Chapter Six/Unlocking a Sacred Secret - The Great Apostasy - Conclusion

 Hence, Jesus' words to the seven congregations expose the total failure of all of Christendom's religions to be Jehovah's special people. Indeed, the clergy of Christendom have been the most prominent members of Satan's seed. Speaking of these as "the lawless one,' the apostle Paul foretold that their "presence is according to the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and portents and with every unrighteous deception." - 2 THESSALONIANS 2:9, 10. 

While claiming to be shepherds of the flock of God. Christendom's leaders, religious and secular, showed special hatred for anyone who tried to encourage Bible reading or anyone who exposed their unscriptural practices. John Hus and Bible translator William Tyndale were persecuted and martyred. During the bedarkened Middle Ages, apostate rule reached a peak in the diabolic Catholic inquisition. Any who disputed the teachings of authority of the church were unmercifully suppressed, and countless thousands of so-called heretics were tortured to death or burned at the stake. Thus Satan endeavored to ensure that any true seed of God's womanlike organization would quickly crushed. When the Protestant churches manifested a similar intolerant spirit. They too became bloodquilty by martyring those who endeavored to be loyal to God and Christ. Truly, "the blood of holy ones" was freely poured out! - REVELATION 16:6' Compare MATTHEW 23:33-36. 

Next time: Chapter Six/Unlocking a Sacred Secret - The Seed Endures 

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