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Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Jul 2, 2015 (message contributor)
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1. Mystery Babylon. Introduction.
Contributed on Jul 2, 2015
Here is a lesson on the historical and very real "Babylon", in every culture, in every age. Introductions and explanations ....
SOME PRELIMINARY NOTES 1. The tracing of Babylon turns out to be the study of the human race, with its obvious and not so obvious byways and lanes that, after awhile, tend to overwhelm rather than edify. After months of plodding through these paths, I finally must force myself to stop and turn ...read more
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2. Mystery Babylon:, The Protestants, America, Mexico, Vatican I
Contributed on Jul 20, 2015
Babylon is dealt a heavy blow as people begin to stream out of her, fight against her, and even discover a new world free from her influence (at least at the beginning). How will she respond to all of these changes?
FORTY-THREE: PROTESTANTISM This book is not meant to be an endorsement of "Protestantism" over Catholicism, though you may be shocked to hear me say it. It is not quite that simple. For example, "Protestant" England comes about in part as a result of the love-life of Henry VIII. Henry refuses ...read more
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3. Mystery Babylon In Assyria And Babylonia.
Contributed on Jul 5, 2015
"Babylon" adapts itself to every age, even creates the age, and moves easily from its ancient beginnings to world empires. We travel all the way to the Book of Daniel, Biblically, in this segment.
3: ENTER THE PATRIARCHS We are not totally aware of what Satan knew and didn't know, and how he planned his counter-attack on the design of God. But if God revealed to Adam that the "seed of a woman" will bruise the "head of the serpent" (Genesis 3:14-15), is there any doubt that Satan has a ...read more
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4. Mystery Babylon, Rome's View Of World Power, 19th Century.
Contributed on Jul 23, 2015
The spirit of conquest is the spirit that has invaded Rome from its onset, whether pagan or Papal. Read from the Vatican documents just how that notion has influenced her thinking. Should America still be concerned?
PART FOUR:RIDING 20th-CENTURY BEASTS, 1885-1948 FIFTY: THE JEWS AND DREYFUS In Part III, I left dangling a thread that needs to be pulled tight now. Let's quickly visit Catholic France in the latter part of the 19th century. Our guide is Weinberg, op.cit., pp. 70-71. "In the late 1800's, ...read more
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5. Mystery Babylon, In Medo-Persia And Greece
Contributed on Jul 6, 2015
With this section we cover the rest of the Old Testament period. "Babylon" has served as a backdrop to the Biblical story from early Genesis. It is still the backdrop, in our own day!
7: DANIEL AND BABYLON 600 B.C. In captivity, the Jews continue to manifest a presence. Daniel in particular is a thorn in the side of Babylon, and Satan takes special measures to rid the earth of him, all of which are unsuccessful. (For those who have not done so recently, a quick reading ...read more
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6. Mystery Babylon In The Roman Empire : The New Testament Backdrop
Contributed on Jul 7, 2015
Babylon's mysteries did not go away with Babylon, but have been passed on through the world empires. We now come to Rome, the "Babylon" of New Testament days.
9: PAGAN ROME We have danced through nearly 4000 years of history in a startlingly short time. Most moderns agree that the things I have portrayed so far are a true picture of the events that took place, the philosophies that prevailed, the religion that dominated. No need to overwork ...read more
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7. Mystery Babylon And The Current Confusion In The Church
Contributed on Jul 31, 2015
Who can we trust these days? Do all roads really have to lead to Rome?
SIXTY-SEVEN: THE LAST POPES At the end of the Old Testament is Malachi. In these last days of the Roman Church, there is Malachi Martin, aggressive "prophet" to the Catholic people, former Jesuit professor, one who served with John XXIII. Comments from his book, The Decline and Fall of the ...read more
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8. Mystery Babylon: Jesuits, Hapsburgs, And Mary Margaret Alacocque
Contributed on Jul 17, 2015
Babylon has a voice in every generation, until its demise in the end of time. See how she speaks in the 17th and 18th centuries...
FORTY: THE LEGS OF ROME I have shown how Rome has ruled the earth from the days of the Caesars until about 1600 A.D. She has torn and plundered and deceived her way to power by use of Roman swords, German kings, Spanish Inquisitors, French missionaries. The Mistress riding every known power on ...read more
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9. Mystery Babylon, As Manifested In Communism, Al Smith, And Mussolini
Contributed on Jul 26, 2015
Yes there is a link, a solidifying background story behind all the major events of world history, and that link is Babylon, now doing business as Rome. There will be other manifestations of Babylon , but for now, we see the influence of Italy's child...
FIFTY-FIVE: THE RISE OF COMMUNISM Following World War I, the attention of the world is directed to Orthodox/Czarist Russia. It must be noted that the Czar and the Orthodox Church are as united as the Holy Roman Emperor and the Catholic Church. They are a mirror image of what is happening in the ...read more
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10. Mystery Babylon: Anti-Jew, Anti-Protestant, Anti-America
Contributed on Jul 29, 2015
For the first 60 years of the 20th century, Rome seemed to be at business as usual for her. Seniors today were raised with a Romanism that was a far cry from the compromising brand of today. Thus the Protestant's ease in separating from her.
PART FIVE: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION , 1948- present FIFTY-NINE: THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL Some Christians would say that one of the most exciting events in all modern history is the episode involving God's promises to the nation Israel. In 1948, the Gentile domination of the Promised Land begins ...read more
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11. Mystery Babylon In The Early Church
Contributed on Jul 8, 2015
Now we come to the days of Jesus and the church's formation, to see how Babylon relates in that time period.
PART II: ROME, PAGAN to PAPAL A.D. 100 to A.D. 1300 "We wrestle not against flesh and blood." (Ephesians 6:12) It is not men to whom we look as we seek the origin of the conspiracy against Christ and His church. We worry not whether mere mortals were aware of the part they played in the ...read more
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12. Mystery Babylon, The Lincoln Affair
Contributed on Jul 21, 2015
The facts are documentable. There really is a connection between Rome and the events surrounding the Civil War, including Lincoln's untimely death. Step back and look at history through Biblical eyes, and your view changes considerably...
FORTY-EIGHT: THE LINCOLN AFFAIR So we are now in a time when bloodshed, which is newsworthy and can be reported to generations following, begins to give way to influence, which tends to go unnoticed except by the most observant. As we walk through these years, we walk slowly and ...read more
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13. Mystery Babylon: The Church Moves From Persecuted To Persecutor.
Contributed on Jul 9, 2015
The influence of Babylon turns the simple organization of Jesus into a world power that does untold damage to its surroundings. The true church survives and is persecuted.
SEVENTEEN: THE GREATEST DECEPTION of the AGES (so far) c. 300 A.D. Pagan Rome rises and falls. Its history is clearly heralded by many. And as a true child of Babylon it plays its part well. Its hatred of and persecution of both Jews and Christians is well documented. ...read more
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14. Mystery Babylon, Rome's Response To The Mass Exit Of Believers.
Contributed on Jul 16, 2015
The counter-reformation, the Renaissance, John Calvin, and more...
THIRTY-EIGHT: TRENT AND BEYOND In the midst of all this reforming, the Roman church decides on a counter-attack. It will bring all its people together in Trent, Italy, and discuss the reforms, perhaps suggest a few of its own, but at any event, make a very specific statement to all present and ...read more
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15. Mystery Babylon, The Rise Of The Papacy And Anti-Semitism
Contributed on Jul 10, 2015
Slowly, ever so slowly, the papacy emerges. Attitudes change. The church looks strangely different. When she lashes out at the Jews who were her first members, and her Savior, we know things have evolved the wrong way...
NINETEEN: THE SLOW EMERGENCE OF THE PAPACY So, the location is to be Rome. The man is to be "Peter." Said Leo I, leader of the church in the middle of the 5th century: "From the whole world, a single man, 'Peter', is chosen and appointed to rank before all Gentiles and all apostles, all Fathers ...read more
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16. Mystery Babylon, A Final Look At The Modern Expression Of The Mystery...
Contributed on Aug 2, 2015
Though this study concluded in the 1990's, the conclusions are the same today. World religion is coming. Romanism and its cronies will make it up. Bible believers will be excluded. Be ready...
SEVENTY: ON SPEAKING OUT The Rock magazine from which I quoted earlier, March of 1990, addresses a question that may have entered your mind by now: Is it right to judge, to expose error, to name names? I give you their solidly Biblically-based answer: "...Those who are faithful in exposing ...read more
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17. Mystery Babylon, The Protest Begins
Contributed on Jul 15, 2015
Eventually people get it: You must come out of Babylon. Here is the story of those first heroes of the Protestant Reformation, who saw Babylon, protested, and were forced out. Thank God for them.
PART THREE: WHEN PEOPLE PROTEST 1300-1870 THIRTY-SEVEN: THE CALL "OUT OF HER" BEGINS The light which manifests itself to many individuals within the church slowly becomes such a burning glow that, combining with the loss of prestige of the Papacy, and the growing political tensions, it can ...read more
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18. Mystery Babylon During World War I, And A Look At "Our Lady."
Contributed on Jul 24, 2015
How was Rome involved in the political and military crisis that was World War I? And what influence was there on the world by certain apparitions that allegedly occurred?
FIFTY-TWO: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BEGINS At the turn of our present century, the Roman system is continuing its diatribes against Protestants through men like "Pius" X . He refers to the leaders of the Reformation as "Enemies of the Cross of Christ." The outright blasphemies and superstitions ...read more
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19. Mystery Babylon, In Papal Rome: From Its Height To Its Present Low...
Contributed on Jul 14, 2015
Rome-Babylon has been with us for many centuries now. From giddy power over empires to its present place of "holding on", Babylon promises to be with us until her program is fulfilled (Revelation 18).
The "Golden Age" of the Papacy. c. 1000 A.D. As the new millennium dawns over Europe and the world, Rome tightens its grip. It seems every Pope is trying to outdo the last in wickedness and power plays. Benedict VIII buys the office of Pope in 1012, as does his successor in 1024. The latter ...read more
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20. Mystery Babylon And Ther New Day In Rome, To Which All Roads Lead...
Contributed on Jul 30, 2015
Vatican 2 made a difference. For better or worse, a form of unity has set in. Protestants and all religions flock to Rome while many others leave her for good. When the dust settles: A one-world church, and a true church...
SIXTY-FIVE: VATICAN TWO Far more grim a perspective than one more nation having Catholic rule is what may have been the beginning of total world control at the Vatican Council of the 60's. To introduce you to that meeting, I give this clip from the Random House Encyclopedia, p. ...read more
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21. Mystery Babylon And The World War 2 Connection
Contributed on Jul 27, 2015
Hitler and many of the leaders surrounding him had been raised in Catholicism, with its ugly hatred of the Semites. The rest is history...
FIFTY-EIGHT: HITLER AND WORLD WAR II Let's back up to the end of World War I. The Hapsburg Dynasty has crumbled. Rome is worried about its future prospects. Protestant areas of Czechoslovakia, Orthodox portions of Yugoslavia, Orthodox Russia, all are European threats to the Roman block of ...read more
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22. Mystery Babylon. The Papacy , The Jews, The Muslims
Contributed on Jul 13, 2015
Greater and greater grows the power of "Christendom" under the Popes of the darkened ages. Lesser and lesser grows the prospects of the descendants of Abraham. And what is the Islamic connection to Babylon?
TWENTY-FIVE: THE FIRST "REAL" POPES? Some claim that Leo I was the first pope (440-461). "He claimed that he was, by Divine appointment, Primate of all Bishops...that resistance to His authority was a sure way to Hell...advocated the death penalty for heresy..." (Halley, p. 770) Again it is ...read more
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23. Mystery Babylon: The First 2000 Years.
Contributed on Jul 3, 2015
How Satan's kingdom began and prospered among us from creation to Abraham.
1: THE FALL OF SATAN AND HIS PLAN FOR MAN Our story must begin before the planet we inhabit was set in place by our Heavenly Father. There seems to have been a conflict in the heavenlies between the Almighty and one of His created angels, Lucifer. The latter evidently wanted more authority ...read more