Did you read the study from yesterday? If not, you really need to go back and read it so that this study makes sense.
We've been talking about the WHOLE DUTY OF MAN according to God. That WHOLE DUTY is to -
'FEAR GOD and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS'.
God's words, NOT MINE!
Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Why are we so concerned with knowing what our duty is? Because EVERYTHING we do will be brought into judgment, every secret thing good or evil. If we know it is our duty to FEAR GOD and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS then we have a direction given to us by God. We can't tell God we had no clue what He expected of us. Our God is FAIR, our God is JUST, and when the world ends as we know it- all will agree this is truth!
Ecc 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
The truth of this message isn't a simple one because Satan has been able to use his great deceptive powers and has the majority of the world believing in commandments that are HIS and NOT GOD'S, though everyone thinks they are from God.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
We are told NOT to be deceived, to let NO man deceive us.
We are told this…
Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mar_13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you
Deception is such a vile thing and MANY will be deceive their eternal lives LOST because they were deceived. It might seem that only the deceptive one should be punished, but when it comes to God's truth- all are able to know it and NOT be deceived. People ARE deceived because they allow themselves to be deceived.
They love evil -
Psa_52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness.
Joh_3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Choosing darkness, choosing deception, and in the end choosing eternal death.
Because we choose TRUTH we must search it out.
The laws of God have been changed and yesterday we did a lot of studying to prove who dared to change the law. At the end of that section of study we found this--
'The decree of the emperor, Justinian, issued in A.D. 533, recognized the pope. as
the "head of all the holy churches." (Code of Justinian, book 1, title 1, section 4.). The
overwhelming defeat of the Ostrogoths in the siege of Rome, five years later (A.D. 538),
was a death blow to the third of the three horns that were uprooted. With the year 538,
then, begins the 1260 years of this prophecy of Papal control, which would ex. tend to the
year 1798. In that year the Reign of Terror occurred in the French Revolution and the
Roman Catholic religion was set aside in France, and the French army, under Berthier,
entered Rome and took the pope prisoner. He died in exile at Valence, France, the
following year. The long prophetic time span of papal rule was ended. The "deadly wound"
of Revelation 13:3 was inflicted—a wound which prophecy says is to be healed.'
The Papacy fit every prophetic puzzle piece given. It truth! Today we're going to continue with this study. Again, please READ everything, several times if you need to and do NOT forget to PRAY and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to all truth!
'THE 1260 DAY PROPHECY
A.D. 538 .------A.D. 1798
THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL
"Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of
the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another . . "And behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and It had
great Iron teeth . . and it had ten horns.
"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little
horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold,
in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
"I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So
he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. Then I would know the
truth of the fourth beast. . And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which
came up, and before whom three fell; and of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that
spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
"I beheld, and the same horn made war With the saints, and prevailed against
them. .
"And he shall speak great words against the most High, .and shall wear out the
saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.."—Daniel 7:2-3, 7-8, 16, 19-21, 25.
THE PROPHECY OF REVELATION
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea . .
And I saw one of his heads as It were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was
healed: and all the world wondered after the beast . . And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months."—Revelation 13:1, 3, 5.
The Bible predicted that the terrible little horn power of Daniel 7 and 8 was to rule
the world for 1260 years. It has been well-known for centuries that this little horn of Daniel
7 and the first beast of Revelation 13 symbolize the papacy. Also called the "man of sin" (2
Thessalonians 2: 3-4), and the "antichrlst" (1 John 4:3), the papacy was definitely
prophesied to have this ruling power for 1260 years. When did this predicted time span
begin and when did it end? The next page will give you this information.
THE AMAZING 1260 DAY PROPHECY
Here is the amazing prophecy of the 1260 days; also called the "time, times, and
dividing of time," and the "forty-two months."
A day stands for a year in Bible prophecy (Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6). A "time" in
prophecy is the same as a year (Daniel 11:13, margin and Revised Version). This
time-span prophecy is first mentioned in Daniel 7:25, where we are told that it is the length
of time that the terrible "little horn" power was to bear rule and destroy God's people.
During that time it would also try to change God's Law: "And he, [the little horn] shall speak
great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand for a time and times
and a dividing of time." Daniel 7:25.
This, in Hebrew, equals "a time, 2 times and half a time." Using the ancient
reckoning of 360 days to a year: 360 + 720 + 180 = 1260. And since a day is equivalent to
a year in Bible prophecy, this little horn power would rule for 1260 years. In Revelation12:6
we are told that the persecution would continue for "a thousand two hundred and
threescore days", which is 1260 prophetic days, or years. (Also note Revelation 11:3).
The God of heaven gave this important prophecy in yet a third way: The little horn
of Daniel 7 and 8 is the same as the first beast of Revelation 13: "And there was given unto
him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months. "—Revelation 13:5. (Compare Revelation 11:2.) Forty-two
months equals 1260 days. And Revelation also calls this time, times, and times, and half a
time" (Revelation 12:14 ,—just as Daniel does.
When did the little horn, symbolizing the papaya, have this rule? The decree of the
emperor, Justinian, in A.D. 533, recognized the pope as the "head of all the holy churches"
(Code of Justinian, Book 1, title 1, section 4). The overwhelming defeat of the Ostragoths
in the siege of Rome, just five years later (A.D. 538) was a death blow to the third of the
three horns that were uprooted (see Daniel 7:8).
With the year 538, then, begins the 1260 years of this prophecy of papal
domination, which would extend to 1798. In that year as the Reign of Terror continued in
the French Revolution and the Roman Catholic religion was set aside in France, the
French army, under Berthier, entered Rome and took the pope prisoner. The date:
February 10,1798. The imprisoned pope died in exile the following year in Valence,
France. A great cry was heard, "Catholicism is dead." The papacy had received the
"deadIy wound" of Revelation 13:3. But we are told that the wound is to be healed, and
that the time is coming when all the world will "wonder after the beast" (Revelation 13:3).
Only Papal Rome answers to the description of Daniel Seven. This chapter unveils
before us the Great Babylon of Revelation 12.17, and reveals the work it was to do in
tearing out part of God's holy Law and in hunting to the death His people.
"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws. And they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. " Daniel 7:25.
Consider the following:
(1) The papal power occupies a unique place in the world—for it not only is a
religion but a kingdom as well. At the present time representatives and ambassadors from
more than forty major nations of the world come to counsel with its head of state, the pope.
Among these are representatives from the United States.
(2) The papacy came out of the Roman Empire, just as the little horn came out of
the fourth beast (Dan 7:7-8, 19-20, 23-25). It still has its headquarters in the same capital
of the ancient Roman Empire—Rome by the banks of the Tiber, in what is today called
Italy.."Long ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the Western emperors was
left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and
protection, and asked him to rule them; and thus commenced the temporal sovereignty of
the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the
scepter to ' which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so
many ages."—American Catholic Quarterly Review, April,. 1911.
"Out of the ruins of political Rome, arose the great moral Empire in the 'giant form'
of the Roman Church"—A.C. Flick, The Rise of the Mediaeval Church, 1909, p. 150.
"Under the Roman Empire the popes had no temporal powers. But when the
Roman Empire had disintegrated and its place had been taken by a number of rude,
barbarous kingdoms, the Roman Catholic church not only became independent of the
states in religious affairs, but dominated secular affairs as well.
At times, under such rulers as Charlemagne (768-814), Otto the Great (936-973),
and Henry III (1039-1056), the civil power controlled the church to some extent; but in
general, under the weak political system of feudalism, the well-organized, unified, and
centralized church, with the pope at its head, was not only independent in ecclesiastical
affairs but also controlled civil affairs." —Carl Conrad Eckhardt, The Papacy and
World-Affairs, The University of Chicago Press, 1937, p.1,
(3) It, was given its religious power over the nations at exactly the time predicted.
The last of the ten divisions was formed in A.D. 476, and three of them, the Heruli in 493,
the Vandals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 538, were destroyed at the instigation of the
papacy because they held divergent religious views. The last of these was wiped out just
five years after emperor, Justinian, by decree proclaimed the pope to be the visible head
over all churches everywhere.
The recognition of; the Roman See as the highest ecclesiastical authority
remained the Cornerstone of his [Justinian's] policy in relation to the west."—G. Kruger,
"Justinian I, Emperor of the East, "in The New Shaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge, Vol. 6, p. 286.
"Down to the sixth century all popes are declared saints in the martyrologies.
Vigilius (537-555) is the first of a series of popes who no longer bear this title, which is
henceforth sparingly conferred. From this time on the popes, more and more involved in
worldly affairs, no longer belong solely to the Church;—they are men of the state, and then
rulers of the state."—Charles Bemont and G. Monod, Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270,
pp.120-121 [It is widely recognized that Vigilius' reign began in 538, the year that so much
power was given to the papacy by Justinian. His predecessor, Pope Silverius, did not die
until June, 538].
The Constitution of Justinian (chapters 1 and 2 in his Civil Law) decreed that the
pope of Rome was henceforth to be legally recognized as the first pontiff of all world
churches.
(4) The 1260 year rule of the papacy continued exactly in accordance with the time
prophecy. From A.D. 638, when the sword of Belisarius elevated Pope Vigilius as
universal pontiff, to the time when the sword of Berthier thrust Pope Pius VI from office, in
1798, was exactly 1260 years.
"When in 1797, Pope Pius VI fell grievously ill, Napoleon gave orders that in the
event of his death no successor should be elected to his office, and the Papacy should be
discontinued. But the Pope recovered. The peace was soon broken: Berthier entered
Rome on the tenth of February, 1798, and proclaimed [Rome to be] a republic. The aged
Pontiff refused to violate his oath by recognizing it, and was hurried from prison to prison in
France. Broken with fatigue and sorrows, he died on the seventeenth of August, 1799, in
the French fortress of Valence, aged 82 years. No wonder half of Europe thought
Napoleon's veto would be obeyed, and that with the Pope, the Papacy was
dead."—Joseph Rickaby, The Modem Papacy, p.l. .
(5) The papacy is a religious power, and the man at its head that is both the center
and the key to the whole organization—is the pope. Without him there would be no
papacy. It is the religion of a "man. "
(6) "And upon his heads the name of blasphemy." Revelation 13:1. He will speak
"great things" (DanieI7:8), "very great things" (Daniel 7:20). "great words against the most
High" (DanieI7:25},and "great things and words of blasphemes (Revelation 13:5). "And he
opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name." Revelation 13:6.
"'Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so
that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." 2
Thessalonians 2:4.
"All the names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is
established that he is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope."—
Robert Bellarmine, On the Authority of the Councils, chapter 17, 1628 ed., vol. 1, p. 266
"We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty." —Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical
Letter of June 20, 1894.
. . "For not man, but God separates those whom the Roman Pontiff (who exercises
the functions, not of mere man, but of the true God), having weighed the necessity or
benefit of the churches, dissolves, not by human but rather by divine authority."—The
Decretals of Gregory IX, book I, title 7, chap. 3, in Corpus Juris Canonici, 1555 ed., vol. 2,
col. 203.
"The pope is supreme judge of the law of the land. . He is the vicegerent of Christ,
and is not only a priest. forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords." — La Civilta
Catholica, March 18, 1871.
"Christ entrusted His office to the chief pontiff . . but all power in heaven and in
earth has been given to Christ; . . therefore the chief pontiff, who is His vicar, will have this
power."—Corpus Juris Canonici, 1555 ed., vol. 3, Extravagantes Communes, book 1
chap. I, col. 29.
"Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and
of the lower regions [infernorum the fiery place] :'—Lucius Fermris, Prompta Bibliotheca,
'Papa" (the Pope), art. 2, 1772—1777 edition, vol. 6; p. 29.
"All the faithful must believe that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff (the
Pope] possesses the primacy over the whole world, and the Roman Pontiff is the
successor of Blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and is true vicar of Christ, and head of
the whole church, and father and teacher of all Christians; and that full power was given to
him in blessed Peter to rule, feed. and govern the universal Church by Jesus Christ Our
Lord:'—First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ, "Eternal Pastor," published in
the fourth session of the Vatican Council, 1870, chap. 3, in Philip Schaff, Creeds of
Christendom, vol. 2, p. 262..
(7) 'He "shall wear out the saints. of the most High" (Daniel 7:25). He shall tread
down the host, or the people of God (Daniel 8:13, a parallel prophecy to Daniel 7). "And. .
the dragon [Satan, through the apostate church] . .persecuted the woman [the true church]
which brought forth the man-child. [Christ]. And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle. that she might fly Into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished
for a time, and times and half a time [1260 years], from the face of the serpent. And the
serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to
be carried away of the flood. Revelation 12:13-15. "And it was given unto him to make war
with the saints, and to overcome them, and power was given Him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nation. Revelation 13:1
"That the church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution
that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a
competent knowledge of history. . It is impossible to form a complete conception of the
multitude of her victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can
adequately realize their sufferings."—W.E.H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of
the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2, p. 32, 1910 edition.
(An excellent though lengthy article describing in detail the right of the Roman
Catholic Church to do this, will be found in The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol.12,p. 266)..
"For professing faith contrary to the teachings of the Church of Rome history
records the martyrdom of more than one hundred million people. A million Waldenses and
Albigenses [Swiss and French Protestants] perished during a crusade proclaimed by
Pope Innocent III in 1208. Beginning from the establishment of the Jesuits in 1540 to
1580, nine hundred thousand were destroyed. One hundred and fifty thousand perished
by the Inquisition in thirty years. Within the space of thirty-eight years after the edict of
Charles V against the Protestants, fifty thousand persons were hanged, beheaded, or
burned alive for heresy. Eighteen thousand more perished during the administration of the
Duke of Alva in five and a half years."—Brief Bible Readings, p. 16.
[On August 24, 1527, Roman Catholics in France, by prearranged plan, under
Jesuit influence, murdered 70,000 Protestants within the space of two months. The pope
rejoiced when he heard the news of the successful outcome. Read "Great Controversy,"
chapter 15, for the details. "Catholics say only 30,000 were slain. Protestants put the
number at 70,000. We prefer the latter figure. If there were 70,000 Huguenots [French
Protestants] in Paris the night of the massacre, so much the more justification for the
slaughter. . We have heard ring out many times the very bells that called the Catholics
together on that fatal night. They always sounded sweetly in our ears" —Western
Watchman, Nov. 21, 1912 [Roman Catholic]
"The Catholic has some reason on his side when he calls for the temporal
punishment of heretics, for he claims the true title of Christian for himself exclusively, and
professes to be taught by the never-failing presence of the Spirit of God...it is not more
'morally' wrong to put a man to death for heresy than for murder, . . [and] in many cases
persecution for religious opinions is not only permissible, but highly advisable and
necessary."— "The Lawfulness of Persecution," in The Rambler, 4, June, 1849, pp. 119,
126[Roman Catholic].
"You ask if he [the Roman Catholic] were lord in the land, and you were in a
minority, if not in numbers yet in power, what would he do to you? That, we say, would
entirely depend upon circumstances. If it would benefit the cause of Catholicism, he would
tolerate you: If expedient, he would imprison you, banish you, fine you; possibly, he might
even hang you. But be assured of one thing: He would never tolerate you for the sake of
'the glorious principles of civil and religious liberty' . . Catholicism is the most intolerant of
creeds. It is intolerance itself, for it is truth itself."—Civil and Religious Liberty," in The
Rambler, 8, Sept., 1851, pp. 174, 178. {"The Rambler" was an English Roman: Catholic
journal published from 1848 to 1862].
(8) The Bible predicted that Rome would try to change the law of God, and in its
place substitute laws of its own making. "And he shall speak great words against the most
High, and think to change times and laws." Daniel 1:25. "And it cast down the truth to the
ground, and it practiced and prospered." Daniel 8:12. "And the dragon was wroth with the
woman [the true church], and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelation 12:11.
Seals and Marks have been used for thousands of years to mark and separate
people—and God predicts in the book of Revelation that in the time just ahead a massive
marking and sealing of men's mind will be done.
OUTLINE OF DANIEL SEVEN
1-6, 17 — Dream of three great beasts, representing three successive world
empires (Babylon, 603-538 B.C.; Medo-Persia, 538-331;Grecia, 331-168 B.C.)
7, 19,23 — The fourth beast (Pagan Rome 168 B.C.c. A.D.-538).
8; 20, 24 — The ten horns proceeding from it (see p- 8 for listing).
8,11,28-22, 24-26 — The terrible little horn power (Papal Rome, A.D. 538-1798,
with a later healing of its wound).
9-10,13-14, 22,26 — The Judgment Session in Heaven.
27 —The Second Advent of Christ, an eternity with Him.'
(Mark of the Beast - E.G.White)
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Do you see the truth?!
Do you dare to believe the truth?!
You might think this is too much to study, but in light of the importance- to have eternal life or not have eternal life- you would think no study would be too much!
Go ahead and let yourself be deceived by believing only in the feel good religion so many peddle. Go ahead and keep yourself from the truth, citing it's too much to take it, too much to comprehend. You make the choices that lead you truth and life. Our Savior is the WAY, the TRUTH, the LIFE and it was our Savior who was in agreement with God when the moral law was given, when the ten moral commandments were created and put in the ark of the covenant.
Through our Savior we are able to fulfill the 'WHOLE DUTY of MAN'.
Through our Savior we can FEAR GOD.
Through our Savior we can KEEP the COMMANDMENTS of GOD.
To think we have no active contribution after we accept Christ as our Righteousness, is to NOT believe Christ's word, and therefore not to really believe in Christ at all, but a false Christ, a pretender.
By HIS GLORY! BY HIS LOVE! All PRAISE and HONOR to HIM OUR SAVIOR AND KING, JESUS CHRIST!
More tomorrow, by His GRACE.
We've been talking about the WHOLE DUTY OF MAN according to God. That WHOLE DUTY is to -
'FEAR GOD and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS'.
God's words, NOT MINE!
Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Why are we so concerned with knowing what our duty is? Because EVERYTHING we do will be brought into judgment, every secret thing good or evil. If we know it is our duty to FEAR GOD and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS then we have a direction given to us by God. We can't tell God we had no clue what He expected of us. Our God is FAIR, our God is JUST, and when the world ends as we know it- all will agree this is truth!
Ecc 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
The truth of this message isn't a simple one because Satan has been able to use his great deceptive powers and has the majority of the world believing in commandments that are HIS and NOT GOD'S, though everyone thinks they are from God.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
We are told NOT to be deceived, to let NO man deceive us.
We are told this…
Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mar_13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you
Deception is such a vile thing and MANY will be deceive their eternal lives LOST because they were deceived. It might seem that only the deceptive one should be punished, but when it comes to God's truth- all are able to know it and NOT be deceived. People ARE deceived because they allow themselves to be deceived.
They love evil -
Psa_52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness.
Joh_3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Choosing darkness, choosing deception, and in the end choosing eternal death.
Because we choose TRUTH we must search it out.
The laws of God have been changed and yesterday we did a lot of studying to prove who dared to change the law. At the end of that section of study we found this--
'The decree of the emperor, Justinian, issued in A.D. 533, recognized the pope. as
the "head of all the holy churches." (Code of Justinian, book 1, title 1, section 4.). The
overwhelming defeat of the Ostrogoths in the siege of Rome, five years later (A.D. 538),
was a death blow to the third of the three horns that were uprooted. With the year 538,
then, begins the 1260 years of this prophecy of Papal control, which would ex. tend to the
year 1798. In that year the Reign of Terror occurred in the French Revolution and the
Roman Catholic religion was set aside in France, and the French army, under Berthier,
entered Rome and took the pope prisoner. He died in exile at Valence, France, the
following year. The long prophetic time span of papal rule was ended. The "deadly wound"
of Revelation 13:3 was inflicted—a wound which prophecy says is to be healed.'
The Papacy fit every prophetic puzzle piece given. It truth! Today we're going to continue with this study. Again, please READ everything, several times if you need to and do NOT forget to PRAY and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to all truth!
'THE 1260 DAY PROPHECY
A.D. 538 .------A.D. 1798
THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL
"Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of
the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another . . "And behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and It had
great Iron teeth . . and it had ten horns.
"I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little
horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold,
in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
"I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So
he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. Then I would know the
truth of the fourth beast. . And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which
came up, and before whom three fell; and of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that
spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
"I beheld, and the same horn made war With the saints, and prevailed against
them. .
"And he shall speak great words against the most High, .and shall wear out the
saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.."—Daniel 7:2-3, 7-8, 16, 19-21, 25.
THE PROPHECY OF REVELATION
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea . .
And I saw one of his heads as It were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was
healed: and all the world wondered after the beast . . And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months."—Revelation 13:1, 3, 5.
The Bible predicted that the terrible little horn power of Daniel 7 and 8 was to rule
the world for 1260 years. It has been well-known for centuries that this little horn of Daniel
7 and the first beast of Revelation 13 symbolize the papacy. Also called the "man of sin" (2
Thessalonians 2: 3-4), and the "antichrlst" (1 John 4:3), the papacy was definitely
prophesied to have this ruling power for 1260 years. When did this predicted time span
begin and when did it end? The next page will give you this information.
THE AMAZING 1260 DAY PROPHECY
Here is the amazing prophecy of the 1260 days; also called the "time, times, and
dividing of time," and the "forty-two months."
A day stands for a year in Bible prophecy (Numbers 14:34, Ezekiel 4:6). A "time" in
prophecy is the same as a year (Daniel 11:13, margin and Revised Version). This
time-span prophecy is first mentioned in Daniel 7:25, where we are told that it is the length
of time that the terrible "little horn" power was to bear rule and destroy God's people.
During that time it would also try to change God's Law: "And he, [the little horn] shall speak
great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand for a time and times
and a dividing of time." Daniel 7:25.
This, in Hebrew, equals "a time, 2 times and half a time." Using the ancient
reckoning of 360 days to a year: 360 + 720 + 180 = 1260. And since a day is equivalent to
a year in Bible prophecy, this little horn power would rule for 1260 years. In Revelation12:6
we are told that the persecution would continue for "a thousand two hundred and
threescore days", which is 1260 prophetic days, or years. (Also note Revelation 11:3).
The God of heaven gave this important prophecy in yet a third way: The little horn
of Daniel 7 and 8 is the same as the first beast of Revelation 13: "And there was given unto
him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months. "—Revelation 13:5. (Compare Revelation 11:2.) Forty-two
months equals 1260 days. And Revelation also calls this time, times, and times, and half a
time" (Revelation 12:14 ,—just as Daniel does.
When did the little horn, symbolizing the papaya, have this rule? The decree of the
emperor, Justinian, in A.D. 533, recognized the pope as the "head of all the holy churches"
(Code of Justinian, Book 1, title 1, section 4). The overwhelming defeat of the Ostragoths
in the siege of Rome, just five years later (A.D. 538) was a death blow to the third of the
three horns that were uprooted (see Daniel 7:8).
With the year 538, then, begins the 1260 years of this prophecy of papal
domination, which would extend to 1798. In that year as the Reign of Terror continued in
the French Revolution and the Roman Catholic religion was set aside in France, the
French army, under Berthier, entered Rome and took the pope prisoner. The date:
February 10,1798. The imprisoned pope died in exile the following year in Valence,
France. A great cry was heard, "Catholicism is dead." The papacy had received the
"deadIy wound" of Revelation 13:3. But we are told that the wound is to be healed, and
that the time is coming when all the world will "wonder after the beast" (Revelation 13:3).
Only Papal Rome answers to the description of Daniel Seven. This chapter unveils
before us the Great Babylon of Revelation 12.17, and reveals the work it was to do in
tearing out part of God's holy Law and in hunting to the death His people.
"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws. And they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. " Daniel 7:25.
Consider the following:
(1) The papal power occupies a unique place in the world—for it not only is a
religion but a kingdom as well. At the present time representatives and ambassadors from
more than forty major nations of the world come to counsel with its head of state, the pope.
Among these are representatives from the United States.
(2) The papacy came out of the Roman Empire, just as the little horn came out of
the fourth beast (Dan 7:7-8, 19-20, 23-25). It still has its headquarters in the same capital
of the ancient Roman Empire—Rome by the banks of the Tiber, in what is today called
Italy.."Long ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the Western emperors was
left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and
protection, and asked him to rule them; and thus commenced the temporal sovereignty of
the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the
scepter to ' which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so
many ages."—American Catholic Quarterly Review, April,. 1911.
"Out of the ruins of political Rome, arose the great moral Empire in the 'giant form'
of the Roman Church"—A.C. Flick, The Rise of the Mediaeval Church, 1909, p. 150.
"Under the Roman Empire the popes had no temporal powers. But when the
Roman Empire had disintegrated and its place had been taken by a number of rude,
barbarous kingdoms, the Roman Catholic church not only became independent of the
states in religious affairs, but dominated secular affairs as well.
At times, under such rulers as Charlemagne (768-814), Otto the Great (936-973),
and Henry III (1039-1056), the civil power controlled the church to some extent; but in
general, under the weak political system of feudalism, the well-organized, unified, and
centralized church, with the pope at its head, was not only independent in ecclesiastical
affairs but also controlled civil affairs." —Carl Conrad Eckhardt, The Papacy and
World-Affairs, The University of Chicago Press, 1937, p.1,
(3) It, was given its religious power over the nations at exactly the time predicted.
The last of the ten divisions was formed in A.D. 476, and three of them, the Heruli in 493,
the Vandals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 538, were destroyed at the instigation of the
papacy because they held divergent religious views. The last of these was wiped out just
five years after emperor, Justinian, by decree proclaimed the pope to be the visible head
over all churches everywhere.
The recognition of; the Roman See as the highest ecclesiastical authority
remained the Cornerstone of his [Justinian's] policy in relation to the west."—G. Kruger,
"Justinian I, Emperor of the East, "in The New Shaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge, Vol. 6, p. 286.
"Down to the sixth century all popes are declared saints in the martyrologies.
Vigilius (537-555) is the first of a series of popes who no longer bear this title, which is
henceforth sparingly conferred. From this time on the popes, more and more involved in
worldly affairs, no longer belong solely to the Church;—they are men of the state, and then
rulers of the state."—Charles Bemont and G. Monod, Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270,
pp.120-121 [It is widely recognized that Vigilius' reign began in 538, the year that so much
power was given to the papacy by Justinian. His predecessor, Pope Silverius, did not die
until June, 538].
The Constitution of Justinian (chapters 1 and 2 in his Civil Law) decreed that the
pope of Rome was henceforth to be legally recognized as the first pontiff of all world
churches.
(4) The 1260 year rule of the papacy continued exactly in accordance with the time
prophecy. From A.D. 638, when the sword of Belisarius elevated Pope Vigilius as
universal pontiff, to the time when the sword of Berthier thrust Pope Pius VI from office, in
1798, was exactly 1260 years.
"When in 1797, Pope Pius VI fell grievously ill, Napoleon gave orders that in the
event of his death no successor should be elected to his office, and the Papacy should be
discontinued. But the Pope recovered. The peace was soon broken: Berthier entered
Rome on the tenth of February, 1798, and proclaimed [Rome to be] a republic. The aged
Pontiff refused to violate his oath by recognizing it, and was hurried from prison to prison in
France. Broken with fatigue and sorrows, he died on the seventeenth of August, 1799, in
the French fortress of Valence, aged 82 years. No wonder half of Europe thought
Napoleon's veto would be obeyed, and that with the Pope, the Papacy was
dead."—Joseph Rickaby, The Modem Papacy, p.l. .
(5) The papacy is a religious power, and the man at its head that is both the center
and the key to the whole organization—is the pope. Without him there would be no
papacy. It is the religion of a "man. "
(6) "And upon his heads the name of blasphemy." Revelation 13:1. He will speak
"great things" (DanieI7:8), "very great things" (Daniel 7:20). "great words against the most
High" (DanieI7:25},and "great things and words of blasphemes (Revelation 13:5). "And he
opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name." Revelation 13:6.
"'Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so
that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." 2
Thessalonians 2:4.
"All the names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is
established that he is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope."—
Robert Bellarmine, On the Authority of the Councils, chapter 17, 1628 ed., vol. 1, p. 266
"We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty." —Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical
Letter of June 20, 1894.
. . "For not man, but God separates those whom the Roman Pontiff (who exercises
the functions, not of mere man, but of the true God), having weighed the necessity or
benefit of the churches, dissolves, not by human but rather by divine authority."—The
Decretals of Gregory IX, book I, title 7, chap. 3, in Corpus Juris Canonici, 1555 ed., vol. 2,
col. 203.
"The pope is supreme judge of the law of the land. . He is the vicegerent of Christ,
and is not only a priest. forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords." — La Civilta
Catholica, March 18, 1871.
"Christ entrusted His office to the chief pontiff . . but all power in heaven and in
earth has been given to Christ; . . therefore the chief pontiff, who is His vicar, will have this
power."—Corpus Juris Canonici, 1555 ed., vol. 3, Extravagantes Communes, book 1
chap. I, col. 29.
"Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and
of the lower regions [infernorum the fiery place] :'—Lucius Fermris, Prompta Bibliotheca,
'Papa" (the Pope), art. 2, 1772—1777 edition, vol. 6; p. 29.
"All the faithful must believe that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff (the
Pope] possesses the primacy over the whole world, and the Roman Pontiff is the
successor of Blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and is true vicar of Christ, and head of
the whole church, and father and teacher of all Christians; and that full power was given to
him in blessed Peter to rule, feed. and govern the universal Church by Jesus Christ Our
Lord:'—First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ, "Eternal Pastor," published in
the fourth session of the Vatican Council, 1870, chap. 3, in Philip Schaff, Creeds of
Christendom, vol. 2, p. 262..
(7) 'He "shall wear out the saints. of the most High" (Daniel 7:25). He shall tread
down the host, or the people of God (Daniel 8:13, a parallel prophecy to Daniel 7). "And. .
the dragon [Satan, through the apostate church] . .persecuted the woman [the true church]
which brought forth the man-child. [Christ]. And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle. that she might fly Into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished
for a time, and times and half a time [1260 years], from the face of the serpent. And the
serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to
be carried away of the flood. Revelation 12:13-15. "And it was given unto him to make war
with the saints, and to overcome them, and power was given Him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nation. Revelation 13:1
"That the church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution
that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a
competent knowledge of history. . It is impossible to form a complete conception of the
multitude of her victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can
adequately realize their sufferings."—W.E.H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of
the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2, p. 32, 1910 edition.
(An excellent though lengthy article describing in detail the right of the Roman
Catholic Church to do this, will be found in The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol.12,p. 266)..
"For professing faith contrary to the teachings of the Church of Rome history
records the martyrdom of more than one hundred million people. A million Waldenses and
Albigenses [Swiss and French Protestants] perished during a crusade proclaimed by
Pope Innocent III in 1208. Beginning from the establishment of the Jesuits in 1540 to
1580, nine hundred thousand were destroyed. One hundred and fifty thousand perished
by the Inquisition in thirty years. Within the space of thirty-eight years after the edict of
Charles V against the Protestants, fifty thousand persons were hanged, beheaded, or
burned alive for heresy. Eighteen thousand more perished during the administration of the
Duke of Alva in five and a half years."—Brief Bible Readings, p. 16.
[On August 24, 1527, Roman Catholics in France, by prearranged plan, under
Jesuit influence, murdered 70,000 Protestants within the space of two months. The pope
rejoiced when he heard the news of the successful outcome. Read "Great Controversy,"
chapter 15, for the details. "Catholics say only 30,000 were slain. Protestants put the
number at 70,000. We prefer the latter figure. If there were 70,000 Huguenots [French
Protestants] in Paris the night of the massacre, so much the more justification for the
slaughter. . We have heard ring out many times the very bells that called the Catholics
together on that fatal night. They always sounded sweetly in our ears" —Western
Watchman, Nov. 21, 1912 [Roman Catholic]
"The Catholic has some reason on his side when he calls for the temporal
punishment of heretics, for he claims the true title of Christian for himself exclusively, and
professes to be taught by the never-failing presence of the Spirit of God...it is not more
'morally' wrong to put a man to death for heresy than for murder, . . [and] in many cases
persecution for religious opinions is not only permissible, but highly advisable and
necessary."— "The Lawfulness of Persecution," in The Rambler, 4, June, 1849, pp. 119,
126[Roman Catholic].
"You ask if he [the Roman Catholic] were lord in the land, and you were in a
minority, if not in numbers yet in power, what would he do to you? That, we say, would
entirely depend upon circumstances. If it would benefit the cause of Catholicism, he would
tolerate you: If expedient, he would imprison you, banish you, fine you; possibly, he might
even hang you. But be assured of one thing: He would never tolerate you for the sake of
'the glorious principles of civil and religious liberty' . . Catholicism is the most intolerant of
creeds. It is intolerance itself, for it is truth itself."—Civil and Religious Liberty," in The
Rambler, 8, Sept., 1851, pp. 174, 178. {"The Rambler" was an English Roman: Catholic
journal published from 1848 to 1862].
(8) The Bible predicted that Rome would try to change the law of God, and in its
place substitute laws of its own making. "And he shall speak great words against the most
High, and think to change times and laws." Daniel 1:25. "And it cast down the truth to the
ground, and it practiced and prospered." Daniel 8:12. "And the dragon was wroth with the
woman [the true church], and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelation 12:11.
Seals and Marks have been used for thousands of years to mark and separate
people—and God predicts in the book of Revelation that in the time just ahead a massive
marking and sealing of men's mind will be done.
OUTLINE OF DANIEL SEVEN
1-6, 17 — Dream of three great beasts, representing three successive world
empires (Babylon, 603-538 B.C.; Medo-Persia, 538-331;Grecia, 331-168 B.C.)
7, 19,23 — The fourth beast (Pagan Rome 168 B.C.c. A.D.-538).
8; 20, 24 — The ten horns proceeding from it (see p- 8 for listing).
8,11,28-22, 24-26 — The terrible little horn power (Papal Rome, A.D. 538-1798,
with a later healing of its wound).
9-10,13-14, 22,26 — The Judgment Session in Heaven.
27 —The Second Advent of Christ, an eternity with Him.'
(Mark of the Beast - E.G.White)
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Do you see the truth?!
Do you dare to believe the truth?!
You might think this is too much to study, but in light of the importance- to have eternal life or not have eternal life- you would think no study would be too much!
Go ahead and let yourself be deceived by believing only in the feel good religion so many peddle. Go ahead and keep yourself from the truth, citing it's too much to take it, too much to comprehend. You make the choices that lead you truth and life. Our Savior is the WAY, the TRUTH, the LIFE and it was our Savior who was in agreement with God when the moral law was given, when the ten moral commandments were created and put in the ark of the covenant.
Through our Savior we are able to fulfill the 'WHOLE DUTY of MAN'.
Through our Savior we can FEAR GOD.
Through our Savior we can KEEP the COMMANDMENTS of GOD.
To think we have no active contribution after we accept Christ as our Righteousness, is to NOT believe Christ's word, and therefore not to really believe in Christ at all, but a false Christ, a pretender.
By HIS GLORY! BY HIS LOVE! All PRAISE and HONOR to HIM OUR SAVIOR AND KING, JESUS CHRIST!
More tomorrow, by His GRACE.
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