone” there is plenty of evidence to show that Mary is an important figure in the Bible.”

This is true on many levels.  It is true that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was an important figure in the Bible, as she gave birth to our Savior.  It is also true that the Virgin Mary, the Babylonian goddess, is an important figure in the Bible.  As the Abomination of Desolation, she will order the execution of all who will not bow down and worship her (Revelation 13:15).  So yes, both Marys are important figures in the Bible.

“It would be well to stick to the Bible, also, rather than reading about ancient pagan “deities.”

No one would benefit more from “sticking” to that advice than the Roman Catholic church.  But if it did, the Roman Catholic religion would implode overnight.  You must understand that one must read about ancient pagan deities in order to understand the Virgin Mary, because what is attributed to the Virgin Mary cannot be found in Scripture, but can actually be found in ancient mythology and folklore.  That is because what is taught about the Virgin Mary can also be attributed to pagan deities like Diana, Artemis, Venus, Aphrodite, and other goddesses.  In fact, they are all the same goddess: Semiramis.

“How many humans can say that they are “highly favored” by God?  Mary could.  In the King James Luke 1:30-31, the angel Gabriel, God’s messenger tells her so.  She also is pre-figured in Genesis as the woman who will correct the error of Eve 3:15.”

It is true that Mary is called “highly favored,” being chosen as the vessel to bring the Lord Jesus into the world.  It is not true, however, that Mary is “full of grace,” as the Roman Catholic church teaches, and that she may impart this grace onto anyone.  As a matter of fact, Mary received God’s grace herself in that she was a sinner and, yet, was still chosen to give birth to the Son of God.

Neither is it correct to say that Mary will “correct the error of Eve.”  I won’t debate Genesis 3:15 with you, because, as you point out, the Douay-Rheims translation differs from the King James.  Let us therefore hear what the Bible has to say regarding your claim that the sin was Eve’s and that Mary will correct that sin.

Let me begin by stating that nowhere does the Bible say that the first sin was Eve’s, though the Bible clearly states that Eve was deceived and not Adam (1 Timothy 2:14).  God blamed Adam for Eve’s transgression, because she was his wife, and he should not have let her be deceived.  But it is clear that the sin was Adam’s:

“To the woman also [God] said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

“And to Adam He said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life” (Genesis 3:16-17).

Notice that the earth was cursed for Adam’s sin, not for Eve’s.  This is because God had given Adam dominion over the earth before Eve was even created:

“And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.  

And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself” (Genesis 2:19-20).

God brought all the animals to Adam, who then named them.  There is a very simple principle at work here: he, who names a thing, owns a thing.  Adam was the master of the earth and all that is in it; so God gave Adam the right to name the animals.  Adam was responsible for the earth.  It was Adam’s actions, therefore, that would affect the earth, not Eve’s.  This is why God blamed Adam, and not Eve.

Sin is a curse (Galations 3:13).  So when the passage says that the earth is cursed, it is talking about original sin (Romans 5:12).  In that you state that Mary had to correct the sin, because Eve sinned, then you know something about God’s idea of justice: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Therefore, since the earth was cursed because of Adam, and Adam was a man, then his sin had to be corrected by a Man, in accordance with God’s idea of justice.

And the Bible backs this up.  Consider these passages from the Douay-Rheims:

“For if by the offence of one (Adam), many died: much more the grace of God and the gift, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

 “For if by one man’s offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift and of justice shall reign in life through one [Man], Jesus Christ.

 “For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners: so also by the obedience of one [Man], many shall be made just”  (Romans 5:15,18,19).

As you can see, the Bible clearly teaches that, because Adam sinned, his sin had to be corrected by a Man, not a woman.  And the Bible makes it clear that it was no ordinary man who paid for our sin, but the only Man who could: Jesus Christ.

So, the idea that the Virgin Mary must correct the sin of Eve, is, again, not Biblical.  It is, therefore, by definition, a heresy.

“Notice how many times in the Bible when Jesus addresses Mary, he [sic] calls her “Woman.” It is to highlight and correlate that she is the woman in Genesis, and the woman in Revelation.”

You go on to quote Revelation 12:1 “And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars” (representing both the 12 tribes of Israel & the 12 apostles, your words).  If the woman in the passage is Mary, as you say, then why doesn’t the passage read, “And Mary appeared in heaven?”  Think about this.

I’m aware that the Roman Catholic church teaches that it is true Israel, and that it uses the six-pointed “Star of David” to signify this.  Besides being a heresy, because the Roman Catholic church was begun by the Roman Emperor Constantine, who was not Jewish (hence the term, Roman Catholicism), nowhere does the Bible use a six-pointed star to represent Israel.  The Bible uses several symbols for Israel, including animals.  But there are only three instances, to my knowledge, where the Bible speaks of stars in relation to Israel.  One instance, which you mentioned, is Revelation 12:1.  The others are Amos 5:26 and Acts 7:43, respectively.

With respect to Revelation 12:1, it is important to understand that the woman and the crown of stars are symbolic: you yourself admitted this, when you said that the twelve stars represent Israel and the Twelve Apostles.  That the passage begins with “And a great sign appeared in heaven” (Revelation 12:1), reinforces this.  A sign is an omen, a portent.  This is our cue that the passage is symbolic.  Again, you know this, as you say that the twelve stars are symbolic of Israel.

Now, we know that the child is Jesus.  But you say that the woman is Mary.  If that is true, then where does Scripture speak of a dragon standing before Mary waiting to devour the baby Jesus?  I can tell you that nowhere in Scripture can that be found.

As a matter of fact, if one continues to read the passage, it goes on to say:

“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan” (Revelation 12:9). 

The woman, the crown of stars, and the dragon are symbols.

Inasmuch as the woman and the crown of stars are symbols, then the woman means nothing without the crown of stars, and the crown of stars means nothing without the woman.  In the Bible, a woman is symbolic of a religion.  The woman, therefore, with the crown of twelve stars, represents the twelve tribes of the God of Israel.

With respect to the second and third instances, where a star is mentioned in relation to Israel, it is important to understand that it is connection with idolatry:

“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images [idols], the star of your god” (Amos 5:26).

“Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them” (Acts 7:43).

According to the Bible, the star is a symbol of a pagan deity.  Bear that in mind as we continue.

Now, the woman of Revelation 12 wears a crown of stars, not a single star.  The Roman Catholic church uses the six-pointed star, the so-called Star of David, to represent the Virgin Mary, having given birth to Jesus, who was of the House of David.

But consider something: If the Roman Catholic church uses the so-called Star of David because the woman of Revelation 12 is really the Roman Catholic church, then why does the Roman Catholic church also use the five-, seven-, and eight-pointed stars to symbolize Mary?  Are these also used to represent Israel?  If so, where can references to Israel and the five-, six-, seven-, or eight-pointed stars be found in the Bible?  I know that you cannot tell me, because the Bible doesn’t speak of any star that represents Israel.  The Bible does, however, mention the apostate Jews having worshipped a star to represent Chiun and Remphran: both names for a pagan deity.

If you say that the Roman Catholic church does not use the five-, six-, seven-, and eight-pointed stars to represent the Virgin Mary, then consider what Marielena Montesino de Stuart, a prominent Roman Catholic, former Florida senatorial candidate, and writer for Renew America, said in an article entitled, It’s all in the stars…Socialism and the Vatican: Why is the Vatican so concerned over a five-pointed yellow star?:

“Is the five-pointed star found in Mariology [Mary Worship]? Of course! The Assumption of Mary in Attard, Malta and the Miraculous Medal, as revealed by the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré.”  [Parentheses mine.]

 “Is the six-pointed star found in Mariology? Of course!  The image of the Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima was made according to indications by Sister Lúcia, and was a gift from the Bishop of Leiria – and solemnly crowned by the Archbishop of Évora, on May 13, 1947.”

 “Is the seven-pointed star found in Mariology? Of course!  Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, Belgium.”

About the eight-pointed star, the Catholic Herald says this:

“The eight-pointed star has always symbolized Mary in Catholic church tradition.”

Again, I ask you: where does the Holy Bible mention the five-, six-, seven-, and eight-pointed stars being symbols for Mary or for Israel?  Answer: nowhere.  If it is not in the Bible, but is taught as doctrine, then it is, by definition, a heresy.

Again, the Virgin Mary is not the mother of Jesus, but an ancient goddess that was worshipped the world over under different names, including Mary.

“Mary is the favored one of God, deemed worthy to be a vessel for the Son of God, who said Yes and gave herself totally to the will of God, and reversed the No of Eve in order to bring salvation to humanity.”

The first part of this statement is very true: Mary was deemed worthy to be the vessel to bring the Son of God into this world.  The second part, however, is false.  Mary was not deemed worthy to bring salvation to humanity, because she could not.

To prove this, let us first define salvation.  According to the Bible, salvation is deliverance from:

  1. The power and effects of sin (Romans 5:12)
  2. This “present evil world” (Galations 1:4)
  3. The “curse of the law” (Galations 3:13)
  4. Bondage to sin (Galations 4:3, Romans 6:6)
  5. Death (Romans 6:23)
  6. Hell (Matthew 10:28)
  7. Judgment (Revelation 19:13)
  8. The “second death” (Revelation 19:14-15)

Because of Adam’s sin, we are all condemned to die (Romans 5:12).  We need, therefore, only concern ourselves with point 5: deliverance from death.  The only way to save, or redeem from death was through the shedding of blood (Hebrews 9:22) and death (Romans 6:23).  But not any man could redeem us, because the Bible says that all have sinned (Romans 3:23), and are condemned to die.  A normal man could not die for our sins, because, being a sinner, he would stay dead.  A dead man cannot offer anyone eternal life.

Only one man could shed his blood, die, and get back up.  That man was Jesus Christ.  Being sinless, He could shed his blood and die for us, paying our sin debtl and, being God, He could rise from the dead, thus having victory over death and ensuring our eternal life.  For if He could raise Himself, He can certainly raise us up.

Mary died and stayed dead.  She is waiting on the Resurrection just like all Christians are.  Jesus, however, after dying, got back up.  He, then, is the only One who could save us.

It was not the “No” of Eve that condemned us, but the “No” of Adam; for he “hearkened unto his wife.”  And, as we have already seen in Romans 5, it was not the “Yes” of Mary that brought salvation, but the “Yes” of Jesus.  How?  Because Jesus obeyed the Father:

“[Jesus] humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:8).

So, though it is true that Mary was worthy enough to give birth to our Savior, she was not worthy enough to redeem mankind. Further proof of this is Revelation Chapter 5, wherein we read that the Apostle John, in his vision, saw God the Father sitting on His throne, holding a book sealed with seven seals:

“And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book, written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

 “And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?

 “And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.

“And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it.

 “And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof.

 “And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing, as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.

“And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne” (Revelation 5:1-7).

We all know that Jesus is the Lamb of God and the Root of David.  Now, if Mary, as you say, brought salvation to humanity, why was she not found worthy to take the book from the hand of God?  Why was only Jesus worthy enough?

I can show you better than I can tell you.  From the Douay-Rheims:

“And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

“And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.

 “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the ancients (and the number of them was thousands of thousands),

 “Saying with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and benediction” (Revelation 5:9-12).

Now if the Virgin Mary, or any Mary, for that matter, were worthy of the accolades that the Roman Catholic church bestows upon the Virgin Mary, why does the Bible not bestow these honors upon it/her?  Because Mary was not nailed to a cross: Jesus was.  Because Mary did not shed her blood: Jesus did.  Because Mary was not slain:  Jesus was.  And because Mary did not rise on the third day: Jesus did.

You made a great many other un-Biblical claims.  But it would not be edifying to address them.  Let us, therefore, examine your claim regarding my family life:

“This may be hard to hear, friend, but if your zeal for your vision of faith is putting enmity between you and your wife, and bringing sadness to your children, then it cannot be of God.  For all that is of God, brings peace, wholeness, harmony and love.”

Again, though I believe you mean these words in all sincerity, you are woefully misinformed about the nature of the Christian life.  There are just too many verses in the Bible to prove that faithfulness to Jesus and the Word of God brings nothing, if not enmity—even between a husband and wife.

Jobs trials were of God, and it cost him his health, his prosperity, his children, his birth family, his friends, and his relationship with his wife.  For Job’s wife told him:

“Curse God, and die” (Job 2:9 KJV).

Not a very nice thing for a wife to say to her husband.

The Douay-Rheims renders the passage, “Bless God, and die,” but the sentiment is nevertheless the same.  Job’s wife wanted him to die.  Now, to my knowledge, Job’s wife was not a Roman Catholic.  Yet, Job’s faithfulness to God was a problem for her, for she prefaced this imperative by saying, “Doth thou still retain thine integrity?” (KJV).  Job’s wife thought that as a result of God’s actions, Job should have renounced Him, just as the Devil said he would.  But Job wasn’t having any of it.

Faithfulness to God is enmity with the world.

You say that God brings peace.  What I think you meant to say is that God only brings peace.  This, of course, is not true: for Jesus Himself said:

“Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.”

 “For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

 “And a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household” (Matthew 10:34-36).

Was Jesus a warmonger?  I think not.  What He was saying was that if a man would be faithful to the Gospel of Jesus, though he will have peace inwardly, he will have war outwardly—maybe (READ especially) in his own family.  Not everyone wants to the do the will of God.

Don’t think for one minute that I regret what has happened to my family because of my faithfulness to Jesus.  As unpleasant as it has been, I rejoice that it has happened—and is happening—because it has proved to me that the Word of God is true.  My trials have resulted in most of the material you will find on this site, which have brought some to a saving knowledge of Jesus, led others into a greater knowledge of God’s will for His people, given still others victory over sin, and a great many more deliverance from bondage.  What a blessing!

Many people talk about their faith, but believe me when I say I put Jesus to the test—I had to in order to pass through what I have and come out SANE, not to mention with my faith intact.  And Jesus passed with flying colors.  Only when you have passed through the fire can you really know the keeping power of Jesus.  Only then can you claim to really know Him, which is why Paul said that to know Jesus is “to know the fellowship of His sufferings.”

A warm and fuzzy is good for some things.  But only hardship and tribulation bring you closer to Jesus.  While the extent of most people’s Christian experience is singing hymns, church picnics, Gospel concerts, and saying “Have a blessed day,” my family is involved in daily spiritual warfare.  And believe it or not, we are stronger than ever for it.

As for my children being sad, their sadness comes only when they are at school being persecuted by their Roman Catholic and Muslim classmates.  This is done in a very slick way, out of sight of the casual observer, but it is done.  Outside the classroom and at home, they are some of the happiest, most polite, most well adjusted children you will ever meet.  The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:3 that in the last days, people would be “despisers of those that are good” (KJV).  That can’t be truer than it is today.

The difficulties my wife and I have experienced are the result of truth being yoked to error.  In that my wife is Roman Catholic, according to the Bible, we are “enemies for the gospel’s sake.”  I love her in spite of this enmity, however, and I believe this is the way God wants all Christians to love Roman Catholics.  They too, are souls for whom Christ Jesus died.  You have to love a Roman Catholic to tell him the truth.  Her religion notwithstanding, God has sanctified my wife for our children’s sakes (1 Corinthians 7:14).  So there is always a chance that she will one day come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  That is the day I pray for.

“With love and peace in Christ, and all prayers for your salvation and that of your whole family, because no one gets to Heaven without a battle.”

I trust you mean well, when you say you will pray for my salvation.  But you have absolutely no idea how terribly deceived you are.  You are praying for my salvation, yet your own soul is in jeopardy!

You worship an idol contrary to Scripture.  You adore (worship) a piece of bread (the Eucharist) as Jesus, contrary to Scripture.  You call a mere man, the Roman Catholic pope, “Holy Father”: a name reserved exclusively for God the Father (John 17:11).  What blasphemy!  You believe in a mythical Purgatory, where you believe you must go to have your sins purged or burned off, contrary to Scripture, and, in so doing, you spit on the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus.  For when He hung on the cross, Jesus said, “It is finished.”

Wasn’t Jesus’ blood good enough?  Wasn’t His suffering good enough?  Wasn’t His death good enough?  What, then, could you, the Virgin Mary, or anyone else possibly add to this?  Can’t you see how deceived you are, how you’ve been lied to?

You rightfully say that Satan is the father of lies.  But you are marvelously blind to the fact that his greatest deception is the Roman Catholic church, to which you have given your blind trust, and which, in return for your loyalty, has condemned your soul to the Lake of Fire burning with fire and brimstone.

Instead of hearing the Lord Jesus say, “Well done!” you are in danger of hearing Him say, “Depart from me, ye wicked, into everlasting fire!”

No, my dear child, I will pray for your salvation.

Tony  

[End letter]

As you can see, this dear soul’s mind has been corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  And she truly believes she is a Christian and is praying for my salvation!  Now can you see why I do what I do?  Saints, we must reach the Roman Catholics, while there’s still time.  There are precious few hours of daylight left.  

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“Please, Just Say, ‘Thank you.'”

Posted on May 6, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, believers.

This has not been a good week for me spiritually.  I allowed Satan to beguile me into succumbing to anger, and the result was that I spoke and behaved in a way that was very unbecoming a Christian soldier.

Most of our readers know that I have been fighting a monumental battle with the forces of darkness.  My family and I endure attacks by the enemy that few—other than those who are on the front lines in this spiritual warfare—experience.  Now, I am not so naïve as to think that my case is much different than what most of us in the body of Christ experience.  In point of fact, I have heard much worse.  But, it is merely a matter of fact that you cannot reveal the machinations of Satan in the way we do here and not have him come against you with both barrels blazing.  That’s just the plain truth.

A favorite weapon Satan uses against me is my own wife.  As many of you may know, my wife is not saved.  Though she considers herself a Christian and attends church regularly, she was born and raised a Roman Catholic, and she has never renounced the Roman Catholic faith.  So, for all intents and purposes, my wife is still a Roman Catholic. 

Believe me when I tell you that Biblical Christianity and Roman Catholicism do not get along at all.  Biblically speaking, my wife and I are unequally yoked; and the results have sometimes been catastrophic for me and my family.  Roman Catholicism is a dark spiritual force that can wreak havoc on a person’s spiritual well-being and that of his loved ones as well.

My family’s spiritual battles have been fought on many fronts: at home and in the streets, in the U.S. and in Europe, in and out of court, privately and publicly, in and out of the media.  It has been a monumental struggle; and there appears to be no relief in sight.  This struggle has certainly taken its toll on everyone in my family.

But I am dealing with it, and have been dealing with it for over fifteen years.  But the last five years have been the most difficult.  As many of you may know, my wife and I only reconciled a year ago, after being separated for four years.  What you may not know is the circumstances of our separation.  I am sharing this with you in the hopes that it will minister to someone out there who may be going through the same thing.

Back in 2008, after long deliberation, I decided to leave my wife.  More details can be found in my article entitled Unequally Yoked.  I was afraid of what might happen to my children if I left, but I reasoned that since the children were with their mother, there was nothing to fear.  So, on the day I was scheduled to fly to the United States (we were living in Germany at the time), I departed for the airport.  But once I arrived, circumstances conspired to keep me from leaving.  Literally everything went wrong.  In the end, I was unable to leave. 

This weighed heavily upon me.  I reasoned that perhaps God did not want me to leave after all.  So, I went back home.  However, things only got worse.  I realized I still had to leave.  As I pondered this, I began to wonder if God wanted me to leave, but not alone.  I wondered if He wanted me to take my children with me.  But I knew that would never happen, because every time I brought up the issue of going Stateside, my wife was reluctant to go.  But the more I thought about it, the more it began to make sense. 

My children at this time were nine, seven, and five years old, and they had never been to the United States.  Many times, while putting them to bed, they would ask me what America was like, and I would describe it to them.  I was saddened by the fact that my children were Americans, but knew nothing about America.  I was even more saddened by the very real possibility that, if I were to leave, they might never know anything about it.  I resigned myself, therefore, to remain in Germany.  But the thought of leaving never left me.

One weekend, my wife went to England to visit a friend.  I decided that while she was gone, the kids and I would spend the weekend at a military base we would visit about two or three times a year to shop and to be around other Americans.  This was as close as we would get to actually being in America.  Somewhere between home and the military base, however, I made the decision that we would fly to America.  And that is exactly what we did.

To make a long story short, we were there for a year and a half.  And it was the best year and a half my children and I have ever had.  Of course, this did not set well with my wife.  She was distraught.  And how could I blame her?  I had betrayed a trust, and taken her only children from her.  I was not proud of that fact.  But I just had to get my children into an environment where I could raise them properly without the negative influences of my wife and Roman Catholicism.  I will not go into what those influences were, because there is no way to do that without casting my wife into an unfavorable light.  In fact, in telling this story, the only one who will look bad is me.  But truth is truth; and sometimes it is not pleasant—even for the truth teller.

To continue: though my wife was initially upset, she eventually found some peace with the situation and, without the distractions of a family, she was able to go back to school, save up some money, travel, and do all the things that she always wanted to do.  Meanwhile, the children and I did all the things that we had always dreamed of doing together.  We went to the park, fished, played, ate at Burger King, Golden Corral, White Castles, ate Chinese food, went to Chuck E. Cheese, raced around Sam’s, etc., etc., and etc.  We had a great time together. 

At home, I didn’t have a television set, so we did not have the worldly distractions that television brings.  Back in Germany, the television set was one of my greatest challenges, as my wife watches it a lot, and my children watched it way too much.  Without this distraction, my children were forced to be creative in their play.  They drew, wrote stories (my youngest daughter wrote a number of comic Gospel tracts), put on plays, and read.  We read the Bible almost every single day, and I told them Bible stories at night.  This became very important, because it eventually led to their salvation.

Eventually, however, my wife decided she wanted the children back in Germany.  So she took me to court and won the right to do so.  During the court proceedings, however, something happened that made me understand that my taking the children in the manner I did was probably the best thing I had ever done in my life.

A “child specialist” was brought in, who was supposed to interview my children to determine if they were competent enough to take the stand, if necessary.  I didn’t know why this was necessary, because I had already indicated that I would not compel my children to take part in the proceedings in any way.  Well, the specialist talked to the children (without my being present) and, shortly thereafter, came out and told the judge that he had interviewed the children and that they were intelligent and capable to stand trial, if necessary.  The judge then asked my wife and I if we wanted them to do so, and we both said no.  About an hour later, the trial was over, and a few days later, I was to learn that the judge ordered the children returned to Germany. 

That evening after the trial, my children and I were at dinner, and they were telling me about all the sweets and soda they were given while they were waiting for the trial to conclude.  During our discussion, my youngest daughter told me that the “child specialist” asked them some very strange questions.  I asked her what kind of questions the man asked her, and she told me that he asked them if they were Christians.  When they responded that they were, the man then asked them if Roman Catholics were Christians.   They told him that Roman Catholics were not Christians, to which the man replied that Catholics are Christians also, but they just worship differently than Protestants.  He then asked them why they felt that Roman Catholicism was not Christianity, and my daughter replied, “because Roman Catholics worship an idol named Mary, and the Bible says not to worship idols.”  The man then told my children that Protestants worship Mary too, but they do it “in secret,” or words to that effect. 

A chill ran down my spine at those words.  At that moment, I realized why there was such a concerted effort to return my children to Germany and why my lawyer only weakly defended me at the trial.  I also realized why I had felt so strongly that God wanted me to take my children to the States, even though I knew it was wrong.  Satan had hoped I would leave the children in Germany with their mother, so that he could turn them into Roman Catholics.  He wanted to send them to Hell.  I believe he wanted to do this out of revenge, because I had been evangelizing Roman Catholics for two years, before I took the children to the States.  Someone might have even gotten saved—or, at least a seed had been planted—and he did not like that one bit.  Satan was out for revenge.

Well, God had other plans.

In August 2009, my wife took my children back to Germany.  And I fell into a black hole of grief from which I did not emerge for about a year.  I’m not asking for sympathy, mind you, because my wife fell into a similar hole: I’m only relating my feelings.  For the next two and a half years I had to deal with the profound sadness my children felt at being forced to live somewhere they didn’t want to be.  It hit my boy especially hard.  He ended up going into a depression and he gained about twenty pounds.  His self-esteem was decimated, and my wife sent him to therapist after therapist.  Once, he was even beat up in the boy’s bathroom and ended up with stitches in his head.  You can read more about that here.

Back in the U.S., I tried my best to put one foot in front of the other.  I got deeper into the Word of God, and my prayer life improved in leaps and bounds.  In February 2011, I launched this blog, and in the Spring of 2012, I started a podcast ministry entitled, “These Last Days.”  God opened my understanding of the Scriptures, especially end time events, and I wrote the articles on Generational Curses and Bipolar Disorder that have shown many how to be set free.  I also wrote the articles on the Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast, Steve Harvey, and a host of others that have garnered thousands of hits.  God had shown me my purpose in life.

But back in Germany, my children were miserable.  My son’s depression worsened, while my daughters grew rebellious and unmanageable.  It was sometimes unbearable for me to talk to them and hear the profound sadness in their voices.  They would always ask me when I was coming to see them, and I would always tell them I would see them again one day, but that I didn’t know when that day would be.  Then, one day in March 2012, my son dropped the bomb.  He told me that I had to come and see him right away, because he couldn’t take it anymore.  So I dropped everything, and two days later I was in Germany.

There is no way to describe the scene I was greeted with without casting dispersion upon my wife.  But suffice it to say that I felt instantly justified in having taken them four years earlier.  Anger and disappointment built up in me the likes of which I have never before felt, but I dealt with it.  I told myself that I had to give it to God and I really thought that I had.  But this week, I realized that I hadn’t given it to Jesus at all.  I had merely suppressed it, stomped it down, tamped it into a neat little package and sat on it.  But this week, having withstood three solid weeks of misbehavior, and having been reminded that I have been dealing with this for fifteen years, I stood up, and the anger and hurt popped back into form none worse for wear.

Saints, I can’t remember the last time I have been that angry.  Actually, I can.  And that was the time I ended up giving my wife a black eye.  Don’t worry.  You can’t be any angrier with me than I was at myself.  Saints, anger is not good.

I can’t remember the last time I have said the things to my wife—or to any woman, for that matter—that I said last night.  My only saving grace is that I didn’t call my wife out of her name, using the expletives that are most often reserved for these occasions.  It is only because of this that humility hasn’t prevented me from writing this, because, believe me, Saints, there was little else that I failed to say.  It is only because of this that when the devil whispered in my ear that I hadn’t really changed from that vile person I was before I got saved, that I was able to respond, “Satan you a liar!”

But the damage was done: I had gone too far.  And again, as was the case before I left five years earlier, the whole neighborhood had heard me do it. 

Hurt and embarrassed, I left the house and took a walk.  An hour later I was back, and I went straight to bed were I remained for the next fifteen hours.  During that time, I dreamed dreams of clarity.  I realized that I hadn’t given anything over to Jesus.  I hadn’t given Him the hurt.  I hadn’t given Him the pain.  I hadn’t given Him the disappointment.  And I hadn’t given Him the anger.  I had kept it all.  I also realized that all my life I had hungered for love, affection, and genuine appreciation and gratitude and had never gotten it.  I realized that all I ever wanted was for my wife to genuinely appreciate me as a man, as a husband, and as a father.  I realized that I just wanted my wife to appreciate that from the time we first started out, I had always had her back, and that she never had to worry about anything.  I just wanted her to be grateful that I was there.

I had no idea that this need was so strong in me, until I found myself screaming, “Say ‘Thank you!’ Just say, ‘Thank you!’”   Later, while I walked around in the chill of the early morning hours, I realized the incredible power that ingratitude, real or imagined, can have over someone who needs to feel appreciated.  It can be devastating.  I also understood that I was once guilty of the same crime thirty years earlier.  There was once someone in my life: someone deserving of my gratitude, my affection, and my love, and I didn’t give it.  That person had loved me, cared for me, cherished me, and valued me, and I didn’t reciprocate.  And I could have.  I should have.  But I didn’t.  What comes around goes around.

E.P.A., if you are reading this, I’m so sorry I was so ungrateful.  I’m so sorry I lacked understanding, compassion, love, and genuine affection.  I now realize how important it is for a person to feel needed, and you always said that you just wanted to feel needed.  I understand that a person needs to feel valued and important.  And I’m sorry.

Saints, I am no saint; that’s for sure.  But I thank God for the blood.  And I bless the name of Jesus, the God of Second Chances. 

This time, I’m giving it to Jesus.  It does no good to need to be appreciated by someone, if the person is dead set against showing appreciation.  It’s useless to need to be needed by someone if the person doesn’t want to show you that you are needed.  It’s counterproductive to need to feel loved by someone who doesn’t want to show you love.  In fact, it can be downright destructive, especially if you are involved in daily spiritual warfare. 

What then, do we do, when we need to feel loved, appreciated, needed, valued, and important to our significant other, yet the significant other is unwilling or unable to convey that sentiment? 

We have to let it go; that’s what we have to do.  We have to give it to Jesus.  Now, I know that is easier said than done.  I know it.  But we have to do it.  We can’t go around holding onto the feelings of inadequacy, of loneliness, of being unwanted, of being unappreciated.   If we suppress them, they will only come back up one day, at a time when we least expect them to, at a time when we can least afford for them to.  This is not good.

I know it can be done.  I did it with other things, and the feelings attached to those things were every bit as real as these.  I understand now that I just chose to hold on to these feelings, trying to justify them.  They may be justified, but that doesn’t make them good—or healthy.  We have to give them over to Jesus.  We have to let them go.

We may never hear what we want to hear.  And we are going to have to be alright with that.  We should take comfort in these words:

“I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5).

Please pray for me, and I’ll pray for you.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man 

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Deceitful Workers: Eddie Murphy

Posted on May 3, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

A few weeks ago after a long session at the typewriter (OK, computer), I went into the living room, where my wife was watching Eddie Murphy, One Night Only, a tribute to Eddie Murphy, on television.  I decided to take a break and watch some of it with her.  Apparently, it was made a couple of years ago, but I had never heard anything about it.  Not surprising, given I rarely watch entertainment television.  

As it turns out, there were only about twenty minutes left before the program ended.  At the conclusion, Eddie Murphy himself takes the stage and talks to the audience for about a minute or so.  I was amazed as, in quick succession, he flashed occult hand signs to signal to “those who know” that he is down with Antichrist.  Of course, I had to preserve it for posterity.

Eddie Murphy using occult hand sings during his tribute, "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only."

Eddie Murphy using occult hand sings.

Eddie Murphy using occult hand sings during his tribute, "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only."

Eddie Murphy using occult hand sings.

I must admit that I was somewhat surprised by this, but I don’t know why.  Eddie Murphy helped move along the occult agenda to make it OK to use profanity on television.  

For example, according to Wiki, in his first stand up television special, Delirious (1983), Murphy used the swear words f-u-c-(last letter omitted) and s-h-i-(last letter omitted) 230 and 171 times, respectively.  In Raw (1987), he used the word f-u-c-(last letter omitted) 226 times.  

Murphy also brought dressing in drag to a generation of youth with his characters “Mama Klump” and “Grandmama Klump” in The Nutty Professor (1996) and The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).  

Comedians Chris Rock, Tyler Perry, Martin Lawrence, and Arsenio Hall all spoke at the tribute to Murphy, and praised him as a ground-breaker who paved the way for other black comedians.  It should come as no surprise that all have also appeared in drag on television and in movies.  Comedian, actor, and director, Keenen Ivory Wayans, who also spoke at the tribute, to my knowledge has never appeared in drag.  However, Wayans was the director and host of the comedy variety show In Living Color (1991-1994), an episode of which featured Jamie Foxx, another black comedian, in drag playing Wanda Wayne, the “ugliest woman in the world.”  Wayans also directed White Chicks (2004), a movie featuring his younger brothers, Marlon and Shaun, playing white female police officers.

Think about this.  We know that the moral destruction of America is deliberate and was planned well in advance.  We also know that Hollywood plays a big part in it.  Mystery Babylon, which is responsible for this, could have used any comedian.  Why, then, did they use Eddie Murphy, a black comedian?  Is it merely a coincidence that the first person to use the “N” word on television was also a black comedian (Chris Rock, Bring the Pain, 1996, HBO)?

Folks, blacks in America are being set up big time.  And they have no idea that it is happening.  Watch and wait for it.  Soon, it will be publicly declared that blacks in America are depraved and through comedy, movies, and rap music, are destroying America’s morals.  When the “final solution” is proposed, the same solution that Hitler proposed to the “Jewish question” in Nazi Germany, no one will be averse to it.  In fact, the overwhelming majority of Americans will welcome it.  At least those who will be polled.

In our series, The Roman Catholic Takeover of America, we outline the Roman Catholic church’s three phase plan to subdue America for the Virgin Mary.  We are currently in phase three: “a holy warfare.”  The deliberate sabotage of Biblical morality and the subsequent restoration of “Christian” (READ Roman Catholic) values in America is part of this warfare.  When Roman Catholics talk about “renewing America,” and restoring “Christian” values and morality in America, they are dead serious.  But they don’t mean what you think they mean.  If you don’t think Rome is sponsoring Murphy–and all of these sellout comedians–you had better think again.  

(As a matter of fact, the hand sign that Murphy flashes first, I believe, is the “M” handsign.  “M” as in “Mary”–the Virgin Mary.  Read more about it here and here.)

This is why, for the moment, blacks have been given center stage in the media.  This is why the media constantly covers the sordid and immoral lifestyles of black celebrities.  This is why rapper 50 Cent was on the David Letterman show years ago bragging about how he had to train the producers in his first movie how to make crack cocaine.  This is why bad-boy rapper Kanye West, in a completely staged event, snatched the microphone from tender-eyed Taylor Swift at the MTV Music Awards.  This is why just this week the media have been abuzz about NBA center Jason Collins, who is black, coming out as gay.  He is actually not the first athlete to come out, which is why he is being billed as the “first active player in a major team sport” to come out as being gay.  But you just watch as that distinction disappears before our very eyes.

These deceived blacks are being encouraged to misbehave and allowed to appear on prime time in all their depravity.  They are being given just enough rope to hang themselves.  Blacks are walking around with a target on their backs; and Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Arsenio Hall, Tyler Perry, Chris Tucker, Ving Rhames, Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington, and Beyonce (oh, yes, America’s songbird) and others of that ilk are largely to blame.

And this is not just happening in the United States.  Until the Sandy Hook tragedy, CNN International was devoting much coverage to racism in European soccer and the racial struggles of black Italian striker Mario Balotelli and others.  On the one hand, they are depicted as being victims of racial abuse, while, on the other hand, they are making millions of dollars–on and off the pitch–in a sport they claim is racist.  The irony is lost on no one, and the disparity is intentional.  This is global.

God willing, I will talk more about this later.  For now, suffice it to say that Eddie Murphy is part of the plan to destroy American morality and demonize blacks.  And he did a great job, as evidenced by the grand tribute they gave him.  

If you don’t believe me, find Eddie Murphy: One Night Only on the internet.  Watch in horror as Chris Rock and Arsenio Hall use the “N” word ad infinitum, ad nauseum.  Cringe as Arsenio Hall makes comments about him and white women that will make you blush.  And feel your chin hit the floor as you see footage of Eddie Murphy on HBO and on Saturday Night Live and Arsenio Hall in drag in Coming To America and realize how ridiculous and depraved blacks were made to look on national television and before the world.  

You’ll see what I mean.

Folks, these people are not at all what they appear to be.  Believe that.

By the way, notice all the obelisks in the background?  Mystery Babylon.

The Still Man

P.S. YouTube blocked the Eddie Murphy clip on “copyright grounds,” but if you really want to see it, I’m sure it can still be found.

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He Said/She Said – April 30, 2013

Posted on April 30, 2013 by The Still Man

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“I’m glad I’m coming out in 2013 rather than in 2003.  The climate has shifted; public opinion has shifted.  And we still have so much farther to go.”

–Jason Collins, NBA Center, First active player to come out in team sports.

The Still Man.

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When Is It Porno?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

Today I was cleaning out my children’s rooms and going through their papers to decide what to keep and what to throw away, when I came across something disgusting.  There was a piece of paper with my middle daughter’s name on it under it.  Under the heading, “Veraenderung in der Pubertaet” or “Changes in Puberty,” was a diagram of a fully nude man and woman.

Below is the PG version of the diagram:

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Click here for the “rest of the story.”  

Now I ask you: isn’t that pornography?  You better believe it is!  And my daughter was around eleven or twelve when she saw this.  Can there be any question why pornography is such a huge problem?

I didn’t know they were putting this type of thing in school textbooks.  But I should have known.  Back in 2007, my youngest daughter checked out a book from the library.  As usual, I went through the book before allowing my daughter to read it.  Do you know what was in it?  The same type of pictures as above.

But this book didn’t just stop there.  It actually suggested that little boys and girls get to know their bodies by touching themselves and handling their genitals.  It showed a picture of a little girl in the shower, and said that children should not be afraid of finding out what makes them feel good.  I had written down the name of the book and scanned the cover and relevant pages, but I have since misplaced them.

Now, I’m in Germany.  And most people know that Europeans pride themselves on being sexually liberated and uninhibited.  So, this sort of thing is par for the course.  But, is this going on in American schools?  If it is, you had better know about it.  This is sex education.  They are teaching our children things way before they are able to handle them.  And they are not doing it in a biblical context.  This is spiritual arsenic.

By the way, if your son or daughter is into comic books (called “graphic novels” now), you might want to take a look at one of his or her comics every now and again.  About five years ago I worked at a public library and one of my colleagues, who appeared to be in his late 20’s or early 30’s, was really into comic books.  I asked him if I could check one of his out, and was amazed at the incredibly revealing costumes the female super heroes were wearing.  Besides that, two of the male super heroes were discussing the fact that one of them had a homosexual affair with one of his fellow super heroes!

This is why, as parents, we need to constantly pray for our children, interceding for them and praying that God will shield their hearts and minds from the influence of ungodly teachers and textbooks.  They are destroying our children’s innocence.

May their end be in accordance with their works.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

 

 

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The Virgin Mary: The “Star of the Sea”

Posted on April 17, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

I know I said that I was taking a break from blogging, but I stumbled upon something that was so significant under the circumstances, that I had to tell you about it.

As you may recall, we wrote two articles recently that discuss how various symbols used by the Roman Catholic church and zionist Jews prove that the idol which Roman Catholics worship as the Virgin Mary is actually the same idol whom the apostate Jews worshipped.  Both idols, in fact, represent the same person: Semiramis, the wife of Nimrod and the first queen of ancient Babylon.

In The Roman Catholic church, Zionism, Stars, and Seashells, we explain that the seashell is a symbol that the Roman Catholic church uses to symbolize Mary in her role as the goddess of the sea.  We go on to explain that the World Zionist Organization uses a logo that features the six-pointed star within which is a menorah, fashioned in the shape of a seashell.  Our contention in that article is that the zionist Jews and Roman Catholics worship the same goddess that the apostate Jews in the Bible worshipped.

In The Star of Your God, we explain that the Roman Catholic church uses the eight-pointed star to represent the idol known as the Virgin Mary.  We further explain that, in that the apostate Jews worshipped a star that symbolized their goddess, and nowhere in the Bible is David said to have used a star to represent his lineage, then the six-pointed star, the so-called Star of David, also represents the goddess whom the apostate Jews worshipped.  We surmise, therefore, that the eight- and six-pointed stars are symbols for the idol Mary, who is, in reality, Queen Semiramis.  Ultimately all stars may be symbols for the goddess.

Well, imagine my surprise when I came across an article entitled, Did You Know That, Just Like the Star of David, the Star of Mary is a Six-Pointed Hexagram?, wherein the author says this:

“One of most little known facts when comes to actual Christianity, as it was practiced for centuries, happens to be that, just like the Star of David in Judaism, the Star of Mary in Christianity is also symbolized by a Hexagram.

“[I]t is a historical fact that, from the very beginning, a fairly prominent symbol of the Church, known as the Star of Mary or the Star of the Sea, has been represented by a hexagram.”

Following this statement was the following image of the Virgin Mary with a six-pointed star behind her:

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And, as if this wasn’t remarkable enough, the author provides the following quotes from various sources proving that the six-pointed star is indeed a symbol for the Virgin Mary:

“[T]he Six-Pointed [Star], which is in fact the star of David, is used to highlight Mary’s role in salvation as helper…It symbolizes the restitution of the original harmony between God and humanity.”  [Boldface in the original, brackets mine.]

– Q: What is the origin of Mary’s title: ‘Star of the Sea’?, Campus.Udayton.edu

“Another classic title for the Virgin Mary is Stella Maris, or Star of the Sea…A Six-Pointed star is a reminder that Mary is from the line of David (as the Star of David has six points).”

– Star of the Sea, by Jenny Schroedel and Reverend John Schroedel, Netplaces.com

“The feast of the Holy Name of Mary…originated in Spain and was approved by the Holy See in 1513; Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683…Symbols: Star of David, or Six-Pointed Star appropriate for this feast.”

– Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, CatholicCulture.org

“Another example if a religious star tattoo is the Jewish Star of David…Roman Catholics regard the Six-Pointed Star as a representation of celestial bodies relating to the Blessed Virgin Mary.”

– Star Tattoos, Tattoo-Art.com

“Mary is the Divine Mother archetype…Her signs and symbols are the Rose and Chalice, the Six Pointed Star and the element of water.”

– The Virgin Mother Mary, GoddessWithin.co.uk

The last quote is very significant in proving that Mary is just another name for the goddess Semiramis.  Notice that, according to this author, Mary is the “Divine Mother.”  That would make her Demeter, who was also called the “divine mother.”  Moreover it is said that Mary is symbolized by water.  The latin for “sea” is mari or mare, and another name for the goddess of the sea was Venus, who, like the Roman Catholic Mary, was a virgin.  

If you’re still not convinced, then take a look at the following images:

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I believe it is safe to say that the six-pointed star is a symbol for Mary.  Jesus was right: “Seek ye the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

There are Roman Catholics who know full well that Mary is the goddess Semiramis, and are quite happy with that.  I know, because I’ve visited the website of one of those people.  If there is one, then there is likely another, and so on.  But there are probably a great deal more Roman Catholics who falsely believe that the Virgin Mary is actually the mother of Jesus, and that, in praying to Mary, they are pleasing Him.  

If you are one of those people, you must understand that Jesus is not pleased at all.  Mary worship is idolatry, for Mary is an idol.  The Bible condemns idolatry:

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…

“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:4a-5a).

All idolaters will find their place in the Lake of Fire burning with fire and brimstone:

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake of fire which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death”(Revelation 21:8).

Thus saith the Lord.  

Click here for more evidence that the Roman Catholic Virgin Mary is the same goddess whom the apostate Jews in the Bible worshipped with a star.  The Virgin Mary is really Semiramis, the Virgin Queen of Babylon, who was worshipped under many names including Melitta or Melissa: the goddess of many names.  Melitta was also called the Bee Queen or Queen Bee.

If you really want to please God, you need to repent of your idolatrous Mary worship, while there is still time, and seek the face of the true Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  If you are ready to do this, click here.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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Taking A Break

Posted on April 16, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

For the last month or so, we worked really hard to get the information on the Roman Catholic church out to the body of Christ, for it is our firm belief that the Roman Catholic church is Mystery Babylon of the Bible, and is now making a bid for the world.

In our series of articles and broadcasts entitled, “The Roman Catholic Takeover of America,” we told you about Our Lady of America, the Roman Catholic plan to install the Virgin Mary in the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.  We also explained how Our Lady of America is integral to the Roman Catholic plan to take over the United States for the Virgin Mary and destroy all vestiges of Protestant Christianity in America and the world.

We told you about the book, Ravening Wolves, written by Monica Farrell, which outlines the blueprint for the Roman Catholic takeover of a nation, beginning with the dedication of that nation to the Virgin Mary and culminating with the total disarmament and subsequent subjugation of the people of that nation.  We explained how this plan is being implemented in the United States today and is moving along at a fever pitch.

Critical to the plan is a governmental decree that only Roman Catholics can serve in government, and we pointed out that this is why the 113th Congress has the largest number of Hispanics in history.  This is also the impetus behind the push for immigration reform (of which Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Hispanic and Roman Catholic, is a major advocate).

Also crucial to the plan is the total disarmament of the American people, and this was the reason behind Sandy Hook and the knee-jerk appeals for more gun control.  It is no wonder, then, that this week saw key immigration reform legislation and the most sweeping gun control legislation in twenty years.  Something big is about to happen.

Simultaneously, almost halfway around the world in Rome, Roman Catholics were stunned as a pope suddenly announces his resignation.  A short time later, a new pope is elected.  For the first time in over six hundred years, there are two popes in Rome!  This seemingly innocuous event is actually one of the greatest fulfillments of prophecy ever, as the Antichrist and the False Prophet of the Book of the Revelation take center stage.

Folks, the sand in the hourglass is almost spent, as we reach the culmination of time and the coming of the Great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ.  It was so important for me to get this information out to the body of Christ that quite often I spent over twelve hours at a time researching the material, putting it together, and writing the articles.  This work, though very profitable for me personally and hopefully a valuable service to the body of Christ, was not without its costs, however.

Therefore, I am taking a much needed break from writing, blogging, and researching.  I am going to dedicate the next few months to my spiritual, personal, familial, and social obligations.  God willing, we plan to continue to make podcasts of some of our most popular and valuable teachings, and to further develop the podcast ministry.  So, you can look forward to seeing more podcasts in the near future.  We may also make changes to the blog format and to find ways to be more consistent in blogging.  Of course, if the Spirit moves us to write in the meantime, then we will do it.  But even then, it will probably be on a weekly basis.  In fact, in order that we can be more consistent in our posting, we are planning to post only on a weekly basis in the future.

What we most wanted to accomplish in 2013 was to expose the Babylonian nature of the Roman Catholic church and to prove that the idol that Roman Catholics call Mary is actually the ancient queen of Babylon, Semiramis, who was worshipped as a goddess all over the world.  In Zionism, Stars, and Seashells, we prove that modern-day Zionism is actually Jewish Romanism, as the seashell, a symbol for the Roman Catholic Virgin Mary, is also used in the logo for the World Zionist Organization.  And in The Star of Your God we provide evidence that suggests that Roman Catholics worship the same goddess that the ancient Jews worshipped.

We also wanted to expose the Roman Catholic plan to destroy Protestant Christianity in America and use the United States as a base from which to take over the world.  We wanted to warn Christians that out of necessity, they need to beware of their Roman Catholic friends, family, and neighbors, who are their enemies because of the Gospel.  Christians should not fellowship with Roman Catholics and consider them their brothers and sisters in Christ.  Rather, we need to pray for them and witness to them because with their tradition, Roman Catholics have made the grace of God of non-effect.

You must understand that, in worshipping the Virgin Mary, a Roman Catholic is by definition the enemy of Christ; for the Virgin Mary is an idol, and God hates idolatry.  In allying with Roman Catholics, Christians have become the enemies of Christ.

We hope you have been blessed by our efforts here.  Check back periodically to see what we are doing.

In the meantime, we strongly urge you to peruse our archives.  There is some very good and scripturally sound information there.  You will be blessed.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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New Podcast

Posted on April 4, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

We have completed the podcast on our teaching, Dwell With Them According To Knowledge.  Though a part of our Christian Marriage series of broadcasts, this teaching is also a part of our Spiritual Warfare series.  As you will hear, dwelling with our wives according to knowledge entails a lot more than just knowing their names.

This teaching is available at the iTunes Store, for playback on your favorite listening device.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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The Star Of Your God

Posted on April 3, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

Below is the present coat of arms of Pope Francis, which features the emblem of the Jesuit order.

 

Modified papal coat of arms.

This is actually the modified version.  The original design featured essentially the same three elements, but slightly different in form:

Coat of arms of Pope Francis, first design.

Original papal coat of arms.

You will notice that the five-pointed star and bunch of grapes, that were present in the original design, have been replaced with an eight-pointed star and “spikenard flower.”

You may recall that in our post, The Roman Catholic Church, Zionism, Stars, and Seashells, we relate how the apostate Jews worshipped a star which represented a pagan idol (Amos 5:26, Acts 7:43).  So, my antenna went up when I saw both the five- and six-pointed stars on the emblem of the papacy.

Interestingly, The Catholic Herald says that the eight-pointed star has always been a symbol for Mary.

“Italian Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, an expert on heraldry said that changing the star was ‘better’ because the five-pointed star often carries with it ‘military significance,’ while the eight-pointed star ‘has always symbolised Mary’ in Catholic Church tradition.” [Boldface mine.]

Again, the Bible says the apostate Jews also worshipped a star:

“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves” (Amos 5:26). [Boldface mine.]

“Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them” (Acts 7:43). [Boldface mine.]

Now, think saints. 

Mystery Babylon is the worship of Nimrod and Semiramis, the first king and queen of ancient Babylon.  Semiramis was called The Virgin and is said to have been worshipped the world over (Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons).  The apostate Jews worshipped an idol, which they represented with a star.  The Greek word for star is astor (Oxford Dictionary of English).  The apostate Jews also worshipped a goddess called Ashtoreth (1 Kings 11:5).  Ashtoreth was also called Astarte and Ishtar, and was the Phoenician goddess of sexual love (Strong’s Concordance).  This identifies Ashtoreth with Diana (Modern Catholic Dictionary), the Roman goddess of sexual love (Oxford). 

The Bible says that the Ephesians also worshipped a goddess called Diana, who was worshipped the world over (Acts 19:24-27).  Diana is identified with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of sexual love (Oxford).  Aphrodite was also the goddess of the sea (Oxford)(Aphrodite means “foam born”).  This identifies Aphrodite with Venus, the Roman goddess of the sea.  The Latin word for sea is mari or mare (Oxford).  The Roman Catholic church worships a goddess called Mary.  Mary is called The Virgin and the goddess of the moon, which identifies her with Diana, the Roman goddess of the moon (Oxford, Modern Catholic Dictionary).  Diana was also the goddess of virginity (Oxford), which identifies her with Diana of Ephesus, who was worshipped as a virgin (Hislop), and Semiramis, the Virgin Queen of Babylon (Hislop).  Both Diana of Ephesus and Semiramis were worshipped all over the world (Acts 19:24-27, Hislop).

The apostate Jews worshipped a star to symbolize their goddess and they also worshipped Ashtoreth.  If all goddesses are really Semiramis, then Ashtoreth is Semiramis.  The Jews worshipped a star that was the symbol of their goddess, and the Roman Catholic church uses the eight-pointed star to symbolize Mary, who is also a goddess.  If all goddesses are really Semiramis, then Mary is Semiramis.  And if the eight-pointed star symbolizes Mary, then the eight-pointed star symbolizes Semiramis.

The eight-pointed star is also a symbol of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi:

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According to Eric W. Weisstein, the above figure is called the asthalakshmi or Star of Lakshmi.  If all goddesses are the same goddess, then Lakshmi is Semiramis, who was also worshipped as Venus, Ashtoreth, and now, Mary.

Now, I’ve got a question for you.  Is only the eight-pointed star a symbol for Mary, or are all stars symbols for Mary?  Well, consider that the eight-pointed star was chosen for Pope Francis’ coat of arms, because it symbolizes his “particular devotion to the Holy Virgin.”  But the five-pointed star was first chosen and was only rejected because it carries “a military significance.”  If the eight-pointed star was chosen to represent Mary, and the five-pointed star only rejected because it carried a military connotation, could it be that the five-pointed star also represents Mary?  It’s at least worth considering.

The Bible says there is nothing new under the sun.  If, therefore, the apostate Jews worshipped a goddess before, then the apostate Jews worship a goddess now.  Likewise, if the apostate Jews worshipped a star to represent their goddess before, then they worship a star to represent their goddess today.

As we showed you in Zionism, Stars, and Seashells, the logo of the World Zionist Organization (WZO) features a Star of David with what is supposed to be a menorah, fashioned in the shape of a seashell.  The seashell is a symbol for the goddess Venus, the goddess of the sea, also called Mary.

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The Roman Catholic church uses the seashell to represent the goddess Mary, and Benedict XVI used it on his coat of arms.  

The apostate Jews worshipped a star that represented their goddess, and the Roman Catholic church uses the seashell and the eight-pointed star to symbolize their goddess.  The WZO logo features the seashell and a six-pointed star.  In the world of symbolism one thing is often associated with another by placing the two together.  If this is true of the WZO logo, then we can assume that the six-pointed star and the seashell are intended to represent the same thing.  If, therefore, the seashell represents the goddess, then the six-pointed star also represents the goddess.  If the goddess is called Mary, then the six-pointed star also represents Mary. 

It is possible, then, that both the eight- and six-pointed stars represent Mary.  

But what if not only the six- and eight-pointed stars were symbols for Mary, but all stars?  The following remarks and images provided by Marielena Montesino de Stuart in an article for the Catholic Herald entitled, It’s All In The Stars…Socialism and the Vatican would seem to suggest that very thing:  

“Is the five-pointed star found in Mariology (Mary worship)?  Of course!  

“The assumption of Mary in Attard, Malta and the Miraculous Medal, as revealed by the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Laboure’.” [Parentheses mine.]

 


“Is the six-pointed star found in Mariology?  Of course!

“The image of the Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima was made according to indications by Sister Lúcia, and was a gift from the Bishop of Leiria – and solemnly crowned by the Archbishop of Évora, on May 13, 1947.”


“Is the seven-pointed star found in Mariology? Of course!

“Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, Belgium. The recurrent use of the number seven (in the shape of the church and the town, the number of altars outside and inside, the shape of the stars on the dome) recalls the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin. Both the church and the town of Scherpenheuvel are in fact determined by a Hortus Conclusus in the shape of a heptagon.”

“Is the eight-pointed star found in early Christian iconography? Of course!
 Our Lady of Perpetual Help.”

“Are sun rays found in Mariology? Of course!                                                             
Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, Vilnius, Lithuania.”


If we can believe the testimony of Ms. de Stuart, then the five-, six-, seven-, and eight-ponted stars are all symbols for the Roman Catholic Virgin Mary, as well as sun rays.  And if the five-, six-, seven-, and eight-pointed stars are symbols for Mary, then, as far as I’m concerned, all stars are symbols for the Virgin Mary.                                                        
 
But if Mystery Babylon is the worship of Nimrod and Semiramis, then they both have to be represented on the modern-day symbol for Mystery Babylon.  If the Roman Catholic church is modern-day Babylon, and their pope is its head, then both Nimrod and Semiramis should be represented in the seal of the pope.  Again, I’m not into the occult, so I don’t know for sure.  But this is my reasoning.                                                                                 

Pope Benedict XVI’s papal coat of arms, for instance, featured a black king and a seashell:

Pope Benedict Coat of Arms

As we know, the seashell is a symbol for Mary, and Mary is really Semiramis.  So it is safe to assume that the black king is Nimrod.  Nimrod was the son of Cush and the grandson of Noah.  Cush was black.

The Catholic Herald says that the eight-pointed star is Mary, and we know that Mary is really Semiramis.  But where is Nimrod in Pope Francis’s coat of arms?

Well, consider that Pope Francis’ coat of arms features the logo of the Jesuits, which  features a blazing sun:

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It is said that when Nimrod was killed, he was deified as The Sun God (Hislop).  That is why all gods, which are really Nimrod, are also associated with the sun.  This is true of Apollo, Horus, Hermes, Odin, Wotan, Ganesh, Shiva, Zoroaster, Quetzalcoatl, and others.  Could the Jesuit sun be a symbol for Nimrod?  It’s at least worth considering.  If the Jesuit sun does represent Nimrod, then Mystery Babylon is symbolized in Pope Francis’ coat of arms.

Are you ready to see something scary?  The number of points (as well as rays) in the Jesuit sun add up to sixteen.  Guess who else uses a symbol that features a shield with a star containing sixteen points?

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Coincidence?  I would like to think so, but I don’t.

Acts 7:43 says that the apostate Jews worshipped “figures” (plural) that they made to worship “them” (also plural).  Since figures refers to the star, and them refers to Moloch and Remphan, then it can be assumed that the apostate Jews used more than one type of star to refer to Moloch and Remphan.  We know that Moloch means king, and was a name used to refer to Nimrod.  Remphan, therefore, must be Semiramis.  We know for sure that the eight-pointed star represents Semiramis, and it is possible that the six- and five-pointed stars represent her also.  What, then, was used to represent Nimrod? Well, consider that the sun is a star. 

For convincing evidence that all stars are symbols for the Virgin Mary, read The Star of the Sea and The Two Marys.  If these articles don’t convince you that the Virgin Mary is the goddess Semiramis, the Virgin Queen of Babylon, and that stars are symbols for her, then nothing will.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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New Podcast

Posted on April 2, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, saints.

We have completed the podcast to our teaching on the Lord’s Supper.  It is available for download at the iTunes Store.  We hope it blesses you.

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INRI

Posted on April 1, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, saints.

As everyone knows, there is a new pope in Rome.  Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis chose his name from Saint Francis of Assisi, known as “The Reformer.”

Pope Francis is the first Jesuit Pope in the history of the Roman Catholic church. This should concern the body of Christ, as the Jesuits’ primary mission is to destroy Biblical Christianity, and all Christians, by the way.

This is what makes Pope Francis’ coat of arms especially interesting.  According to The Catholic Herald the above coat of arms is his is its present design:

The coat of arms of Pope Francis as of March 28, 2013.

The coat of arms of Pope Francis as of March 28, 2013.

This coat of arms is interesting indeed.  It features a shield emblazoned with the emblem of the Jesuit Order.  The emblem is a blazing sun within which are the letters I, H, S, and three nails.  Jack Chick says the letters stand for Isis, Horus, and Seb.  I can neither confirm nor deny this.  The three nails, however, are remarkably reminiscent of those that were used to nail our Lord Jesus to the cross.

The Jesuit symbol prominently figures in the coat of arms, and seems to imply that Pope Francis is a Jesuit first and a pope second.

We will talk more about this coat of arms in a later post, God willing.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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He Got Up!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by The Still Man

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“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

And they found the stone rolled away from the selpechre.

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

He is not here, but is risen” (Luke 24:1-6).

You may want to listen to our Resurrection Day 2013 podcast. 

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Happy Resurrection day, Saints!

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A Flight of Birds

Posted on March 29, 2013 by The Still Man

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Grace and peace, Saints.

Did you know that the word inauguration is based on the word augur, which, under the old Roman political system, was a man who interpreted omens, which included the flight of birds?  A flight of birds that appeared on the right side was taken as a good omen, but one that appeared on the left was a portent of evil.  The augur was especially important when installing, or inaugurating, a candidate into office. 

Governments still interpret the flight of birds to determine the future of a candidate or leader.  I believe it is being done even in the United States, through the tradition of releasing birds as a sign of peace.  In 1948, for example, pigeons symbolizing “doves of peace,” where released when the Democratic Convention, in Philadelphia, nominated Harry Truman.  And in 1985, white doves were released at the second inauguration of President Ronald Reagan.  The practice remains.

What are the odds the birds flew on the left side in 2013?  I’d say fairly good.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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A Portent of the Future?

Posted on March 29, 2013 by The Still Man

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Grace and peace, believers and unbelievers alike.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  This morning I was reviewing the video of President Obama’s 2013 Inaugural Address, when the video cut to the First Lady and her family.  Will you look at the deadpan looks on their faces?  Now tell me: if you didn’t know the circumstances of this photo, where would you think they were?  A funeral would be my guess.

It is painfully obvious that neither of these ladies was in the moment when this photo was shot.  Look at M. Obama’s eyes.  She seems to be off somewhere very far from Washington, D.C.  And Malea, as usual, seems to be almost on the verge of tears.  Between the two girls, she is the one I feel most sorry for.  She is at an age to understand more of what’s going on than Sasha.  I pray especially hard for her.  She doesn’t seem at all like a happy child.

Now, I know that a mere frame captures but a fraction of a moment, and, as such, could be totally misunderstood and misinterpreted.  But this shot lasts almost ten seconds.  And, as you can see, the ladies’ faces remained fairly frozen.

It almost seems as though these ladies have a bad feeling about the future.  And I think I know why.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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The Roman Catholic Church, Zionism, Stars, and Seashells

Posted on March 25, 2013 by The Still Man

“And [the two witnesses] dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified” (Revelation 12:8).

 

Grace and peace to the body of Christ.

Semiramis, the wife of the famous rebel, Nimrod, has been worshipped as a goddess the world over under many names, many of which are in the Bible.  In 1 Kings 22:13, she is said to have been worshipped by the Zidonians as Ashtoreth, by the Moabites as Chemosh, and by the Ammonites as Milcom (1 Kings 22:13).  In chapter 19 of the book of Acts, the goddess is said to have been worshipped by the inhabitants of Ephesus (modern-day Turkey) as “Diana of the Ephesians,” and it is said of her that she was worshipped “in Asia and all the world.”  Isaiah 65:11 calls the goddess “that number” which, in the Hebrew, is gad, which translates to “Fate.”  

We have written several articles that quote the Bible and secular sources to prove that the idol, which Roman Catholics call the Virgin Mary, is merely the more recent name for the same goddess. 

In Mary: Virgin Daughter of Babylon, we reference Isaiah 47:1-4, which makes mention of a goddess that, like the Virgin Mary, is a virgin and, like the Virgin Mary, is called “The Lady.”   In A Goddess By Any Other Name, we provide convincing evidence that the Virgin Mary is the goddess Diana of Ephesus mentioned in the book of Acts.  In The House of the Virgin Mary, Ephesus, we discuss a holy site believed by Roman Catholics and Muslims to have been the last abode of the Virgin Mary.  Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey, was the center of Diana worship, as we have discussed.  Lastly, in The Identity of Antichrist, we quote the Bible and Alexander Hislop’s The Two Babylons to prove that the Virgin Mary is the Abomination of Desolation spoken of in the book of Daniel, the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, and the book of the Revelation. 

All goddesses are Semiramis, regardless of country or culture.  The goddess has been worshipped all over the world throughout history under many names.  In fact, besides being called Mary, the goddess is also known as Venus, the goddess of love.  Venus was also called the goddess of the sea, and many are familiar with “The Birth of Venus,” the famous painting by Botticelli, which features a nude goddess standing in a seashell.  

This identifies Venus with Mary, because Mary is also called the Star of the Sea.  The name Mary is based on the Latin word for sea, which is mare or mari.  Mary and Venus are the same person.

The seashell has been used since antiquity as a symbol of the female genitalia, and, as such, is often used as a symbol of the sex act.  This is why beds and bed headboards, especially in hotels and brothels, are often fashioned in the shape of a seashell. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So Venus is the goddess of sexual love.  This identifies her with Aphrodite and Ashtoreth. Things that are equal to something else are also equal to each other, so if all goddesses are Semiramis, then any goddess is the same as another.  Therefore, if Mary is Diana, then Diana is Venus, and if Diana is Venus, then Venus is Mary.  Further proof of this is the fact that in painting by Botticelli, Venus is shown with one knee bent.  If you look closely at just about any photo of the Virgin Mary, you will see that one of her legs is almost always bent in the same fashion.  Mary is Venus.

The many names under which Semiramis was worshipped were determined by her many attributes or characteristics.  As the Greek goddess of wisdom, for example, she was worshipped as Sophia or Sofia, the Greek word for wisdom.  But, in Rome, she was worshipped as Diana, Athena, and Minerva.  And as the goddess of the sea, she was worshipped as Mary.  The aspect of the goddess of the sea further identifies Mary with Aphrodite, which means “foam born” in the Greek.  

As proof of this we showed a picture of Pope Benedict XVI seated in a chair the back of which is surmounted with a seashell atop stylized waves of the sea. 

Since the seashell is a symbol of Venus, this is proof that the Virgin Mary, which the Roman Catholic church worships, is Venus. They are one and the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Benedict XVI’s chair was no isolated incident, as the following photos prove:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see, the seashell is frequently used by Pope Benedict XVI, and is even featured on his coat of arms.

Now that you understand that the seashell is an emblem of the Roman Catholic church symbolizing the goddess Mary, or Venus, who is Semiramis, you should be prepared to understand what I am going to tell you next.

On the last day of President Obama’s visit to Israel last week, he visited the grave of   Theodore Herzl, whom CNN described as the “father of modern Zionism.”  After laying a wreath at Herzl’s grave, President Obama stepped up to a podium to address those who were in attendance.  Pay particular attention to the symbol on the front of the podium in the video below:

As you can see, on the front of the podium is a black “Star of David” within which is what appears to be a menorah fashioned in the shape of a seashell. 

I learned that this is the emblem of the World Zionist Organization, whose first president was Theodore Herzl (1897-1904).  Here it is again: 


The seashell figures prominently in the World Zionist logo.  Now, what does the seashell have to do with Israel?  Probably as much as the the “Star of David,” as neither is mentioned in the Bible as a symbol for Israel.  Where a star is mentioned, however, it is in connection with idolatry:

“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves” (Amos 5:26).

“Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon” (Acts 7:42).

According to the Bible, the star represents an idol.  Moloch means “king,” and is another name for Nimrod.  This is where it gets interesting. This is what Strong’s Concordance says about Chiun:

“See Remphan. Another name for the god Saturn.”

Remphan is Strong’s #4481 and is defined:

“by incorrect transliteration for a word of Heb. of [3594]; Remphan (i.e. Kijun), an Eg. idol.”

Strong’s #3594 of the Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary is the word Chiun, which is defined:

“from 3559; prop. a statue, i.e. idol; but used (by euphem.) for some heathen deity corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor).”

So Chiun is another name for the Roman god Saturn and is also the same as Remphan, which is an Egyptian idol. Additionally, Chiun corresponds to Priapus and Baal. You may find it interesting to know that Strong’s #3559 is the Hebrew word kuwn (koon), which means “to be erect.”  This is extremely interesting, because Collier’s Encyclopedia defines Priapus as:

“In Greek mythology, the son of Dionysius (or Hermes) and Aphrodite and the god of fertility, worshipped as the protector of gardens and flocks. He was represented as a grotesque figure with a phallus, and the Romans used a crude image of the god as a scarecrow to keep birds and thieves from gardens…” (Collier’s Encyclopedia, vol. 19, p. 343 “Priapus.”)

In case you didn’t know, a phallus is the male organ. Note that Collier’s says that Priapus is the son of the Greek god Dionysius or Hermes. Historian Alexander Hislop, in The Two Babylons, tells us the etymology of the word Hermes:

“Cush, as the son of Ham, was Her-mes or Mercury; for Hermes is just an Egyptian synonym for the “son of Ham.”

“The composition of Her-mes is, first, from “Her,” which, in Chaldee, is synonymous with Ham, or Khem, “the burnt one.”

Secondly, “Mes,” is from Mesheh “to draw forth.” (born). For the very same reason Her-mes is the “Son of Her, or Ham,” the burnt one–that is, Cush. (Hislop, 25).

I don’t know about you, but this is absolutely fascinating, because if Hermes is Cush, and Remphan or Chiun (Priapus) is “the son of Cush,” then this is proof that the Hebrews worshipped Nimrod, because Nimrod is the only son of Cush who was worshipped as a god:

“And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth, he was a mighty hunter before the Lord” (Genesis 10:8,9).

“Mighty One” in the Bible is eloaah (as opposed to elohim), which means a deity: that is, an idol. As we have seen, the Jews worshipped a star to represent their gods Moloch, Remphan, and Chiun. Moloch means “king,” and Remphan and Chiun are names for a pagan deity that corresponds to Priapus and Baal. Is it merely a coincidence that Priapus was represented with a phallus and Chiun is based on a Hebrew word which means “to be erect?” Do you know that since Chiun is an Egyptian diety that corresponds to the Greek god Priapus, who is worshipped with a phallus, then Chiun also corresponds to Osiris (or Horus), who, in the Egyptian Mysteries of Isis and Osiris, was also represented with a phallus?

The Egyptians worshipped a black god called Osiris or Ra; his wife, Isis; and their son, Horus.  Osiris has been identified with Cush, the son of Ham, and the grandson of Noah.  Cush, called Ethiops, “The Black One,” is the father of the black race.  His father, Ham, was known in Egypt as Al Khem, “The Burnt One.”  Psalms 105 and 106 call Egypt “The Land of Ham.”  Because Chiun is an Egyptian deity, it is probable that the Jews brought the worship of this idol back with them in the Exodus out of Egypt.  We know that when Moses went up to Mount Horeb to receive the Law, he returned to find the Jews worshipping a golden calf which they had made.  Proof that this calf was a symbol for Nimrod is provided by Hislop:

“The ordinary way in which the favourite [sic] Egyptian divinity Osiris was mystically represented was under the form of a young bull or calf” (p. 45).

 

We know therefore that Moloch, Chiun, and Remphan are really Nimrod the son of Hermes or Cush. But listen to what Oxford’s Dictionary of English says about Isis:

“A goddess of fertility, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.  Her worship spread to western Asia, Greece, and Rome, where she was identified with various local goddesses.”

If Nimrod is Osiris and Isis is Osiris’ wife, then Isis is Semiramis. When a goddess is “identified” with another goddess, it means that they both share the same traits, or characteristics, and those traits identify them as the same goddess.  The Virgin Mary, then, is Isis and Semiramis. It must be noted here that both Isis and the Virgin Mary have been identified with the moon, as well as the Roman goddess Diana.  And both Isis and Ashtoreth, as well as a number of other goddesses, are goddesses of fertility.

It is interesting that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s coat of arms features a black king and a seashell.  

In that the seashell is a symbol of the goddess, Semiramis, it is highly likely that the black king is Nimrod, the son of Cush.  The black king could also be Cush himself, as the “X,” on the bear’s side on Benedict XVI’s coat of arms, is also a symbol for Tammus (the X being a “T” turned 45º).  The black king, the “T”, and the seashell together represent the pagan trinity: Cush, Semiramis, and Nimrod: Mystery Babylon, of which the Roman Catholic church is its head.

But there is something else. Recall that Remphan is another name for the god Saturn. Alexander Hislop says this about Saturn:

“We have still further evidence from what the scattered notices of antiquity say of the first deified king of Babylon [Nimrod], under a name that identifies him as the husband of Rhea [Semiramis]…That name is Kronos or Saturn” (p. 31). [Brackets and boldface mine.]

According to Hislop, Saturn is Nimrod. If Chiun is Remphan, and Remphan is Saturn, and Saturn is Nimrod, then Remphan and Chiun are Nimrod. Moreover, if Moloch is Nimrod, then Remphan, Chiun, Moloch, and Saturn are all Nimrod. If the Star of David, therefore, is the same star that the apostate Jews used to represent Nimrod, then, by occult association, the seashell also represents a pagan deity; possibly even the same one. And all deities are in reality two people: Nimrod and Semiramis.

But there is still something else we ought to consider. Alexander Hislop says that Saturn was called “The Hidden One” (p. 45), so-called because he was shown only symbolically, whereas the goddess was worshipped openly. Now, if the star of the apostate Jews was symbolic of Nimrod, then how came the star to be associated with the goddess? It is possible that the star, though originally an occult symbol for Nimrod, came to be associated with the goddess Semiramis when the practitioners of the Mystery Religion exalted her over Nimrod. But it is still symbolic of Nimrod. So, when the Virgin Mary is shown with a star, then that star is symbolic of Nimrod or Saturn, The Hidden One.

I hope you recognize the significance of this.  During a press conference in Israel last week, President Obama expressed his desire to see a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish state, and he vowed that his administration would do everything it could to facilitate this.  He also said that he would like to see settlement activity halted in the occupied territories and the land returned to the Palestinians. 

Zionism is said to be the desire for Israel to eventually claim all the territory God promised to Abraham in the Bible.  But modern-day Zionism, in attempting to negotiate a two-state solution and return the occupied territories to the Palestinians, is not furthering that aim.  They are, in fact, furthering the goals of the Vatican, which has always desired to see Jerusalem become an international city and not the capital of a Jewish state.  In fact, the Vatican does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but of Palestine.  That is why the U.S. embassy, as well as all foreign embassies, is not located in Jerusalem, but in Tel Aviv.

The Bible says that the Antichrist, Pope Benedict XVI, will eventually rule the world from Jerusalem.  The Vatican has always wanted to make Jerusalem the headquarters of its one-world theocratic government.  Making Jerusalem an international city would be a major step towards this goal.  In fact, the Vatican has been in negotiations with Israel for several years towards that end. 

Jesus spoke of the Synagogue of Satan, “who say they are Jews, but are not” (Revelation 2:9, 3:9). Daniel 11:30 tells us that at some point, some Jews will “forsake the holy covenant” and “have intelligence” with the Antichrist.  I believe that those who forsake the covenant are those Jews who are negotiating with the Vatican.  These Jews, either for power, financial gain, or out of religious conviction, support the Pope and his star goddess, the goddess of the sea, the Virgin Mary. 

Zionism, then, is Jewish Romanism.

“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand” (Daniel 12:10).

The worshippers of the goddess Semiramis identify themselves to one another using secret hand signs.  Read more about the Cult of Mary here.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.  

The Still Man

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He Said/She Said – March 20, 2013

Posted on March 20, 2013 by The Still Man

“It needs to get done.  Frankly, the window’s very narrow.  Forget [2015 or 2016]; if it doesn’t get done now, this thing may go on the shelf for a long time.”

–Al Cardenas, Chair, American Conservative Union, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” March 18, 2013, speaking about immigration reform.

 

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Roman Catholicism, Children, and Fear

Posted on March 17, 2013 by The Still Man

 

Grace and peace, Saints.

Children play an integral role in Satan’s plan to destroy Protestant Biblical Christianity and establish his satanic New World Order.

In Nazi Germany, Hitler used children to spy on their parents and inform the government if they said or did anything that was contrary to the Nazi regime. He bolstered the children’s egos, telling them that they didn’t need to listen to their parents and that he was their father instead of their natural father. Children were taught to trust their teachers instead of their parents, and they were told to do away with God, religion, and priests. Hitler was their God.

Teachers taught the children that corporal punishment was wrong and the children were taught to inform their teachers whenever their parents used harsh disciplinary measures on them. Parents could get into big trouble and even have their children taken away from them if they used corporal punishment. The result of this programming was that parents began to fear their children, and the children effectively became the heads of their households, as the government made it very difficult for parents to effect any authority over their children.

Hitler also made it mandatory for children to begin school at a very early age (kindergarten) to get the children out of the parents’ hands and begin the Socialist programming as soon as possible. Eventually, parents saw their children for only a few hours a day, as the State essentially became the children’s parents.

Children are very important to the New World Order.

As I related to you in Blessed Are Ye, my children are being persecuted by their Roman Catholic and Muslim classmates, especially my son, who is constantly harassed. Let me tell you something: some of the children in my son’s school behave in a manner that can only be described as bizarre. Bizarre. They don’t play as normal children play. They don’t talk as normal children talk. They don’t even move as normal children move. These children’s words, movements, and behavior are just plain strange.  

I believe these children have been subjected to a form of mind control, because they do not exhibit what people of a sound mind would consider normal behavior.  For one, they are incredibly aggressive, and it doesn’t seem to take much to set them off.  They fight constantly, and though much of this activity seems to be choreographed, their anger is nonetheless real.  They are extremely unstable.  They can be laughing one moment, and crying the next.  Often, when they are playing, if one listens closely one will notice that they are mostly just screaming.

I have read that this type of behavior is common in children that have been abused or are survivors of war.  I believe something has been done to some of these children, especially those in my son’s class: not just because they behave strangely, but also because they sometimes behave evilly.

Let me give you an example. There are two girls in my son’s class, who appear to be around ten years of age. These girls behave very strangely. Once, for example, I was talking to my son as I always do before he goes into class. We normally talk a bit in the hallway, and I usually tell him something uplifting and encouraging, sometimes telling him a joke and even praying with him before he goes into class. I do this to prepare him mentally and spiritually for what he will have to endure. On this occasion, while we were talking, the two girls were laughing and talking beside us while taking off their coats and hanging them on the coat rack next to the classroom door. I patted my son on the shoulder and bid him goodbye, as he walked into the classroom. When I turned around to leave, I almost tripped over something and had to catch myself before I did.  The girls had placed their book bags right behind my feet, one beside the other.  At that, the girls picked up their bags and walked into the classroom laughing and talking as though nothing had happened.

I have many such examples of bizarre and evil behavior that my son’s classmates and other children in his school have exhibited; sometimes against me, mostly against my son.  This particular example illustrates the eerie Children of the Corn manner in which these children behave. It is really chilling.

Now, for a long time I wondered how the enemy could get children to do this sort of thing.  In his book, The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska, John DeCamp wrote that children were used by satanic forces in our government for the purpose of blackmailing certain politicians into doing their bidding. He said that children were reportedly used as sex slaves, drug couriers, and in human sacrifice rituals, and that mind control was used on the children to get them to do what their handlers wanted.

Believe it or not, I have seen this same behavior in children as young as four and five years old.  And let me tell you something, it will get your attention. I wondered how it was possible to do this to a child.  How can a mere child be compelled to do such evil things?

Then I read the book, From Rome to Christ, the testimony of Christian evangelist, Monica Farrell, and I began to understand how something like this would be possible. On page 23 under the heading, “Robe of Christ’s Righteousness,” she writes:

“Seven years of age is a most important time in the life of a Roman Catholic. Seven years is the age of reason. Roman Catholics believe that from then upwards a child is capable of going to hell; hence the necessity for children of seven years to make their confession.

“As a tiny child, I dreaded coming to the age of seven. I was terrified that I should die and go to hell. We were often warned about the day of general judgment, when we should have to stand alone before God, surrounded by all the saints and angels and devils. Everybody that ever lived would witness our judgment, and every thought and word and deed would be exposed to the whole world.

“I used to picture myself standing there, and I was certain it would mean that I should be condemned to hell for all eternity. I tried repeatedly to think of a way to escape this awful judgment.”

Can you imagine that? What should a child know about fear? And why should a child, who thinks he or she is a Christian, fear Hell? The Christian child does not fear Hell, because he knows he is not going there. The Christian child knows that Jesus Christ has paid the penalty for his sin and died the death that he should have. The Christian child will not go to Hell, but to Heaven.

But, as you can see by Monica Farrell’s testimony, the Roman Catholic child does not have this assurance. Roman Catholics believe that at seven years of age, a child is eligible to go to Hell, and that he will be judged by the Lord Jesus in the presence of the holy angels. This must absolutely terrify the average Roman Catholic child.

We know that children have a very vivid imagination, and they don’t need much to envision the worst case for any scenario. This is especially true of today’s children, by the way, because children’s television programs, if you haven’t noticed by now, are all about instilling fear in children. Why do children fear spiders? Television. Why do children fear the dark? Television. Why do children fear monsters under the bed? Television. Television is all about fear. That’s why today’s children are so full of fear.

But it is not natural for children to live in fear, especially very young children. A child’s worst fear ought to be that his parents will find out that he was fighting in school, or that he got an F in Math. Children ought not to be afraid that they are going to go to Hell. And if you think about it, most children won’t be afraid that they will go to Hell, because if they’re not Christians, Hell won’t be something that they will be taught. And if they are Christians, they will learn that Jesus died to keep them out of Hell, and that they only have to accept Him as their Lord and Savior if they want to miss it.

But Roman Catholicism doesn’t teach children that. Roman Catholicism teaches children that they must work their way into Heaven, as Farrell tells us on p. 24:

“I knew the Lord Jesus died on Calvary, and had He not died nobody could get to Heaven. What I did not know was that because He died anybody could go to heaven. We were told that the death of Christ opened the gate to heaven, but that you had to work your own way in, and that was just what I couldn’t do. So to all intents and purposes, the gate of heaven might just as well have been closed.”

Can you imagine what this must be like for a young child? First the Roman Catholic child is taught from very young to fear hell. Next he is taught to fear the age of seven, because, at that age, he can go to hell if he dies.  Then he is taught that Jesus’ death made it possible for him to go to heaven, but that it merely opened the door.  In order to get into heaven, he must work his way in. What a horrible way to spend one’s life: in constant fear of dying and going to Hell.

For Monica Farrell, this problem did not get any better with age:

“As I grew older this plan seemed to be impossible, as I was growing much too big to be tucked away (into her mother’s skirt to avoid judgment). So the dream (of how she was going to escape judgment) faded, but the problem of how to get to heaven remained” (p. 24). [Boldface and parentheses mine.]

If we can believe Farrell’s testimony, then the average Roman Catholic must grow up saddled with the dilemma of how to get to heaven. He is not told that Jesus did all the work on the cross at Calvary, and that all we need do is believe that the work that he did on the cross was sufficient to get us into heaven. He is told that he must get into heaven on the strength of his own good works. I once witnessed to a woman who was certain that she was a Christian. But when I asked her whether she would go to heaven if she were to die today, she said that she didn’t know, because she wasn’t sure if she had been “good enough” to get in.

If this sentiment is typical of most Roman Catholics, then the average Roman Catholic must live in a perpetual state of uncertainty and fear, because he can never really be sure if he has been “good enough” to get into heaven.

But there is more. Not only is the Roman Catholic saddled with doubt about his own future in eternity, but he must also worry about his loved ones in eternity. Roman Catholicism teaches the very unbiblical doctrine of Purgatory, a mythical place between Heaven and Hell. Roman Catholics are taught that they must go and remain in this place until all their sins are burned, or purged, away. Farrell says this:

“The very best Rome can offer to a departed soul is Purgatory, and the torments of Purgatory are supposed to be as bad as Hell. The only difference is that the soul in Purgatory eventually gets out of the flames and into heaven:

“[B]ut this may not be for hundreds of years, and in the meantime the only relief or comfort to the Roman Catholic is to have masses said for the repose of the soul of the loved ones. These masses cost money. There is a common saying in Ireland among Romanists (Roman Catholics): “High money, high mass; low money, low mass; no money, no mass.

“As I was only a child and had no money, I could have no masses said, so that night after night I lay in bed breaking my heart crying, as I thought of my dear, gentle, loving mother burning in those awful flames.

“I used to wish I could get into the fire instead of mother, even if it were for a little while. I used to think, ‘I wouldn’t scream, and I wouldn’t cry, I’d try and bear it as long as I could to relieve poor mother’; but, of course, it was impossible to do anything, and so the only relief was to be found in tears till time healed the wound” (p. 6).

So, the Roman Catholic child is not only burdened with the weight of an eternity in flames, but, if he has lost parents or loved ones, he must also deal with the guilt of not being able to relieve the suffering of those loved ones burning in Purgatory. For the Roman Catholic of little or no means, this could mean a lifetime of guilt, despair, and psychological trauma.  Again, the children in question at my son’s school exhibit signs that have been associated with psychological and emotional trauma.

Let me share with you a practical example of what such teaching can do to a person.  Once I visited the website of a radio station back home in St. Louis, Missouri. On the website, a popular radio personality had posted a video where he related that he had been worried lately about whether his deceased father were “alright.” One day, he said, his cousin called him and told him that he had found a photo of the D.J.’s father and mother. The man took this as a sign from his father that he was “alright.”

This is evidence that the problem of fear among Roman Catholics is real and doesn’t go away with age; for this radio personality is over fifty years old, and he is a Roman Catholic. If he had been a Christian, he wouldn’t have been worried about his father, for the Bible says that when we die, we are “absent from the body, [but] present with the Lord.”  Again, a Roman Catholic doesn’t have this assurance. So not only is he in fear about his own soul, but he is also in fear about the souls of his loved ones. From his youth through adulthood, and all the way to old age, the Roman Catholic knows nothing if not fear.

Now imagine what Satan could do with that. Imagine what a person would be willing to do to avoid going to hell. Imagine what a child would do to ease the suffering of a loved one in “Purgatory.” Many an adult could be coerced into doing something reprehensible to save his own life. Satan knows this all to well, as in the Book of Job, Satan says, “Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life” (Job 2:4).  And Satan ought to know.  But, imagine what a frightened child would be willing to do to ease a deceased mother’s suffering or even to save his own soul from burning for eternity.

Did you know that fear is a very effective form of mind control?  It is.  Imagine then, what a frightened child could be coerced into doing to save his immortal soul.  I submit that when a child is that scared, he would do just about anything, especially if he has been taught from his earliest years to fear death and the grave. Recall that Farrell said that she would have been willing to pass through the fires of Purgatory in her mother’s place if she could have. But, she said, it was impossible for her to do anything.

But what if a child were told that there was something he or she could do?  What if the child were told that if he were to harass another child—perhaps a Christian child—that his time in Purgatory could be reduced a few years? What if a child of little or no means were told that there was a way to ease his dear departed mother’s suffering in Purgatory, even if the child did not have money to pay for masses to be said? Is it a stretch to at least consider that a child under those circumstances could be influenced to do something evil, maybe even terrible, to help his poor mother? Again, remember that Farrell said she would have done anything to ease her mother’s suffering in Purgatory, even enduring those flames herself.

I believe Monica Farrell’s testimony. And I also believe that a child could be coerced to do something evil to save his own soul or to ease the suffering of a deceased parent or other loved one. I believe it in part because I have also read the testimony of Charles Chiniquy, a converted Roman Catholic priest, who wrote in his book, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, that various methods were used to inculcate fear in Roman Catholic children to make them afraid of Jesus Christ and turn to Mary as their intercessor. So I have no problem believing Monica Farrell. I have also seen children do things that would raise goose bumps on the arms of any sane person. Until I read Ms. Farrell’s testimony, I could not understand how little children could be persuaded to do such things, when their consciences have to be telling them it is wrong.

Moreover, according to Jack Chick, former Jesuit priest, Alberto Rivera, testified that teenage girls were used by the Jesuit Order for the purpose of blackmailing Protestant ministers into softening their stance on the Roman Catholic religion, or to destroy those ministers who would not relent. He said that the girls did this because they were told that their time in Purgatory would be lessened.

So as you can see, fear of Hell and of Purgatory is a very powerful weapon of influence in the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy. And it is conceivable that they would use this weapon to influence children to do their bidding.

My purpose for writing this is to help other parents, who may be experiencing the same things my family is, to understand what may be going on. These children are being used. They are innocent victims in the hands of a cruel master.  We must pray for them.  

We must also keep the lines of communication open with our children, so that they feel comfortable telling us anything.  It may be that your child is experiencing persecution of sorts at school that he or she hasn’t told you about.  In the case of my son, he was attacked in the boys’ bathroom by three boys and ended up getting stitches in his head. He told his mother (this was when my wife and I were separated, and I was living in the States) that the bathroom floor was wet and that he slipped and busted his head.  But he told me the truth.  We are in a war, Saints.

I also want to help fellow soldiers in this spiritual battle to better understand the enemy. We are in a war, and, in a war, it is essential to know not only your enemy’s strengths, weaknesses, and capabilities, but also his fears and motivations.  And fear is a very powerful motivator.

If you are someone who has been indoctrinated by the Roman Catholic fear doctrines of salvation by works and Purgatory, there is help.  Jesus did all He could to keep you out of Hell and get you into Heaven.  All you have to do is accept what He has done.  If you are tired of being afraid, if you are ready to be set free from fear forever, click here.

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“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He (Jesus) also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

 “And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage (slavery)” (Hebrews 2:14-15).

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man 

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The Roman Catholic Takeover of America – Part III

Posted on March 13, 2013 by The Still Man
Roman Catholic "Patriotic Flag"

Roman Catholic “Patriotic Flag”

Grace and peace, Saints.

At the dedication of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on November 20, 1959, a prayer was read dedicating the United States to the Virgin Mary.  One may not believe this to have had any special significance, and, if what happened in the U.S. was anything like what happened in Australia, according to Monica Farrell in Ravening Wolves, with the exception of a few God-fearing Protestants, the majority of America’s citizens probably took the whole thing as a joke.  

But it was no joke, as the following stanzas from the prayer demonstrates:

“Most Holy Trinity: Our Father in Heaven, who chose Mary as the fairest or your daughters; Holy Spirit, who chose Mary as your spouse; God the Son, who chose Mary as your Mother; in union with Mary, we adore your majesty and acknowledge your supreme, eternal dominion and authority.

“Have mercy on our President and on all the officers of our government.  Grant us a fruitful economy born of justice and charity.  Have mercy on capital and industry and labor.  Protect the family life of the nation.  Guard the innocence of our children.  

“Grant the precious gift of many religious vocations. Through the intercession of our Mother, have mercy on the sick, the poor, the tempted, sinners–on all who are in need.”

As you can see, America’s economy, MONEY, industry, labor (READ jobs), family life, and the innocence of the nation’s children were dedicated to the Virgin Mary.  In short, the entire well-being of the United States, including our prosperity, were placed in the hands of an idol.  Can it be merely a coincidence that all of the above have been virtually destroyed?  

The dedication of the United States of America to the Virgin Mary has also had a devastating effect on the weather:

“U.S. Drought Grows To Cover Widest Area Since 1956”

“The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956, according to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  

“Fifty-five percent of the continental U.S. was in a moderate to extreme drought by the end of June (1956). This summer, eighty percent of the U.S. is abnormally dry.”  –CBS News, July 16, 2012.  [Boldface mine, parenthesis mine.]

God hates idolatry.  And the United States has given itself over to idolatry.  Did you know that drought is a penalty for idolatry?  Well, it is:

“A drought is upon [Babylon’s] waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols” (Jeremiah 50:38).

This has global implications also.  The Roman Catholic church has designs on the whole world, evidenced by the name “catholic,” which means universal.  There have, in fact, been prayers dedicating the entire world to the Virgin Mary.  Below is an excerpt of one such prayer:

“Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Refuge of the Human Race, Victress in all God’s battles, / we humbly prostrate ourselves before Thy Throne…

“To thee, to thy Immaculate Heart in this, humanity’s tragic hour, we consign and consecrate ourselves…

“Give peace to the people separated by error or schism, and especially to those who profess such singular devotion to thee and in whose homes an honoured place was ever accorded thy venerated Icon (today perhaps often kept hidden to await better days): bring them back to the One Fold of Christ under the One True Shepherd.

“Lastly, as the Church and the entire human race were Consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so that reposing all hope in Him, He might become for them the sign and pledge of victory and salvation;

“[S]o We, in like manner, Consecrate Ourselves, the United States of America, the Vatican, and Russia, forever, to thee and to thy Immaculate Heart…”

If this prayer is genuine, both the United States and Russia, as well as the world, have been consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  This is proof that no matter what a country’s political leanings, as far as the Roman Catholic church is concerned, there are no differences.  It is merely business as usual.  This is also further proof that the so-called Cold War was a farce.  The United States and Russia, supposedly bitter enemies for decades, have always been united in the Roman Catholic faith.  As far as the Vatican is concerned they always have and always will be united.

Proof of this is the fact that the double-headed eagle was adopted on November 30, 1993 as the coat of arms of the Russian Federation.

The double-headed eagle is also a symbol of the Roman Catholic church.  So that you can see how deep the rabbit whole goes, consider that the double-headed eagle is also a symbol of the 33rd degree of Freemasonry.

The Bible tells us that the Roman Catholic church will succeed in its designs to rule the world.  But it is the Lord Jesus Christ that is allowing this to happen.  He is bringing it all about.  The Bible says that Mystery Babylon has been “a golden cup in the Lord’s hand” (Jeremiah 51:7).  God is using the Roman Catholic church as part of the strong delusion to deceive those who “had pleasure in unrighteousness.”  God will destroy the Roman Catholic church:

“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judgeth her” (Revelation 18:7-8).

That is why He is calling His people out of that idolatrous system, before it is too late.

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The Mystery of “M”

Posted on March 13, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace.

Many of you may be familiar with the “M” sign that so many celebrities, religious leaders, politicians, and others have been photographed making with their middle two fingers. We detailed this handsign in our post, Occultism and the Christian Church.

 

As you may know, some have guessed that this “M” stands for Masonry.  But I have never been convinced of this; and so I continued to ponder the significance of this sign.

Then today I happened upon a website, which provides information on and solicits support for, the “Triumphal Arch” of Mary that is being planned to be built in Buffalo, N.Y.  The website featured the logo of the organization that is planning the building of the arch.  The logo is below.

As you can see, the logo features an arch in the shape of a stylized “M” for Mary, above which is a crown.

That’s when I realized that the “M” hand sign could very well stand for Mary, not Masonry.  The fact that many, though certainly not all, of the people seen making this sign were and are Roman Catholics, and many of the statues and paintings featuring people making this sign have Roman Catholic themes, makes a convincing argument that the “M” actually stands for Mary.

Just food for thought, folks.

The Still Man

UPDATE: Click here for convincing evidence that the “M” hand sign may be a covert signal for those who worship the goddess, Semiramis, known also as the Virgin Mary. 

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More On Our Lady of America

Posted on March 13, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

You may recall that in our series, The Roman Catholic Takeover of America, we related that there is a plan to install a statue of the Virgin Mary in the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., under the title, “Our Lady of America.”  You may also recall that we believe this action to be integral to Rome’s takeover of the United States.

A few days ago, while perusing a particular internet site, I came across a YouTube video of a Roman Catholic mass, being conducted in the National Basilica, wherein the friar conducting the mass speaks briefly about Our Lady of America.  You may be interested in seeing this video.  I know I was.

In the video, the friar presents the same prayer card that I presented in Part One of The Roman Catholic Takeover of America, and an image of Our Lady of America is shown in the video. This proves that there is indeed a plan to install the Virgin Mary in the National Basilica.  Again, the significance of this act is that the Roman Catholic church has dedicated America to the Virgin Mary, meaning they have claimed the United States for their own and have declared it a Roman Catholic nation.

It is also planned to erect a huge “triumphal arch” in Buffalo, New York.  This will signal to the world that the United States of America, which was founded a Christian nation, has been conquered by Rome for the Virgin Mary.  America, the final stronghold of Protestant Christianity, grounded in the Bible and the Protestant Reformation, will be a Roman Catholic country. 

New York is referred to as the Empire State, and its most famous landmark is the Statue of Liberty.  Liberty is merely another name for the goddess Semiramis, who has gone by many names, including the Virgin Mary.  

As you can see, this has all been planned long in advance.

The Still Man

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The Roman Catholic Takeover of America – Part II

Posted on March 11, 2013 by The Still Man
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Grace and peace, Saints.

We continue with Part II of The Roman Catholic Takeover of America, leaving Australia and turning to Yugoslavia.  On page 11 of the book, Ravening Wolves, Farrell describes the Roman Catholic subversion and conquest of that unfortunate nation.  As you may recall, the Roman Catholic takeover of a country happens in three phases: Phase One is a prayer claiming a country for Mary.  Phase Two is the dedication of that country to Mary.  And Phase Three is a “holy warfare” to possess that nation.

As we saw in Part I, Phases One and Two have already been completed in the United States, and Phase Three is in progress and nearing fruition.  Phase Three, a holy warfare, involves four steps.  Let us review those steps by looking at what was done in Yugoslavia when Hitler’s hordes swept over that country:

“[A] corner of Yugoslavia, in which there was a Roman Catholic majority…deflected under Roman Catholic influence, and formed a puppet state calling it “The Independent State of Croatia” -then the mask fell off, and Roman Catholic Action came out into the open and took complete control.

“The Quisling, Pavelich…raised an army called the Ustashi, which was composed of Roman Catholic Actionists. This army was helped by other Roman Catholic armies, such as the Hungarians and the Bulgarians, who also acted in the interest of the Papacy.  The objective of these armies was the forceful conversion to Romanism or annihilation of the Serbs, an ideal which would only appeal to Papists.

“Government offices were taken over and a notice issued that only Roman Catholics could remain in the Government service. 

All arms were confiscated on the plea of safeguarding against a Communist uprising. In villages people were called to assemble for instructions, and knew nothing of what was awaiting them. 

They were either shot down on the spot or taken to concentration camps to be tortured and starved.”  

Let us examine each step carefully.

1. “[The]Roman Catholic majority… formed a puppet state calling it “The Independent State of Croatia”

After Phase One, the dedication of a country to the Virgin Mary, has been accomplished, the next step is for the Roman Catholic sector of the country to declare itself an independent state.  Have you ever heard of an “independent city?”  Well, an independent city, according to Wikipedia, is “a city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.”  In other words, an independent city does not come under the jurisdiction of the local government. 

The United States uses the county government system.  That means that every city in any given state forms a part of a particular county for governmental and regulatory purposes and is governed by the county government.  An independent city, on the other hand, does not form a part of any county, and, thus, does not fall under county government.  Such a setup could be problematic, especially in times of national distress—wartime, for example—if the government of the independent city does not conform to the wishes of the local government. 

An example of the potential for trouble can be seen in the independent City of London, located in London, England, United Kingdom.  Wikipedia says this:

“London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is administratively Greater London, which consists of the City of Westminster – home to the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace, the seat of government – and the 32 London boroughs. 

“The square-mile City of London is a legally separate jurisdiction; an independent city, completely surrounded by Greater London. The Lord Mayor of London, like all lords mayor, theoretically represents the monarch [Queen Elizabeth] whereas the similarly titled Mayor of London does not.” [Brackets mine.] 

Did you understand that last statement?  All other lords mayor in England represent, or, fall under the authority of, the Queen of England.  But the Mayor of London: that is, the mayor of the independent City of London (also called “The City” and “The Crown”), does not represent the Queen, meaning he does not answer to, or fall under the authority of, the Queen, even though the City of London falls within the boundaries of Greater London, and is a part of the United Kingdom, which the Queen rules. 

I have even read that when the Queen wants an audience with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, she has to make an appointment, and when she meets with him, he appears in all his official regalia and majesty, while she has to appear before him in her street clothes.  While I cannot substantiate this, the fact that the Lord Mayor of the City of London is not subject to the Queen’s authority lends force to this argument.  Now, the question is, if the Lord Mayor of the independent City of London does not answer to the Queen, whom does he answer to?  Think about this.

Virginia has 39 of America’s 42 independent cities.  The remaining three independent cities are Carson City, Nevada; Baltimore, Maryland; and St. Louis, Missouri.  

The theory of urban secession holds that “cities reflect a clash of values, especially of tolerances versus preferences.”  Cities secede from their surrounding local governments, when they feel the surrounding area doesn’t reflect their peculiar values and/or preferences.  This was the same reason the Confederate States seceded from the Union.  They argued that the United States government did not respect their “property rights.”  By “property” they meant slaves. 

St. Louis was a leader during the early stages of the secessionist movement, which led to the American Civil War, and actually sided with the Confederacy during the War.  St. Louis even sought to gain control of the U.S. arsenal for the Confederacy.  This is a matter of historical record.  Like London,  the Independent City of St. Louis is a separate jurisdiction from Greater St. Louis, having seceded from St. Louis County in 1876.  For years I wondered why the National Weather Service would distinguish between St. Louis City and the Independent City of St. Louis when it issued severe weather warnings.  

It would seem that St. Louis has a history of secession, which makes perfect sense, if one considers that, for a Roman Catholic, the Pope’s word takes precedent over the President’s.  St. Louis has one of the largest Roman Catholic populations in the United States and is also home to the largest Roman Catholic basilica west of the Mississippi.  St. Louis has even been called the “Rome of the West.”  St. Louis is also known the world over for its most famous landmark, the Gateway Arch.  We will return to the Arch later in this article, for I believe it is symbolic of something sinister.

Charles Chiniquy, in Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, wrote that President Abraham Lincoln was aware that the American Civil War was instigated by the Roman Catholic church, not only for the purpose of defending and preserving the slave trade, but also for the purpose of winning the United States for Rome.  Chiniquy, in fact, stated that Rome sent immigrants from Canada to the American Midwest for the express purpose of seeding that region with Roman Catholics, and eventually taking over the entire United States.                                                                                                                                                           
Baltimore is interesting in that “Our Lady of America” began there.  “Our Lady of America,” as we explained in Part One of this series, is the plan to dedicate the United States to the idol known as the Virgin Mary and have that idol installed in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, D.C.  
That is, at least, what they declare openly.  But in that the Roman Catholic church has dedicated the United States to their Virgin Mary, and the Roman Catholic church is a theocracy: that is, a government run by a religious system, then the hidden agenda may very well be to install the Virgin Mary in the seat of the United States government, the Capitol.  In that the Capitol is almost the mirror image of the Vatican, then this makes perfect sense.  

It should be especially noted that Washington, D.C., the seat of the United States government, is also an independent city.  This takes on special meaning, when one considers that Step Three of Phase Three of the Roman Catholic takeover of America, is for the national government to declare that only Roman Catholics can remain in government service.  

The reader may also be interested to know that H.R. 292, a bill to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state, is currently being considered by Congress.  The new state is to be called New Columbia.  Read more about it here.  Columbia, by the way, is based on the Latin word for dove.  Semiramis, the queen of ancient Babylon, whom the Roman Catholic church worships as the Virgin Mary, was also called Columbia, The Dove.

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2.  [The Roman Catholic Government] raised an army called the Ustashi, which was composed of Roman Catholic Actionists. This army was helped by other Roman Catholic armies, such as the Hungarians and the Bulgarians, who also acted in the interest of the Papacy.

The United States no longer has its own military.  Our military forces fighting in Afghanistan and in other regions of the world aren’t wearing U.S. insignia, and ever since the Gulf War, the U.S. insignia has been painted off all military vehicles.  Our military no longer fights in the interest of the United States, but in the interest of the United Nations, which includes almost all of Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Australia, etc.  Most of the countries belonging to the United Nations, like Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Yugoslavia, and others, are Roman Catholic countries with Roman Catholic armies.  

Now you should understand why the United States and the United Nations got involved in taking down Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Panama’s General Manuel Noriega, and, more recently, General Qaddafi of Libya.  Whatever their crimes might have been, heads of state are supposed to enjoy diplomatic immunity.  It used to be considered an act of war for any government to go in and remove the head of another sovereign state.  But not anymore.  The United Nations represents the Pope, and its Armies will fight to enforce the Pope’s decrees.

And think about it: if the United Nations was all about peace, why did their “peacekeeping” force just stand by and watch as the Hutus massacred close to a million Tutsis in Rwanda?  Think about that.

3. “Government offices were taken over and a notice issued that only Roman Catholics could remain in the Government service. 

Did you know that this last election saw the greatest number of Latin Americans elected to government offices in history?  This from the Huffington Post, November 7, 2012:

“A record-setting 31 Latinos will take seats in the U.S. Congress in January, according to the non-partisan National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Three of them…will join the Senate, while 28 will head to the House of Representatives.” [Emphasis in the original.]

This from Fox News Latino, November 7, 2012: 

“Latinos played a key role in shaping the nation’s political landscape this year…Latinos demonstrated their power as both voters at the ballot box last night, and as congressional candidates that will make history in the 113th Congress.

“Latinos won seats all across the country…These new members will bring their experience and leadership…and will enrich Congress not only with their understanding of the Hispanic community, but with what is needed for our nation.”

A record number of Latinos went to Congress this year, armed with an understanding of “what is needed for our nation.”  It must be noted that the overwhelming majority of Latinos, or Hispanics, are Roman Catholic.  It was the Hispanic vote that got Obama re-elected. 

Now, think:  Hispanics are almost universally Roman Catholic, and Roman Catholics have traditionally been pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, and anti-homosexuality, out of religious conviction.  Why, then, would Hispanics vote for Barack Obama, whose beliefs and legislative record show him to be clearly pro-abortion, anti-traditional marriage, and pro-homosexuality?

Perhaps this statement from Alex Gonzalez, a member of the Mexican rock group, Mana’, can shed some light on the subject.  He made this statement during an interview live from the President’s Inauguration party, January 20, 2013:  

“Obama and the Democrats had the best option for the Latinos.  You know, immigration reform is on the table…

“So, you know, the Latinos here in the United States are so powerful, and their voices need to be heard.”

From this perspective, any thinking person would be forced to at least consider that the efforts to bring down our borders and open up the United States to illegal immigration was deliberate, and the decision to grant legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in this country has already been made and was planned well in advance.

Immigration reform is designed to give the Roman Catholic Hispanics control of the vote, and they will vote for whomever their pope wants to see in office.  Charles Chiniquy, in Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, said that Rome brought over hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics from Europe for the express purpose of controlling the vote.  This was how Rome eventually managed to get a Roman Catholic, John F. Kennedy, elected as President: something that would not have even been considered fifty years earlier. 

If immigration reform continues on its present path, then Roman Catholicism will be the largest religion in the United States, and the majority of those in government will be Roman Catholics.  The stage will be set for the complete Roman Catholic takeover of the United States government.

All arms were confiscated.

Farrell says “all arms were confiscated on the pretense of protecting the government against a Communist uprising.”  You must know that this is going to happen in America—and soon.  Only instead of taking our weapons under the pretense of preventing a Communist uprising, they will take them to protect us from “crazy people with guns.”

This was the purpose of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut: to burn the images of those dead children into the hearts and minds of America and the world, day in and day out, so that the outcry for gun control would be so great as to insure that something would be done about the “gun problem” in America.  This was also the reason for the mass shootings in Oslo, Norway a couple of years ago, the Trayvon Martin murder, and the rising incidents of mass shootings all over the world, including the Columbine massacre, which brought school shootings to the forefront.  

Columbine, by the way, sounds a lot like Columbia.  And we’ve already discussed the significance of that name.  In light of what you now know, you should now understand that Columbine was planned from beginning to end.

These are planned orchestrated events designed not only to make Christians look like terrorists, but to spark a “global debate” on gun control, the purpose of which is to “force” the United Nations to mandate the total disarmament of all countries.  I believe that if Americans will not willingly relinquish their guns, the United Nations will dispatch a “peacekeeping” force to America for the express purpose of bringing us under control.  And instead of us watching the civil wars in Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere on television, the Syrians, Egyptians, and others will be watching the new civil war in America on television. 

Since our armed forces are under United Nations control, then our very own soldiers–our sons, daughters, husbands, and wives–could be used against American citizens.  Think about this very carefully.  The media is already setting the stage for this by creating an atmosphere of mistrust for soldiers within the psyche of the average citizen.  This is the purpose for the stereotypical war veteran with PTSD depicted as a loner (READ “lone wolf”), with dozens of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition squirreled away in his basement.  

In view of this, you should now understand the purpose for the thousands of Chinese, Russian, and other foreign troops based in America right now on various military installations.  This is the reason why active duty military soldiers, trained in urban warfare, are being used for Homeland Security, in cooperation with local and federal law enforcement agencies, in a “civil unrest” capacity.  You should now also understand why more and more cities all over America are seeing increased joint training exercises like the one in Saint Louis between civilian law enforcement and the military (Rex 84).  Trouble is coming. 

Now, someone will say that this is just Roman Catholic bashing.  But this is hardly the case.  I have already provided proof that the “call to prayer” that Farrell spoke about in order to dedicate a country to the Immaculate Heart has already happened.  The prayers bear the official imprimatur of the Roman Catholic church.  They are authentic.  The Catholics are taking over America.

In fact, the inauguration of President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden showed the Roman Catholic flavor of the current Administration.  For the benediction of the inaugural proceedings was delivered by Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox church.  Moreover, a Roman Catholic priest delivered the invocation to Vice President Biden’s private swearing in, while the oath of office was administered by Roman Catholic Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonya Sotomayor.  Oh, yes.  A Roman Catholic takeover of America is indeed in the making.

What makes all this especially troubling is the fact that many people and groups have spent many man-hours and enormous sums of money in court legislating everything even remotely suggestive of Biblical Christianity from public life, to the extent that any hint of God or Jesus Christ has been all but erased.  Yet, no one even bats an eye when Roman Catholic priests preside over the inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States.  The inauguration was symbolic of the true power behind the Presidency.

Before concluding this discussion, I want to offer one more proof that the Roman Catholic church is not playing games.  The reader may be interested to know that Rome plans to build a magnificent triumphal arch in Buffalo, New York dedicated to the Virgin Mary:

One Roman Catholic site I visited on the internet said this about the arch:

“The Association for the Arch of Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary today unveils new architectural plans for the pro-life shrine and great triumphal arch, at 700 feet tall to be the world’s tallest monument, which the Association was formed to build in 2001.”

You may have noticed how they plan to get the none-Catholics to sign off on this: promoting it as a “pro-life shrine.”  Below is a YouTube video of the Marian Arch:

 

The cross underneath the arch may seem to represent Christianity, but it doesn’t.  It represents the triumph of Roman Catholicism over Christianity, which is why it is known as a “triumphal” arch. 

Is it possible that the so-called Gateway Arch of St. Louis, Missouri really represents something other than merely the “Gateway to the West?”  Is it not possible that the St. Louis arch was merely a trial run for the Triumphal Arch of Mary?

Doubt it not!

What is my purpose for calling your attention to these happenings on the part of the Roman Catholic church?  Because the Roman Catholic church is not only the enemy of Christianity, but of all freedoms–especially freedom of worship.  The era when the Roman Catholic church ruled the world has been called the Dark Ages, because the Light of Jesus Christ was nearly totally extinguished.  When the Roman Catholic church again rules the world, we will enter a new Dark Age, as Satan again tries to extinguish the Light of the Gospel.

Saints, we need to be busy for Jesus Christ.  We need to witness to the dear Roman Catholics, because many in that system have been horribly deceived.  Many of them don’t understand that Jesus never told us to worship His mother.  They don’t understand that idol worship is an abomination in God’s sight.  They don’t understand that Jesus Christ is using the Roman Catholic church in order “that all may be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”  They don’t realize they are on their way to Hell, even though they are doing everything they can not to go there.

If Roman Catholics had half as much zeal for Jesus as they have for Mary and their pope, the world would be a very different place.  We must reach them with the Gospel–the true Gospel.  Most of us have Roman Catholic friends and family.  We must understand that they are not Christians, and, in fact, are destined for the Lake of Fire burning with fire and brimstone.  We must reach them.

We must also prepare our hearts for the “time of trouble” that will come upon the Christian Church at the hands of the Roman Catholic pope and his one-world church. Understand that this is the ultimate reason for gun control in America and the world.  For America is the last bastion of freedom for the world.  As America goes, so goes the world.

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Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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Ravening Wolves: Brother Mike

Posted on March 10, 2013 by The Still Man

“This is part of the [Roman] Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement and nothing more.  I have no intentions of getting out of the [Roman Catholic] church and bringing this people out of the Catholic fold.  

“In fact, there were instances where I offered this movement to be turned over to the [Roman Catholic] church with my financial support.” 

–Brother Mike

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The Identity of the False Prophet

Posted on March 7, 2013 by The Still Man


Grace and peace, Saints.

By now our readers know that my elucidating of how current events actually line up with biblical prophecy can sometimes seem a little circuitous, but it is always Holy-Ghost inspired and Bible-grounded. With this disclaimer, I strongly urge you to be patient and read the following article through to the conclusion.  You will be very glad that you did.

The retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, whom I whole-heartedly believe is the Antichrist, has been plaguing me since the news first came to light. I have been pondering this and pondering this and pondering this, wondering what the significance of this event was. I knew that it was not merely a reaction to the homosexual priest abuse scandal and I definitely knew that it had nothing to do with his age, as he was absolutely fine until his announcement. What then, could this retirement be all about? This question plagued me to no end.

Then, tonight, it hit me. I had gone to bed and was listening to Alexander Scourby’s narration of the Book of the Revelation from the King James Bible on my iPod, when Scourby got to Chapter 13 verse 11, which talks about the False Prophet:

“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.” 

I have known for some time that the false prophet would be a religious man, because, as one can see from the above verse, he has two horns “like a lamb,” but speaks “as a dragon.” A lamb, of course, is a symbol of a Christian, for Jesus is our Shepherd, and we are His lambs. And the dragon, as we well know, is Satan (Revelation 12:9). So, the False Prophet will call himself a Christian, but instead of speaking for Jesus Christ, he will speak for Satan.

What puzzled me, though, was how a religious leader could wield enough power to cause the whole world to worship the Antichrist:

“And he (the False Prophet) causeth all the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast (the Antichrist)” (Revelation 13:12).

You see, only one man I know of has that kind of authority: the Roman Catholic pope—especially this pope, Benedict XVI.  He is revered the world over, not only by Roman Catholics, but also by people of all faiths.  Buddhists, Hindus, even Muslims revere the Pope, even if they claim to hate Christians, which the Pope claims to be.  Even “Christian” evangelist Billy Graham said that Pope John Paul II was the world’s greatest moral leader.  Because politics is merely an extension of religion, then the pope wields immense power in the political realm also, because Roman Catholic politicians as well as politicians who are loyal to the Pope (READ Zionists), will be influenced by the Pope.

That would make the Roman Catholic pope both the religious and temporal head of the world. And that is just what he claims to be.

Many have thought that, because the False Prophet will wield so much power, he will be a charismatic political figure, like Barack Obama or even Prince Charles.  But they fail to see that the Roman Catholic Pope is just such a charismatic political figure.  Just one look at how many of the governments of the world either are Roman Catholic or owe allegiance to the Roman Catholic pope should convince you of this.  Moreover, consider that the Roman Catholic church controls Russia: a major super power. The fact that Russia has made the double-headed eagle, the symbol of the Roman Empire, their national symbol proves that. Additionally, former President of the United States, George W. Bush, when asked during an interview what he saw when he looked into Pope Benedict XVI’s eyes, said simply, “God.”

Now, if a president of the United States, the most powerful nation in the world, considers the Pope God, and considers himself a Christian, then what is to stop him from obeying any command that “God” gives? I would submit that nothing would stop him. Consider also that the current president, Barak Obama, also made a trip to the Vatican, thus symbolizing his allegiance and obedience to Pope Benedict XVI. Therefore, the Pope also runs the United States. And if the Pope runs Russia and the United States, then the Roman Empire truly does rule from the East to the West.

Now consider something else: the Bible does not say that the false prophet would command or force the people of the world to worship the Antichrist. The Bible says that the false prophet would cause the world to worship the Antichrist. I take this to mean that he will do this indirectly, meaning he will not command the people of the world to worship the Antichrist, but he will compel the governments of the world to decree that the people worship the Antichrist. How? Through the United Nations.

Through the World Bank and other United Nations programs, the U.N. has most of the countries of the world firmly in their grip. Were it not for the World Bank, many countries would have imploded long ago. Moreover, the United Nations controls the armies of the world through their Security Council. And whoever controls the military, controls the country.

Now then, who controls the United Nations? The United States. And who controls the United States? The Roman Catholic church. And who controls the Roman Catholic church? The pope.

So, you see, the Roman Catholic pope is in the position to rule the world.

But, because I believe that the Antichrist is Pope Benedict XVI, I couldn’t understand who else could command the respect, reverence, and fear enough that the whole world would listen to him. Then, tonight, while listening to Alexander Scourby narrate the Bible, I came to Revelation Chapter 13 verse 12. Speaking of the False Prophet, it says:

“And he (the False Prophet) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”

Because Revelation 13:13 says that the False prophet would do miracles, I had always taken “before him,” from verse 12, to mean that the False Prophet could perform miracles only if he were standing directly in front of or “before” the Antichrist. This is true to some degree, because verse 14 says that the False Prophet would deceive the people, in that he will perform incredible miracles “in the sight of the beast,” or in the presence of the Antichrist. This implies that it is actually the Antichrist who will do the miracles, but he will make the False Prophet appear to do them.

But this presented a problem, because verse 12 says that the False Prophet “exerciseth all the power of the first beast.” If the False Prophet doesn’t really have all the power of the Antichrist, in that he does all of his miracles “in the sight of” the Antichrist, then how could he exercise all the power of the Antichrist?

Then the Spirit showed me two very important things that made it all clear.

First, He showed me that Revelation 13:12 is not talking about the power to perform miracles. By “power” it means authority. It is talking about the power that goes with an office. This is why Revelation 13:12 goes on to say that the False Prophet would cause the world to worship the Antichrist. He will have this authority from his office. But, as we discussed previously, only one man has that kind of authority, and that is the Pope.

That brings me to the second thing that the Spirit showed me. Let us look at Revelation 13:12 again:

“And he (the False Prophet) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him…”

Saints, “before” does not mean “in the presence of.” Let me slightly reword this passage to illustrate my point:

“And he (the False Prophet) exerciseth all the power of the first beast [which was in office] before him.”

Now do you see?! What the passage is telling us is that the second beast holds the same office and has all the authority as the first beast.  And if the first beast is the Antichrist, then the second beast is the False Prophet. And if the Antichrist is Pope Benedict XVI, then the False Prophet will be his successor: the next Pope!

Now do you understand why Pope Benedict XVI resigned so suddenly? He had to! He had to make room for the next pope, the False Prophet. That is why he announced that he would yield to the authority of his successor: so that the world would also yield to his authority.

Now understand something very important. Verse 13 says that the False Prophet will cause the world to worship the Antichrist, “whose deadly wound was healed.” We explain in our article, The Identity of Antichrist, that Pope Benedict XVI will be killed, probably beheaded or shot in the head, and that he will be resurrected three days after his death by the power of Satan, who will indwell him. Not very long after that he will set up the Abomination of Desolation, the Virgin Mary, in the Holy Place of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. Then the excrement will hit the cooling device.

If I am right—if Pope Benedict XVI is, in fact, the Antichrist—then his successor will be the False Prophet. That means that we are closer to the end than any of us even imagined.

So there will be two popes in Rome, and there will remain two popes in Rome until Jesus returns.  Bear in mind that Benedict XVI will keep the titles of Bishop of Rome emeritus and Pontiff emeritus.  He will still be the Pope, even after the new pope is elected and installed.  That is why Jesus will cast both the Antichrist and the False Prophet–Pope Benedict XVI and his successor–in Hell: they both will bear the “name of blasphemy”: Holy Father.  

Therefore, Saints, we must prepare our hearts for the Great Tribulation, for it is at our doorstep. We must witness, witness, witness, for the night cometh wherein no man can work. The coming of the Great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ is very, very near.

By the way, I believe that the next Pope will be an American.  And it has something to do with Our Lady of America, the Roman Catholic plan to install the Virgin Mary in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., thus firmly establishing the United States as a Roman Catholic country, and the headquarters of the One World Church.  It just so happens that D.C. Cardinal Donald Wuerl is said by many Italian newspapers to be a front runner in the race for a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.


If Cardinal Wuerl were to become the next Pope, then he would be in a great position to influence the decision to place “Our Lady of America” in the National Basilica.  This will seal the doom of this once great nation. Read Revelation Chapter 18.

The next Pope will be the False Prophet and Benedict XVI is the Antichrist.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

P.S.  March 13, 2013: Upon consideration, I believe that it is very significant that Benedict XVI will retain the title of “Pontiff emeritus.”  The complete title is “Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church.” The “Universal Church” is the One World Church that the Bible speaks of in Revelation 13.  There can only be one head of this church, and it will be Benedict XVI.  I don’t believe that the new Pope, the False Prophet, will be given the title of Pontiff, and even if he is, it will only be window dressing. 

Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony

P.S.S.  So Pope Francis, formerly Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the new Pope of the Roman Catholic church.  Now we can put a face to the name.  The False Prophet is Pope Francis.

 

 

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“Let No Man Glory In Men”

Posted on March 4, 2013 by The Still Man

“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy…Therefore let no man glory in men.”                      (1 Corinthians 3:17,21)

"The Truth, The Way and The Life" Portrait of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Collection: Vatican, Rome

I say again: this man is Antichrist.

The Still Man

 

 

 

 

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A Dialogue With A Jehovah’s Witness

Posted on March 1, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

Last Saturday, two Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door.  This is nothing new, as I get Jehovah’s Witnesses coming to my door all the time.  In fact, back home in St. Louis, there is one Jehovah’s Witness, we’ll call him Dave, who comes to see me about every six months or so, to drop off a Watchtower magazine.  Of course, I give him and all Witnesses with whom I come into contact the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, letting them know that, as a Jehovah’s Witness, they are on a collision course with the Lake of Fire. 

Dave has tried on several occasions to defend Watchtower doctrine as sound and biblical.  And each time he has failed.  The last time he left my house, his faith in the Watchtower was seriously faltering.  I pray that God will eventually open his eyes and he will abandon that false prophet like a sinking ship.

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, as Jehovah’s Witnesses are formerly called, does not have the truth.  Believe that.  There will be no Jehovah’s Witnesses in Heaven.  To their credit, they do outstanding research, especially on societal ills, and their articles are always well sourced.  Unfortunately, that will not be enough to get them into heaven.

Well, when these two Witnesses showed up at my door, I instantly knew something was afoot.  They were both female, ranging in apparent age from mid twenties to early thirties.  One of them was obviously of Arab parentage, and said that she was from Sudan, while the other was of apparently mixed parentage, and said that she was from Ghana.  My attention instantly went to the Sudanese woman, because my spirit told me that this woman was actually a Muslim.  And, she did much to confirm my suspicions. 

In case you are wondering why this would be worthy of pen and ink, it is because lately I seem to be getting a lot of attention from Muslims.  As I wrote in A Gorilla In A Suit, A Muslim gentleman greeted me on the subway in a manner usually reserved for Muslims or Muslims and close non-Muslim acquaintances.  And as I related in Blessed are Ye, my children, especially my son, are persecuted by Muslim as well as Roman Catholic children in the school they attend.  So, I seem to have popped up on the radar screen.

I was surprised when this young lady and her friend showed up at my door, however, because I instantly knew in my spirit that she was a Muslim with some knowledge of Christianity and of the Bible.  Let me set this up for you.

When they first came to the door, they asked me if I spoke English, which was a foolish question.  Now I’m no celebrity, neither am I anyone of any notoriety.  But I am a true Bible-believing Christian, who preaches the truth: and one of those truths is that God hates the worship of idols.  When you consider the fact that I live in Munich, Germany, a city that practices idol worship, in a country that practices idol worship, and that gave us Hitler, Nazism, and the current Roman Catholic pope, Benedict XVI (who also happens to be the Antichrist), then you can see why this lady’s question was obviously ridiculous.  Most everyone here knows who I am, especially Roman Catholics, Muslims, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Charismatics.

So, when the two ladies pretended not to know me, I instantly knew they were up to no good.  Then the Ghanaian woman pulls out a Watchtower magazine and tells me that this particular issue dealt with the reality of Satan.  I asked her if she believed in Satan, and she answered that she did.   I then asked her if she believed in Hell, and she answered that she didn’t.  I then asked her how she could believe in Satan and not in Hell, when the Bible teaches that Hell was created for the devil and his angels.  She instantly asked me if I could show her in the Bible where anything is written about Hell. 

This lady was very eager to go to the Bible; so eager, in fact, that I perceived that this meeting had been orchestrated and that it was hoped that I would engage the Witnesses in a biblical discussion about Hell.  I was not concerned about my ability to defend the biblical teaching on Hell, but I was concerned about wasting my time arguing with two women who did not really want to come to a knowledge of the truth, but only wanted to prove their superior knowledge of the Christian Bible over someone who claims to be a Christian.  They wanted to prove that they knew more about what I believe than I do. 

To engage in such a discourse, even if I were to win it hands down, is to succumb to pride.  This is one of Satan’s oldest tricks.  So when I went inside to get my Bible, I prayed and asked God if this is something He wanted me to do.  He said no.  I therefore went back outside and told the ladies that this was not something that God wanted me to do today.  They expressed profound disappointment and said that they had really hoped to discuss the Bible with me.  After witnessing to the Witnesses (pun definitely intended) for years, I know that this is normally not a tactic they use.  The Witnesses, when confronted with a Christian who reads and knows the Bible, prefer to avoid a “confrontation,” opting to just leave a Watchtower magazine with the Christian and return another day.  So when they expressed disappointment that we would not be having a discussion that day, I definitely knew something was up, especially since they feigned ignorance of who I am.

Now my curious nature kicks in, and I want to know not only what they wanted from me, but also who they really were.  But God had already told me not to engage in that particular discussion with them.  So I went another route.  I cannot give you the entire discourse, because, even though I had determined not to get into a discussion with them, we ended up talking for about two hours, during which their confidence was completely dismantled.  I also satisfied my suspicion that at least the Sudanese lady was actually a Muslim.

Without getting too deep into the details, I noticed that the Ghanaian woman had a copy of Studies in the Scriptures, a book written by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society founder, Charles Taze Russell.  This book is required reading for all Jehovah’s Witnesses, and they will often refer to it, while defending their doctrines. 


I asked the young lady if she were obliged to carry that with her, and she told me that she wasn’t.  So, I asked her why she carried it, to which she responded that it was like an encyclopedia and was a great resource.  I told her that, being written by men, it was subject to error, and should not be used as a source of doctrine.  She responded that she was not using it as a source of doctrine.  I then asked her why, if it were not a source of doctrine, she relied on it to help her explain biblical doctrine, rather than rely solely on the Word of God.

She faltered at this point, so the Sudanese lady, who had been silent up until now, chimed in, and asked me if I believed that the “Protestant Bible,” as she called the King James, was the Word of God.  I told her that I did.  She then asked me why I believed that, and I told her that I had long decided that I would stick to the King James as the inerrant Word of the Living God until something else proved it was not. 

I then asked her if she thought that the New World Translation (NWT), the exclusive Bible of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, was the Word of God.  When she said that she did, I asked her why.  She told me that the New World Translation has been proven to be the closest to the “original manuscripts” referring to the original Scriptures on which the Bible is based.  I asked her who was her authority for that claim, and she told me that “many authorities” have said so.  I asked her to name one authority outside of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, and she could not.  I told her that the reason she could not was because the Jehovah’s Witnesses are the only ones who make that claim.  In fact, every bible version proponent claims their version is the closest to the original languages–including those who support the King James.

I asked her if she ever contacted any of the translators and asked them for evidence that the New World Translation was the closest to the original manuscripts.  She responded that she hadn’t, because the identity of the translators has been kept secret “to preserve their humility.”  I told her that for all she knew, the translators could have been some kids fresh out of Greek school.  I told her that to claim that the NWT is the truest to the original languages is a pretty hefty claim to make, especially when you cannot substantiate such a claim.

I went on to tell her that Watchtower founder Charles Taze Russell, under oath, admitted that he could not speak Greek, even though he had claimed he spoke Greek, and was the one who supposedly commissioned the translators of the NWT.  If he could not speak Greek, I said, at best he trusted others with coming up with his bible, and he could not even verify if what they had written was in any way true to the original manuscripts.  I asked her why she would trust a Bible written under those circumstances.  She responded that, like me, she had decided to trust it until something came along that proved the NWT was not the Word of God.

I told her that, unlike me, she was trusting in an organization that was in fact a false prophet.  For the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has on several occasions predicted Jesus’ Second Coming and each time has been dead wrong.  I told her that the Bible says that if a prophet makes even one prediction that doesn’t come true he should be rejected as a prophet of God:

“When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him (Deuteronomy 18:22).”

She tried to defend that fact by saying that there were some predictions that did come true, to which I responded that even if one prediction does not come true, the Bible says we should reject that prophet.  I added that the Jehovah’s Witnesses were wrong not once, not twice, but several times.  She argued that even the Apostles were sometimes wrong; to which I responded the Apostles were not prophets.  She argued that it is not fair to criticize a mere human for being wrong, as even Jesus did not know the time of the end.  I retorted that according to the Bible, Jesus was made “a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death” (Hebrews 2:9).  After His resurrection, I told her, Jesus said, “All power has been given to me in heaven and earth”  (Matthew 28:18).  This included, I told her, the power to know. 

Besides, whatever Jesus didn’t know, he never made a prediction that did not come true. 

And his predictions keep coming true.  Jesus predicted the unprecedented wars and conflicts going on in Africa and the world, and the hatred and violence in the world today.  Jesus even predicted tsunamis: that’s right: tsunamis:

“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” (Luke 21:25).

Jesus is never wrong.  The same cannot be said, however, of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

I asked this lady how she could trust a bible from an organization that has the audacity to speak for God, yet is always wrong.  She said that she was not trusting in the organization, but trusting in God.  I asked her why, then, was she going around passing out Watchtower literature and carrying a Jehovah’s Witness bible.  She said that she could just as well discuss the bible using my “Protestant” Bible or any other bible, for that matter, as well as she could using her own.  She said that the truth is the truth and that she could just as well defend the truth using my Bible as her own. 

In fact, this lady said that when explaining the “truth” of the bible to those to whom she witnessed she often would use whatever bible the person used, including the King James Bible.  It was then that I truly began to suspect that this woman was a deceitful worker: for you see, in order to defend Jehovah’s Witness doctrines using any non-Jehovah’s Witness bible, the lady would have to know what other bibles teach and which bibles she could use to defend her doctrine.  She would also have to know what other faiths and denominations believe and teach and how they relate to what Jehovah’s Witnesses teach.  This would require special training and a great deal of time—time most of us don’t have: those of us, that is, who aren’t involved in a full-time apologetics ministry. 

So this lady was implying that she is involved in the work of apologetics, the effective application of which would involve comparative theology: knowing what other faiths believe and teach and comparing or contrasting those beliefs to one’s own beliefs either to find common ground between the faiths or to defend one’s own beliefs by finding the error in others. 

Further proof of this was the fact that this lady made repeated references to Islam.  If this woman were really a Jehovah’s Witness, then this was proof that Jehovah’s Witnesses are not Christian.  Because the last thing a true Christian would ever do is refer to Muslim doctrine or beliefs, as Islam is a religion that has historically persecuted Christians and blasphemes the name of Jesus by teaching that He was a prophet—a mere man.  They also speak of Him as though He were dead, by using the term, “Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH)” after saying or writing His name—the same as they do when referring to the Prophet Mohammed, who is dead.  Referring to Islam is something that Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t ordinarily do.  I’ve had discussions with many Jehovah’s Witnesses and none of them ever talked about Islam.

Furthermore, if she was a Jehovah’s Witness, then it is yet proof of my claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses are not true Christians.  For if Jehovah’s Witnesses were Christians, then this lady’s Muslim family, friends, and neighbors would have persecuted her beyond measure for converting.  But in that the Jehovah’s Witnesses deny Jesus as God Almighty and, in fact, both add to and take away from the Scriptures, effectively denying His word, then it is clear why they get along so well with Muslims, who also deny Jesus Christ is God Almighty.

So, everything combined, I felt in my spirit that this woman was not a true Jehovah’s Witness, but an Islamic apologist with a background in comparative theology.  This would enable her to have knowledge of most any given religion and to be able to defend Watchtower doctrine using any bible version.  Then again, maybe she was not a Muslim.  Maybe she was a Roman Catholic. 

Whatever she was, she was not the garden variety Jehovah’s Witness, I assure you.  And the fact that she ended up at my door told me that my enemies are upping the ante.

To prove how lost Jehovah’s Witnesses are, I told her that as a Jehovah’s Witness she could not make the claim that she is going to Heaven, and her silence at this proved I was right.  You see, the Bible tells us in the Book of the Revelation that the redeemed of the earth will be 144,000 select individuals:

“And I heard the number of them which were sealed, and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand…” (Revelation 7:4a). 

The Jehovah’s Witnesses claim these individuals will be the only ones allowed to go to Heaven.  Not surprisingly, they are all from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.  But there are two select criteria that the 144,000 meet that few, if any, of the elders of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society can.  The second half of the above verse gives us one of those criteria:

“And I heard the number of them which were sealed, and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel” (Revelation 7:4b).

The 144,000 are Jews. 

This makes the claim that the 144,000 are from the Jehovah’s Witnesses very dubious.  For many of the elders of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society have passed away, and few, if any, were Jewish.

Additionally, Revelation 14:1 gives us another criteria which effectively eliminates all of the elders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses:

“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred and forty and four thousand…these are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins” (Revelation 14:1,4). 

The 144,000 are Jewish virgins.  

Now this lady claimed that the Bible means “spiritual Jews and spiritual virgins” (this was the second time I had heard this), but the fact that the Bible says that these people were “they which were not defiled with women” makes it clear that these are literal virgins.  That every one of the elders of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society was married would completely disqualify them from membership in the 144,000.

I told the Sudanese lady that the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is deceiving them by making them believe that only select individuals from their organization are going to Heaven, while the rest have to work for their salvation.  How do they work?  By going door to door sharing “another Jesus, another gospel, and another spirit” (2 Corinthians 11:4).  The lady denied that she is obliged to go door to door sharing their gospel and distributing Watchtower literature.  But every other Jehovah’s Witness that I have asked has confirmed that it is Watchtower policy that they must go door to door to obtain salvation.

All I ever do is ask a Jehovah’s Witness if he is going to heaven.  If he is honest, he will say that he doesn’t know and that it depends on how good he has been.  Though she denied that Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they must work for their salvation, the lady nevertheless tried to defend the doctrine of works salvation by quoting James 2:20, which says, “faith without works is dead.”  But I told her that Christians work because we are saved.  We don’t work to get saved.  Consider the following passages:

“For by grace ye are saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: “Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Salvation is a gift; you can’t work for it.  About salvation by works, the Bible says:

“This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men” (Titus 3:8). 

This passage makes it clear that good works come after salvation, not before.  We don’t do good works to get saved: we do good works because we are saved.  Notice that the passage says that good works are “good and profitable unto men.”  God wants us to do good works in order to help people, not to get saved. 

The doctrine of works salvation is certain death, as Hebrews 6:1 says that the believer has repented from “dead works” unto faith in Christ Jesus.  In other words, he is no longer under the law of works, but under the law of faith.  Consider these words of the Apostle Paul:

“Knowing that a man is not justified (made righteous) by the works of the law (good works), but by faith of Jesus Christ…for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified” (Galations 2:16). 

By thinking that they must work for their salvation, Jehovah’s Witnesses are putting themselves under the law, and Scripture says that the law is death (Romans 6:2).

By this time, the two witnesses (pun not intended) had exhausted every argument, but the Sudanese lady continued to make a feeble effort to defend the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society as a godly organization.  So I asked her how she could trust an organization the founder of which was a thirty-third degree Freemason: and Charles Taze Russell was just that, as his grave makes startlingly clear.

See that cross within the crown?  That is an emblem of the Knights Templar.  Consider this cover of an early edition of the Watchtower magazine.

Notice the knight in the upper right hand corner?  That’s a Knight Templar.  How do I know?  Because the Templars were also known as “shepherd kings.”  And, if you will notice, there is a shepherd’s crook next to the knight.  

By the way, what’s the significance of the flash of lightning, next to the watchtower?  It doesn’t seem congruent with the rest of the imagery does it?  Well consider that Jesus said, “I saw Satan as lightning fall from Heaven.”

The Knights Templar were the precursor to the Freemasons, as the cross and crown on the wall of this Freemason lodge below proves.  

The Knights Templar were a Satanic organization that practiced all sorts of pagan rituals including blood sacrifice. Hollywood and the media tout them as a Christian organization, but it is a known fact that the Knights Templar worshipped an idol named Baphomet, a demon, and required their initiates to spit upon a Christian cross as part of one of their rituals.

If Charles Taze Russell was a 33rd degree Freemason, and he founded the Jehovah’s Witnesses, then the spirit of Freemasonry, the demon Baphomet, is also in the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.  And their doctrines prove it.

Besides that, Freemasonry is witchcraft, as the God of Freemasonry is Satan.  In The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, Masonic author Manly P. Hall, himself a 33rd degree Freemason, says this:

“When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy” (p. 48).

Former Illuminati witch turned Christian evangelist, John Todd, said that the “warrior on the block” ritual is human sacrifice.  According to Todd, this ritual is a part of the ritual of the 33rd degree.  And Watchtower Bible and Tract Society founder, Charles Taze Russell, was a 33rd degree Freemason.

Human sacrifice is witchcraft, which God expressly forbids in Deuteronomy Chapter 18.

I asked this lady how she could trust in an organization the founder of which was a high ranking witch.  Jesus said that we are not to be “unequally yoked with unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 6:14).  To be a Jehovah’s Witness is to be unequally yoked.  

By now, both women were completely silent, so I sensed that this was a good time to close our discussion, which I did by laying it all on the line.  I told these women that if they did not leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses, they were going to Hell.  And it didn’t make any difference whether they believed in Hell or not.  I told them that there won’t be any Jehovah’s Witnesses in Heaven.  The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society are deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  They are a part of the “strong delusion” sent to deceive those who “believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”  I told them to think about everything we discussed very carefully, as time is running out.

At that, I asked the ladies if I could pray for them and they consented, saying they would also pray for me.  They thanked me for the lively discussion and I returned the complement.  They then departed.

I walked into the house realizing once again that a great portion of society is tragically deceived having believed a lie.  The Jehovah’s Witnesses, like the Roman Catholics, the Mormons, and many other religions, have a form of righteousness, but they deny the Power thereof.  That Power is Jesus Christ.  Every religion except true Bible-based Christianity in some way calls Jesus Christ a liar.  They all teach in some way that you have to work to get saved.  This is a lie from the pit of Hell.  Jesus has already done all of the work.  All you have to do is accept what He has done for you.

If you know a Jehovah’s Witness, perhaps, after reading this, you will feel a burden to give him the true Gospel.  If you are a Jehovah’s Witness, then you now know the truth. You now have a decision to make.  Choose life.

“But I fear, as the serpent beguiled Eve though his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:3).

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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He Said/She Said – February 25, 2013

Posted on February 25, 2013 by The Still Man

 

“Latin, the sleeping giant of languages, is very much awake and alive.”

–Christianne Amanpour, CNN International, February 15, 2013, speaking on the rapid growth of Latin in school curriculums.

Now compare with this passage of Scripture:

“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is (Rev. 17:8)

Saints, Rome is that sleeping giant, the Beast.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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Spiritual Wickedness In High Places

Posted on February 24, 2013 by The Still Man

The First Lady and Jimmy Fallon throwing up occult hand signs

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12).

Grace and peace, Saints, and greetings to those who remain in darkness.

The “Evolution of Mom Dancing” video with Jimmy Fallon and the First Lady has gone viral on YouTube, garnering over three million views, and even getting coverage on CNN. Why are Americans always so eager to see their heroes acting foolish?  What’s so special about that?  

Anyway when I saw the video on CNN my eyes instantly went to the occult hand signs that Michelle Obama was throwing up.  Man she is really in darkness.  Look closely at Jimmy Fallon’s middle fingers.  He is also demonstrating that he is an initiate into the occult mysteries.  He’s really quick about it, but it’s clearly there.

Click here to see to see others in the Cult of Mary doing the same thing.

At 2:04 of the video the First Lady shows her allegiance to Satan.  Look closely at the hand on M. Obama’s hip below:

Are you happy knowing that the first couple are witches?  I’m not.

The Still Man

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It’s In The Bible: The All Seeing Eye

Posted on February 24, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

We’re all famaliar with the so-called All Seeing Eye on the back of our one-dollar bill. Some say it is the All-Seeing Eye of Horus, the Egyptian Sun God.  Others say it is the eye of Providence.  Still others say it is the All-Seeing Eye of Lucifer, called Satan.

Whatever the truth is, one thing is clear: it is not of God.  Why? Because God is not into occultism.  And this symbol is as occult as they come.  If it is not of God, then it is of Satan.  And if it is of Satan, then it is satanic.  

Now, it has been said that everything that Satan does is based on the Bible.  In other words, no matter what Satan does, there is a passage of Scripture somewhere that explains it.  Whether this is always true, I cannot say.  But I can certainly tell you that, in my experience, it has been true on more than one occasion.  And it is certainly true of the All-Seeing Eye.  

People have racked their brains trying to figure out the true meaning of the All-Seeing Eye.  But Jesus has already provided the answer for us:

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

“But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.  If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matthew 6:22-23).

You see, the All-Seeing Eye is the logo of Satan: it is the emblem of his church.

Jesus said that if your eye be single, then your whole body shall be full of light.  With regard to Satan, this is a reference to 2 Corinthians 11:14, where Satan is called an “angel of light.”  Before he was cast down, Satan was called Lucifer, which means “light bearer.” Satan hates his new name, and has continued to promote himself as Lucifer, the Light Bearer.  That is why the eye in the pyramid has rays of light emanating from it.

But Jesus said that if your eye is evil, then your whole body shall be full of darkness.  So, while Satan can transform himself into an angel of light, the light which shines from him is no longer bright: it is dark.  Satan is the prince of darkness.  

As far as his church is concerned, Satan is the head of the Satanic (Luciferian) church as Jesus is the head of the Christian church.  That is the one meaning of the pyramid of which the All-Seeing Eye is the capstone.  The pyramid represents the Luciferian body of initiates and the Eye is Satan.  Now this pyramid consists of several levels, which some say represent the various organizations of the Satanic hierarchy.  While we can’t substantiate this, it is not really important.  It suffices to say that one meaning of the pyramid is that it represents Satan’s church.

Jesus said that if your eye is single, then your whole body would be full of light.  As Jesus is the head and we are His body, Satan, represented by the eye, is the head of his church, and his body–his followers–is “full of light.”  This is why Satan’s followers refer to themselves as “light workers.”  But since Satan’s eye is evil, then his “body” or church, is full of darkness.  And how great is that darkness!

But we must also remember that symbols always have at least two levels of meaning.  The  esoteric or secret inner meaning is intended for the highest levels of initiates, while the exoteric or outer meaning (or meanings) is intended for the uninitiated (whom the Mystery Schools refer to as the “profane”) or lower level initiates.  The All Seeing Eye of Lucifer, I believe, is one of the exoteric interpretations, while the esoteric or hidden meaning is something quite different.  On one level it is an emblem of Satan, but on another level it represents Nimrod, the first king of ancient Babylon, and his wife Semiramis.  

You must understand that much of the world still worships Nimrod and
Semiramis, the first king and queen of ancient Babylon. After
Nimrod’s death, he was deified as the Sun God (also called Sol and Sol
Invictus, the Unconquerable Sun).  Nimrod’s wife, Semiramis, kept the
religion alive and eventually became the principle object of worship.

According to historian, Alexander Hislop, in his book, The Two
Babylons, Semiramis was known as Opthalmitis, “the goddess of the
eye,” and Rhea “the Gazer,” while Nimrod was called Janus “the Seer.”  With this in mind, the eye symbolism takes on a whole new meaning.

Read more about it here.

You see, it’s all in the Bible.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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A Gorilla In A Suit

Posted on February 22, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

A very strange thing happened to me the other day on the way back from taking my son to school.

After dropping my boy off, I boarded the subway at the last car, and moving towards the front, I placed Gospel tracts in so many seats in every car.  I usually fold the tract in half, and place it in the narrow space between the armrest and the side of the car.  When I reached the first car of the subway train, where I normally sit, I had one tract left, which I decided to place in the seat where I was sitting.

As I was placing the tract, the man sitting across from me beckoned with his hand that he wanted the tract, so I gave it to him, and he began to read it.  About a minute or so later, he uttered something to me, but I couldn’t understand it, so he repeated it.  I didn’t understand him the second time either, so he said simply in English, “Good Morning,” and I responded likewise.  While he read the tract, I tried to reconstruct phonetically what he had said, and I realized that he had said, “Assalam O Alaikum”: a Muslim greeting said to mean, “Peace be with you.”  A short time later, the man tore the tract in half, and then tore the halves in half.  He then place the neatly torn pieces in his backpack, and put on his headphones.

I thought about this event for a good part of the day: not because the man tore up the tract, which I’m sure happens a lot, but because he greeted me with a Muslim greeting. This was the first time since I have been living in Munich that a Muslim has ever greeted me, an American, in a Muslim fashion.  

For the average person, this would not be a cause for any reflection.  But if you have been reading this blog for any period of time, then you know that strange things happen to me all the time.  I’m approached by strangers constantly during my witnessing, and they never mean me any good.  Wherever I go I am surrounded by people who say they are one thing, but for anyone with any discernment, they are obviously something else.  Their words and actions are never consistent with the person they claim to be or pretend to be. They are in the service of Satan.

I always think of such people as a gorilla in a suit.  You can dress up a gorilla in the most expensive suit, the most expensive shoes, and a Rolex watch.  You can give him a suitcase, place a newspaper in his hand, and tell him to get on the subway at point A and to get off at point B.  You can teach him to walk a certain way, and to look at his watch intermittently as though he were late for work.  You can even have him call someone, real or imagined, on his cell phone, and you may even succeed in teaching him enough words to hold a competent conversation.  But at the end of the day, he is a gorilla, and he will always be a gorilla–a gorilla in a suit.

When I meet these people, I always size them up discreetly, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things, and I can usually tell in short order what they are all about. 

By the way, you can tell a lot about a person if you look into his eyes.  Hollywood has made looking into someone’s eyes cliche’-ish (thanks to Satan).  But the words of Jesus are true: “The light of the body is the eye”:

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

“But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.” (Matthew 6:22-23)

“If thine eye be single” is a reference to singleness of purpose.  A person with a single eye is not double-minded and does not have ulterior motives.  What you see is what you get. This person shall be full of light–goodness.  But the person who is double-minded is not what he appears to be.  He is in darkness–and that profound.  Consequently, his whole body shall be full of darkness, especially his eyes.

The truly spiritual person–the Christian–should look at everything through his spiritual lens–especially people.  Satan doesn’t mean us any good, and he has people watching us and interacting with us in various ways, who are nothing they appear to be.  So when I meet a “gorilla in a suit” I always pay particular attention to his eyes, for his eyes always have and always will give him away.  Moreover, a person’s movements and speech will also alert you that something is awry.

Such was the case with this gentleman.  When I sat across from him, I knew instantly in my spirit that he was all wrong.  But when he greeted me in a Muslim fashion, I really knew it.  Why would he do that?  

Munich is very cosmopolitan, and there are many foreigners living here, the majority of whom are Muslims.  The usual greeting among Munchners is “Gruss Gott,” which means “God is Great.”  Muslims, however, don’t use this greeting.  I once gave this greeting to a group of obviously Muslim men when I was new in Munich and was living in a German center f0r asylum seekers (long story).  

It happened on this wise: The men, who were from Ethiopia, Bosnia, and other countries, were sitting down at the entrance to the center.  When I passed them, I said “Gruss Gott,” and all the men laughed me to scorn.  Now, by this time, I had used this greeting fairly often and had never gotten this reaction.  So, when I entered the apartment I shared with my wife, I told her what had just happened and asked her if I were pronouncing the greeting correctly.  She responded that I had.  Puzzled, I asked her why it was that the men all laughed at me when I said it.  She couldn’t say why.

This event stuck with me for years until I started working for UPS in Munich, where many Muslims are employed.  I noticed that, at least at this particular UPS warehouse, no one used the greeting, “Gruss Gott,” but instead said, “Sehr Wuss,” a greeting in the Bavarian dialect that is often used for “hello” and “goodbye.”  It is basically a secular greeting, and is especially used between young people and between Roman Catholics and Muslims.  

I found the use of this greeting rather curious, since Muslims say that they worship the same god as Christians, the only difference being that they call him Allah, which they say is Arabic for God.  If this were true, however, then Muslims, when speaking German, would call Allah, “Gott”: the German translation of “God.”  But I have never heard a Muslim call Allah, Gott, and I have never heard a Muslim in Germany use the greeting, “Gruss Gott.” Why is this, if Allah is merely “God” in Arabic?  This question puzzled me for some time.

Then one day it hit me, and it was so obvious, I was embarrassed that it didn’t occur to me instantly.  Christians believe that Jesus Christ is God.  Muslims, however, believe that Jesus was merely a human prophet.  Additionally, Muslims, after saying the name of Jesus, say, “Peace be upon Him,” or, when writing, use the acronym PBUH.  They also do this for their prophet, Mohammed.  Now, the Prophet Mohammed is dead, so I gathered that when using the term, “Peace be upon him,” Muslims are showing respect for a revered person who is no longer with us.  (It may be possible that they use this term only for Mohammed and Jesus, but I don’t know this.)  

But our Jesus is very much alive, and Muslims know that we believe that.  Roman Catholics also consider themselves Christians, and declare that Jesus Christ is God Almighty and is alive in Heaven.  A Muslim, therefore, would not use the greeting, “Gruss Gott,” because he would, in effect, be declaring that the Christian God is great.  And this very God, whom we call Jesus, is believed in Islam to have been a mere prophet who passed away: a man, not God Almighty.  It would likely be blasphemy, therefore, for a Muslim to say, “Gruss Gott” (God–Jesus is great) when they use the term “Allah U Akbar” (Allah is great).  Therefore, when a Muslim greets a non-Muslim in Munich, it is customary for him to greet the latter with “Sehr Wuss.”

I researched on the internet if it were proper for a Muslim to greet a non-Muslim with “Assalam U Alaikum.”  Though opinions differed, some said that it is considered haram, or blasphemy, to do so.  All this considered, it should now be clear why I was surprised when this Muslim gentleman greeted me in this fashion.

Knowing that nothing in my life is an accident or mere coincidence, my mind instantly went to work on what it was Satan was trying to do.  The most obvious reason for the man’s greeting was that he wanted me to respond in kind.  But then, I thought, what would be the point of that?  Then I remembered that Charles Chiniquy, in his book, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, said that Roman Catholic newspapers in America tried to make Abraham Lincoln look like an apostate Roman Catholic in order to enflame Roman Catholics against Lincoln enough to want to kill him.  

If this makes no sense to you, consider that, with very few exceptions, every religion except Christianity persecutes those who leave it–especially if they become Bible-believing Christians.  Many would refute this, but history is very clear on the matter.  And the testimony of many who have suffered and are suffering for becoming Christians lends force to this argument.

You see, the Bible says that when the Pharisees were plotting to kill Jesus, they sent spies out to watch him, “who feigned themselves to be just men” (Luke 20:20).  And they often engaged Jesus in conversation trying to trap Him in His words so they could accuse Him. Jesus said that in the same way He was persecuted, we would also be persecuted.  That means that we will also be spied on and watched, and people will also try to trap us in our words so that they can accuse us.  There is indeed nothing new under the sun.

Abraham Lincoln was a Christian (despite what they teach on the History Channel), and Abraham Lincoln was spied on.  That’s one reason why he created the Secret Service. Lincoln was watched, framed, and eventually murdered–just like Jesus was.  The servant is no greater than his Master.

The meeting with the Muslim gentleman was not coincidental: it had been choreographed.  And his greeting me as though I were a Muslim was also no accident.   This meeting was planned and had a definite goal.  I’ve already told you what I think.   Only time will tell if I was right. 

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Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

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He Said/She Said – February 14, 2013

Posted on February 14, 2013 by The Still Man

“CNN’s role…is to fix the world’s attention on an issue and to drive that debate.”  –Kristie Lu Stout, anchor, CNN International.

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It’s In The Bible: Waterboarding

Posted on February 14, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, saints.

The use of torture–especially against U.S. citizens–has been hotly debated in the media ever since the CIA’s use of waterboarding on detainees at Guantanamo Bay came to light a few years ago.  Waterboarding is an especially cruel form of torture.  Wikipedia defines it as:

“A form of torture in which water is poured over cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the individual to experience the sensation of drowning.”

Waterboarding can cause pain, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, and even death. Wikipedia gives a history of the use of waterboarding going back as far as the fifteenth century.  But did you know that the Bible also records an incident of waterboarding? Though used in this instance as a means of murder rather than torture, it is clear that the same technique is being used.

Briefly, the book of 2 Kings recounts how the ailing king of Syria, Benhadad, had sent his servant, Hazael, to the prophet Elisha to inquire if the king would recover from his illness.  Elisha tells the servant that the Lord hath shown him that Benhadad would not recover, but that Hazael would reign over Syria.  At this news, Hazael returns to Benhadad and tells him that he would recover.  But:

“[I]t came to pass on the morrow, that [Hazael] took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on [Benhadad’s] face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 8:15).

You see, everything is in the Bible, and there is nothing new under the sun.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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Two Popes?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace to the children of the Prince of Peace, and greetings to those loyal subjects of the prince of darkness.

There’s no doubt that Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement to retire sounded rather suspect, especially given that there was no apparent reason for it.  We are not the only ones who feel this way, as apparently many in the Roman Catholic community also expressed shock and surprise (real or otherwise) at the news.  

Almost immediately we were asked what we thought about this, given our contention that Pope Benedict XVI is the Antichrist (and the idol Mary, whom Roman Catholics worship, is the Abomination of Desolation).  In response, we wrote on Monday that we still believe Pope Benedict XVI is the Antichrist and we gave our reasons why.  

The chief basis for our belief is that Joseph Ratzinger fulfills marvelously the characteristics and qualities of the Antichrist; so perfectly, in fact, that it is hard to believe that anyone else could be better suited for the job.  Moreover, the prophetic things that the Bible says the Antichrist would do in Africa are happening right now, while Benedict XVI is in office. This is not coincidental.  

Lastly, and we didn’t talk about this the other day, but we did write about it in The Roman Catholic Takeover of America Part I, the Roman Catholic church is growing especially powerful in the United States–the last bastion of freedom in the world.  When Rome conquers America–when it succeeds in disarming American citizens–it has conquered the world.  Again, this is happening while Benedict XVI is in office.

Prophecy is being fulfilled right before our eyes.  The double-headed eagle–the symbol of the Roman Empire–and the so-called keys of St. Peter will one day fly over the United Nations and the world, signifying that Rome again rules from the east to the west: that the sun never sets on the Roman Empire.

Now it doesn’t make sense that all this is happening so someone else can come in and seize the reigns of power.  No, this pope is responsible for making these things happen. He is the Antichrist.

Monday I was careful to point out that the office of Pope is a lifetime appointment, and, in that he is voluntarily stepping down, it is conceivable that, if the need were great enough and he were asked, Joseph Ratzinger could again take up the mantel of Bishop of Rome.

Well, a headline in today’s Daily Mail confirmed my belief:

You can read the original story here.

The article goes on to say that the pontiff declared he “would make himself available if asked.”  This is the exact scenario we outlined could take place.  Now, I don’t believe for one minute that there is really any “fear” in the Roman Catholic church at this probability: at least not among those at the top of the pyramid.  Benedict XVI’s “retirement,” if it happens, will only be window dressing.  

The reader will also note that, even in retirement, Joseph Ratzinger may still bear the title of Bishop of Rome (emeritus).  He will still wield power, even if he steps down.  This brings up an even more important question: will the successor to Pope Benedict XVI also hold the titles of Vicar of Christ and Holy Father?  This is extremely important, for the Roman Catholic pope claims to be the substitute for Jesus Christ–God Almighty–on earth, and, in fact, claims to speak for Jesus Christ.  

Now, can two men both claim to speak for Jesus Christ and, in fact, be Jesus Christ on earth?  Will both men be considered infallible?  Consider this, for it is very significant.

The Bible says that God is not the author of confusion, so this is even further evidence–as if any thinking person needed more evidence–that the Roman Catholic institution is not of God. 

Now all this may be confusing to many, but it makes perfect sense if the Roman Catholic church is Mystery Babylon and Pope Benedict XVI is the Antichrist.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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Pope Benedict XVI Announces Resignation

Posted on February 11, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

It seems that the Roman Catholic pope, Benedict XVI, has announced his resignation as the Bishop of Rome.  This came as a shock to most people, as there were no signs of illness or failing health, and there was no indication that the pontiff was slowing down in any way.

In light of this, one may wonder if I still believe he is the Antichrist, and my answer is, a resounding yes.  And I will tell you why.

First, there can be no doubt that the Roman Catholic office of pope is antichrist, as the titles, “Vicar of the Son of God” and “Holy Father” clearly prove.  And the office of the pope clearly fulfills the major characteristics of the Antichrist found in Daniel 11:37-38. But this pope, Benedict XVI, most specifically fulfilled Daniel 8:23:

“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences shall stand up.”

You see, whereas, Daniel 11:37-38 and other Scriptures speak of qualities which clearly identify the Antichrist as a Roman Catholic pope–any pope, for that matter–Daniel 8:23 gives a specific personal attribute which considerably narrows down the field: he has a fierce countenance, and he understands “dark sentences.”  This is what sets Joseph Ratzinger apart from every other pope in recent memory, and what made me identify him as the Antichrist.  He has an incredibly fierce countenance, though it has softened considerably in recent years.  He also speaks Latin, a dead language, and a language which only a small percentage of humanity understands.  This qualifies as “dark speech.”

And not only that, but Daniel 11:41-43 holds special prophetic significance, for they give us the reason for the unprecedented turmoil that we see in Africa right now:

“He (the Antichrist) shall enter into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown…

“[And] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape

“But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps” (Daniel 11:41-43).

According to these passages, the reason for all of the unrest Libya, Egypt, and other countries in Africa, is that the Antichrist is taking control of the wealth of these countries.  

Now, Pope Benedict XVI meets the requirements of the Antichrist, including this one specific personal trait, a fierce countenance, while, at the same time, the prophetic events that are to take place in Africa just happen to be going on during his tenure as Pope.  Coincidence? I think not.  There are just too many markers fulfilled in this pope for him not to be the man.

Now it is said that his resignation would become effective February 28.  That is still over two weeks away.  A lot could happen before then.  He could change his mind.  After all, he is voluntarily stepping down.  Moreover, even if he resigns his position and goes into retirement, he could always come back, if it were deemed that he were badly enough needed.  The office of pope is a lifetime office, and most popes die while in service.  The last pope to resigned did so over six hundred years ago.  If Benedict XVI resigns, is there anything stopping him from coming back if his successor passes away suddenly, is assassinated, or is simply deemed unfit for the office?

Then, there is always the chance that this whole thing is a ruse.  There is always the possibility that Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation has been staged just to pull the wool over the eyes of those who are watching this pope, understanding that he fulfills the requirements of the Antichrist.  If you think about it, it is way too sudden.  The whole thing could be designed to take the attention off Joseph Ratzinger.  There are endless scenarios.  

There is always the possibility that this pope is not the Antichrist.  As I said before, every other characteristic of the Antichrist identifies him as the Roman Catholic Pope.  What singled Benedict XVI out is his fierce countenance, also the prophetic events taking place during his tenure cannot be overlooked.  However, in that he was selected from a pool of eligible candidates, it is possible that those in power chose him specifically for his fierce countenance, because they wanted to establish the vision.  Let’s look at Daniel 11:14:

“And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.”

It would seem that the Babylonians, the “robbers of [Daniel’s] people,” are said to have wanted to “establish” Daniel’s vision.  In other words, they knew about the prophecy and wanted to install their man as the Antichrist, and their kingdom as the last kingdom that Daniel saw in his vision.  But they were not able to do so.  Babylon is modern-day Iraq, and we know that before he died, Saddam Hussein was rebuilding the city of Babylon and was said to consider himself the new Nebuchadnezzar.

Now we know that the Gulf War was about more than just oil.

It is said that Adolph Hitler was working to establish the vision also, wearing that perpetual sadistic scowl, and endeavoring to set up his “thousand year reich.”  But he too, was unsuccessful.

So it could be that Pope Benedict XVI was specifically chosen because he met this one important requirement, but that he was not the man God had in mind for the task.  I don’t know.  But I’m not convinced that Joseph Ratzinger is not the man.  In fact, I would be extremely surprised if the Antichrist turns out to be anyone other than Pope Benedict XVI.  

By the way, the Vatican says that they want to have a new Pope installed by Easter.  Many Christians celebrate Easter as the day Jesus was resurrected.  In our post concerning the Antichrist, we contend that the Pope will also be killed and resurrected by the power of Satan, who will indwell him.  This is when he will become the full-fledged Antichrist.  It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

The Still Man

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The Fifth Seal

Posted on February 11, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, saints.

We have taken all information on Christian persecutions and moved them to a new blog entitled The Fifth Seal.  This blog will be dedicated solely to persecutions of Christians taking place worldwide.  Christian persecution will become increasingly significant as the United States moves toward total disarmament.

We hope it will lead all of us in the Western Church to pay more attention to what is happening to our brothers and sisters worldwide, as these things will soon happen in the United States and Europe.

The Still Man

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The Still Man’s Wayback Machine – February 1-10, 2013

Posted on February 7, 2013 by The Still Man

Mr. Peabody and Sherman and the Wayback Machine

Grace and peace, Saints.  Here are the subjects we wrote about this time last year:

Replacement Theology and the New Age

In this post, I answer the questions of one of our readers concerning the claim that Blacks are the true Jews.  100% Bible.

There’s No Way I Could Do That

The animal rights movement is dangerous.  Exalting animals into the place of human beings devalues human life, and the results, as you will see, are horrifying.

Pretty In Pink: Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber makes it cool for boys to get in touch with their feminine side.  Bieber is part of Satan’s plan to supplant God’s model of manhood with Satan’s twisted version.

Pastor Umar Mulinde: Still Bearing About In The Body

Uganda pastor Umar Mulinde is still receiving treatment in an Israeli hospital for injuries sustained when Muslims threw acid in his face over a year ago.  We covered this story then, and you can read about it here.

Update On Pastor Mulinde

This article continues to follow Pastor Mulinde’s recovery.

No Jesus, No Change, Know Jesus, Know Change

This moving account of a man delivered from the prison of homosexuality will convince you that anything is possible for those who know the Lord Jesus.

We pray that these stories will edify and encourage you.  God bless you.

The Still Man

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House of the Virgin Mary, Ephesus

Posted on February 7, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

I have always wondered exactly how the Antichrist would unite all the world’s religions in his one-world church.  This is an important question, because the greatest of the world religions: Christianity, Islam, Roman Catholicism, and Buddhism are all monotheistic, meaning they worship only one god instead of many gods. How would the Antichrist manage to get the adherents of these religions to worship him and his god?

In that the Antichrist is a Roman Catholic and worships an idol, I especially wondered how he would get Muslims to bend the knee to his idol without using force.  The Bible tells us that all the world, including Muslims, will worship the Antichrist (Pope Benedict XVI) and the Abomination of Desolation (The Virgin Mary).  But how could this be, given Muslims’ devotion to the Prophet Mohammed and Allah?  It would appear that the only way would be through force, which would mean war.  Such a war would be global in scale, for the Muslims are many, powerful, and determined.

And even if they were to lose such a war, it is still difficult to believe that the Muslims would ever willingly submit to worshipping an idol, for their Koran expressly forbids the worship of any other god but Allah.  Yet, the Bible says that this very thing will happen:

“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of Life” (Revelation 13:8). 

And the Bible is never wrong.  

This should be of great interest to every thinking Christian.  The Antichrist, a Roman Catholic, will succeed in obtaining the worship of Muslims, known the world over for their devotion to their god, Allah.  A devotion so extreme, that many have been and are willing to even blow themselves up for him, if so ordered.  Yet, according to the Bible, all Muslims will one day worship the Antichrist and his idol–either exclusively or additionally.  How can this be?

Well, all things are possible with God, and the Bible tells us that it is God who will ensure that the whole world worships the beast and his image.  You see, Roman Catholicism is the “strong delusion” spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 2:11.  It is Mystery Babylon, the “golden cup in the Lord’s hand” (Jeremiah 51:7), and its purpose is to deceive and condemn those “who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”  That truth is that Jesus Christ is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6).  Most of the world denies that Truth.  

In that all of the world’s great religions are said to be waiting for a spiritual leader to emerge or return, it is my belief that the Antichrist will claim to be that person.  And I believe that when the Antichrist is publicly killed and publicly “resurrected,” then “all the world will wonder (be awestruck)” after him (Revelation 13:3), and willingly follow him. They will believe his claim to be the One for whom all the world’s great religions are waiting, and he will command the world’s religions to unite under him and his idol.  This will be the official birth of the one-world church.

And yet, anyone who knows anything about Islam (and everyone in the world knows something about Islam) knows that their devotion to Allah and to their Prophet Mohammed makes it inconceivable that they would willingly worship an idol.  Yet, again, the Bible says everyone but those who are washed in the blood of Jesus will worship the Antichrist and his image.  I believe the Bible, yet, I still wondered how God will do this.

Then I discovered that in Turkey there is a shrine that is sacred to both Roman Catholics and Muslims.  Located on Mount Koressos, near Ephesus, the House of the Virgin Mary or the House of Mother Mary (as she is known to Muslims), is said to be recognized by the Vatican as the official resting place of the Virgin Mary.  Roman Catholic legend apparently holds that following the death of Jesus, the Apostle John moved to Ephesus with the mother of Jesus, and the two took up residence there.  This house is said to be where the mother of Jesus spent her final years.  They believe that a certain invalid nun had a vision wherein she was shown the location of the house, which Vatican authorities later verified.  Since that time, the shrine is said to be visited by thousands of Roman Catholics and Muslims each year.

As for the authenticity of the House of the Virgin Mary, it is said that its foundation is estimated to be first century A.D., although the structure itself is said to be from the sixth century A.D.  They explain this discrepancy by saying that the building has been renovated since its construction.  

Though the Vatican has reportedly “not pronounced in favour or against the authenticity of the house” (Wikipedia), several popes have reportedly made a pilgrimage to the site, including Benedict XVI, in 2006.  Additionally, Anne Catherine Emmerich, the nun who is said to have received the vision of the house, was beatified (an important step toward sainthood) by Pope John Paul II on October 3, 2004.  It would seem, therefore, that an official Vatican pronouncement of the shrine will occur at some point.

A common practice at the shrine is to write prayer requests on scraps of paper, cloth, and even leaves and leave them at a wall at the site designated for that purpose.  One Roman Catholic devotee even wrote that many Roman Catholic and Muslim women who visit the shrine share a common prayer: that they should bear a child.  

This would make the House of the Virgin Mary one of the few, if not the only, truly ecumenical holy sites in the world.  Isn’t this amazing?  Isn’t it amazing that Roman Catholics, who are supposedly Christians, and Muslims, who are the enemies of Christianity, would share a holy site?  This could only mean one of two things:

1.  Roman Catholics are not really Christians (because Muslims don’t hate them)

2.  Muslims aren’t really the enemies of Christianity (and history disproves this)

It is very significant that Roman Catholics and Muslims would share a holy shrine.  For even though Roman Catholics, Muslims, and Jews live at Jerusalem, Muslims, to my knowledge, don’t pray at the Wailing Wall, Jews don’t enter the Dome of the Rock, and neither attend Roman Catholic mass.  Yet, in the House of the Virgin Mary, we see Roman Catholics and Muslims united in their common reverence for the “Blessed Virgin.” 

Mary, therefore, is the key.

It is in the reverence of “Mother Mary” that Muslims, and, in fact, the whole world will be beguiled to worship the Abomination of Desolation, The Virgin Mary.  Can you now see why the entire world will hate Christians?  For true, Bible-believing Christians will be the only ones in the world who will not bow down to and worship the idol known as Mary (Revelation 13:8).

The House of the Virgin Mary helped me to further understand why it is that Roman Catholics and Muslims, especially Turkish Muslims, get along so well in Germany, as well as in the United Kingdom, and even America, while the media reports that Muslims are persecuting Roman Catholics in other parts of the world.  They share a common bond in their reverence for the Virgin Mary.  The Antichrist may orchestrate some incident between the Roman Catholics and Muslims in the West in order to further pull the wool over the eyes of those who may be seeing this inconsistency.  But at the end of the day, Roman Catholics and Muslims are united in the Virgin Mary.  Former Jesuit priest, Alberto Rivera, according to Jack Chick, stated that the Roman Catholic church actually created Islam.  

Another writer, attempting to authenticate the age of the shrine, writes that when Paul got to Ephesus, he found that the people had already been evangelized.  But the Bible tells us that when Paul got to Ephesus and preached against their idolatry, he caused an uproar among the people that jeopardized his safety.  For the Ephesians were “worshippers of the great goddess Diana” (Acts 19:35).  

Perhaps what the writer meant by “evangelized” was that the Ephesians were already worshippers of the goddess.  They just called her Diana, instead of Mary.

Roman Catholicism and Islam are reconciled in the Virgin Mary.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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Back In The Saddle Again

Posted on February 6, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, believers.

I was in the hospital for the past few days, and therefore, could not write anything.  I hope that you are having a great week, and I will be again posting something soon.

Until then, be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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The Roman Catholic Takeover of America – Part I

Posted on January 29, 2013 by The Still Man

 

Roman Catholic "Patriotic Flag"

Roman Catholic “Patriotic Flag” taken from www.romeofthewest.com

Grace and peace, Saints.

A couple of weeks ago, we made available for download to our readers a very important book.  It is called Ravening Wolves and it was written by Monica Farrell, a converted Roman Catholic.  Farrell was horrified at the atrocities perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests, monks, and lay people upon the non-Catholic population of Europe during the Second World War, and set out to warn the Protestants of her time.  It was thus that this book was born. 

Farrell provides incredible documentation of the horrible atrocities committed by the Roman Catholic Croatian majority in Yugoslavia against a defenseless Serb minority.  You never learned this in history class.  She also explains how Rome took over Australia, by first dedicating that country to the Virgin Mary. 

Using Farrell’s examples as a template, we will prove that what happened in Australia—the dedication of that country to the Virgin Mary—and in Yugoslavia, culminating with the total disarmament and subsequent attempted genocide of the Serbs, has happened and, in fact, is happening here in the United States.  We will prove that the horrible atrocities carried out in the name of the goddess Mary upon the poor Bosnian Serbs will indeed happen in America and, in fact, the world, upon anyone and everyone who will not bow down and worship the idol called the Virgin Mary.  

Farrell first provides an overview of the Roman Catholic process to conquer a nation:

“It is only when conditions prevailing in a country, through the alertness of Protestants, prevent Rome from carrying out her designs that her methods, for the time being, are changed and she seeks to rule by apparently gentle persuasion…

“Her present technique is, first of all, to call her devotees to a Crusade of prayer, claiming a country for Mary. Secondly (if the Protestant population allows her to get away with it) to dedicate the country to Mary.

“This done, it only remains for her to urge her people to a holy warfare, to actually possess that which they have already claimed by dedication, and Protestants, who have by their silence consented to an act carried out in their name, are rudely awakened to the fact that they have unconsciously betrayed their country, their people, and their God.” 

Thus, a thee-phase process is established:

  1. A Crusade of prayer, claiming a country for Mary.
  2. Dedication of the country to Mary.
  3. A holy warfare to possess that nation.

Bear this in mind as we continue. 

Farrell then explains how Rome followed this formula in its takeover of Australia.  In 1948, she says, step two was accomplished, when Australia was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.  On page 10, under the heading, “The War Declared,” we read:

On the 9th May, 1948, when Cardinals Spellman and Gilroy officiated at “The dedication of Australia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary…” This is the type of prayer that was offered: 

“THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY: AN ACT OF CONSECRATION

“O Mary, Powerful Virgin and Mother of Merciful Kindness, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of Sinners, we consecrate ourselves to thy Immaculate Heart.

“We consecrate our beings and all our life and all we have and all we are, and all we love. Thine be our bodies, our hearts and our souls, Thine be our homes, our families and our native land.

“It is our desire that everything within us and around us should belong to thee and share in the benefits of thy Motherly blessings.  And to make this Consecration truly efficacious and lasting, we renew at thy feet today, 0 Mary, the promises of our Baptism and our first Communion.

“We pledge ourselves to make courageous and constant profession of the truths of our Faith: and to live Catholic lives in full submission to all the directions of the Pope and of the bishops in Communion with him.”  [Boldface mine].

Now if it were true that such as prayer is the first step toward dedicating a country to the Roman Catholic Virgin Mary, then it would seem that the United States has already been dedicated to Mary.  For below is the text of a Roman Catholic prayer card that I found in 2008, at a chapel in the Veterans Administration hospital in St. Louis, Missouri:

“O Immaculate Mother, Queen of our Country, open our hearts, our homes, and our Land to the coming of Jesus, your Divine Son. With Him, reign over us, O heavenly Lady, so pure and so bright with the radiance of God’s light shining in and about you. Be our Leader against the powers of evil set upon wresting the world of souls, redeemed at such a great cost by the sufferings of your Son and of yourself, in union with Him, from that same Savior, Who loves us with infinite charity.           

We gather about you, O chaste and holy Mother, Virgin Immaculate, Patroness of our beloved Land, determined to fight under your banner of holy purity against the wickedness that would make all the world an abyss of evil, without God and without your loving maternal care.              

We consecrate our hearts, our homes, our Land to your Most Pure Heart, O great Queen, that the kingdom of your Son, our Redeemer and our God, may be firmly established in us.       

We ask no special sign of you, sweet Mother, for we believe in your great love for us, and we place in you our entire confidence. We promise to honor you by faith, love, and the purity of our lives according to your desire.              

Reign over us, then, O Virgin Immaculate, with your Son Jesus Christ. May His Divine Heart and your most chaste Heart be ever enthroned and glorified among us. Use us, your children of America, as your instruments in bringing peace among men and nations. Work your miracles of grace in us, so that we maybe a glory to the Blessed Trinity, Who created, redeemed, and sanctifies us.              

May your valiant Spouse, St. Joseph, with the holy Angels and Saints, assist you and us in “renewing the face of the earth.” Then when our work is over, come, Holy Immaculate Mother, and as our Victorious Queen, lead us to the eternal kingdom, where your Son reigns forever as King. Amen (200 days)              

Written at the behest of Our Lady, October 5, 1956.              

 Nihil Obstat:-Daniel Pilarczyk, S.T.D.              

 Imprimatur:-†Paul F. Leibold, V.G.              

 Cincinnati, January 25, 1963              

Click here for image of actual prayer card

The relevant wording is almost exactly the same in both prayers:

Australian prayer:

“We consecrate…our hearts…our homes, and our native land.”

American prayer:

“We consecrate our hearts, our homes, our Land…”

If Farrell is correct, and dedicating a country to Mary is, in fact, the first step in a Roman Catholic takeover of that country, then phase one of a Roman Catholic takeover of America has already been accomplished, as, according to the above prayer card, America has already been consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Assuming this is the case, it behooves every freedom-loving American to determine just how far down the road the takeover plan has progressed. 

I believe that Farrell is correct, and a Roman Catholic plan to take over America is indeed in the works.  This plan has almost reached fruition.  It must be emphasized that the Roman Catholic institution does not plan to merely take over America, but to take over the world using America as a base of operations.  That is why our military is being deployed all over the world under the pretense of fighting a “war on terror.”  In reality, they are being used to bring the world under the iron fist of the Papacy; to take over the world for their Mary.

The next step is for the Roman Catholic church to actually dedicate a country to Mary.  This is happening in America right now, and I’ll explain how.  Did you know that there is a plan to install the Virgin Mary in the national cathedral in Washington, DC, under the name of “Our Lady of America?” Well it is true.  Now this may not sound like anything of any consequence, but it is a big deal to Roman Catholics, so it should be a big deal to us.

You may be familiar with the Roman Catholic legends of Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Guadalupe.  Guadalupe and Fatima are cities in Mexico and Portugal, respectively, and the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to the faithful in both of these cities.  In both instances, she gave a message to her devotees containing things that she wanted Roman Catholics to do, in order that she would bless that country and deliver it from war and other evils.  

It is the Virgin’s appearance at Fatima that is important to this discussion.  She is said to have appeared to a group of children and given them three secrets, all but one of which have been “revealed.” 

Well, the Virgin is said to have appeared to Roman Catholic devotee here in America also with the request that a statue of her be enshrined at the National Basilica at Washington, DC, and the Roman Catholic church has been busy making that happen ever since.  In fact, a prayer consecrating America to the Virgin Mary has already been approved by the Vatican.  This prayer can be found at www.ourladyof america.com in a six-part document entitled The True Story of Our Lady of America.  (Click here to view.)  Pay very close attention to how Part I begins: 

“Part I – God’s Preparation for Mary’s Visit

“What is God’s plan and preparation for the role of Our Lady of America in the redemption of mankind and the renewing of the face of the earth in these troubled times? 

“The story of Our Lady of America truly began on May 10, 1846 when one Archbishop and 22 US Bishops met in Baltimore, MD, the first Catholic diocese in the US, for the 6th Provincial Council of Baltimore.

“On that date they petitioned Rome to have the Blessed Virgin, under the title of the Immaculate Conception, named as Patroness of these United States, 28 at the time.  In 1847 that petition was granted by Pope Pius IX and Mary, under the title of her Immaculate Conception, became Patroness of the US.”

I hope you understand the import of this action, because the Catholics certainly did.  They immediately went to work to build a national shrine to Mary in Washington, DC, and: 

“America’s Patronal Church, a magnificent hymn to Mary in stone, was dedicated on November 20, 1959.”

The following prayer was written especially for the dedication ceremony of the national shrine:

“This beautiful Act of Consecration to Our Blessed Mother was written by Bishop Thomas Grady for the dedication ceremony of the Shrine.

“Act of Consecration To Our Blessed Mother

“Most Holy Trinity: Our Father in Heaven, who chose Mary as the fairest of your daughters; Holy Spirit, who chose Mary as your spouse; God the Son, who chose Mary as your Mother; in union with Mary, we adore your majesty and acknowledge your supreme, eternal dominion and authority.

“Most Holy Trinity, we put the United States of America into the hands of Mary Immaculate in order that she may present the country to you. Through her we wish to thank you for the great resources of this land and for the freedom which has been its heritage. Through the intercession of Mary, have mercy on the Catholic Church in America. Grant us peace.

“Have mercy on our President and on all the officers of our government. Grant us a fruitful economy born of justice and charity. Have mercy on capital and industry and labor. Protect the family life of the nation. Guard the innocence of our children. Grant the precious gift of many religious vocations. Through the intercession of our Mother, have mercy on the sick, the poor, the tempted, sinners – on all who are in need.

“Mary, Immaculate Virgin, our Mother, Patroness of our land, we praise you and honor you and give ourselves to you. Protect us from every harm. Pray for us, that acting always according to your will and the Will of your Divine Son, we may live and die pleasing to God.

“Imprimatur: Patrick A. O’Boyle, Archbishop of Washington”

It would appear that phase two of the Roman Catholic takeover of America has been accomplished, and America has indeed been dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

You must understand the spiritual import of this action.  The Roman Catholic church, which practices a religion firmly grounded in the worship of an idol, has dedicated the United States to that idol, the Virgin Mary.  America has turned its back on Jesus Christ, Who blessed her beyond all other nations, and embraced the worship of an idol.  Is there any wonder why so many terrible things are happening in America?  Does it make sense now why the catastrophic events, that formerly only occurred in other areas of the world, have hit America, including drought, which the Bible expressly teaches is a punishment for forsaking God?  God’s judgment of America has begun, but it is by no means over.

Part Two of this series covers Phase Three of the Roman Catholic Takeover of America: A Holy Warfare.  Monica Farrell will describe the Roman Catholic subversion and conquest of Yugoslavia and the massacre of the Bosnian Serbs.  It will become frighteningly clear to you that the same thing that happened in that country is happening right now in America.  And it will end up the same way: genocide.

The podcast of this article is available for download at the iTunes Store.  Subscribe to our free podcast today.   It is also available on YouTube, below.

 

Click here for Part II of this teaching.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.  

The Still Man

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He Said/She Said – January 28, 2013

Posted on January 28, 2013 by The Still Man

“Our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on earth.”

—President Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, January 20, 2013.

 

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New Podcast

Posted on January 27, 2013 by The Still Man

Diana of Ephesus

Greetings, Saints.

The podcast for our teaching, A Goddess By Any Other Name is available for download at the iTunes Store.  You can subscribe to our free podcast here.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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He Said/She Said – January 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by The Still Man

“Obama and the Democrats had the best option for the Latinos.  You know, immigration reform is on the table…

“So, you know, the Latinos here in the United States are so powerful, and their voices need to be heard.  They need to be treated as first-class citizens.”

–Alex Gonzalez, member Mexican rock band “Mana,'” in a CNN interview live from the Presidential Inauguration Party, January 20, 2013.

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Occult Symbology: New Photos

Posted on January 26, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, believers.

You may want to check out our post, Occult Symbology and the Christian Church.  We have added many more photos of people you may know, respect, and maybe even love, flashing a particular occult hand sign.  With very few exceptions, every one of these people, like Elvis Presley, claim to be Christians.  If this is true, why the enigmatic hand sign?

These “celebrities” have been pulling the wool over our eyes for a very long time. 

The Still Man

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The Still Man’s Wayback Machine – January 25, 2013

Posted on January 25, 2013 by The Still Man

Mr. Peabody and Sherman and the Wayback Machine

Grace and peace.

I only wrote one post this week last year, but here it is anyway.  Enjoy!

Christianity in America and the Persecuted Church 

 

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

 

 

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Blessed Are Ye

Posted on January 25, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints.

Yesterday, I was helping my son with his homework, when he suddenly became despondent and sullen.  I asked him what happened to his cheery attitude and, after considerable effort trying to find the words to describe what he was feeling and failing horribly, he finally told me that he didn’t know how long he could go on being nice to his classmates when they keep treating him so badly.

Saints if you didn’t know it by now, we are in a war.  And Satan, our great Adversary, does not practice age discrimination.  He will persecute our children just as hard—and oftentimes even harder—as he does us.  I speak from experience, as my son has been subjected to constant harassment and persecution by his Roman Catholic and Muslim classmates.  A couple of years ago, he was even assaulted in the school bathroom by three boys, and ended up getting stitches in his head.

My son is having problems not only because he is my son, which, unfortunately carries a great deal of weight, but because he witnesses to his classmates, who, are mostly, if not exclusively, Roman Catholics and Muslims. 

I have a great deal of respect for my boy.  He is only ten years old, yet he has a burden for souls.  On the first day of school this fall, he asked me if he could have some Gospel tracts to hand out to his classmates.  I did not want to discourage him from witnessing if that was his burden, but at the same time, I didn’t want to encourage him to do something that would doubtless make him enemies and ostracize him from his classmates.  I told him that if he tried to witness to his classmates, they were not going to like it one bit, and they might even get angry with him.  His answer almost brought tears to my eyes.  “I know they are not going to like it, but at least they will know the truth,” he said.  Saints, this came from a ten-year-old boy.  Ain’t God good?

So, with a joyful spirit, but a heavy heart, I gave him the tracts.  And the result was exactly as I expected.  They did not like it one bit.  Yet, my son was not discouraged.  He continued to ask me for tracts until he had given one to virtually everyone in his class.  I had to stop giving them to him because it was getting so that he was more concerned with spreading the Gospel than with making good grades. 

This has not been without consequences, of course.  Most of his classmates have ostracized him, and they reject his friendship no matter how many overtures he makes.   It hurts that I can’t do anything but encourage him.  I endure the same treatment from our neighbors and even many people on the street, and my son knows that.  But he also knows that, unlike him, I don’t have to sit in class with my tormentors for five hours a day every day of the week.

That’s why my son is one of my heroes and my best friend.  It takes a lot of courage to stand up for the Gospel of Jesus.  It takes guts to go north when everyone else is going east.  He looks up to me, but he has no idea how much I look up to him.  My son has guts—real courage.  And he already knows the meaning of sacrifice.  He already knows that to be a good Christian is going to cost you something.  He could very easily have decided not to witness to his classmates, so that he could have had an easier time in school.  But he was genuinely concerned with the eternal disposition of their souls: so much so, that the truth took priority over friendship.  Now who does that anymore?

By the way, one thing this has done for me is to really make me rethink the whole issue of homeschooling.  Many Christian parents elect to home school their children—and for good reason.  But if you think about it, if all Christian parents homeschooled their children, they would scarcely have an opportunity to witness.  I’m not saying that it’s a Christian child’s responsibility to witness, because I don’t believe that.  What I am saying is that even our children may be used of God. 

Someone once told me something that I will never forget.  She said that we Christians are the only Jesus many of the lost will ever see.  That was one of the most profound things I have ever heard, and, incidentally, it was said by someone who was raised in the church, but now serves Satan.  Notwithstanding, that was a profound statement.  

Think about it.  Many of the lost will never step foot in a church and don’t make it a point to hang around Christians.  Their only exposure to Christianity, then, may only be that Christian classmate of theirs.  If my son had not given his classmates those Gospel tracts, without God’s intervention, they could very well have passed the rest of their lives never hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  But, as God would have it, they heard the truth. 

That is why I believe and know for certain that everyone who comes before the Lord Jesus at the Judgment will have heard the Gospel.  They will be, as Scripture says, “without excuse.”

I have quoted many Scriptures to comfort my son in those moments of loneliness or sadness after being harassed by his classmates.  But the thing that I say to him most often is that if the Lord Jesus—God Almighty—had enemies, it is no wonder that we too, shall have them: for “the servant is not greater than his Master.”  As Jesus said in John 15:18, if the world hates us, we should know that it hated Him first.

So if you or your children are being persecuted for your Christian witness, don’t be discouraged.  Be encouraged.  You’re in good company.

“Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

“Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in Heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets” (Luke 6:22-23).

Amen.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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He Said/She Said – January 25, 2013

Posted on January 25, 2013 by The Still Man

 

“Back when I made sexy tunes, the sexiest thing on TV was Dynasty and if you watch it now, it’s like the Brady Bunch.”

–Singer and Jehovah’s Witness, Prince, in an interview with The Mirror, April 10, 2004.

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He Said/She Said – January 18, 2013

Posted on January 18, 2013 by The Still Man

“Normally helicopters fly further north.  It shouldn’t have come anywhere near this building.”

–James Whipps, CNN Producer, in an interview aired on CNN International, January 17, 2013, concerning the helicopter that crashed into a crane on a building near the river Thames, in London, killing two.

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Inventors of Evil Things – January 18, 2013

Posted on January 18, 2013 by The Still Man

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind…being filled with all unrighteousness…inventors of evil things” (Romans 1:28-30).  

 

Now look at that knife holder.  Is this really a good idea?  The terrible thing is that they will probably sell out.

And you ask why the human race is so violent.

Come quickly, Lord Jesus!

The Still Man

 

 

 

 

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The Still Man’s Wayback Machine – Special Edition

Posted on January 17, 2013 by The Still Man

Grace and peace, Saints!

In light of what President Obama wants to do, and, in fact, will do to our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, Christians should read the following articles. You may want to read these articles in order to see how we were set up.  

President Obama has implied that his administration considers all Bible-believing Christians terrorists.  Now, to put this in perspective for you, consider that the National Rifle Association says that tighter gun laws will not curb violence.  They suggest, instead, that “stronger mental health laws” be instituted.  It is important to understand that President Obama has also implied that Bible-believing Christians are mentally unstable.   

The Occult Significance of the Norway Shooting

This was the event that brought mass shootings to the forefront of the global consciousness.  In many ways, Norway was similar to September 11 and the Columbine Massacre.  That’s because they were planned and orchestrated by the same people and ultimately serve the same purpose: the disarmament and enslavement of the American people–and the world.

The Media Attack on Christianity Continues

Make no mistake: the demonization of the Christian church as a terrorist organization and gun control legislation go hand in hand.

Did President Obama Call All (Christian) Gun Owners Terrorists?

Gun control legislation is not an effort to make America safer.  It is a major part of the plan to disarm all Bible-believing Christians and all patriotic, freedom-loving Americans. This is in preparation for the coming police state and the great persecution of the Christian church.

Trayvon Martin, CNN, and the New World Order

Trayvon Martin was merely a prelude to Newtown, and was intended to bring gun violence to the forefront of the collective American consciousness.  And we fell for it. 

The Trayvon Martin Case Is About Guns, Not Race

Bill Cosby tells us what the Trayvon Martin case was really all about.

 

Watch and pray, Saints.  Watch and pray.

Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.

The Still Man

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He Said/She Said – January 17, 2013

Posted on January 17, 2013 by The Still Man

“I want for the children who are still alive to be safe, and not in danger.”

—A young boy, one of several children who had written President Obama in the aftermath of Newtown, Connecticut. They were invited to the White House to add force to the President’s signing of 23 executive actions limiting the sale of guns and ammunition in the United States, on Wednesday, January 16, 2013.

The words of Jesus:

“When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace” (Luke 11:21).

Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

The Still Man

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He Said/She Said – January 16, 2013

Posted on January 16, 2013 by The Still Man

 

 

“It’s an attempt to do what Google failed to do: pulling all that information that matters to you within the context of your social life. Now you’re going to have your friends working for you in search.”

–Maggie Lake, CNN Journalist, on January 16, 2013, quoting Facebook statement regarding their debuting search tool.


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