The Great Apostasy
greatest tragedy in history
(second only to the killing of
Jesus) might just be that the
perfect organization, the perfect
doctrines, and the perfect
conduit through which to receive
further light and knowledge
from God, was erased through
the killing of the anointed ones,
and by filling their seats with
emperors, popes and cardinals!
Whatever the Apostles bound,
sealed, loosed, blessed or
cursed on earth would have
binding force in heaven
(Matthew 16:19).They also had
the power to convey these keys
of authority to new apostles, so
as to maintain twelve men in that
quorum. But, unfortunately, the
Apostles were killed of quite
rapidly, and it becomes quite
clear that those who claim to
have their authority from Peter,
since the time of the Apostles,
never received any revelations
from our Lord at all! The great
apostasy was a fact!
The Great Apostasy was
foretold from the very
beginning;
9 And it shall come to pass in
that day, saith the Lord GOD, that
I will cause the sun to go down
at noon, and I will darken the
earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into
mourning,and all your songs
into lamentation; and I will bring
up sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I
will make it as the mourning of
an only son, and the end thereof
as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine
of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the
LORD:
12 And they shall wander from
sea to sea, and from the north
even to the east, they shall run to
and fro to seek the word of the
LORD, and shall not find it. (Amos
8:9-12)
Let me explain the prophecy of
Amos;
And it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will
cause the sun to go down at
noon, and I will darken the earth
in the clear day: The sun that
would give light to everyone
(who does not hide from it)
represents the fullness of the
gospel of Jesus Christ. One would
expect the sun to have its full
course, not to stop shining at
noon! So it was with the fullness
of the gospel – One would expect
itto keep giving its light, until its
purposes was fulfilled, but
shortly after it began to shine
forth it was discontinued!
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs
into lamentation; and I will bring
up sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I
will make it as the mourning of
an only son, and the end thereof
as a bitter day. And as a result –
every-one who would want to
live their life in the splendor of
the gospel, would just find
sorrow and despair, since the
precepts of men had covered the
fullness of the gospel of Jesus
Christ in sack-cloth, or hidden it
behind mysticism, Latin Bibles
that very few could find joy in,
and the synical manmade
doctrines preached by popes,
cardinals and priests. Preached -
not to give light and joy - but to
rule and control!
Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine
of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the
LORD: And they shall wander
from sea to sea, and from the
north even to the east, they shall
run to and fro to seek the word
of the LORD, and shall not find it.
A famine will strike the good as
well as the bad, the honest as
well as the dishonest. None –
none would be able to “eat” the
truth of the gospel. A far
reaching suffering and darkness
would result. No matter where
the pure of heart would turn to
find the living Church with the
living word, they would not find
it! This is the great apostacy that
came to pass as the Apostles
were killed, and were replaced by
peopleseeking power instead of
the glory of God.
Also the Apostles foretold the
Great Apostasy;
1Now we beseech you, brethren,
by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in
mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter
as from us, as that the day of
Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be
revealed,the son of perdition; (2
Thessalonians 2:1-3)
What did Paul write to the saints
in Thessalonica?
Now we beseech you, brethren,
by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him, Here Paul
demands the attention as he is
about to reveal something very
important concerning the
returning of Jesus Christ.
That ye be not soon shaken in
mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter
as from us, as that the day of
Christ is at hand. He is now telling
them to stop being stirred up,
becoming excited, or perhaps
even being worried, about the
imminent return of Jesus.
Whatever they hear, whatever
they read, whatever rumor they
pick up on; and even if they
receive a letter from the Apostles
themselves: Stay calm!
Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be
revealed,the son of perdition;
There you have it! “That day shall
not come, except there come a
falling away first”! That “falling
away” - that had to occur before
the second coming of Jesus -
was the great apostasy,
described earlier on this page.
There are many passages in the
Bible which prophecies of this
terrible event.
You have witnessed and heard
about the effects of the great
apostasy! Would Jesus instigate
the office of “pope” or
“cardinals”? Would Jesus
command the inquisition? Would
He command the burning of
women at the stake? Would He
instigate the selling of
forgiveness of sins for money?
Would He limit the reading of his
words to just the very few who
knew Latin? Would He command
the conversion of strangers by
bloodshed? I really could go on
like this forever, giving
irrefutable evidence that there
was a great apostasy, which
indeed led to a famine in the land
tohear the word of God. And,
finally, would Jesus, who was
baptized at an age of
accountability, by being lowered
completely into the Jordan river,
(“for there was much water
there” (John 3:23)), change the
ordinance so as to baptize
infants and baptize through the
sprinkling of little water? Would
Jesus command the altering of
the ordinance through which the
Holy Ghost was given, from the
laying on of hands - to a great
big… nothing!?
5 The earth also is defiled under
the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws,
changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse
devoured the earth, and they that
dwelltherein are desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men
left. (Isaiah 25:5-6)
Look at the events that followed
upon the death of Jesus and the
Apostles; do not the events of the
world,in the post-apostolic
centuries, match the prophecies
of the great apostasy (which was
to precede the second coming of
Christ) perfectly? Email me if you
want to see more scripture
which supports the propheies
about this dreadful falling away,
and I will send it to you.
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