Where are we going… where have we been?

Where are we Where are we going…going…

where have where have we been?we been?

EphEpheessusus

90-200 A.D.90-200 A.D.

WWhere are we here are we going …going …

where have we where have we been?been?

-““GGrowing Outrowing Out and and Growing UpGrowing Up””

- “- “BearingBearing and and BaringBaring””

-- ““Right RaveRight Rave and and Left LoveLeft Love””

- “ - “Hype Hype and and HypocrisyHypocrisy””

-- ““HistoryHistory and and His StoryHis Story” ” --

““ActsActs and and Actions Actions””

- - ““RevealedRevealed and and RevealingRevealing” ”

-- ““Fully Purposed Fully Purposed andand

Fully PositionedFully Positioned””

- - ““Exposed Exposed and and ExposureExposure””

EphesEphesusus

90-200 90-200 A.D.A.D.

SmyrnSmyrnaa

200-325 A.D.200-325 A.D.

WWhere are we here are we going …going …

where have we where have we been?been?

- “- “BlessingsBlessings and and

CursingsCursings””- “- “BlindBlind and and

SeeingSeeing””-- ““Nothing Nothing

and and EverythingEverything”” - “- “SeedSeed and and SituationSituation””

- - ““Cost Cost and and CauseCause””

- - ““InformationInformation

and and InformedInformed””

SmyrnSmyrnaa

200-325 200-325 A.D.A.D.

PPeergargamosmos

325-500 A.D.325-500 A.D.

Application :•Historical

•Devotional (Inspirational)•Doctrinal (Prophetical)

•Commission•Character•Commendation

•Condemnation

•Correction•Call•Challenge

PPeergargamosmos

““EclipsEclipseed d andandEntanglEntangleedd””

Where Where are we are we going…going… where where

have we have we been?been?

PPeergargamosmos

•Mark 16:15Mark 16:15 – – “And He said “And He said

unto them, Go ye unto them, Go ye into all the into all the world, and world, and preach the preach the

gospel to every gospel to every creature.”creature.”

““SSeeeed d andandSituationSituation””



The Declared SeedThe Declared Seed(The PLAN)(The PLAN)

The Contested The Contested SeedSeed

(The PLOY)(The PLOY)

The Manifested SeedThe Manifested Seed(The PATTERN)(The PATTERN)

The Prevailing SeedThe Prevailing Seed(The PROMISE)(The PROMISE)

Church history is nothing Church history is nothing more than the movement more than the movement of Godof God through the course through the course

of timeof time, , nationsnations, , and and peoplepeople to accomplish His to accomplish His

three-fold plan for the three-fold plan for the universeuniverse, the , the earthearth, and , and your lifeyour life…… ANDAND it is the it is the movement of the devil movement of the devil through the course ofthrough the course of timetime, , nationsnations, and , and our our

liveslives to to countercounter, , counterfeitcounterfeit, and/or , and/or

confoundconfound God’s three-fold God’s three-fold plan.plan.

Job 41:12-14Job 41:12-14 – “ – “I will not I will not conceal his partsconceal his parts, nor his , nor his

power, nor his comely power, nor his comely proportion. proportion. Who can Who can

discover the face of his discover the face of his garmentgarment? or who can ? or who can come to him with his come to him with his

double bridle? double bridle? Who can Who can open the doors of his open the doors of his

faceface? ? his teeth are terrible his teeth are terrible round about.”round about.”

Job 8:8-10Job 8:8-10 – “ – “For enquire, I For enquire, I pray thee, of the former agepray thee, of the former age, ,

and prepare thyself to the and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (For search of their fathers: (For we are but of yesterday, and we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our know nothing, because our

days upon earth are a days upon earth are a shadow:) shadow:) Shall not they Shall not they teach theeteach thee, and tell thee, , and tell thee,

and utter words out of their and utter words out of their heart?”heart?”

““Christianized Christianized andandPaganizedPaganized””



PPeergargamosmos

EphEpheesussus

90-200 90-200 A.D.A.D.

SmyrSmyrnana

200-200-325 325 A.D.A.D.

The Battle of Milvian The Battle of Milvian BridgeBridge

“By this sign of the cross thou

shalt conquer”

The Contested The Contested SeedSeed

(The PLOY)(The PLOY)

Job 41:12-14 – “ I will not conceal his

parts, nor his power, nor his comely

proportion. Who can discover the

face of his garment? or who

can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are

terrible round about.”

““By the beginning of the 4By the beginning of the 4thth century, in 303 A.D. century, in 303 A.D.

INVENTION WAS INVENTION WAS EXHAUSTED EXHAUSTED to to devise tortures against devise tortures against such as had no crime.” such as had no crime.”

Fox’s Book of Martyrs:Fox’s Book of Martyrs:

• 1st Peter 5:81st Peter 5:8 – “Be – “Be sober, be vigilant; sober, be vigilant;

because because your your adversary the deviladversary the devil, ,

as a roaring as a roaring lionlion, , walketh about, seeking whom he may

devour””

•2nd Corinthians 2nd Corinthians 11:1411:14 “And no “And no

marvel; for marvel; for Satan himself is Satan himself is

transformed transformed into into an angel of an angel of

lightlight.”.”

Christianity, A New State Religion

In A.D. 312 an important Roman general by the name of Constantine was converted to Christianity through a

spiritual experience he had on the battlefield. That same year, Constantine was made emperor of Rome.

Under his leadership, Constantine offered protection to Christians, allowing Christian churches to be built

throughout the empire, and allowing Christianity to spread more quickly.

By A.D. 392 Christianity had become a powerful force in Rome. It was practiced from border to border. In this

same year, the emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the state religion, and outlawed all other religious

practices.

Christians began to organize their church into parishes, which were overseen by priests. Several parishes formed

what was called a diocese. Each diocese was led by a bishop.

Eventually the bishop in Rome began to claim authority over all other bishops, and gave himself the title of

‘papa’, or Pope. The Western parishes readily accepted the authority of the Pope, however, the Eastern churches

did not. The churches in the West eventually became known as the Roman Catholic Church, while the churches in the East joined together to form the Eastern Orthodox

Church




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•A Holy Mother•“Supernaturall

y conceived son”

•He is the incarnation of

his father.•His father was

manifested as “Blazing Light”

• The “son’s” birthday was

December 25th.•The “birthday”is

celebrated with: feasting,parade

s, holly, mistletoe, yule

logs, and evergreen

trees!

•This “evergreen tree” is to be

brought into the house and

“decked” or “decorated”.• The “holy mother” is

CENTRAL to the religion.

• This “holy mother” is prayed to as the “queen of heaven”, the “Mediatrix”, the “mother of God”, the “MadonnaMadonna”.

• The mother and child together

represent “fertility”

•The “son” dies and is buried.

•After 40 days of weeping by his mother, he is miraculously

resurrected from the dead.

•They celebrated this “raising

from the dead” in the SPRING of every year. •The event is called “Ishtar”,

pronounced “Easter”

• “Ishtar” celebration

included bunny rabbits, colored eggs, bonnets and an “Ishtar”

sunrise service.

• “This “worship”

also included ritualistic, repetitive prayers…

using ROSARY BEADS!

•The worship of statues

was included, using the symbol

called the “TAU”, in the shape of the letter “T”.

•CommissionPPeergamosrgamos-- ““MarriageMarriage””

((Polygamy/BigomPolygamy/Bigomyy))

•The name The name “Pergamos”“Pergamos”




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The The mother mother

and and child… child… become become

Mary Mary and and

JesusJesus..

PPeergargamosmos


The The winter winter

festival… festival… becomes becomes Christ- Christ- massmass..

PPeergargamosmos


The The Spring Spring

celebraticelebration… on…

becomes becomes for for

ChristChrist..

PPeergargamosmos

-The pagan Roman -The pagan Roman Emporer Emporer becomes the becomes the

PopePope..

Ex Cathedra=“out of the chair”PPeergarga

mosmos325-500 325-500

A.D.A.D.•ConstantConstant

ineine

-The pagan Roman -The pagan Roman Senate Senate become the become the

College of CardinalsCollege of Cardinals..

-The pagan Roman -The pagan Roman Imperial Governors Imperial Governors become the Arch-become the Arch-

BishopsBishops..

-The pagan Roman -The pagan Roman Provincial Governors Provincial Governors become the Bishopsbecome the Bishops..

-The pagan Roman -The pagan Roman Civitas Civitas become the become the

PriestsPriests..

-The vestal virgins -The vestal virgins from the pagan Roman from the pagan Roman

temples temples become the become the NunsNuns..

•CommissionPPeergamosrgamos-- ““MarriagMarriagee””

((Polygamy/BigomPolygamy/Bigomyy))

•The “Roman The “Roman Catholic Church”Catholic Church”

Job 41:12-14 – “ I will not conceal his

parts, nor his power, nor his comely

proportion. Who can discover the

face of his garment? or who

can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are

terrible round about.”

•Ecclesiastes 1:9Ecclesiastes 1:9 – – ““The thing that The thing that hath been, it is hath been, it is that which shall that which shall

be; and that which be; and that which is done is that is done is that which shall be which shall be

donedone: and : and therethere isis nono new thingnew thing

underunder thethe sunsun.”.”

•Commission•Character•Commendation

•Condemnation

•Correction•Call•Challenge

PPeergargamosmos

““SSeeeed d andandSituationSituation””






PPeergargamosmos

““EclipsEclipseed d andandEntanglEntangleedd””



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