• Is the continuation of the Roman Empire!


• Note that when Constantine, the last secular Roman Emperor, declared "Christianity" legal, he set in motion the establishment of what became the Roman Catholic Church that continued the rulership of the Roman Empire!


• Through its "Crusades", "Inquisitions", etc. the Roman Catholic Church is responsible for the deaths of countless true saints (believers in Yeshua ha Mashiach - Jesus the Messiah). A "Must See" is the video, "The Inquisition", by Richard Bennett, ex-Roman Catholic priest (link available on our Resources page).


• Vatican City is the world's smallest fully independent nation-state (source: http://www.brittanical.com).


• Greg Szymanski's "Arctic Beacon" (http://www.arcticbeacon.com/) asks us:
  What Does the Word Vatican Really Mean?


• It is very relevant to remember that the Vatican [Vatican is from the classical Latin root word: Vaticanus, which by definition means: "house of divination" (dwelling of demons); standing in the center of St. Peters Square is an obelisk (symbol of male sex organ in Satan worship) from Egypt] is an independent country with its own dogmatic constitution. With the Pope (vicar of Christ) being the head of that state.


• the Roman Catholic Church is treated as an independent NATION/COUNTRY by most governments in the world — it hosts embassies for most countries, including the United States!


• The Roman Catholic Church is STILL OPPOSED to the TRUE KINGDOM of God — it is OPPOSED to the Kingdom of Yeshua ha Mashiach!


• The following quote is from The Berean Beacon website, speaking of the video by Richard Bennett, titled "The Inquisition":


• ... From John Dowling's The History of Romanism, Book 8, Ch. 1, pp. 542, 543, "From the birth of Popery in 600, to the present time, it is estimated by careful and credible historians, that more than FIFTY MILLION of the human family have been slaughtered for the crime of heresy by popish persecutors, an average of more than forty thousand religious murders for every year of the existence of Popery."

QUESTIONS
(have you ever asked yourself?):

• Does the “Last” Kingdom (prophesied by Daniel) still exist TODAY?


• Shouldn't you expect the “Last”earthly Kingdom — to control information?


• Might you expect it to purposefully give false information regarding TRUE FAITH?


• Were ancient manuscripts intentionally destroyed to hide the true faith?

The book of Daniel gives us this perspective from his time forward (i.e. Daniel was among those from Judah (Israel) taken captive by the nation of Babylon in 605 B.C.E. (before common era)).

In the 2nd chapter of the book of Daniel, Daniel interprets the dream of king Nebuchadnezzer, telling him:

"But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; ..." (Daniel 2:28)

In the dream, Nebuchadnezzer sees a magnificent statue. Its head is of gold, its breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of brass, its legs of iron, his feet part iron and part clay.

"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces." (Daniel 2:34)

He goes on to tell the king the interpretation:

"... Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron ..." (v38b-40a)

"... And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." (Daniel 2:43-44)

There is a running theme in Daniel concerning these "four kingdoms". In chapter 8, Daniel has a dream of his own regarding the kingdoms, and it uses different symbology than Nebuchadnezzar's. Theangel Gabriel tells Daniel the meaning!

"And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be."

"The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia."

"And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king."

"Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power."

"And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up."

"And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people."

"And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." (Daniel 8:19-25)