| It is with great urgency that I share this pressing message with you. A seriously profound and historic milestone in Biblical prophecy has just been fulfilled that effects every single man, woman and child on the face of the Earth! On July 7, 1998 Pope John Paul II released a 104 page apostolic letter to all Pastors and Christians throughout the entire world to endorse and embrace Sunday as the Sabbath and the Lord's Day. The pope also states in his letter that he wants appropriate legislation to be put in place to ensure all Christians KEEP SUNDAY HOLY. "Christians will naturally strive to ensure that "civil legislation" respects their duty to keep Sunday holy." - Section 67, "Dies Domini", July 7, 1998 - emphasis added. This ministry, as well as many others have been preaching this day was coming for many years. And now we see this day has arrived! In the letter entitled ( "Dies Domini" translated = "The Lord's Day") we see the pope demanding all Christians worldwide to respect and honor Sunday the FIRST DAY of the week instead of Saturday the SEVENTH DAY of the week in direct opposition to the Law of God! Do you understand what the pope is asking you and I to do people? He is asking us to BREAK the Laws of God and accept MAN'S TRADITIONS in it's place. Jesus taught us that we should not do this! Jesus said that we should NOT, "... reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." Mark 7:9] This must not be! We must NOT transgress the Law of God! You must "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." - Colossians 2:8 Jesus taught us to follow HIS example NOT man's! This is antichristian teaching to do as the pope suggests. This is deadly to your eternal soul and mine if we transgress and ignore the Law of God. Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." [John 14:15] It is plainly written in the Word of God that "..this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not grievous." [I John 5:3] "And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." [2 John 1:6] This is exactly the same situation that was forced upon the children of God in Daniel chapter 3. Three believers were put to the test in the very same way we see the pope attempting today. They too were asked by "government authority" to BREAK the commandment of God Almighty in place of laws put forth by mankind. In this case it was to worship a golden idol built by King Nebuchadnezzar. We see "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego" choosing rather to face a fiery death in a furnace than to break the Law of God "If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up." Daniel 3:17 As we know, the Almighty Creator did indeed deliver them from the fire of this furnace in a very graphic way for all to see! In fact the king was astonished and made haste to rush towards the furnace to see that which the Lord had done! We also see that later on, Daniel himself was placed in peril in chapter six. Daniel chose to be thrown into the lions den to be eaten alive rather than break the first commandment of God Almighty. And AGAIN, we see the Almighty and ever living God of all creation delivering His trusting child from the literal jaws of death! The Lord sent an Angel to SHUT the lion's mouth, and Daniel was not harmed in the least. ( see Daniel 6:22) The book of Esther records another law of mankind that was put into effect to exterminate all of the Lord's people that would not forsake the Law of God to bow to man's law. Mordecai would not break the commandment of the Lord and bow down to worship Haman. (see Esther 3:2) And yes, again, we see the Lord God prevented the death of His people once again. In fact, we see that Haman himself was exterminated instead of the children of God! He wanted to hang Mordecai upon the gallows he built. Instead, it was Haman himself who hung there. I ask, Is the Law of God about to be placed on the political chopping block once again so as to force the children of the Lord into making a choice between the Law of God and the laws of man??? The Word of God states the Beast in Rome,."...shall speak great words against the most High, ...and think to change times and laws:" Daniel 7:25 Besides the "Dios Domini" of John Paul II making such a blunt fulfillment of this prophecy. Is there any other documented historic proof that the popes of Rome seek to do that very act? "The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changed the Sabbath into Sunday, not by command of Christ, but by its own authority." Canon and Tradition, p. 263 "Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." - James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (1917 ed.), pp. 72, 73. Question - Which is the Sabbath day? Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day. Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd ed. Numbers 23:20 states, "Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it." Did you notice how this verse easily proves that NO ONE can change or transfer anything the Almighty makes holy. It is sheer demonic arrogance of mankind to think they can actually make anything holy! Let along REMOVE holiness from that which the Creator has blessed! "The Bible says, Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. The Catholic church says, No! By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day, and command you to keep the first day of the week. And lo, the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church!" Father Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, History of the Sabbath, p. 802 "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. "The day of the Lord" was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power .... People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Seventh-day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." (Saint Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.) "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles .... From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first." (Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August, 1990.) "The Church has always had a strong sense of its own authority. ...Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did... the holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday, "The Day of the Lord" (dies Domini) was chosen, not from any directions noted in Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power. "...People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." -St. Catherine Catholic Church - Sentinel...-Volume 50, #22, Algonac Mich. May 21, 1995 The Almighty says in the Old Testament... Exodus 20:8-11, "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." He then says in the New Testament... Hebrews 4:4,8,9 "For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." Notice the word "REST" that is used here in verse 9... REST: STRONG'S # 4520 sabbatismos {sab-bat-is-mos'} from a derivative of 4521; TDNT - 7:34,989; n m AV - rest 1; 1 1) a keeping sabbath 2) the blessed rest from toils and troubles looked for in the age to come by the true worshippers of God and true Christians You may be wondering why it is so important that we keep the Sabbath of the Lord? Biblical fact is, the importance of the Sabbath has to deal with "who we will choose to obey." The Lord commands that we worship Him on the Sabbath. The Devil under the authority of the men ruling the Roman Catholic church says we should worship on Sunday. (Jump to section below that exposes Rome) I ask, "Why is the devil attacking the Sabbath?" Why is the devil using the men in the Roman Catholic church to make such a bold and obvious stance against the Sabbath of the Lord? Why are they making it such an issue in the sermons, books, articles, tracts, audio tapes, and videos? And why do you suppose they're doing it NOW? The Bible speaks of a mark that will be enforced directly before the second coming of Jesus Christ. The word "MARK" as it is expounded upon in the "American Heritage Electronic Thesaurus" comes with numerous variations to the word. For example, the words, "evidence, sign, witness, symbol, indicator, stamp, token, signification, label, seal, brand, and imprint" can all be used alternatively just as easy. "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Revelation 13:16,17 Why is this mark so important, and what are the actual features of a mark? Ask yourself this question. Have you ever signed a document to validate or confirm that it is authentic? Have you ever given your "seal of approval" on something? Have you ever "marked" an item of yours as proof of ownership? In government, this is an undeniable fact of life. As we know, signing a document actually authenticates that document. Government declarations must always bear a "mark or an official "seal" of approval on it for validity. But what are the actual features of these official marks or seals made by governing bodies? An official seal or signature must always have three distinct features: 1. The name of the official 2. The title 3. The territory When the President of the United States signs a bill into law, he'll sign it, 1.Name "George Washington" 2. Title "President" 3.Territory "of the United States of America" Absolutely EVERY document must be signed or sealed in this manner for it to become an official legal document. Looking to the Almighty Creator we realize that He does in fact have a Heavenly Kingdom. And a Kingdom is indeed a governing body. And the Almighty HAS in fact a legal document containing His Law for the Kingdom. The Lord's legal document is His Law, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS! Looking directly into the midst of the Commandments you' wil find the Seal of the living God! It is written... "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth...." -Exodus 20:11 1. HIS NAME = THE LORD ("I am the Lord: that is my name" Isaiah 42:8) 2. HIS TITLE = CREATOR (Notice, "the LORD made" in above verse) 3. HIS TERRITORY = HEAVEN AND EARTH (Notice, "Heaven and earth" in above verse) One can easily see that the "seal" of the Creator God is actually found in the "Sabbath commandment" of the Creator God. It is an acknowledgement of His authority as the Creator. When we keep His Sabbath we are expressing that we recognize, "remember" and worship Him as our Creator. "I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old." [Psalm 77:11] And How should we remember Him? "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. And WHY do we remember Him on this day...? For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." Exodus 20:8,11 We remember Him as CREATOR on this day. And when we keep the day HE told us to remember, we are proclaiming to all the World that the Creator of the World is our God! As you can see it's no wonder the devil would try to attack the Sabbath. The devil wants to be worshipped, recognized as well as proclaimed as a god. Did not Lucifer say in his heart that he wants to be like the most High? Fact is, it is written, "...O Lucifer...For thou hast said in thine heart... I will be like the most High." [Isaiah 14:12,13,14] Notice this warning of the Lord in Revelation 14. Notice how similar it is to the FOURTH COMMANDMENT... THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD Exodus 20:10-11, "But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work ... For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is. THE WARNING OF GOD Revelation 14:7, "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Seeing how God has already SEALED the true Sabbath as His Sign, or "mark". The devil's only recourse is to "counterfeit" his own sabbath as a sign, or mark of dominion as a god! The Lord declares unto all creation that if you truly love Him you WILL keep His commandments. [John 14:15] The Sabbath day is proof unto all the World that you worship the Creator God. It His mark of ownership upon you, it His seal of approval upon you, it's evidence of your love for Him as well as evidence of your obediance to your Father in doing that which is written. The Devil does the same thing, only he seeks to place his own day as well as his own laws in place of the one the Lord set as the "seal, "sign" and "mark" of ownership upon you. In Exodus 31:13 we see the Lord God telling us that, "Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations." This verse allows us to realize why the devil's been working so hard at hiding the truth about the Sabbath. It's God's sign! It's God's seal of approval! It's God's mark of ownership! Some will say that this is only for the Jews that were being spoken to in Exodus 31:13. Yet New Testament fact is... Romans 9:6-8, "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed." Biblical fact is, "...if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." - Galatians 3:29 I found the easiest way to detect the mark of the beast is to find out what the seal of God is, then you'll know the "mark" is the exact counterfeit of it. It's no different than a counterfeit $20 dollar bill. It looks like the real thing, but when put under careful consideration, one can see the difference between that counterfeit and the original. When one with "understanding" as to the features of the "original." The "counterfeit" is made plain. It's also no different in how the "mark" is administered. the devil will even counterfit PLACING his mark upon the people simply because the Almighty places His seal upon His children as well! "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." Revelation 7: 2,3 Keeping in mind that it is well known that the definition of a mark is a seal as well, did you notice that it says, the Almighty seals them in their foreheads? This is why Christians will not remember being stamped, sealed, or marked by God when they become truly saved and begin to walk as He has written they will walk. The forehead represents the mind here. (Hebrews 10:16) Psychologists who map the human brain tell us that the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, [the forehead] is where functions like decisions, judgments, and free will are made. And to further illustrate this fact, the Word of God tells us that to embrace the Law as Truth is symbolically the same as being marked on the hand as well as the forehead by the Word of God. For it is written in Exodus 13:9 that, "...it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth:" It is also confirmed in Deuteronomy 6:6 that, "...these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:" and Deuteronomy 6:8 says, "And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes." After Moses received the Ten Commandments, the Lord openly declared that these commandments will be a mark upon the foreheads of those that "keep them to mind" and it will also symbolically be upon the hands of those that freely put His "law into practice" of their own free will. So, it's obvious that we are sealed by God when we make the free will decision to accept Jesus as our Savior and His Word as Truth. This then causes our lives to be affected by His doctrine, teachings, His Word, and most important, His COMMANDMENTS. [See 2Cor 3:3 & Heb 8:10 & Heb 10:16] However, in Revelation, when the Antichrist is looking to ENFORCE religious observance, we see that God's seal is now only received in the forehead, and not in the hand as well. In this context of the prophecy the hand represents being forced against our will to do something. Fact is the Beast looks to place his law in our hands and foreheads as was realized in Deuteronomy and Exodus upon those that LOVED the Lord. However, much mankind is not likely to "freely" go along with the Beast's plans. So, he decides to use force instead. Jeremiah 38:23, "... thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire." As we all know, Jesus will never force Himself on us. He prefers we choose to worship Him of our own free will. In the revolt of Heaven, two thirds of Heaven made the right choice. However, one third made the sinful choice and fell. (see Revelation 12:4) Even our first Parents had to deal with choice. Just as the forbidden fruit in Eden was a choice, so is the forbidden mark of the beast a choice. BOTH choices have a "life or death" consequence as well. And both choices declare who we choose to OBEY "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." Revelation 13:15-17 In this verse we now see the mark of the beast being received in the forehead AND in the hand! As we know, Jesus will never force His will upon His children. On the contrary, here it is evident the beast will. Since we understand that making a decision to accept Jesus as Savior, and accepting His teachings 100% which includes His Law, is the same as being sealed or marked in the forehead by Jesus as one who is saved, or "marked" with a "seal" of approval by the Almighty ever living Creator. We must also understand, that accepting the doctrines, teachings, or traditions of the Roman Catholic church that is directed by men, directed by Satan or any other churches that follow these beliefs, would mean we accepted the mark of the beast IN the forehead. Also understand there will be those that aren't Catholic or even Christian. But they will do as the beast commands for fear of death, or loss of their livelihood from not being able to buy or sell anything unless he or she had the mark. (The hand represents "work" Ecclesiates 9:10) Which is bluntly making the decision to accept the demands of the beast over and above the Commandments of the Lord. These will be those who receive the mark in the right hand because they were forced against their will. They won't want to loose their lively-hood in which the "buy and sell" global boycott upon them will cause. That will eventually force many of them to go along with the laws of the beast, ESPECIALLY the rich who have never learned to trust the Lord. The true Catholic or any other Christian that accepts these unbiblical "doctrines of men" will have received the mark in the forehead because they already made the free will decision that their church is correct in replacing Scriptures to for "traditions of man." Summing it up... If you receive the "mark" by choice, this means you've made the free will decision that the "Traditions of man" are correct, therefore you will be marked in the forehead. If you're forced to receive the mark by not being able to buy or sell, it will be that you're marked "in the right hand." REMEMBER, "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." [Matthew 16:25]. When it comes to the mark of the beast. Without realizing, the Catholic church makes both a prophetic and blasphemous boast as well as undeniable LINK by the following confession. "Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act... And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things." H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons. "Sunday is our MARK or authority. . .the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact" Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1,1923. So, if the prophecy is correct in saying that Sunday keeping is acceptance of the authoritative MARK OF THE BEAST. And the Scriptures verify that God says... "my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations" [Exodus 31:18] Plus we also understand that the words: SIGN... MARK... SEAL... ARE ALL SYNONYMOUS. I challenge everyone reading this document to keep their eyes open and watch as God's final prophecies come to be! God Almighty is no dime store psychic! It's going to happen! We now have Scriptural facts the Sabbath is God's sign, seal, and mark. And Sunday is the "sign, seal, or mark of the beast. So, What's next? The devil will need to get people to worship as he stipulates so he can enforce his mark of authority. Do you suppose the beast, under the camouflage of the Roman Catholic church, will be able to make good on its plans? Do you suppose the church is busy making sure it's views are made into law? "This organization proposes in every possible way to aid in preserving Sunday as a civil institution. Our national security requires the active support of all good citizens in the maintenance of our American Sabbath. Sunday laws must be enforced." Quoted- "principles contained in the Constitution" (then called the American Sabbath Union), The Lord's Day Alliance, Twenty fifth Report (1913), p6. "In the fourth and fifth centuries, Sunday shows and Sunday theaters, it was complained, hindered the "devotion of the faithful," because many of the members attended them in preference to the church services. The church, therefore, demanded that the state interfere, and promote Sunday observance by law. "In this way, " Says Neander "the church received help from the state for the furtherance of her ends." This union of church and state served to establish the Papacy in power. A similar course pursued now will produce the same results." -AUGUSTUS NEANDER, General History of the Christian Religion and the Church, Torey translation (3rd American ed.), vol. 2, pp. 300,301 The Catholic church has been attempting to persuade the U.S. Government for many years to make into law the observance of the first day of the week as their Sabbath. Is this something that can become Law of the Land ? In the U.S., Sunday is not only a religious holiday but is also the only common-law holiday "Holiday," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's ------------ blue law- One of a body of laws in colonial New England designed to enforce certain moral standards. 2.Law designed to regulate Sunday activities. American Heritage Dictionary & Electronic Thesaurus The fact is, in 1962 the United States of America did just that under the administration of its FIRST Roman Catholic President, John F. Kennedy. They made strict observation of Sunday into LAW! All government agencies are officially CLOSED on Sunday's. Many secular business's followed suit soon after. This also happens to be the year President John F. Kennedy outlawed prayer in schools. The leaders of the Catholic church under the direction of the devil have played their part to a "T". The oppressing thing is, the devil has had one advantage over us mortal beings. He has had the advantage of ancient history. Simple fact is, the beast has been able to make his inventions in the Catholic church look sacred simply because they were enacted long before any of us were born. And as is always the case, many of us feel that the older the tradition the more accepted they must be as holy. Rather cunning lie isn't it? And by the way... Back in the 60's when John F Kennedy quickened the "Blue Laws" that enacted certain stipulations regarding the activities allowed on SUNDAYS in the USA, something was afoot that many are unaware of. In the book, "To Be God of One World" by Robert Sessler (Read it here http://www. lightministries.com/id95.htm) we read that, "Ever since 1888, there has been a continual push for Sunday to be the official day of rest. Especially in 1961, when the Supreme Court Chief Justice--Warren Recesses, upheld Sunday laws as being Constitutional in the United States!" (Source = Braunfeld vs Brown, 366 U.S. 599 (1961); also see Dateline Sunday, p 42, by Warren Johns) They allowed this "Sunday Law" to be upheld because they figured since ALL religions are now embracing "Sunday" as their Sabbath, it would not be favoring any one particular faith. So, it was allowed. Now you see WHY the prophecy declared that all the world will wonder after the beast. Without unity, this Sunday law would never have been upheld! The Antichrist HAD to get everyone in agreement so that when this was lobbied in Washington, it would be considered trivial as well as "universally accepted." Revelation 13:14-15, "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed." SPEAK = LEGISLATION and CAUSE = ENFORCEMENT The passing of the Sunday Law in 1962 is a herald unto all the World that the lamb horned beast of Revelation (USA) is indeed capable of doing exactly as prophecy declared it could do. Keep in mind, the law was passed in 1962, but has it ever been enforced on man? No it hasn't. It has merely been an preamble of things to come. Is the Pope NOW asking for SUNDAY LAWS from our Government TO BE ENFORCED? Is the pope looking to SPEAK laws into place so that it can ENFORCE that which is passed? Is the Roman Catholic Vatican looking to make the United States of America a carbon copy of itself? Is the lamb horned beast of Revelation, the USA about to enforce religious observance? Is the USA going to become an IMAGE OF THE BEAST and become a church and state conglomorate just like the Vatican? Pope John Paul II stated that "Christians will naturally strive to ensure that "civil legislation" respects their duty to keep Sunday holy." -Section 67, "Dies Domini", July 7, 1998 - emphasis added. Is it working??? Rhode Island House Bill 98H8949 AN ACT RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -- WORK PERMITS ON SUNDAYS DATE: 04/02/1998 COMMITTEE: House Labor EMAIL SUBJECT: "../SUBJECT/447.HTM"SUNDAY SALES SPONSORED BY: "../LEGPAGES/H042.HTM"ANDERSON, S. CITATION NUMBERS: 25-3-1, 25-3-2, 25-3-3, 25-3-4 LAW NUMBER: Chapter 409 This act would allow employers to pay the normal rate of pay to employees who work on Sundays as part of their normal forty (40) hour workweeks. This act would take effect on January 1, 1999. (Emphasis added) Please understand that this House Bill has been re-written so many times and the "number" changed so often that it has ecome necessary to investigate this further. It is obvious they seek to keep this in "hiding" for as long as possible. So they shuffle the location of the bill as well as change its wording and number often. Below are a series of URL's that did in fact contain the newly formed data on Bill 98H8949 as of June 12, 2005. It has now become impossible to find Bill 98H8949 intact. · Chapter 25-3 "Work on Holidays and Sundays" ~ http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE25/25-3/INDEX. HTM · Scroll down to "Sunday/Holiday Work Permits" (# RIGL 25-3) ~ http://www.sec.state.ri. us/library/lawslegislation/freqlaws/view · Scroll down to "Sunday Business License by Town" (# RIGL 5-23) ~ http://www.sec.state.ri. us/library/lawslegislation/freqlaws/view · Scroll down to "Sunday Closing" (# RIGL 5-23) ~ http://www.sec.state.ri. us/library/lawslegislation/freqlaws/view It appears they have re-worded a lot of the laws to omit the word "Work permits" but when you read the laws themselves, you will see that the same agenda is still being enforced. Who initiated this Bill? · Senator Patterson presents (98-S 2254) An Act relating to holidays and days of special observance - work permits on Sundays. -Source = http://www.rilin.state.ri. us/gen_assembly/Daily/Journals/Journals98/SenateJournals/sjournal1-27.htm ) Now it is recorded on http://www.rifda.com/legislative.html that BILL # S. 0490-An Act Relating to Holidays and Days of Special Observance-Work Permits on Sundays, died in the Senate Labor committee. This bill would allow employers to pay the normal rate of pay to employees who work on Sundays as part of their usual 40-hour work week. It was also confirmed that Chapter 409, became effective July 21. It eliminates the requirement for any business to obtain work permits on Sundays and holidays in order to operate. (This new law cannot override any collective bargaining agreement currently in effect.) However, as I stated earlier, if you read the newly worded Bill you will find the same agenda which included penalties and fines still applies. LAW TO KEEP SABBATH HOLY A BILL to be introduced in the Morobe Tutumang soon to enforce Sunday as a day of worship for all in the province. The proposed Bill expected to draw debate because it seeks to ban all activities - social and economin on Sunday. The law will carry penalty provisions for operators and agencies caught voilating it. Mr Wenge said yesterday the move was radical one but one that was based on Christian principals and values. The Bill is being drafted for tabling in the provincial assembly in its first session next year [Post Courier NewsPaper Oct. 6, 1998 Papua New Guinea] THEY WILL BE DEPRIVED OF THE RIGHT TO BUY OR SELL The following article is a quote from a Nazarene magazine called Newswatch. In its 1994 November/December issue, 4-5, it read, "The French magazine, Foy et Rai, reported from the United Nations Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, that plans are worked out to dissolve the UNO to make way for a World Tribunal. . . . This project and this plan provides for a total unification of church and state, and also provides for a single form of worship. The appointed day for all people will be Sunday. The number received by the people will promise the right to buy or sell. "At the end of this statement, a Christian rose and asked the speaker, 'What happens to the minorities who will not accept this plan?' The Christian was told, 'Their number will be canceled with a black line and they will be deprived of the right to buy or sell and will thus be forced to destruction.' " GO TO THE "SABBATH ATTACK" PAGE FOR FURTHER INFO ON THIS LAW AND OTHERS. You will also find numerous current articles on this page confirming that which prophecy said will occur in these last days in regards to the Truth shared here. IT'S HAPPENING PEOPLE!!! RIGHT NOW! When this law goes into effect nationwide, you will understand what Revelation 13:15 speaks of. The Image of the Beast will have been given the prophetic life it needs to be enforced! The United States of America will become a duplicate image of the Vatican in Rome! It will be a Church and State conglomorate, just like the Vatican is the Government of Rome as well as the Roman Catholic church. It will have the Authority of the Law of the Land it requires to be quickened, and it will then be implemented as once before in the year 1610 upon all citizens. All that is needed now is the prophetic "disaster" whether it be "Financial, Natural, or Social" makes no difference. All that the Beast needs is this disaster to occur. He awaits this so that he can proclaim that "We all need to get right with God to prevent further disasters, we MUST keep His "Sunday" Sabbath or die!" Then we will see what they saw in the year 1610 once again! You will see what Daniel and his friends saw. Will you choose to live? Or will you die? 1610ad Reveals... "Every man and woman shall repair in the morning to the divine service and sermons preached upon the Sabbath (Sunday), and in the afternoon to divine service, and catechizing, upon pain for the first fault to lose their provision and the allowance for the whole week following; for the second, to lose the said allowance and also be whipped; and for the third to suffer death.!" -Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politique, & Martial For the Colony in Virginia: established by Sir Gates, Knight, Lieutenant - General, the 24th of May, 1610 The Latter Rain will pour, the children of the Lord will proclaim the Truth of the Three Angels of Revelation 14:9-12. Miraculous signs will be seen by all confirming that which they preach is Truth! All those that will hear and believe WILL, and then the plagues of Revelation will fall, Jesus Christ will return for all those that decided to "Obey God rather than man", [Acts 5:29] And the great and dreadful day of the Lord will become reality! "So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." [James 2:12] Hear and be blessed! ALL are JUDGED by the Ten Commandments! Now do you understand WHY the Devil would have laws enacted that would have you break God's Law so openly? To put it all in a nutshell, we need to ask four simple questions... Revelation 14:9, "And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand," Who is this verse speaking of? The wicked who receive the mark of the beast, right? Revelation 14:10, "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:" Who is this verse speaking of? The wicked who receive the mark of the beast, right? Revelation 14:11, "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." Who is this verse speaking of? The wicked who receive the mark of the beast, right? Revelation 14:12, "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Who is this verse speaking of? The saved who do NOT receive the mark of the beast, right? Did you notice what occurred? It is stating in verses 9, 10, & 11 the just deserts of those that receive the mark of the beast. And in verse 12 it declares saints in the time the mark of the beast is being enforced are those that KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS! And as you have just learned in this tract, the Roman Catholic church has declared war on the Ten Commandments as well as the faith in Jesus. They do so to prevent YOU from knowing this Biblical fact. It has to do with the MARK OF THE BEAST! That's why they are so adamant in hiding it from you. Fact is, Revelation 14:12 is giving two major conditions for NOT receiving the Mark of the Beast isn't it? It is defining those that keep His commandments along with having the faith in Jesus as SAINTS correct? I do believe I illustrated rather well in this tract that the ten commandments are being attacked by the Roman Catholic church. And I do believe I shared how they are attacking the faith in Jesus as well by their hatred of the Scriptures with their blasphemy, as well as their hatred of those that ARE true Christians proclaiming these facts. The Roman Church truly does hate the faith in Jesus! Case in point, are these declarations of the Vatican... "If anyone shall say that by faith alone the sinner is justified so as to understand that nothing else is required to cooperate in the attainment of the grace of justification, and that it is in no way necessary that to be prepared and disposed by the action of his own will, let him be anathema." -Council of Trent "There is only one holy and apostolic church, outside of which there is no salvation for every creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff." -Pope Bonafice VIII Unam Sanctum Do you realize what was just said? It is saying that if you believe that you are justified by faith alone, then you are to be LOST! As many are aware, the Catholic church has removed commandment #2 in regards to bowing before statues and changed #4 to embrace the Roman sabbath instead of the Bibles 7th day Sabbath. What's happening here right before your eyes is, the Catholic church is admitting doing the exact opposite of those saints in Rev 14:12 that don't receive the mark of the beast. And as for the "faith in Jesus," did you notice the Council of Trent is actually stating FAITH ALONE IN JESUS is insufficient, and faith in the Roman Pontiff is absolutely necessary? For those that have eyes to see, and ears to hear. Notice how easy the Bible can expose such lies... · Romans 1:17, "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith." · Romans 3:28, "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." · Romans 5:1, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:" · Galatians 2:16, "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." · Galatians 3:11, "But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith." · Galatians 3:24, "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." PROPHETIC EVIDENCE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE EYES TO SEE IT... Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom [are] ten kings [that] shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." Daniel 7:23-25 When Pagan Rome fell it resulted in the formation of TEN KINGDOMS. Three of these ten kingdoms rejected the "Catholic faith" and the idea of a church and state conglomorate and they were therefore annihilated for it. 1. Heruli (493AD) was annihilated. 2. Vandals (534AD) were annihilated. 3. Ostrogoths (538AD) were the final of the THREE KINGS THAT WOULD BE SUBDUED as Daniel put it. With the fall of the Ostrogoths in the year 538AD the Roman Catholic institution saw there "official" beginning as the FOURTH BEAST mentioned in the prophecy of Daniel and verified in Revelation 17:3 as a woman (church) and beast (nation) combined. Catholic emperors of the eastern empire found ways to help the pope by eliminating three of the Arian tribes. (These "Arian type" nations would not agree with the popes plans) The Catholic emperor Zeno (474- 491) arranged a treaty with the Ostrogoths in 487 which resulted in the eradication of the kingdom of the Arian Heruls in 492. And the catholic emperor Justinian (527-565) exterminated the Arian Vandals in 534 and signifcally broke the power of the Arian Ostrogoths in 538. Thus were Daniels three horns - The Heruls, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths - "plucked up by the roots." -C. Mervyn Maxwell, God Cares Vol. 1, p. 129 AD 538, the year when the Ostrogoths collapsed. It was out of the smoking ruins of the western Roman Empire and after the overthrow of the three Arian kingdoms that the pope of Rome emerged as the most important single individual in the West, the head of a closely organized church with a carefully defined creed and with vast potential for political influence. Dozens of writers have pointed out that the real survivor of the ancient Roman Empire was the Church of Rome. -E.G. McKenzie, "Catholic Church" p. 14. "Vigilius...ascended the papal chair (538 A.D.) under the military protection of Belisarius." History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3, p. 327 Who is Vigilius you ask? As the ten kingdoms of Rome were falling apart, there was an emperor Justinian who was worried about his crumbling empire. He has a General Bellsarius under his thumb who he devises a plan with during the wars that resulted in the unrest of Rome's fall. They decided that if they can get into the city of Rome they will banish the bishop of Rome so as to allow for a takeover that would allow the new system of "ROMAN Catholicism" to be set up. They needed this system because they felt they had no more political power to control the people. So they devised a plan that would give them Religious as well as political strength. One fateful day while Bellsarius is fighting, the bishop of Rome proclaims that he will not allow any fighting within his city. This Bishop loves his people and proceeds to close the gates and refuses to have anything to do with the war just oiutside the city. The fighting on this day is particularly strenuous however. The Goths had pushed back Bellsarius and his fighters all the way to the walls of what was left of the city of Rome. It looked hopeless, it looked as if Bellsarius was going to be wiped out completely. So, Bellsarius scurried off a note to his superior Justinian, saying, "save us!" Justinian's wife is a Christian who happens to be a friend of the bishop of Rome. Justinian pleads with his wife to ask the bishop of Rome to open the gates of the city so that Bellsarius and his men can enter inside so as not to be wiped out by the Goth's. Out of respect for her bishop, Salverius of Rome opens the gates of the city to allow Bellsarius and his army into the city to spare their lives. Justinian and Bellsarius however had already agreed that once inside the city they would banish the bishop of Rome. So once inside they did indeed follow through on their plans. They banished the bishop and put their own man Vigilius who was not a Christian on the seat of bishop and proclaimed him Pope that very day. And there you have it, just as this prophecy of Revelation 13:4 predicted. In the year 538 AD the official beginning of the Roman Catholic church and state conglomeration prophetically began. -(Generalized Information taken from Hope Beyond 2000 Video series "Rise of the little horn of Daniel 7" -Kenneth Cox) Looking further into this description of the Beast, does this prophecy of Daniel see fulfillment in the Roman Catholic Church? Read the historically documented quotes of the Roman Catholic Church in regards to each aspect of Daniel's description... "he shall speak [great] words against the most High" "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh." Catholic National July 1895. "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty" ...Pope Leo XIII "For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the director, thou art the husbandman, finally thou art another God on earth." Labbe and Cossart's "History of the Councils." Vol. XIV, col. 109 The title "Lord God the Pope" is found within a gloss of Extravagantes of Pope John XXII, title 14, chapter 4, Roman Catholic Canon Law stipulates through Pope Innocent III that the Roman pontiff is "the vicegerent upon earth, not a mere man, but of a very God;" and in a gloss on the passage it is explained that this is because he is the vicegerent of Christ, who is "very God and very man." Decretales Domini Gregorii translatione Episcoporum, (on the transference of Bishops), title 7, chapter 3; Corpus Juris Canonice (2nd Leipzig ed., 1881), col. 99; (Paris, 1612), tom. 2, Devretales, col. 205 THE BEAST... "shall wear out the saints of the most High" The rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris, H.M.A. Baudrillart, revealed the attitude of the church and her leaders toward persecution. "When confronted with heresy," he said, "she does not content herself with persuasion, arguments of an intellectual and moral order appear to her insufficient, and she has recourse to force, to corporal punishment, to torture." The Catholic Church, The Renaissance, and Protestantism, pp. 182-183 The Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that ever existed... It is impossible to form a complete conception of the multitudes of her victims." W.E.H. Lecky, History of the rise of rationalism in Europe 1910, vol. 2, p.32 "For teaching faith contrary to the teaching of the Church of Rome, history records the martyrdom of more than 100 million people." Brief Bible Readings p. 16 Rome also states, "The Church never erred, (made a mistake) nor will it according to the Scriptures ever err." John L. VonMosheim. Institute of Ecclesiastica History Book 3, Century 11, part 2, chapter 2, section 9, note 17. Mr. Raywood Frazier, in the booklet "Catholic Words and Actions," presents documentary proof of the intensive persecution of Protestants and non-Catholics in Columbia, South America, between 1949 and 1953. The Catholic Church had the support of the Colombian government in the destruction of many churches, and the liquidation of more than 1,000 documented cases -- some of whom were shot, drowned, or emasculated. He says there is evidence of over 60,000 killed. Pope Pius XII awarded the President of Columbia with one of the highest awards which the Church bestows, and praised Columbia for its example of the Catholic faith." (Pp. 59,60) "The Catholic Church has persecuted ... when she thinks it is good to use physical force she will use it... Will the Catholic Church give bond that she will not persecute?... The Catholic Church gives no bonds for her good behavior." -Western Watchman, Dec. 24, 1908 THE BEAST WILL... "think to change times and laws" "The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ." "The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ." Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap. (The Pope can modify divine law.) Ferraris' Ecclesiastical Dictionary. "The Sunday...is purely a creation of the Catholic Church." American Catholic Quarterly Review, January 1883 "Sunday...It is the law of the Catholic Church alone..." American Sentinel (Catholic) June 1893 "The Catholic church," declared Cardinal Gibbons, "by virtue of her divine mission changed the day from Saturday to Sunday." Catholic Mirror Sept. 23 1983. (Official organ of Cardinal Gibbons) "The Pope is of great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws... The Pope can MODIFY divine law, since his power is not of man, But of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth." -Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, "Papa," art. 2, translated. THE BEAST WILL ATTACK FOR... "a time and times and the dividing of time" Revelation 13:5 speaks of this time as forty two months. "...and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months" Forty two months and a "time, and time and dividing a time" equal the same thing. 42 months = "3 1/2 years" A "time (one year) and times (+ two years) and the dividing of time, (+ half a year ) = three and a half years, or forty two months (12+24 + 6 = 42 months) To understand the forty and two months that the beast will reign, we must first find the method of time the Bible declares for prophecy. God says in Ezekiel 4:6 "I have appointed thee each day for a year" And we also find the Bible acknowledges a month to be 30 days long. Because in, Genesis 7:11 we see the rain started on the 17 day of the 2nd month and in Genesis 8:3,4 we find the water receded at the end of 150 days, then it says the ark rested on the 17th day of the 7th month. That's exactly 5 months. If we divide the 150 days by the 5 months you get 30 days per month. So 42 months multiplied by 30 equals 1260. According to Ezekiel 4:6, that's 1260 years that Papal Rome would reign. The papacy began its reign in 538AD upon Emperor Justinian's decree and under the military protection of Belisarius. And the Bible says the beast will rule for 1260 years. If you add 538 to 1260 you will arrive in the year 1798AD According to the Bible we are told the reign will last till the year 1798 . So, did it end in 1798, and how? "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." Revelation 13:10. Here we see that the beast would be destroyed with the sword (sword = military) at the end of its reign. Did this happen to Papal Rome in 1798...? Is it possible the Bible can be so accurate as to actually give us the exat YEAR this even will occur? YES IT IS! On February 10th Napoleon Bonaparte in that EXACT year A.D. 1798 sent his General Louis Alexandre Berthier, with his army into Rome, Italy. Encyclopedia Britannica 1941 edition states: "In 1798 General Berthier made his entrance into Rome, abolished the papal government, and established a secular one." Exactly 42 prophetic months, or 1260 years after the Papacy began its powerful reign, the Pope "shall go into captivity" by the military! Shortly after his captivity the Pope died, in exile. "The letters inscribed in the Pope's miter are these 'VICARIUS FILII DEI'. which is the Latin for 'VICAR OF THE SON OF GOD.' Catholics hold that the church, which is a visible society, must have a visible head...., as head of the church, was given the title, 'VICAR OF CHRIST'." Our Sunday Visitor, (Catholic Weekly) "Bureau of information," Huntington, Ind., April 18, 1915. (See actual facsimilie of this quote here... CLICK HERE ) Since this evidence came forth regarding the title, "Vicarius Filii Dei" and it's obvious connection to the 666 calculation of Revelation. The Roman Church has opted to "teach" it's followers to declare this title "bogus." They have gone to great lengths seeking to do just that so as to remove the overwhelming evidence against them. However, this ministry as well as many others have found additional documented facts regarding this title. Vicarius Filii Dei, is cited by the rector of Berlin, Andreas Helwig [or Helwich] (1572-1643) in his Antichristus Romanus. PLUS, if you would like many more documented facts as well as copies of Roman Catholic publications with "Vicarius Filii Dei" displayed within them, see this page... http://www.aloha. net/~mikesch/666.htm You also might want to take a look at the actual facsimilie of the NOV 15, 1914 edition of OUR SUNDAY VISITOR (A Catholic publication) that openly uses the term Vicarius Filli Dei, as well as state THE NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE POPES MITRE! you can view it here... http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/OSV1914.gif I also placed it on my server for safe keeping as well here.(click here) Not only does that publication show the title, "Vicarius Filii Dei, it also explains that it IS considered a valid title as they do not refute that. Instead they attempt to epxlain why it it a trivial matter that it equals 666. Roman Catholic Author Malachi Martin also uses the exact same title for the Pope on pages 114 and 122 of his book, "The Keys of this Blood." One more note of interest! Why is it I ask, when you go to the archives of "Our Sunday Visitor" that this particular edition is missing? Why is it oh so difficult to get a copy of page THREE of the Nov 15, 1914 "Our Sunday Visitor?" It's obvious as you will see below... LATIN (NOTE: This is actually Roman Numerals. The Romans used this for their alphabet and their number system) V.................... 5 I..................... 1 C................. 100 A.................... 0 R.................... 0 I..................... 1 U................... 5 S.................... 0 TOTAL = 112 F......................0 I........................1 L....................50 I.......................1 I.......................1 TOTAL = 53 D..................500 E......................0 I.......................1 TOTAL = 501 GRAND TOTAL = 112 + 53 + 501 = 666 BELOW EXCERPT WAS TAKEN FROM (http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/666.htm) Michael Scheifler's Bible Light Homepage website. "I have recently received what seems to be reliable information that a photo may exist of a papal funeral in St. Peter's Basilica near the beginning of the 20th century, in which the tiara inscribed with Vicarius Filii Dei can be seen. Combined with the above claims of Our Sunday Visitor, this would indicate that it was the funeral of either Leo XIII (1878-1903), or Pius X (1903-1914), and that previous popes probably wore the tiara in question. If anyone can turn up this photo and make it available to me, I will post it in this article." Eyewitness testimony claims that Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) wore the inscribed tiara during the Easter Mass of 1845, and that the word Vicarius was on the top crown, Filii on the middle, and Dei on the lower crown, the words spelled out with jewels. See... The Number of his Name. Another note of interest is, "Vicarius Filii Dei" is NOT the only title of the Popes that = 666. Greek... I Protera (tenth "first of two"). I.....................10 P................... 80 R..................100 O.................. 70 T..................300 E.................... 5 R.................100 A....................1 GRAND TOTAL 666 Pope Gregory I. (Below list compiled originally by Michael Scheifler) GREEK The numeric equivalents of Greek letters can be found in the Encyclopedia Brittanica under "Languages of the World", Table 8. The ancient Greek word for "the Latin speaking man" is LATEINOS L = 30 lambda A = 1 alpha T = 300 tau E = 5 epsilon I = 10 iota N = 50 nu O = 70 omicron S = 200 sigma ------------ 666 NOTE: Latin is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church. Church Documents are usually published first in Latin, and then translated from the Latin into other languages. The association of "Lateinos" with 666 was first suggested by Irenæus (ca. 130-202 A.D.) who proposed in his 'Against Heresies' that it might be the name of the fourth kingdom in Daniel 7:7. Then also Lateinos has the number six hundred and sixty-six; and it is a very probable [solution], this being the name of the last kingdom [of the four seen by Daniel]. For the Latins are they who at present bear rule: I will not, however, make any boast over this [coincidence]. Source: Against Heresies, by Irenæus, Book 5, chapter 30, paragraph 3. St. Irenaeus biography online at the New Advent Catholic Supersite. The ancient Greek for "The Latin Kingdom" is HE LATINE BASILEIA. BASILEIA is Strong's #G932 H = 0 (transliterated) E = 8 eta L = 30 lambda A = 1 alpha T = 300 tau I = 10 iota N = 50 nu E = 8 eta B = 2 beta A = 1 alpha S = 200 sigma I = 10 iota L = 30 lambda E = 5 epsilon I = 10 iota A = 1 alpha ------------ 666 The ancient Greek for "Italian Church" is ITALIKA EKKLESIA. EKKLESIA is Strong's # G1577 I = 10 iota T = 300 tau A = 1 alpha L = 30 lambda I = 10 iota K = 20 kappa A = 1 alpha E = 5 epsilon K = 20 kappa K = 20 kappa L = 30 lambda E = 8 eta S = 200 sigma I = 10 iota A = 1 alpha ------------- 666 And in Greek the word APOSTATES A = 1 alpha P = 80 O = 70 omicron ST = 6 A = 1 alpha T = 300 tau E = 8 eta S = 200 sigma ------------ 666 LATIN VICARIUS FILII DEI THE LITERAL MEANING: VICARIUS - substituting for, or in place of FILII - means son DEI - means God V = 5 I = 1 C = 100 A = no value R = no value I = 1 U = 5 S = no value --------------- 112 F = no value I = 1 L = 50 I = 1 I = 1 -------------- 53 D = 500 E = no value I = 1 ------------- 501 112 + 53+ 501 = 666 DUX CLERI ... translated means Captain of the Clergy D = 500 U = 5 X = 10 C = 100 L = 50 E = no value R = no value I = 1 -------------------- 666 LUDOVICUS ... translated means Vicar of the Court L = 50 U = 5 D = 500 O = no value V = 5 I = 1 C = 100 U = 5 S = no value -------------------- 666 HEBREW The numeric equivalents of Hebrew letters can be found in the Encyclopedia Brittanica under "Languages of the World", Table 50. ROMIITH means the Roman Kingdom R = 200 resh O = 6 waw (vav) M = 40 mem I = 10 yod I = 10 yod TH = 400 taw -------------- 666 And the Hebrew ROMITI, or the Roman Man is- R = 200 resh O = 6 waw (vav) M = 40 mem I = 10 yod T = 400 taw I = 10 yod ---------- 666 By the way... there is one more name that = 666. Satan in Greek = TEITAN T = 300 E = 5 I = 10 T = 300 A = 1 N = 50 ----------- 666 "The number of his name... count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man... and his number is 666." Revelation 13:17,18 Absolutely every single great and small prophecy that has ever been uttered regarding ANTICHRIST has been fulfilled in complete accuracy by all the Popes of the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH over the course of it's VERY documented history! Not only did this church fulfill each and every one of these prophecies, it also did so IN THE EXACT YEARS the Bible declared for fulfillment! And then we have seen this beast attack the Bible and it's readers so as to hide the TRUTH that is revealed within the prophetic and 100% accurate Word of God. Keep in mind people, the Bible also states that the wound administered to this beast in the exact prophetic year of 1798ad by Napoleon's General, WILL be HEALED in the very last days! (see Revelation 13:12) Revelation 13:12, "And he 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." THIS IS EASILY SEEN AS TODAY PEOPLE! The Roman Catholic Church is back in power just as before! HEED THE WARNING WHILE YOU STILL CAN! "...Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Revelation 18:4 Prophecy also states one more undeniable fact here... Revelation 13:3, "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." Prophecy tell us that not long after the Beast is wounded and then healed, prophecy declares that, "all the world wondered after the beast." Pope Becomes Ruler Of A State Again Rome, June 7.--From 11 o' clock this morning there was another sovereign independent State in the world. At that time Premier Mussolini, as Italian Foreign Minister representing King Victor Emmanuel--the first Italian Premier ever to cross the threshold of the Vatican--exchanged with Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, representing Pope Pius XI, ratifications of the treaties signed at the Lateran Palace on Feb. 11. By that simple act the sovereign independent State of Vatican City came into existence. -New York Times July 7, 1929 "Mussolini and Gaspari(Cardinal) Sign Historic Pact.....Healing Wound of Many Years." -The San Francisco Chronicle 7-7-1929 A few more undeniable facts are, that many theologians of the Catholic persuasion have tried to thwart this Biblical fact. They have attempted to do so by stating that Nero was Antichrist because his name added up to 666. However, in order to make his name = 666 they had to spell his name "NERON" in Hebrew. Fact is, that is simply not the man's name. Plus, they seem to disregard the fact that Nero was neither a Hebrew, nor did he speak their language. So, they are exposed as one seeking to hide the Truth with a lie. Plus, the Catholic church has also started a recent attack on Ellen White, who is a major leader in a church that has the gift of prophecy and is VERY effective in exposing the Catholic church's true Prophetic agenda. They attempt to de-fame her by declaring that her name = 666 as well. And again, they had to alter the spelling of her name to make this so lie work. How? They spell her name, Ellen Gould VV hite. Notice the "W" there in her name? It is not a "W" at all. It is 2 capital letter "V's." They placed two V's side by side to make a "W" so as to add "10" to the value of her name, thus causing her name to = 666. Truth is, whenever true Christians find a letter that has NO VALUE in a name we believe to be a name pointing to Antichrist, we actually place a "0" as that value. We need not lie to make a point. Truth is amply sufficient in exposing the devil. Besides, if in fact NERON, or Ellen Gould VV hite as the Catholic church calls them did = 666, wouldn't they also have to fulfill the other prophecies of Antichrist? Is the Catholic church declaring our God to be a God of disorder? Would our Heavenly Father preach that "some" of the prophecies of Antichrist will be fulfilled in this church, or this man or this woman, and then some will be fulfilled in another, and then more will be fulfilled yet another? Or is our Heavenly Father speaking of ONE Antichristian organization that will do ALL, 100% that He says Antichrist would do? To say that "NOT ALL" prophecies will be fulfilled by Antichrist in ONE entity, is to call the Creator God a liar as well as a God of CoNfUsIoN. And that is NOT Biblical. For it is written in 1 Corinthians 14:33, "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." The Almighty has blessed us in His Word with numerous clues and identifying features of Antichrist. The Catholic church is merely trying to CoNfUsE the Truth with lies so as to pull the onus away from her. That's all they can do because Truth cannot be refuted. When Truth is spoken, it will only result in two actions by those that hear it. 1. They will accept it and be blessed. And go forth proclaiming it. 2. They will reject it and be cursed. And go forth denying it. In other words, if someone's name = 666. Before one goes shouting ANTICHRIST, they better make sure ALL the prophecies line up. False prophets are actually THAT EASY to expose! One more thing... "Six is legitimate when it leads to seven; it represents man on the first evening of his existence entering into the celebration of God’s creative power. The glory of the creature is right if it leads to the glory of God. Six hundred sixty-six, however, represents the refusal of man to proceed to seven, to give glory to God as Creator and Redeemer. It represents man’s fixation with himself, man seeking glory in himself and his own creations. It speaks of the fullness of creation and all creative powers without God— the practice of the absence of God. It demonstrates that unregenerate man is persistently evil. The beasts of Rev 13 represent man exercising his sovereignty apart from God, man conformed to the image of the beast rather than to the image of God. Man apart from god becomes bestial, demonic. The mark of the beast, then, is a rejection of the sovereignty of God— the Sabbath principle which is designed to encourage man to seek his dignity not in himself or in nature, but in communion with God and par- ticipation in God’s rest. It is the Sabbath which distinguishes between the creature and the Creator, which reveals who deserves worship and who does not. It is the Sabbath which demonstrates God’s sovereignty and man’s dependence. Six hundred sixty-six by contrast is the symbol of the worship of the creature rather than the Creator." -Neall, Character in the Apocalypse, pp. 152-155 C. Mervyn Maxwell's comments on the above quotation in his book, "God Cares Vol. 1 p 415-416 are as follows. "Viewed in the light of interpretation, coercive Sunday observance, defiantly linked with a determination to worship God in our own way in spite of Christ's end-time ministry on our behalf in the heavenly sanctuary and of the Ten Commandments which are located beside Him, constitutes the mark of the beast." |
| FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BIBLE PROPHECY AND STUDIES IN THE HOME OR AT WORK GIVE US A CALL AT BEAR YOUR CROSS MINISTRY (361) 355-0137 |