51. The Sanctuary-Sacrifice-  and "The Abomination"- Pope Pious IX.

51.  -Daniel Chapter 11, Verse 31.

The Sanctuary-Sacrifice-

and "The Abomination"- Pope Pious IX.

AD 1848-1869. 

They then hump these expressions altogether, or neatly fit them around the "ONE" word "ABOMINATION". They then say, it means a pig -or swine,- which is considered unclean and was sacrificed upon the Temple altar in Jerusalem, during the times BC, of Antiochus Epiphanes or the Roman Titus AD.

(Under the Mosaic laws a pig was an unclean animal, (Lev. 11:7 - Deut. 14:8). We also find the same unclean thing in Isaiah 65:4, when swine's flesh and abominable things, are in the pots of the "House of Israel" in the Gentiles, for eating purposes).

Biblical scholars interpret the "ABOMINATION" as that which was done by Antiochus Epiphanes, -an ancient Syrian King,- who sacrificed a swine upon the altar of the Temple at Jerusalem, this act desecrating that sanctuary when he stormed Jerusalem in approx; 175 BC. This historic figure of ancient secular history scholars has given much prominence to, in their translations of prophecy, especially throughout a greater part of Chapter 11 of Daniel, apart from this particular verse of 31.

Instead, this prophecy in this prominent place of secular history, when speaking of the "abomination that maketh desolate", must be given to a King, or leader, who affected "all" Israel, the whole 12 tribes, not just the Jew of the "House of Judah" during 167 to 175 BC. Which same Jew at that time clung to the Mosaic dietary laws, of not eating swine's flesh. It seems however we must first unravel the last line of verse 31 first, as scholars have done for clarity of learning and undo those errors!

Verse 31. "AND THEY SHALL PLACE THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE". Let us quickly unravel the words in this line. The two words "AND" and "THEY", are connecting this story in secular history with the rest of the verse. With the word "THEY", being plural, speaking of the peoples at that time in history within this verse, who were protecting this "HE" which is involved here.

The word "PLACE" from verse 31, means an "open space" in a town or city, it is a position marked out in a special way. It can be a mansion or edifice of rank, order, or dignity. It is an office, a calling, it is the position in the heavens of a heavenly body, that "PLACE" is to set and lay, and appoint, to fix.

The next word of verse 31, namely -"ABOMINATION"- is the one word, which is controversial and throws many people into only guessing what it means. It is a word defining an object of detestation and loathing, it is disgust, it's a pollution bringing about aversion to someone. That "Someone" who has been polluted in this context of this verse, is "God Almighty" and His Son, "The Lord Jesus"!

The simple word "THAT" of verse 31 means:- it is a word which points to a person, or thing, mentioned before, which was supposed to be understood. It introduces a reason as a result of consequences.

The word "DESOLATE" from verse 31, means:- to leave alone and forsake. It is to lay to ruin and lay waste, in destitution, to deprive and neglect of inhabitants in a destroying manner.

Put all these "meanings" together and we have a picture of a "MAN" in secular history who is involved in a destructive process and marking it in a special way. His position is one of rank and dignity in the earth which could place "HIM" also in the heavens. This object of disgust and loathing, affects the "SACRIFICE" -Jesus,- and also enters into the "heavenly SANCTUARY" which only the HIGH PRIEST of God can enter. Biblical understanding tells us that no man in his right-thinking mind would even dare to enter! This corrupt fleshly MAN called HIS of verse 31, introduces to the rest of mankind the "reason" and the "result", of the consequences of his actions! This corrupt man has now sealed and set in motion the ruin and destruction upon HIS "office", which has been promised in prophecy both in Daniel and Revelations. This man has brought down "desolation" upon truth, upon the people and upon himself.

Verse 31 of Daniel chapter 11, most biblical scholars have defined, belongs in secular history to the Syrian Antiochus Epiphanes, approx; 175 BC etc; -As I said earlier on.- It is true that some of the things that Antiochus Epiphanes did during 168 BC to 165 BC, -who oppressed the Jews at this time in their history,- can be fitted into and around this verse of Daniel 31. One must be careful however in Biblical translations, "not" to squeeze and fit verses to suit one's own version of history, but rather to allow the biblical verses and secular history to be unravelled and complement each other only! Then by cross checking all data relevant to the period of time one is translating in, one uses all relevant data towards the unfurling of dates and times, to the understanding of this line, called "THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE". One can see the errors immediately forming that biblical scholars have continually used during this historical period.

To cross check from the prophecies of Daniel's other chapters, of chapters 7 and 8, should show one that the historical "timing zones" are out of line when using this Syrian King.

Antiochus Epiphanes reigned during the Greek or Hellenistic period of prophecy in Syria, which does not fulfil prophecy for the -"latter end" of time. Scholars repeat that same error when referring to Antiochus in Daniel 11:31, because they say, that in this Chapter Daniel 11:25-32, describes Antiochus's career before and during the times of the Maccabees. Then they say, the rest of that prophecy in chapter 11 over-leaps the centuries to the "time of the end". They never qualify the fact that, that suggested leap lasts almost 2,000 years of "no" history. Neither do they take into account the dates or time zones of secular history supplied in Holy Scripture!

This same Antiochus, -who scholars say is in Daniel 7:21-22,- certainly did not PREVAIL over the Jews until the "Ancient of days" came with Judgement, because that description of the "horn" in those verses is a translation towards our modern times. Whereas, some of these "other" chapters of Daniel's prophecies in themselves, are translating the power of the iron "Roman beast", in all its many guises throughout 2,000 years of history, whose fearful standing legs of iron have ruled the civilised Gentile and Jewish worlds. Its iron marching feet and claws of brass and dark sentences, ruling far longer than all the other empires of Nebuchadnezzar's idol put together! Antiochus Epiphanes is insignificant compared with Rome.

Many times have biblical scholars said, that Daniel 9:27 is spoken about Jesus during the time "He" lived, -which in part is correct.-
Verse 27:- "AND HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK; AND IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND OBLATION TO CEASE, AND FOR THE OVERSPREADING OF ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE, EVEN UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION, AND THAT DETERMINED SHALL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE".

It was also "after" Jesus's death, during His 7-year period (week), that "THE ABOMINATIONS THAT MAKE DESOLATE" will take "His" place, thus, making a strong effect felt! It's not felt 200 years "before" Jesus' time with Antiochus Epiphanes! This Syrian King Antiochus Epiphanes sacrificed a sow upon the altar of the temple in Jerusalem and destroyed the Holy of Holies, yet! His sins of destruction are far less than Imperial Rome or the Roman Papacy, of which Daniel 11:31 records, they who have set themselves up to take God's "place" in the hearts of millions of believing people. Or have taken Christ's place as Mediator between God and man into a strange SACRIFICE, causing the "place" of the Roman temple to be the true one on earth. They have profaned the Holy of Holies over the centuries with its dark sentences of fables and foreign pagan ritualised priests.

Scholar's translation of Daniel 11:31 is nothing more than a dangerous theory, because it clouds all the truth of the rest of Daniel's verses. It ranks akin to the proposed Darwinian theory of the origin of man coming from ape, which clouds the truth of a heavenly Creator. The species of man and other various creatures of the flesh were made after its own kind. Other ideas today stop the thinking processes of many avenues of Biblical truth.

History records that Antiochus Epiphanes, nicknamed the "madman", had but a short reign and during that reign had tragic success over the Jew of the House of Judah. But in no way could he measure up to -"A KING OF FIERCE COUNTENANCE", UNDERSTANDING DARK SENTENCES, AND HIS POWER SHALL BE MIGHTY, TO PROSPER AND TO PRACTICE; which those powerful words of Daniel 8:23,24 tells us!

Was Antiochus greater than Nebuchadnezzar, or Cyrus of Persia, or Alexander the Greek, or Julius Caesar the Roman? Or even more evil than Adolf Hitler who almost decimated the Jew? What rubbish some biblical scholars want us to believe! Most people will know names of these other historical personages quoted, but ask them about Antiochus Epiphanes? Some might reply "who the heck is "he" when he's at home? to coin a colloquial expression!

Daniel's chapter 11, started its secular history from the first year of Darius the Mede, then gradually unfurls and tells us the story of the Hebrew nation of 2 houses, in the following verses of that chapter. Through the historical years of the Kings of Persia and into Alexander the Greek. It then unfolds ancient history through the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids of Syria and into the Roman era, these ruling powers yielded many names that have lived on in memory into our day. To some of these powerful rulers Daniel only allots a few verses, yet! Today's biblical scholars allot verses 10 to 32 of chapter 11 to Antiochus Epiphanes and the wars of the Maccabees, etc; That is 23 verses in all, and this to an ancient ruler very few biblical students would know about, let alone that his name should be remembered by us in our modern Gentile world. His name is applicable to the memory of the Jew only. This wrong understanding of prophecy makes nonsense of Daniel as a "seer" into future historical generations from his time and into the end of man's ruling world!

If you are a serious student of the Bible and believe that the 10 tribes of the "House of Israel" (apart from the Jew), are within British stock as such. Or are of the English-speaking peoples of the Commonwealth and the United states of America, making up that whole house, why then, do you cling to wrong interpretations of many verses of Daniel's oracles? Allotting them in secular history solely to the Jew and the ancient Antiochus Epiphanes!

Let us go back to the beginning of verse 31 and see both biblical and secular history take shape along another ever-prominent path!

Daniel 11:31. "AND ARMS SHALL STAND ON HIS PART, AND THEY SHALL POLLUTE THE SANCTUARY OF STRENGTH AND SHALL TAKE AWAY THE DAILY SACRIFICE, AND THEY SHALL PLACE THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE".

This verse doesn't seem to make sense either when keeping to the history of the ex-Imperial and Catholic Roman province of 10 toed Britain. The history of which we have been unravelling, verse by verse in this book. However, in the preceding verse up to verse 31 we read of the times of the power of the Ottoman Empire, which told of Greece and Turkey fighting etc; when Great Britain became involved in all these events, thus taking these people onto the world stage of history, which had been gradually including Britain into more and more of other nations problems.

Here in verse 31 and 32, history now marks time -as it were-, for us to get ones breathe and again look around and see what became of God's fleshly/spiritual children of the covenant, in all this historical turmoil of nations fighting!

We are still in the Victorian era of 1837-1901 A/D, when verse 31 was put into effect. The outcome of which caused much turmoil and soul searching, on the part of this strong biblical era of Victorian Britain and its peoples.

Let us begin Daniel 11:31 and unravel the first line, "AND ARMS SHALL STAND ON "HIS" PART", in order to find out who is the leader called "HIS" in this line. We first must ask, "who" did all three things listed in this verse concerning:-

1:- Sanctuary of strength.

2:- The daily sacrifice.

3:- The abomination that maketh desolate?

We must remember also that we left off secular history at the Crimean War, AD 1854, in Daniel 11:30.

Here in verse 31 are the years 1848-1869 AD, with a "leader" called "His" who has "spiritual strength", who undermines Israel's children within British stock. We know it's a "spiritual leader" because "He" affects the LAWS of the heavenly temple through Christ! There is only 1 spiritual leader called "His" in all Christendom at that Victorian time, who could rise to this occasion. This was the Roman Catholic Pontiff, Pope Pious IX. It is "He" and He alone who, fulfilling the role of the extravagant Papacy is the effector of the sanctuary and the sacrifice. Therefore, earns the title "THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE". "He" caused turmoil in that era of Victorian Britain,and wherever the progeny of that nation went, including the USA. Let us quickly unravel the simple words in the first line of verse 31, -"AND ARMS SHALL STAND ON "HIS" PART":- "AND" is the connecting word that introduces another clause during the times of turmoil in history, close to the happenings of verse 30.- The word "ARMS", -apart from the limbs of a body, -refer to men at arms, who afford defence and the purpose of protection. -The word "SHALL" means, one has to pay literally, or what has to be atoned for, it is a word of authority of the speaker. -To "STAND" is to be upon the feet in an upright position as regards circumstances. The word "ON" signifies above and touching and expressing reliance or dependence for safety in an engagement. -"HIS" is the word denoting this single person and that, which belongs to "him.  -"PART" means, it is a portion or piece of the whole, it's a concern and division, shown to a party and an allotted duty.

These simple words of verse 31 are telling us that -during the times of turmoil in the 19th century within Europe and Turkey, -something else was happening also, that an "ARMY" of men were going to give "PROTECTION" to someone and defend him. This man who needs the army's protection will have to "PAY" for the rashness of his mouth. This man's "STAND" in the earth is heard, seen and noticed by all. His position is threatened however, because of the circumstances "HE" has brought upon himself. The army that STANDS for the man is "under a pledge" to do so. We see later that it is a French ARMY and we realise they took sides in European disputes for the Latin Roman Catholics, because many were of the same Roman faith.

We have already read in verse 30 of the peoples of France who fought against the Turks. In verse 31, again they are involved. The French concerned itself as an "interested party" for Papal pretensions.

The leader or King called "HIS" here in Daniel 11:31 is the Roman Papacy, the 3 tiered crown of heaven, earthly and below the earth powers, is on the head of Pope Pious IX. The "ARMS" spoken of in this expression are the fighting forces of men, who Daniel says, were "FOR" Him!

Pope Pious IX came to the papal throne between 1846-1878 AD and during those years the Italian people were in revolt, because of their nationalistic spirit for unification of all Italy. The year 1861 saw the beginning of a series of events, which culminated in the Pope losing his Temporal power in 1870 AD.

The Papacy had been going about its usual practise at that time of persecuting so called heretics. The Papacy proclaiming doctrines which were opposed to the true teaching of the Scriptures.

The Papacy proclaimed 3 states of Italy as Papal Patrimony, (Or a paternal inheritance of church estate and revenue). -Rome was a Papal possession garrisoned by French troops.- These were the years of Italy's famous son Giuseppe Garibaldi, a revolutionary leader who fought for the unification of all Italy, with Victor Emmanuel as King.

In 1866 despite opposition of the then Italian government, Garibaldi and his forces, aimed at annexing the Papal estates to the kingdom of Italy, but was defeated by Papal and French forces at the Battle of Mentana in 1867 AD. -(Here, Daniel's prophetic words of "ARMS" were "STANDING" for the Pope and "ON HIS PART", were realised).- Before these years however in 1849, Pope Pious IX had been driven out of Rome and the temporal power of the Pontiff was abolished and Rome proclaimed a Republic. The French "ARMY" was dispatched to suppress the Roman Republic and against the resistance led by Garibaldi. The French occupied Rome re-establishing papal authority.

Pope Pious IX returned to the Vatican devoting himself to opposing all liberalism, claiming control of science, culture and education for the Church. He advocated Papal supremacy and in 1869 AD promulgated that inflammatory doctrine of, "Papal Infallibility".

The temporal power of the Papacy was abolished in 1870 AD weakened through loss of territory through the unification of Italy. The Pope refused to accept an agreement in 1871 by the Italian government and voluntarily became a prisoner in the Vatican. -Daniel 11:31:- "AND THEY SHALL POLLUTE THE SANCTUARY OF STRENGTH, AND SHALL TAKE AWAY THE DAILY SACRIFICE". The word "AND" in this sentence is introducing another clause to these times and to this "ABOMINATION". The second word "THEY", is the plural of he, she, it, or them. Though the "ARMY" who helps this "HE" of verse 31 could be included in this interpretation as "THEY", this is not the case. The "THEY" to which this verse refers, is the continuing men of the Roman Papacy, called Popes, who will follow each other down through secular history. These men accepting and still teaching the continual lies and fables that the first "HE" began.

The word "SHALL" -as we have read before,- literally means one has to "pay" for what has been said and done. To "POLLUTE" means to soil and defile, to profane or violate carnally, it is to make unclean in a legal or ceremonial sense. "THE" is the single word, or thing, which represents the whole. The "SANCTUARY," is a sacred or consecrated place, The ancient Temple at Jerusalem, with the Holy of Holies was the SANCTUARY, it was and is a refuge in a sacred place. Today, that "SANCTUARY" has become part of a church where the altar is placed.

The little word "OF" in verse 31 is a word used as possession of ownership, it's a cause and origin, a condition or motive.

"STRENGTH" is something strong to rely upon, it is solid and toughness, force energy and reliance of faith. It's an intensity of some distinguishing essential constituent.

The latter part of the line of Verse 31 says;- "AND SHALL TAKE AWAY THE DAILY SACRIFICE".- The words "AND" and "SHALL" we have undone. The word "TAKE" means to lay or get hold of and to possess for oneself. It is to seize and grasp and to make a prisoner of for good or ill will.

"AWAY" means to be absent and at a distance it conveys a notion of consuming and squander. "DAILY", is a happening, which is bestowed and enjoyed every day. The word "SACRIFICE" is sacred, it is the offering of anything to God, it is something consecrated as an act of worship or Service. It's a giving up of some desirable object for the sake of a higher object and is a token of adoration which is something consumed on the altar. If we put all these translated words together, we have a distinct "clause" of a contract in secular and spiritual history, at this particular time zone which is set in motion by a man, as a consummation of long held ideas by "THEY" of this spiritual persuasion. "THEY" however will literally pay for the violation of truth. "THEY" throughout the centuries have made a serious ceremony out of the pollution of our Heavenly Father's Law. Making the Law a laughingstock, motivated by carnal desires of power over mankind and have soiled and defiled the Word of God.

The "Sacred Place" of the SANCTUARY was washed clean by the blood of Jesus. (Because blood is life). He who became a High Priest of that SANCTUARY, who stood between man and God, as "Mediator". HE alone has "ownership" of that condition which was taken over by "THEY" of this prophecy, of verse 31. (1 Timothy 2:8). The "STRENGTH" of that condition as Mediator, had to be made by someone with great spiritual energy. Able to overcome all earthly corruptible power whether at an individual or total level, which is the essential constituent for this position and "He" could only be the Christ!

Mankind, under the guise of a so-called spiritual leader of the Papacy, having been given dominion of self-will by God, (because of the earth being subdued and ruled by men for 6,000 years). Now, with that pride of self will, the Pope calls himself, the Holy High Priest and Mediator between God and men, having bestowed upon himself many titles under that leadership.

If corruptible mankind could only understand the great forces of energy that are being "held back" in the heavens, for these prophetic words of God, - within the oracles of Daniel,- to run their full course in the earth! Man would whither in his intellect alone at the knowledge of it and cringe at the thoughts of his own audacity, putting himself in such a vulnerable situation as does the Papacy beginning with Pope Pious IX! Hebrews 9:11-24,

Verse 11. "BUT CHRIST BEING COME AN HIGH PRIEST, (What need is there of another high priest of the papacy?) OF GOOD THINGS TO COME, (When the kingdom of the "stone" is established on earth), BY A GREATER AND MORE PERFECT TABERNACLE, NOT MADE WITH HANDS (Not made by man, but set in motion by God, through the "Perfection" of the "Atonement" called The Christ). THAT IS TO SAY, NOT OF THIS BUILDING", (Or in like manner to the temple at Jerusalem, which was an edifice constructed by the hands of men).

Verse 14:- "HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, (Whose life was lived and poured out towards a new life). WHO THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT (The second half of Jesus called Christ, predominated in power over His flesh. That second half of Him was an everlasting power without beginning or end). OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT SPOT TO GOD, PURGE YOUR CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD WORKS (Or "we" who count ourselves as Christians, followers of Jesus, must make clean and purify our moral sense of right or wrong, within the Law of God. We have a faculty of spirit within us by which our actions are tried and judged. Why then cling to that which is called "DEAD WORKS" or dull, gloomy, deep, lifeless, spiritless toil, which is manifested in physical or mental energies, which are manufactured to produce a nothingness. This happens with rituals and meaningless ceremonies within Churches that they perform). TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD"? (This emphasis is stressed upon the word "LIVING". He is a God very much alive for the "LIVING" and does not deal in dead works of rituals).

Verse 15:- "AND FOR THIS CAUSE HE IS THE "MEDIATOR" OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, (Christ is the Mediator for mankind, -not the Pope- because all things of the "spirit" serve the living God. Christ therefore had to become alive "after death" and serve God for the people, as Mediator in His SPIRIT! How can a mortal man as the Pope achieve this end on earth, the Pope dies and his remains are in the earth. It is the "opposite" to all things pertaining to the laws of heaven)! THAT BY MEANS OF DEATH, FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE TRANSGRESSIONS THAT WERE UNDER THE FIRST TESTAMENT, (Because of mortal "death" mankind has to overcome that everlasting end, through someone of the Spirit, -called Christ,- only He can redeem us from all our trespasses, because He stands before the pure energy of fire -called God- to speak on our behalf! Corruptible man such as Roman popes cannot attain this quality in heaven, because they have to first shed their flesh in death and then it's too late. No man has come out of the grave except The Christ. The first part of the testament or document of God, said "thou shalt surely die", and we all do so!) THEY WHICH ARE "CALLED" (The predestined children from Abraham's loins), MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL INHERITANCE". (A PROMISE was made to Abraham that his seed would inherit these things, to prove God's word is truth! But first death must come before the Children can inherit from that "will". This is "why" all the great people in the Bible "wait" for the Lord's return before inheriting eternal life promised. A "special called seed" will attain to these things first, then, the rest of the people follow later. One cannot attain it after death upon earth by going to heaven now, this is a fallacy perpetuated by mankind, who have lack of knowledge of the workings of the things of God).

Verse 24:- "FOR CHRIST IS NOT ENTERED INTO THE HOLY PLACES MADE WITH HANDS, WHICH ARE THE FIGURES OF THE TRUE; (Christ is not at this moment in any building on earth considered to be holy places made by man, because He has overcome the use of such defiled places). BUT INTO HEAVEN ITSELF, NOW TO APPEAR IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR US". (No earthly man in life or death can stand before God and live. The great "powerhouse" called Heaven where God lives, is an awesome place for mere mortals. Many things in man must change before he can attain to the heavens). Then it is also by the will of God and not the choice of men. These verses of Timothy and Hebrews, explain for us the "STRENGTH OF THE SANCTUARY", made by the laws of God and spoken of by Daniel. -The Papacy,- and falsehoods perpetuated by other high churches,- have polluted the utter seriousness of the SANCTUARY for meaningless rituals. Then have stood between God and other peoples as priest and mediator for man, thus doing away with the "SACRIFICE", Jesus Christ!

We come again to that all important, misunderstood line of Daniel 11:31. "AND THEY SHALL PLACE THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE". It is this line and the understanding of this line, which explains fully the rest of verse 31 and it is vital to be understood!

I repeat, verse 31 is pertaining to "spiritual matters" of great importance for the covenanted people of the "House of Israel" to understand,and for other nations besides. Many millions of people's lives have been subject to wrong teachings and led astray, pertaining to these spiritual matters. This is "Why" this HIS of verse 31, or a leader of men of that verse, must be a religious king! And because of HIM the very basis of the covenant here is at stake. The very deep things of the Jesus Christ role are at stake, the very crux of Christendom is at stake. The very Omnipotence of God is at stake, when truth is most ardently questioned? The very strength of the Law is at stake for many peoples and it was and is, up to the people to consider this spiritual matter in their hearts at this time in history, because the time zone allotted to us all is running out. Let us recap again putting things together properly and in order. -To understand the prophet Daniel correctly, -and I underline the word correctly,- is to understand all the words of the prophets, disciples, of the Law. Even of the prophetic utterances of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, thus bringing clarity of learning to all the words written in the Bible, because Daniel's words for us are the unravelling of secular history, which words are the basic code, or the first principles of that truth! Then, this truth is first and foremost directed towards the 12 tribes of Israel, -both houses,- which in turn governs world history ancient and modern.

For example, to understand Daniel 11, verses 10 and onwards correctly, the words in this book which I write, will be in opposition to other biblical students or scholars of our day. Many scholarly translations, -as I said before,- are guess work, which has enabled the translators to appear knowledgeable, because no one else could supply a better interpretation for these verses.

This wrong interpretation given by scholars of verse 31, is very misleading when referring this verse to Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean war. That particular War appears at the beginning of Daniel 11, verse 10. Why then should it now appear in verse 31 again, after so many centuries of man's history have passed? The "wrong" Antiochus Epiphanes interpretation of verse 31, is immediately destroyed by Jesus himself in Matthew 24:15. "WHEN YE THEREFORE SHALL SEE THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION SPOKEN OF BY DANIEL THE PROPHET, STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE". (WHOSO READETH LET HIM UNDERSTAND). Jesus refers to verses 21 to 31 in Daniel 11 and to the "ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE" for His time zone and into a futuristic sense. Modern scholars' theories translate this verse for Antiochus putting the years at 175/167 BC etc; Instead, Jesus prophesying approx; 30 AD refers to a much later date in history for this "expression" to take place and put into affect!

Matthew 24 from verse 15, speaks of the "ABOMINATION" and the fear of mankind into the tribulation, times. Then towards the "end time" of our world dominated by man, as we know it! This discrepancy of understanding times and seasons from Jesus and Daniel, modern biblical scholar's ideas of secular history within Daniel 11, are theories to the winds. The Bible "cross checks" continually its own dates and predictions, making truth "absolute" for teachers and pupils alike, especially towards the end of our present world! Thus, enabling peoples to understand fully, seeing eye to eye on the whole biblical matter and not as we are now, one denomination believing and teaching this, another that, forcing all to go into splinter groups of sects and churches. Some of them vainly trying to get at the very "heart" of the truth of this matter!

Two things must be done for clarity of learning, which is to establish firmly in the mind the historical "following" dates and happenings throughout Daniel's chapters especially Chapter 11. The second thing is to "do" what Jesus says: "UNDERSTAND" what one is reading.

If Antiochus Epiphanes was this instigator who set in motion the "ABOMINATION", why should Jesus speak of him in the future tense and onwards into the tribulation of Matthew 24? There was almost 200 years between the Greek Seleucid dynasty of Antiochus and the "time" of our Lord Jesus, the latter person born during the times of Imperial Rome. By then, that same Seleucid Greek dynasty had been taken over by those Romans, who had spread its iron legs out across all the lands of Europe, etc;

The beginning of the "UNDERSTANDING" in secular history of the "ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE" and the overspreading of it, started in the Roman era. This can be read in Daniel 9:27. "AND HE (Jesus) SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT (Through the paths he walked and the things He said and did, which He settled by evidence and purpose that of the Abrahamic covenant). WITH MANY FOR 1 WEEK (Or, 7 years, during those allotted years with his disciples) AND IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK (Or middle of those 7 years, (3 and a half years) which was the length of the time of His ministry). HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE. (Or because "He" fulfilled both these requirements at His Life and death.- He was the "Lamb of God", and other types of offerings,- such as His Spirit of Smoke. Therefore, causing animal sacrifices and offerings to finish in earthly temples).- AND FOR THE OVER SPREADING OF "ABOMINATIONS" HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE. (From the death of Jesus in the Imperial Roman era, the "truth" of that sacrifice and oblation, - which avenues Jesus fulfilled,- was going to be blanketed out by other erroneous fables called an ABOMINATION. Making truth to flee away, replacing it with lies, leaving the minds of men destitute and neglected of strong reasoning powers). -EVEN UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION. (Or the finishing to the uttermost extent of that scheme, perfecting a ruinous condition until its final end) AND THAT DETERMINED SHALL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE". (Or that "set pattern" within history in those times, will be freely given and poured out upon mankind as he wishes it, resulting in neglected hearts and minds of mankind.

Which, because of that "OVERSPREADING" and scattering of the desolation around the world, that "ABOMINATION" will lead man to follow his own devices. Which will lay him waste and destitute to the meaning of truth of the Oracles of God and of the time SACRIFICE and OBLATION until "all" things written are finally fulfilled and finished)!

Again, Daniel the prophet refers to the "ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE" in Daniel 12:11. "AND FROM THE TIME THAT THE DAILY SACRIFICE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY, AND THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE SET UP, THERE SHALL BE A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS". In this verse 11 we have a repeat of the previous verse of Daniel 9:27, which speaks of the "SACRIFICE" being taken away once more, because it's telling us that Jesus was and is, that "SACRIFICE" and "offering of atonement" between man and God.

First, Jesus had to Redeem His own people Israel, who are always under the law. Then the "Redeeming" can flow over onto the other nations of the world providing they accept the Law correctly.

First you will note reader in verse 11 that the "DAILY SACRIFICE" is taken away. Jesus Christ died, rose again, was witnessed as the risen Lord, then "TAKEN AWAY" by a cloud into heaven. (Acts 1:8-11). It is "after this" act of importance, that the ABOMINATION is set up,- which is to establish and display before mankind. This ABOMINATION "took away" also Jesus Christ's position of High Priest before God and man.

This verse does not take us back into history "before" that Roman era, to the times of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria and its king called Antiochus Epiphanes, just to make the truth of this history absolute for our understanding. Verse 11 of Daniel 12 also gives one of the "timing processes" of that "CONSUMMATION OF DESOLATION", spoken of in Daniel 9:27. The beginning of one of those time processes is 1,290 days -or- years, which started at the end of the Roman Empire era. Let us look deeper into that "time". The "TIME" of the SACRIFICE was approx; AD 33, when Jesus was crucified, which was accomplished under Roman influence and law. The "ATONEMENT" was made and accepted by God for the people of the Covenant, -which is all Israel,- causing men's temple sacrifices to cease. (This can only be accomplished towards a nation under these laws of "ATONEMENT"). To unbelievers this wouldn't mean a thing.

The "TIME" of the actual "ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION" begun with the rise of the Roman Papacy. Approx; 565 to 632 AD, with the actual date for the "primacy" of the Papacy set at 606 AD. This historical date of 606 AD, came about after a tug of war between Eastern and Western churches and after a liaison between the Byzantine Emperor Phocas and Pope Gregory I. Phocas was a Thracian centurion who became Byzantine Emperor from 602 to 610 AD, following an army rebellion against the then Emperor Maurice. Phocas had been sent to Constantinople as a spokesman, he took advantage of his position and the revolts in the city at that time and got himself chosen emperor over Maurice. Both Maurice and his son were executed. Phocas enjoyed good relations with Rome and recognised the "Primacy of Rome in all matters of religion", which won him much praise from Pope Gregory I. Phocas however persecuted the Jews and a Christian sect called the Monophysites in the eastern provinces.

At that time there was fear of the Persians and the Carthaginians, the latter sending an expedition against Phocas who was executed. Pope Gregory I was the architect and administrator of the medieval Papacy. He had served as papal nuncio to Constantinople from 579 to 584 AD, later being elected Pope in 590 A/D. Gregory then centralised papal authority in Italy. (The Vatican itself has been the residence of the popes only since 1377 AD, when they returned from Avignon exile).

Gregory had supported Phocas as emperor in Constantinople in 602 AD. The patriarch of Constantinople however assumed the title of "ecumenical patriarch", Gregory counted in 595 AD by calling himself "Servant of Gods servant", which same title is still used by popes today.

In 596 AD Gregory sent Augustine as a missionary to England where he established an archbishopric at Canterbury. (Noted in the oracles of God Daniel 11:23). We now have the "OVERSPREADING OF THE ABOMINATION" reaching East and West and within many countries Israel's children came under Roman power, which was also established in the British province itself.

Pope Gregory formulated ideas, for the whole of Christian society was used into the Middle Ages. After his death in 604 AD, he has been regarded as the teacher of the Church, being made a "saint" by Rome.

So, now we have the actual establishing in secular history of the "ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION", The Roman Papacy in 606 AD.

Another form of "OVERSPREADING" spoken by Daniel 9:27 had begun much earlier, Rome using its iron influences against the "Chosen people" (Peter, Paul, John, etc;) under Nero. (Dan 11:15).

Rome's harlotry as mother protector of the Christian church, was set in motion by that "vile person" Constantine, spoken of by the prophet Daniel. (Dan 11:21). The descriptive expression of "DESOLATION" was also used by one of Rome's historical writers when referring to Rome's armies, when he said, "they make a desolation and call it peace".

The consummation -or- perfecting of these Roman ideas from early times in history, came to its head under Pope Pious IX during 1869 AD. Rome now reached for the skies and became the "last word" in spiritual matters in men's minds and hearts on the earth, under "Papal Infallibility". This, was the "Climax" of all Roman Papacy pretensions over the centuries and it was the "time zone" reached to fulfil Daniel's prophecy of Dan 11:31. Now the papacy had become as God, the Holy Father, sitting in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God and Mediator between man and God. (2Thess 2:3-4). This corruptible man had become spiritually sinless, infallible and unable to err in spiritual matters. This "Roman Infallibility" is a lofty divine seat indeed! Because, Daniel 11:31 is still unravelling British history as such, which is still the pivot for gauging north and south of history at this point of time  and because the Holy Land was closed to the Jew and prophecy.

We must only be concerned in verse 31 in dates and times applicable to the British Isles. Therefore, Pope Gregory's "intervention" in the condition of Christianity in those Isles, sending to them Augustine and many monks, with their Roman form of Christianity in 596 AD. This is the "date" we are concerned with here. (Daniel 11:23). Though, 596 AD coupled with Daniel's 1,290 days -or years,- takes us into Pious IX times and on into 1886 AD and Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), these numbered years of Daniel's prophecy chapter 12 verse 11, work also in another way. Daniel 12:11. "AND FROM THE TIME THAT THE DAILY SACRIFICE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY, AND THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE SET UP, THERE SHALL BE A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS". Verse 11 gives us the "whole" picture of the situation at the "end of time" with man's ruling powers. This verse is saying, Jesus's death was the "SACRIFICE" for mankind. This "time sequence" is when that "SACRIFICE" as the Mediating influence between God and man was "taken away" by another "Mediator", called the "DESOLATION of Infallibility" of Pope Pious IX, who now stood in the "holy place of the sanctuary" for mankind. This "mediator" of Rome for powers sake set out to destroy many millions of men and women, who had put their faith and hope into its church, because it affected their cause by intervention of the wrong sort. From the moment that, that "consummation" of Rome's church desires was achieved in 1869 AD through Pope Pious IX, "then" the countdown of 1290 days, -or- years, was achieved from 596 AD towards the "end time" of prophecy. Pertaining to secular, spiritual and divine histories for the earth's peoples, especially the "House of Israel". This is explained to us in verse 12. "BLESSED (happy and fortunate) IS HE THAT WAITETH, (watching and in expectation till something happens) AND COMETH (to reach a certain stage) TO THE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE AND THIRTY DAYS (1,335 years)". This is the "end of all timing processes written down" and happenings of men. It's the finishing of the great tribulation spoken by Jesus from Matthew 24. The promise fulfilled of the Kingdom of Jesus of the Stone, from Daniel 2:45. The visitation by great "beings" from outer space, the return of our Lord and King and the complete change upon those of mankind, who are in the "blessed" state of being able to put on incorruption for ever more!

Pope Pius IX in 1854 AD also published and proclaimed the dogma of the "Immaculate Conception", establishing a belief which had been widely held within the Roman Church from ages past. -The dogma asserts that Mary the mother of Jesus was preserved free from the effects of the sin of Adam.- Mary had already been solemnly declared to be the mother of God at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD.

These distortions and fables of our Heavenly Father's words by the Roman Church, have been slowly heaping upon the heads of the papacy a collective curse over the centuries, that has been pronounced as an "ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION" in Daniel 11:31.

Before we continue with secular history and the "time zone" of Pope Pious IX, let us once more read and establish without question the line in verse 31. "AND THEY SHALL POLLUTE THE SANCTUARY OF STRENGTH, AND SHALL TAKE AWAY THE DAILY SACRIFICE". If we turn to Hebrews 8:1,2 it will give us the answer in a nutshell;- "NOW THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN "THIS IS THE SUM: (Or the total amount and substance) WE "HAVE" SUCH AN HIGH PRIEST (Jesus, therefore, what need have we for another? Such as the Papacy) WHO IS SET ON THE RIGHT HAND (most favourable) OF THE THRONE OF THE MAJESTY (with grandeur and dignity of God) IN THE HEAVENS".

Verse 2:- "A MINISTER OF THE SANCTUARY, (Is "one" to whom a "sovereign" entrusts with the direction of the affairs of state. In this case a consecrated place, that no mortal should ever enter). AND OF THE "TRUE TABERNACLE", (Or that which is not false or erroneous and constant in promises in a place of worship) WHICH THE LORD (the Supreme power, God) PITCHED, AND "NOT MAN". (God "set up" this place of worship not man).

Now, we must ask if Jesus the Christ is the ministering High Priest of the sanctuary in heaven for us, what gave it the "STRENGTH" referred to in Daniel 11:31? Let us again turn to Hebrews chapter 9 verse 17. "FOR THE TESTAMENT (or covenant) "IS OF FORCE" (strong, active, mighty in energy) AFTER MEN ARE DEAD: OTHERWISE IT IS OF NO "STRENGTH" AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH". So, in other words, "the last will and testament" left by Jesus to save Israel and the world from itself. To become our Mediator between God and man, the "Strength" could not come into effect until Jesus died. His sacrifice of His own body as "atonement", His resurrection from the dead, gave life to the temple in heaven now made active and strong!

The prophet Daniel cross checks these heavenly things with earthly history. Daniel 8:9-14. "AND OUT OF ONE OF THEM (or the 4 notable horns of Greece, seen in the preceding verse 8. Out of one of them, -Macedonia/ Greece, came Rome, who took over eventually) "CAME FORTH A LITTLE HORN, (The Republic of Rome) WHICH WAXED EXCEEDING GREAT, (Which increased in size) TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND TOWARDS THE EAST, AND TOWARD THE PLEASANT LAND". (This Republic grew into Imperial Rome, stretching from one end of Europe to the other and on into Judea). Verse 10:- AND IT WAXED GREAT, (It again increased in size but, reorganising its purpose). EVEN TO THE HOST OF HEAVEN. (Imperial Rome entered heavenly realms as gods and goddesses. It continued its journey towards heaven through Constantine, then on into the Papacy. Branching out into the Holy Roman Empire also). AND IT CAST DOWN SOME OF THE HOST AND OF THE STARS TO THE GROUND, AND STAMPED UPON THEM. (Rome dejected and depressed some of the great number of God's children and of the celestial bodies of heaven, whose persons were of brilliant qualities. Rome "STAMPED" or struck them down forcibly. Rome crucified Jesus, made a forest of crucified Jews, killed the disciples and apostles and tortured God's children in the arenas of Rome. They took Peter bound and "used" him to further men's power. They used to gather up families. They slaughtered untold thousands throughout the centuries with torture, death and excommunication. All these persons and more, are the Host and STARS of heaven).

Verse 11:- "YEA HE MAGNIFIED HIMSELF. (Rome's Republic Imperial and Papacy power increased its dimensions in glory, causing them to appear greater than reality)- EVEN TO THE PRINCE OF THE HOST. (The Roman Papacy in Daniel 11:31 now reached its climax, or consummation of magnification of power. Pope Pious IX now became "Infallible" sitting on earthly and heavenly thrones, as "Prince" and Mediator between God and man. The "Prince Jesus", King of all God's children past and present, was now pushed aside to accommodate a prince of men as mediator), AND BY HIM (the Pope) THE DAILY SACRIFICE (Jesus) WAS TAKEN AWAY, AND THE PLACE OF HIS SANCTUARY WAS CAST DOWN. (The Pope called himself the vicar or high priest of God, prince of heaven, who stood in Saint Peter's shoes claiming possession of the true church. He also became the Holy Father, -taking God's place- absolute in his judgements in all things spiritual. Gone was Jesus's tabernacle and SANCTUARY that had been made without hands, as Hebrews previously told us.

The 2 keys of heaven and earth now belonged to Rome and its temple, which is Saint Peter's Basilica of Rome. This temple was made by man, embellished in an ostentatious manner by man, which set strange laws in motion by man). Daniel 8:12:- "AND A "HOST" WAS GIVEN HIM AGAINST THE DAILY SACRIFICE BY REASON OF TRANSGRESSION AND IT CAST TRUTH TO THE GROUND; AND IT PRACTISED AND PROSPERED". Verse 12 must be understood in a deep manner, which has unfolded in history. -A "host" can mean several things, it is one who entertains an enemy or stranger. It can mean a father or landlord, an animal or organism upon which a parasite exists, it can be a great army or multitude. The "host" is also the Eucharist, which is a consecrated wafer in the Roman Catholic mass.

"WAS" is a small word in past tense. "GIVEN" means, to bestow or conferred and held to be known. "AGAINST", is in opposition to, it is bearing upon.- "DAILY" is a happening enjoyed day by day. "SACRIFICE" is the offering to God as an act of worship, it is not profane or common, it is a memorial.

In all these unravelled simple words we see a picture explained more fully. -The other words of verse 12 Daniel 8 are:- BY "REASON" OF TRANSGRESSION.- "REASON" is the cause or motive for influencing the mind, an intelligence possessed by man. "TRANSGRESSION" is the violating of a law, it's an offence and crime. Verse 12:- "AND IT CAST DOWN THE TRUTH TO THE GROUND; AND IT PRACTISED AND PROSPERED".- To "CAST DOWN" is to throw down and condemn.- "TRUTH", is the state or quality of being true and honest, it's a conformity of verified fact and exactness, it's a purity from falsehood, -It is also the glue that gives man integrity. TO THE "GROUND" is the surface of the earth, which is subject to being walked on, or turned over, when something has fallen to the ground it counts as nothing! Indeed, Rome's influence in the world for almost 2,000 years has been mighty. Rome's church has turned our Heavenly Father's words of the Law of Truth upside down or stamped them into the ground, thereby condemning those children who sought after "truth" as heretics. The prophetic utterances of great men like Daniel it counts as nothing, instead, Rome raises its own list of false men to the heavens as saints!

Daniel 8:12:- "PRACTISED" means to have much skill through many years of one's art over men and over many years perfecting ones-self. -"PROSPERED" is to increase in wealth and position, it is to thrive successfully in a growing state. The Roman Vatican, the seat and the office of the Popes, feels secure as the mother church because it has lasted so long and during its length of time over the centuries it has prospered and thrived successfully, no matter how many secular mishaps it had in history. The Vatican has increased in wealth that now one can say, around the Palace city is the greatest concentration of treasure in the world. From it's practising and Prospering and at the last count, -to my knowledge- the Roman Church has 820 million adherents to its teachings in the nations of the world.

The Roman "HOST" in this picture of Daniel 8:12 is also another name for an army or legions, of a vast number of people. The Roman "ARMY" around the Papacy, namely the "Curia Romana", of bishops, archbishops, priests and cardinals, etc; is the "HOST" which PRACTISES DAILY the sins and Transgressions that the Pope makes spiritually absolute for them to follow. Therefore, are their "TRANSGRESSIONS" of Biblical Law perpetuated, in every town and hamlet where the Roman eagle's brass claws have held onto its prey. Which are the people, and it has "PRACTISED and PROSPERED", because of unquestioning minds of mankind!

The "consecrated wafer", or the Roman "HOST", given to mankind under the Roman umbrella, is also against the Scriptures set down for our learning to follow. The Roman"HOST" was "admitted or supposed" to change from that wafer, into the body and blood of Christ at their sacrament. This is called, transubstantiation (or the changing from one thing to another). This "HOST" was indeed "GIVEN" to them (verse12) as an addiction, of habitual ritual (AGAINST) held for centuries, in "opposition" to the actual truth laid down by our Lord in Holy Scripture. -The "DAILY SACRIFICE" (of Jesus) is a happening of a "memorial" for someone, (Jesus) and "set apart" for us to remember correctly! A "memorial" is that act which preserves the memory of someone. It does not re-enact that person's death over and over by shedding his blood and the nailing of a broken body on the cross, again and again, as the Roman HOST does. That is macabre! - Hebrews 10:10-14 tells us this. "BY THE WHICH WILL WE ARE SANCTIFIED THROUGH THE OFFERING OF THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL". (That word "ONCE" meaning, one time and no more).
Verse 11:- "AND EVERY PRIEST STANDETH DAILY MINISTERING AND OFFERING OFTEN TIMES THE SAME SACRIFICES, WHICH CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY SINS".
Verse 12:- "BUT THIS MAN, (Jesus) AFTER HE HAD OFFERED ONE SACRIFICE FOR SINS FOR EVER, SAT DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD";
Verse 14:- FOR BY ONE OFFERING HE HATH PERFECTED FOR EVER THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED".

That "ONE" SACRIFICE is enough for all time, there's no need to ask him to be scourged, crucified, bleed and body broken under torture every week, again and again at the Roman mass.

A "Remembrance" as such, in our modern history is enacted out by mankind every year at the Cenotaph, for men and women who were killed in the wars of nations, at which flowers are laid and a moments silence for those dead reflecting the memory towards them. The dead are not asked to rise from their graves to be killed all over again, so we can feel and taste their hot blood in remembrance. The "memorial" of the dead of a loved one, will bring tears of hurt in the heart of mankind for the dead, so it should be also for our Lord Jesus!

The ordinary people, who worship within this enigma of a church, are "not" called into question here in prophecy. For they are subjects under the Papal crown and as such have to obey that crown without question. Unlike many of the breakaway Protesting sects and denominations, who partake in their own running of their respective assemblies. The Roman Catholic people have no voice in its assemblies of Cardinals, or hierarchy of sorts, they are subjects to that "HOST". Therefore, are not found guilty in the same sense at the "Roman curia".

It is the "HOST", -or- army of the hierarchy and they alone, who are classed biblically as the wolves amongst the sheep of nations, who are answerable to God for their misdemeanours throughout the centuries of lies and fables.

The "HOST", or consecrated wafer, which represents to Roman Catholics the sacrament of the mass, is given to young and old alike and to many it signifies nothing but their solemn ritual to be partaken of. How many people within that church realise "fully" exactly what they are "doing" when they accept this "HOST" as a matter of ritual?

The wine, representing the blood of the SACRIFICE Jesus, is not given to the people individually as it should, but the priests accept it only, again, this signifies nothing but an age-old custom.

If we read 1 Corinthians 11:23-29, these verses tell us how Jesus himself gave the bread to all the disciples, and after the manner of breaking it, - which represented His "body broken" on the cross. "He" showed us we must do it in like manner and "not" accepting it in the mouth as a whole wafer. Jesus took the cup of wine and again offered it to "all" and not, just the chosen few who were with Him. This was for us to "remember" His manner of death and Lifeblood poured out until He returns to us again!

If one feels unworthy to partake in this very serious act, then one must turn away from it, otherwise, one is guilty of His injuries and crucifixion! Let us examine the "DAILY SACRIFICE", because it is called as such for a most important reason.

Baptised (immersed) persons meet on the Sabbath day and partake of the "memorial" of our High Priest, Jesus and of "His" SACRIFICE of His earthly body for our sakes. -(The man-made ritual of the "communion of the Lord's supper- or the Eucharist of the mass,- is celebrated on the wrong day, Sunday, which is "not" the Sabbath. Sunday is a convenient reorganisation by the Romans for mankind). The words "DAILY SACRIFICE" is another way of understanding and remembering the Laws laid down by God. When and how, the Children of Israel left Egypt so long ago and then the "DAILY SACRIFICE" was called the "Passover". (Numbers 28:16-24).

Those same words from Numbers speak to all the children of Jacob/Israel to this day, to whom I write.

The "Passover" festival began when the angels of death who slew the first born of Egypt", passed over "the houses containing the Israelites, who had blood daubed on the lintels of their doors. The "Passover festival" was celebrated during the 14th day of Abib, (or Nisan- between March and April) in the evening. That is, in the beginning of the 15th day, with a "sacrificial meal" (Leviticus 23:5). Jesus was that "Passover of the sacrificial Lamb" whose blood is life on His believers. He, who was slain to redeem Israel's children from "Egypt of the nations" in God's plan. Jesus was the offering or "Peace of atonement" between man and God.

The "DAILY SACRIFICE" of that "memorial" in our day, works as the "Passover" did, as a holy convocation, which was adhered to in a special way and never in error! When the "Passover" is kept with the lamb, unleavened bread and herbs, which was shared between members of the household, the persons present were made mindful of the deliverance from the afflictions of Egypt, for the Israelites. So too, the baptised of Israel's seed of, (immersed in water when adults) Christian persons meet on the Sabbath, Saturday and partake together of the bread and wine, (OR DAILY SACRIFICE). Which represents the broken body of Jesus and the wine representing the out-poured blood, which happened from the thrust of a Roman sword, from crucifixion and being scourged. The "special DAILY SACRIFICE" -namely the Christ,- was foreseen many centuries later from the time of Leviticus in the Son and Lamb of God, who fulfilled to the "letter" of that old Law all things required of Him. "He" rolled back the curtain of that SANCTUARY, to do away with the blood sacrifices of earthly things. He, through acting out Israel's rituals Himself, took the place of the old "Passover" and became the promised Deliverer and Messiah, for the "House of Israel", in the Gentiles and "House of Judah" in the Jew.

Of course this understanding of the "DAILY SACRIFICE" cross checks with Daniel 9:27 and "why" it ceased for many people.

We must go back to Daniel 11:31 at this moment and recap what we have unravelled there in secular history. We have translated the King called "HIS" as the Papacy under Pope Pious IX, the "ARMS" THAT STOOD FOR HIM at this point of time in secular history, were the French troops, who guarded Papal power during this time period of the Italian revolt. Then we also see that same Roman Papacy polluting the TEMPLE and SANCTUARY that Jesus Himself as the Christ, cleansed.

The Roman papacy during 1848-1869 AD became greedy and wanted to capture mankind body and soul, thus, doing his thinking for him in all matters of the spirit, science, education and culture. From the cradle to the grave Rome wants to lead man every step of the way to Roman thinking and practices. In doing s, it did away with the deep "truth" of the Holy Scriptures, replacing it with man-made fables of this dark religion, which religion is entwined with centuries old mythology and remnants of pagan beliefs and superstitions. This religion is weaved this way and that with oriental practises and seasonal demonology, ever twisting and turning scriptural fact to suit the era of history it finds itself in. Today, in our modern days the "term" for this era is called "papal respectability". But! Make no mistake the old ways of an "all embracing Rome" are still there, only now it's softly, softly catchy monkey!

Pope Pious IX placed the last nail in the papal "DESOLATE" coffin and brought about fulfilling and placing the "ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE", to stand where it "ought not", which Mark 13/14 tells us.

When the Lord Jesus spoke these words in Matthew and Mark, He was showing us the understanding of it in secular history, as did Daniel 11:31. This was and is, the same Roman power and pretensions towards heaven, which began under Imperial Rome, when their debauched emperors and empresses became gods and goddesses of heavenly realms!

When biblical scholars allot Daniel 11:31 to Antiochus Epiphanes the ancient Syrian king, it is but a secondary matter to sacrifice a pig on a man-made altar at Jerusalem in 175 BC. To desecrate an earthly sanctuary, is different compared with the desecration of a spiritual altar and temple set up, cleansed and made "absolute" and forever by the Son of God, the Most High Lord Jesus the Christ! The temple at Jerusalem was made by the hands of men when under fleshly and Mosaic laws, it was conquered, profaned, and again cleansed many times in its long history. It was done by the laws of cleansing and purifying set down by God, it could be used as the "House of God" many times over, after its enemies had dealt treacherously with it. Our Lord Himself used it as the "House of God" during His life on earth, He also condemned its use. It had been embellished by the unclean hands of Herod and his House.

A "new" temple of Jerusalem was promised by Jesus towards a new covenant, who was crucified "outside" the walls of Jerusalem. He no longer witnessed within the old temple precinct, giving that temple a fresh start towards a better way for the spirit of God and man. "He" was the "Passover Lamb" obedient unto death, -of the 7-day sacrifice,- for that "new" temple promised for Jerusalem. Which was towards a spiritual temple made by heaven without hands to pollute it!

This temple of heaven is where the Papacy wishes to stand "where it ought not". It wishes to be and remain supreme in all things spiritual. Which is a far greater exercise in pollution that Antiochus Epiphanes did or could do!

In other words, the papacy during 1870 AD set itself up to all the peoples of the world and to be the "Shepherd" of the "House of Israel's" sheep in the Gentiles. Over the earlier centuries the Roman popes have been scattering God's sheep in fright, some being fearful for their lives or souls. In later history now those frightened sheep were faced with another problem, which they were called upon to adhere to. The prophets of old have spoken of these things, read especially Ezekiel Chapter 34. -Which tells how these ABOMINABLE foreign shepherds have dealt treacherously with the people, they, who have led the sheep into a disorderly manner. The "House of Israel" in British stock, within the Gentiles, were affected much and within every nation where they reside in the world. (Read also Matthew 7:15 and Acts 20:28-30).

This very problem of "Papal Infallibility" in Daniel 31 is what learning the "core" of the truth is all about, because it's directed towards those scattered sheep in the world that belong to God!

This is also the whole "point" to my writings in this book, for to help our Heavenly Father's people not to be afraid anymore and come out of hiding, because those abominable wolves of abominable priests of many untruthful persuasions of Men, are retreating in power as the "real" Lord Shepherd approaches, to bring His sheep into the "right" pen for safety!

Let us understand what "Papal Infallibility" did to the children of men at that time in secular history, AD 1854-69/70 and "why" it should affect the 10 toed British Isles, etc;

Many exiles from revolutions in other nations found refuge in Britain during these Victorian times and Giuseppe Garibaldi was one of those exiles. He was given a tumultuous welcome in England by rich and poor alike.

The Punch magazine cartoons of those times had lampooned Pope Pious IX, who, at that time was exiled from Italy. He, in a cartoon form was depicted as being offered a cap of liberty by Garibaldi and pictured inside a large wooden crate marked "Fragile with Care", the sign of that Roman church of 2 crossed keys stamped around the crate. Italian soldiers were gesticulating to John Bull of England, as to what's to be done with him. The caption read, "An International Difficulty", from Rome.

Earlier on in the reign of Pious IX he had been congratulated by Great Britain for his amnesty to political offenders and of papal reforms. But Britain soon ran into a few delicate matters however, in taking sides too quickly.

Austria, had at that time an entire city occupied by its troops and had garrisoned at the citadel of Ferrara in the Papal States.

Upon Papal request in 1847, Lord Palmerston, who was then Foreign Secretary, sent the Lord Privy Seal, Lord Minto to Rome, to give the Pope political and administrative council.

There was the problem of a potential Austrian invasion in Italy and Great Britain was not prepared to commit itself to opposing Austria.

These were the years of revolution and turmoil in many places, as Great Britain endeavoured to mediate between Austria and Italy.

Semi-official support was given to the Sicilian revolution also. A fear of French intervention in Italy made things very tricky and the fear of the French Mediterranean fleet had urged Britain to send some British naval re- enforcements to that area.

Along with Giuseppe Garibaldi's fight for liberty, there was also Giuseppe Mazzini, the latter proclaimed Rome a Republic, until Louis Napoleon of France decided to go to the aid of the Papacy. (Fulfilling Daniel's prophecy of verse 31, when an "ARMY" would be for Pope Pious IX).

Twice Mazzini exiled himself to Britain, the second time setting up a "Friends of Italy" society in London, thereby hoping to enlighten the British public of Italy's internal plight. However, the storm clouds of the "Crimean War" were growing large in British and Russian skies, which eclipsed Mazzini's endeavours.

So much intrigue in various forms seemed to be going on in Britain at that time, much of it to do with its neighbours in Europe, that one could write endlessly on what one reads in history for this period of time.

The policy of Britain's government under Palmerston and Gladstone however, was to let the Italian people settle their own affairs yet! Italy and the problem of the authoritative Papacy stirred British hearts into action. Just as it did when the Greeks were fighting for their independence from Turkey, in Daniel 11:30.

One must not forget reader, that Britain under Queen Victoria (Asher) had come to its greatest power in the earth, her Empire stretching ever bigger during her reign of 64 years. So, its stability then was indeed the envy of many a nation under revolution, Britannia becoming the policeman for those less stable lands. (Which police roll, later in history was to be given into the hands of the USA -or Manasseh). Victorian Britain fulfilled to the gross limit "Asher's" prophecy written in Genesis 49:20 and Deuteronomy 33:24-25.

Apart from all these revolutions in other lands and many intrigues besides, the internal politics of Britain agonised over the Roman Catholicism question altogether, during this Victorian era.

The main divisions in British politics after 1815 was on Catholic Emancipation for Ireland. Even Wellington during 1828 put the matter to the then king in so many words, that the influence and powers of the government in that country would be usurped by demagogues of the Roman Catholic association.

In 1829 the Bill for Catholic Emancipation for Ireland was passed through Parliament, being introduced by Sir Robert Peel, who earned himself such hatred for kissing the Popes toe, that it dogged his political life always. In 1858 AD came Queen Victoria's Proclamation on religious toleration and equality before the law for all. Under these terms now the Roman Catholic Church could make a great leap and by the turn of the century the Roman church sprang up here and there. It re-established its hierarchy of bishops in England, bringing about vehement commotion and protest in London alone? The Roman church not only revived in protest and domain it reinforced its position altogether.

At these times religious pre-occupations were more widespread and deeply felt, than at any time since the days of the haters of the Roman Church under Oliver Cromwell. In those days we also saw the reawakening of low and high churches of England, half the Churchgoers of England were members of the Anglican community. There were Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterian, Congregational and Unitarian preachers and many sects besides, who all took leave of disapproving of one another, on specific scriptural issues. Half the total population of Great Britain were Church or Chapel goers and their religious debates were in earnest, though, attendances from the poorer classes of people were not as great.

In 1859 Charles Darwin threw a spanner into the works, with his theories on evolution with his book entitled "Origin of the Species", which questioned the creation of Genesis.

During the Victorian years and many years before, the "opening" of biblical paths was filled with some strong individuals and dozens of missionaries went out to other lands. There were men and women such as John Wesley and his brother, George Whitefield, Elizabeth Fry, William Wilberforce, David Livingstone, William Booth, John Thomas, etc; etc; - Also in the United states.- (Though black slavery and the civil war had ravaged its thinking), there was Harriet Beecher Stowe, Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Mary Baker Eddy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philip Brooks, Ellen White, Dwight Lyman Moody et;-

Even the heads of their respective governments seemed to be devout God-fearing men.- With those individuals and the passing of time it gradually brought about sects of sincere people such as the Seventh Day Adventists, Mormons, Christadelphians, Salvation Army, Band of Hope, Jehovah's Witness, etc;

Whether one believes in them or not in today's society, all have tried with some form of sincerity to find the "core" of that elusive biblical truth within that ancient book. Wanting also to leave behind them the trappings of men's doctrines, dogmas and organised spirituous teachings that had been mixed up over the centuries in desires for temporal powers.

Let us understand the meaning of what the doctrine of Papal Infallibility was and did, to these Victorian times. Roman Catholic theology states that the pope acting as supreme teacher of Christendom,- which covers the whole body of Christians of orthodox and breakaway sects,- under certain condition, "cannot" err when he teaches in matters of faith and morals. Therefore, it overflows into the Church itself making it too Infallible. Which is based on the belief that it has a mandate from Christ, entrusting it with assistance from the Holy Spirit with a teaching mission.

When this definition of the supremacy of the Pope came about in 1869-70 AD it caused considerable controversy, even amongst Roman Catholic theologians themselves.

Which even today theologians find it a major obstacle in, so called, ecumenical unity.

Never before these Victorian times had the Roman popes been so active in matters of morals and teaching, on such a worldwide grand scale, in its chequered history. No doubt before these times the papacy was bogged down in their own sins, because many of the popes before Pious IX had few spiritual morals at all, or their temporal powers were of more importance. If one has a quick study of papal history, one realises how unspiritual and carnal some of these men were. To call these secular men Holy Fathers, sharing the Holiness of God, is a degenerate thing indeed!

Pope Pious IX in his utterances also condemned Socialism, Bible societies, liberalism, modern scientific thought and other 19th century views and movements, including philosophy, natural science, history and biblical studies. Pope Pious IX condemned modernism in any Roman Catholic thoughts altogether!

The controversy caused by the proclamation of Infallibility had Catholic apologists and Protestant critics in an uproar, which naturally spilled over into the countries affected by this teaching. Protestants in Victorian Britain were either stunned by those lofty words, or angry. Their memories of past painful history keenly aware of the traumatic experiences that popery had caused in the Isles. If only remembering the reason "why" they had a sovereign of the Hanoverian line of Victoria in the first place, who had replaced the lineage of the last of the Catholic Stuarts.

A sizeable amount of Britain's people were still Roman Catholics within Ireland, Scotland and England, with a smaller amount in Wales. Some of their nobility were still worshippers of Rome. Many men and women throughout Christendom were faced with the fact they had to stomach a man, claiming a right to a heavenly throne, parallel with the throne of God on all things of the spirit. For now, this "man" Pious IX and other popes after him, were calling themselves the Holy Infallible Father, which is a mockery of the Law of God and the Scriptures!

Let us establish what Holy means:- It is to be separated, consecrated and sanctified, it is a transcendental "being" sacred! None of these words is applicable to a mere man, who is born with the original sin through Adam, therefore, of a corrupt nature and dies because of it. Even when mankind is baptised (immersed) into Christ and rises out of the water a new man, he is still "not" holy nor sacred in any form, because his metamorphosis towards goodness has just begun. The Scriptures say of mankind thus: Micah 7:2-4 "THE GOOD MAN IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH: AND THERE IS NONE UPRIGHT AMONG MEN; THEY ALL LIE IN WAIT FOR BLOOD; THEY HUNT EVERY MAN HIS BROTHER WITH A NET":
Verse 3:- "THAT THEY MAY DO EVIL WITH BOTH HANDS EARNESTLY, THE PRINCE ASKETH, AND THE JUDGE ASKETH FOR A REWARD; AND THE GREAT MAN, HE UTTERETH HIS MISCHIEVOUS DESIRE; SO THEY WRAP IT UP":
Verse 4:- "THE BEST OF THEM IS A BRIER: THE MOST UPRIGHT IS SHARPER THAN A THORN HEDGE; THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN AND THY VISITATION COMETH; NOW SHALL BE THEIR PERPLEXITY".

The nearest man ever came to being "separated and sacred" was with the Levitical priesthood, of whom Moses and Aaron were sons. Aaron stood in the presence of God in the Holy of Holies as an appointed meeting place, yet! There were many precautions necessary before this could happen. Nevertheless, that priesthood died because of sin. One does not even call a priest your father, -except your paternal father- Scripture says:- (Matthew 23:9)- "AND CALL "NO MAN" YOUR FATHER UPON THE EARTH FOR ONE IS YOUR FATHER, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN".

In Romans 8:15. "FOR YE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AGAIN TO FEAR: (The "infallibility" of the Romans holds men captive for fear of their souls and have done so for centuries). BUT YE HAVE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION (Through the High Priest, Christ) WHEREBY WE CRY ABBA, FATHER". This we do when we recite the Lord's Prayer and call upon "our Father which art in heaven".

As for a mere mortal man being holy, let us again see "who" the Holy Father is:- Isaiah 6:3. "AND ONE CRIED UNTO ANOTHER, (angels) AND SAID, HOLY HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS: (God) THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY". Because God made all that is in it!

Let us read John 17:11. "AND NOW I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD, (Jesus) BUT THESE ARE IN THE WORLD, AND I COME TO THEE. (Jesus ascended to heaven and left his disciples to the world) HOLY FATHER, KEEP THROUGH THINE "OWN NAME" THOSE WHOM THOU HAST GIVEN ME, (God's children) THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, AS WE ARE". Did you notice reader in that verse? That "The Holy Father" is part of God's name! Which same name finishes as the "Holy One" of Israel. The Roman Popes have set themselves up as God The Holy Father!

John continues the punishment for this error, John 17:12. "WHILE I WAS WITH THEM IN THE WORLD, I KEPT THEM IN THY NAME: THOSE THAT THOU GAVEST ME I HAVE KEPT, AND NONE OF THEM IS LOST, BUT THE SON OF PERDITION; THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED". The "son of perdition" is the entire ruin of those sons of men who call themselves the Holy Father and High Priest between God and man.

This "Papal infallibility" is indeed an "ABOMINATION" in the earth, because, that secular man is "not" a shepherd of our Heavenly Father's sheep, but has instead sent in wolves to scatter and worry the flock with lying words. They are running around in all directions in fear, placing upon the people (sheep) untold hardships of "dark sentences" for them to agonise over!

It is better in the day of judgement for Antiochus Epiphanes, who caused the slaughter of a swine on the altar in the temple at Jerusalem.- (Who scholars say verse 31 of Daniel 11 is speaking of). Than for corruptible man to set himself up on a throne representing God, dispensing fables to the searching spiritual man. What man does in his fleshly evil can be forgiven him, but what man does "knowingly" in his spirit will condemn him! Matthew 18:7. "WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OFFENCES! (Insults and wrongs). FOR IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT OFFENCES COME (because the flesh is weak) BUT WOE TO "THAT MAN WHOM THE OFFENCE COMETH"! (Or the great "offence of the Spirit" that has been placed and used deliberately).

These papal deliberate pretensions were foreseen throughout history and spoken of at times as the "Man of sin" or the "son of Perdition". Which was to be revealed and understood fully by man, in the last days, or the "end time" of secular history, which we, as secular histories last generations are in now!

Let us once more turn to the Scriptures for more verification of the "man of sin". 2 Thessalonians 2:3 -12.
Verse 3:- "LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU BY ANY MEANS: (Mankind is and has been, a great deceiver for secular ends in every consideration and whatever the circumstances.)- FOR THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME (Which is the return of Jesus and the great tribulation)- EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST, (Or people leaving off learning the ways of God for, other things)- AND THAT MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, THE SON OF PERDITION". (This "MAN OF SIN" is no guesswork on my part, because it is made known and taught as such, through the understanding of Scripture. Writers before me have tried to teach and explain this prophecy also).-
Verse 4:- "WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD. (The popes have shut out absolute truth for long held rituals, otherwise their position in the world would have fallen by now. Therefore, the Pope has exalted his own position further saying, that he cannot err in spiritual matters, thereby endorsing his position as Holy Father)- OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED; (Or man worships the pope whether he is fully aware of it or not. Man bows to his presence and in some cases prostrates himself. He kisses the Popes ring and is in awe of him, many feeling they go into the presence of God when they are received by him. The royal houses of men respect the Popes presence by donning black apparel, to their shame).- SO THAT HE AS GOD SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHEWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD". (Or this "so called Infallible man is supposed to be full of the Holy Spirit, absolving sins as God. Annulling or endorsing marriages and sovereign's powers as God. Changing laws, times and seasonal days as God, speaking the last words to the faithful as absolute from God. Proclaiming to the world that he is God's vicar on earth and in heaven sitting in the only true Church on earth. Who is the mother of all churches Saint Peter's Rome and standing in the heavenly place that he OUGHT NOT).
Verse 5:- "REMEMBER, YE NOT, THAT, WHEN I WAS YET WITH YOU, I TOLD YOU THESE THINGS". (These verses are written by Saint Paul who died in Rome -and as this Chapter tells he is warning the converted of his day, what to expect from Rome before the coming of our Lord, the second time).
Verse 6:- "AND NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH THAT HE MIGHT BE REVEALED IN HIS TIME". (Or at the time Saint Paul warned of the "MAN OF SIN". The full revealing of this man would be held back until the complete "consummation" of prophecy in secular history at the end time was reached and was ripe for destruction).
Verse 7:- "FOR THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY DOTH ALREADY WORK, (Or Saint Paul wrote these letters of Thessalonians around AD 54, and tried to help the converted at that time who were shaken in mind, because of other things that they had seen, heard and suffered from that Imperial Roman era). -ONLY HE WHO NOW LETTETH WILL LET, UNTIL HE BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY", (Or the thing that is hindering truth to these converts, will be "let" to run its full course to fulfil prophecy).
Verse 8:- "AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, (Or when this lineage of the pretensions of holiness, but in reality is sinful in principle and practise in its mischief, will be revealed in full to all God's children). WHOM THE LORD SHALL CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND SHALL DESTROY WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING". (Or the Lord's words are a burning fire of energy or force, because the words that He speaks must be adhered to. "He" is no longer a gentle babe in a manger, but a conquering person, whose words are Law, His presence is the splendour of Majesty! Because of "His" appearance at that time, the "Infallible Pope" will realise to the full, the "HOLY PLACE" in heaven where he said he was vicar, was completely beyond his carnal scope. (This reference cross checks with Revelation 6:16,17).

Continuing with 2Thessalonians Chapter 2,Verse 9.
Verse 9:- "EVEN HIM, WHOSE COMING (This "man of sin" came after Paul's day). IS AFTER THE WORKING OF SATAN WITH ALL POWER AND SIGNS AND LYING WONDERS". (Or this man is an earthly "adversary" from the principalities of men. He has been given the power to magnify himself to the heights of the throne of God, with nations at his feet. He's telling the people he is holy, his position in the earth is holy, his church is holy, his city is holy. Even the performing of miracles throughout history through icons, statues, holy relics, and the "selling" of indulgences for the granting of favours to a repentant sinner. Men and women of this church and its power have marvelled at visions of Mary and the Saints. They were overcome at the sight of weeping stone or wooden Madonnas, or our Lord crucified. Little children have beheld visions, where the sick and the troubled flocked to be healed. These "WONDERS" were wrong, for "this" does not teach truth, nor does it endorse truth!
Verse 10:- "AND WITH ALL DECEIVEABLENESS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEM THAT PERISH: BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED". (Or, to all lovers and worshippers of this "man of sin" in Rome and what he stands for. If all who serve this church, or the worshippers therein are satisfied to be deceived by it, turning away from righteousness and truth. Then, one will also stand on the brink of disaster, because the choice to worship the Papacy is of one's own free will)!
Verse 11:- "AND FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE": (Or, the greatest "LIE" is that the Pope is Infallible and HE is the Holy Father and Vicar of God. If the people who are subject to this church refuse to hear the truth of the whole matter and continue to cling to this ritualistic church with strong faith all is lost. Either through fear of their souls, or because one's ancestors have followed it, or it has become an habitual comfortable matter, all bringing "STRONG" DELUSION).
Verse 12:- "THAT THEY MIGHT BE DAMNED WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS". (Or if one can't be bothered through apathy of learning anew, or resentment at being wrong, in believing all that the Pope and Rome's church have told one for centuries, then indeed, one's comfortable pleasures of being secure in the niche one has made in that church, will forge only death forever more).

When the Scriptures write of the desolations of the "man of Sin" and his punishment, there is no half measures as to what will become of the men of this lineage, who through the centuries have manipulated the noble man, the unlearned, the contrite heart and the gullible of mankind into believing their lies.

There are many verses that explain bit by bit this whole picture of what the "ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION" stands for and what it means. Whose prophecy was begun in Daniel 11:21 (vile person), ending with Revelations 17/8 (the Beast Rome, of perdition).

The city of Rome itself, -which is the "Beast"- first started its desolate march towards that unenviable position, during its Roman Imperial days bringing with it the shadow of things to come, in its "desolation".

The Roman legions marched into the province of Britain and fought the Celtic tribes therein, in order to completely subdue the remaining people, those they did not kill they used as slaves, or took as slaves to the markets,and arenas of Rome and Europe. The army burned their huts and villages, fired all vegetation standing and salted the earth so nothing would grow. When the Romans invaded in AD 43, the Celts were moved from their traditional hilltop habitations into the valleys. The old life was over and a new order prevailed!

Hence that "picture statement" by a Roman historian, "they made a DESOLATION and called it peace".

The Roman Papacy has devastated man's reasoning and soul in like manner as the Legions did, only their "peace" is called Christianity! Which Daniel explains. Daniel 8:25- "AND THROUGH HIS POLICY (papacy), ALSO HE SHALL CAUSE CRAFT TO PROSPER IN HIS HAND; AND HE SHALL MAGNIFY HIMSELF IN HIS HEART ("Infallible" Vicar of God) AND BY PEACE SHALL DESTROY MANY: (Christianity, Roman style). HE SHALL ALSO STAND UP AGAINST THE PRINCE OF PRINCES (The Prince Jesus's position as "Mediator", Prince of heaven taken by the Pope -the "sacrifice" changed- Daniel 11:31) BUT HE SHALL BE BROKEN WITHOUT HAND". (The powers of men will not destroy the Papacy, but God will. Rev. 19:20). Scripture tells us again and again, the "sum total" of the errors in man's reasoning powers. It records Jesus as the Mediator and High Priest and not Some Roman man who calls himself the Holy Father. - Hebrews 12:24 , 8:6. "BUT NOW HATH HE (Jesus) OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, BY HOW MUCH ALSO HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED UPON BETTER PROMISES". Again in 1 Timothy 2:5. "FOR THERE IS ONE GOD, AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS".

It is as I said earlier on in this Chapter reader, the "ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION" of this earth has "usurped" all these offices, profaning the Laws of the deep workings of the Scriptures of truth, because in showing you reader the correct translation in Daniel 11:31, you can see for yourself that the very crux of Christendom is at stake! The depth and denial of Jesus' position in heaven and earth is at stake! The very Sacred name of the Holy Father, God Almighty, The Most Holy One of Israel, is called into question.

-Anti Christ.- 1 John 2: 18-24
verse 22:- "WHO IS A LIAR BUT HE THAT DENIETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST? (The "Christ" means the "anointed One", who "Mediates" and is an "Intercessor" between God and man, for the purpose of reconciliation.) HE IS ANTICHRIST, (The Papacy says "He" is the mediator and intercessor between God and man, therefore, his words are "against" (anti) Christ. The Papacy is a powerful adversary "against" Christ and Christianity)- THAT DENIETH THE FATHER AND THE SON". (The Papacy prays to God, yet! Denies God His position as Holy Father. The Papacy Denies the Son's place as "Mediator" yet! "Uses" Him also. The Papacy "negates" man's feelings towards God because mankind bows to the Pope in a godly fashion. When the Pope blesses mankind from the balcony of his palace, man is moved to tears and emotion, well satisfied in those feelings of the "presence" of God on earth in the person of the Pope. This is "POLLUTION" of the sanctuary as Daniel 11/31 foretells)- To those nations forged out of British stock must be very careful, what words from the heart are uttered in their various churches. One's vanity of feeling "right" always have separated you from God, causing iniquities to flourish.

Isaiah the prophet pleaded for truth from this nation of peoples. Isaiah 59/4-12-14. Verse 4:- "NONE CALLETH FOR JUSTICE, NOR ANY PLEADETH FOR TRUTH: THEY TRUST IN VANITY, AND SPEAK LIES: THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF, AND BRING FORTH INIQUITY".

Verse 12:- "FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS ARE MULTIPLIED BEFORE THEE, AND OUR SINS TESTIFY AGAINST US: FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS ARE WITH US: AND AS FOR OUR INIQUITIES, WE KNOW THEM";
Verse 14:- "AND JUDGEMENT IS TURNED AWAY BACKWARD, AND JUSTICE STANDETH AFAR OFF: FOR TRUTH IS FALLEN IN THE STREET, AND EQUITY CANNOT ENTER".

Putting all these things together throughout this chapter on biblical and secular history, one must conclude with a few items and facts, which have come forth out of the mouths of Roman authoritative writers and other persons. Which statements condemn themselves when superimposing "Papal infallibility" upon the throne of God. For example:- The Papacy is said to be a union of Church and state, it is a political as well as a religious institution and its Chief function of its political role is to enforce its religious authority over nations. This explanation of Rome's role is another way of having a foot in 2 camps, -man's and God's,- which is not condoned by the Scriptures! Religious authority is "not" forced upon man at all, it is written, that the "called" person is led by God up to those still waters to drink, then it's up to man's free will if he drinks of that water.

Down through the ages of mankind, Rome has never wavered in employing its double standards of political- religious authority to enforce nations. When one reads of the history of the Middle Ages alone, one is repulsed by the cruelties of religion upon man, which is a far cry from the "gentle Jesus meek and mild", we were taught from Childhood by religious teachers.

This Roman church (and others) have used extensive persuasion, torture of mind and body, exterminating so called heretics, or have silenced those who would not submit, or recant, with excommunication or death.

The use of nations for these church political ends is even true today to some extent. Pope Pious IX -as I said earlier on,- fulfilled all these persuasive moves upon men's hearts and minds during his reign on that throne. The French army doing his bidding in killing his own Roman people for peculiar motives.

Many of the Roman Catholic teachings, the Church freely admits, cannot be confirmed from the Bible. It acknowledges one must allow the teachings to rest fully with the Church, or the hierarchy, which "is" the Church. It also says, that because the devout Roman hierarchy, -including the Pope- are sincere in their beliefs, they are not answerable to God for any errors in their observance to their religion. -This explanation for errors is a nonsense attempt at clearing the conscience!-

The lowly people who worship at the Pope's ring, are perhaps not answerable in errors of devoutness for they are led like sheep. But the man holding that ring and those in authority who press its claim, "are" answerable to God! Which biblical Scripture time and time again forcefully proclaims. We have read the example of "this" in prophecy spoken of Pope Pious IX, in Daniel 11:31. Who is called to question by prophecy for that "Infallible claim"!

Our precious Lord Jesus, -whom Rome supposedly represents- and His denouncing of scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23, has forcefully proclaimed to all priests of all ages, of all persuasions, what will befall them for being hypocrites before men and God. Matthew 23:27. "WOE UNTO YOU SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE ARE LIKE UNTO WHITED SEPULCHRES, (Or appearing as beautiful white angelic headstones of graveyards, pleasant to look upon, but hiding a multitude of decay). WHICH INDEED APPEAR BEAUTIFUL OUTWARD, BUT ARE WITHIN FULL OF DEAD MEN'S BONES, AND OF ALL UNCLEANNESS".
Verse 28:- "EVEN SO YE ALSO OUTWARDLY APPEAR RIGHTEOUS UNTO MEN, BUT WITHIN YE ARE FULL OF HYPOCRISY AND INIQUITY". I am continuing much further here, with writings on the Roman Church, than I had anticipated, because I have been given an interesting little book called, "Beyond Tomorrow" written by Raymond Cottrell, in which he describes in rich words the "Infallibility of the Papacy" to perfection, upon which I could never hope to improve. In some of his statements he and I have used almost identical words, so I shall not repeat those sentences.

His grasp of the subject prophecy of Daniel 11:31 is worth repeating word for word. "USURPING THE DIGNITY AND PREROGATIVES OF GOD. -HAS THE PAPACY INDEED SPOKEN "ASTONISHING THINGS" AGAINST GOD AS DANIEL PREDICTED? THE OFFICIAL LITERATURE OF THE CHURCH OF ROME IS REPLETE WITH EXHIBITS OF PAPAL CLAIMS THAT WOULD BE BLASPHEMOUS EVEN FOR ANGELS TO MAKE. THE FOLLOWING TYPICAL EXAMPLES BY A DOCTOR OF CANON LAW AND A CONSULTANT AT THE HOLY OFFICE OF ROME, ARE FROM A LARGE ENCYCLOPAEDIC WORK CALLED, PROMPTA BIBLIOTHECA. "THE POPE IS OF SO GREAT DIGNITY AND SO EXALTED THAT HE IS NOT A MERE MAN, BUT AS IF WERE GOD, AND THE VICAR OF GOD.

THE POPE IS CROWNED WITH A TRIPLE CROWN AS KING OF HEAVEN AND OF EARTH AND OF THE LOWER REGIONS. MOREOVER THE SUPERIORITY AND THE POWER OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF BY NO MEANS PERTAIN ONLY TO HEAVENLY THINGS, TO EARTHLY THINGS, AND TO THINGS UNDER THE EARTH, BUT ARE EVEN OVER ANGELS, THAN WHOM HE IS GREATER. SO THAT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE THAT THE ANGELS MIGHT ERR IN THE FAITH, OR "MIGHT THINK" CONTRARY TO THE FAITH, THEY COULD BE JUDGED AND EXCOMMUNICATED BY THE POPE. FOR HE IS OF SO GREAT DIGNITY AND POWER THAT HE FORMS ONE AND THE SAME TRIBUNAL WITH CHRIST":

"THE POPE IS AS IT WERE GOD ON EARTH, SOLE SOVEREIGN OF THE FAITHFUL OF CHRIST, CHIEF OF KINGS, HAVING PLENITUDE OF POWER, TO WHOM HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED BY THE OMNIPOTENT GOD, DIRECTION NOT ONLY OF THE EARTHLY BUT ALSO OF THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM". - "THE POPE IS OF SO 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 BINDING AND LOOSING HIS SHEEP".

"WHATEVER THE LORD GOD HIMSELF, AND THE REDEEMER, IS SAID TO DO, THAT HIS VICAR DOES, PROVIDED THAT HE DOES NOTHING CONTRARY TO THE FAITH".

ADDRESSING THE POPE AT THE FIFTH LATERAN COUNCIL, ARCHBISHOP CHRISTOPHER MARCELLUS DECLARED. "THOU ARE THE SHEPHERD, THOU ART THE PHYSICIAN, THOU ART THE DIRECTOR, THOU ART THE HUSBANDMAN; FINALLY, THOU ARE ANOTHER GOD ON EARTH".

AUGUSTINUS TRIUMPHUS, A NOTABLE CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN, WROTE, "THE POPE ALONE IS SAID TO BE THE VICAR OF GOD; WHEREFORE ONLY WHAT IS BOUND OR LOOSED BY HIM IS HELD TO BE BOUND AND LOOSED BY GOD HIMSELF. THEREFORE THE DECISION OF THE POPE AND THE DECISION OF GOD CONSTITUTE ONE DECISION, JUST AS THE OPINION OF THE POPE AND HIS ASSISTANT ARE THE SAME".

POPE LEO XIII DECLARED, "THE SUPREME TEACHER IN THE CHURCH IS THE ROMAN PONTIFF. UNION OF MINDS, THEREFORE, REQUIRES, TOGETHER WITH PERFECT ACCORD IN THE ONE FAITH, COMPLETE SUBMISSION AND OBEDIENCE OF WILL TO THE CHURCH AND TO THE ROMAN PONTIFF, AS TO GOD HIMSELF". AND AGAIN, "WE (THE POPES) HOLD UPON THIS EARTH THE PLACE OF GOD ALMIGHTY".

The author Raymond Cottrell concludes with the words,- "THE POPE'S CLAIM TO ABSOLUTE JURISDICTION OVER ALL CHRISTENDOM, TO ABSOLUTE INFALLIBILITY WHEN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH, HE DEFINES DOCTRINE AND MORALS, AND TO THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHO SHALL BE SAVED AND WHO SHALL BE CONSIGNED TO HELLFIRE ARE OTHER PREROGATIVES THAT BELONG TO GOD ALONE. COULD ANY CLAIMS A MERE MAN MIGHT MAKE BE MORE "ASTONISHING", TO USE DANIEL'S WORD FOR IT? FOR THAT MATTER WHAT MORE COULD MAN CLAIM? WHEN CHRIST DECLARED HIMSELF, TO BE THE SON OF GOD, THE JEWISH LEADERS ACCUSED HIM OF BLASPHEMY AND PROCEEDED TO STONE HIM BECAUSE, BEING ONLY A MAN, AS THEY PRETENDED TO BELIEVE, HE HAD MADE HIMSELF OUT TO BE GOD. ANOTHER TIME THEY SOUGHT TO KILL HIM, SAYING, "HE" CALLED GOD HIS FATHER, MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL TO "GOD".

WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD THUS, IN EFFECT ABDICATE HIS DIVINE PREROGATIVES TO MEN WHOM HISTORY HAS AGAIN AND AGAIN DEMONSTRATED TO BE ERRING MORTALS LIKE THE REST OF US? WHAT ATTITUDE WOULD WE TAKE TOWARD A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR INSTANCE, WHO DELEGATED HIS OFFICE TO SOMEONE WHO HAD NO LEGAL RIGHT TO IT AND WHO PROCEEDED TO ACT AS A DESPOT? OR, WHAT WOULD WE THINK OF A PERSON WHO USURPED THE OFFICIAL PREROGATIVES AND FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT, AND SET OUT TO ENFORCE CLAIMS ON PAIN OF DEATH? IF HELD MENTALLY RESPONSIBLE, SUCH A PERSON WOULD BE DECLARED GUILTY OF HIGH TREASON. BY ITS OWN TESTIMONY THE PAPACY HAS QUALIFIED FULLY FOR THE ROLE ASSIGNED IT BY DANIEL, PAUL, AND JOHN. NO OTHER PERSON OR POWER IN ALL HISTORY EVEN REMOTELY MEASURES UP TO THE PROPHETIC SPECIFICATIONS".

The author of this book "Beyond Tomorrow", by Raymond Cottrell, goes on and on, explaining the Papacy more fully in its pages and he has the courage to say in words what many so called Christian sects think, but haven't the courage to proclaim these days. -Unlike other, so called biblical translators of Daniel 11:31, who give this verse to Antiochus Epiphanes, Raymond Cottrell has got it right, in this implication of Roman Infallible claims to heavenly powers, which has been taught to millions of people! 

If the result wasn't so serious, my personal reaction to these statements by the papacy, -such as they could judge and excommunicate angels,- would be one of laughter, because it's such a childish statement. Let alone their claims of ruling in heaven, earth and the lower regions under the earth. It is childish because, these men seem unable to grasp mentally exactly what they are trying to chain themselves to! Can perishable man hold the sun in his hands? Or even get close enough to do so? Can man stand in an erupting volcano and not die? Can he go inside a simple living cell and make it give birth to a multitude of species?

Let our Heavenly Father's own words from the Bible tell man what awesome powers of energy we are talking about here, which "Energy" made the clay that the corruptible bodies of the men of the Papacy are made of.

Angels are entities that are great forces of energy, which are not subject to the laws of matter on the earth.

Hebrews 1:7. "AND OF ANGELS HE SAITH, WHO MAKETH HIS ANGELS , SPIRITS, (Or supernatural beings- a "spark" of which is within the "immaterial" part of mankind and an immense part within the universe. Angelic spirits can slip inside a person at will, because they are not held in the same time and space that we are, having never to answer to no man, except the "outer space" Laws of God and His spoken words),- AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE". (Or a minister is a high being who acts under the direction of his Lord. The angelic ministers act as high officials who have been entrusted by their sovereign Lord to direct his affairs and do not deviate from it! We have read of some of these "ministers" in Daniel's Chapters, who are called Michael and Gabriel their lives continue from century to century, without beginning or end. The "Flame of fire" -or pure energy,- they are composed of, is a great light which is emitted and has, leaped from another great blaze of energy, called God).

So, it's sheer stupidity for a mere mortal man to say he can excommunicate Pure Energy, this power can't be killed off, as we know it, only re-formed. These "beings of energy" called angels, are God's messengers who work according to the words of special laws spoken by God's mouth, man cannot intervene in this state at all! Remember the story in Daniel Chapter 3, during Nebuchadnezzar's reign, when this mortal man had made a fiery furnace unto which Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, (3 Jewish prisoners) were cast and that fire being so hot it killed the other men who had put them into it.
Verse 25- "HE"(Nebuchadnezzar) ANSWERED AND SAID, LO I SEE FOUR MEN LOOSE, WALKING IN THE MIDST OF THE FIRE, AND THEY HAVE NO HURT; AND THE FORM OF THE FOURTH IS LIKE THE SON OF GOD". (Which angels are also). This is not just a fairy story it's actually showing one what great forces there are "outside" the laws of corruptible man.

In Exodus 33:18-23, the great man Moses asked to see the glory of God. The reply to Moses was Verse 20:- "AND HE SAID, THOU CANST NOT SEE MY FACE; FOR THERE SHALL NO MAN SEE ME AND LIVE". Here, we have this great "Glory of Energy" called God, telling corruptible man exactly what the implications of Moses's words meant, death! God then placed Moses in the cleft of a rock and covered him with his hand until He passed by. The consequence of that scene is in verse 30 of the same chapter. "AND WHEN AARON AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAW MOSES, BEHOLD, THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE: AND THEY WERE AFRAID TO COME NIGH HIM".

The Book of Hebrews Chapter 2 tells that man is made "lower" than angels and because Jesus took upon himself, our flesh, from the lineage of Judah/Abraham, He also was made "lower" than angels. Men do not become "higher" than angels until they achieve complete immortality after death and the promised resurrection and further reward. How then can mere mortal men, called Popes, be high enough to Lord it over angels, when they are still in their sinful flesh?

If the Papacy is also in control of things "under the earth" what "things" are we talking about? Do they mean "hell"? Which word only means the grave or pit in which men are lowered when the body dies. Or are they talking about a "being" called the devil and his demons, torturing people in hell fire, or limbo? Which is a Roman fable anyway!

If we are talking collectively about the many levels of death and what men conjecture at supposedly happens after death, how can the papacy control a system they can only guess at when alive? Unless of course they "really" studied our Heavenly Father's "hidden" words on that all persuasive subject?

If the Papacy had studied death from God's words, then again, we are talking about "hidden forces", which no corruptible man can control, because he eventually becomes part of that "hidden force".

Death of men and what becomes of him after it, is a very large subject. Many other Christians, apart from the Roman Catholics, also have a warped idea about this subject. Genesis 3:19 puts us firstly into that deadly picture and what we are made of. "IN THE SWEAT OF THY FACE SHALT THOU EAT BREAD, TILL THOU RETURN UNTO THE GROUND; FOR OUT OF IT WAST THOU TAKEN; FOR DUST (fine earth or clay) THOU ART, AND UNTO DUST SHALT THOU RETURN". The carcass of man goes into the grave (the pit of hell) and disintegrates because it belongs to the earth, as stated. But, where has his "breathe of life" and his spirit gone? Because "that" was given by God in the first place.-

Some Christians say, the spirit is one's soul and it goes to heaven when we die? The soul "is" the spirit but it does "not" go to heaven that is wrong! Other Christians say the word "soul" just means the body of the man himself, it just goes into the grave at death and that's all.- (Until the resurrection)- that first part is wrong?

Genesis 2:7 splits up the clay person into parts, for our understanding. "AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN (the carcass) OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND, (fine earth, or clay) AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATHE OF LIFE; (Or the spirit of vapour with lungs in respiration, in other words this force of energy has started his electrical system that makes him work), AND MAN (the carcass) BECAME A LIVING (Or showing action with that force of energy) SOUL", (Or this is the spiritual and vital principle "in" man, or the elevation of his mind to higher things "inside" him. Setting this body in motion also gave life to the "inner man". The 2 parts of one person.

(1) The dead carcass is called man.

(2) He also became a small living spirit. These are the 2 halves of that dusty being, according to the "duality" path that runs through the Law.

Most patterns of God's laws are fulfilled in a "dual role". If this were not so, fleshly Christians cannot call themselves "spiritual Israel", because the real earthly carcass of the original 12 tribes of Israel is dead and gone. So, if they have no spirit within them, -called a soul,- why mention it as spiritual?

(See, 1 Corinthians 15:44). Man has 2 parts to his being and it is not the flesh, which God calls, but it is to his Spirit, or Soul, which hears that call! So, now we ask the question where has the "spirit" of that carcass gone to, when men die? That, is the 64,000-dollar question? Which answer I have gone into in another Chapter.

Bear in mind reader at this point of time, the Bible tells us man dies, man sleeps in the earth, man can be "translated" as (Enoch) was. -Man's "spirit" came up out of the grave and speaks such as Samuel to the Witch of Endor. -The Transfiguration with Jesus, Moses and Elijah happened hundreds of years after the death of the body of these men. -Man is taken to heaven in a chariot such as Elijah. -Man has a ghostly appearance. -Man looks upon Paradise at death, such as Stephen. -Demons from the dead can possess man.

These various spoken words about death are part of the "hidden forces" around life itself. Or from other dimensions many are unable to fathom and indeed need not, for "life" is a big enough battle to wage on its own! Though these things always hold a macabre fascination for us all.

These "forces" then are not necessarily "under the earth" where the papacy wants to rule also!

The papacy's claim to its ruling problems is brought about by taking upon themselves the "captive" Saint Peter's blessing, given to him by Jesus. (Matthew. 16:16-20), which is the "loosing and binding of things in heaven and earth". Poor Peter's spirit was given a terrible burden to carry in death, which spirit has been worn out by them. It has howled ever since, down through the centuries in the corridors of our Heavenly Father's House. (John 21:18-19).

Many Protestants use wishy-washy explanations in their reticence towards Roman claims, by saying; "it is unchristian to say things about the papacy because they too are Christians". -our Heavenly Father, The Lord God Almighty, would say in answer to "that", you are hypocrites and lukewarm towards "Him"! Otherwise, you would stand and be counted either to be hot or cold towards this carnal man, the Pope, who stands where he "OUGHT NOT" in the Holy Place, as Jesus says.

our Heavenly Father has already told you so-called Christians how you should think and act, as the Spirit moves towards the Churches. Revelation 3:15,16. "I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU ART NEITHER COLD NOR HOT: I WOULD THAT THOU WERE COLD OR HOT".
Verse 16:- "SO THEN BECAUSE THOU ARE LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPUE THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH".

It's not unchristian to be hotly against the papacy, because they are only men who have usurped their position in the earth, dressed in the shepherd's clothes and have "used" God for their own ends down through the centuries. They die as we all die under the burden of the sins of the flesh, none of us are holy! Our Heavenly Father the Lord God always has the last word on this subject and it's called death!

It is however to be unchristian to my Lord Jesus whom one supposedly follows, to allow the Papacy to say it is "Infallible" and "Mediates" between God and man, then allow the Papacy further to utter much blasphemy and get away with it! Many millions of people are pretending it doesn't really matter, as long as man is under the umbrella of peace with each other. All of us under the guise of Mealy- mouthed Christians united together in hypocritical harmony! Holy Scripture says, "we are all lukewarm who think this way"!

How many of you, -who are biblical students- have read the story of King Ahab of Israel, Jezebel and Elijah? When the "House of the Northern Kingdom of Israel" was enmeshed in idolatry of a false religion and against the setting of laws and guidelines God ordained Israel should follow. The "House of Israel" worshipped Baal with hundreds of strange priests, who taught strange fables amongst the people, who followed them like sheep through lying wonders. Jezebel, who ruled over Ahab and his people, led them away from God, making them all sin against the Most High. She was an idolatress and that symbol of that queen is with us today, She sits upon the 7 hills of Rome, calling herself the mother Church. The "House of Israel" within British stock in the world, are still following Jezebel like sheep!

Biblical students read the story of Ahab and Jezebel and marvel as to "why" Israel could allow this to happen and question, "Surely Israel must have seen" through this religion as wrong"? Yet! Here today in the 20th century Mankind is doing exactly the same thing and within Israel in the Gentiles are still worshipping in the courtyard of harlots!

Some of the leading theologians today are pretending to be so holy, using soft words of Christian peaceful ecumenical union with each other. Many of the "called" children are apathetic when it comes to searching for the truth, through our Heavenly Father's words in the Bible!

There is hardly a family in Christendom that hasn't been touched by Roman Catholicism, through an immediate member of that family or a distant one. This "Infallibility of the Papacy" brought about by Pope Pious IX prophesied in Daniel 11:31, has been argued over, fought over, and has frustrated many, yet! It is accepted as part and parcel of life and Christianity today. I have read and researched many various books of religion's opinions on this matter and it seems biblical students of many denominations as a whole, are fully aware of papal pretensions and don't like it at all, but, they side step the issue, because it's a hot potato.

-The recent heads of the Church of England - Archbishop of Canterbury - are lovers of Rome it seems, this Archbishop has nothing of consequence to say to the "House of Israel" within Britain, because ritual is his forte also! Churches seem unable or cannot come to terms with the fact that the papacy is Anti-Christ and Anti-God, because the papacy they say -acknowledges and teaches about Jesus and God and have done so for centuries. Whereas, some of these other denominations have been around for only 200 years, more-or-less. Many of these denominations today go to great lengths, especially on TV or in magazines etc; to prove "they" alone are the true church of God and His Christ! So, where is the true church and what shall we say of the papacy after so long a time?

So, many questions always remain "how can they all be right? This questioning and quarrelling amongst denominations make the papacy and its church feel more secure in itself and to its adherents, because they can point to many centuries of lineage in their Church and can call itself the "mother of all churches". It indeed sits a smug queen, thumbing its nose at these other new Denominations, rejoicing in her Roman heart at her own longevity through centuries of history! The ordinary Roman Catholics must come to terms with these facts and not blind themselves to real biblical fact. That the only "Holy Father" in the entire universe is only my God and your God and He is in heaven! -The Lord God Almighty, The Most Holy One of Israel are His Holy Names.-

Our only Holy priest between God and man, is Jesus, the Christ, there is no need of another! Our temple in which to worship is in heaven this day and it will descend to the earth when our Lord and Master returns in triumph! What need has man of earthly temples when man can achieve that kingdom of God from "within" themselves! Please think on these things more now than you have ever done before, because "time" for us all is fast running out.

Revelation 18:4, tells one what the answer is to this Roman question. "AND I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, THAT YE BE NOT PARTAKERS OF HER SINS, AND THAT YE RECEIVE NOT OF HER PLAGUES".

All people who think in terms of vengeance against Rome for its iniquities are wrong, think on the verse in Deuteronomy 32:35. "TO ME (God) BELONGETH VENGEANCE, AND RECOMPENSE, THEIR FOOT SHALL SLIDE IN DUE TIME; FOR THE DAY OF THEIR CALAMITY IS AT HAND, AND THE THINGS THAT SHALL COME UPON THEM MAKE HASTE".

So, God's chosen children must wait for all historical prophecies and all laws to be fulfilled and the time for Christ's kingdom, then, all men's machinations will change! -John 18:36; "JESUS ANSWERED, MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD; (Or the ages of men, when the dominance of ruling have been given into their hands) IF MY KINGDOM WERE OF THIS WORLD, THEN WOULD MY SERVANTS (Or those in obedience to the Master of angels and of men) FIGHT, THAT I SHOULD NOT BE DELIVERED TO THE JEWS; BUT NOW IS MY KINGDOM NOT FORM HENCE. (Or this place or time in history)". -That "Kingdom" is fast approaching thank God!