Benny Hinn en orgie i ceremoniella riter!

Benny Hinn en orgie i ceremoniella riter!

Stanley Sjöberg går genast i försvar för Benny Hinn, han säger med gråtmild ton att Benny är ledsen, nu ska det rensas upp och sopas igen efter showen på Livets ord, de är ju sedan gammalt såta, intima, förtroliga, kordiala, vänner!

Det är på samma sätt med Ulf Ekman, han försvarar och kompromissar med denna falska lärare samlar kollekt till denna gnostiker, låter honom få tillgång till talarstolen trots irrlärorna som förkunnas och ändå är Ulf och Benny är permanenta vänner, efter det senaste show-uppträdandet, scenunderhållningen, föreställningen, spelet, på Livets ord Uppsala!

Vi är vänner!? Lekkamrater, hjärtevänner, beundrare, friare, själsfränder, kollegor, gynnare, beskyddare, sympatisörer, anhängare, supportrar.

Apropå det Benny Hinn har varit på ROM-antiskt besök i Vatikanen!

"Det finns inget otillbörligt eller moraliskt felaktigt i min vänskap med Paula White", skriver han.

Ingen av dem påstår att bilden skulle vara förfalskad, och de bekräftar att de besökte Rom samtidigt. De uppger dock att de inte reste dit tillsammans.

Benny Hinn hävdar att han var inbjuden av Vatikanen för att diskutera framtida möjligheter för sitt arbete där.

Paula White skulle enligt Benny Hinn ge en donation (levy) legat, (påvligt sändebud) till Vatikanen.

Se synonymer för donation, legat.


Hinn förnekar förhållande med Paula White
http://www.dagen.se/dagen/article.aspx?id=220114
Paula White, Her New Book is Not About Salvation via Christ
http://www.youtube.com/user/missionoc#p/f/278/_Kh1gJAc13U
Roman Catholic Benny Hinn Visits the pope's funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8sp9afoO1o&feature=player_embedded

Paula White on "7 Laws You Must Honor To Have Success"

http://www.paulawhite.org/pages/misleading_article_response/

Jämför dessa videos med New Age läror nedan

Success 1 of 10: Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra / Way of the Wizard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHjMk4OECfM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evo-K_8tCU0

Access The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (www.MindMaster.TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAnjzQxCrks&feature=pyv&ad=4413653941&kw=success&gclid=COX9-fmJlaMCFUeK3godDiTGrg

Seven Spiritual Law of Pure Potential Meditation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhWQuEZ0BA&feature=related
Kundalini Kriya Yoga Meditation Share 0 - the Kriyas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LALp6Tx1VbA&feature=related

Psychic Energy Blockages 6 of 9 Meditation Creates Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9upnq-yQYuI&feature=related

Metta Meditation (Universal Loving Kindness)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg5fSjehETk&feature=fvw

Här en länk som beskriver orgies in ceremonial rites:
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Karisma rörelsen visar kraftiga prov på en orgie i en uppblandad religion (mixed up), med ständigt nya program, fascinerande drömmar och mål, den ständiga jakten på drömmars uppfyllelser (see synonyms on sensation, star, success in life) som aldrig blir till verklighet, utan underminerar, uppluckrar och kraftigt vilseleder människor bort från den uppriktiga troheten i Kristus. Den är ytterst farlig, demonisk och binder människor i andedyrkan utan att de är medvetna om det, kopplingarna med hindu och buddism läror är tydliga, detta är en annan ande!

Här fostrar man fram ”övermänniskan”, små gudar teorier!

Det är en Kristuslös kristendom!

Ulf Ekman säger sig vara berest och varit ute på ett stort antal karismatiska evenemang under flertal av år, och detta utan att lägga märke till hur illa ställt det är med denna kult-rörelse, med alla de villfarelser i läran som har grogrund (näste, huvudhärd, jordmån, grogrund) i deras förkunnelse, själv har Ulf gång efter annan visat sig gå i samma spår som Benny Hinn och deras stallbröder Kennet Hagin, Copeland, E.W. Kenyon, Joel Osteen, m.fl. samt Katolska kyrkan, ekumeniken, osv, och den senaste påfunna pärlan, en djupdykning i Katolsk mysterie-lära, liberalteologin!

Ulf måste ha rest med skygglapparna för ögonen och öronen tillstoppade, då han säger sig först nu reagera!?

Ulf talar om att han ”hört” att några skulle blivit helade under dessa möten, utan att ta reda på fakta! Men det är ju så det går till i den karismatiska kaos rörelsen, man blandar och ger allt efter som det passar för tillfället! Vilken cirkus!

Men som det heter: The show must go on! (föreställning, utstyrselstycke, underhållningsprogram, underhållande föreställning, underhållning, tillställning, evenemang, skådespel, pjäser, bild)

Till att börja med Ulf Ekman har sedan begynnelsen av Livts ord:s verksamhet varit värd åt Kennet Hagins lära, Jds läran, ni är små gudar, etc, dina ord skapar (såsom Gud) kantat av karismatiska främmande läror, man har urskiljningslöst förkunnat allt som kommit från den hedniska, karisma rörelsen, med inslag av ockultism, mysticism, spiritism, gnosticism etc.

Vem minns inte det förödande Knutbydramat med sin traumatiska förveckling. En församling som uppammats på den mest utstuderade karisma fascinationen, förtrollningen, tjuskraften. Där förkunnelsen övergick till benhård auktorativ prygling av medlemmars samveten.

Med sitt inslag av ockulta, mystiska dröm värld, man gav varandra underliga, mystifierade namn, och bedrev en slags översinnlig drömvärld med starka sexuella lekar och anknytningar parat med andliga väsen.

Verksamheten eller rörelsen fick ett mycket tragiskt utslag, människor blev marionetter i händerna på hänsynslösa vettvillingar, och det spel man spelade fick till resultat mänskliga offer, de skulle offras, utlämnas, prisges, man utvalde dem som stod i vägen för vettvillingars drömmar och iscensatte mord på medlemmar under föregivande att man gick ärende åt Gud.

Hela historien uppdagades och fick till följd en traumatisk chock (trauma, psykisk påfrestning, chockskada, kroppsskada, sår) inom de kristna leden, man kunde inte förstå hur detta kunde ske, ej heller veta hur man skulle hantera det som skett, med ett så vidrigt spel under föregivande att man ”var utvalda” och var satta över all mänsklig ordning och därför kunde bedriva synder samtidigt som man var överlägsen, dominerande, nonchalant, arrogant, i hela sin förkunnelse och utövning i församlingen.

Chocken har inte helst kunna glömmas, den blev allt för djupgående, skrämda av det som då uppdagades, kastar man sig in i (den karismatiska rörelsen) ett urskuldande, överskylande, och undanhållande av sanningen, det blev allt för påfrestande att ställa sig i ljuset av sanningen, nu gällde det att komma med ”nya program” som skulle få folk att glömma.

Resan gick vidare nu skulle man glömma och gömma, med hjälp av enhetsförkunnelse skulle man visa att det alls inte var så illa ställt som det visade sig vara, ekumeniken blev ”räddningen” och man gick rakt i armarna på den hedniska katolska mystiken. Nu uppammades en tillsynes ny riktning som fick inslag av mystik, en orgie i ceremoniella riter, ikoner, vax-ljuständningar, draperier av new age influenser, ortodoxa krucifix, artisteri, katolska biskopsmöte, dialoger, Vatikanens språkrör fick komma till tals, det blev till en orgie i ceremoniella riter och färden och riktningen skulle nu klargöras och utbasuneras i svensk-kristenhet, man var säker på sin sak!

Så kom nästa chock, pedofilskandalen inom den katolska heniska kyrkan, den största skandal som skådats i vår tid, så omfattande att det ej går att räkna alla offer som offrats på pedofil-prästers lustar! Med mängder av nunnor som blivit med barn av prästerna och tvingats till aborter, de mängder av präster som har flertal barn med kvinnor och som ”bortadopterats” för att kunna överskyla hela historien. Detta har pågått i så lång tid och stor omfattning att antalet offer överskrider vår fattning.

När det hela eller de delarna av historien kom fram skyndade sig påven att skaffa sig immunitet!?

Immunitet – skydd, betäckningar, undvikt, undflydd, rymd, smiten, oemottaglighet, okänslighet, anestesi, förlamning av känselsinnet, apati, håglöshet, känslolöshet, likgiltighet, liknöjdhet, slöhet, letargi, passivitet, bedövning, förlamning, avtrubbning, undantagsrätt, okränkbarhet

Det känns igen!

Ulf Ekman på sin blogg visar prov på samma mörkläggning av pedofilskandalen, där blev media de som stod som skyldiga och givetvis bloggarna, en ständigt återkommande mantra!

Gå till en församling där man är anhängare av U. E. och den karismatiska rörelsen och säg dem att du inte kan förena dig med denna lära som sprids på livets ord, då skall du möta en aggressiv hotfull attityd, med ord som – du har ingen rätt att döma, den som talar illa om guds smorde (den förledande pastorn) han skall bli förbannad osv!?

På samma väg eller sätt vill den svenska eliten inom karismatiska rörelsen skapa ett skydd då det blir avslöjat vad de lär, och söker med alla medel och metoder att tysta ner och missleda de som undrar över dessa irrläror, skandaler som kommer titt som tätt, de manipulerar, styr, och ställer, gömmer undan fakta som de inser skulle kunna avslöja dess sanna karaktär, med kompromisser av sanning och lögn sammanvävda i en lösaktig kärleks förkunnelse, så blandar man till en brygd, som är sövande!

Det är en trolöshetens och lösaktighetens ande!

Nu blev föreställningen som blivit så uppblåst av de fanatiska anhängarna av livets ord, Ulf Ekman och Benny Hinn rejält nedlagd i sank, inga formler tycktes hjälpa!

Det blev ingen försäljning av Dvd:n med Benny Hinns besök på Livets ord, dom har börjat lära sig det är för mycket som ej tål sanningens ljus, man vill ej låta sig granskas ur Ordets ljus!

Med diplomatisk taktik ska man tysta ner hela historien, det ska gömmas och glömmas!

På samma sätt är det med charta oecumenica det ekumeniska bindande programmet!

Där ingår pingst ffs, EFK Evangeliska frikyrkan m.fl.samfund.

Exemplet Jesusmanifestationen där Hela Plattan rör sig i en sökardans!?

- Vi har försökt göra temat "Följ med och se" mer visuellt.

Jag har hela tiden sagt att det inte får bli något internt hallelujamöte.”

säger producenten Linnea Widén.

”Ulf Ekman ville att jag skulle upp och dansa”

”Då knackade någon på min rygg och när jag vände mig om var det Ulf Ekman som ville att jag skulle upp och dansa.”

Säger Kerstin Doyle


Det kan knappast vara mediernas eller bloggarnas fel den här gången!

Ulf Ekman själv en irrlärare står som värd åt den karismatiska kaos läran med inslag av hedniska religiösa dogmer, JDS läran, ni är små gudar, mystik etc. Med ekumeniken som stöd vill han nu ”ena” och stöpa rörelsen i ”något stort”, och här gäller det att inordna sig, annars…!?

Varför detta smusslande, förtigande av sanningen, döljande av fakta, hemlighetsmakeriet, smygandet, omsvep, undanflykter, krumbukter, finter, invändningar, gensägelser, gensagor, som Benny Hinn, Ulf Ekman och Stanley Sjöberg ständigt kommer med då de blivit ertappade med rader av avvikelser i fråga om tron.

Stanley Sjöberg som i sin artikel på Hemmets vän påstår att Columbus var en karismatiker som skulle stå som föredöme!???? Och själv gjort audiens hos Vatikanen, med mystiska uppenbarelser som framträder ur ett katolsk altare!?

Vad är det som är deras gemensamma intressen: alla har de gjort sin audiens, privilegium, företräde, konsultation, rådfrågning, överläggning, rådplägning, hos påven, cantalamessa påvens ängel, budbärare!

Upp 18:1 Därefter såg jag en annan ängel komma ned från himmelen; han hade stor makt, och jorden upplystes av hans härlighet.

Upp 18:2 Och han ropade med stark röst och sade: "Fallet, fallet är det stora Babylon; det har blivit en boning för onda andar, ett tillhåll för alla slags orena andar och ett tillhåll för alla slags orena och vederstyggliga fåglar.

Se oecumenica
G1096 is become
ginomai
A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen” -erate), that is, (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively, etc.): - arise be assembled, be (come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, be done, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
G2732 the habitation
katoikētērion
From a derivative of G2730; a dwelling place: - habitation.
G2730
katoikeō
From G2596 and G3611; to house permanently, that is, reside (literally or figuratively): - dwell (-er), inhabitant (-ter).
G3611
oikeō
From G3624; to occupy a house that is, reside (figuratively inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication to cohabit: - dwell. See also G3625.
G3624
oikos
Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literally or figuratively); by implication a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively): - home, house (-hold), temple.
G3625
oikoumenē
Feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication of G1093); land, that is, the (terrene part of the) globe; specifically the Roman empire: - earth, world.
Empire – kingdom, domain, territory, realm,
G1093
gē
Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application): - country, earth (-ly), ground, land, world.
Terrene - worldly or earthly as opposed to heavenly or spiritual, earthy,
Globe – area, neighborhood, quarter, spot, corner, region, zone, sphere, theme, question, matter, topic, theme, subject, matter, issue, subject matter, area, focus, field, subject, specialty, subject, field, area of interest, specialty, subject, field, department, realm, forte, failing, gift, specialty, strong point, strong suit, asset, weakness, flaw, fault, Achilles' heel, weak spot, weak point, failing, limitation, disadvantage, drawback, difficulty, chink in somebody's armor, feebleness, flimsiness, frailty, fragility, debility, infirmity, powerlessness, vulnerability, defenselessness, helplessness, fondness, liking, taste, inclination, soft spot, penchant, partiality, predilection, appetite, dislike, faintness, dimness, paleness, strength, force, potency, power, might, muscle, vigor, weakness, intensity, concentration, dilution, depth, deepness, profundity, distance downward, height, intensity, strength, power, vigor, concentration, extent, penetration, profundity, deepness, wisdom, seriousness, gravity, flippancy, disrespect, cheek, impertinence, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, flippancy, jokiness, gravity, enormity, severity, enormity, magnitude, insignificance, grimness, dignity, poise, pride, self-esteem, self-respect, decorum, distinction, stateliness, seemliness, majesty, grandeur, impressiveness, pomp and circumstance, formality, gravity, solemnity, nobility, worth, goodness, lightness, frivolity, potency, power, department, realm, orb, ball, globe, bubble,

G1142 of devils

God`s enemy, in Christianity and some other religions, the enemy of God, who rules Hell, tempts people to sin, and personifies the spirit of evil as Satan, mischievous person or animal, a mischievous, troublesome, or high-spirited, (exuberant, lively, enthusiastic, excited, energetic, active, bouncy, bouncing, effervescent, bubbly, playful, animated, lethargic, sluggish, vivacious, spirited, chirpy, animated, languid, animate, lifeless, breathing, conscious, inanimate, stir, stimulate, put a damper on, deflate, put a dampener on, spoil, mess up, spoil, ruin, wreck, make untidy, muddle up, confuse, mistake, fail to differentiate, confound, mix up, mix, combine, jumble, merge, blend, fuse, error, confusion, puzzle, mistake, muddle, misunderstanding, confuse, mistake for, muddle up, fail to distinguish, make a mess, clutter, dirty, mar, subdue, depress, enliven, rouse, liven up, bring to life,) excited, merry, cheerful, full of joie de vivre, full of brio, person or animal,

evil spirit, an evil spirit, particularly a subordinate of Satan, name for tool, a name given to various tools or machines, especially ones that cut or tear, same as dust devil, intensifier, used as an intensifier in questions and exclamations, same as printer`s devil, printing, stamp, imprint, engrave, emboss, pattern, design, motif, publish, carry, feature, make, produce, issue, turn out, copy, facsimile, reproduction, photocopy, duplication, imitation, replica, version, photograph, lettering, characters, font, typescript, typeset, junior barrister, somebody who works as an assistant for a barrister in order to gain experience, to cook or prepare a food with spicy seasonings, pester somebody,

Although the initial marketing strategy is impressive, the devil is in the details. Facts, detail, information, essentials, basics, fundamentals, prerequisites, basics, rudiments, ground rules, nuts and bolts, brass tacks, nitty-gritty, crux of the matter, requisites, data, the whole story, information, proof, evidence,

Devil, person, fiend, brute, beast, wicked person, wrongdoer, evil person, cruel person, imp, rascal, scamp, mischievous child, urchin, fairy, demon, mischievous sprite, naughty, bad, playful, ill-behaved, harmful, damaging, malicious, wicked, negative, hurtful, bad, malign, spiteful, nasty, evil spirit, elf, goblin, gremlin, pixie, sprite, sprite, angel, believe in, worship, be possessed by, exorcize, worship, worshipper, the devil incarnate, personified, in person, in the flesh, alive, embodied, in material form, come to life, made flesh,

daimōn
From δαίω daiō (to distribute fortunes); a demon or super natural spirit (of a bad nature): - devil.

To distribute fortunes – luck, chance, kismet, destiny, fate, wealth, riches, prosperity, success, sensation, star, richness, affluence, opulence,

Star - celebrity, icon, household name, public figure, fame, prominence, stardom, luminary, idol, personality, VIP, famous person, leading light, superstar, pin-up, nobody, brilliant, celebrated, excellent, great, major, prominent, well-known, leading, principal, best, top,

Sensation – feeling, sense, impression, awareness, consciousness, numbness, commotion, stir, fuss, uproar, rumpus, ruckus, hit, smash, spectacle, marvel, wonder, miracle, phenomenon, amazing thing, awesome sight, manifestation, demonstration, exhibition, sight, display, show, scene, vision,

Ett tillhåll för
G5438
phulakē
From G5442; a guarding or (concretely guard), the act, the parson; figuratively the place, the condition, or (specifically) the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively: - cage, hold, (im-) prison (-ment), ward, watch.
Imprisonment – incarceration, captivity, custody, locking up, caging, detention, sentence, term, time, internment, putting away, sentence, confinement, detention, freedom, lack of restrictions, looseness, inventiveness, abandon, release, liberate, free, let go, discharge, let loose, announce, publish, make public, make available, circulate, issue, emit, withhold, emancipation, delivery, relief, liberation, publication, statement, issue, announcement,

G3956 of every
pas
Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole: - all (manner of, means) alway (-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no (-thing), X throughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
All manner of means – income, earnings, funds, wealth, capital, revenue, resources, way, method, process, measures, agency, channel, course, instrument, mean,

See synonyms on mean.

G169 foul
akathartos
From G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specifically (demonic)): - foul, unclean.

G2508
kathairō
From G2513; to cleanse, that is, (specifically) to prune; figuratively to expiate: - purge.

Make amends

To expiate - make up, framework, skeleton, support, construction, outline, agenda, basis, context, background, structure, makeup, configuration, arrangement, organization, construction, constitution, formation, composition, construction, assembly, building, edifice, form, shape, constitute, make up, build up, configure, put together, construct, arrange, organize, composition, frame, make amends, pay somebody back, make reparation, atone, redress the balance, even out, offset, equalize, compensate for, make up for, even up, make up for, atone for, catch up on, reimburse, redress, apologize, recompense, compensate, balance, counterweigh, counteract, counterbalance, offset, make up for, say sorry, do penance,

G4151 every foul spirit
pneuma
From G4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit: - ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare G5590.

G4154
pneō
A primary word; to breathe hard, that is, breeze: - blow. Compare G5594.

G5594
psuchō
A primary verb; to breathe (voluntarily but gently; thus differing on the one hand from G4154, which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of G109, which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), that is, (by implication of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively): - wax cold.

G5590
psuchē
From G5594; breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315], [H7307] and [H2416]: - heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

G4151
pneuma
From G4154; a current of air, that is, breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, that is, (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy spirit: - ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind.

Compare G5590.

H5315
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortality, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.

H7307

From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions): - air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).

H7306
A primitive root; properly to blow, that is, breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication perceive (figuratively to anticipate, enjoy): - accept, smell, X touch, make of quick understanding.

To anticipate – expect, foresee, await, wait for, look forward to, predict, be hopeful of, think likely, get ahead, do in advance, beat somebody to it, forestall, lag behind, fall back, fall behind, trail behind, drop back, drop behind, hang back, dawdle, loiter, linger, crawl, straggle, bring up the rear, drag your feet, go slowly, dally, lead, guide, show the way, direct, escort, pilot, go in front, go ahead, front, head, conduct, follow, be in charge of, run, control, command, direct, manage, head, trail, be in the lead, be the forerunner, be winning, be in front, have an advantage, start, leadership, head start, vanguard, advance, advantage, central, prime, main, chief, principal, indication, sign, signal, suggestion, hint, warning, clue, inkling, evidence, suspicion, indication, trace, intimation, allusion, quotation, citation, mention, reference, insinuation, implication, suggestion, hint, pointer, information, clue, hint, pointer,

H2416
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: - + age, alive, eagerness, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life (-time), live (-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

Eagerness – Enthusiasm, Excitement, Zeal, Impatience, Fervor, Keenness, Apathy, indifference, lack of concern, lack of interest, lethargy, laziness, boredom, ennui, droopiness, interest, stupor, state of unconsciousness, trance, coma, daze, dream, vision, daydream, reverie, delusion, trance, nightmare, hallucination, fantasy, castle in the sky, pipe dream, aspiration, wish, goal, hope, ambition, desire, fantasize, visualize, imagine, fancy, daydream, envisage, hallucinate, think, delight, joy, pleasure, marvel, ideal, nightmare, outlandish, horrendous, lurid, terrible, dreadful, nightmarish, frightening, terrifying, exhaustion, sluggishness, indolence,

H2421

A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive: - keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.

Let suffer – undergo, experience, bear, endure, go through, use, consume, utilize, make use of, use up, spend, look over, go over, study, inspect, put up with, tolerate, bear, stand, shoulder, submit to, swallow, stomach, be ill with, have a medical condition, be diagnosed with,

Nourish up – feed, nurture, encourage, promote, cultivate, reassure, support, foster, promote, further, advance, cultivate, forward, encourage, discourage, nurture, bring up, care for, look after, watch over, take care of, see to, care for, nurse, support, handle, do, undertake, deal with, cope with, manage, handle, take in hand, contend with, put up with, swallow, stomach, submit to, bow to, give in to, yield to, surrender to, acquiesce, defer to, stand up to, face brave, take on, meet head-on, challenge, confront, defy, resist, avoid, get around , get out of , sidestep , take avoiding action , circumvent , shun , pass up , steer clear of, avert, preclude, exclude, rule out, prohibit, bar, permit, authorize, allow, consent, let, sanction, give your blessing to, forbid, license, excess, immoderation, lawlessness, anarchy, chaos, disorder, mayhem, lack of control, lack of responsibility, immoderation, excess, abandon, recklessness, lack of inhibition, lack of restraint, cancel, give up, call off, end, desert, leave, walk out on, forsake, leave behind, dump, ditch, discard, dispose of, throw out, throw away, free-for-all, riot, scuffle, commotion, set-to, brouhaha, brawl, lack of responsibility, lack of control, abandon, carte blanche, dispensation, privilege, permission, authority, right, liberty, freedom, certificate, permit, warrant, authorization, pass, card, ticket, document, certification, certificate, authorization, card, badge, prevent, forestall, encourage, shoulder see to,

H2331
A primitive root; (compare H2324, H2421); properly to live; by implication (intensively) to declare or show: - show.

To declare – pronounce, proclaim, announce, speak out, assert, affirm, state, say publicly, make known, broadcast, transmit, air, put out, put on air, relay, air show, shout, transmission, diffusion, wordiness, long-windedness, verbosity, prolixity, conciseness, transmission, flow, circulation, dissemination, distribution, dispersal, dispersion, conduction, communication, spread, program, show,

H2324
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2331; to show: - shew.

To show - let somebody see, put under somebody's nose, present, display, exhibit, put on view, parade, show off, reveal, bare, performance, musical, cabaret, program, TV show, radio show, act, prove, illustrate, demonstrate, be evidence for, confirm, demonstrate, illustrate, explain, give you an idea about, extravaganza, show, musical, variety, likeness, mixture, array, diversity, assortment, selection, multiplicity, range, make, form, brand, sort, category, type, kind, strain, class, burlesque, event, display, agricultural show, county show, trade show, fair, exhibition,

H2424
From H2421; life: - X living.


Upp 18:3 Ty av hennes otukts vredesvin hava alla folk druckit; konungarna på jorden hava bedrivit otukt med henne, och köpmännen på jorden hava skaffat sig rikedom genom hennes omåttliga vällust."

Upp 18:4 Och jag hörde en annan röst från himmelen säga: "Dragen ut ifrån henne, I mitt folk, så att I icke gören eder delaktiga i hennes synder och fån eder del av hennes plågor.

Upp 18:5 Ty hennes synder räcka ända upp till himmelen, och Gud har kommit ihåg hennes orättfärdiga gärningar.

Upp 18:6 Vedergällen henne vad hon har gjort, ja, given henne dubbelt igen för hennes gärningar; iskänken dubbelt åt henne i den kalk vari hon har iskänkt.

Upp 18:7 Så mycken ära och vällust som hon har berett sig, så mycken pina och sorg mån I bereda henne. Eftersom hon säger i sitt hjärta: 'Jag tronar såsom drottning och och sitter icke såsom änka, och aldrig skall jag veta av någon sorg',

Upp 18:8 därför skola på en och samma dag hennes plågor komma över henne: död och sorg och hungersnöd; och hon skall brännas upp i eld. Ty stark är Herren Gud, han som har dömt henne.

Upp 18:9 Och jordens konungar, som hava bedrivit otukt och levat i vällust med henne, skola gråta och jämra sig över henne, när de se röken av hennes brand.

Upp 18:10 De skola stå långt ifrån, av förfäran över hennes pina, och skola säga: 'Ve, ve dig, Babylon, du stora stad, du starka stad! Plötsligt har nu din dom kommit.'

Upp 18:11 Och köpmännen på jorden gråta och sörja över henne, då nu ingen mer köper de varor som de frakta:

Upp 18:12 guld och silver, ädla stenar och pärlor, fint linne och purpur, siden och scharlakan, allt slags välluktande trä, alla slags arbeten av elfenben och dyrbaraste trä, av koppar och järn och marmor,

Upp 18:13 därtill kanel och kostbar salva, rökverk, smörjelse och välluktande harts, vin och olja, fint mjöl och vete, fäkreatur och får, hästar och vagnar, livegna och trälar.

Upp 18:14 De frukter som din själ hade begär till hava försvunnit ifrån dig; allt vad kräsligt och präktigt du hade har gått förlorat för dig och skall aldrig mer bliva funnet.

Upp 18:15 De som handlade med sådant, de som skaffade sig rikedom genom henne, de skola stå långt ifrån, av förfäran över hennes pina; de skola gråta och sörja

Upp 18:16 och skola säga: 'Ve, ve dig, du stora stad, du som var klädd i fint linne och purpur och scharlakan, du som glänste av guld och ädla stenar och pärlor!

Upp 18:17 I ett ögonblick har nu denna stora rikedom blivit förödd.' Och alla skeppare och alla kustfarare och sjömän och alla andra som hava sitt arbete på havet stå långt ifrån;

Upp 18:18 och när de ser röken av hennes brand, ropa de och säga: 'Var fanns den stora stadens like?'

Upp 18:19 Och de strö stoft på sina huvuden och ropa under gråt och sorg och säga: 'Ve, ve dig, du stora stad, genom vars skatter alla de därinne, som hade skepp på havet, blevo rika! I ett ögonblick har den nu blivit förödd.

Upp 18:20 Gläd dig över vad som har vederfarits henne, du himmel och I helige och I apostlar och profeter, då nu Gud har hållit dom över henne och utkrävt vedergällning för eder!"

Upp 18:21 Och en väldig ängel tog upp en sten, lik en stor kvarnsten, och kastade den i havet och sade: "Så skall Babylon, den stora staden, med fart störtas ned och aldrig mer bliva funnen.

Upp 18:22 Av harpospelare och sångare, av flöjtblåsare och basunblåsare skall aldrig mer något ljud bliva hört i dig; aldrig mer skall någon konstförfaren man av något slags yrke finnas i dig; bullret av en kvarn skall aldrig mer höras i dig;

Upp 18:23 en lampas sken skall aldrig mer lysa i dig; rop för brudgum och brud skall aldrig mer höras i dig - du vars köpmän voro stormän på jorden, du genom vars trolldom alla folk blevo förvillade,

Upp 18:24 och i vilken man såg profeters och heliga mäns blod, ja, alla de människors blod, som hade blivit slaktade på jorden."

Upp 17:5 Och på hennes panna var skrivet ett namn med hemlig betydelse: "Det stora Babylon, hon som är moder till skökorna och till styggelserna på jorden."

Upp 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Forehead - temple

G3466 mystery

Secrecy, anonymity, obscurity, ambiguity, inscrutability, vagueness, unidentified, unknown, anonymous, crime novel, crime story, adventure movie, suspenseful story, exciting, thrilling, gripping, enthralling, beguiling, action-packed, riveting, absorbing, engrossing, enchanting, alluring, gripping, fascinating, enthrall, dynamic, vigorous, fast-moving, energetic, dull, deadly, mind-numbing, lifeless, dark, dim, muted, faded, lackluster, insipid, stupid, dense, dim-witted, obtuse, dim, slow on the uptake, deaden, dampen, stultify, cloud, muffle, cloudy, overcast, gray, gloomy, murder mystery,

mustērion

Mustering – rally, gathering, assembly, meeting, congregation, recuperate, join forces, collect, assemble, unite, come together, bring together, gathering, meeting, assembly, convention, reunion, contract, settlement, resolution, agreement, pact.

From a derivative of μύω muō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites): - mystery.

Initiation – introduction, start, beginning, opening, commencement, instigation, establishment, launch, get underway, embark on, initiate, begin, start, start on, open, introduce, present, inaugurate, unveil, unleash, reveal, start marketing, promotion, presentation, fire release, let loose, let fly, send-off, send away, banish, expel, show somebody the door, discharge, evacuate, expel, send, admission, induction, admittance.

G4204 mother of harlots
pornē
Feminine of G4205; a strumpet; figuratively an idolater: - harlot, whore.

G4205
pornos
From πέρνημι pernēmi (to sell; akin to the base of G4097); a (male) prostitute (as venal), that is, (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine): - fornicator, whoremonger.

G4097
pipraskō praō
The first is a reduplicated and prolonged form of the second (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); contracted from περάω peraō (to traverse; from the base of G4008); to traffic (by travelling), that is, dispose of as merchandise or into slavery (literally or figuratively): - sell.

G4008
peran
Apparently the accusative case of an obsolete derivation of πείρω peirō (to “peirce”); through (as adverb or preposition), that is, across: - beyond, farther (other) side, over.


Upp 17:6 Och jag såg kvinnan vara drucken av de heligas blod och av Jesu vittnens blod. Och jag förundrade mig storligen, när jag såg henne.

Upp 17:7 Och ängeln sade till mig: "Varför förundrar du dig? Jag skall säga dig hemligheten om kvinnan, och om vilddjuret som bär henne, och som har de sju huvudena och de tio hornen.

Upp 17:8 Vilddjuret som du har sett, det har varit, och är icke mer; men det skall stiga upp ur avgrunden, och det går sedan i fördärvet. Och de av jordens inbyggare, vilkas namn icke från världens begynnelse äro skrivna i livets bok, skola förundra sig, när de få se vilddjuret som har varit, och icke mer är, men dock skall komma. -

Roman Catholic Benny Hinn Visits the pope's funeral

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Benny Hins Strange Bed Fellows

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Stanley Sjöberg och Vatikanen

Här Stanley Sjöbergs egen artikel om sitt besök i Vatikanen!

Ett besök i Vatikanen jag sent ska glömma

Angeläget Publicerad: 2005-04-14 Hemmets Vän

En hel värld har följt det som hänt i samband med att påven Johannes Paulus II avslutade sitt livsverk och begravdes under högtidliga former i Sankt Peterskyrkan i Rom. Vi har alla våra minnesbilder och relationen till den katolska kyrkan är inte enkel.

När Johannes Paulus II var präst i Krakow under 1970-talet vet jag att han var en vän till baptisterna och pingstvännerna och vågade visa omsorg, medan andra såg frikyrkorörelserna som ett hot. En av hans medarbetare besökte bland annat Citykyrkan i Stockholm där han upplevde den helige Ande på ett märkbart sätt. Den mannen predikade omvändelse och förde fram för allt ett stort antal studenter till livsförvandling och ett dop i den helige Ande.

En välsignad bordsbön

Några år efter att Johannes Paulus II hade installerats som påve i Rom hade jag tillfälle att besöka Vatikanen. Jag träffade aldrig påven personligen, även om min fru Kerstin och jag var med på en audience tillsammans med ett stort antal andra besökare.

Men en av hans medarbetare i kurian tog hand om oss och vi inbjöds till en samtalslunch som jag sent ska glömma.

När vi skulle nedkalla Guds välsignelse över måltiden fick vi vara med om en sådan tydlig Guds Andes närvaro att det blev bön, tillbedjan och lovsång ganska länge. Maten kallnade men atmosfären berörde oss i djupet.

Egen notering:
Audience, Konsultation – rådslag, överläggningar, rådplägningar, rådslut, beslut, avsikter, konselj, symposium, "sky watchers discovered a new star" –praise somebody or something to the skies.

Kurian - Kurian (also spelt Kurien) is a male given name common amongst Christians in Kerala, India. It is a derivative of 'Kuriakose', which is derived from the Greek personal name Kyriakos meaning ‘of the Lord’ (equivalent to the western given name Dominic). In Medieval times, it is believed to be a name given to a male child born on a Sunday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatification

Slut egen notering.

Samma kväll blev vi inbjudna till en aftongudstjänst intill Vatikanen.
Framme vid altaret var det förbön och man förklarade för mig att många upplevde ett "andligt helande".

Människor som hade varit under inflytande av demoniska makter, blev fria. Alkoholskadade blev friska. Sökare fann en levande gemenskap med Kristus. När mässan skulle firas, det vi kallar nattvarden, kom prästen ner till mig och omfamnade mig, kysste mig på kinden och sa medan tårarna flödade; "You understand". Han menade att jag förstod att vi som inte tillhör den katolska kyrkans gemenskap, vi får inte ta emot nattvarden tillsammans med dem.

You understand – appreciate, know, comprehend, realize, be aware of, recognize, value, identify with, empathize, comprehend, be familiar with, be au fait with, grasp, take in, figure out, work out, twig, get it, get the picture, catch on, become fashionable, take off, be feasible, work, composition, design, creation, opus, masterpiece, piece, product, production, handiwork, operate, control, drive, run, follow, get the message, get the drift, take the hint, grasp it, follow, see, be with you, cotton on, absorb!

Ungefär vid den tiden var jag på besök i ett ökenområde i Pakistan som kallas Sind och där vi samlades i staden Hyderabad. Jag var inbjuden tillsammans med den anglikanske prästen Michael Harper och vi skulle undervisa hundratals nyomvända kristna om hur man tar emot den helige Ande. En väckelse hade gått fram bland speciellt hinduer som tagit emot Jesus till frälsning.

Sent en kväll kom en katolsk präst fram till mig efter att gudstjänsten var slut. Han ville att vi skulle be tillsammans. Vi gick in i en liten katolsk kyrkolokal med jordgolv och ett enkelt altare med sitt krucifix. Prästen var ung, han var barfota, med långt hår och skägg, mager och innerligt intensiv. Han arbetade ibland de allra fattigaste och längtade efter en andlig utrustning för sitt missionsarbete.

Vi böjde våra knän framme vid altaret och efter en stund av stillhet kom den helige Andes närvaro med en obeskrivlig atmosfär av renhet, helighet och kärlek. Vi överraskades av att börja sjunga en lovsång där vi hade en gemensam melodi och ett gemensamt språk.

Ut ur altaret trädde en gestalt fram till oss och sträckte sina händer över oss för att ge oss sin välsignelse. Vi såg honom båda två och visste vem det var. (???)
Jesus var mitt ibland genom den helige Andes förmedlande närvaro.

Det finns en del kristna vänner som den senaste tiden blivit upprörda över att vi som tillhör väckelserörelserna, samtidigt kan ha gemenskap med katolska kristna. Jag har den senaste tiden fått brev och e-mail med utrop att jag måste vakna. En orsak är att jag nyligen besökte den katolska kyrkan vid Kungsträdgården i Stockholm och talade om innebörden av Herrens Heliga Måltid.

Även jag har upplevelser av katoliker som varit skrämmande. Under 1950-talet var konflikten så dramatisk att våra vänner i olika länder blev förföljda. Jag är också starkt medveten om teologiska skillnader och jag är inte överens med katolsk teologi och absolut inte med den ämbetssyn som format påvens makt.

Bevara vår identitet

När en ny påve väljs och den katolska kyrkans inflytande får allt större betydelse i världen, då är det viktigt att ha ögonen öppna och inte låta sig manipuleras. Jag är övertygad om att det som finns av andligt liv inom de historiska kyrkorna har givits som en andlig förnyelse tack vare väckelserörelserna under 1900-talet. Därför har vi en större uppgift än någonsin och ett ansvar att bevara vår identitet som troendeförsamlingar med Bibeln i centrum för vårt tänkande och allt vi gör.

Jag tvekar inte att berätta om ett sammanträffande jag hade med professor Harald Risenfeldt. Det var han som gav oss den översättningen av Nya testamentet 1981. I samband med den tiden lämnade han Svenska Kyrkan och den lutherska gemenskapen i Europa därför att han upplevde hur teologer och kyrkoledare allt mer övergav tron på Jesus som Gudomlig. Han berättade med djup gripenhet hur han också inom den katolska kyrkan hade mött kardinaler och högt uppsatta teologer som inte längre stod fast i sin tro på inkarnationen och Jesu Kristi Gudom. Jag minns att Harald Risenfeldt lyfte sitt finger och varnade för den kommande utvecklingen.

Låt oss be att nästa påve är en troende man. (???)

Stanley Sjöberg

Så långt Stanley S. Här visar han sin dubbelhet, tvådelning, motsatsförhållande, och tvetydighet dubbeltydighet, lösaktighet!

Tyvärr har den karismatiska rörelsen influerat många församlingar och förvandlat dem till lösaktiga tempel, eller otukt, prostitution med världen, där man bedriver orgier i ceremoniella riter, och är berövade den första tron, övergivna boningar, ockuperade av mystik, och hemliga riter, demoners läror!

2Th 2:7 Redan är ju laglöshetens hemlighet verksam; allenast måste den som ännu håller tillbaka först skaffas ur vägen.

2Th 2:8 Sedan skall "den Laglöse" träda fram, och honom skall då Herren Jesus döda med sin muns anda och tillintetgöra genom sin tillkommelses uppenbarelse –

2Th 2:9 honom som efter Satans tillskyndelse kommer med lögnens alla kraftgärningar och tecken och under
2Th 2:10 och med orättfärdighetens alla bedrägliga konster, för att bedraga dem som gå förlorade, till straff därför att de icke gåvo kärleken till sanningen rum, så att de kunde bliva frälsta.

2Th 2:11 Därför sänder ock Gud över dem villfarelsens makt, så att de sätta tro till lögnen,
2Th 2:12 för att de skola bliva dömda, alla dessa som icke hava satt tro till sanningen, utan funnit behag i orättfärdigheten.

2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Unrighteousness –wicked, immoral, iniquitous, sinful, impious, heinous, nefarious, fiendish, bad, wrong, depraved, terrible, awful, dreadful, atrocious, severe, appalling, sinful or evil

G235 but
alla
Neuter plural of G243; properly other things, that is, (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations): - and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.

G243
allos
A primary word; “else”, that is, different (in many applications): - more, one (another), (an-, some an-) other (-s, -wise).
G2106
eudokeō
From G2095 and G1380; to think well of, that is, approve (an act); specifically to approbate (a person or thing): - think good, (be well) please (-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing.

G2095
eu
Neuter of a primary word εὖς eus (good); (adverbially) well: - good, well (done).

G1380
dokeō
o
A prolonged form of a primary verb δόκω dokō (used only as an alternate in certain tenses; compare the base of G1166); of the same meaning; to think; by implication to seem (truthfully or uncertainly): - be accounted, (of own) please (-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.

G1166
deiknuō
A prolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show (literally or figuratively): - shew.

G1722 in
en
A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), that is, a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537); “in”, at, (up-) on, by, etc.: - about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-) by (+ all means), for (. . . sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-) in (-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-) on, [open-] ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, [speedi-] ly, X that, X there (-in, -on), through (-out), (un-) to(-ward), under, when, where (-with), while, with (-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) prep.

G1519
eis
A primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases.: - [abundant-] ly, against, among, as, at, [back-] ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for [intent, purpose], fore, + forth, in (among, at unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-) on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore (-unto), throughout, till, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-) until (-to), . . . ward, [where-] fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively.

G1537
ek ex
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote): - after, among, X are, at betwixt (-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for (-th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, . . . ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with (-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.

G93 unrighteousness
adikia
From G94; (legal) injustice (properly the quality, by implication the act); moral wrongfulness (of charater, life or act): - iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong.

G94
adikos
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1349; unjust; by extension wicked; by implication treacherous; specifically heathen: - unjust, unrighteous.

G1
A
al'-fah
Of Hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first. Often used (usually “an”, before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260): - Alpha.

G427
aneu
A primary particle; without: - without. Compare G1.

G260
hama
A primary particle; properly at the “same” time, but freely used as a preposition or adverb denoting close association: - also, and, together, with (-al).

G1349
dikē
Probably from G1166; right (as self evident), that is, justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution): - judgment, punish, vengeance.
As self evident – mysterious, secretive, guarded, cautious, reserved, reticent, quiet, uncommunicative, taciturn, silent, enigmatic, shadowy, furtive, cagey, strange, unexplained, inexplicable, unsolved, odd, puzzling, mystifying, baffling, peculiar, weird, hidden, secreted, veiled, buried, unknown, concealed, out of sight, unseen, mysterious, clandestine, unknown, secret, covert, obscure, cryptic, mysterious, puzzling, hidden, obscure, secret, unfathomable, inscrutable, unknowable, mystifying, obvious, clear, plain, patently obvious,

Or its execution – implementation, carrying out, completing, finishing, effecting, capital punishment, the death sentence, putting to death, killing, murder, assassination, butchery, slaughter, carnage, homicide, kill,

G1166
deiknuō
A prolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show (literally or figuratively): - shew.
To show – turnover, indication, direction, indicates position, purpose, recipient, attachment, range, result of change, preposition indicates what somebody or something is changing into or becoming, indicates simultaneity, preposition indicates that two things are happening at the same time, especially that a particular sound or music accompanies another action, shut, into wind, adverb nautical into the direction from which the wind is blowing,

G1753 strong
energeia
From G1756; efficiency (“energy”): - operation, strong, (effectual) working.

Operation - surgical procedure, surgical treatment, surgery, process, action, act, procedure, maneuver, function, setup, outfit, undertaking, venture, business, company,

Working –effective, in force, operational, valid, working, applicable, effective, in effect, in operation, in use, at full strength, in floods, in throngs, in crowds, in strength, in their thousands, in large numbers, in their thousands,

G1756
energēs
From G1722 and G2041; active, operative: - effectual, powerful.

G1722
en
A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), that is, a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 and G1537); “in”, at, (up-) on, by, etc.: - about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-) by (+ all means), for (. . . sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-) in (-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-) on, [open-] ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, [speedi-] ly, X that, X there (-in, -on), through (-out), (un-) to(-ward), under, when, where (-with), while, with (-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) prep.

G2041
ergon
From ἔργω ergō (a primary but obsolete word; to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication an act: - deed, doing, labour, work.

G1519
eis
A primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases.: - [abundant-] ly, against, among, as, at, [back-] ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for [intent, purpose], fore, + forth, in (among, at unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-) on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore (-unto), throughout, till, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-) until (-to), . . . ward, [where-] fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively.

G1537
ek ex
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote): - after, among, X are, at betwixt (-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for (-th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, . . . ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with (-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.

G4106 delusions

Delusion – illusion, hallucination, vision, mirage, figment of the imagination, fantasy, apparition, image, mistake, aberration, misconception, false impression, misunderstanding, misapprehension, fallacy, myth, superstition,
planē
Feminine of G4108 (as abstraction); objectively fraudulence; subjectively a straying from orthodoxy or piety: - deceit, to deceive, delusion, error.
G4108
planos
Of uncertain affinity; roving (as a tramp), that is, (by implication) an impostor or misleader: - deceiver, seducing.

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Conclusion of The Two Babylons

This is a must read for the concerned Christian today, this book will take him from the beginning of the source to the final end stage of this Babylonian pagan Church, the catholic all common, pagan church. The great whore and her daughter`s!

For those who still compromise with the ecumenical and charismatic movement I pray that this book will open their eyes and heart`s to hear what the Spirit say to the churches’, obeying the Word of God and deliver themselves out of the snares of the Devil.

Conclusion of The Two Babylons
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The Two Babylons
Alexander Hislop
Conclusion

I have now finished the task I proposed to myself. Even yet the evidence is not nearly exhausted; but, upon the evidence which has been adduced, I appeal to the reader if I have not proved every point which I engaged to demonstrate. Is there one, who has candidly considered the proof that has been led, that now doubts that Rome is the Apocalyptic Babylon? Is there one who will venture to deny that, from the foundation to the topmost stone, it is essentially a system of Paganism? What, then, is to be the practical conclusion from all this?

1. Let every Christian henceforth and for ever treat it as an outcast from the pale of Christianity. Instead of speaking of it as a Christian Church, let it be recognised and regarded as the Mystery of Iniquity, yea, as the very Synagogue of Satan. With such overwhelming evidence of its real character, it would be folly--it would be worse--it would be treachery to the cause of Christ--to stand merely on the defensive, to parley with its priests about the lawfulness of Protestant orders, the validity of Protestant sacraments, or the possibility of salvation apart from its communion. If Rome is now to be admitted to form a portion of the Church of Christ, where is the system of Paganism that has ever existed, or that now exists, that could not put in an equal claim? On what grounds could the worshippers of the original Madonna and child in the days of old be excluded "from the commonwealth of Israel," or shown to be "strangers to the covenants of promise"? On what grounds could the worshippers of Vishnu at this day be put beyond the bounds of such wide catholicity? The ancient Babylonians held, the modern Hindoos still hold, clear and distinct traditions of the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Atonement. Yet, who will venture to say that such nominal recognition of the cardinal articles of Divine revelation could relieve the character of either the one system or the other from the brand of the most deadly and God-dishonouring heathenism? And so also in regard to Rome. True, it nominally admits Christian terms and Christian names; but all that is apparently Christian in its system is more than neutralised by the malignant Paganism that it embodies. Grant that the bread the Papacy presents to its votaries can be proved to have been originally made of the finest of the wheat; but what then, if every particle of that bread is combined with prussic acid or strychnine? Can the excellence of the bread overcome the virus of the poison? Can there by anything but death, spiritual and eternal death, to those who continue to feed upon the poisoned food that it offers? Yes, here is the question, and let it be fairly faced.

Can there be salvation in a communion in which it is declared to be a fundamental principle, that the Madonna is "our greatest hope; yea, the SOLE GROUND OF OUR HOPE"? *

* The language of the late Pope Gregory, substantially endorsed by the present Pontiff.

The time is come when charity to the perishing souls of men, hoodwinked by a Pagan priesthood, abusing the name of Christ, requires that the truth in this matter should be clearly, loudly, unflinchingly proclaimed. The beast and the image of the beast alike stand revealed in the face of all Christendom; and now the tremendous threatening of the Divine Word in regard to their worship fully applies (Rev 14:9,10): "And the third angel followed them, saying, 'If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, poured without mixture into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.'" These words are words of awful import; and woe to the man who is found finally under the guilt which they imply. These words, as has already been admitted by Elliott, contain a "chronological prophecy," a prophecy not referring to the Dark Ages, but to a period not far distant from the consummation, when the Gospel should be widely diffused, and when bright light should be cast on the character and doom of the apostate Church of Rome (vv 6-8). They come, in the Divine chronology of events, immediately after an angel has proclaimed, "BABYLON IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN." We have, as it were, with our own ears heard this predicted "Fall of Babylon" announced from the high places of Rome itself, when the seven hills of the "Eternal City" reverberated with the guns that proclaimed, not merely to the citizens of the Roman republic, but to the wide world, that "PAPACY HAD FALLEN, de facto and de jure, from the temporal throne of the Roman State." *

* The Apocalypse announces two falls of Babylon. The fall referred to above is evidently only the first. The prophecy clearly implies, that after the first fall it rises to a greater height than before; and therefore the necessity of the warning.

Now, it is in the order of the prophecy, after this fall of Babylon, that this fearful threatening comes. Can there, then, be a doubt that this threatening specially and peculiarly applies to this very time? Never till now was the real nature of the Papacy fully revealed; never till now was the Image of the beast set up. Till the Image of the beast was erected, till the blasphemous decree of the Immaculate Conception was promulged, no such apostacy had taken place, even in Rome, no such guilt had been contracted, as now lies at the door of the great Babylon. This, then, is a subject of infinite importance to every one within the pale of the Church of Rome--to every one also who is looking, as so many at present are doing, towards the City of the Seven Hills. If any one can prove that the Pope does not assume all the prerogatives and bear substantially all the blasphemous titles of that Babylonian beast that "had the wound by a sword, and did live," and if it can be shown that the Madonna, that has so recently with one consent been set up, is not in every essential respect the same as the Chaldean "Image" of the beast, they may indeed afford to despise the threatening contained in these words. But if neither the one nor the other can be proved (and I challenge the strictest scrutiny in regard to both), then every one within the pale of the Papacy may well tremble at such a threatening. Now, then, as never before, may the voice Divine, and that a voice of the tenderest love, be heard sounding from the Eternal throne to every adherent of the Mystic Babylon, "Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

2. But if the guilt and danger of those who adhere to the Roman Church, believing it to be the only Church where salvation can be found, be so great, what must be the guilt of those who, with a Protestant profession, nevertheless uphold the doomed Babylon? The constitution of this land requires our Queen to swear, before the crown can be put upon her head, before she can take her seat on the throne, that "she believes" that the essential doctrines of Rome are "idolatrous." All the Churches of Britain, endowed and unendowed, alike with one voice declare the very same. They all proclaim that the system of Rome is a system of blasphemous idolatry...And yet the members of these Churches can endow and uphold, with Protestant money, the schools, the colleges, the chaplains of that idolatrous system. If the guilt of Romanists, then, be great, the guilt of Protestants who uphold such a system must be tenfold greater. That guilt has been greatly accumulating during the last three or four yeas. While the King of Italy, in the very States of the church--what but lately were the Pope's own dominions--has been suppressing the monasteries (and in the space of two years no less than fifty-four were suppressed, and their property confiscated), the British Government has been acting on a policy the very reverse, has not only been conniving at the erection of monasteries, which are prohibited by the law of the land, but has actually been bestowing endowment on these illegal institutions under the name of Reformatories. It was only a short while ago, that it was stated, on authority of the Catholic Directory, that in the space of three years, fifty-two new converts were added to the monastic system of Great Britain, almost the very number that the Italians had confiscated, yet Christian men and Christian Churches look on with indifference.

Indifference – unconcern, coldness, apathy, unresponsiveness, lack of interest, lack of concern, lack of sympathy, insensitivity, impassiveness, coldness, chilliness, iciness, cold, wintriness, aloofness, remoteness, formality, reserve, stiffness, primness, decorum, convention, form, rule, custom, ritual, ceremony, regulation, requirement, procedure, distantness,

Now, if ever there was an excuse for thinking lightly of the guilt contracted by our national support of idolatry, that excuse will no longer avail. The God of Providence, in India, has been demonstrating that He is the God of Revelation. He has been proving, to an awe-struck world, by events that made every ear to tingle, that every word of wrath, written three thousand years ago against idolatry, is in as full force at this day as when He desolated the covenanted people of Israel for their idols, and sold them into the hands of their enemies. If men begin to see that it is a dangerous thing for professing Christians to uphold the Pagan idolatry of India, they must be blind indeed if they do not equally see that it must be as dangerous to uphold the Pagan idolatry of Rome.

Wherein does the Paganism of Rome differ from that of Hindooism? Only in this, that the Roman Paganism is the more complete, more finished, more dangerous, more insidious Paganism of the two.

I am afraid, that after all that has been said, not a few will revolt from the above comparative estimate of Popery and undisguised Paganism. Let me, therefore, fortify my opinion by the testimonies of two distinguished writers, well qualified to pronounce on this subject. They will, at least, show that I am not singular in the estimate which I have formed. The writers to whom I refer, are Sir George Sinclair of Ulbster, and Dr. Bonar of Kelso. Few men have studied the system of Rome more thoroughly than Sir George, and in his Letters to the Protestants of Scotland he has brought all the fertility of his genius, the curiosa felicitas of his style, and the stores of his highly cultivated mind, to bear upon the elucidation of his theme. Now, the testimony of Sir George is this: "Romanism is a refined system of Christianised heathenism, and chiefly differs from its prototype in being more treacherous, more cruel, more dangerous, more intolerant." The mature opinion of Dr. Bonar is the very same, and that, too, expressed with the Cawnpore massacre particularly in view: "We are doing for Popery at home," says he, "what we have done for idolaters abroad, and in the end the results will be the same; nay, worse; for Popish cruelty, and thirst for the blood of the innocent, have been the most savage and merciless that the earth has seen. Cawnpore, Delhi, and Bareilly, are but dust in comparison with the demoniacal brutalities perpetrated by the Inquisition, and by the armies of Popish fanaticism." These are the words of truth and soberness, that no man acquainted with the history of modern Europe can dispute. There is great danger of their being overlooked at this moment. It will be a fatal error if they be. Let not the pregnant fact be overlooked, that, while the Apocalyptic history runs down to the consummation of all things, in that Divine foreshadowing all the other Paganisms of the world are in a manner cast into the shade by the Paganism of Papal Rome.

It is against Babylon that sits on the seven hills that the saints are forewarned; it is for worshipping the beast and his image pre-eminently, that "the vials of the wrath of God, that liveth and abideth for ever," are destined to be outpoured upon the nations.

Now, if the voice of God has been heard in the late Indian calamities, the Protestantism of Britain will rouse itself to sweep away at once and for ever all national support, alike from the idolatry of Hindoostan and the still more malignant idolatry of Rome. Then, indeed, there would be a lengthening of our tranquility, then there would be hope that Britain would be exalted, and that its power would rest on a firm and stable foundation. But if we will not "hear the voice, if we receive not correction, if we refuse to return," if we persist in maintaining, at the national charge, "that image of jealousy provoking to jealousy," then, after the repeated and ever INCREASING strokes that the justice of God has laid on us, we have every reason to fear that the calamities that have fallen so heavily upon our countrymen in India, may fall still more heavily upon ourselves, within our own borders at home; for it was when "the image of jealousy" was set up in Jerusalem by the elders of Judah, that the Lord said, "Therefore will I also deal in fury; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them." He who let loose the Sepoys, to whose idolatrous feelings and antisocial propensities we have pandered so much, to punish us for the guilty homage we had paid to their idolatry, can just as easily let loose the Papal Powers of Europe, to take vengeance upon us for our criminal fawning upon the Papacy.

3. But, further, if the views established in this work be correct, it is time that the Church of God were aroused. Are the witnesses still to be slain, and has the Image of the Beast only within the last year or two been set up, at whose instigation the bloody work is to be done? Is this, then, the time for indifference, for sloth, for lukewarmness in religion? Yet, alas! how few are they who are lifting up their voice like a trumpet, who are sounding the alarm in God's holy mountain--who are bestirring themselves according to the greatness of the emergency--to gather the embattled hosts of the Lord to the coming conflict? The emissaries of Rome for years have been labouring unceasingly night and day, in season and out of season, in every conceivable way, to advance their Master's cause, and largely have they succeeded. But "the children of light" have allowed themselves to be lulled into a fatal security; they have folded their hands; they have got to sleep as soundly as if Rome had actually disappeared from the face of the earth--as if Satan himself had been bound and cast into the bottomless pit, and the pit had shut its mouth upon him, to keep him fast for a thousand years. How long shall this state of things continue? Oh, Church of God, awake, awake! Open your eyes, and see if there be not dark and lowering clouds on the horizon that indicate an approaching tempest. Search the Scriptures for yourselves; compare them with the facts of history, and say, if there be not reason after all to suspect that there are sterner prospects before the saints than most seem to wot of. If it may turn out that the views opened up in these pages are Scriptural and well-founded, they are at least worthy of being made the subjects of earnest and prayerful inquiry. It never can tend to good to indulge an uninquiring and delusive feeling of safety, when, if they be true, the only safety is to be found in a timely knowledge of the danger and due preparation, by all activity, all zeal, all spirituality of mind, to meet it. On the supposition that peculiar dangers are at hand, and that God in His prophetic Word has revealed them, His goodness is manifest. He has made known the danger, that, being forewarned, we may be forearmed; that, knowing our own weakness, we may cast ourselves on His Almighty grace; that we may feel the necessity of a fresh baptism of the Holy Ghost; that the joy of the Lord being our strength, we may be thorough and decided for the Lord, and for the Lord alone, that we may work, every one in his own sphere, with increased energy and diligence, in the Lord's vineyard, and save all the souls we can, while yet opportunity lasts, and the dark predicted night has not come, wherein no man can work. Though there be dark prospects before us, there is no room for despondency; no ground for any one to say that, with such prospects, effort is vain. The Lord can bless and prosper to His own glory, the efforts of those who truly gird themselves to fight His battles in the most hopeless circumstances; and, at the very time when the enemy cometh in like a flood, He can, by His Spirit, lift up a standard against him. Nay, not only is this a possible thing, there is reason, from the prophetic word, to believe that so it shall actually be; that the last triumph of the Man of Sin shall not be achieved without a glorious struggle first, on the part of those who are leal-hearted to Zion's King.

But if we would really wish to do anything effectual in this warfare, it is indispensable that we know, and continually keep before our eyes, the stupendous character of that Mystery of Iniquity embodied in the Papacy that we have to grapple with. Popery boasts of being the "old religion"; and truly, from what we have seen, it appears that it is ancient indeed. It can trace its lineage far beyond the era of Christianity, back over 4000 years, to near the period of the Flood and the building of the Tower of Babel. During all that period its essential elements have been nearly the same, and these elements have a peculiar adaptation to the corruption of human nature.

Most seem to think that Popery is a system merely to be scouted and laughed at; but the Spirit of God everywhere characterises it in quite a different way. Every statement in the Scripture shows that it was truly described when it was characterised as "Satan's Masterpiece"--the perfection of his policy for deluding and ensnaring the world. It is not the state-craft of politicians, the wisdom of philosophers, or the resources of human science, that can cope with the wiles and subtleties of the Papacy. Satan, who inspires it, has triumphed over all these again and again. Why, the very nations where the worship of the Queen of Heaven, with all its attendant abominations, has flourished most in all ages, have been precisely the most civilised, the most polished, the most distinguished for arts and sciences. Babylon, where it took its rise, was the cradle of astronomy. Egypt, that nursed it in its bosom, was the mother of all the arts; the Greek cities of Asia Minor, where it found a refuge when expelled from Chaldea, were famed for their poets and philosophers, among the former Homer himself being numbered; and the nations of the European Continent, where literature has long been cultivated, are now prostrate before it. Physical force, no doubt, is at present employed in its behalf; but the question arises, How comes it that this system, of all others, can so prevail as to get that physical force to obey its behests? No answer can be given but this, that Satan, the god of this world, exerts his highest power in its behalf. Physical force has not always been on the side of the Chaldean worship of the Queen of Heaven. Again and again has power been arrayed against it; but hitherto every obstacle it has surmounted, every difficulty it has overcome. Cyrus, Xerxes, and many of the Medo-Persian kings, banished its priests from Babylon, and laboured to root it out of their empire; but then it found a secure retreat in Pergamos, and "Satan's seat" was erected there. The glory of Pergamos and the cities of Asia Minor departed; but the worship of the Queen of Heaven did not wane. It took a higher flight, and seated itself on the throne of Imperial Rome. That throne was subverted. The Arian Goths came burning with fury against the worshippers of the Virgin Queen; but still that worship rose buoyant above all attempts to put it down, and the Arian Goths themselves were soon prostrate at the feet of the Babylonian goddess, seated in glory on the seven hills of Rome.
In more modern times, the temporal powers of all the kingdoms of Europe have expelled the Jesuits, the chief promoters of this idolatrous worship, from their dominions. France, Spain, Portugal, Naples, Rome itself have all adopted the same measures, and yet what do we see at this hour? The same Jesuitism and the worship of the Virgin exalted above almost every throne on the Continent. When we look over the history of the last 4000 yeas, what a meaning in the words of inspiration, that "the coming of the Man of Sin" is with the energy, "the mighty power of Satan." Now, is this the system that, year by year, has been rising into power in our own empire?

And is it for a moment to be imagined that lukewarm, temporising, half-hearted Protestants can make any head against such a system?

No; the time is come when Gideon's proclamation must be made throughout the camp of the Lord: "Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from Mount Gilead." Of the old martyrs it is said, "They overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death." The same self-denying, the same determined spirit, is needed now as much as ever it was. Are there none who are prepared to stand up, and in that very spirit to gird themselves for the great conflict that must come, before Satan shall be bound and cast into his prison-house? Can any one believe that such an event can take place without a tremendous struggle--that "the god of this world" shall quietly consent to resign the power that for thousands of years he has wielded, without stirring up all his wrath, and putting forth all his energy and skill to prevent such a catastrophe.

Who, then, is on the Lord's side? If there be those who, within the last few years, have been revived and quickened--stirred up, not by mere human excitement, but by the Almighty grace of God's Spirit, what is the gracious design of this? Is it merely that they themselves may be delivered from the wrath to come? No; it is that, zealous for the glory of their Lord, they may act the parts of true witnesses, contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints, and maintain the honour of Christ in opposition to him who blasphemously usurps his prerogatives. If the servants of Antichrist are faithful to their master, and unwearied in promoting his cause, shall it be said that the servants of Christ are less faithful to theirs? If none else will bestir themselves, surely to the generous hearts of the young and rising ministry of Christ, in the kindness of their youth, and the love of their espousals, the appeal shall not be made in vain, when the appeal is made in the name of Him whom their souls love, that in this grand crisis of the Church and of the world, they should "come to the help of the Lord--the help of the Lord against the mighty," that they should do what in them lies to strengthen the hands and encourage the hearts of those who are seeking to stem the tide of apostacy, and to resist the efforts of the men who are labouring with such zeal, and with so much of infatuated patronage on the part of "the powers that be," to bring this land back again under the power of the Man of Sin. To take such a part, and steadily and perseveringly to pursue it, amid so much growing lukewarmness, it is indispensable that the servants of Christ set their faces as a flint. But if they have grace so to do, they shall not do so without a rich reward at last; and in time they have the firm and faithful promise that "as their day is, so shall their strength be." For all who wish truly to perform their part as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, there is the strongest and richest encouragement. With the blood of Christ on the conscience, with the Spirit of Christ warm and working in the heart, with our Father's name on our forehead, and our life, as well as our lips, consistently bearing "testimony" for God, we shall be prepared for every event. But it is not common grace that will do for uncommon times. If there be indeed such prospects before us, as I have endeavoured to prove there are, then we must live, and feel, and act as if we heard every day resounding in our ears the words of the great Captain of our Salvation, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me on My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father on His throne. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."

Lastly, I appeal to every reader of this work, if it does not contain an argument for the divinity of the Scriptures, as well as an exposure of the impostures of Rome. Surely, if one thing more than another be proved in the previous pages, it is this, that the Bible is no cunningly devised fable, but that holy men of God of old spake and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

What can account for the marvellous unity in all the idolatrous systems of the world, but that the facts recorded in the early chapters of Genesis were real transactions, in which, as all mankind were involved, so all mankind have preserved in their various systems, distinct and undeniable memorials of them, though those who have preserved them have long lost the true key to their meaning?

What, too, but Omniscience could have foreseen that a system, such as that of the Papacy, could ever effect an entrance into the Christian Church, and practise and prosper as it has done? How could it ever have entered into the heart of John, the solitary exile of Patmos, to imagine, that any of the professed disciples of that Saviour whom he loved, and who said, "My kingdom is not of this world," should gather up and systematise all the idolatry and superstition and immorality of the Babylon of Belshazzar, introduce it into the bosom of the Church, and, by help of it, seat themselves on the throne of the Caesars, and there, as the high-priests of the queen of Heaven, and gods upon earth, for 1200 years, rule the nations with a rod of iron? Human foresight could never have done this; but all this the exile of Patmos has done. His pen, then, must have been guided by Him who sees the end from the beginning, and who calleth the things that be not as though they were. And if the wisdom of God now shines forth so brightly from the Divine expression "Babylon the Great," into which such an immensity of meaning has been condensed, ought not that to lead us the more to reverence and adore the same wisdom that is in reality stamped on every page of the inspired Word? Ought it not to lead us to say with the Psalmist, "Therefore, I esteem all Thy commandments concerning all things to be right"? The commandments of God, to our corrupt and perverse minds, may sometimes seem to be hard. They may require us to do what is painful, they may require us to forego what is pleasing to flesh and blood. But, whether we know the reason of these commandments or no, if we only know that they come from "the only wise God, our Saviour," we may be sure that in the keeping of them there is great reward; we may go blindfold wherever the Word of God may lead us, and rest in the firm conviction that, in so doing, we are pursuing the very path of safety and peace. Human wisdom at the best is but a blind guide; human policy is a meter that dazzles and leads astray; and they who follow it walk in darkness, and know not whither they are going; but he "that walketh uprightly," that walks by the rule of God's infallible Word, will ever find that "he walketh surely," and that whatever duty he has to perform, whatever danger he has to face, "great peace have all they that love God's law, and nothing shall offend them."

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