This book candidly unfolds Revelation 13, 17, and 18, which describe who the apocalyptic antichrist is! In the very heart of John's end-time prophetic narrative comes stunning imagery of the final three phases of this powerful being and his church. They are the fulfillment of Daniel's prophecies of the "little horn," "vile person," and "king of the north!" With unreserved clarity, John is told that this religious power would be centered in the city of the seven hills with stunning geopolitical ties to the leaders of the world. The clues of when it begins are amazing. It is inaugurated at a time when a woman and a beast-a church and a state-have merged. There is no other conclusion that can be drawn than that this is when the Roman Catholic Church was awarded the Vatican City State in 1929. The papal leaders from that point on, with its final forty-two months of history, are given in vivid detail. In arresting detail, God discloses the horrifying suppressive power this church will soon wield and the world's gullible worship of its falsehoods. This amazing document mines the very depths of truths God has revealed, as never before, for us today.
When "the" Church Rides the Beast
The Antichrist-Centered Mystery!
By Franklin S. Fowler Jr.Christian Heritage Foundation
Copyright © 2015 Franklin S. Fowler, Jr.
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4907-5960-9Contents
Acknowledgements, iii,
Foreword, vii,
Preface, ix,
Chapter 1 — When Babylon Comes to its End, 1,
Chapter 2 — Reporting from Heaven Once Again, 5,
Chapter 3 — The Harlot's Evil Influences the World, 9,
Chapter 4 — Into the Desert and What Did He See?, 13,
Chapter 5 — Allurements of the Harlot, 19,
Chapter 6 — Named after Her Character, 23,
Chapter 7 — Giddy with Murder, 29,
Chapter 8 — Fulfillment of a 2000-Year Old Papal Prophecy!, 33,
Chapter 9 — "Headings" of the Beast, 43,
Chapter 10 — "Satan" and the Last Earthly Kingdom, 53,
Chapter 11 — World's Strangest Coalition, 63,
Chapter 12 — A Battle They're Going to Lose!, 69,
Chapter 13 — Its Power Base – The World, 73,
Chapter 14 — The God Factor!, 79,
Chapter 15 — Rome's Fearful Future, 83,
Chapter 16 — Final Power of the Papacy, 85,
Chapter 17 — Earth's Last Battle, 89,
Chapter 18 — Satan's Ally Is Ready, 93,
Chapter 19 — Daniel and John Focus on Satan, 97,
Chapter 20 — The "Head" – That's How We Know!, 99,
Chapter 21 — Mesmerized by a Religious Power, 103,
Chapter 22 — The Predestined Time Period, 109,
Chapter 23 — Out of His Terrible Mouth, 111,
Chapter 24 — Warring Against God's Loyalists, 115,
Chapter 25 — Worship Beast vs Worship God, 117,
Chapter 26 — A Judicial Manifesto, 121,
Chapter 27 — The Beast Like Satan, 123,
Chapter 28 — World is Forced into Blasphemous Worship, 131,
Chapter 29 — Deceptive Wonders, 135,
Chapter 30 — The Power of an Image, 139,
Chapter 31 — The "Mark of the Beast" Marks the Beast, 145,
Chapter 32 — Economic Sanctions Unless Marked, 149,
Chapter 33 — That Mystical Number – 666, 151,
Chapter 34 — Preparation for Earth's Final Warning, 155,
Chapter 35 — The Devil's Prison House, 159,
Chapter 36 — Guilt Everywhere, 161,
Chapter 37 — God's Emergency Call, 163,
Chapter 38 — Basics of Divine Justice, 167,
Chapter 39 — The Mistress of the World, 169,
Chapter 40 — The Circle is Complete, 173,
Appendix II —Pope Sylvester I (314-335 A.D.) Decrees the Transfer of Sabbath Rest to Sunday, 179,
Appendix III —Abomination Associated with Desolation, 181,
Appendix IV —Catholic References Regarding "Motherhood" and the Church, 193,
CHAPTER 1
When Babylon Comes to its End
The Bible is full of predicted "ends"! Some bring the deepest sadness; others, great happiness. The very first one came as a warning when the world was perfect, without sin or any sadness. Adam and Eve were told that eating of the Tree of Knowledge would lead to death (Genesis 2:17), an "end" they had never experienced. Adam sinned, and the record says he "lived ... and he died" (Genesis 5:5). That first couple was given a promise that they could be restored to their original favor. There would be a Savior, and He would bring an end to sin and death. When Jesus arrived He announced, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10b). When He comes again He will bring that gift.
The very last prophecy of the Bible is: "Surely I come quickly. Amen" (Revelation 22:20). That will be the end of all adverse experiences from sin. He is the only hope of eternal life, which will be endless! Another "end" is forecast beyond the time of that parousia: "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death [a final end]. ... And I saw a new heaven and a new earth [a beautiful beginning]: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away [the end]" (Revelation 20:14, 21:1a,b).
That terminus is the end of the line for sin and sinners. It is the point in time when the universe experiences closure of all wrong and rebellion.
Biblical cessations are usually the wrap-up of something allied to Satan. This takes on two forms: (1) God brings an end to a sinful event, experience or rebellion; (2) God terminates some freedom as punishment for a sinful act. As powerful as the devil is, God is always in control. He has the last word. At the "finish line" Satan loses.
Satan's Agents are Shattered
One of his dramatic failures comes during the seventh Vial, or Plague. This is where our story begins, right where there is a major end!
"And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath" (Revelation 16:19a).
"Babylon" is Satan's ally in the last conflagration. The antichrist, referred to by many symbols, is its earthly leader.
"and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath." (vs 19b)
God has great patience, but the time comes when He will act. The cue is when it says, "God remembered." Divine justice is often intimately linked with the expression of divine remembrance. The total destruction of Babylon is described in that Plague. Its end is complete.
Babylon was introduced to students of John's apocalypse in the second "flying in the midst of heaven" angel (Revelation 14:8). There it is identified as (1) "that great city" and (2) as "fallen." "Fallen" (epesen) is written in "prophecy perfect" language. That means it is presented as though it already happened but is actually still in the future as an event.
John's prophecy is a second application to that "city." "And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground" (Isaiah 21:9) – that was the first prophecy.
Literal Babylon fell to the Persian king, Cyrus, in 539 B.C. Belshazzar's apostasy against God and that city's military fall became a prophetic metaphor for the moral fall of apostate Christianity at the end of time. As God's people then came out of literal Babylon and journeyed to Canaan, so the cry goes up at the end to "come out of Babylon," "be not partakers of her sins." Prepare for the journey to the heavenly Canaan (cf. Jeremiah 51:9).
Babylon's fall, in this apocalyptic urgent warning to the world, informs us that its doom is imminent. It gives everyone a final chance to heed that ominous cry: "Flee the precincts of that influence. Judgment against Babylon is coming." Just as the Babylonian king was judged because of his defiance of God, so will the latter-day Babylon be punished for the same reason. This judgment predicted in the third angel's message of Revelation 14 is the same as when the "cup of the wine of God's wrath had come" (16:19c). That will be the beginning of its end.
"And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the [nations fell" (vs 19a)
The "splitting" of Babylon into three parts, in that seventh Vial, heralds that judgmental end. But why three...
