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THE DEVELOPING OF THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST WITHIN THE BEAST WITH LAMB-LIKE BEAST

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THE DEVELOPING OF THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST WITHIN THE BEAST WITH LAMB-LIKE BEAST

In case some might not be aware, the Treaty of Peace with Tripoli, ratified by the U.S. Senate May 17, 1797, and binding on Congress, all courts, and legislatures, the same as the Constitution of the U.S., says [emphasis mine]: “The GOVERNMENT of the United States of America, is NOT in any sense, founded on the CHRISTIAN RELIGION..” – Article II of the Treaty.

The U.S. Constitution, adopted by the Founding Fathers, declares [emphasis mine]: “Congress shall make NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” – First Amendment.

Albert Einstein, speaking of Nationalism said: “Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”

Now consider the following excerpts from recent article entitled: “White Christian Nationalists Want More Than Just Political Power” by Lauren R. Kirby (author of Saving History), Jan.15,2021, The Atlantic (Google it] (emphasis mine):

“White Christian Nationalism [is a] movement that believes that the U.S. was founded as a CHRISTIAN NATION and should be RULED BY CONSERVATIVE Christian values [has been] on the rise.”

“For white Christian nationalists, is about more than just political power. They see themselves as faithful PATRIOTS fulfilling the American Founders’ COVENANT WITH GOD to maintain a RIGHTEOUS Christian nation. Their success means the nation will be rewarded with ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND MILITARY MIGHT, while failure will lead to DIVINE WRATH and, eventually, the DEMISE of the nation of itself. The stakes of the BATTLE could not be higher. Washington is where this great battle might take place, whether in the streets or in the senate floor.”

“At the siege -[of the now-historical insurrectionist storming of the Capitol, Jan. 6], the presence of white Conservative Christians was unmistakable. The Proud Boys stopped to PRAY TO JESUS on their march toward the Capitol, and the crowd held signs proclaiming ‘JESUS SAVES’ and ‘God’s Word Calls Them Out.’ One flag read ‘Jesus is my Savior; Trump is my President.’ In the capitol an insurgent stopped to PRAY outside a room where Sen. Mitch McConnell’s staffers hid behind barricades doors. She [the insurgent] asked God for ‘the evil of Congress to be brought to an end.’”

It is only the truth, “as it is in Jesus,” that can “set us free” from the bondage of sinful ignorance of God’s word that results in a “zeal based not in knowledge.” Thus, “by their FRUITS ye shall know them” for what will be manifested are not the “fruits of the Spirit,” but the “works of the flesh.” Gal. 5: 22-26, 15-17.

Be faithful in the faith of Jesus, grow that faith daily by exercising the courage of conscience, not reactionary choices dictated by convenience and and self-preservation and thus a willingness to compromise. “He who is willing to yield essential liberty for temporary safety deserves neither.” Bless all today, NMF.

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ARIUS AND THE PROPHESIED ROLE OF ARIANISM TO THE RISE OF THE PAPACY

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ARIUS AND THE PROPHESIED ROLE OF ARIANISM TO THE RISE OF THE PAPACY

“Usurped powers increases like an avalanche.” – Merle D’ Aunbigne (church historian).

Regarding the early “influencea clustering around the bishop of Rome…everything tending toward his speedy elevation to the spiritual dominance of Christendom [in the erstwhile Roman Empire], Uriah Smith says in his book Daniel and the Revelation, pp. 120-122:

“But the FOURTH century was destined to witness an OBSTACLE thrown across of this ambitious dream [of the bishop of Rome then]. The prophecy had declared that the power represented by the little horn would ‘subdue three kings.’ In the rise and development of ARIANISM early in the fourth century and the CHALLENGE it presented to papal supremacy, we find the CAUSES leading up to the plucking up of three of the KiNGDOMS of Western Rome by the papal power.”

Who was Arius? “Arius, parish priest of the ancient and influential CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA. promulgated his doctrine to the world, occasioning so fierce a controversy in the Christian church that a general council was called at Nicaea, by the emperor Constantine in A.D. 325, to consider and rule upon its teaching.

“Arius maintained ‘that the Son was totally and essentially distinct from the Father; that He was the first and noblest of those beings whom the Father had created out of nothing, the instrument by whose subordinate operation the Almighty Father formed the universe, and therefore inferior to the Father, both in nature and dignity.’ This opinion was condemned by the council, which decreed that Christ was of one and the same substance with the Father. Hereupon Arius was BANISHED to Illyria, and his followers were compelled to assent to the CREED composed at that occasion.” -Uriah Smith, ‘Daniel and the Revelation, pp. 120, 121. Southern Publishing Asso., 1994, 1972.

Ask yourselves these questions:

  1. Does the Bible require that the Christian must have a “creed” such as Nicene Creed? If Yes, what and where is it found?
  2. Do you know with a certainty what the nature of Jesus Christ is, before and after the incarnation? Can you present the Scripture evidences? If not, we might not really know Him whom we call “Jesus our Lord and Savior.”
  3. What religions, churches or denominations teach the same or variant versions of Arianism—that Christ is the first of created beings, that He is inferior essentially and substantially for the Father, etc.?
    May your research be blest, NMF
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NEVER MISTAKE ARIAN FOR ARYAN

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NEVER MISTAKE ARIAN FOR ARYAN

Though they may “sound and look alike,” Arian and Aryan are, in terms of origin, ideology. tenets, beliefs and roles, major or minor, in the scheme of Biblical history and prophecy, are, not only unlike but diametrically opposed to one another.

As we continue familiarizing ourselves as to who and what the Arians and Arianism were and means, specifically pointed out as the “three horns”that were “plucked up by the roots” by the “little horn” that emerged “from among the ten horns” of “fourth beast, dreadful and terrible and exceedingly strong” ( Dan. 7: 7, 8, 19-25) symbolizing the ten kingdoms into which “the fourth beast,” the Roman Empire, was split up and comprised the Old World Europe.

Now consider what ARYAN and ARYANISM mean, why, where, and how they figure prominently in the latter-day U.S. history watershed insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol on January 6. From my own library and the internet, which you can and should fact-check on your own, here is who and what ArYan and ArYanism means:

“Arian. A term which was originally used as a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people in ancient times, in contrast to ‘non-Indio-Arian peoples. The idea of being an Aryan was religious and cultural and linguistic, not racial.”

“The Arian Myth: the Origin of the ‘White People.’ The Arian race just suddenly appears roughly around where Iran is today. Allegedly unique, Aryans were described as tall and blonde, with rounder heads than other races – such characteristics assumed to be evidence of superiority.”

“Aryanism. An ideology of racial supremacy which views the supposed Aryan race as a distinct and superior racial group entitled to rule the rest of humanity. Promoted initially by racist theories [trheorists] such as Arthur de Gabineau and Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Aryanism reached its PEAK of influence in NAZI Germany, where it was used to justify DISCRIMINATION against minorities, which eventually culminated in the Holocaust.”

“Hitler’s Aryan Race: Hitler’s German Society. Adolf Hitler thought that people of the Northern European descent were a superior race to all others known as the Aryan Race. Throughout World War II his goal was the perfect race known as the ‘ubermensch’ which translates as ‘Super man.’”

Racism, White supremacy extremism based on jingoistic Nativism/ isolationalist Nationalism, channeled though conspiracy theories, mingled with Futuristic, literalistic interpretations of prophecy is fueling the rapjd emergence of Christian Nationalism—another reveal of the divinely-forbidden end-time marriage of church craft and statecraft!
God bless His faithful ones, NMF

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THE IMAGE OF OR TO THE BEAST SOON TO TAKE OVER AMERICA

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THE IMAGE OF OR TO THE BEAST SOON TO TAKE OVER AMERICA

See Revelation 13. For those who have been “slumbering in carnal security” lulled into fatal slumber by the “peace-and-safety” false assurances of hope and salvation offered by the purveyors of the ear-pleasing and conscience-stifling prosperity gospels and the conspiracy-shrouded prophetic interpretations causing paranoia, extremism, fanaticism, political militancy and producing a heady mix of misplaced fears, misguided zeal, feelings of a divine calling and anointing for a sacred and higher calling and empowerment for religious militancy to enforce one’s beliefs, as the past fueled the Crusades and all other religious wars such as the bloody Christian Crusades, Muslim jiihad, etc.—-it is “high time now to wake out of sleep for now is” the fulfillment of Revelation 13 “nearer than when we first believed.” See also Rom. 13: 11-14. Now this:

The Earliest Efforts to Unite Church and State in America in Contradiction to the Ideals of the Founding Fathers;
Christian Edwards wrote: “In Holy Scriptures Christ Jesus is repeatedly spoken of as the Lamb of God. Bible prophecy represents America by a similar symbol, which had ‘two horns like a lamb.’ The Word of God informs us, however, that this peace-loving power, despite of its lamb-like principles [symbolized by its two horns], eventually would say ‘to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an IMAGE to the beast [the Papacy], which has a wound by a sword, and did live.’ Rev. 13:14.

“The Papacy was formed by a UNION of church and state, which resulted in the persecution of dissenters [against religious laws enacted and enforced by the state].

“An ‘IMAGE,’ or ‘likeness ‘ to the Papacy IN AMERICA would be a union of church and state, or CO-OPERATION between them, as in the days of papal ROME. And, seeing it to be ‘an image to the beast,’ it CANNOT be the beast itself, but must be an EFFORT started among PROTESTANTS [mainstream Christianity today], who desire the aid of state to enforce some of her dogmatic. For nearly three quarters of a century Protestant churches and CIVIC organizations have kept at work to create just such a RELATION between church and state in the United States.” – ‘Facts of Faith,’ Christian Edwardson, p. 302, Southern Publishing Asso. Nashville, TN. 1943.

Notice what is blatantly absent or glaringly wanting is that of the forgiveness of Christ, not the forgiveness of the “church.” More follows, only by God’s grace, NMF

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MEANS THE PAPACY USE TO DESTROY ARIAN ENEMIES

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MEANS THE PAPACY USE TO DESTROY ARIAN ENEMIES

Neither deceit nor force are pathways to true freedom and liberty.

“Religion and government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together.” – ‘Writings of James Madison,’ Vol. III. p. 373.

Christian Edwardson wrote: “In order to give the reader a better understanding of the MEANS used by the Papacy these three Arian kingdoms, we shall quote from Thomas Hodgkin a few brief statements. He states that THEODORIC, the Ostrogothic king, ‘endeavored to have ‘a close league of mutual defense formed between the four great Arian and Teutonic monarchies, the Visigothic, the Burgundian, the Ostrogothic, and the Vandal.’ But ‘diplomatists were wanting [who could act] as their skillful and eloquent representatives, traveling like Epiphanius from court to court, and bringing the Barbarian sovereigns to understand each other, to sink their petty grievances, and to work together harmoniously for one common end.

Precisely these men [the skillful diplomats] were the CATHOLIC PRELATES of the Mediterranean lands to whom it was all-important that NO such Arian league should be formed….All over the Roman world there was a serried array of Catholic bishops and presbyters, taking their orders FROM A SINGLE CENTER, ROME, feeling the interest of each one to be the interest of all. In lively and constant intercourse with one another, quick to discover, quick to disclose the SLIGHTEST WEAK place in the organization of the new heretical kingdoms [of Arians]. Of all this there was NOT A SLIGHTEST TRACE on the other side [the Arians]. The Arian bishops…..stood APART from one another in STUPID AND IGNORANT ISOLATION.’- ‘Italy and Her Invaders,’ Thomas Hodgkin, (8-vol. ed.) Vol. III, Book 4, pp, 381-383. Oxford. 1889.

“The SAME principle was clearly stated by the Catholic Bishop Avitus, when the Arian king Gundomad appealed to him not to allow the Catholic king CLOVIS [of the Franks] to overrun his country. Avitus answered: ‘If Gundobad would reconcile himself to the [Catholic] Church, the Church would guarantee his safety from the attacks of Clovis.’- Ibid, p 384.”- Facts of Faith, pp. 45, 46.

Take note of Clovis, king of the Franks [later called France]. The year he converted to Catholicism marks the starting date of a specific time prophecy in Daniel that has already been fulfilled within the longest time prophecy of the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14.

Even as Friday is preparation day for each weekly Sabbath so is this short stretch of probation our preparation time for “the day of God”—-the day of final reckoning and visitation! Have a sanctifying Sabbath! NMF

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WHEN HE COMES WILL HE FIND TRUTH ON THE EARTH?

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WHEN HE COMES WILL HE FIND TRUTH ON THE EARTH?

in His parable of the “unjust judge who feared not God nor regarded man” in his interaction with a persistent widow, He ends it with a question: “Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?’ Luke 18:1-8, KJV.

Jesus, “the way, the truth and life.” through the Holy Spirit now on earth, is the “Faithful and TRUE Witness.” Rev. 1:5; 3:14; 19:11. “The Holy Spirit comes to the world as Christ’s Representative (Vicegerent) It [He] not only speaks the TRUTH, but it [He] is the truth—-the Faithful and True Witness. It [He] is the great Searcher of hearts and is acquainted with the CHARACTERS of all.” (E.G. White, ‘Counsels to Teachers and Parents,’ p. 68).

Seriously diligent students of Bible prophecy know with a certainty that we are now living in the very last days of earth’s history, as mankind has known it from the testimony and witness of both the Bible and extant extra-biblical records, historians and even scientists of various disciplines whose views harmonize with the Biblical account of creation.

These last days are specially characterized and symbolized by prophecy as the “great Babylonian confusion” of doctrinal mash-up of truth and error entering its most confusing, deceptive and thus. deadliest stages (see Rev. 14 and 18).

The gospel-prophet described it as: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.” Isa. 5:20, KJV.

Lying in the last days is of the most sophisticated, professional-grade (of the corrupted quality) and in cascading torrents in quantity and influence, is fast taking hold of the people and the nations.

As one put it so accurately, “The first casualty in a war is the truth.” And the nations, kingdoms and even still-existing tribes or those of tribal-mentality in the digital age are at war or deeply-rooted bitter conflict, protracted guerilla-type, sudden surgical strikes with superior weapons, tactics and stratagem, whether low-grade conflict, internecine, or officially declared.

In-your-face lying-without-batting-an-eyelash in the highest and most influential stages and broadest of newly-found spaces are quickly draining the last remaining precious gallons, if not drops from the once-abundant public wells of primitively-pristine truth which is only “the truth as it is in Jesus.” (Eph. 4:27, see verses 20-32).

Sadly indeed, they have given “that which is holy to the dogs and cast the pearls before swine that they trample them under their feet [sharp hooves] and turn again and rend [tear] you.” Matt. 7:6, KJV.

Indeed , the “two witnesses of truth” have been spiritually assaulted again and their almost-dead bodies are “lying on the street of fhe antitypical spiritual “great city.” (See Revelation 11).

The question “When He (Jesus) comes, will He find FAITH?”’now is, “Will He find TRUTH in the earth?” The answer of He who is “the way, the TRUTH, and the life” is: No and Yes.

No, never among those comprising “Babylon the great that is fallen twice” and who is specifically described as “Mystery Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth….the Woman drunken with the blood of martyrs and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.” Rev. 17 (see verses 1-8).

And Yes, happily yes but only to be found with “the saints who patiently keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” (Rev. 14:12), who conscientiously refused to “receive the mark of the beast in their foreheads or in their right hand” and “worshipped his image,” (Rev. 13: 15; . 19:20) and have “gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over his mark” (Rev. 15:2).

Will you and me be part of the No or Yes? Your convictions, and choices of courage now, based on the divinely-endowed will of man with its fundamental inalienable rights, regardless of any changes, will determine your eternal destiny, so near at hand! Make that your perpetual “new year’s resolution;” better yet, daily resolution and plan for the day, one day at a time as it comes. Bless you and your families, NMF

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OSTROGOTHS: THE THIRD AND LAST ARIAN ‘HORN PLUCKED UP BY ITS ROOTS’

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OSTROGOTHS: THE THIRD AND LAST ARIAN ‘HORN PLUCKED UP BY ITS ROOTS’

We now come to the last of the “three horns” that were “plucked up by their roots” paving the way for the “little horn” power of Daniel 7.:20, 21 “to wax exceeding great…” Dan. 8: 9-12. (Be sure to read these verses for yourself):

Theodoric, king of the Ostrogothic nation of Italy, maintained COMPLETE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY for all classes and creeds. He wrote to Justin, Emperor of the East [of the Roman Empire]:

‘To pretend over the conscience, is to usurp the prerogative of God; by the nature of things the power of sovereigns is confined to political government; they have no right of punishment but over those who disturb the public peace; the most dangerous heresy is that of a sovereign who separates himself from part of his subjects, because they believe not according to his beliefs.’ – ‘History of Latin Christianity,’ H. H. Mailman, Vol. I, Book III, chap. 3, p. 439. NY: 1860.

“The wars of the migrating barbarians on one side, and the persecutions of the heathen, Jews, and Arians by the CATHOLIC CHURCH on the other, had kept Italy in constant turmoil. Agricultural pursuits were neglected, people crowded into the cities, and want and starvation faced the population. But Theodoric’s wise and firm rule, and the strict RELIGIOUS LIBERTY he established in Italy, brought PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND HAPPINESS to all others [the secret of true peace and prosperity of any nation for “righteousness exalteth a nation.”]. J. G. Sheppard, D.D., says:

‘Theodoric deserves the highest praise; for, during the thirty-eight years he reigned in Italy [not only 4 years!], he brought the country to such a state of greatness [sounds familiar somehow’] that her previous sufferings were no longer recognizable……What prevailed this man, with so great a genius for government, and so splendid an opportunity from its exercise, from organizing a Germanic Empire, equal in extent and power to that which obeyed the scepter of the old Roman Caesars? Of why did he fail, when Charlemagne, with a greater complication of interests to deal with, for a time at least, succeeded? ‘“- ‘Fall of Rome,’ John G. Shephard, D.D., pp. 301, 302. London: 1861.” – Facts of Faith, C. Edwardson, pp. 44, 45.

Why did Theodoric not succeed? Because prophecy revealed it so. That’s how much we can trust unconditionally on God’s infallible Word! Bless all as we continue to learn, be enlightened and better prepares for the final crisis and test of mankind! NMF