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THE OSTROGOTHS FINALLY ‘PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS’ IN 538 A.D.

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THE OSTROGOTHS FINALLY ‘PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS’ IN 538 A.D.

“Witiges [Vitigis] was now the king of the Ostrogoths [succeeding Theodoric], and Rome was continuing its policy. Professor J. B. Bury says: ‘In the meantime Belisarius [head of Emperor Justinian’s army] had left Naples and was marching northward. The Romans, warned by the experiences of Naples, and urged by the Pope, who had no scruples in breaking his OATH with Witigis [note this], and a messenger inviting him to come, he entered Rome on Dec. 9, A.D. 536.’ – ‘History of the Later Roman Empire,’ Vol. II, pp. 179,180.

“Such, then, was the Pope Silverius, who, having sworn a solemn oath of fealty to Witigis, now, near the end of 536 [A.D.], sent a messenger to Belisarius to offer the PEACEFUL surrender of the city of Rome.’ – ‘Italy and Her Invaders,’ T. Hodgkins (8-Vol. ed.), Vol. IV, Book 5, p. 83. 1885.

“Rome BETRAYED. The Catholics, on the first approach of the emperor’s army, boldly raised the cry that the apostolic throne [?] should no longer be profaned by the triumph or TOLERATION of Arianism, nor the tombs of the Caesars trampled by the ravages of the North; and deputies of the Pope and clergy, and what is called the SENATE and the people, waited upon the approach of the army to whom they threw OPEN the gates of the city [remember the Trojan horse strategy?], and the Catholics were rewarded for their TREASON by the apparent respect of Belisarius for the Pope.’ – ‘History of the Christian Church,’ N. Summerbell, p. 340, third edition, Cincinnati: 1873.

“Witigis then besieged the city of Rome from March, 537, to March, 538, when he raised the siege, after LOSING the flower of his army, and retired to Ravenna, his capital. T. Hodgkin says: ‘With heavy hearts the barbarians must have thought, as they turned them northwards, upon the MANY graves of GALLANT men which they were leaving on that fatal plain. Some of them must have suspected the MELANCHOLY TRUTH that they had dug one grave, deeper and wider than all—THE GRAVE OF THE GOTHIC MONARCHY IN ITALY.’ – ‘Italy and Her Invaders,’ (8-vol. ed.), Vol. IV, p. 285.

“A DEATHBLOW was thus given to the Ostrogoths in 538 A.D., and their re-attempts to establish themselves after this [year 538] were but the last flicker of a lamp being extinguished. Belisarius followed them this same year ‘to their last stronghold of power. Ravenna was soon entered by the troops of the empire, and with it FELL the great kingdom of the Ostrgoths.’ – ‘Fall of Rome,’ J.G. Sheppard, p. 306. London. 1892.

“Then occurred a SINGULAR PHENOMENON, —THE ANNIHILATION AND DISAPPEARANCE of a great and powerful people FROM THE WORLD’S HISTORY.’ – Ibid. p. 307.

“But let all remember, that ‘the success of Justinian’s invasion was due to the CLERGY; in the ruin that they brought to their country, and the relentless tyranny they drew upon themselves, they had their reward.’- ‘History of the Intellectual Development of Europe,’ J. G. Draper, M. D., LL.D., Vol. 1, p. 355. NY. Harper Bros., 1839.

“The last of the three Arian ‘horns’ of Daniel 7:8 had passed away, and with the LIBERTY of the common people . Dr. N. Summerbell truthfully says:

‘The Dark Ages, introduced by the persecution of an enlightened Church in the sanguinary wars of Justinian TO EXALT THE CATHOLICS, continued up to the fourteenth century. It was a long, dark night, when IGNORANCE, BIGOTRY, and CRUELTY REIGNED, and TRUTH, PURITY, and JUSTICE WERE CRUSHED OUT.’ – ‘History of the Christian Church,’ p. 342.” (From ‘Facts of Faith,’ C. Edwardson, Southern Publishing Asso., Nashville 8. TN. 1943).

There are three key events and final acts that mark 538 A.D. as the starting date of the of 1260 day/year prophecy (the Dark Ages). This is one of them. Bless the enlightenment and warnings of the prophecies. To the diligent, serious, and consistent yet humble truth-seekers, Christ’s certain promise is, “and ye shall find!” NMF

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THE ARIAN AFRICAN VANDAL ‘HORN’ PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS

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THE ARIAN AFRICAN VANDAL ‘HORN’ PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS

“Treachery, which with Rome and her allies has always been a JUSTIFIABLE WEAPON, was here used IN THE service of the [Roman Catholic] Church by her dutiful son. Justinian [the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire] sent an army of 200,000 trained men under the leadership [of command] of Belisarius to conquer the Vandals WITHOUT declaring war, and UNBEKNOWN to Gelimer, king of the Vandals. The historian Villari says:

‘Belisarius landed on the African coast at nine days march from Carthage (the Vandal capital]. He did not ASSUME the attitude as a conqueror, but came, he said, as the DELIVERER of the Catholics and Romans, the clergy and proprietors, who were all equally oppressed by those foreign barbarians, the heretic Vandals.’ – ‘The Barbarian Invasion of Italy,’ Vol. I, p. 198.

“Thus Belisarius [commander of Justinian’s army] won the enthusiastic support of a large part of the population [beware of the popular majority]. To UNDERMINE the zeal of the Vandal leaders FOR THEIR KING, he [Belisarius] sent the ‘leading men of the Vandals’ a letter from Justinian, stating that he intended only to dethrone the usurping king, who was tyrannizing over them, and to give them back their LIBERTY. The letter reads:

‘It is not our purpose to go to war with the Vandals nor are we breaking our treaty with Gaiseric [a bare-faced lie]. We are only attempting to overthrow your tyrant,who making light of Gaiseric’s testament keeps your king a prisoner….Therefore join us in FREEING YOURSELVES from a tyranny so wicked, that you may enjoy PEACE AND LIBERTY. We give you pledge IN THE.NAME OF GOD that we will give these BLESSINGS.’…..The overseer of the public post DESERTED and delivered all the horses to Belisarius.’ – ‘History of the Later Roman Empire,’ J. B. Bury, Vol. II, p. 130. London. The Macmillian Co., 1925.

“But Justinian never intended to keep his SOLEMN OATH to grant them liberty, and the people soon found Rome the SEVEREST of tyrants.

“In 533 A. D. the Byzantine general Belisarius landed in Africa. The Vandals were several times defeated, and Carthage was entered on Sept. 15, 533…..In the next year Africa, Sardinia, and Corsica were restored to the Roman Empire. As a NATION, THE VANDALS SOON CEASED TO EXIST.’ – ‘Nelson’s Encyclopedia, Vol. XII, art. ‘Vandals,’ pp. 380, 381. New York. 1907.

“Religious INTOLERANCE accompanied the imperial restoration in the West [Roman Empire]. In Africa, as in Italy, Arians were spoiled [destroyed] for the BENEFIT of the Catholics, their churches were destroyed or ruined, and their lands confiscated.’ – ‘Cambridge Medieval History,’ Bury, Gwatkin, and Whitney, Vol. II, p. 44. NY: 1913.” (Facts of Faith, pp. 42, 43.

Bless all as we familiarize ourselves with details of church history in the light of prophecy. This is part of the comprehensive Third Angel’s message for the last days. NMF

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HOW THE HERULI ARIAN ‘HORN’ WAS ‘PLUCKED UP BY ITS ROOTS’ BY THE ‘LITTLE HORN’ OF DANIEL 7: 8.

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HOW THE HERULI ARIAN ‘HORN’ WAS ‘PLUCKED UP BY ITS ROOTS’ BY THE ‘LITTLE HORN’ OF DANIEL 7: 8.

“Pope Silverius died on the 2nd of March, 483, whereupon Odovacar (Odoacer, king of the Heruli) made a false move…..It was very important for him to control the choice of a new Pontiff…..He desired a Pope well disposed to himself. When the preliminary assembly failed to agree in the choice of a candidate, the Pretorian Prefect, Cecina Basilius, suddenly intervened in Odovacar’s name, and declared that no election would be valid without the King’s voice…..After this the Assembly was summoned to sanction the decree and decide the election, which resulted in favor of Felix II  (483-492), the candidate recommended by Odovacar.” -The Barbarian Invasion of Italy, p. 148, (1902). “His interference in the Papal election has cast into the Roman Church the seed of a deep and threatening distrust towards him.” – Ibid, p. 147.

“Rome could never forgive such an affront, and through its faithful ALLY, the emperor, another Barbarian nation, the OSTROGOTHS, were called in to destroy the hated Heruli…..—

“Villari says that THEODORIC at the head of the Ostrogothic hordes entered Italy in the autumn of 488, backed by the authority of the emperor and the Roman Church. Because of the discord that had now broken out between Odovacar and the Pope had weakened the former and consequently made him less formidable, after 2 disastrous battles he retreated toward the city of Rome for safety from the Ostrogoths, but ‘the gates of Rome were shut in his face, and the inhabitants of Italy began to show him marked hostility…..The Roman Church had TAKEN ADVANTAGE of all these causes of discontent in order to EXCITE the populace against him; and before long it was openly said that the CLERGY had organized a general CONSPIRACY against him…..in the style of the Sicilian Vespers.”- The Barbarian Invasion of Italy, 2-vol. ed. of 1880. Vol. I, pp. 153-156.

“Villari continues: ‘On the 5th of March, 493, Theodoric entered Ravenna in triumph, all the CLERGY coming forth to meet him, chanting Psalms, with the ARCHBISHOP at the head of the procession.’ -The Barbarian Invasion of Italy, Vol. I, p. 158. TEN DAYS LATER ODOVACAR WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.

“Hodgkin points out that this coming of the archbishop to meet the Ostrogoths was STAGED so as to ‘impress vividly on the minds both of Italians and Ostrogoths that Theodoric came as the FRIEND of the Catholic Church.’- ‘Italy and Her Invaders.’ – Ibid, pp. 244, 255. Hodgkin further states that the Roman clergy were PRIVY to a terrible SECRET PLOT of murdering the the followers of Odovacar all over Italy.’ – Ibid, 225, 226.

“The Heruli disappeared from history. Thus the first of the three ‘horns’ of Daniel 7:8 was ‘plucked up by the roots,’ and history leaves no room for doubt but that the Papacy THROUGH its allies engineered this act because of its opposition to Arianism.” – Facts of Faith, Christian Edwardson, pp. 39, 40.  Bless all, NMF 

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THE ‘LITTLE HORN’ GETS THE OSTROGOTH ARIAN ‘HORN’ TO DESTROY HIS FELLOW HERULI ARIAN ‘HORN’

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THE ‘LITTLE HORN’ GETS THE OSTROGOTH ARIAN ‘HORN’ TO DESTROY HIS FELLOW HERULI ARIAN ‘HORN’

As the trite but always relevant saying goes, “United we stand, divided we fall.’ The enemy of all truth knows this truism all too well. Hence, his diabolical mind devised an all-too-successful scheme and strategy out of it and weaponized it, known as: “Divide and conquer.”

“Nearly all the wars which the northern barbarians carried on in Italy…..were occasioned by the pontiffs [popes]; and the hordes, with which Italy was inundated, the generally called in by them [the pontiffs].- ‘History of Florence,’ p.13. Universal Classics Library, 1901.

“The historian Villari says THEODORIC at the head of the OSTROGOTHIC hordes entered Italy in the autumn of 488, backed by the authority of the emperor and the [Roman] Church. Because of the discord that had now broken out between Odovacar [king of the Heruli kingdom] and the Pope had weakened the former and consequently made him less formidable, after two disastrous battles he retreated toward the city of Rome for safety from the Ostrogoths, but ‘the gates of Rome were shut in his face, and the inhabitants of Italy began to show him marked hostility; partly on account of his recent conflict with the [Roman] Church, partly from the increased deeds of spoliation ….

“The [Roman] Church HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE of all these causes of this DISCONTENT in order to excite the populace against him; and before long it was openly said that the CLERGY had organized a GENERAL CONSPIRACY against him somewhat, it would seem, in the style of the Sicilian Vespers.’ – ‘The Barbarian Invasion of Italy,’ 1880, Vol. I, pp. 153-156.

“John Henry Cardinal Newman, D.D., says: ‘Odovacar was sinking before Theodoric [his fellow Arian] and the Pope was CHANGING one Arian master for another.’ – ‘An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine,’ Part II, p. 320. London. 1878.

“Villari continues: ‘On the 5th of March, 493, Theodoric entered Ravenna in triumph, all the CLERGY coming forth to meet him, chanting Psalms, and with the Archbishop at the head of the procession.’ -‘The Barbarian Invasion of Italy.’ Vol. 1, p. 158.

“Ten days later Odoacer (Odovacar) was murdered in cold blood.” – Edwardson, ‘Facts of Faith,’ Southern Publishing, 1943, pp. 38, 39.

Satan, “the father of lies and murderer from the beginning,’ used ‘subtility’ and craftiness to deceive Eve in Eden. His main agency on earth, the Papacy, has ever used the same strategy in her growth and development as clearly revealed in the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. “Knowledge is power.” “To be forewarned is to be forearmed.” God bless all, NMF 

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How the ‘Little Horn’ Uprooted the 3 Arian ‘Horns’

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER SEVEN – Part 27

How the ‘Little Horn’ Uprooted the 3 Arian ‘Horns’

    I was considering the horns [the 10 horns in verse 7], and there was another little horn, a little one, coming up among them before whom three for the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this [little] horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.” Daniel 7: 8, N.K.J.V.

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Origin of: Term ‘Catholic Christian;’ Permanent Alliance of Church and State & ‘Little Horn’ Power of Daniel 7: 8

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER SEVEN – Part 25
 
Origin of: Term ‘Catholic Christian;’ Permanent Alliance of
Church and State & ‘Little Horn’ Power of Daniel 7: 8
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:
“If you know the enemy, and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” – Sun Tzu, Chinese military strategist
From Facts of Faith by Christian Edwardson (Revised), chapter: The Prophetic History of the World, pp. 34-38. Southern Publishing Asso. Nashville 8 TN, U.S.A., 1943:  
     THE PROPHECIES of the Bible are not difficult to understand—if we follow the rules laid down in Scripture for interpreting prophecy. These rules are few in number, and they are not complicated. When used in connection with prophetic symbols, ‘sea,’ or ‘waters’ stand for ‘multitudes of people’ (Rev. 17: 15; Isa. 8: 7; 17: 12; Jer. 6: 23); ‘wind’ stands for ‘war’ (Jer. 4: 12, 13; 25: 31, 32); ‘beasts’ stands for ‘kingdoms’ (Dan. 7: 23); and ‘days’ for ‘years [of 360 days] (Eze.4: 6). 

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The Master Prophecy of the Bible Predicts Only Four World Empires

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Biblical Numerology: NUMBER FOUR & FORTY– Part XVI

The Master Prophecy of the Bible Predicts Only Four World Empires

 

While Daniel 8: 14 is the Bible’s master prophecy, the mother of all prophecies and promises and the seed of the everlasting gospel (Gen. 3: 15; Rev. 14: 6-7) with its comprehensive plan of redemption was in the Creator’s declaration to Satan, disguised as a serpent, and to Eve who had first yielded, then herself became an agent of temptation by inducing her husband to follow her example in disobeying the command of the Creator. They failed the very first test of faith, love, and loyalty through unquestioning and willing obedience. The highest form of worship and adoration is loving obedience, not elaborate and high ceremonies or effusive lip service!

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