<TITLE>27. Par 182-185</TITLE>L-182 Now, now, Revelations 13:14... Jesus, in Matthew 24 warned them of it. "An image unto the beast..."
Paul, in II Thessalonians the 2nd chapter, 3rd and 4th verse... Let's get it, see Paul what he says here about it, that great Holy Spirit on this great prophet of the Lord, see what he said about it in the last day. In II Thessalonians the 2nd chapter is what it is. All right, sir, and begin with the 3rd verse, I believe it is. All right, let's read now. Listen close, everybody, How many believes that Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit? Watch here.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,... (He's trying to get it out of their head that He's coming right then, so there's got to be a falling away from the church first, see, come over in this Laodicean age.)... and that man of sin be revealed,... (The man of sin, unbelief in the Holy Ghost--unbelief.)... be revealed, the son of perdition; (Like Judas was, treasurer of the church.)
Who opposes and exalts himself above all that's called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God setteth in the temple of God,... (Brother, is there a person on earth outside of the Vatican that does that? Where's it at?)

L-184 Now, go on over here in Revelations 13 and show you that this man sets on a city--in the city, and the city sets on--on seven hills. And the numbers of the beast is 666 wrote out in the--in the Latin--Roman alphabet is 666 is Vicarius Filii Dei, which is "Instead of the Son of God," on the pope's throne. And he's trip--got a triple crown. And I've looked right at the crown, stood as close as my hand is to my face, like that, and--and seen the deck crown of the pope right there in the Vatican, myself, stood and looked at it to be sure I know what I was talking about. He opposes himself above all that's called God, all the godly men. He's the holiest of all them. Sets in the temple of God just showing himself he is God, forgiving sins on earth and so forth, you know. Sure.

L-185 Paul said that falling away will have to come first, that son of perdition be revealed.
Remember ye not, that, when I was... with you, I told you these things?
Oh, I'd liked to have been setting there hearing Paul preach that, wouldn't you? How I'd like to listen to him. Oh, my.
Now, what's he going to do? An image unto the beast, II Thessalonians. Now, listen. Listen close now, real close. The church was already feeling the coming of a pope. What is it? The end of that church age, Paul's. They seen this Nicolaitane stuff was rising up; they was going to make a holy man. To what? Pope. Worldliness and aristocrats had creeped into the church, and changing the order of worship. Paul, with the Holy Ghost, had caught that in the Spirit. And the church with its classics and dignitaries--dignitaried personalities and so forth, that... They seen there was coming something, and the Holy Ghost was warning them of the last days. Don't you remember how Jesus spoke of it, the deeds of the Nicolaitanes which finally become a doctrine then become an organization? Brethren, we're not in darkness now; remember it. See? Here we are.


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