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<h3>'''Prophecy Soon to be Fulfilled'''</h3>
<p>Considering the fact that the majority of Christians have been taught that Jesus is God, that is a very good question. “And the answer is…”—Yes, and No. Huh? </p>
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<p><strong>It is clear the two-horned beast is the USA. But what is the relationship between the USA and the image of the beast?</strong><br /> Although the USA was founded on principles opposed to the papacy, today we observe how the USA and the Vatican are working more closely together to make their influence more prominent. The Bible tells us that one day, in the not too distant future, <strong>the USA will legislate a law requiring its citizens, and then the world, to worship the first beast, the papacy.</strong> "And he {USA} exerciseth all the power of the first beast {papacy} before him, and causeth the earth {first USA, then globally} and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast {honouring papacy's Sunday}, whose deadly wound {1798} was healed {1929} .saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast {duplicating the papacy when she used civil power to enforce religious dogma}, which had the wound by a sword, and did live" <em>Rev 13:12, Rev 13:14.</em></p>
<p>The answer is Yes only because most versions of the Bible wrongly capitalize the word “God” in Hebrews 1:8 and elsewhere. In a sense, the answer is also Yes because Jesus is called “god” in the Bible. The answer is No because Jesus is never called “God” in the same way as is the Father, who Jesus himself referred to as “the only true God” (John 17:3). There is only one “capital-G” God, and that is the Father (1 Cor. 8:6). And, as we will see, Jesus is far and away the best of all the “small-g” gods. </p>
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<p>Soon the USA will renounce its religious freedom to enforce Sunday observance (the mark of the beast).This means <strong>Protestant Churches will control the government to accomplish their agenda</strong>. When this happens, the USA will have made an image to the Roman Catholic Church, uniting church with state. Then USA will speak "as a dragon" and exercise "all the power of the first beast" <em>Rev. 13:11-12 ;</em> she will have the same spirit of intolerance and persecution that was manifested by the first beast, the papacy.<br /> Therefore, as religious freedom is lost, persecution of the dissenting minorities will be inevitable, and there will be a repetition of the Middle Ages religious intolerance: "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast {Sunday laws enacted} ...and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast {by honouring Saturday, not Sunday} should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark {those who honour the true Sabbath will be forbidden to buy and sell}, or the name of the beast." <em>Rev 13:15-17</em></p>
<p>Jesus is called “god” in the Bible? Yes, and so are Satan, Moses, the spiritual leaders of Israel, and pagan deities. A study of the word “god” in Scripture will show that there are quite a number of different ways that word is used, and that whether or not it is capitalized makes a big difference in its meaning. </p>
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<p>Some will receive the mark "in their forehead" because they chose to "believe a lie" 2 Thes 2:11. Others, though convinced that Sunday is not the true Sabbath, will submit to preserve their livelihood thus receiving the mark "in their right hand that is a symbol of work.</p>
One God &amp; One Lord: Reconsidering the Cornerstone of the Christian Faith , I will paraphrase (and perhaps colloquialize) some of them. On this Biblical Unitarian website, you can go to “An Explanation of Verses Sometimes Used to Support the Trinity” and see what we say about the verses I mention or click on the hyper links for further study. <br>
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<p><strong>For this to be true, there should be evidence that the papacy is currently pursuing Sunday exaltation in the USA, and that the Protestants of the USA (historic enemies of Rome), have changed their attitude, and are expressing readiness to collaborate in enacting Sunday laws. Is there such evidence?</strong></p>
<p>In John 10, the Jews were bugging Jesus to tell them once and for all if he was the Messiah, and he replied by saying (v. 25ff) that it should have been obvious to them by the miracles he did. He then drew a parallel between him and his Father (vv. 28,29), saying that no one could snatch a chosen one from either of their hands. His next statement has been too often wrenched from its context and grossly misinterpreted: “I and my Father are one.” How so? Clearly, in the sense that he just stated. </p>
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<p>Today most Protestants are favourable towards the papacy, and this has emboldened the papacy to seek aggressively the legislation of Sunday observance:<br /> "All Americans would do well to petition the President and the Congress <strong>to make a Federal law - an amendment to the Constitution if need be - to re-establish the</strong> (false) <strong>Sabbath as a national Day of Rest.</strong>" <em>CATHOLIC TWIN CIRCLE, August 25, 1985, Article "Sacking Sunday"</em></p>
<p>The Jews, very dissatisfied with Jesus' answer, picked up stones to kill him, whereupon Jesus asked them which miracle they didn't like. “It's not the miracles,” they said, “it's that you, a man, claim to be a god.” That is the proper translation of the verse, but nearly all Bible versions mistranslate it as “…claim to be God,and, without a shred of textual justification, the NIV goes so far as to add in the adjective “mere” before the word “man.” Both of those translational foibles serve only to confuse people about this classic and critical section of Scripture. No Jew in his right mind would have said that Jesus was claiming to be God ( Yahweh ). Had they thought that, they would have dismissed him as demented. They all knew that the Messiah was to be a man, but they had it in for Jesus and refused to believe that he was that man. </p>
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<p>"In this matter, my predecessor Pope Leo XIII ... spoke of Sunday rest as a worker's right which <strong>the State must guarantee.</strong>" <em>Pope John Paul II-DIES DOMINI, May 31, 1998</em><br /> "Therefore...Christians will naturally strive to ensure that <strong>civil legislation respects their duty to keep Sunday holy</strong>. In any case, they are obliged in conscience to arrange their Sunday rest in a way which allows them to take part in the Eucharist, refraining from work and activities which are incompatible with the sanctification of the Lord's Day..." <em>Pope John Paul II, DIES DOMINI, May 31, 1998</em><br /> "... <strong>Christians</strong> {everywhere} <strong>should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays.</strong>" <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, popular and definitive edition, 2000, par 2188</em><br /> Most of the Protestants leaders in the USA are ready to bury the hatchet with the Catholics:</p>
<p>Had Jesus been “God” in the sense that most Christians today think he is, this was his golden opportunity to make that clear: “You're right—I am God.” Instead, quoting from Psalm 82, he said, “Hold it, doesn't the Old Testament call the judges of Israel ‘gods'? Well then, what's so bad about me saying I'm the Son of God?” By the way, if words have definitive meanings, one cannot be both the Son of God and God. </p>
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<p>"Heads of <strong>American Protestant</strong> and Eastern Orthodox churches who were meeting with Pope John Paul II on Friday hailed their first broadly representative discussion as a landmark on the road to greater unity...The Rev. Donald Jones, a United Methodist and chairman of the University of South Carolina religious studies department, termed it, 'the most important <strong>ecumenical</strong> meeting of the century.' The Rev. Paul A. Crow Jr., of Indianapolis, ecumenical officer of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), called it a 'new day in ecumenism' opening a future in which <strong>God 'is drawing us together.</strong>'" <em>The Montgomery Advertiser, Sept. 12, 1987</em></p>
<p>Look at Psalm 82—it's only eight verses, and is talking about God's evaluation of those He had called to lead Israel. In verse one we see the cultural Hebrew usage of the word “god” as referring to one whom God chose as His representative. In verses 2-7 God laments how badly those “gods” were doing in caring for His people, and the psalm closes in verse 8 with a plea for the Messiah to come and rule the earth righteously. Unfortunately, the word “god” is wrongly capitalized in verse 8. </p>
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<p><strong>Billy Graham:</strong> "I've found that my beliefs are essentially the same as those of orthodox Roman Catholics." <em>McCall's, January 1978. He, also, called Pope John Paul II:</em> "The greatest religious leader of the modern world." <em>The Saturday Evening Post, January-February 1980</em><br /> <strong>Paul Crouch:</strong> "I'm eradicating the word Protestant even out of my vocabulary...I'm not protesting anything... {it's} time for Catholics and non-Catholics to come together as one in the Spirit and one in the Lord." <em>"Praise the Lord" program, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Oct 17, 1989</em><br /> <strong>Robert Schuller:</strong> "It's time for Protestants to go to the shepherd {the pope} and say, "What do we have to do to come home?" <em>Los Angeles Herald Examiner, September 19, 1987, Religion page</em><br /> <strong>David Wells:</strong> "If Catholicism is to become more Catholic in the future, which is what I expect under the present pope, then theological differences will become sharper, but our alliances with Catholics against the secular culture can become deeper. I, for one, am ready for the trade-off." <em>Eternity Magazine, Sept. 1987</em></p>
<p>Let's look at a couple of other places in the Old Testament where the Messiah is referred to as “god.” The first is Isaiah 9:6—Merry Christmas! Sure, you've no doubt seen a card with that verse on it. Too bad the word “god” is once again wrongly capitalized. The Messiah would not be the mighty “God,” he would be the mighty “god.” The Moffatt Bible and Martin Luther's translation read “mighty hero” rather than “mighty God.” That is a very accurate rendering, because, as the ultimate representative of God, the Messiah would be the hero of all heroes. And Jesus was exactly that! He perfectly represented God's heart to mankind. He is the “god” called for in Psalm 82:8. </p>
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<p><strong>J. L. Packer:</strong> "Protestant and Catholic charismatic teaching on the Christian life is to all intents and purposes identical. Is this not significant for the Christian future?" <em>J. I. Packer, Christianity Today, June 22, 1992</em><br /> <strong>Neal C. Wilson:</strong> "Although it is true that there was a period in the life of the <strong>Seventh-day Adventist Church</strong> when the denomination took a <strong>distinctly anti-Roman Catholic</strong> viewpoint...that attitude...has <strong>now been consigned to the historical trash</strong> heap so far as the Seventh-day Adventist Church is concerned. <em>Neal C. Wilson, former president of the <strong>Seventh-day Adventist</strong> General Conference, 1974</em></p>
<p>How about Psalm 45, another prophecy about the Messiah—this one about him riding forth victoriously to conquer and then rule the earth as God's perfect representative. Verses 6 and 7 are quoted in Hebrews 1:8 and 9, which is where we will go next. Sad to say that in verse 6 the word “god” is once again mis-capitalized as “God.” No, like Psalm 82 and Isaiah 9:6, this psalm is also speaking of the Man among men, the one whom God would empower to restore His lost Paradise. </p>
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<p>OK, let's look at Hebrews 1, and the context of the quote from Psalm 45. For the record, Hebrews 1 and 2 are a trenchant account of Jesus Christ's journey from suffering to glory, emphasizing why he had to be a man (the Last Adam) in order to be the Redeemer of mankind. They are covered in detail in Chapters 2 and 3 of our . Hebrews 1:1-3 shows how God did His best in Old Testament times to communicate to mankind via the spoken and written words of the prophets, but what He really had in mind was Jesus, His ultimate image. Verse 4 then begins a most significant analogy between Jesus and the angels that goes all the way through Chapter 2. </p>
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<p>Verses 5, 6, and 7, each quoting an Old Testament reference, are speaking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ (v. 5—it's not about his birth—look at Ps. 2:7 &amp; Acts 13:33) and his return to the earth to rule (v. 6). Verse 8 clarifies that Psalm 45:6 and 7 are a Messianic prophecy, but the translators once again mis-capitalize “god” as “God.” But look at verse 9! It says, “…therefore God, even your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” Say, if one is God, how can anyone else be his “God”? That should be a more frequently asked question! In agreement with many other verses of Scripture, Hebrews 1:9 is clearly saying that because Jesus Christ suffered and died, God raised him from the dead and highly exalted (anointed) him as Lord. </p>
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<p>Another pertinent verse is John 20:28, where Thomas cried out upon first seeing the resurrected Christ: “My Lord and my God.” Many people use that verse to prove that Jesus is God, but it does not, for two reasons. The first is that the Bible is not stating that Jesus is God, the Bible is stating that Thomas called Jesus “God.” And the second reason is that “God” should be “god.” As a Jew, Thomas was familiar with that usage of the word “god.</p>
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<p>So, the Bible does refer to Jesus as “god,” but only in the sense of his being the perfect representative of the only true God, his Father and his God. Neither God nor Jesus ever said that he is God. Both call him the Son of God. Amen. </p>
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Prophecy Soon to be Fulfilled

It is clear the two-horned beast is the USA. But what is the relationship between the USA and the image of the beast?
Although the USA was founded on principles opposed to the papacy, today we observe how the USA and the Vatican are working more closely together to make their influence more prominent. The Bible tells us that one day, in the not too distant future, the USA will legislate a law requiring its citizens, and then the world, to worship the first beast, the papacy. "And he {USA} exerciseth all the power of the first beast {papacy} before him, and causeth the earth {first USA, then globally} and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast {honouring papacy's Sunday}, whose deadly wound {1798} was healed {1929} .saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast {duplicating the papacy when she used civil power to enforce religious dogma}, which had the wound by a sword, and did live" Rev 13:12, Rev 13:14.

Soon the USA will renounce its religious freedom to enforce Sunday observance (the mark of the beast).This means Protestant Churches will control the government to accomplish their agenda. When this happens, the USA will have made an image to the Roman Catholic Church, uniting church with state. Then USA will speak "as a dragon" and exercise "all the power of the first beast" Rev. 13:11-12 ; she will have the same spirit of intolerance and persecution that was manifested by the first beast, the papacy.
Therefore, as religious freedom is lost, persecution of the dissenting minorities will be inevitable, and there will be a repetition of the Middle Ages religious intolerance: "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast {Sunday laws enacted} ...and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast {by honouring Saturday, not Sunday} should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark {those who honour the true Sabbath will be forbidden to buy and sell}, or the name of the beast." Rev 13:15-17

Some will receive the mark "in their forehead" because they chose to "believe a lie" 2 Thes 2:11. Others, though convinced that Sunday is not the true Sabbath, will submit to preserve their livelihood thus receiving the mark "in their right hand that is a symbol of work.

For this to be true, there should be evidence that the papacy is currently pursuing Sunday exaltation in the USA, and that the Protestants of the USA (historic enemies of Rome), have changed their attitude, and are expressing readiness to collaborate in enacting Sunday laws. Is there such evidence?

Today most Protestants are favourable towards the papacy, and this has emboldened the papacy to seek aggressively the legislation of Sunday observance:
"All Americans would do well to petition the President and the Congress to make a Federal law - an amendment to the Constitution if need be - to re-establish the (false) Sabbath as a national Day of Rest." CATHOLIC TWIN CIRCLE, August 25, 1985, Article "Sacking Sunday"

"In this matter, my predecessor Pope Leo XIII ... spoke of Sunday rest as a worker's right which the State must guarantee." Pope John Paul II-DIES DOMINI, May 31, 1998
"Therefore...Christians will naturally strive to ensure that civil legislation respects their duty to keep Sunday holy. In any case, they are obliged in conscience to arrange their Sunday rest in a way which allows them to take part in the Eucharist, refraining from work and activities which are incompatible with the sanctification of the Lord's Day..." Pope John Paul II, DIES DOMINI, May 31, 1998
"... Christians {everywhere} should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays." Catechism of the Catholic Church, popular and definitive edition, 2000, par 2188
Most of the Protestants leaders in the USA are ready to bury the hatchet with the Catholics:

"Heads of American Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches who were meeting with Pope John Paul II on Friday hailed their first broadly representative discussion as a landmark on the road to greater unity...The Rev. Donald Jones, a United Methodist and chairman of the University of South Carolina religious studies department, termed it, 'the most important ecumenical meeting of the century.' The Rev. Paul A. Crow Jr., of Indianapolis, ecumenical officer of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), called it a 'new day in ecumenism' opening a future in which God 'is drawing us together.'" The Montgomery Advertiser, Sept. 12, 1987

Billy Graham: "I've found that my beliefs are essentially the same as those of orthodox Roman Catholics." McCall's, January 1978. He, also, called Pope John Paul II: "The greatest religious leader of the modern world." The Saturday Evening Post, January-February 1980
Paul Crouch: "I'm eradicating the word Protestant even out of my vocabulary...I'm not protesting anything... {it's} time for Catholics and non-Catholics to come together as one in the Spirit and one in the Lord." "Praise the Lord" program, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Oct 17, 1989
Robert Schuller: "It's time for Protestants to go to the shepherd {the pope} and say, "What do we have to do to come home?" Los Angeles Herald Examiner, September 19, 1987, Religion page
David Wells: "If Catholicism is to become more Catholic in the future, which is what I expect under the present pope, then theological differences will become sharper, but our alliances with Catholics against the secular culture can become deeper. I, for one, am ready for the trade-off." Eternity Magazine, Sept. 1987

J. L. Packer: "Protestant and Catholic charismatic teaching on the Christian life is to all intents and purposes identical. Is this not significant for the Christian future?" J. I. Packer, Christianity Today, June 22, 1992
Neal C. Wilson: "Although it is true that there was a period in the life of the Seventh-day Adventist Church when the denomination took a distinctly anti-Roman Catholic viewpoint...that attitude...has now been consigned to the historical trash heap so far as the Seventh-day Adventist Church is concerned. Neal C. Wilson, former president of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, 1974


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