Subject: When did the catholic church go wrong? |
Bible Note: Hi Ed, yes as I said, the church is a living communion with GOD in the attonement of our Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing more, nothing less. The church continued on as Babylon was born, and began to grow(Babylon). When Babylon(Roman church) came to a position of pre-eminent power, her real nature was revealed as she sought to bind all men to herself, and destroyed all who refused. During the dark ages undeceived believers continued to witness to the realities of the gospel, and refused to recognize the Roman church as in the faith of Jesus Christ. For this many were killed. At the reformation a witness(Holy Spirit) againest the Roman church was given(Luther, ect) and Her power over the lives of men was broken. But men did much the same as they did with Constintine 1300 years earlier and organized themselves into churches with intimate relationships with the governments of the world. And now while the intimidating, life threatening power of Babylon was broken a new threat as revealed in Matthew 24:24 was undertaken by the spirit of anti-Christ. These realities are shown symbolicaly in spiritual language in Revelations 17, and GODS counsel to those within these systems in Revelation 18:4. If you notice 17:5 says she is a whore, and the mother of harlots. She is now calling her daughters back to herself in the eccumenical movement, as her headship(the devil) lusts for one more crack at real power in the lives of men. |