My friend, we both know it is the Word of God telling of God’s Son dying for us that saves, not the church. While probably not a majority, there have got to be some in the Catholic church that are saved, though never very strong or fruitful being in that institution.
Now, the Catholic church will weaken at the return of Christ for His people, before the tribulation, because enough will be gone. That vacuum will be filled by islam. Look at the countries that made up the Roman Empire. It is almost all muslim countries...North Africa, the Middle East, and now Europe is being invaded by them. France lost control of them a decade ago.
I hold, especially since it is referred to as Babylon, not Rome, that the church of the Tribulation willbe a hybrid of islam, with the structure of Catholicism.
A CHART SHOWING PROPHECIES OF REIGN OF GENTILE KINGDOMS | ||||||||
Dan. 2 The IMAGE |
Daniel 7 The FOUR BEASTS (State) (Church) |
Dan. 8 The RAM and GOAT |
Revelation 13 The BEAST and IMAGE (State) (Church) |
Rev. 17 BABYLON and BEAST |
EXPLANA- TION of Symbols |
The EVENTS Fulfilled in HISTORY |
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Head of GOLD v. 32, 38 |
1st BEAST like LION v. 4 |
1st HEAD of prophetic BABYLON |
The CHALDEAN EMPIRE (Babylon) 625-539 B.C. |
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Breast and arms of SILVER v. 32, 39 |
2nd BEAST (BEAR) v. 5 |
RAM with 2 horns v. 3, 4, 20 |
2nd HEAD of prophetic BABYLON |
The PERSIAN EMPIRE (Medo-Persia) 558-330 B.C. |
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Belly and thighs of BRASS v. 32, 39 |
3rd BEAST (LEOPARD) 4 heads v. 6 |
HE GOAT with great horn and 4 notable ones v. 5-8, 21, 22 |
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th HEADS of prophetic BABYLON |
GREECE, under Alexander the Great, and four divisions, began 333 B.C. |
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Legs as IRON v. 33, 40-43 |
4th BEAST strong like IRON with 10 HORNS v. 7, 23, 24 |
The BEAST with 7 HEADS and 10 HORNS v. 1, 2 |
7th HEAD of prophetic BABYLON, with ten HORNS |
The ROMAN EMPIRE, 31 B.C.-A.D. 476, in 2 divisions, West and East |
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The DEADLY WOUND v. 3 |
Fall of the ROMAN EMPIRE A.D. 476 |
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1st HORN (plucked by roots) |
1st HORN | These three horns, destroyed at behest of Pope, fill the Transition Age (Myers) |
The VANDALS A.D. 429-533 |
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2nd HORN (rooted up) |
2nd HORN | The HERULI Odoacers government, A.D. 476-493 |
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3rd HORN (rooted up) |
3rd HORN | The OSTROGOTHS A.D. 493-554 |
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LITTLE HORN among ten v. 8, 20-22, 24-27 |
2 horned LAMB DRAGON and IMAGE v. 11-18 |
SCARLET WOMAN who rode the BEAST v. 1, 2 |
Ruled the beast, so called BABYLON the GREAT |
FALSE CHRISTIANITY and church government, or image of Roman Empire government |
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4th HORN |
1st of remaining 7 horns DEADLY WOUND HEALED (to continue 1260 years) v. 5 |
1st HEAD of BEAST (healed) ridden by scarlet- clothed woman |
Since the Great Whore never rode any of the 7 heads of the 1st 4 beasts, but did mount and ride the last 7 horns of Daniels 4th beast it follows that the last 7 horns of Dan. 7 and Rev. 13 are the 7 HEADS of Rev. 17 (5 fallen at collapse of Napoleon). |
IMPERIAL RESTORATION of empire by Justinian, A.D. 554. He recognized supremacy of this worlds Christianity. |
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5th HORN |
2nd of remaining 7 HORNS |
2nd HEAD ridden by woman |
FRANKISH KINGDOM Began 774. Charlemagne crowned A.D. 800 |
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6th HORN |
3rd of remaining 7 HORNS |
3rd HEAD ridden by woman |
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (German head). Otto the Great crowned, 962. |
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7th HORN |
4th of remaining 7 HORNS |
4th HEAD ridden by woman |
HAPSBURG dynasty (Austrian head), Charles V crowned, 1520. |
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8th HORN |
5th of remaining 7 HORNS |
5th HEAD ridden by woman |
NAPOLEONS KINGDOM (French head), crowned, 1805. |
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In 1814, just 1260 years after deadly wound was healed, the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE was dissolved. So closed a government that dated from Augustus Caesar (West, p. 377). |
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9th HORN |
6th of remaining 7 HORNS |
6th HEAD ridden by woman |
(One IS) Rev. 17:10 |
ITALY, united by Garibaldi, 1870 to 1945 |
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The Ten TOES |
10th HORN |
7th and last HORN |
Beast ascends out of pit |
7th head and ten HORNS |
(One yet to come) |
Revived ROMAN EMPIRE, by 10 rulers under one leader. |