The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-09-06

Story.
| He saw it in series of pictures, which
| show the history of the protesting church
| until the Lords return
| THERE IS A SERIES OF SEVEN PICTURES.
! |. The Ephesian Picture - The Apostolic
| Period, from Pentecost to about 100 A. D.,
| Revelation 2:1-7.
In this period there were many things
the Lord could commend
There we're some things He must
condemn.
This picture shows that
|. The processing church would depart
| from Christ = Thou hast left thy first
| love-.
2. False teachers, called Nicolaitanes,
| would arise.
This word comes from "nikao" to con-
| quer, and ''laos" = the people.
The priests said = "let us conquer the
people, and they did Now the people are
subdueing and casting out the preachers.
| 3. In Revelation 2:15, Jesus says, (which
thing hate referring to the Nicolaitanes
and their doctrine.
Ii. The Smyrnian Picture, from 100 to
about SIS A. d. = Revelation 28-11.
The Period of Jewish and Pagan per-
secution.
l. Il know thy tribulation and poverty,
but thou art rich, = in Divine favor, etc.
2. People of Synagogue of Satan" =
tares - got in among them.
3. They could only kill the bodies Of the
saints saints could not be hurt of the
Second Death 'Be thou faithful unto
death (martyrdom) and I will give thee a
crown of life.
III. The Perganite Picture from SIS A. D.,
to the Second Coming of Christ - Revela-
ton 2:12-17.
The Period of Union of Church with
World = Church and State.
|. By this time the church was d7vellmg
where Satan's seat is = in the world: for
he is prince of this world and god of this
age.
2. The word "Pergamos" means mar
rage church and world married at last
Union of Church and State
8. The professed church holds the doc
trine of Baalim, who taught Israe1's men to
marry Moab's women
4. Nicolaitanes compose her ministry.
In Revelation 20, that which was
deeds becomes 'doctrine" in us, and the
Lord says, (Which thing I hate" Do not
forget this fact
". The Thyatirian Picture, from COG AID,
to the Second Coming of Christ - Revela-
ton 1880.
The Period of the Romanized Papacy
- That woman Jezebel''.
l. The general outline of this Scripture
The first mention of Thyatira is asso-
ciated with woman (Acts 16:14-15).
Lydia was a seller of purple and scarlet
colors = the goods so highly priced by
Rome today
Jezebel the pagan woman, was married
to Ahab king of Gods people Israel. She
! was a mother, and had children. She be-
came the mistress, leader and teacher in
place of Ahab, the man.
She caused the Lords servants to COM
NIT fornication, and eat of the idol sacri-
). fees.
The union of Ahab and Jezebel made
| D. This picture clearly shows that =
| Cd "That woman Jezebel'' the protested
church - would set up a baganised Chris
tia'ity
| (2) That it would then set up idols, pic
lures, images, crucihxes and saints, Wor-
Shipping them, and offering up many sacri-
fees.
(3) This Jesebel church, having daughters,
would be mother, and call herself 1.-THE
Holy Mother Church.
! (4)As Ahab was of Israel, and united to
Tezebel from paganism, then "that woman
Jezebel' would be composite union of
paganism and Judaism, with mixture Of
the world - the Roman Empire = thrown
in
(5) This paganzed Romanized, Judaized,
world subsidized church would teach its
members to commit fornication - spiritual
adultery, the union of the church and the
world hence, temporal sovereignty - the
state supporting the church.
! (o) Thus 'fthat woman Jezebep would
change times and laws. ordinances, Gus
toms and usages.
Ifjyou read history you know that hap
pened She consecrated pagan temples as
Catholic shrines,; and pagan gods as Chris
ton saints. She took the immense pagan
god, Jupiter, and consecrated it to the
memory of the lew - Peter She clothed
her cardinals and popes in purple and fine
linen, and wrote them up as Princes of the
church..
T H Y A T r A
was a city of purple and fine linen. Lydia
was a seller of such. Popes and cardinals
wear purple and fine linen, and fare sumpt-
uously every day. They also wear the 7wa
on their heads, and that is part of Thya-
tira. How significant is the name the Saw
ior gave the Roman church: The Roman
lr4LoLo HLuxcL Of Thantiyn- "that woman