1 "To the angel of the Messianic Community in Ephesus, write: 'Here is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven gold menorahs: 
2 "I know what you have been doing, how hard you have worked, how you have persevered, and how you can't stand wicked people; so you tested those who call themselves emissaries but aren't - and you found them to be liars. 
3 You are persevering, and you have suffered for my sake without growing weary. 
4 But I have this against you: you have lost the love you had at first. 
5 Therefore, remember where you were before you fell, turn from this sin, and do what you used to do before. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your menorah from its place - if you don't turn from your sin! 
6 But you have this in your favor: you hate what the Nicolaitans do - I hate it too. 
7 Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities. To him winning the victory I will give the right to eat from the Tree of Life which is in God's Gan-'Eden."' ​

   The Seven Congregations:
   In the second and third chapters of the Revelation we learn that the Way sect begun would be replaced by the Universal Church and pass through seven distinct periods of time before finally being rejected by God and man. This information is presented using seven local assemblies as metaphor. These seven assemblies or congregations existed in the cities referenced, but the prophetic meaning is deeper, signifying the future of the Way and its falling away from the God of Israel. We believe we are currently living in the seventh and final of these periods as we will see in the next chapter. As we continue with our verse by verse study of the Revelation we will examine each of the Seven Periods and their approximate dates. These dates are given only as markers. The distinguishing traits of each period bleeds over into the others in the continuous flow of time. This list should not therefore be taken as giving exact dates for the periods they reference. In this presentation the Master addresses those who hold true to his Way. Hopefully this includes you.
Much of this information is difficult to hear however as the Beast will soon rise it is vital that those Believers of sincere faith understand these things. I invite your comments.
The Church of Ephesus:
The Church of Smyrna:

• 70 CE - 170 CE: As the Jews, including the followers of Y'shua the Anointed, were expelled from Zion (as the Master predicted in Matthew 24) the followers of the Way spread throughout the Empire. Wherever they went they shared the Gospel (Good News) of Y'shua among the people and many entered into the Noahide Nazarene Way. However as time passed they also confronted progressively stiff opposition from the Roman Pagans who regarded the Way as a serious threat.
  In time the persecutions and depredations they faced became horrendous and many were forced to go underground. As we go through these two chapters examining how the Way of Y'shua became the Church of Rome we will do well to bear this in mind. These were generally good people facing extreme circumstances and as Fox's Book of Martyrs makes clear, millions of Believers throughout the Church Age met these challenges with admirable faith and courage. In my opinion all sincere Believers today should read the exploits recorded in Fox's Book of Martyrs to prepare themselves for what is coming soon.
  As time passed and the Believers found themselves increasingly isolated, some of them began embracing regional non-Abrahamic doctrines, sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of genuine lack of scriptural knowledge. They did this for many reasons. For instance some, having lost their homes and finding themselves dispersed throughout the world, universally hated, began to compromise their beliefs and accept doctrines never taught by the Master nor the Hebrew Scriptures he honored. By such compromises they eased their sense of isolation and found limited acceptance from the Pagan public among whom they lived. As more and more Pagans converted to the Way their traditions came with them. The Way lacked clear leadership and many who claimed to be emissaries or teachers of the Way had ulterior motives or simply lacked true knowledge.
  Then there were those Way intellectuals and opportunists who gave themselves over to the error of Balaam and intentionally sold out the Movement for a few pieces of silver and a bit of clout with the Roman authorities.
  However during this period most of the Believers remained true for the most part. As we are told:
  
  
  Revelation 2:1 "To the angel of the assembly [i.e. prophetic church period] in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden menorahs [candelabra] says these things:
  2:2 "I know your works and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men and have tested those who call themselves emissaries but are not, and found them to be false. 2:3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary. 2:4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love. 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your menorah out of its place, unless you repent. 2:6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
  During this first church period there were still many devout followers of the Way and they were struggling to maintain the true faith of the Master's reformed Jewish movement. Others however were claiming to be emissaries (apostolos or apostles in this sense means delegates, representatives etc.) of the Master when in fact they were introducing foreign doctrines and leading the Believers astray. Chief among these heretics were the Nicolaitanes (Nicolaitans or Nicolaites) who we encounter here for the first time.
  While neither the texts we have today in the Bible nor external sources positively identifies this movement, we do have clear information about their beliefs that makes their identity certain. We know that this sub-sect of Way followers (from verse 14 below) held to "the error of Balaam." The error of Balaam is the merging of Judaism with other religions and their rites, thus leading them astray from the God of Israel. Typically this deception was carried out for greed and clout. Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures we see this trend as the Jews went astray and worshiped Baal, Ashtaroth and other Pagan gods. Now this trend is beginning to be seen in the assemblies of Y'shua.
  The Error of Balaam
  
  Jude 11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah`s rebellion.
  12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
  13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
  14 To these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
  15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." That the Nicolaitan error was already being seen and opposed by the Apostles is here made clear. As the Believers met for their Sabbath "Love Feasts" these heresies were already being quietly murmured. The Nicolaitanes understood the potential the Movement had and were plotting ways to enhance its clout with Rome, the world power.
  
  
  II Peter 2:1 But there also arose false prophets among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master [despotes] who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.Just as there were false prophets among their Jewish ancestors, Peter warns, so too those who held to the error of Balaam were present within the Way assemblies of his day. He warns that their numbers were growing and would continue to do so. As this first Church Period drew to a close the error of Balaam, the Nicolaitan heresies, were advancing like dangerous reefs in the sea and threatened to sink the ship of the Way.
  HaShem is the God of the whole world. There is no God aside or beside Him!
  HaShem is One:
  
  
  Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is oneY'shua the Anointed taught that while the Jews hold a special relation with HaShem, there are also non-Jewish sheep in God's pastures as well:
  
  
  John 10:16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd. The Master is clear however that had come solely to call for the restoration of the House of Israel:
  
  
  Matthew 15:24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Following his resurrection from the dead however, the Master extended his ministry to the Gentiles, including the Noahides, inviting anyone and everyone who would accept to join with the "Tree of Israel" (Romans 11) and embrace his Jewish teachings and movement:
  
  
  Matthew 28:19 Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Noahide (non-Jewish followers of HaShem) followers of Y'shua the Anointed are called upon to conform to the image and beliefs of our Master (Rom 8:29). Those who embrace his reformed Jewish teachings are "grafted onto the tree of Israel" as Paul explains in some detail at Romans 11.
  The Nicolaitanes however, following the error of Balaam, were separating the Believers from the Tree of Israel and leading them away from Judaism and into a religious synthesis that was the hallmark of Roman religion.
  As is well known, whenever the Roman Empire conquered a people their gods were merged into the Roman pantheon. The Jews had determinedly resisted this since first encountering the Romans and thus regularly angered the Roman religious authorities. These Roman Pagans railed: How dare these Jews lift their god above the gods of Rome and its divine emperor!" The Nicolaitanes however were crafty and sought to merge the God of Israel, through the Way Movement, with Rome and thereby establish a Universal ("catholic") Church under their control and sovereign authority. Doubtless many of these Church fathers were pursuing this course with the best of intentions, seeking to expand the Way and bring salvation to the world. These words are not intended to be accusatory of the intentions of most of these men. We must ask however, at what point does all the doctrinal compromising made by the Nicolaitanes for political and religious harmony become heresy? Under their influence of their teachings the Way ceased to resemble Judaism and took on more and more Pagan-like doctrines. As one reads the writings of the various "Church Fathers" it is abundantly clear that what they were intending to do was reformulate the Way and make it more harmonious with Western philosophic and religious paradigms.
  This first Church period precedes the creation of the Roman Papacy but in the Nicolaitanes we see the origins of what soon became the Universal Christian Religion.
  170 CE - 312 CE: As the followers of Y'shua the Anointed and other Jews held firm to their devotion to the God of Israel they experienced increasing severe persecution from many different fronts. During this period there was little time to debate doctrine, the followers of the Way were struggling just to survive! Despite the persecutions however many Noahide Nazarenes stood firm!
  Here is but one example:
  Publius Licinius Valerianus (c. 200 - after 260) was Roman Emperor from 253 to 260 and he loathed the Way!
  As the Catholic Encyclopedia tells us:
  In 258, by a new and absolutely merciless edict, bishops, priests, and deacons were executed immediately, men of senatorial and equestrian rank were punished with degradation and confiscation of goods to be followed by death if they refused to offer heathen sacrifice, women were threatened with confiscation of their property and exile, and Christians in the imperial household were sent in chains to perform forced labour on the imperial domains. In this persecution Christian Rome and Carthage lost their leaders: Pope Sixtus II was seized on 6 August, 258, in one of the Catacombs and was put to death; Cyprian of Carthage suffered martyrdom on 14 September. Another celebrated martyr was the Roman deacon St. Lawrence. In Spain Bishop Fructuosus of Tarragona and his two deacons were put to death on 21 January, 259. There were also executions in the eastern provinces (Eusebius, VII, xii). Taken altogether, however, the repressions were limited to scattered spots and had no great success.
  It was because of such persecutions, likely to occur anywhere and at any time anywhere in the Empire, that many Noahide Nazarenes sought refuge in Rome and embraced the Nicolaitane compromises.
  But there were always those who refused to bend the knee!
  The following is Keith Green's musical, historically accurate, retelling of one such group of Believers:
  
  The Forty Brave Soldiers for Christ
  
  It was during this period of growing persecution that the Maranatha fish and IHS logo were developed by the Believers as secret identifiers by which they could recognized one another and find/offer temporary asylum. As I discuss elsewhere in more detail, it was the popular use of the IHS logo as a charm that led to Y'shua coming to be known as "Jesus." The IHS icon (as well as the "IC" and "XC") is one of the oldest Nazarene Way symbols, demonstratively dating back to at least the third century and probably even before.
  The monograms represented Y'shua the Anointed. When these letters were verbalized the result was Iesous Christos (which became "Jesus the Christ" in translation) however that is not his name. His name is Y'shua which, when translated into English, is Joshua, a common Hebrew name, not Jesus. The icons became very popular as good luck charms and before long the "nickname" Iesous Christos replaced his real name. This was just fine with Roman Pagan authorities who despised all things Jewish! A new Roman name for their new Christ! Iesous Christos took on many of the attributes of the Sol Invictus, the Roman Sun god. This is why in Catholic churches throughout the world the icon is typically surrounded by sun rays as in the photo below. The Sun God had been reborn as God the Son!
  
  
  And millions did.
  The Church of Pergamos: From Constantine to Pope Boniface III
  The Church of Thyatira: Boniface III - Gregory VII (Hilderbrand) to the Reformation
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    Revelation 2:8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
    2:9 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
    2:10 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
    2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies [churches]. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
    Here we see the Nicolaitanes clearly identified. These people were claiming "to be Jews" but they were not. They had become something wholly different and their power was growing!
    Y'shua the Anointed is Jewish.
    ALL of his disciples were Jewish.
    As more and more Gentiles embraced the Noahide Nazarene Way they considered themselves converts to the reformed Judaism of the Master as is clear in the Book of Acts. They understood themselves to be "grafted onto the Tree of Israel" (Romans 11). The difficulty with this conviction however was that the Jewish hierarchy refused to accept the ministry of Master Y'shua and his followers and therefore rejected the conversions of the Gentiles (much as Orthodox Judaism today rejects Jewish conversions via Reconstructionist Judaism). So how could the Noahide Nazarenes be considered Jewish when the leaders of Judaism rejected them? This ongoing quandary and its resolution is described in detail in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. The final decision of the Apostles was that those Gentiles who wished to enter into the Way Congregation would not be required to formally convert into Judaism (via circumcision, Jewish mikvah, obedience to the 613 mitzvot and so on) but would be admitted solely through their expressed faith in Y'shua the Anointed as their Master.
    
    
    Romans 10:10 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 10:11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."
    10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. 10:13 For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved." This ongoing controversy with the Rabbis, in part, is what led to the Way Movement becoming a distinct religion from Judaism. This was not the desire of Y'shua the Anointed (John 17:11).
    At this point -- 170-312 CE -- the true followers of the Master, Jews and Noahides alike, still considered themselves to be Jews as this verse makes clear, but that was quickly changing anyway.
    The Nicolaitanes however were rushing to abandon the Jewish roots of the Way and establish something entirely different. One can not accurately say that modern Christianity is the Nicolaitan heresy, because it was a philosophical tendency rather than an established sect. We can however say that the Nicolaitan doctrines fundamentally altered the Noahide Nazarene Way taught by the Master, further estranged it from it Jewish roots, and produced several doctrines and customs that directly and/or indirectly violate both the Torah and the Master's teachings. This growing resentment of all things Jewish and the overlaying of Pagan concepts onto the Way was a development, "which I also hate" (vs.6). Nonetheless sincere Believers remained within the Church and continue within it to this day.
    As we approach the 300's the Nicolaite heresy is gaining popularity and influence. This was partly because those who surrendered to Roman rule faced less persecution, partly because of false teachings to people who knew no better and thus accepted them, and partly due to the growing, even rampant, Antisemitism of the day. To be associated with the Jews was to invite persecution.
    Unlike the growing numbers of Way Believers, the Jews who had not embraced the Master's reforms were adamant in their rejection of Rome and its developing Universal Religion. As more and more followers of the Way were conforming their beliefs to the Roman Paganism, the Jews throughout the empire were seeking ways to keep Judaism relevant despite the loss of the Holy Jerusalem Temple which had formed its heart. The Pharisees were the most effective in this and they gradually developed what we today know as Rabbinical Judaism. Now the Jews had to contend not only with overt Pagans attacking them but also with people who claimed to be the "true Jews": 'Spiritual Israel'! The Jews were now being accosted by people who claimed -- in direct and repeated contradiction to BOTH the Hebrew Bible and their own Christian scriptures that it would NEVER happen -- that the God of Israel had rejected His people in favor of mainly Gentile Pagans! Oy Vey!
    As the Nicolaitanes gradually developed Roman Universalism and established their authority based upon the See at Rome, persecution against their followers subsided. For the Jews however it was business as usual and their struggle for survival showed no sign of easing! The emerging Roman Religion was adamant in its demands: All Jews, Noahide Nazarenes and Pagan religions must embrace the One True Universal Church or perish!
    312 CE - 600 CE: The "Doctrine of Balaam" wins the day and the Nicolaitanes establish their absolute authority over the Way when Emperor Constantine feigns conversion and declares the creation of a new religion known as Roman Universalism (i.e. "Roman Catholicism"). The new Roman Universal Papacy declared itself to be the inheritor of the authority given to Peter as first Pope.
    But is this what the Master really intended? No. Here's the biblical source of this essential Roman Catholic dogma:
    
    
    Matthew 16:18 And I [Y'shua] say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell [Hades] shall not prevail against it.What was the Master really saying to Peter? Was he saying that Peter was the rock (or foundation) upon which the Master would build his movement or something else?
    First we need to understand that Master Y'shua did not come to establish a new religion! He was very clear in this:
    
    
    Matthew 15:24 But he [Y'shua] answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." So what was he talking about?
    First these verses as they are translated in the Authorized King James Version:
    
    
    In order to correctly understand these verses we need to realize that the English translation is misleading here due to our cultural assumptions:
    Verse 16 actually says [the bracketed words do not appear in the source materials. They are added for clarity]:
    
    
    And Simon Peter answered [and] said, You are anointed, [a] son [of the] living God.In other words, the Master asked, "Who am I?" and Peter's reply was that there existed debate on this question. Some believed the Master to be John the Baptist in a dual reincarnation of some kind, others believed he was the reincarnation of Isaiah, Jeremiah or some other great prophet.
    "And who do you say I am Peter?" he asked. To which Peter replied, "I know you to be a man anointed by the Living God and I intend to follow you as such." This of course is my paraphrase.
    Master Y'shua approved of Peter's declaration and stated that upon the rock or foundation of that declaration of truth, all who accept it should gather together in fellowship and assist in his work of reforming Judaism (remember: Matthew 15:24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel").
    After his resurrection this invitation to faith was extended to all Gentiles. I discuss this topic in some detail elsewhere.
    Understand that Y'shua the Anointed never left Judaism. He never sought to convert Gentiles nor even to instruct them -- he avoided them. Prior to his resurrection he did not encourage his followers to associate with nor convert them (Matthew 28:19,20). This saying therefore was clearly not intended to establish "the Throne of Peter" nor to create a new Gentile religion.
    
    
    Revelation 2:12 "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: "He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
    13 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
    2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
    2:15 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise. 2:16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. <.br> 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
    By this point in history (312 CE - 600 CE) the Roman Christian religion is based in Rome, "where Satan's throne is." The seat of the Roman Empire has now become the seat of the Universal Roman Church!
    Here the Master warns those who would remain faithful to his teachings not to embrace these new Roman doctrines! He praises those who are still standing firm as Noahide Nazarenes.
    The Name of Y'shua Matters!Note that the Master also praises these faithful Believers for remaining true to his name: The word "name" here is onoma and literally means his given name. Y'shua is not talking about his teachings, reputation, etc. as the English word "name" might otherwise mean, but about his personal name. As described above, the developing Roman Papacy had replaced the name of our Master: Y'shua ben Miriam, (or Joshua son of Mary) with the name "Jesus." I discuss the origin of the name "Jesus" Here. At this point Roman Catholics were beginning to use this new name but many of his loyal followers still refused.
    Y'shua the Anointed warns that it is the responsibility of the Believers to counter the false doctrines of the emerging Papacy and to maintain the true form of Judaism he taught: "... teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you..." (Matthew 28:20). So stand! he orders, or God may reveal the heresies of this new religion by removing His blessings from you all!
    • • Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
        14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
        15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
        16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
        17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
        18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
        19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
        20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
    600 CE - 1520 CE: the Roman Papacy now rules much of the world and the religion of the Nicolaitanes reigns supreme! The struggling followers of the Master are universally condemned as "Arians" and "Judaizers" and "heretics" all. Church courts like those of the "Holy Inquisition" are held and often as not those of sincere but dissenting faith are condemned to horrible torture and death by the Church Universal and Triumphant! By this point the Church had outlawed reading the Bible unless one is a priest and even many local priests were illiterate. Most sincere Christians no longer knew about the original Noahide Nazarene Way. They do not understand that the Master came to free the world from religious oppression not to enhance it! They assume the Church is God's vehicle and everything they do and proclaim is the Word of God and so they submit to abject poverty, starvation and spiritual darkness!
    Eventually Church Tradition and Papal Bulls are even considered more binding on the masses than the Scriptures themselves! All the people know is what they are told in the Nicean congregations (i.e. those that accept the Vatican dictated Nicean Creed as unassailable dogma) and what they are able to piece together from the stained glass windows which are the only Bibles many of these poor people would ever be allowed to read.
    As a direct result of the Church's countless abuses of authority the Spirit of HaShem, the God of Israel, was partly removed and Europa was plunged into the Dark Ages.
    Without the Spirit of HaShem the Church became increasingly legalistic and harsh. The "Holy Inquisitors" were commissioned to destroy all traces of non-Catholic religion wherever they found it. This included Judaism, the Noahides, the Noahide Nazarene Way and those Pagans who, like the followers of Master Y'shua, boldly refused to bow the knee to the Papacy and surrender their religious faith. All of these were brutally crushed in various ways. During this dark period it is estimated that over six million European Pagans were slaughtered like animals in what came to be known as the Burning Times.
    The remnant followers of Master Y'shua and those who, even without true knowledge, maintained their faith in him alone were condemned. Bloodshed, ignorance and darkness of all sorts descended across all the lands controlled by the New Universal Religion and darkness was everywhere.
    It was also during this period that various Occult bodies were coming into their own and establishing Secret Brotherhoods, lodges and cabals. Many of these continue to exist today and they hold powers beyond what most people dare even conceive possible.
    Many of these Occult movements were originally developed in opposition to the Roman and now Eastern Orthodox Church. They resulted from intellectual studies into ancient cultures and myths. They drew their knowledge and power from ancient Egypt, Sumaria, Babylonia and beyond always with the inspiration of demonic entities that they gradually came to know and honor. Many of these Orders proclaimed themselves "Luciferian" not because they worshiped (or even believed in) Lucifer, but because they knew he was the enemy of the Church they hated! This for instance was the original intention of the Black Mass. It was a way to insult and bastardize the teachings of Rome... but then they discovered its actual power!
    As these people continued their studies and rebellions they begin tapping into something that most of them had not expected! POWER! Their prayers to Lucifer were being answered and they became literally his empowered servants as they realized the truth of his existence and potential. Whereas Y'shua the Anointed of HaShem had flatly rejected Lucifer's offer of global dominion (Matthew 4:1-), these people accepted it and devoted their very lives to it! For this service they became the literal inheritors of Nephilim and King Nimrod! They were "mighty hunters in opposition to HaShem!" Such organized Occultists formed and entered into the Bavarian Illuminati which serves as Lucifer's preeminent servant. Through the Bavarian Illuminati all the various Luciferian organizations, lodges, brotherhoods and so on are directed including: The Bohemian Grove, the Bilderberg Group, the CFR, the World Federalist Association, the Knights Templar Order of Freemasonry, the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the European Union, and so on and on.
    ALL of them with one aim: the Revelation of Rex Mundi!Still HaShem did not turn away from the Church completely. Within the Church, as within Judaism and all other religions, there were always sincere Believers who desired to know and serve the One God according to the Light they had thus far received. Such people resisted the spreading darkness and God used them in various ways as He advanced His Grand Plan of Global Liberation.
    Among these sincere people were many of the Protesting Reformers who lead the Protestant Reformation. There were also many sincere Believers who remained within the Catholic Church as "loyal opposition." These people worked tirelessly in various ways to lead the Catholic Church godward and while their successes were limited, they were nonetheless vital to the well being of millions of Catholics. Still today there are millions of sincere and faithful Christians in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and throughout Protestantism. sadly however both the Reformers and the members of the Loyal Opposition failed to restore the Church to its Jewish roots. By the time the Reformation occurs knowledge of the original teachings had been all but lost and so the Reformation had no chance at complete success.
    
    
    Revelation 2:18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
    2:19 "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.
    2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 2:21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 2:22 Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 2:23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
    2:24 But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.
    2:25 Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come. 2:26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 2:27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: 2:28 and I will give him the morning star.
    2:29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
    Here we see the birth pangs of the Whore of Babylon in "that woman Jezebel." Note that this clearly is not a literal woman but a doctrine: "as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of Satan..."
    The Christian Church in all of its denominations is straying farther and farther away from the God of Israel. The religion of Islam is advancing and the fate of the much beleaguered Way looks bleak despite the best efforts of the Protestant Reformers. Rather than producing Christian unity around the original faith proclaimed by Y'shua the Anointed and his followers, Protestantism gives rise to innumerable sects and offshoots. At this point any hope of restoring the True Church seems futile at best.
    Here ends chapter two.
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