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Are you aware that Jesus Christ foretold that a great false church would arise?
"...Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is seated upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk." And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her I marveled greatly."
"This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;"
"And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast."
"They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful." And he said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the harlot is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. "And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth." (Revelation 17:1-6,9, 12, 14, 15, 18)
Was not
But who are the harlot daughters and earth's
abominations which decend from the mother church of
Roman Catholicism (the "mother" church) teaches...(click on a number to see what the Bible teaches)
1. The Trinity or a triply-compounded God.
2. The personal pre-existence of Jesus Christ, therefore he did not have the same blood and flesh, the "flesh of sin" common to all humanity.
3. The Holy Spirit is a Person.
4. The existence of a supernatural fallen archangel devil who is mankind's tempter.
5. Satan is a wicked supernatural source of moral and physical evil in the world.
6. The demons are Satan's angels who are responsible for most mental and bodily afflictions of the human race.
7. The immortality of the human soul which provides consciousness in death.
8. Hell is the place of fiery torment reserved for the wicked when they die.
9. Heaven is the eternal home of the righteous.
10. The destruction of the planet earth.
11. The
12. Jesus Christ now sits on David's throne in the heavens.
13. Jesus the Nazarene died as a substitute to appease God the Father.
14. The Holy Spirit gifts or anointing are available for the faithful today.
15. The sprinkling or pouring of water upon infants is the one baptism of the New Testament Scriptures.
16. The breaking of bread and drinking of wine ("communion") are not required for all true believers.
17. The Sabbath commandment must be kept on a specific day.
18. The return of the
Jews to the
19. A "future
Antichrist" will soon reveal himself in
20. The Holy Bible is not the only true authority for today - but "spiritual" leaders and man-made "governing bodies" have the real and final authority!
21. The Holy Spirit operates directly upon a person's mind and reveals to him or her what the Bible teaches.
The following denominations and sects are easily identified as the "harlots" and "abominations" of the Rominish "mother" church.
Advent Christian Church: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21
Assemblies of God: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21
Baptist: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14(partly), 17, 19, 20, 21
Brethern in Christ (River Brethern): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21
Christian and Missionary
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ):1(partly), 2, 3(partly), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18
Churches of Christ: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21
Church of the Brethern (Dunkers): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21
Church of the Nazarene: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21
Church of the United Brethern in Christ:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15(partly), 18, 18, 20,21
Concordant Publishing Concern: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9(partly), 10, 13, 14, 16, 19
Dawn Bible Students (Laymen's Home Missionary, Independent Bible Students, Russellites): 2, 4, 5, 6, 9(partly), 12, 13, 14(partly), 16, 20
Eastern Orthodox: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21
Episcopal (Anglican, Church of England):1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21
Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower Society):2, 4, 6, 9(partly) 12, 13, 14(partly), 16, 18, 20
Luthern: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21
Mennonite: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21
Methodist (United
Moravian (
Mormons (
New Apostolic (Catholic Apostolic, Irvingites):1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21
Pentecostal: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21
Presbyterian: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21
Quakers (Religous Society of Friends): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21
Reformed Church (Christian Reformed Church):1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints):1(partly), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21
Salvation Army: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21
Seventh Day Adventist: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9(partly), 13, 14, 17, 18, 19(partly), 20, 21
One of the claims of
Is this true or do the historical facts prove
otherwise?
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To find the one body of believers which protests against all these Roman Catholic doctrines because they are NOT Biblical, look no further than the Christadelphians.
Here is a Christadelphian summary of the "one faith" (Ephesians 4:5) in contrast to the doctrines of the "mother church".
1. There is one God, Yahweh, the self-existent Father who dwells in unapproahable light in the heavens (Ephesians 4:6, I Timothy 6:16).
2.. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Son of God, only pre-existed in God's plan. Therefore contrary to antichrist teaching, Jesus came "in the flesh", even the flesh of sin common to all humanity. He saved himself from death by the blood of the eternal covenant as well as his brethern (I Peter 1:20, 2 John 7, Romans 8:3, Hebrews 2:14, 13:20).
3. The Holy Spitit is the power of Yahweh directed to the fulfillment of His purpose and the revealement of His character (Luke 1:35, John 1:32, Acts 1:8, 2 Peter 1:21).
7. The Bible never mentions the "immortality of the soul." All the dead are utterly unconscious, and immortality is God's free gift which will be clothed upon the faithful at the judgement seat of Christ (Psalm 6:5, Ecclesiastes 9:5. Romans 2:6,7,16, 2 Corinthians 5:4,9,10).
8. Hell is the grave where both
the righteous and the wicked sleep in death. In the New Testament Scriptures
sometimes a different Greek word, "Gehenna",
is translated "hell", but "Gehenna"
was a valley outside the city of
9. God never promised heaven to the righteous, but they will inherit the Kingdom of God which is also called the "Kingdom of heaven" This Kingdom will soon be established on the earth from it's capital city of Jerusalem in Israel, to fulfill God's Covenant promises to Abraham, Issac, Jacob and David (Matt 6:10, 8:11, Jeremiah 3:14-18).
10. This parent earth is the everlasting inheritance of the faithful. Here they will rule with Christ Jesus as kings and priests initially for a thousand years, after appearing before the judgement seat of their Lord (Psalm 37:11, 22, 29, 34, Matthew 5:5, Revelation 5:10, 20:6).
15. The "one baptism" is total immersion in water for the forgiveness of all the past sins of true believers. After this initial step of obedience, forgiveness is obtainable by confession to God through the one mediator and advocate Jesus Christ (Ephesians 4:5, Colossians 2:12, Romans 6:3-5, Acts 8:12, 35-40, 22:16, I Peter 3:21, Galations 3:27,29, I John 1:9, 2:1, I Timothy 2:5).
16. All the baptised believers are to partake of the bread and wine on the first day of the week, in memory of Jesus' sacrifice, until he returns ( I Cor 10:16, 17, 11:23-26, Acts 20:6-7).
17. The sabbath was done away by Jesus' death on the stake or "tree" (Colossians 2:16-18, Galatians 3:13, 4:9, 10, 2 Cor 3:6-17 cf., Deut 4:13, 9:9, 11, Romans 14:5-6).
19. The Antichrist family today is "Christendom" and their Pope. Millions now living will mistake Jesus Christ for their "future Antichrist" or some incarnation of their mythical Satan. However, Jesus with his resurrected and immortalized brethern will vanquish the Soviet forces at Jerusalem, and proclaim himself to be the world ruler - King of kings and Lord of lords (Zechariah 14:1-5, 9, Psalm 2:1-11, Ezekiel 38:14-23, 39:1-16, Joel 2:18-20, 3:9-21, Revelation 19:11-16).
20. The Holy Bible is God's only revelation today. The dreams, visions, and professed Holy Spirit possession add nothing to the Bible message but only contradict its teaching (2 Timothy 3:15-17, Acts 20:29-32, I Cor 13:8-10, James 1:25, Acts 17:10-12, Rev 22:6,7,18-19).
"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."
Revelation 18:4