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9The VATICAN-The Whore of Babylon |
While we see that Revelation 17 and 18 describes
the Whore of Babylon as riding the seven headed beast, which perfectly
symbolizes the various empire’s history and relation to false gods, with
greater focus on the Roman Empire, the remaining verses come to life when examining the Vatican.
Vatican City is its own city and even its own
country renown for being the smallest country in the world. It is still located
in Rome and part of the fabric of Rome. It stands across from Rome’s seven
hills and rests on its own hill. Not
just any hill, but one with a history that literally lines with the description
in Revelation 17 and 18 with precise detail.
This
report has established that the Whore of
Babylon rests on the mountains which are
also kings and on their heads are the names of blasphemy because each king or emperor
or Pharaoh took the names of the gods and in some cases believed they were the
sons of the gods and were themselves divine.
After Revelation 17 describes the woman as riding
the Beast, sitting on top of the it, this woman who represents false religion,
Revelation 17:6 tells us:
6 I saw
the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs
of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. And in
Revelation 18:24: 24 And in her was found the blood of
prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.
While this refers to the Christians killed under Nero and various
Roman Emperors, and those murdered during the Holy Roman Empire during the
Reformation, and also to the Christians who will be martyred during the
Tribulation, the verses come to even greater life when the details of the
Vatican are revealed. Before we look at
those details let’s have a quick overview of Roman History and the Catholic Church:
Quick Roman history and the Church
Jesus was born under the reign of Augustus, 63 BC
to 14 AD. Julius Caesar’s stepson. With
him began the Roman Empire, his government was followed by Tiberius’s, 14 AD to
37 AD who under his rule Jesus was crucified. After Tiberius’s death, Caligula leads
the Empire briefly during the time of Paul and the apostles, 37 AD to 41 AD. There
is no mention of Caligula in Scripture. Afterwards Caligula’s uncle Claudius
reigned for 13 years 41 AD to 54 AD and the church continued to spread. Claudius
distinguished himself from other Roman emperors by his conquest of Britain.
Upon Claudius’s death Nero took power in AD 54 to
AD 68 and was the Caesar referenced to by Paul. According to John W. Quinn in Render Unto Caesar
the Expository Files,
Ironically, Nero was the Caesar to whom Paul appealed for justice (Acts 25:11). After Paul was delivered to Rome, Nero placed Paul under house arrest (Acts 28:19). Paul writes of teaching the gospel to the some of the Praetorian Guard and that some members of Nero's own household were Christians during his imprisonments (Philippians 1:13; 4:22). Paul was eventually released, but then later rearrested and executed. He writes of his coming execution in 2 Timothy 4, a chapter showing his great faith and confidence.
Ironically, Nero was the Caesar to whom Paul appealed for justice (Acts 25:11). After Paul was delivered to Rome, Nero placed Paul under house arrest (Acts 28:19). Paul writes of teaching the gospel to the some of the Praetorian Guard and that some members of Nero's own household were Christians during his imprisonments (Philippians 1:13; 4:22). Paul was eventually released, but then later rearrested and executed. He writes of his coming execution in 2 Timothy 4, a chapter showing his great faith and confidence.
From
Nero Galba, Otho, and
Vitellius (68-69)
had brief reigns.
Vespasian ruled in 69-79
A.D. Vespasian and his sons, the emperors
Titus and Domitian, are known as the Flavians. Vespian fulfilled Jesus'
prophecy concerning the destruction of Jerusalem (with his son, Titus, being
the commander in the field) (Matthew 24:1,2).
Titus (79-81 A,D.) The famous eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii happened during the rule of Titus.
Titus (79-81 A,D.) The famous eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii happened during the rule of Titus.
Domitian (81-96 A.D.)
Domitian became a cruel tyrant in the later years of his rule, and the period
of terror associated with his name ended with his murder.
It is said that under Domitian John was exiled to
the island of Patmos and wrote the Book of Revelation. Domitian was responsible
for a great persecution against the churches in Asia Minor. Emperor worship was
commanded of the people, and Christians would not oblige (Revelation 16:2). But
the message from John assures them of complete and final victory if they would
be faithful even unto death (Revelation 2:10). The message speaks of the fall
and defeat of Rome, the defeat of Satan, and victory of Jesus and His faithful
ones.
It
is not a definite history that Domitian banished John. It could have been Nero
who sent him to Patmos. Under Domitian John would have been in his 90’s. On the island of Patmos is a plaque referencing John and it attributes Nero
sending him to Patmos. One writer
brought up how in the book of Revelation the Temple is referenced in Chapter 11
and John is instructed to go and measure the Temple. The destruction of the Second Temple occurred
in AD 70 after the reign of Nero. Peter
and Paul were killed under Nero and it makes sense that it would have been Nero
who would have sent him to Patmos.
The Vatican is built over
the Circus of Nero, Circus of Caligula
It was begun by Caligula on the property of his mother Agrippina and completed by Claudius, Caligula’s Uncle who took over as Emperor after Caligula
was assassinated- 41-53 AD. Caligula believed he was a god and he dressed as
the various gods including Cybele and Magna Mater, the Queen of Heaven. He was so violent and crazed that he was
killed by his own guard after only four years in power.
The circus was the place of the first massive Christian martyrdoms in 65 under Nero.
Nero set Rome afire and blamed the Christians and went after them and put them
through the most brutal and torturous deaths.
It is under Nero that Paul was beheaded (as a citizen of Rome he could
not be crucified) and Peter was crucified upside down. While Paul was killed
just outside of Rome, Peter and others were killed in Nero’s circus.
Tacitus a historian who lived at the time recorded
the events in the Annals and it is within his writings is the first reference
to Jesus Christ. A cemetery was nearby.
It is here that the tomb of Peter lay. It was over Peter’s tomb and other
martyred saints who lay in the cemetery that the Roman emperor Constantine
deliberately built a basilica (Old St. Peter's)
over the site. He used some of the existing structure of the Circus of Nero.
The basilica was centered on Peter’s tomb which is located beneath the high
alter of the Vatican.
It was as if Satan
himself chose the seat of the world’s largest cathedral and home of the Harlot
to be above the blood and remains of the martyrs she murdered as if they acted
as a sacrifice to her demons and principalities. Revelation 17:6 tells us:
6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
Not only would the blood of the early martyrs be
shed in Nero’s Circus but the Whore of Babylon’s seat would be built right over
their graves as if their murders acted as a Satanic sacrifice to the darkest forces
on the earth.
In addition, St. Peters lies over
the site of several altars and inscriptions commemorative of taurobolia, which was the practice of sacrificing
a bull. After the mid-2nd century bull sacrifice became connected with the
worship of Magna Mater the Great Mother of Gods. It was the widespread practice
of worship of Babylonian’s Queen of Heaven, Ishtar, who became ISIS in Egypt
and by 159 AD all taurobolia inscriptions mention Magna Mater. A shrine on the right bank of the River Tiber, near the racecourse of Caligula (Gaianum), known from several inscriptions on fragmentary
marble altars, dating from 305 to
390 CE, all but one of which were found under the façade of St. Peter's in 1609. It was
possibly an important religious center at the time.
What is
even more shocking is that the Magna Mater a.k.a Cybele was brought
to Rome from Phrygia in about 205 BC. Her symbol was a sacred stone that is said to now be
worshipped at Mecca and as a sacred relic at the seat of Islam.
She was Phrygia's only known goddess, its highest deity and might have even
been the state deity of Phrygia. Her Phrygian cult was adopted and adapted by
Greek colonists of Asia Minor and spread to mainland Greece around the 6th century BC and was then
brought to Rome.
What should be noted
about the Magna Mater’s roots in Phrygia, which later came under the control of
Pergamum is that in Revelation 2:13 Jesus makes it clear that this Pergamum is
where Satan’s throne is and where he dwells. He states:
13 “I know your works, and where
you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even
in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan
dwells.
It is no coincidence
that the Magna Mater was fetched from Pergamum and its temple ended up on both
Paladin Hill and at the site of St. Peter’s Basilica. This is no doubt the
woman called “wickedness” who now has a home, which
would continue to evolve and cause more bloodshed of the saints.
By the end of the 15th century,
having been neglected during the period of the Avignon Papacy, 1309-1377, when Popes resided in France instead of Rome,
the basilica had aged and was in need of repair. The first pope to consider
rebuilding, was Pope Nicholas V (1447–55). He had plans designed for an entirely new basilica
but was never able to achieve them during his reign due to other pressing
issues during his reign.
Pope Julius II in hopes of aggrandizing
himself after his death with a spectacular tomb within St. Peters, planned far more for St. Peter's than Nicholas V's program. His tomb
was to be designed and adorned with sculpture by Michelangelo. In 1505, Julius decided to demolish the ancient basilica and
replace it with a monumental structure to house his enormous tomb. Michelangelo
improved on Bramante's original design which was based on the Pantheon dome so
that it would be able to be performed.
One method
employed to finance the building of St. Peter's Basilica was the granting of indulgences in return for contributions. These indulgences
would forgive their sins and release them from punishment or penance by god.
Martin Luther, a German
priest, wrote to Archbishop Albrecht arguing against this "selling of
indulgences". He also included his "Disputation of Martin Luther on
the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences", which came to be known as The 95 Theses. This became a
factor in starting the Reformation, the birth of Protestantism under which
many Christians were brutally tortured and murdered and thus keeping with her
description in Revelation 17 and 18.
It is no coincidence that the
design that was selected was by Donato Bramante of a large Greek cross with a
dome modeled on the dome in the Roman temple; the Pantheon, which had been set
up by Augustus. It housed all of the Roman and Greek gods. The Vatican would
follow continue the practice at the Pantheon
and would bring into its museums all of the gods held by the Pantheon. Pope Julius II founded the museums in
the early 16th century, which lie next to the Vatican.
In the Vatican museum are about 5000 various statues and many
of them of the Roman and Greek gods and all that once stood in the Pantheon. They also house
Egyptian and other gods as well.
The Sala Rotonda in the Vatican
Museums is modelled after the pantheon right down to the oculus in the ceiling. The
Vatican museum also houses the busts of the various Roman emperors and even showcases
Nero’s wife’s bathtub.
The Museum’s extensive collections were obtained by the
Popes over the centuries and along with the Greek and Roman Gods, The Vatican
Museums themselves were originally founded as collections of works of classical
archaeology. The Popes viewed themselves as the legitimate heirs of Roman
history. In 1506 the original nucleus of the Vatican Museums' classic works was
set up in the Cortile delle Statue, today known as the Octagonal Court.
Here Pope Julius II (della Rovere) displayed an impressive collection of
ancient sculptures, including the Belvedere Apollo and
the Laocoön
which had just been rediscovered after centuries buried on Esquiline Hill. Laocoön, in Greek legend, is a seer and a priest of the god
Apollo.
The Bronze Pigna at the Vatican once decorated a
fountain in ancient Rome
next to a vast Temple of Isis. It now adorns the Vatican; its rightful
counterpart. Among the many gods at the
Vatican is a statue of the Egyptian goddess Sekmet, Hercules,
Zues, Diana, Artemis, and the Obelisk in St. Peter’s square which was brought
from Egypt by Caligula.
Obelisks were prominent in the
architecture of the ancient Egyptians, who placed them in pairs at the entrance of temples. The obelisk
symbolized the sun god Ra, and
during the brief religious reformation of Akhenaten was said to be a petrified ray of the Aten, the sun disk. It was also thought that the god existed
within the structure.
Obelisks also
act as sun dials and even more shocking it was found on the Ara Pacis or Alter
of peace that the sun appears at its tip on October 9 the date of the
festival of the Temple of Palatine Apollo. Apollo was the Roman god of the sun.
Augustus placed the Temple of Apollo on a spot close to his home before
dedicating it on Oct. 9, 28 BC. Apollo, the Roman god of the sun, was Augustus’
patron deity.
According
to Evan Andrew’s article, “Mystery of
Ancient Roman Sundial Deciphered Using Digital Modeling,” Obelisks were not just native to Egypt but were
also discovered in Ancient Assyria, in Nineveh. The
Ancient Romans were strongly influenced by the obelisk form, to the extent that
there are now more than twice as many obelisks standing in Rome as remain in
Egypt.
The most well-known is the 25 meters (82 ft.),
331-metric-ton (365-short-ton) obelisk at Saint
Peter's Square . The obelisk had stood since AD
37 on its site on the wall of the Circus of Nero, flanking St Peter's Basilica: The obelisk was re-erected in Saint Peter's Square in
the 16th century by the architect Domenico Fontana.
The obelisk was originally brought to Rome by Caligula.
Obelisks were
also discovered from Ancient Assyrian civilization, where they were erected as public
monuments that commemorated the achievements of the Assyrian king and they were
found in Nineveh where they depict military conquests. The Black Obelisk, was erected by Shalmaneser
III. The reliefs show scenes of tribute bearing as well as the depiction of two
subdued rulers, and one of which
included Jehu the Israelite
and Sua the Gilzanean, giving gestures of submission to the king, which
historically was a short victory.
The Vatican via its museums houses many of the
gods of the ancient world. Catholicism is the product of the merging of the Roman
religion of the Magna Mater and other gods with Christianity. The Popes are
named Pontifex Maximus after the high priests in
the Roman Empire was the high priest of who presided over the the pagan gods of
Rome. The vow of celibacy is an offshoot of the castrated priests who served
the Magna Mater. Nuns evolved from the Vestal Virgins
who were the priestesses of the Roman goddess of the hearth; Vesta, in the
state religion of ancient Rome. With all of
these facts, the Vatican is no doubt the identity of the
Whore of Babylon of Revelation 17 and 18 and her home. The one that was
predicted in Zechariah 5 that would be built and where she would rest on her
base or pedestal.
Zechariah’s book was written in
520-518 BC after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians under the reign of
Darius and worship of the Queen of Heaven was one of Israel’s sins, the
Israelites worshipped her in Egypt where ISIS is depicted sitting on a basket,
in Zechariah she is thrust down into the basket and removed from Israel and called,
Wickedness and she is taken to Babylon to a house to be put on her base. Zechariah reads To build a house for it in
the land of Shinar;[c]when it is
ready, the
basket will
be set there on its base.
The Vatican is the identity of the mysterious woman
named wickedness in Zechariah 5. Zechariah was written after the Babylonian
captivity of Israel and it was this cult that caused Israel to turn from the
true God and sin against Him. This is
the woman who is carried to Babylon for the building of her temple or house,
which is the Vatican.
Revelation 18:2 describes Babylon as a cage for
every unclean and hated bird:
2 And
he cried mightily[a] with
a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a
dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every
unclean and hated bird!
These birds represent demons. 1 Corinthians 10:20
and Deuteronomy 32:16-17 tells us that when one worships an idol they are
actually worshipping demons. The unclean
birds are represented in Leviticus 11:13-19, which
states:
13 ‘And these you shall
regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the
eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 14 the kite, and the falcon after its kind; 15 every raven after its kind, 16 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its
kind; 17 the little owl, the
fisher owl, and the screech owl; 18 the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; 19 the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
Owls and bats have
demonic representations. These are flesh eating birds that eat blood. Bats eat
mosquitoes that feed on blood, some eat fish and frogs. These birds are
associated with death. “every foul
spirit” and every unclean bird fits the Whore of Babylon with her numerous gods
and vile tortures and murders committed in the name of her gods.
It was Julius II who in 1508 commissioned
Michelangelo Buonarroti with updating the decoration of the Sistine Chapel.
Julius II inaugurated the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's new ceiling at a
Solemn High Mass on All Saints Day, 1 November 1512.
It should be noted that in the Sistine Chapel, not only does Michelangelo
paint Pope Julius II as skinning him alive, but he also painted the Cardinal at
the time as a devil. Even more shocking is that within the wall of the Sistine Chapel
are 12 goats heads similar to Baphomet’s flanked by demons. Baphomet like goat heads; a symbol of Satan are
painted in the Sistine Chapel. Someone
stated that it was to depict animal sacrifices that were done in the Bible. Others
thought the goat represented the hell portion his painting which represents
heaven and hell. Whatever the opinion, it is clear that the goat which looks
like a Baphomet looks over the Sistine Chapel and this is no coincidence.
Even in the Bible we see the goat indirectly as a symbol of
Satan. In the book of Daniel the goat’s head representing Greece produces the
little horn, which is the Antichrist. In Matthew 25:31-33 Jesus gives the
parable of the sheep and the goats. Jesus the Good Shepherd will separate the
sheep from the goats at the Judgement. In
Leviticus sins were transferred to the goat who was then sent to the
wilderness: the scapegoat. Thus we see
the goat in a negative context representing sin, sinners and in the book of
Daniel the son of Satan himself in the little horn of from the Grecian goat.
The Vatican a
Place of Money Changers
The Vatican is a place of money changers, which Jesus clearly
condemned in the Gospels. Matthew 21:12 describes:
"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast
out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of
the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them,
It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a
den of thieves."
Jesus made it clear that money
changes did not belong in God’s Temple and yet money changers are in the
Vatican from paying to go into the Vatican to the stories just outside where
you can buy all kinds of religious paraphernalia and souvenirs. It is estimated
that the Vatican brings in about 80 million euros a year in entrance fees
alone. It should be no surprise that the temple of the Whore of Babylon, a
house of Satan would have money changers.
The Wealth of the Vatican
The Whore of Babylon wears symbols
of great wealth, which also pinpoints the Vatican as the Whore of Babylon.
Revelation 17:4 reads, “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with
gold and precious stones and pearls.”
I just relayed how the Vatican tickets bring in
about 80 million euros a year. The
Sistine chapel is worth 400 billion US dollars alone. The Vatican museums
possess an estimated 11 trillion US dollars in art.
They display
works from the immense collection built up by the Popes throughout the
centuries includes some of the most renowned classical sculptures and important
masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly
70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display. The museums currently employ 640
people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration
departments.
The
Vatican’s great wealth lines perfectly
with the description of the Whore of Babylon in the book of Revelation.
This is an excerpt from the free online version of my book Whore of Babylon in Bible Prophecy: A Book of
Revelation Mystery Revealed
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