September 12, 2015
By Levi
If we are
to learn more about the Book of Revelation’s enigmatic “Harlot” who sits on
seven hills, which is “The City of Seven Hills” (historical name for
Rome), we must venture even further back in ancient biblical history to find
revealing parallels. Only in doing so can we fully perceive why God spoke so
much of Rome- under the epithet “Babylon”- in Tribulation prophecies concerning
this “Mystery” entity that has long ridden the empires of the Beast. Many
theologians have looked to Sumerian clues left on fired cuneiform clay tablets
to help them comprehend this “mother of all harlots” religion, as well as
several other secular historical sources, but Bible-believers may find it
interesting to discover that the Bible grants many more correlations for
shedding greater prophetic light on her spiritual likeness, as seen in the eyes
of God.
Indeed,
we often hear of the “Queen Babylon” in biblical prophecy, which speaks of the
religious city which once reigned over Western nations, but there is also the
seldom discussed “King of Babylon” that Scriptures foretell in the shadows of
old. To comprehend the fall of the adulterous patristic hierarchy (and “harlot”
was also a term for ancient Jerusalem when Hebrews forsook God for pagan
deities and fornication with foreign nations), we must take a closer look at
King Nebuchadnezzar and his animalistic fall from grace. Whereas Queen
Babylon is arguably the Roman Church, to have a panoramic spiritual view, we
need to discover more about the last pope to lead her. For this, we begin with
King Nebuchadnezzar’s prophetic dream:
Thus
were the visions on mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst
of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong,
and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of
all the earth. (Dan. 4:10-11) KJV
Although
it is impossible for a tree to grow on one side of the world and be seen at the
exact opposite location on the other hemisphere, the tree in Nebuchadnezzar’s
dream was given to symbolically indicate the spread of his influence, and this
to foreshadow the growth of a global institution. The only such growth that can
claim this reach today is the Catholic Church; indeed, “catholic” means
“universal.” (N.B. Consider this every time you see the word “universal” in the
Sustainable Development Agenda, as pushed by current Bishop of Rome.) The popes
can rightly claim the spread of their Roman religion to every continent, into
most nations of the seven continents. Factually, the Chaldean king’s reach was
hardly so worldwide as his heart had envisioned, but God often shapes our
distorted, current views for history that is passed to witnesses quite
wonderfully to future fulfillment. Indeed, we can almost hear one of the popes
through Nebuchadnezzar’s great words:
Nebuchadnezzar
the king, unto all people, nations and languages, that dwell in all the earth;
Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders
that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how
mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion
is from generation to generation. I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house,
and flourishing in my palace: I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the
thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan. 4:1-4) KJV
As I
expound on these ancient similitudes and foreshadowings, I ask you, the reader,
to keep in mind that every scriptural detail concerning the king of Babylon has
prophetic implications. I will not attempt to cover them all, but readers who
keep in mind that they were all orchestrated to confess to the end of the age
will instantly perceive many on their own. What I will point out on the above
passage is that (1) the king of Babylon was resting in his glorious palace when
(2) visions troubled him and awoke him from his slumber, which means- if my
correlations to the last pope are correct- that God will show the last pope what
is to become of him. It may be that the Catholic monk
Malachy’s prophecy of 112 popes troubles him, or perhaps he will come to discern biblical
truths concerning Babylon. Possibly, a prophet much like Daniel (meaning
“Judgment of Elohim”) will explain the visions set against him. As for the king
of Babylon resting in his palace, readers must discern that “rest” is
synonymous with God’s “Sabbaths.”
What does
this “rest” imply for the last pope? For well over a millennium the Bishops of
Rome and their scholars have embraced the false eschatology that claims there
will be no millennium of Christ- the 1,000 years of His rule over the world,
revealed in Revelation 20:4. They teach that they are ruling for Christ, as His
“vicars,” and the Great Sabbath- the millennial rest- is merely figurative.
Like the king of Babylon at rest in his luxurious house, the papacy embraces
what is called “Post-Millennial Dispensationalism” (Christ to come after a
literal millennium wherein they will bring the world to Christ) or
“A-Millennialism” (no literal 1,000 years of rest, but the popes reigning in a
long figurative millennium, bringing the nations to Christ). Both of these deny
the seventh millennial day (Great Sabbath) that the early Jewish apostles and
many rabbis awaited. Moreover, because no other clue is initially given to
readers of this dream-passage, as to why the prophetic vision came to the
Babylonian king, we should conclude that Nebuchadnezzar being at rest in his
great palace IS the clue that God would have us consider; this is very
important when we discern that the Catholic popes have sought to usurp the
coming Sabbath millennium of Christ for their own reign on their throne.
Now it is
time for the patristic hierarchy to be awakened from their rest, for teaching
these false doctrines keeps Catholics from zealously awaiting the Lord. Just as
Peter was rebuked when he wanted to forego the sufferings of Christ, to rule
the world with Him at his then-present age (see Matt. 16:21-27), the priesthood
that claims to be the “Church of Peter” should consider this rebuke: “For what
does a man profit if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” The
Body of Christ should not be slumbering in a false millennial rest, seeking to
reign in splendor as tribulations approach. Like Nebuchadnezzar, they must
wake-up from their dream to know the true interpretations of the revelations of
God.
Moreover,
the popes have for too long sought the counsel of men who cannot discern the
mysteries of God. We see this foreshadowed by Nebuchadnezzar. First he called
the “wise men”- philosophers (from which we get scientists)- that included his
magicians, soothsayers, and astrologers. Only after it was perceived that they
could not properly interpret his vision of the night, did he turn to the
“Judgment of Elohim”- to Daniel. Likewise, only at the end will the last pope
(Vatican king of Babylon) turn to the Hebrew roots of the faith. In Daniel was
the Spirit of God (Dan. 4:5-8), and, likewise, the Testimony of Jesus Christ can
only be discerned with His Spirit, as the “Spirit of Prophecy” (see Rev.
19:10). Indeed, it was the philosophers who led the Roman Catholic Church into
tremendous errs since the days of Augustine, the “Father of A-Millennialism.”
And throughout the ages of their “rest,” they have embraced Aristotle and
Neo-Platonism, and other wise men, over the Hebrew prophets.
And, as
we shall see foreshadowed through Nebuchadnezzar, the popes have confused much
more than Scriptures, even misconceiving foreign deities as our same God, such
as Allah of the Muslims. All the gods of the world are not the same God of the
Hebrews, which several popes have asserted.
O
Belteshazzar [name that King Nebuchadnezzar had given to Daniel, meaning
“protected by Bel/Baal”], master of the magicians, because I know that the
spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret [mystery] troubleth thee,
tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation
thereof. Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree
in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and
was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof
to the end of all the earth: The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit
thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow
under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all the
flesh was fed of it. (Dan. 4:9-12) KJV; intrpl. mine
This
world, which is on loan to men, will soon be Christ’s when the Kingdom of
Heaven comes on corporeal Earth as it is in spiritual Heaven, and this should
be considered in light of the Babylonian king’s prophetic dream. Christ spoke
similarly of this coming Kingdom, “...it grows up and becomes
greater than all herbs, and shoots forth great branches, so that the birds of
the air may lodge under its shadow” (cf. Mark 4:31-33 and Dan. 4:12
above). Thus, what we see in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of universal lordship is
similar to the teachings of Roman Catholicism- it being the great “City of
God,” as Augustine called it. And the beasts of the field- that is, the nations
of the world- had lodged under papal influence for centuries. Accordingly, the
Roman “Church” has fed its doctrines and philosophies to peoples of Western
“Christendom,” for developing its unique cultural identity. Nevertheless, their
tree is not the one that will reach into Heaven and become everlasting in some
foolish, dreamt-up global utopia, overshadowing the world, but Christ’s coming
Kingdom is.
I
saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy
one came down from heaven; He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree,
and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the
beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: Nevertheless,
leave the stump of his roots in the earth, and even with a band of iron and
brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of
heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: let
his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him: and
let seven times pass over him. This matter is by the decree of the watchers,
and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may
know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. (Dan. 4:13-17)
KJV
In
fulfillment of these foreshadowing similitudes, the watchman who came down from
the Spirit is now the foretold restorer who announces the decree- against the
Roman Church, against its pope- with prophets (i.e., watchers and seers) who
echo this truth from Heaven. The holy ones who have been slaughtered by the
harlot have long made this demand, and the Most High in Heaven has heard their
cries. We only follow the Word of Him who came down from Heaven, who is Christ
(see John 3:13), and we will not follow any other, any unholy “father.” Much
more than it was during the Reformation, when a few branches of faith broke
away, all will now be broken off from the papal tree. As YHVH our Elohim has
spoken of this, His day, the proud will be left “neither root nor branch” (see
Mal. 4:1), but only the true and holy roots of this faith shall remain.
Too many
fruits have become thoroughly corrupt, and too many rotten roots are in Grecian
philosophies, so now that which is still good of the fruits will soon be
scattered as sheep, until our Shepherd comes as Deliverer. No longer shall you
Babylonian kings feed your corrupt doctrines and traditions to the spiritually
hungry, for they shall fly away from beneath you. Indeed, you will be cut down
to holy Hebrew roots, back to your days in the early Ekklesia, which was your
birthplace in Hellenized Rome, with bands of brass and iron cast upon you. Yes,
the true roots shall remain in the tender grass of the field, which are the
meek peoples of the earth. Indeed, all flesh is grass, as you shall see, and it
will be wetted by the waters of the Word- His refreshing harvest rains that
shower from Heaven. No longer will the King of Babylon make the meek masses
drink of muddied wine of maenad and Dionysus, for there shall come from Rome
neither new dew of doctrine nor waters of the Word form heaven, but only by my
word, and my Word who teaches, shall the new wine come, from surreal
revelations made corporeal for His masses.
For seven
years, soon to come, the pope will rage with the beasts of the field, with
nations of the world, and indeed have the heart of the Beast. Thereafter, the
world will know that God rules and gives the Kingdom to whomever He will, and
the Kingdom of His Christ will come. Thus, let the Bishop of Rome consider
Romans 11:18, for out of Zion will come the Deliverer.
Now that
we can perceive how the fall of the Babylonian king foreshadows the pope in the
seven years of the coming Apocalypse, with the Bishop of Rome having the heart
of the Beast until destroyed in the seventh year, we can continue in Daniel to
perceive more of the foreshadowings of why God will accomplish this. With King
Nebuchadnezzar, we find that there was an attempt to change his ways before his
fall, and he honored Daniel for his interpretation of his vision.
Daniel
explained to the king that he was the tree that was exalted to the heavens
(4:22), as well as the man-beast who would be made to eat grass as an ox for
seven years, which prophetically looks to the persecution of the humble saints.
Daniel went on to explain to Nebuchadnezzar that the king should repent of his
sinful ways by showing mercy to the poor (4:27). And, indeed, this has been the
judgment of God against papal Rome for centuries, as spoke through messengers
who have declared its brutal history. Daniel had no desire to deliver such a
rebuking and scrutinizing message to the Babylonian, as one of his enemies who
hated him, but rather hoped that the king’s repentance would prolong his reign-
with all things being possible with God. The message was that the king should
stop devouring men as an ox devours grass to sustain itself, but rather he
should show meekness and mercy to the poor of the kingdom.
And
perhaps King Nebuchadnezzar was compelled to follow his advise for a time, even
as Francis, who’s real name means “Earth-tender, bitter and rebellious,
anointed mountain,” has seemed to show mercy to the poor and downtrodden,
albeit through the corrupt means of a globalist agenda and socialism. And this
change is likely because the Roman Catholic Church has been so scolded for its
brutal history over the last century, especially for its cruel reign over
feudal system Europe, harshly treating the serfs.
As for
Nebuchadnezzar, his name means “may Nebo protect.” Nebo, which means “prophet,”
as does the Hebrew “Navi,” was a Chaldean priestly deity who presided over education
and what was learned in the kingdom, or, to offer a more critical view: a
dictator and selector of received knowledge. This should ring a bell for those
who know the history of the Roman Bishopric. It is also notable that Nebo is
the Moabite mountain in which God instructed Moses to venture up and die, after
looking from there at the Promised Land that he was not allowed to enter (see.
Deut. 32:1-3, 48-52). Why did Moses die there? The Lord said it was because he
had trespassed against Him among the children of Israel, at the waters of
Meribah-Kadesh (holy contention), in the wilderness of Zin (32:51). Moshe had
struck the rock that symbolized Christ, from which the waters of the Word
flowed, rather than speaking to Him. And, indeed, it changed the entire
substance to be fulfilled, when those who sat in the Seat of Moses struck
Christ rather than speaking with Him in dialogue. How does this exalted
mountain of learning, and Moses’s part in it, concern Nebuchadnezzar
foreshadowing the latter kings of Babylonian Rome? Because the Mountain of
Babylon (of Bel) has leaned on its own understanding to be exalted in the eyes
of the Lord’s people, and they have struck down the Body of Christ for
centuries in their religious zeal, rather than communicating over the waters of
the Word. Going far beyond Moses’s sin, they have burdened the nations- the
beasts- with their idolatry, riches, and self-glorification, as written in the
shadows:
Bel
boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the
cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
They stood, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but
themselves are gone into captivity. Hearken unto me, O house of Israel, which
are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb...Remember the
former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there
is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do
all my pleasure...I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and
my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my
glory. (Isa. 46:1-1-3, 9-10, 13) KJV
Thus,
idolatry, riches, and the pride of the Vatican priesthood will cause its
ultimate demise as “Babylon the Great.” This has been foreseen, as revealed in
the similitude of Nebuchadnezzar, that the revelation of the mystery will not
prevent the her great fall under her collectivist king:
At
the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The
king spake, and said, “IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON, that I have built for the
house [Basilica] of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of
my majesty?” While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from
heaven, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; ‘The kingdom is
departed from thee.’ And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling
[abode] shall be with the beasts of the field [devouring nations of Earth]:
they shall make thee eat grass as oxen, and seven times [years] shall pass over
thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever he will.” (Dan. 4:28-32) KJV; emphasis, quotation
marks, & interpolations mine
The last
line about God giving the kingdom to “whomsoever” he will is an affront to
socialist and Marxist/communist thinking. They believe that elite state rulers
should redistribute all worldly wealth. Indeed, they are secular humanists,
even when they believe in God, thinking they are entitled to rule over both
rich and poor, deciding who should have what. In fact, the current Bishop of
Rome has unabashedly stated that he wants a “poor church,” but in every nation
where the people are submitted to the unity of poverty, there yet remains the
dictating elites who live in the lap of luxury. Oftentimes the most arrogant
religionists and politicians will appear as the most meek, such as with Barrack
Obama and Bishop Francis, for they self-righteously believe themselves to be
the voice and protectors of the lowly people; yet in reality the opposite is
true: they betray the masses and steal personal liberty for their great ideals
of social engineering, thinking they know better than all. They do not lift
anyone up to the tops of their mountains, but simply seek to crush down all the
little hills that around them. But God decides which hills and mountains will
be abased, and God lifts the meek as exalted mountains.
Yet at
the end of the Apocalypse, with the prideful mountain of Babylon abased in
judgment, sanity will return to the Catholics who are humbled and escape
Babylon, and these reformed Christians will only take pride in the Mountain of
God and boast of the Defender of Zion. They will know that it is the Messiah’s
Kingdom which is an everlasting dominion, and they shall enter His true Sabbath
rest. Then, the Lord will exalt “Peter” again as He did the repentant king of
Babylon:
“And
at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes to heaven
[Redemption drew near], and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed
the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose
dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to
generation: All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he
doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of
the earth: and none can stay [stop] his hand, or say unto him, ‘What doeth thou?’
At that same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom,
mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counselors and my lords
sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was
added unto me. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of
heaven, all who works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those who walk in
pride he is able to abase.” (Judgment of Elohim 4:34-37) intrpl. mine
Thus, we
know from Daniel that the saints will possess the kingdom at the return of the
King, and His dominion shall be everlasting in Jerusalem, from the Great
Sabbath millennium to the world to come (see Dan. 7:13-13; 24-27). Yet,
judgment begins in the House of God, to cut it down to the holy Hebrew roots,
and before their honor comes humility to unfaithful Babylon and her Protestant
daughters. Then will all of faithful Israel be clothed in gleaming white and
follow the Word of our God. And in those days all will be brothers and sisters,
and only to Him will every knee bow.
And
I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, “See thou do it not: I
am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus
[Yeshua]: worship God [YHVH]: for the testimony [New Testament] of Jesus is the
spirit of prophecy.” And I saw heaven opened [spiritual revelations], and
behold a white horse [pure movement]; and he that sat on him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes
are as a flame of fire [refining vision], and on his head were many crowns; and
he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood: And his name is called The Word of God. And the
armies in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
(Rev. 19:10-15) KJV; intrpl. mine
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