AS WE NEAR THE END - Part # 08

IS THE REMNANT CHURCH PREPARING FOR HEAVEN BY KEEPING PAGAN HOLIDAYS?

"Christmas, Easter, Valentines, Halloween, Christenings, First Communions, Birthdays and so on...." -- "Fall of Great Babylon 'And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Revelation 18:1, 2. This is a wonderful chapter in the Bible because it shows us that this cruel power, that has hurt so many people, is going to come to an end. These verses also show us a repeat of the second angel’s message; only this time it is telling everybody to get out of these fallen churches before they end up destroyed along with them. And we see another angel; a special fourth angel, and he has so much power that the whole earth gets lighted up with his mighty message. This mighty angel comes down to mark the beginning of the preparation time leading to the ‘Loud Cry’ message given by the great power of the Holy Spirit in what we call the Latter Rain. This is a very important part of our study. This other angel, the fourth angel, is declaring again the message of the second angel of Revelation 14, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen.” But this time it says Babylon the Great. We learned that Babylon the Great is the three-fold combination of the Beast, False Prophet and the Dragon and when it is seen here, it is a persecuting power; a combination of the 6th, 7th and 8th heads of the cruel scarlet monster that represents Satan’s efforts, through man-made organizations, to fight and destroy God’s people and His truth down through the whole history of the world. We are also told it has become full of devils; though claiming to belong to God, it has rejected His Word and His ways, until Satan is in full control of it. And a cage of unclean and hateful birds; crows, hawks, eagles, vultures and buzzards, make their living by picking to pieces other animals and birds, and eating their flesh. The Fall of Babylon[(288) Daniel and the Revelation]. There are so many in our society now that profess to be helping people, but that really are getting a very good living off of the misery of others, and are actually increasing that misery by casting doubt on the Word of God, the only real answer for man’s distresses. Also the informers, and bribed officials, that cast down justice and do not care about poor and suffering ones, are also cruel and unclean kinds of birds. “For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.” Revelation 18:3 Notice what it says about how the merchants of the earth have gotten rich because of Babylon’s delicacies. Have you ever thought about all the money that people spend because of holidays that had their start in Paganism and were brought into the Roman church? Why if it wasn’t for all these holiday, the stores wouldn’t sell nearly as much. Christmas, Easter, Valentines, Halloween, Christenings, First Communions, Birthdays and so on. It seems as if half or more things sold, have to do with one of these holidays. And people buy so much more unhealthful food and sugary treats, and waste so much money just because of holidays, rather than buying only what they need to live. The holidays all came from paganism and really have nothing to do with the Bible at all. “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” Revelation 18:4, 5. God has set a limit beyond which the wickedness of man will not be allowed to continue. It was that way at the flood; it was that way at Sodom and Gomorrah; and it is that way now. “Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.” Psalm 76:10. As the final trouble comes, God’s people will press very close to Jesus and put away all their sins and worldly ways['NO DEW NOR RAIN' TILL SINS ARE CONFESSED AND PUT AWAY]. Then the full power of the Holy Spirit will come to them (289) and Jesus will send the final warning through the earth like lightening.