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PROPHECY

injured in El Salvador. These duped millions are indeed full of blasphemy. There is the blasphemy of liberals,
drunken with the wine of the fornications of the harlot who deny the very Christ, God, and Bible they profess to
“church.” follow—liberals such as Nels Ferre, who suggested that
This attraction of the world toward apostate Christ might have been the son of a soldier. There is the
Christendom will continue to increase as the Great blasphemy of Unitarianism, which denies the very
Tribulation draws nearer. Finally, the Antichrist’s Godhead and the deity of the blessed Lord Jesus Christ.
prophet will “cause the earth and them which dwell There is the blasphemy of popery, which takes unto
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound itself names which belong solely to the holy Trinity,
was healed ... and deceiveth them that dwell on the names such as Holy Father, His Holiness, Pontiff, Vicar
earth by the means of those miracles which he had of Christ. There is the blasphemy of syncretistic
power to do...” (Re. 13:11-15) “... God shall send them ecumenism which says God and truth are in pagan
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they religions. Indeed, the harlot church is full of the names
all might be damned who believed not the truth, but of blasphemy.
had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2 Th. 3:11-12) 7. Arrayed in purple and scarlet color (Re. 17:4). The
5. Rome will be the headquarters (Re. 17:3, 9). “The Apostles and Christians of the early churches were
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman humble Bible-believers who lived simple lives and did
sitteth.” John pictures the great harlot sitting upon not follow the pattern of the world’s leaders and
seven mountains, which most fundamental preachers religions. The harlot church loves impressive cathedrals,
identify as the city of Rome. The movement we are flowing robes, gorgeous ritualism, expensive
witnessing among Protestant groups toward ecclesiastical clothing and trappings.
reconciliation with the Roman Church is the foreview of 8. Exceedingly wealthy (Re. 17:4). “... decked with
this. According to prophecy, Rome will again have gold and precious stones and pearls...” The wealth of
supremacy in the final apostate church. “The woman is the Catholic Church alone is vast. When this is added to
a city, and the city is Rome, the religious capital of the the wealth of the apostate Protestant denominations,
world. ... Rome was the city set on seven hills and was the sum is staggering. The harlot church is spiritually
known as such to both pagan and Christian writers. ... bankrupt, but amazingly full of material wealth. A book
Ovid said, ‘Rome looks around on the whole globe from by Martin Larson and Stanley Lowell entitled Praise the
her seven mountains, the seat of empire and abode of Lord for Tax Exemption estimated the 1971 statistics for
the gods.’ ... She is religious Rome, which at that time church assets in America at $133.3 billion. That
will have inherited all the religions of the world. ... It included stocks, bonds, investment, real estate, and
will attain the goal of the present-day apostates of all commercial business property. Today’s values would be
the great systems of the world: Romanism, much higher.
Protestantism, pagan religions, cults and isms” (J. 9. A bloodless cup (Re. 17:4). “... having a golden cup
Vernon McGee, Revelation). in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her
This uniting of all denominations and religions with fornication.” Instead of the cup of the precious blood of
Rome is occurring before our very eyes today. A Christ, the harlot church has a cup of abominations and
statement made in recent years by the Archbishop of filthiness of fornication. In light of this prophecy, it is a
Canterbury, the head of the Anglican and Episcopalian fearful fact that the WCC, the United Bible Societies, the
churches, shows how far the ecumenical movement has National Council of Churches, the Roman Catholic
gone toward reconciliation with Rome. “We should like Church, and other ecumenical bodies are sponsoring the
to see the churches of England, Scotland, the United perverted Good News Bible, which almost entirely
States and any other countries, bound together in one leaves out the blood of Christ. Though the word “blood”
body. If the pope would like to come in as chairman, we in reference to the cross of Christ has been omitted, this
should all welcome him” (Why Were Our Reformers version has been approved by all branches of apostate
Burned?). Chairman of the board, indeed! The pope will Christendom. It was one of the first Bible translations to
RULE! And not only are apostate Christian be approved by both Catholics and Protestants. Here
denominations returning to Rome, but so are pagan also we see the Roman Catholic “bloodless” sacrifice—
religions. At the last two general assemblies of the the Mass, and their refusal to allow the people to
World Council of Churches some of the main speakers partake of the cup of the Mass, which signifies the
were non-Christians. There were Hindus, Buddhists, Lord’s blood. Many modern Protestant hymnals have
Jewish rabbis, Muslims, Sikhs, native American Indians, removed all reference to the blood of Christ. In the
and Australian aborigines. Pagan altars were erected place of the cup of Christ’s blood, the harlot church has
and fire offerings made to various pagan gods. 6. Names set up idols—abominations—and has offered its people
of blasphemy (Re. 17:3). Apostate Christianity is indeed the spiritually adulterous union with this present

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