The Pagan Indoctrination of Catholicism on All of Christendom!
In these posts, I have attempted to share some of what the Lord has revealed to me during the past ten years, when it comes to the Spiritual deadness and error of Christendom. Over the past year, in particular, the Lord has blessed me and my brothers with the writings of several 19th century men of God: one of which was G.H. Pember. The Lord has used Mr. Pember to firm up His revelation given me almost a decade ago: a revelation which showed the apostate nature of what is referred to as “church”.
It may appear to some that I have a grudge or vendetta against Catholics, as well as other “church going” folks, but this is not the case. I do, however, take issue with the Vatican and the other leaders of apostate Christendom, since they have sold themselves out to the evil one’s world system, just as scripture foretold they would! My issues are with the wolves-in-sheep’s-clothing who have, with or without awareness, lead many of their flock down a road to judgment and loss-of-reward in the coming age:
“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 “So then, you will know them by their fruits. (Matthew 7)
I want my brothers and sisters in Christ, worldwide, who know, love and truly seek the Lord to come out from the Spiritual deadness and scriptural falsehood of the nominal “church”; so on that soon coming day they will hear, “Well done good and faithful servant, enter into my joy,” as opposed to suffering this outcome:
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven (the “first-fruits” rapture in the millennium: the 1000 year reign of Christ), but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ (Matthew 7)
{Note: Spiritual salvation is secured by faith alone, but reigning with Christ during the millennium is a reward to be earned: sanctification. (See Salvation of the Soul: Arlen L. Chitwood)}
The Lord, through the Apostle John, gave us a warning of how His Church would become tainted, and eventually fall, in the first three chapters of the Revelation. The Lord’s messages to His seven Churches, as G.H. Pember and others make clear, was to give us an historical and Spiritual breakdown of the Church age, this dispensation of Grace age. We must understand and be alert, for this age is coming, quickly, to an end!
Here, once again, is some of Mr. Pember’s historical/Spiritual insight into the current Dispensation of God’s Grace (the Church age), and how the Church of the Christ, some eighteen hundred years ago, had fallen into pagan worship and ritualism, culminating in the formation of the Catholic “church” (worldwide “church”):
“In 381 A.D., the second general council met at Constantinople [Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire], and, by its decrees, the Pontifex Maximus was recognized as Head of the Universal or Catholic Church, while the Bishop of Constantinople was to rank as second to him [second to the pope]. The amalgamation thus became an accomplished fact, and, before the year 400 A.D., “the tonsured priests of Isis, sworn to celibacy,” were being received as the ministers of Christ. Just as in Israel the prophets of Baal and Astarte replaced those of Jehovah, so the false Church, the new Jezebel, introduced the hierophants of the very same deities, under changed names, among the followers of the Lord Jesus. Then many doctrines of Paganism began to be openly preached, with a little change in the nomenclature, and were declared to be Christian-baptismal regeneration, justification by works, image and saint worship, prayers for the dead, and many others. The mystic Tau was everywhere prominent as the sign of the cross; the wafer of Mithras was substituted for the broken bread; the Bishop retained the crooked staff of the Roman augur, but called it a crozier; and wore on his head the fish-head mitre of the priests of Oannes or Dagon. Everything was Pagan except the bare names. The vast conspiracy to convert Christianity itself into Heathenism had succeeded, so far as the bulk of professing Christians were concerned. (emphasis mine)
Pember goes on to explain how this new “Christian” world-religion would turn celibacy and virginity into pagan ritualism. Even Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus, would be remade in the image of a pagan goddess:
As time went on, the teachings of the mystic Jezebel continued to be unfolded. In 341, Athanasius and his companions fled for refuge to Rome, and, soon after they had settled there, introduced the Monastic orders [asceticism], which had been already established in the deserts of the Thebaid. Subsequently, they were instituted in Gaul by Martin of Tours, and in Africa by Augustine.
Damasus and Jerome [Popes] had encouraged the movement in every possible way, and especially by teaching that celibacy and virginity were the highest of Christian virtues. And Pope Siricius-384-398 A.D.-who succeeded Damasus, supplemented their work by issuing a Decretal in which he insisted on the celibacy of all the Catholic clergy.
Pope Celestine I.-422-432 A.D.-gave a great impetus to Mariolatry by aiding the persecutors of Nestorius, the Archbishop of Constantinople, who had preached eloquently against the blasphemous title, Mother of God, which was then given to the mother of Jesus. The intention of this title is obvious; for had Mary been the mother of the Lord’s Godhead, she herself must of necessity have been a goddess, and they would have been justified in their worship of her. But, on the other hand, the plan of salvation would have failed; for the Lord would have had no human nature, and, therefore, could not have saved the human race. (emphasis mine)
(The Great Prophecies of the Centuries concerning the Church Volume 4: [pages 556, 57] G.H. Pember)
I believe that the Lord, through G.H. Pember (and many others: see my God’s Wisdom page), has given us more than enough historical/Spiritual background to be able to come to a decision on this matter. All we have to do is take the information given and investigate for ourselves: pay heed to the leading of our Spirit (First and foremost), read the Word of God, read Pember’s works (and other’s), attend a mass (or any other denominational service), and then observe the (Gnostic and Roman) pagan influence which now permeates all of Christendom (every denomination and non-denomination). As we go about this Spiritual process, this Spiritual awakening, we might also want to keep in mind the words and warnings of the Apostle Paul, in his descriptions of believers and “church” officials at the end of this age:
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. 6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3)
{Note: G.H. Pember died over one hundred years ago, so, of course, we are further into the Lord’s Revelation than he. Also, Pember, in his 4th volume, makes very clear that these seven Church periods overlap to some extent: the Philadelphia and Laodicea periods can and do have certain aspects in common. But the seventh period (Laodicea) stands alone, in that the Lord is definitely seeking out the individual, as opposed to the corporate “church”, in this final epistle; and, therefore, His warning is to those who will live very close to His second advent!}
The following epistles (Revelation 3:) speak of the final two Church periods (out of seven) we are currently living in: the Philadelphia Church, and the Laodicea Church. Pember describes the Philadelphia Church period as one where the true believer and seeker of Christ’s Truth and Life would begin to stand against the apostate lies of the nominal “church” system. And those of the final period, the Laodicea Church, would, by necessity, have to withdraw from the apostasy and Spiritual deadness which will run rampant in Christendom at the end of this age.
Here is what our Lord and Savior HAS (not, HAD) to say to the Church at Philadelphia:
"Behold, I have put before you an OPEN DOOR which no one can shut..."
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
8 ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you AN OPEN DOOR which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 ‘Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. 10 ‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 ‘I am coming quickly; HOLD FAST WHAT YOU HAVE, so that no one will take your crown. 12 ‘He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. 13 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Revelation 3)
And here is what the Lord HAS (not, HAD) to say to the last Church (Laodicea), the nominal “church”, we can see on every street corner in town:
"Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock..."
“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:
15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 ‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth (vomit). 17 ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20 ‘BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK; IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME INTO HIM AND DINE WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME. 21 ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Revelation 3)
Here, then, is what I sense the Lord saying (in my Spirit) to all believers in these last two epistles to the Churches:
“HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES:” let he or she, who takes the time to commune with and hear his or her Spirit’s leading, discern that there is (right now) an “OPEN DOOR WHICH NO ONE CAN SHUT” but the Lord. And this OPEN DOOR to the Lord’s forgiveness (grace) and Life is slowly beginning to swing shut. This, I believe, is the warning of the epistle to the Philadelphia Church period!
As for the warning to the seventh, and last, Church period (our current Church period), there is this, “HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES:” let he or she, who takes the time to commune with and hear his or her Spirit from God, discern that the Lord stands at the door which is about to shut, completely, and knocks. And he or she who hears the Lord knocking, and answers, will sup with the Lord in these last days: this person will be known as an Overcomer and will sit down with the Lord on His throne in the coming age! This is the warning, and promise, to those of us who believe and seek the Lord, individually, in this last period!
"The Road to Emmaus" (Luke 24)
{All of this, of course, is not to say that two, or more, individuals, who have come out from among them, cannot come together, corporately! But this new way of coming together (fellowship) must be done, this time, under the leadership of the Spirit of God, so we do not recreate what we have just managed to escape!}
Needless to say, then, the true Church of Christ, unlike the false one of man, does not exist to “make the world a better place” or “save the world for Christ.” The true Church of Christ is to be His living Body which is being prepared, one individual at a time, to be His Bride; when He returns in great power and glory. So be it, Lord! Come again, quickly!
In closing, my sincere attempt in writing these three posts, as well as all others, is to bring the Spiritual awareness, which has most graciously been given me by the Lord, to anyone who feels trapped in their religiosity. I was, once, like many of you: a Spiritually dead person sitting in a Spiritually dead pew of Christendom; where I had never once, during fifteen years of attendance, witnessed the power and movement of our Father’s indwelling Spirit. Nor had I ever truly experienced the grace, love and Life of our Lord and Christ: the elders loved to preach about the Lord’s love, grace and Life, week in, and week out, but they hadn’t a clue as how to show that love and grace, nor could they exhibit, in themselves, His Life in abundance!
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