"And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six." (Revelation
13:16-18).
This is a brief
commentary on the Mark of the Beast from Revelation chapter 13 written
by Sir Isaac Newton during his lifetime and
published after his death. It is found on pages 284 and 320 of his magnum
opus. The book was first published in London in 1733.
"After the
death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son
of Nun, Moses' aide: Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all
these people, get ready to CROSS the
Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the
Israelites" (Joshua 1:1-2). (New
International Version of the Bible).
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The
CROSS was introduced to the Christian Congregation by Pope
Constantine in order to unite paganism and Christianity.
Crosses are
the world's oldest good luck charms, talismans, or amulets and
are found in every continent of the world.
This demonic
object (CRUX in Latin) entered the vocabulary of most European
languages through the corrupt Latin Vulgate version of Jerome. |
In
this sign, conquer!!
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A
HOLY Bible and HOLY Scriptures once again with the CROSS removed!!
Jesus
came to fulfill the Old Testament. There are NO SUCH words as
CROSS, CRUCIFY, or CRUCIFIED in the Old Testament—except
in the new perversions!!
"Then
Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to
obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
whom ye slew and hanged on a TREE
(Gk. xulon)"
(Acts 5:29-30).
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The
cross is a symbol for the great mother goddess!!
Crosses
are the world's oldest good luck charms, talismans, or amulets and are
found in every continent of the world. They represent the worship of
the great mother goddess of paganism. They originated at Babylon and
spread to all the world via Egypt.
Hathor,
the Egyptian cow goddess, holding the ankh or cross.
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The Egyptian
ankh or cross is found everywhere in ancient Egypt.
The terra-cotta
head of a cow from Crete (circa 1600 B.C.), lacks a nose and
a mouth, but its face, ears, and horns are covered with symbols
of the great mother goddess
in a manner similar to that of the Egyptian cows.
Hathor was
also known as Isis. Her name in Asia-Minor and Greece was Cybele
or Diana of the Ephesians, and her name in Rome was Venus. |
Cow's head
from Crete adorned with crosses.
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Hathor with
serpent on her forehead and holding a cross in her right hand.
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The serpent
and the cross were ubiquitous in ancient Egypt.
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The Egyptian
ankh or cross is found EVERYWHERE in ancient Egypt.
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Ritual "holy"
water bucket with crosses everywhere used in the worship
of Isis and Horus
Click on
the bucket to enlarge.
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Limestone
stela of the jackal-headed Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead,
with the crosses in the center.
Click
on the image to enlarge. |
Egyptian
stele with Isis seated nursing her child Horus. In
front of her is the standing Pharaoh wearing the double
crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. |
The
Incas were SUN worshippers and their BIG day was the winter solstice
which occurred about June 22 in the Southern hemisphere. This was the
opposite of the winter solstice or "Christ-mas" in the Northern
hemisphere. Crosses were a very, very important part of this demonic
sun worship. Here is a quote from that great Inca writer, Garcilasco
de la Vega, El Inca:
"The
Inca kings had in Cuzco a cross of fine marble, of the white and red
color called crystalline jasper. They cannot say how long they have
had it. When I left in 1560 it was in the sacristy of the cathedral
church of that city, where it hung from a nail by a cord running through
a hole in the top of the cross. I remember that the cord was a strip
of black velvet. Maybe in Indian times it had a holder of silver or
gold, and whoever found it exchanged it for this strip of silk. The
cross was square, as broad as it was high, and would be perhaps three
quarters of a vara or a little less in size, each arm being about
three fingers in width and the same in thickness. It was all in one
piece, very well carved, with its edges perfectly smooth, both sides
exactly matched, and the stone polished to a high luster. They used
to have it in one of their royal houses, in one of the chambers called
huaca, "a sacred place." They did not worship it,
though they held it in reverence, possibly because of its handsome
appearance or for some other reason they could not express. It was
so preserved till the marquis Don Francisco Pizarro entered the valley
of Túmbez, and because of what occurred to Pedro de Candia
there they worshipped it and held it in greater veneration, as we
shall mention hereafter" (Garcilaso
de la Vega, Royal Commentaries of the Incas, vol. 1,
p. 73).
The
origin of the cross
The
prophet Ezekiel described a meeting of the apostate women of Israel
who had set up a cross in the Temple of the Lord and were worshipping
a false "messiah" named Tammuz. The cross came from the first
letter of the name of this false Babylonian "messiah."
"He
(JEHOVAH) said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations that they do. Then he brought me to the door
of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold,
there sat women weeping for Tammuz"
(Ezekiel 8:13-14).
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The
Tower of Babel was an astronomical observatory. |
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At
the Tower of Babel, Satan created a universal false religion based
on the worship of the MOTHER of god as a SUBSTITUTE
for the worship of the SON of God or JEHOVAH.
Satan
used NIMROD and his queen Semiramis to introduce this false religion
to the world.
According
to the Jewish historian Josephus, Nimrod was punished for his
rebellion by Shem, one of the sons of Noah. He cut Nimrod's body
into many pieces and sent it to the surrounding people as a warning
against idolatry.
After his
death, his wife had a baby and she claimed that he had been miraculously
conceived and that Nimrod was reborn in the person of her son.
She called this son Tammuz. |
Semiramis
became the mother goddess or queen of heaven and statues of her holding
her "divine" son began to appear everywhere. The cross came
from the first letter of the name of this false messiah Tammuz. At the
time of Moses and the Exodus, Egypt was the most powerful nation in
the world and the headquarters of this Babylonian false religion.
The
unholy trinity: Nimrod, Semiramis, Tammuz.
The
cross came from the first letter of the name of the false Babylonian
"messiah" named Tammuz!!
Nimrod (circa
2260 B.C.), was the builder of the Tower of Babel. |
Tammuz
was the name of the false "messiah" of Babylon. After
Constantine, Jesus began to appear in images with long hair like
Tammuz. |
Queen Semiramis
was the wife of Nimrod.
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Astrology,
horoscopes, sun worship, and human sacrifices all began with Nimrod
and his wife Semiramis. He was the original apostate after the Great
Flood.
Emperor
Constantine's "Christianity" came from EGYPT!!
Since
the time of Moses and the Exodus (1500 B.C.), Egypt was SATAN"S
territory and a type of the devil controlled world system.
God's Congregation were FORBIDDEN to go down there for any
reason . . . even to buy HORSES:
"But
he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return
to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as
the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall
henceforth return no more that way" (Deut. 17:16).
In
a fit of rage and jealousy, Constantine murdered his own son, Crispus.
Then he murdered his wife, Fausta. To assuage a guilty conscience, he
turned to the pagan priests . . . and found no help there.
Then he turned to an unnamed EGYPTIAN who introduced him to "Christianity."
Here is a quote from an ancient Greek historian named Zosimus:
"Constantine's
mother, Helena, was saddened by this atrocity and was inconsolable
at the young man's death, Constantine as if to comfort her, applied
a remedy worse than the disease: he ordered a bath to be overheated,
and shut Fausta up in it until she was dead. Since he was himself
aware of his guilt and of his disregard for oaths as well, he approached
the priests seeking absolution, but they said that there was no kind
of purge known which could absolve him of such impieties. A certain
EGYPTIAN, who had come from Spain to Rome and was intimate
with the ladies of the court, met Constantine and assured him that
the Christian religion was able to absolve him from guilt and that
it promised every wicked man who was converted to it immediate release
from all sin. Constantine readily believed what he was told and, abandoning
his ancestral religion, embraced the one which the EGYPTIAN
offered him. He began his impiety by doubting divination; for since
many of its predictions about his successes had been fulfilled, he
was afraid that people enquiring about the future might hear prophecies
about his misfortunes. For this reason he applied himself to the abolition
of divination. When an ancient festival fell due and it was necessary
for the army to go up to the Capitol to carry out the rites, for fear
of the soldiers he took part in the festival, but when the EGYPTIAN
sent him an apparition which unrestrainedly abused the rite of ascending
to the Capitol, he stood aloof from the holy worship and thus incurred
the hatred of the senate and people" (Zosimus, New History,
Book II, p. 29).
Unlike
Eusebius of Caesarea, this pagan historian was not as concerned about
having ALL his writings destroyed so he told the PLAIN TRUTH about Constantine
and his so-called conversion to "Christianity." He did not
have to CONCEAL his writings and speak in riddles and parables about
the REAL "conversion" of Constantine.
Constantine
caused the Fall of the Roman Empire!!
This
same pagan historian also blamed Constantine (not true Christianity)
for the Fall of the Roman Empire. Anti-Christian historians say that
the Christians were the cause of the Fall of the Empire because they
refused to serve in the Roman army. The FIRST non-Jewish person to become
a Christian was an Italian SOLDIER in the Roman army named Cornelius
(Acts chapter 10):
"And
Constantine did something else which gave the barbarians unhindered
access to the Roman Empire. By the forethought of Diocletian, the
frontiers of the empire everywhere were covered, as I have stated,
with cities, garrisons and fortifications which housed the whole army.
Consequently it was impossible for the barbarians to cross the frontier
because they were confronted at every point by forces capable of resisting
their attacks. Constantine destroyed this security by removing most
of the troops from the frontiers and stationing them in cities which
did not need assistance, thus both stripping of protection those being
molested by the barbarians and subjecting the cities left alone by
them to the outrages of the soldiers, so that henceforth most have
become deserted. Moreover, he enervated the troops by allowing them
to devote themselves to shows and luxuries.
In plain terms, Constantine was the origin and beginning of the present
destruction of the empire" (Zosimus, New History,
Book II, p. 33).
Constantine's
vision of the CROSS was a lying SIGN and wonder!!
Emperor
Constantine related his "vision" of the CROSS IN THE SKY to
the Christian historian Eusebius, !3 years after the famous
battle of Milvian Bridge. Obviously the opposing army of Emperor Maxentius
did not see this CROSS IN THE SKY vision as they would have
put this good luck charm on their shields and evened the odds.
Eusebius was not about to argue with Constantine and call him a LIAR
as he would soon have lost his head and ALL HIS WRITINGS would have
been destroyed in typical Papal Roman fashion.
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Only
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Here
is a quote from the Christian historian Eusebius:
"Accordingly
he (Constantine) called on him with earnest prayer and supplications
that he would reveal to him who he was, and stretch forth his right
hand to help him in his present difficulties. And while he was thus
praying with fervent entreaty, a most marvelous sign appeared to
him from heaven, the account of which
it might have been hard to believe had it been related by any other
person. But since the victorious emperor himself long afterwards
declared it to the writer of this history, when he was honored with
his acquaintance and society, and confirmed his statement by an
oath, who could hesitate to accredit the relation, especially since
the testimony of after-time has established its truth?
He said that about noon, when the day was already
beginning to decline, he saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross
of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing the inscription,
CONQUER BY THIS. At this sight he himself was struck
with amazement, and his whole army also, which followed him on this
expedition, and witnessed the miracle. "(Eusebius, Life
of Constantine, p. 490). |
The
Lord Jesus Christ warned his Congregation about lying SIGNS and wonders:
"For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew
great SIGNS and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect" (Matthew 24:4).
St.
Paul warned the Christian Congregation about the same lying SIGNS and
wonders that would precede the end of the world:
"Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
SIGNS and lying wonders" (2 Thess. 2:9).
The
offering of Isaac by father Abraham is Calvary acted out in history!!
Calvary
acted out in history 2000 years before the event. Notice Isaac (a perfect
type of Christ) is carrying the WOOD for the fire while Abraham (a perfect
type of God the Father) is carrying the knife and the fire.
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Isaac
carrying the WOOD on his way to Mount Moriah to be sacrificed
by father Abraham is a perfect type of Christ carrying the wood
to Calvary. |
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At
the last moment, God calls out to Abraham and tells him not
to slay his son because JEHOVAH HIMSELF will be the sacrifice.
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The
symbol of the death of Jesus is the 7 branched candlestick or candelabrum
7
branched golden candlestick. |
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Jesus
the Messiah was nailed to a BIG olive tree on the Mount of Olives
overlooking Jerusalem.
On the same
tree were nailed 2 other men: one on the right and the other on
the left. This manner of the death of the Messiah was beautifully
illustrated by the MENORAH which JEHOVAH carefully instructed
Moses to make:
"And
thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall
the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls,
his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. And six branches
shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick
out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out
of the other side" (Exodus 25:31-32). |
3
men nailed to one tree
Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem
was the site of the death and Resurrection of Christ. |
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Panoramic
view of the death of Christ. Jesus was nailed to a living tree
facing His Father's House— the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
On the same tree were also nailed 2 thieves or criminals.
3 men with
their hands extended upwards on one tree is a perfect type of
the 7 branched golden candlestick.
The Romans
used living trees to impale victims and no preparation was necessary
such as digging holes in the ground.
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Jesus came to fulfill
the Old Testament. There are NO SUCH words as CROSS, CRUCIFY, or CRUCIFIED
in the Old Testament—except in the new perversions!!
The New Testament
was written in Greek and the 2 words used to describe the death of Jesus
are STAUROS and XULON. They both mean a TREE or a part of a TREE such
as WOOD, TIMBER, PLANK or BOARD.
A CROSS is NOT
a TREE!!
Cross
shaped electricity poles.
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A
CROSS is not a TREE and will never become a TREE. One of the
most common examples of Roman cross shaped objects are the wooden
poles used to carry electricity. They are comprised of 2 pieces
of dead wood nailed together.
These poles
will NEVER turn into trees with roots and leaves no matter how
long they are left in the ground. |
5 Scriptures that say distinctly that Jesus was nailed to a TREE
| "The
God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on
a TREE (xulon)"
(Acts 5:30). |
"And
we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a TREE
(xulon)"
(Acts 10:39). |
| "And
when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took
him down from the TREE (xulon), and
laid him in a sepulchre"
(Acts 13:30). |
"Christ
hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on
a TREE (xulon)"
(Galatians 3:13). (Deut. 21:23). |
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his own self bare our sins in his own body on the TREE
(xulon), that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed "(I
St. Peter 2:24). |
St.
Paul says distinctly that Christ died for our sins "according
to the Scriptures" (I Cor. 15:3). The ONLY Scriptures available
to St. Paul were the Old Testament. The Old Testament mentions stoning
and hanging on a TREE as the ONLY methods of capital punishment.
The
Roman eagle was replaced by the CROSS!!
Jesus
gave unmistakable signs of the destruction of Jerusalem and the end
of the world. The sign heralding the destruction of Jerusalem was the
surrounding of the city by the legions of Rome. Beginning in 66 A.D.,
imperial Rome surrounded that city with her eagles.
"When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:)"(Matthew 24:15).
"For
wheresoever the carcase is, there will the EAGLES be gathered together"
(Matthew 24:28).By
70 A.D., the Temple was completely destroyed and not one stone was
left upon another.
Beginning
with Pope Constantine, papal Rome laid siege to the spiritual Temple,
the Israel of God, the Congregation of Christ,
and the war continues to this very day.
The Roman
eagle always stayed on top of their banners until 312 A.D.
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Imperial
Rome became PAPAL Rome on Oct. 28, 312 A.D., when Constantine
exchanged the eagle for the cross.
As
the eagle was the battle standard of imperial Rome, so the CROSS
is the battle standard of papal Rome. It is the Mark of the
BEAST without a doubt!!
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Vital
links
Stauros
and Xulon correctly translated from the New Testament
Magellan
meets the Giants or the CROSS unmasked at last!!
Bible
Gateway—Look up any verse in multiple translations
Check
out the new perversions such as the NIV and NKJV. They have CROSS everywhere
in the Old Testament. Wonder who translated them????
References
Carroll,
James. Constantine's Sword. The Church and the Jews. Houghton
Mifflin Co., New York, 2002.
Grant,
Michael. Constantine the Great. The Man and his Times. Charles
Schribner's Sons, New York, 1993.
Goldsmith,
Elizabeth E. Life Symbols as Related to Sex Symbols. G. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York, 1924.
Garcilaso
de la Vega, El Inca, Royal Commentaries of the Incas. In 2
Volumes, University of Texas Press, 1966.
Seymour,
Rev. William Wood. The Cross In Tradition, History, and Art.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1898.
Wilkinson,
Richard H. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.
Thames & Hudson, London & New York, 2003.
Ward,
Henry Dana. History of the Cross: The Pagan Origin and Idolatrous
Adoption and Worship of the Image. James Nisbet & Co., Philadelphia,
1871.
Walker
Susan & Higgs, Peter (Editors). Cleopatra of Egypt, from History
to Myth. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2001.
Zosimus.
New History. A Translation with Commentary by Ronald T. Ridley.
Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, University of Sidney,
Australia, 1982.
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