Inverse Relationship of Christianity

For if we be dead with him,

we shall also live with him:

If we suffer,

we shall also reign with him:

if we deny him,

he also will deny us:

2 Timothy 2:11,12

The Quiet Graces of the Flowers

"He is a lover of the beautiful, and above all that is outwardly attractive He loves beauty of character; He would have us cultivate purity and simplicity, the quiet graces of the flowers."

Steps to Christ p.58 E.G.W.

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not;

Luke 12:27

William Secker says - (Professors & Persecutors)

"Shall we cease to be professors, because others will not cease to be persecutors!"
The Nonsuch Professor p.27

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust:

save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Psalm 7:1

Creation Moment 7/31/2012 - God's History and Man's History at odds

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Romans 8:22

IN the News - Mali Islamist hurting babies

"AMAKO, Mali (AP) — Radical Islamists in northern Mali have briefly detained about 90 protesters and whipped them in an apparent attempt to intimidate the locals, a witness said Saturday.

Resident Hama Cisse of Goundam town, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Timbuktu, said members of the radical Islamic sect Ansar Dine went from door to door in the morning to arrest the leaders of a protest against them.

The protest erupted Friday after a young Islamist militant whipped a woman carrying a baby for not wearing what he considered to be an adequate veil, he said. The baby fell and was critically injured, according to Cisse and other residents.

Another resident reached by phone, Ousmane Yattara, said angry citizens marched toward the radicals' base, vandalized the premises and took their food supplies. Residents said more than 100 people took part in Friday's protest.

The situation in Goundam remained tense Saturday, with most residents staying in their houses while the radical Islamists have set up checkpoints on all roads leading to and from the town. About two thirds of the population of about 13,000 inhabitants has already fled the city, joining an estimated more than 300,000 people who fled to neighboring countries or southern Mali to seek refuge from the Islamists.

Mali, once considered a stable democracy, has been mired in turbulence stemming from a March coup by soldiers who defected and overthrew the democratically elected president. Making matters worse, rebel groups of ethnic Tuareg separatists took advantage of the power vacuum to rapidly encroach on the northern part of Mali, an area larger than France. But in June, the al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine declared they had driven out another rebel group of and had assumed control over northern Mali." YahooNews

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:

Matthew 25:45,46

Leviticus, Daniel, Hebrews & the Day of Atonement

For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you,
to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
Leviticus 16:30
And he said unto me,
Unto two thousand and three hundred days;
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Daniel 8:14

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you,

and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

Leviticus 16:31

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

For he that is entered into his rest,

he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest,

lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:9-11

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 16:32-34

Bitten? an in-depth study

The serpent on the pole represents that old serpent, the devil, slain & defeated by the cross

"The lifting up of the brazen serpent was to teach Israel an important lesson. They could not save themselves from the fatal effect of the poison in their wounds. God alone was able to heal them. Yet they were required to show their faith in the provision which He had made. They must look in order to live. It was their faith that was acceptable with God, and by looking upon the serpent their faith was shown. They knew that there was no virtue in the serpent itself, but it was a symbol of Christ; and the necessity of faith in His merits was thus presented to their minds."

Patriarchs & Prophets p.429 E.G.W.

And the LORD said unto Moses,

Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole:

and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten,

when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Numbers 21:8

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish,

but have eternal life.

John 3:14,5

William Secker says - (devils & Disciples)

"Judas, who instead of being a disciple amongst devils, was a devil amongst disciples."
The Nonsuch Professor p.34

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

Mark 14:10

Creation Moment 7/30/2012 - OOPS, evolutionists

"Early in the 20th Century so-called "vestigial organs" were used to help bolster belief in evolutionary theory during the "Scopes (Monkey) Trial" of 1925. There were 180 organs in the human body that the experts of the day said were not used. (And before you read the rest of the story, keep in mind that many of today's experts claim that 98% of human DNA is "junk DNA" left over from "evolution", only about 2% is actually used, they claim.) In any event, the leftover "vestigial organs" argument was a pivotal argument in the 1920's. If there were some 180 unused organs, evolution must have placed them there - confirmation of random chance over design. But evolutionists are mute on this topic today. Over the decades they've slowly learned that every single one of the 180 organs and glands has a distinct purpose!" Creationism

In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Genesis 5:1

Revelation 11:6 - an analysis

(this is a reference to old & new testament-see analysis on verses 1-4 elsewhere on blog)
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:
and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Revelation 11:6
Did not Elijah pray & the heavens were shut from rain for 3 & a half years?
Did not Moses, in Egypt, have the waters turn to blood?
"As they will"---a reference to the future last day plagues

Desmond Ford led in "departing from the faith"

"The enemy will bring in false theories, such as the doctrine that there is no sanctuary. This is one of the points on which there will be a departing from the faith."
Evangelism p. 224 E.G.W.

And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days;

then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Daniel 8:14
And after that I looked, and, behold,
the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
Revelation 15:5

Desmond Ford--began his heresy by
questioning the "geography" of the Sanctuary
& whether it even exists
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Titus 3:10

Feel it All performed by Margaret Becker

Feel It All performed by Margaret Becker
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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Psalm 50:12

William Secker says - (Polluting the age)

"As an ungodly man poisons the air, in which he breathes; so he pollutes the age, in which he lives."
The Nonsuch Professor p.32

GOD hating Atheist-Richard Dawkins

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end;

Psalm 7:9

Christ identified with His people

I am crucified with Christ:

nevertheless I live;

yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:

and the life which I now live in the flesh

I live by the faith of the Son of God,

who loved me,

and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

Creation Moment 7/29/2012 - Truth about medieval "science vs. religion" clash

"For well over 1,000 years (from Ptolemy, a Greek mathematician, of about 200 A.D.) scientists believed that the rest of the universe revolved around the Earth. This belief did not come from the Bible, but from Greek science. And though incorrect it had ripple effects through the rest of educated Westerners. "The scientists must be right" in such matters, of course. Over time even Christian priests tagged along believing that the scientific consensus had settled the matter. But Copernicus and then Galileo came along - and upset the conventional wisdom.
Galileo vs. the leaders of his day is not an example of "religion vs. science" but rather is an example of scientists being wrong for about 1,200 years. Their educated peers, later being the church-state leaders of the Middle Ages, sided against the upstart Galileo for his standing against what was "already long since known" and settled. But the ripple effects of educated people long believing such an inaccurate scientific theory had subsequently impacted European theology, philosophy, and many other disciplines." Creationism

Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth,

2 Chronicles 2:12

SDA news - GALLUP AWARD to SDA Health System

"Adventist Health System (AHS) has received the 2012 Gallup Great Workplace Award, recognizing the organization as having one of the best-performing and most productive and engaged workforces in the world. AHS was presented the award during the Gallup Summit in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Gallup Great Workplace Award is based on the most rigorous workplace research ever conducted. A panel of workplace experts evaluated the award-winning organizations. AHS is among the winning companies because its employee engagement results demonstrate one of the most productive and engaged workforces in the world. Last year, AHS received the 2011 Gallup Great Workplace Award." AdventistHealthSystem

And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Luke 9:2

Maya 2012 Explained

"It's true that the so-called long-count calendar—which spans roughly 5,125 years starting in 3114 B.C.—reaches the end of a cycle on December 21, 2012.
That day brings to a close the 13th Bak'tun, an almost 400-year period in the Maya long-count calendar.

But rather than moving to the next Bak'tun, the calendar will reset at the end of the 13th cycle, akin to the way a 1960s automobile would click over at mile 99,999.9 and reset to zero.
"We, of course, know that really means a hundred thousand [miles] and not zero," said William Saturno, an expert on Maya archaeology at Boston University.
"So, is [the end of Bak'tun 13] a large period ending? Yes. Did the Maya like period endings? Yes," Saturno said.
"Would this have been a period ending they thought was wicked cool? You bet. The biggest period endings they experience are Bak'tun endings."
But "was it predicted to be the end the world? No. That's just us."
Instead, for the Maya, the end of the long count represents the end of an old cycle and the beginning of a new one, according to Emiliano Gallaga Murrieta, the Chiapas state division director of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
Written references to the end of Bak'tun 13 are few. In fact, most Maya scholars cite only one: a stone tablet on Monument 6 at the Tortuguero archaeological site in Mexico's Tabasco state. This 1996 analysis was picked up "on many New Age websites, associated forum discussions, and even a few book chapters" as evidence that the Maya calendar had predicted the end of the world, according to Stuart.
Houston and Stuart, however, independently revisited the glyphs recently and concluded that the inscription may actually contain no prophetic statements about 2012 at all.
Rather, the mention of the end of Bak'tun 13 is likely a forward-looking statement that refers back to the main subject of the inscription, which is the dedication of Monument 6." NationalGeographic

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 25:13

Fire & Hammer of God

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD;

and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 23:29

IN the NEWS -Bible vs. 50 Shades of Grey in England

"Are hotel guests more interested in reading "50 Shades of Grey" than the Bible?
One British hotelier thinks so. And that's why, even though he says he's never read E L James' best-selling novel himself, Jonathan Denby has decided to remove all the Gideon Bibles from his hotel's 40 rooms and replace them with the book that's been dubbed "mommy porn."

He made the switch earlier this month at the Damson Dene Hotel in the Lake District of England. Denby writes on his blog, Slow Life: "Tonight millions of women will be curling up in bed with a good book and you can bet your life it won't be the Bible. More likely than not it will be 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I haven't read the book yet -- I'm not in the target audience -- but I'm told it's a ripping good yarn and everyone who's in the target audience loves it. This made me wonder about the sense of providing a book, the Gideon Bible which no-one reads, and many dislike, in the bedside cabinet of our hotel bedrooms, instead of a book which everyone wants to read, such as 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' "In this secular age it seems distinctly odd that anyone would expect to find a religious book in a hotel bedroom."
So what are guests who are not the book's "target audience" supposed to read on a visit to the Damson Dene Hotel? Denby isn't banishing the Bible altogether. Instead, he plans to keep a few copies behind the reception desk in case someone asks.
That's not enough for some. The Telegraph reported a local vicar has condemned the hotelier's actions, calling it a "gimmick." The Damson Dene was featured on a British reality show, "The Hotel." ABCnews
And what is 50 Shades of Grey?
"Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic novel by British author E. L. James. Set largely in Seattle, it is the first instalment in a trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism (BDSM).
The second and third volumes are titled Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, respectively. Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists in the United Kingdom, United States, and around the world. The series has sold 31 million copies worldwide, with book rights having been sold in 37 countries, and set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surpassing the Harry Potter series." Wikipedia

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,* nor sodomites, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:9,10 NKJV/KJV

William Secker says - (Candle of Gospel/Sword of Rebellion)

"Shall we hold the candle of the Gospel in one hand, and the sword of rebellion in the other?"
The Nonsuch Professor p.23

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Matthew 22:18

Creation Moment 7/28/2012 - When "evolution" really isn't "evolution"

"Science Daily reported on a study out of Cornell University that showed the same mutation occurring in four orders of insects, conferring resistance to plant toxins called cardenolides. “This is truly a remarkable level of evolutionary repeatability and suggests that evolving resistance to the plant toxin had very few effective options,” lead research Anurag Agrawal said, hinting that evolution might in some way be predestined. But as Dr. Michael Behe argued, single point mutations, even double mutations, lie within the “Edge of Evolution” and can thus be explained by chance. Insects gaining the mutation will survive and proliferate because the cardenolides will no longer bind to enzymes required by the insects’ sodium pump. 
The insects are still the same species, however. They have not generated any novel genetic information, let alone a new irreducibly complex structure. Point mutations cannot explain the origin of the sodium pump and the enzyme in the first place. At best, this mutation represents a loss of genetic information that happened to help the insects escape death, so it falls in the category of “cutting of a hand makes you immune to handcuffs” – hardly a mechanism that can generate the diverse and c0mplex wonders of the living world." CEH

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:24

The Parable of the Prodigal-in depth study

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

In the parable of the prodigal son is presented the Lord's dealing with those who have once known the Father's love, but who have allowed the tempter to lead them captive at his will."
Christ's Object Lessons p. 81 E.G.W.
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
And the younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
And he divided unto them his living.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together,

and took his journey into a far country,

and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And when he had spent all,

there arose a mighty famine in that land;

and he began to be in want.

"Whatever the appearance may be, every life centered in self is squandered. Whoever attempts to live apart from God is wasting his substance. He is squandering the precious years, squandering the powers of mind and heart and soul, and working to make himself bankrupt for eternity."

Christ's Object lessons p.82 E.G.W.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country;

and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat:

and no man gave unto him.

And when he came to himself, he said,

How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare,

and I perish with hunger!  

I will arise and go to my father,

and will say unto him, Father,

I have sinned against heaven,

and before thee,

And am no more worthy to be called thy son:

make me as one of thy hired servants.

"Do not listen to the enemy's suggestion to stay away from Christ until you have made yourself better; until you are good enough to come to God. If you wait until then, you will never come."
Christ's Object Lessons p.84 E.G.W.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And the son said unto him,

Father, I have sinned against heaven,

and in thy sight,

and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

But the father said to his servants,

Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him;

and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it;

and let us eat, and be merry:

For this my son was dead,

and is alive again;

he was lost,

and is found.

And they began to be merry.  

Luke 15:10-23

In His Love performed by Sandi Patty

In His Love performed by Sandi Patty
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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Ephesians 2:4

SDA News - Campmeeting for the Mangyan

"The annual camp meeting of the minority brethren among the Mangyan tribe of Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro was held in May 8-12 at the foot of Mt. Halcon beside the clear refreshing river.  It was led by Pastor Jorge Panghulan and Bro. Alex Guyo the missionary to the Mangyan. The camp meeting was supported by the donors of Philippine Mountain Ministries Foundation. Taku Ishizuka a Japanese volunteer missionary helped the Mangyans by treating their wounds and illness. He earned the trust and acceptance of the Mangyans for they are afraid of the Japanese because of the atrocities of the soldiers during the second world war.The highlight of the camp meeting was the baptism of fourteen new members that were added to the congregations of the Mangyans in the mountains and hinterland." South Central-Luzon Conference

 ...behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;

for they are white already to harvest.

John 4;35

7 Attributes of God in the NT

Stephen

1) God of Glory

Paul

2) God of patience & consolation
3) God of Hope
4) God of comfort
5) God of Love
6) God of peace

Peter

7) God of Grace

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Revelation 22:21

Was the Mormon founder Joseph Smith really instructed to re-write the Bible?

" Joseph Smith re-translated select passages of the King James Version of The Holy Bible, including an entire chapter of Matthew (Mark, and Luke were also written out in full but not included in the LDS version of the JST).  After laboring off and on for ten months on the early chapters of Genesis, Joseph Smith received a revelation from the Lord on March 7, 1831, directing him to begin work on the New Testament: "It shall not be given unto you to know any further concerning this chapter, until the New Testament be translated, and in it all these things shall be made known; wherefore I give unto you that ye may now translate it" MT

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:6,8

Pills of Immortality?

"GUANGZHOU: Zhao Mei, known as "the King of Nanyue (South China)", may have been a victim of his own "pills of immortality."
The king may have died after taking the elixir of life he tried to make more than 2,000 years ago, senior archaeologists said Monday.
Archaeologists found many "pills of immortality" inside Zhao's tomb yesterday in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, after they dug out the ancient tomb for archaeological studies.

The five-colour pills which reach a diameter of 1.8 centimetres are actually made of sulphur, crystal, red realgar, calaite and alunite, archaeologists said.
Two large stoves used to make "the pills of immortality" were also found.
The pills which ancient Chinese kings and emperors used to take to avoid growing old were actually poisonous, said Wang Fang, a professor from Zhongshan University, in South China. But Zhao is believed to have died in his 40s due to chronic poisoning.
It is the first time the death of an ancient Chinese king is believed to have been connected to the elixir that many ancient Chinese kings and emperors used. " ChinaDaily

Behold, all souls are mine;

as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:

the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ezekiel 18:4

William Secker says - (Self & Others)

"When once a man becomes a god to himself, he becomes a devil to others."
The Nonsuch Professor p.32

Pride goeth before destruction,

 and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18

Creation Moment 7/27/2012 - Roche Limit

The Roche Limit states that the moon, because of tidal forces due to gravity, could never have been closer than 11,500 miles from earth or it would have crushed it.
Because of tidal friction the moon is receding from the earth at 4cm per year. If you were to begin with the moon in contact with the planet earth, then begin receding, it would only take 1.37 billion years to reach its current distance. Yet the earth and moon are supposed to be much, much older than that.
So could it be, they are much, much younger and created seperate?

and the lesser light to rule the night:
Genesis 1:16

SPIRIT of FAITH-A Walk Through 2 Corinthians 4

2 Corinthians 4 - SPIRIT of FAITH

verse 1-NIV

Therefore,

since through God's mercy we have this ministry,

we do not lose heart.



 verse 2 - NLT

We reject all shameful and underhanded methods.

We do not try to trick anyone,

and we do not distort the word of God.

We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know that.  

verse 3 - NRS

And even if our gospel is veiled,

it is veiled to those who are perishing,  

verse 4 - LEB

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers,

so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,

who is the image of God.

verse 5 - NKJV

For we do not preach ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord,

and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.

verse 6 - GWT

We are his servants because the same God

who said that light should shine out of darkness has given us light.

For that reason we bring to light the knowledge about God's glory

which shines from Christ's face.

verse 7 - ASV

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God,

and not from ourselves;

verse 8 - NLT

We are pressed on every side by troubles,

but we are not crushed and broken.

We are perplexed,

but we don't give up and quit,

verse 9 - TNIV

persecuted, but not abandoned;

struck down, but not destroyed.

verse 10 - NIRV

We always carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies.

In that way, the life of Jesus can be shown in our bodies.

verse 11 - TM

Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus' sake,

which makes Jesus' life all the more evident in us.  

verse 12 - HCS

So death works in us,

but life in you.  

verse 13 - KJV

We having the same spirit of faith,

according as it is written , I believed , and therefore have I spoken ;

we also believe , and therefore speak ;  

verse 14 - TMB

 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus,

and shall present us with you.  

verse 15 - HCS

For all this is because of you, so that grace,

extended through more and more people,

may cause thanksgiving to overflow to God's glory.

verse 16 - WEB

Therefore we don't faint,

but though our outward man is decaying,

yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

verse 17 - HNV

For our light affliction,

which is for the moment,

works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

verse 18 - KJV

While we look not at the things which are seen,

but at the things which are not seen:

for the things which are seen are temporal;

but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Identity of the Little Horn & Beast

The Little Horn

And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

And he shall speak great words against the most High,

and shall wear out the saints of the most High,

and think to change times and laws:

and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host,

and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away,

and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

Daniel 7:20,25,26 & 8:11

Leopard-like Beast

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,

having seven heads and ten horns,

 and upon his horns ten crowns,

and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,

and his feet were as the feet of a bear,

and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:

 and the dragon gave him his power,

and his seat, and great authority.

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;

and his deadly wound was healed:

and all the world wondered after the beast.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;

 and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,

to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:

 and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Revelation 13:1-3,5-7

Q: By what power was pagan Rome suceeded? -- Papal Rome... (first 4 beasts were Babylon/Lion, Medo-Persia/Bear, Greece/Leopard then pagan Rome/Dreadful beast-from which the ten horns and then the Little Horn arose from--Notice the animal qualities of the "Leopard-like" beast...a mix of the previous 3 which Rome built its empire upon)

1) Little Horn -Speak words against the Most High

1a) Leopard-like beast - Speaking great things and blasphemies

2) Little Horn - Wear out the saints

2a) Leopard-like beast - Make war with the saints

3) Little Horn - Mouth that spake great things

3a) Leopard-like beast - A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies

4) Little Horn - A time, times and dividing of times (1260 years)

4a) Leopard-like beast - 42 Months (1260 years)

5) Little Horn - Think to change times & laws..

Q: Laws of who?-- Obviously God's Laws & Times-from Sabbath, the 7th day of the week, to Sunday, the first day of the week as Papal Rome has done....

6) Little Horn - They shall take away his dominion (deadly wound)

6a) Leopard-like beast - One of his heads as it were wounded to death

Q: What happened in 1798 (end of the 1260 years or 42 Months which began in 538)? Pope Pius VI was taken prisoner by orders of Napoleon and later died in captivity. It began in Austria-"Emperor Joseph declared in December 1781: 'Christian religion is only to be measured by the needs of the soveiegn power, or that the Pope in Rome is entitled only to the guardianship of the principles of faith; the state is entitled to everything about the church that is not of divine but of human invention and institution'." Decline and Fall of the Roman Church by Cardinal Martin p.231...... This then spread across all Europe until the papacy lost ALL temporal power and was helpless, culminating in France banning religion during the revolution of the 1790's.

7) Little Horn - Sanctuary was cast down

7a) Leopard-like beast - To blaspheme His name, and His temple

Q: How was the Sanctuary cast down? It was cast down here to earth to be trampled upon and blasphemed, as the duties of Christ in the Sanctuary were mocked down here by the Mass, Last Rites, and Confession to a human priest as well as "intercessory" prayers. Let's not forget about the supposed power of "excommunication" as well arrogated to a man here on earth... 

8 & 8a) Little Horn & Leopard-like beast - Both associated with ten horns they rise from among

9a) Leapord-like beast - seven heads

Q: Rome was known as the city of what? Seven Hills...

10a) Leopard-like beast - Deadly wound was healed & world wondered after the beast

Q: What "Church" was nearly knocked out of power in 1798, but since has recovered---AND now has a nation state of it's own as well as even embassies around the world and a seat at the U.N.? The Vatican

At the end of that specified time (time, times & dividing of time or 1260 years which is also 42 months) the "saints", "times", and "laws" were to be taken out of his hand.

Revelation 11:3,4 - analysis

And I will give power unto my two witnesses,

and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days,

clothed in sackcloth.

These are the two olive trees,

and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Revelation 11:3,4

1) The 2 Witnesses would be the Old & New Testaments

2) 1260 days, which are in prophecy, 1260 years. (This same prophetic time span is refered  to in Scripture as 1260 days, a time-times & dividing of  time, and 42 months)

Believed to be 538 AD to 1798 AD for reasons which we won't delve into here for now

3) Sackloth - in other words- obscurity

4) The 2 olive trees/candlesticks we see in Zechariah- Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

Zechariah 4:11,14 (See #1)

Con-artist Mormon founder Joseph Smith

"Before becoming a prophet, Smith's chosen profession relied on deception to earn a living. He assured clients that he could see underground treasure using a magic stone in the bottom of his hat and clients paid him to locate hidden gold using this method. He never did of course. Smith's arrest, trial and conviction in Bainbridge, NY for fraud in 1826 documented his activity. He was found guilty of glass looking. The modern term for Smith would be a con artist." TM

...but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:7

William Secker says - (Outward/Inward)

"There is no such thing, as being an outward heathen and an inward Christian."
The Nonsuch professor p.34

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 6:24