We are often accused of being anti-catholic. This is simply not true. Catholic is Latin for “universal.” We believe in the universal church although we prefer congregation. We just don’t believe that The Church of Rome is part of it. The Church of Rome’s history and teachings has been one of violence and intolerance. Like the Empire before them, they have violently put down any who said anything they didn’t want to hear.
When confronted with these facts the common response is “that was then,” we’re not like that now. To which we respond “God has not forgotten one tear.”
Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book? Psa. 56:8
He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken. Is. 25:8
The Crusades and INQUISITION, are solely the Church of Rome’s responsibilities. She is truly drunk with the blood of the saints and anyone else that got in her way. This is not to say that there are no true believers in her ranks, but they need to recognize her for what she is and leave.
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; Rev. 18:4
Her Judgment is Sure
And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird; Rev. 18:2
Fallen is in the indicative, which is past tense in English. To be fallen is to be judged. Babylon is judged as a completed fact, it has already happened. It is not “will be judged” it is a stated fact that she “has been judged.”
This verse is a quote from Isaiah.
And, behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”Isaiah 21:9
In Hebrew, there is no word for emphasis like the English surely or very, so the verb is double stated. Babylon is surely fallen. It is a done deal, and remember Isaiah wrote this before Babylon was an empire.
Taken during Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S, Navy photo by Photographer’s mate 1st Class Arlo K Abrahamson.
This is what the imperial city looks like in its fallen state. Just melted mud bricks. So what will Rome look like?
“Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; 5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed. Rev. 18:4-6
What does a double draught look like?
The Millstone
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So shall Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and shall be found no more; 22 and the sound of harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more; and a craftsman of any craft shall be found in thee no more; and the sound of the millstone shall be heard in thee no more; 23 and the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more; and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard in thee no more; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.” Rev. 18:21-24
There are six “no mores” her sins will no longer be tolerated. No amount of penance or indulgences will matter. The King of Kings has had enough.
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matt. 18:6
Millstones are heavy things. There will be no coming back from purgatory. How many little ones have been led astray by Rome’s lies? God has not forgotten — even one of them, not one tear. His judgments are true and just.