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Tony Cirigliano Ministries Newsletter February 2007, Issue #20
We have started sending the bible study booklet Revelation Made Simple to ministers of other faiths. We plan on sending them also to the ministers who have been sent the Doug Batchelor DVD and Pastor Kevin Morgan’s CD on the Sabbath. Please pray as these ministers receive the truth. If you would like Ministers in your home town to receive this booklet, the cost is $10 per minister. We have the names and addresses of every church and minister in the US! As funds come in we will expand the program and make the truth available to as many ministers as possible.
Chapter 1 deals with the prophecy of Daniel 2, the rapt6ure and the real second coming of Jesus. Chapter 2 is a clear and concise presentation of the true everlasting gospel. Chapter 3 deals with the big issue in the great controversy between Christ and Satan – Yahweh’s Law. Chapter 4 deals with ghosts, séances, spiritualism and the state of the dead. Chapter 5 makes very plain the great hoax that has deceived the whole world regarding the change of the day of worship from Sabbath to Sunday. Chapter 6 traces how paganism was baptized into the church. This chapter is the feature article in this month’s newsletter. Chapter 7 teaches the truth about the Millennium and more about the return of Jesus. Chapter 8 teachers about Mr. 666 and his mark. This chapter clearly exposes the Roman seat of the anti-christ, and yes we still teach 666 and the number of his name Vicarius Filii Dei. Some have made a big issue of proving that there was never a tiara or pope’s hat with the title “Vicarivs Filii Dei” on it. The fact of the matter is that this is one of the titles of the pope describing his main office and role, and when you add up his name as the Bible says “the number of his name” it adds up to 666. The Bible does not even mention a tiara or even a hat! Read the Bible and see that our interpretation of the title having a numerical value that must be “counted” and which adds up to the number 666 is valid Biblically. Chapter 9 of the book deals with heaven and that great journey through Orion the believers will one day take. Give the book to a seeker of truth and let the Holy Spirit decide if it is appropriate for him or her! The great truths covered in the book caught my attention when I was a Roman Catholic and they brought me into God’s remnant church. Hundreds of Scriptures in the book will do their work for the Master in converting souls to the truth! See the order form to order.
February 24 – Soul Winning Made Simple at Bass Memorial Academy, Mississippi April 10 – Soul Winning Made Simple workshop with Canadian pastors May 17-22 – Lay Training for Share Him Meetings with Elder Folkenberg at Southern Adventist University October 2007 Living a Joyful Life Even in the Worst of Times Seminar (12 week-end meetings May 26-2008 – Bible Study workshop at the Carolina Conference Camp-meeting Week-ends for 2007 are now being booked. Call for a date and let’s work together to win souls! Call 828-263-0780 or e-mail pastortony@msn.com to set dates. _________________________________________________________
From chapter 6 in the new book Bible Prophecy Made Simple Have you heard of the disease called amnesia? If you have amnesia, you have no recollection of the past. You would have an absence of identity. You would not know what to do next. If we have amnesia, we wouldn’t know what road to take home, or where home even is! It’s only because we understand and remember the past that we know what to do now and how we arrived here. It is important for us to understand what has happened in the past in the area of religion in order for us to know where we are today, and what we are to do. Today there are over 275 different Christian denominations. Many have different kinds of worship, and different days of worship. They also have different theology. Which one is right? We must journey into the past to find answers for the present regarding religion. This is crucial in order to understand the machinations of the devil who has attacked Bible Christianity and who has injected his poisonous doctrines into Church history. You may be surprised to learn that some of the things commonly taught and believed among Christians today are not from the Bible at all! In fact, the Bible tells us that the devil will be successful in deceiving the “whole world.” Here is how the great controversy began. “And there was war in heaven: Michael and His angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” (Rev. 12:7-9). Incredible as it sounds, the Bible tells us that there was war in heaven! This war came about because Lucifer, who was created as a holy angel perfect in beauty and wisdom decided to rebel against Yahweh and His law. He and the angels that sided with him in rebellion were cast out. Lucifer the holy angel became Satan the enemy of Yahweh and His Word and Yahweh’s law. Satan orchestrated man’s fall. After the fall, God gave mankind a wonderful promise recorded in Genesis 3:15. “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (He) shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel.” The devil listened as the Lord said that salvation would come from a special child that was to be born. He then knew what he would do. He would in advance counterfeit this great event and deceive the whole world. At least this is what appears to have unfolded. The Bible uncovers this diabolical Plot! “Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. – Genesis 10:1. And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before Yahweh.” (Gen. 10:6-9). The word translated “before” in the text where it says Nimrod was a “mighty hunter before Yahweh” is the Hebrew word “pawneh” and it literally means “against.” Nimrod was against the God of heaven. This fact can be plainly understood from the Bible because it was Nimrod that began to build the Tower of Babel which greatly displeased the Lord God! “And the beginning of his (Nimrod’s)kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.” (Genesis 10:10.) Every pagan religion has at its center a way for you to save yourself. The Bible says Yahshua Jesus is the only WAY! Nimrod led in the construction of the Tower of Babel perhaps as a means to escape another flood should Yahweh send one. The Tower of Babel is a symbol of the utter uselessness of trying to reach heaven by our own works. The way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. His blood alone can save us. The above verse shows that the beginning of Nimrod’s kingdom was Babel later to be known as Babylon. The devil’s great counterfeit religion started in ancient Babylon. In the book The Two Babylons written by Alexander Hislop who spent his entire life searching out the pagan customs, teachings and influences that have crept into the Christian church from paganism gives valid proof for what you will find outlined in this chapter. His book is rare to find today, but it is well worth the search by seekers of truth! Hislop pieces together facts from ancient history, and it seems that this Nimrod married a very beautiful and also very wicked woman named Semiramis. The relationship between Nimrod and Semiramis is not very clear. King Nimrod and his queen were worshipped by the people of Babylon. They were the first “royal couple” or the first “celebrities.” Semiramis came to be called the “Queen of Heaven” many centuries before Mary the mother of Jesus was born. (See Jeremiah 7:18). Nimrod was so evil, legend has it that his great uncle Shem had him killed. After Nimrod’s death, Semiramis had a huge problem on her hands. How would she hold the kingdom together? From the worship that evolved in Babylon after Nimrod’s death, it can be surmised that Semiramis, no doubt inspired by the devil, told the people that Nimrod had gone to live in the sun and would rule and protect them as the sun god. The people could worship him by worshipping the sun. This was the beginning of sun worship. The Bible is filled with references to and condemnations against sun worship. How could people believe such a story? Why do people today believe that the stars control their destiny? Why do they believe in the power of crystal glass and pyramids? When people depart from God, they are liable to believe anything! I believe there is good evidence that points to Ancient Babylon as the real source of New Age Religion, paganism, and the occult. It is clear that the devilish idea that the stars direct your life instead of the great Creator God originated back in ancient Babylon. “Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.”(Isaiah 47:1). “Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.”( Isaiah 47:13-14). Astrology originated in ancient Babylon. People today still look at their horoscope in the daily newspaper believing that somehow the stars direct their lives. How foolish! Yahweh the Eternal God of heaven – our heavenly Father and His son Jesus and their Holy Spirit are the only Ones that can tell your future and direct your life! According to the Word of God, Babylon is the mother of all “harlot” religion and all the pagan abominations and false worship that exists on earth! “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OFABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” (Revelation 17:3-5.). According to Hislop, one Spring, after her husband Nimrod’s death, Semiramis was found to be pregnant. She told the people that she had become impregnated through the rays of the sun, and that the child she was carrying was half-human and half-divine – A God man! She called him Tammuz. The website http://JewishEncyclopedia.com says this about Tammuz: “A Babylonian deity referred to in Ezek. viii. 14. He is regarded as the husband, or sometimes as the son, of the goddess Ishtar . . .He is accordingly supposed to represent the spirit of the spring vegetation; and there was a period of mourning in Babylonia to mark the discontinuance of growth. The myth of Adonis in classical literature has also been associated with the legend. The reference in Ezekiel to the women weeping for Tammuz certainly shows a trace of a cult in early Israel… W. Robertson Smith attempted to associate the Tammuz-worship with the sacrificial rites connected with ‘the king of the woods.’" According to legend, Tammuz died saving a friend from the attack of a wild boar. His death was called a sacrificial one. So here was the son of the sun god dying to save others. This was the counterfeit savior! Tammuz was the world’s first false “savior.” The devil was working out his diabolical plan to counterfeit Christ Jesus and the truth! Pagan Babylon’s rituals and customs crept into the back door of the church. Notice the following quote. “The observance of the 40 days of Lent during the northern Spring season was derived from the worshippers of the Babylonian goddess. This 40 days of Lent is still observed by the Yezidis (pagan devil worshippers) of Koordistan, inherited from their Babylonian ancestors. The Lent of 40 days were also observed by the Pagan Mexicans, and the Egyptians who observed this tradition in honor of the goddess Osiris, also known as Adonis in Syria and Tammuz in Babylonia.” – The Pagan Side of Easter. The Word of God makes it clear that what Hislop says about Tammuz had definitely infiltrated the true worship of Yahweh! Notice this quote from Ezekiel. “Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? For they say, Yahweh seeth us not; Yahweh hath forsaken the earth. He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.” (Ezek. 8:12-14). In the above verses we can see how even in early times, the pagan religion of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz even polluted the true worship of Yahweh the true God. This masterpiece of deception grew over the centuries until it formed the great false Christian apostate church of Rome. After Tammuz died, it was said that he now resided in the stars. When Semiramis died, she was said to reside in the moon – and was called the “Queen of Heaven.” Nimrod was worshipped as the sun god, and this is where the Zodiac signs and astrology originated. Nimrod Was Known by Other Names In Different Parts of the World. In Egypt he was called – Ra, in Assyria – Baal, in Canaan he was called Molech. The Bible says this about the evil practice of sun worship. “Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.” (Lev. 20:2-3). In Persia Nimrod was called “Mithras,” In Greece, he was called “Helios,” and in Rome he was called “Sol Invictus” – the “unconquerable sun.” Interestingly, in Samaria he was called “Anu.” The Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th Edition, Vol. 1, p. 432, says this about Anu: “Anu was associated with the city of Erech in Southern Babylonia . . . Anu was regarded as the god of the heavens.” The Bible says this: “And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.” ( Gen. 10:10). In the above quote the city of Erech is described as one of the cities of Nimrod. Yet in the quote from the encyclopedia, it associates Erech with Anu. Here is proof that Nimrod was known by different names in different parts of the world! It was from this false sun-worship that we get the name Sunday for the first day of the week. “Sunday is the first day of the week, adopted from the Roman calendar because it was dedicated to the worship of the sun.” – Unger’s Bible Dictionary under the article “Sunday.” In fact, all the names for the days of the week came from pagan religion whose mother is Babylon. Sun–day was named after the sun. Moon-day named from the worship of the moon became Monday. From the worship of the pagan god Tiu came Tiu’s-day or Tuesday. From the pagan god Woden came Woden’s-day or as we know it today Wednesday. Thor’s-day became Thursday. Frigga’s-day became Friday, and Saturn-day became Saturday. In the Bible the only day that had a name recognized by Yahweh was the seventh-day Sabbath. Sunday was simply called in the Bible “the first day of the week.” (See John 20:1). What Was the Sun Worship Religion of The Beast Like? We don’t have to guess about what this false worship was like. Archeology has uncovered enough to give us a good knowledge of this pagan sun worship. We also have the life work of Alexander Hislop who has documented much of this sun worship from Babylon that spread all over the world. His book is called The Two Babylons, and some of the material covered in his book will be dealt with in this short newsletter article. Some Babylonian ideas like the confessional box have come into Christianity. “In the Babylonian system, secret confession to the priest, according to a prescribed form, was required of all who were admitted into the ‘mysteries,’ and until such confession was made, no complete initiation could take place.” – Two Babylons, p. 9. The confessional is not the only thing that slipped into the church. The use of Rosary Beads as a way to pray repetitious prayers to the Lord did not originate in Christianity. These beads came from paganism and were never used in the Bible. The Lord honors the sincerity of all who pray to Him not knowing better, but the devil and his beast system seeks to pervert the true worship of God. “The Rosary, is no invention of the Papacy. It is of the oldest antiquity, and also almost universally found among pagan nations.” – The Two Babylons, p. 187. The Bible speaks of Babylon’s false religion. “And he (Josiah) put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. And he brought out the grove from the house of Yahweh, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the grove.” (2 Kings 23:5-7). The religion of every nation on earth has been influenced or has its origin in ancient Babylon’s sun worship! Only the religion of the Bible can protect against false worship. Study and see that the American Indians were sun worshippers. So were the Ancient Druids, and the Incas. Buddhism and Hinduism can also be traced back to Babylonian sun worship. Fallen Christianity retains many sun-worship pagan influences. New Age spiritualism and earth worship also can be traced back to Babylon. As the Bible said about the devil, “He deceives the WHOLE WORLD”! The golden calf mentioned in the Bible was derived from sun worship! In India, cows are still considered sacred. The Bible records the fierce warfare the God of heaven fought against this pagan sun worship! “And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel. And Yahweh said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before Yahweh against the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.” (Numbers 25:3-5). Down through the centuries the devil has tried over and over again to inject false worship into the true worship of Yahweh the God of heaven. Elijah the prophet had to deal with the beast’s sun worship. “Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal (the sun-god) four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If Yahweh be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.” (1 Kings 18:19-21). “And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there”. (1 Kings 18:40). Jeremiah Had to Deal With This False Worship. “Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me: for I will not hear thee. Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith Yahweh: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Therefore thus saith Yahweh; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.” (Jer. 7:16-20). Jeremiah’s reference here to the “Queen of Heaven.” was not referring to Mary Jesus’ mother. She would not be born for centuries after Jeremiah’s time. Jeremiah was referring to Semiramis, Nimrod’s wife! Mother and child statues of Semiramis and Tammuz were worshipped for centuries and in Jeremiah’s time had spread to even the Hebrew faith! Many of these pagan statues were centuries later renamed Mary and Baby Jesus by the fallen Christian church, and the same idolatry from ancient sun-worship spread into the Christian Church! It is interesting that in Audsley’s Handbook of Christian Symbolism, it states this about the halo around the head of pictures of saints, Mary, etc. “The golden halos around the heads of both pagan gods and Christian saints refers to their being bathed in the glory of the sun and also to the fact that a spiritual sun within their own natures is radiating its glow-ray and surrounding them with celestial splendor.”
There are many things modern day Christians are simply unaware of, and yet these
things are crucial for a proper understanding of the truth and the issues in the
great controversy between Christ and Satan. As worship of Tammuz and Ishtar spread to the Mediterranean region, including the territory of biblical Israel, the pair came to be worshiped under other names: Baal and Astarte (Ashtoreth), Attis and Cybele, and Adonis and Aphrodite. God repeatedly condemned the sensual, perverted worship of Baal and Astarte (See Judges 2:11-15; 3:7-8; 10:6-7; 1 Kings 11:4-6, 31, 33, 16:30-33; and 22:51-53). “In many instances, when missionaries of the fallen church found statues in pagan lands of Semiramus and Tammuz, they renamed them Mary and the Christ child, and the adoration of these images continued.” - When Paganism Got Baptized. You can see the sun symbolism in modern Catholic worship displayed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome where one can see numerous sunbursts throughout the sanctuary. The name given to the celebration of Christ’s resurrection – Easter comes from the name Ishtar, another name for Semiramis the Babylonian goddess. A much better name for the day would be Resurrection Sunday. The Bible tells us this in Exodus 23:13: “And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.” They Even Had Sunrise Services in Ancient Babylon! “Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of Yahweh’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.” (Ezekiel 8:15-16). How did Yahweh the God of heaven feel about these things? “Therefore will I also deal in fury: Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in Mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.” (Ezekiel 8:18). Over and over the devil tried to infiltrate the true worship of our heavenly Father with these pagan customs and rites. Again and Again the Lord purged this out. The devil never stopped trying, and he had his greatest success in the days of Ancient Rome. Rome became the center of sun worship. Centuries after Christ, misguided men thought it would be a good thing to bring some of the pagan practices into the Christian church. They thought it would help convert the pagans. And the same thing that happened in Moses day, in Josiah's day, in Elijah's day, and in Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's time happened again. The church at Rome brought pagan practices into its worship, and a new kind of religion was formed, half pagan, and half Christian. It was as if paganism got baptized! History speaks of this. Here is a quote from Cardinal Newman's book The Development of Christian Doctrine, found on pages 371-373: “Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil and to transmute the very instruments and appendages of demon worship to an evangelical use...The rules of the church from early times were prepared, should the occasion arise, to adopt, or imitate, or sanction the existing rites and customs of the populace, as well as the philosophy of the educated class... We are told in various ways by Eusebius, that Constantine, in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen, transferred into it the outward adornments to which they had been accustomed in their own pagan religion...incense, lambs and candles, holy water...holydays and seasons,.. are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the church." Yes, Paganism Got Baptized! But please remember that God judges people by the light they have and the sincerity of their heart. There are many people in all persuasions who are worshipping Yahweh according to the best of their knowledge. And our heavenly Father in love recognizes them and accepts their prayers and worship, but He wants us to worship Him in Spirit and truth when we know better! Also remember that the devil does not spend so much time deceiving people if this deception did not cause them to be lost! Yahweh our God hates every false way! There is also a dilemma involving the day of worship. The Roman Catholic periodical Catholic World, of March, 1894 had a very interesting quote. Here it is: "The (Roman Catholic) church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the Heathen...She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday...There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem for Jesus, the Sun of Justice hence the church, in these countries, would seem to have said, 'keep that old pagan name. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.' and thus, the Pagan Sunday, dedicated to Baal, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus." – Ibid p.809. As God’s holy Word predicted Satan has “deceived the whole world”! Nimrod’s religion orchestrated by the devil has infiltrated the whole world. Another name for Tammuz was Zoraster from “zero” which means “seed,” and “Astar” which means “woman.” Thus, this false messiah was called the “seed of the woman.” This was the name the Lord gave His Son that would be born! (See Genesis 3:15.) Remember that in the great controversy between Christ and Satan the issue is worship. Satan wants to be worshipped in the form of the true religious leader of all false religions. He seeks to pervert true worship and substitute tenets of his religion for the true worship of Yahweh!
For example, in the photo above is a picture of an ancient statue of Jupiter the pagan god derived from false Babylonian worship. This statue of Jupiter has been modified, re-titled as St. Peter and seated on a throne in St. Peter's Basilica. The toes are worn out from people kissing its feet! Can Yahweh the God of heaven be pleased with this type of false worship that violates the second of His Ten Commandments? Of course not! Hislop writes: “The Babylonians, in their popular religion, supremely worshipped a Goddess Mother and a Son, who was represented in pictures and images as an infant or child in his mother's arms. From Babylon, this worship of the Mother and the Child spread to the ends of the earth. In Egypt, the Mother and the Child were worshipped under the names Isis and Osiris [called most frequently Horus]. . . in Pagan Rome, as Fortuna and Jupiter...the boy; in Greece, as Ceres the Great Mother, with the babe at her breast...and even in Tibet, China, and Japan, the Jesuit missionaries were astonished to find the counterpart of Madonna and her child as devoutly worshipped as in Papal Rome itself.” - Two Babylons, p. 14, 20, 21. Priestly celibacy also comes from ancient Babylonian goddess worship. “Every scholar knows that when the worship of Cybele the Babylonian goddess was introduced into Pagan Rome. It was introduced in its primitive form with its celibate clergy.” – Two Babylons, p. 220. “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.” (1 Tim. 4:1-3). Today, true worship is under attack! The following claim made by the fallen church does not agree with the Holy Bible. Read it carefully! “We go to Christ through Mary.” October 1991 Catholic Digest p. 35. Franciscans of the Mediatrix Heart of Mary and the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus are Roman Catholic groups that any Catholic person, whether priest, or lay person can join if they are willing to live the life of a Franciscan in imitation of St. Francis of Assisi. Members are “dedicated to promoting Mary the Mediatrix of all grace and the Eucharist, especially the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, whether it be by Perpetual Adoration, Holy Hours or any other manner.” This is from the Franciscan Website at http://mediatrix.homestead.com But the Holy Bible says this: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; - ( 1 Tim. 2:5). The Dark Ages was a time when pagan customs and ideas entered the church. Whary, in his book Sketches of Church History writes on pages 23-24: “Christianity became the established religion in the Roman Empire and took the place of paganism. . . Christianity as it existed in the Dark Ages might be termed, without much impropriety of language, baptized paganism.” Men of God fought these errors and many lost their very lives! John Huss, Jerome and millions of other martyrs were put to death at the hand of this fallen system of religion. And the false doctrines these brave martyrs fought are still held by the fallen church today! Again, the big question is “How does Yahweh our God feel about this?” Well how did He feel about false religion in Moses time? How did He feel about it in Jeremiah’s time, in Ezekiel’s time, and in Elijah’s time? He hated this false religion. He says, “I hate every false way.” Psalm 119:128. “I am the Lord, I change not.” (Malachi 3:6). “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24). If we understand the past, we can understand what we need to do today. A world-wide colossal hoax has been perpetrated upon the entire world just as God’s Word said. The religion of the beast has affected the whole world. This counterfeit religion, with a counterfeit plan of salvation, a counterfeit Sabbath, counterfeit laws, a counterfeit baptism, and counterfeit theology is not okay to follow. TRUTH DOES MATTER! God is Calling His Children Out of the Devil’s False Religion. “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”(Rev. 18:4). An ancient legend says that it was Semiramis, Nimrod’s wife, who invented crucifixion. Whether that is true or not, we do know this: Jesus – God’s Son died on the cross to save us. He wants us to love Him and to honor Him. No other Savior will do. No other way to heaven will do. No other gospel will do. Only Yahshua Jesus and His truth saves. Jesus Alone Saves! The Bible tells us that “all have sinned” - Romans 3:23. Because of the first Adam sin entered the world. Because of Jesus – the 2nd Adam, Righteousness comes to all who believe. God’s gift to us is eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. “For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, (Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.” (Romans 5:17-19). Come To Jesus NOW! Worship Him in Spirit and Truth! “All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”(John 6:37). _____________________________________________________________________ Can You Help us Out and Order Something to Inspire YOU to share the gospel or something you can give to someone else to share the truth, or something that can pump up soul winning in your church? Until next month Maranatha! – Pastor Tony Cirigliano
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Do you want a book that teaches the historic Adventist understanding of Bible
prophecy without washing down truth to be “politically correct?” Have you become
tired of not having a book that simply and clearly explains the crux of the
teachings this prophetic church was built on? Then Bible Prophecy Made Simple
may be what you have been looking for! It’s not for everyone. The book is
written for sincere seekers of Bible truth and not for sincere and faithful
Seventh-day Adventists or for the frozen chosen who are dozing! It is written to
grab the attention of those seeking for truth. After they are baptized they can
gain a deeper understanding of the truths of Adventism as they are exposed to
deeper insights and broader views.
