Nearly all protestants for hundreds of years after the reformation recognized that Rome was being described. And from Rome, the mother church, came daughters who are harlots.
Yup.
The first reformers had no problem calling Rome and the papacy, the seat of antichrist- or the popes, antichrist. I have seen their quotes attributed to them in their writings.
And most of those first reformers opinions were formed before the world was introduced to a Roman calendar named after a Pope.. Something they would logically have to call ‘antichrist’ calendar.
We have 500 years of history to look back on and yet , Protestantism , isn’t connecting the dots..we won’t unless He leads us ‘out’.
Today Rome as a power and principality is not using a sword to wield its control and influence but peace, with the backing of all major countries, religions, organizations(UN) and economies and markets.
They do it by simply allowing the world to know today is Thor’s Day November 5th, instead of His 1st Day of His week, the 23rd Day of His 8th month.. A difference that seems insignificant but it is central to how His Creative and Redemptive Work is commemorated on His Calendar He taught Israel.
A day that commemorates when He said Let there be light. And there was light.
That is one way to tell time- and it can be found using His Word and His Creation..
Or a day originating as named after a false god.. That Rome and the world ordains as the way to set one’s work and/or worship.
Seems silly to people who have only known the one calendar.
The angel telling the world in Revelation 14 to worsip Him who made heaven the earth the sea and fountains of water, is saying that because the battle is over worship.
And thanks to how Rome tells time, that Creative Work in each day is hidden. And how it relates to His Redemptive Work too, would expose all religion (including Judaism) as following traditions of men.
And that is why Rome’s Jesus with holy days associated with Rome is simply another Jesus with another gospel..
And so subtle a difference that most won’t see it.
But the enemy is subtle..
I still wonder who would see it first- but the first people to see it will be anyone who stops accepting Rome as having any truth.
That is farther ‘protestant’ than protestants really want to go because they will know down that road that they too, are feeding the beast.
Like I did..
And that humbling experience is needed but it does shatter one’s view of the world.. Tough for a Christian to think they are part of Babylon..
If one can see how Satan works in Islam, Judaism and Christianity, one will be blessed ...not popular, but blessed.
The battle is as much between our ears and in our hearts as it is in this world. The less conformity to this world, even if it seems to be set up as a Judeo/Christian template, is exactly why people are fast asleep and not testing and proving..
And why the transformation of one’s mind comes as Rome and the world gets less influence in one’s life..
It isn’t easy to call today His 1st Day.. I do it by faith because I see how He set up His Calendar to commemorate His Creative and Redemptive Work in His Word and in His Creation.
Which is how I strive to love Him with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. Seeing His Creatibr and Redemptive Work in every one of His Days.
By doing that, He has blessed me to see how the enemy works.
And how I strive to love my neighbors as I love myself, because they are no different than me- Muslim,Jews,Christian,atheist, secular humanist ,etc. All the world is deceived and only He can take the scales off..and only He gets the glory.
I grieve the world is so blinded by the enemy.
We all share the same enemy.
But it started with not allowing the power and principality of Rome to set the premises like the world allows today.
A totally different way to view the world that shows all religion is full of babel..not unintentional.. In fact, by design..
Even in Judaism and Christianity..
Not popular by any stretch! But a blessing to get those eyes to see and ears to hear from Him!
The debates would be different in any forum if they could see the Kingdom the way He intended people to see it- in the daily commemorating of His Creative and Redemptive Work..
Something the world doesn’t do today. But will when the Kingdom comes!
See Is 1:21
In the Old Testament, Israel is frequently referred to as a harlot. God whistled up the Babylonians to send her into exile. See Jeremiah 3, Ez 16, Ho 4:15 Amos 7