Meet the first Pope!!

Caesar is Pope!!

"And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer" (Revelation 6:2-3).

This is a description of the 1st of the 4 deadly horseman of the Apocalypse. It is a description of Emperor Constantine going forth to conquer the entire Roman world.

All the great prophecies in the Book of Revelation began to be fulfilled with the reign of Pope Constantine. Before the battle of the Milvian Bridge outside Rome in 312 A.D., Constantine claimed to have seen a cross in the sky with this inscription: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES or IN THIS SIGN CONQUER. He immediately had the Roman eagle replaced by the cross on his battle standards.

IN HOC SIGNO VINCES or IN THIS SIGN CONQUER.

Constantine claimed to have seen a cross in the sky with the words: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES or IN THIS SIGN CONQUER.

The cross and the words IN HOC SIGNO VINCES or IHS became the battle standard of the Papal Roman empire.

Constantine's empire was the 7 headed, 10 horned evil empire of the Book of Daniel and Revelation.

The cross is the one indispensable MARK of the Papal Roman beast.

Pagan Rome ended and Papal Rome began with the CROSS!!

Imperial Rome became PAPAL Rome on October 28, 312 A.D., when Constantine exchanged the eagle for the cross:

"And not only so, but he (Constantine) also caused the sign of the salutary trophy to be impressed on the very shields of his soldiers; and commanded that his embattled forces should be preceded in their march, not by golden eagles, as heretofore, but only by the standard of the cross." (Eusebius, Life of Constantine, p. 545).

He would have been much better off if he had kept the eagle, because God is referred to as an eagle in the Old Testament, but you will never find the word CROSS in the Hebrew Old Testament . . . or the Greek New Testament.

Emperor Constantine was the first Pope!!

Insignia of Pagan and Papal Rome.

Pope Constantine (306 — 337).

Pope Constantine (306-337).

1	(Babylon)
2	(Persia)
3	(Greece)
4	(Rome)

=10

The Bible Code!!

Pope Constantine was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus at Nis on Feb. 27, 280, in what is now Serbia, son of the commander Constantius Chlorus (later Constantius I) and Helena, a prostitute and Balkan barmaid. Constantius became co-emperor in 305.

Following the example of his father, and earlier 3rd-century emperors, Constantine in his early life was a solar henotheist, believing that the Roman sun god, Sol, was the visible manifestation of an invisible "Highest God" (summus deus), who was the principle behind the universe. This god was thought to be the companion of the Roman emperors. Constantine's adherence to this faith is evident from his claim of having had a vision of the sun god in 310, while in a grove of Apollo in Gaul.

As a youth Constantine was sent to the palace of the infamous Roman Emperor Diocletian to learn the tricks of the trade as they say. At that time, Christianity was growing by leaps and bounds throughout the Empire. The Christians were outstanding citizens but the Emperors saw them as a threat to the empire for ONE reason: they refused to acknowledge the divinity of the Emperors or call Caesar "lord."

During the early days of Rome, the people hated kings. Rome was a republic. This human divinity idea came from the Pharaohs. Egyptian rulers were considered gods by their subjects and when Julius Caesar conquered Egypt, he brought this idea back to Rome.

Emperor Diocletian (245 — 313).

Emperor Diocletian (245-313).

Emperor Diocletian began the last great pagan persecution of the Christians in which most of the history of the early Congregation was destroyed!!

Beginning in the year 303, the pagan Roman Empire made one last great attempt to exterminate Christianity. This persecution, under the Emperor Diocletian, began on the 23rd of February (303 A.D.), that being the day the Roman Terminalia was celebrated, and the cruel pagans boasted that they would finally put a termination to Christianity

Diocletian began by sacrificing to the pagan gods to make his war against the Christians a success:

" . . . In the first, while Diocletian was sacrificing in public, the chief interpreter of the victims' organs reported that he could not read the future in them because of the hostile influence of Christians standing around. Diocletian burst into a rage, insisting that all in his court should offer sacrifice, and sent out orders to his army to follow suit." (Ramsey MacMullen, Constantine, p. 24). "

The local demons having failed him, Diocletian then consulted the most powerful shrine of augury and divination in the world. This was the Oracle of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. His priests brought him back more bad news: it quit working too....This caused him to fly into an uncontrollable rage and he ordered the holocaust to commence immediately:

Monuments to the power of the Risen Christ!!

All over the Old World, shrines of divination like these stopped working after the Resurrection of Christ. Apollo was another name for Sol Invictus or the sun god.

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Temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt, was a major site of divination and worship of the Egyptian cow goddess.

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The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, Greece.

Real Christians would NEVER build churches or houses of worship over pagan shrines. This was strictly prohibited by the Bible. The very ground was polluted with blood offered to demonic images.

Many of Satan's most powerful demons could no longer operate after the Resurrection of Christ. Many of them emigrated to the New World and found a refuge there....In the following centuries, Pope Constantine's system made sure that no missionaries reached the New World inhabitants with the Gospel of Christ.

Emperor Diocletian's 10 year persecution of Christianity

Beginning in the year 303, the Roman Empire launched a persecution against Christianity which lasted 10 years. It is called the last great pagan persecution of the Congregation.

Fire, racks, swords, wild beasts, crosses, poison and famine were made use of to kill the Christians. Invention was exhausted to devise tortures against those who would not deny Christ and acknowledge Caesar as "lord" and burn incense to his image.

The lives of Christians during that time consisted of persecution above ground and prayer underground. This is known in history as the era of the martyrs.

The main target of the pagans was the New Testament . . . and the histories of Christ. All of the great books portraying the Mount of Olives as the site of the Resurrection were systematically destroyed.

Even the books written by pagan authors were destroyed because they would reveal a lot about the doctrines and practices of the Apostolic Congregations.

There were millions of Christians and many of them had copies of the New Testament. Only about 5,000 manuscripts have survived from that time and the oldest is dated around 350 A.D.

The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Congregation.

By being "faithful unto death" Christians were defeating paganism in the Roman Empire.

From 303 to 313, Christian bodies and books were systematically destroyed during this last great pagan persecution.

Eusebius tells us that there were innumerable histories of the Life of Christ written by the Christians. Only one account survived this persecution. If any had survived we would have known exactly when Jesus was born.

"Hence by recent authors also, there are, as I have said, demonstrations without number, which we may carefully read, very able and clear, written in argumentative form in defense of our doctrine, and not a few commentaries carefully made upon the sacred and inspired Scriptures, showing by mathematical demonstrations the unerring truthfulness of those who from the beginning preached to us the word of godliness" (Preparation for the Gospel, Bk. I, ch. III, p.7.)

Rome was systematically destroying Christian history so that the next generation of believers would have no idea what their parents believed. Jesus said that the Christians were the salt of the earth and the light of the world:

"Ye are the salt of the earth . . . Ye are the light of the world" (Matthew 5:13-14).

With the removal of the salt and light through persecution, the world became a very dark place. This is what St. Paul was referring to when he refers to the let or hindrance that was holding back the manifestation of the Antichrist system:

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition . . . and now ye know what witholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way (II Thessalonians 2:3-6)."

Even Eusebius was imprisoned and it is a miracle that any of his writings have survived. His close friend and mentor Pamphilus was martyred during this time.

Pope Constantine changed the PLACE of the Resurrection of Christ!!

Constantine knew from experience that the great power of the Christian message came from the preaching of the Resurrection of Christ. Immediately upon assuming the purple, he set about to insidiously undermine and then eliminate this cardinal doctrine.

For 300 years the Christians were accustomed to visit the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and they came back filled with zeal for their Risen Lord.

They also saw the total ruins of the Temple in exact fulfillment of the words of Jesus. This made them invincible to all the threats and arguments of the pagans. Constantine set about to change this:

"Believers in Jesus all congregate from all parts of the world....that they may worship at the MOUNT OF OLIVES opposite the city....TO THE CAVE that is shown there" (Eusebius, Proof of the Gospel, Bk. VI. ch. 18)."

The Empty Tomb on the Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem was the site of the death and Resurrection of Christ.

The Resurrection of Christ is the great central Doctrine of Christianity. It is the ROCK and pillar that supports the entire structure. St. Paul said:

"And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain" (I Cor. 15:14).

And again:

"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man also came the resurrection of the dead, For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive" (I Cor. 15:20-22).

In the year 326, Constantine sent his mother Helena to Jerusalem to discover the spot that he had foreseen as the place of Jesus' Resurrection. This was the site of the temple of Venus on the western side of Jerusalem. He ordered the temple torn down and a church constructed on the site. This is called the church of the "Holy" Sepulchre to this day.

"Church" of the Holy Sepulchre, former site of the Temple of Venus.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, former site of the Temple of Venus.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, former site of the Temple of Venus.

In the year 326, Constantine sent his mother Helena to Jerusalem to discover the spot that he had foreseen as the place of Jesus' Resurrection. This was the site of the temple of Venus on the West side of Jerusalem. He ordered the temple torn down and a church constructed on the site. This is called the church of the Holy Sepulchre to this day.

This is the WRONG location because it was located within the city of Jerusalem and Jesus died outside the city walls.

Pope Constantine changed the TIME of the Resurrection of the Lord!!

The Christians remembered the Lord's Resurrection every Sabbath or Lord's Day. In addition there was the big yearly week long celebration of the Resurrection held 14 days after the first new moon following the Spring equinox. It coincided with the yearly Jewish Passover.

In 325, Constantine presided over the Council of Nicaea which changed the time of the Lord's Resurrection to the Sunday following the Passover. This was to coincide with the old Roman festival of Easter, which usually fell about a week after Passover when the moon rose after midnight.

Pope Constantine changed the TIME of our Saviour's birth to Dec. 25.

Town of Bethlehem where Jesus was born in the springtime.

Another great destination for the Christians was the town of Bethlehem where Jesus was born:

"They (prophets) foretold the wondrous fashion of his birth from a Virgin, and—strangest of all—they did not omit to name Bethlehem the place of his birth, which is today so famous that men still hasten from the ends of the earth to see it, but shouted it out with the greatest clearness" (Eusebius, The Proof of the Gospel, Bk. 1, p. 2).

Since ALL the books on the correct time of the birthday of Jesus were destroyed, Constantine was able to change His birthday to December 25. It was the winter solstice when the sun was at its southern most declination in the Tropic of Capricorn.

After the solstice, the pagans saw the days getting longer, so they rejoiced as the SUN was reborn,and they called this festival Dies Natalis Invicti or The Birthday of the Unconquered SUN.

Pope Constantine united Christianity and the state

After changing the TIME and PLACE of the birth and Resurrection, the third strike of Satan against the Gospel was the marrying of this false Christianity with the state. He made Christianity the state religion or united church and state. This was the last straw —marrying the pure bride of Christ with the dirty politics of the Roman Empire.

Jesus had said long ago to another representative of pagan Rome named Pontius Pilate:

"My kingdom is not of this world: If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence" (Matt. 18:36).

Pope Constantine became a "Christian: though baptism.

Prior to this time, a person became a Christian through conversion or the new birth. Baptism followed salvation. Constantine waited until just before his death to be baptized, because he believed that baptism washed away sins and makes one a Christian. To this very day, all his followers have used that same door:

"Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1997, Part Two, Article 1.)

In the 30 years that Constantine reigned, the Roman Catholic system was fully developed. The 2 big festivals: Christmas and Easter with entry through baptism instead of the new birth, union of church and state, and the false time and place of the Lord's birth and Resurrection have continued right down to our time.

The Great historian Eusebius hit the nail right on the head. He said in coded language that only the believers could understand that this empire of Constantine was the culmination of the 4 heathen Empires of antiquity namely, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, and that it was the FINAL ANSWER of Satan to the Gospel of Christ and it would remain unchanged until Christ's Second Coming!!

Writing of the 30th anniversary of the ascension of Constantine he pays particular attention to the number 10 and the number 30:

"Again the triad combined with the decade, and performing a threefold circuit of tens, produced that most natural number, thirty. For as the triad is in respect to units, so is the number 30 in respect to tens...."(Eusebius, Oration to Constantine).

Eusebius associated the number 30 with the MONTH having 30 days and the MOON was created to rule the MONTH and the NIGHT. So this empire of Constantine had much to do with darkness and the NIGHT:

1	(Babylon)
2	(Persia)
3	(Greece)
4	(Rome)

=10

What Eusebius was telling the initiated who knew the Scriptures was that 1 plus 2, plus 3, plus 4 equals 10. In other words, right before their eyes, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome were culminating in this Empire of Constantine which would exist until the Second Coming of Christ!!

"For the unit is the tenth of ten, and ten units make up a decade, which is itself the limit, the settled goal and boundary of units; it is that which terminates the infinity of number the term AND END of units" (Eusebius, Oration to Constantine)."

And that Constantine's Empire was not the Empire of Christ . . . but was the 10 toed, 10 horned evil empire of the book of Daniel and Revelation. This was the beginning of the evil Empire that John saw in a vision over 200 years earlier:

"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and TEN horns, and upon his horns 10 crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy (Rev. 13:1)."

This was the same ten horns that Daniel saw upon the Roman wild beast over 500 years earlier:

"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beast that were before it; and it had TEN horns (Daniel 7:7)"

The number 10 also stands for apostasy, division, wars and captivity. Shortly after King Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem, he became involved in Baal worship or sun worship and he lost 10 tribes out of the 12 tribes of Israel:

"And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself in a new garment; and they were alone in the field. Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him and rent it in pieces: And said to Jeroboam, Take thee TEN pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give TEN tribes to thee" (I Kings 11:29-31).

Jeroboam was no better than Solomon because he set up 2 golden calves: one at Dan in the north and another at Bethel in the south in order to keep the people from going to Jerusalem to worship:

"Whereupon the king took council, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Dan and the other in Bethel" (I Kings 12:28-29)

Dan and Bethel became the 2 new rival centers to Jerusalem.

Rome and Constantinople became the 2 new "church" headquarters!!

In the Old Testament Dan and Bethel became the 2 new rival worship centers to Jerusalem answering to Rome and Constantinople in the New Testament times.

These are the so-called 10 lost tribes of Israel who went into captivity in Assyria about 250 years later. Only the tribe of Benjamin remained with Judah.

Pope Constantine set up a new Capital about 1,000 miles to the east. This is called the "Orthodox" church to this day. Thus Rome and Constantinople became 2 new rival "church" headquarters in opposition to Jerusalem.

Rome and Constantinople became the 2 new "church" headquarters instead of Jerusalem.

When Constantinople fell to the Turks (1453) the Orthodox church moved to Russia and the bitter competition continues right down to our own day with the Vatican enlisting the help of the U.S. military to fight her ancient rival. That is what Fatima is all about.

Vital Links

Eusebius and Constantine

The Vatican against the Orthodox Church by Avro Manhattan

The Four Heathen Empires

References

Alföldi, Andreas (Andrew). The Conversion of Constantine and Pagan Rome. Oxford, 1948 and 1969.

Eusebius Pamphili, (260 — 340), Preparation for the Gospel, Proof of the Gospel, Ecclesiastical History, Life of Constantine, Oration to Constantine, etc., etc. Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1981.

Baynes, Norman, H. Constantine the Great and the Christian Church. London, 1934.

Burckhardt, Jacob.The Age of Constantine the Great. Pantheon Books Inc., New York, 1949.

Halsberghe, Gaston, H.The Cult of Sol Invictus. E.J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1972.

Kee, Alistair. Constantine Versus Christ: The Triumph of Ideology. SCM Press, London, 1982.

Martin, E. L. Secrets of Golgatha. ASK Publications, Portland, Oregon, 2000.

MacMullen, Ramsey. Constantine. The Dial Press, New York, 1969.

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