-   THE  GREAT   ABOMINATION  - The Bible is one single on-going Book that runs cover to cover, from the first sentence of the Old Testament to the last sentence of the New Testament, with GOD as its author, and with many individuals (prophets) explaining God's Decrees at His direction, to make them more clear to that prophet's own generation.  Some of these prophets simply reiterate what other prophets had already said, other prophets further explain what God had previously Decreed.  The Bible is NOT several books with many authors, but one continuous Book.

There are two main aspects to the Bible.  One aspect is GOD's decree to MAN declaring how he should live life in accordance with God's established RULES (God's Commandments), while giving man "free will" to make his own CHOICES as far as what he will and will not do.  It also establishes God's Judgment on MAN in cases where man does NOT conduct his affairs accordingly.
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The other aspect to the Bible is GOD's decree to the NATIONS.  It establishes how THEY are to conduct their affairs, and God's Judgment on the NATIONS if THEY do not conduct their affairs accordingly.  This aspect is referred to as the "PROPHETIC" aspect of the Bible.  Every prophetic verse in the bible is directed to the NATIONS.
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Although the Judgments decreed by prophecy will directly effect the people of the nation on which they will be pronounced, Biblical PROPHECY is NEVER directed at, nor to, individual persons.

Bear in mind that pursuant to Scripture we provide later in this report, God has made it clear that HE is not a respecter of individual persons.

Therefore every NATION will be Judged by ALMIGHTY GOD, The Creator Of All Things.  Whereas, God created the nations, HE is the HOST of all nations.  For this reason HE alone bears the title  THE LORD OF HOSTS.

In addition, every INDIVIDUAL PERSON will be Judged by our Lord Jesus, The Risen Christ, based on the New Covenant God has established for man, as explained later in this text.

This section of our report pertains only to the PROPHETIC aspect of God's Word.
 

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MOST PEOPLE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE FACT
THAT BEFORE GOD IS ANYTHING ELSE,  HE IS A

VERY JEALOUS GOD OF SEVERE JUDGMENT

Please note from DANIEL 9:4, that GOD'S own prophet refers to Him as: 

"THE GREAT AND DREADFUL GOD"

God never made it a secret that HE is a very jealous God.
He told us so in each of His first four Commandments.
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IN ADDITION:  GOD IS BY NO MEANS A RESPECTER OF INDIVIDUAL PERSONS;
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CHRIST IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF DEITY WHO RESPECTS INDIVIDUAL PERSONS;
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CHRIST IS THEREFORE MAN'S...ONLY POSSIBLE...CHANCE FOR SALVATION;
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WHEREAS ALMIGHTY GOD IS THE JUDGE OF NATIONS,  HE IS NOT MAN'S JUDGE.

As Decreed By Scripture:
"Almighty God increases the nations, and destroys them:  He enlarges the nations, and straightens them again."  (Job 12.:23)
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"The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son." (John 5:22)
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Exactly When Did Man Fall Out With Almighty God:
From the very beginning Adam and Eve sought to obtain their own knowledge and material things rather than trusting God for them, which was the origin of materialism. Throughout history man has continued to try to hide this fact from God, but it has only become more pronounced through the ages, as more and more material things have become available for man to love and worship. God's decree in Genesis 3:1 that eating (desiring and/or consuming) fruit from the tree of knowledge would surely kill him, was no idle promise. He simply didn't tell man "when or how" doing so would kill him.
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Please take note that Christ as well told a man in Mark 10:21 who had been hoarding material things since his youth:  "One thing you lack:  Go your way, sell everything you have, give the money to the poor, and you shall have your treasure in heaven: then come, take up the cross, and follow me."  But when the man heard this he was sad, and just walked away, because he was very wealthy, and loved his material things more than Christ!
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Materialism was also the basis for Christ making THIS statement in Matthew 19:24:  "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."  Why?  Because rich people who HAVE material things have grown to LOVE their material things more than God.  It all goes right back to Adam and Eve:  to man's obsession to acquire material things, and to his willingness to put GOD on the back-burner in order to OBTAIN them.
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THIS, man has done to a very jealous God.

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.The .Great .City .of .Babel:
MAN'S .SECOND .ATTEMPT .TO .WORSHIP .MATERIALISM
Materialism was later expressed by man when he used his gift of free will to congregate and build the "Great Tower of Babel" in his quest to find anything other than God to love and worship, which he could use to make a reputation for himself.  God destroyed the tower and gave each group of men a different language, then sent them off to different parts of the earth .hoping they would no longer seek materialism, nor seek to make a reputation for themselves, but would trust in HIM (Almighty God) for all things and worship Him alone.  (See Genesis 11:2-9)

THE ABOVE was the very beginning of materialism.  It's where every verse of Biblical Prophecy has its roots.  It is literally the SOURCE for every prophetic verse in the Bible.

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Babylon (materialism):
(First it was Babel, then Babyl..-..on)
Since the beginning of recorded Scripture, God has used the term Babel, or BABYLON, to imply. materialism  or material things.  He has never failed to make it clear that He will utterly destroy any nation, or any man, who in any way covets material things; or allows material things to become.more important than HIM.
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With reference to the Towers of Babel:  The first time "Babylon" appears in the Bible it's used by God to Judge man.  In the Book of Joshua, before God had appointed Christ to be the judge of all mankind, God had Achan and his entire family stoned to death, because Achan had coveted a "babylonish" (materialistic) garment and a few pieces of silver.  Notice God did not just punish Achan, He punished Achan's.entire family by having them all stoned to death.  (Joshua 7:21-25) 

(Note that Christ had not yet been appointed by His Heavenly Father to be the Judge of men.  Also note that God Himself is a very harsh judge.)

TO CORRECT THIS:  As you will see, God gave His Only Begotten Son Jesus, so that man might have available to him a brand new covenant whereby he could publicly believe onto CHRIST, and confess his sins to Almighty God in the NAME of Jesus, The Risen Christ, and obtain forgiveness; so long as the person seeking it will turn from their sins.  This includes the ORIGINAL SIN of materialism, which may require that the person ask THE LORD, in Christ's Name, to HELP him to do so.  (See Genesis, Chapter Three)
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"And Jesus said to them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts.  For that which is highly esteemed among men, .is an abomination in the sight of God." (quoting Jesus in Luke 16:15)
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Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God:
"Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable THINGS,.and with thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; Neither shall My eyes spare, Nor, will I have any pity."  (quoting Ezekiel 5:9-11)

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Nebuchadnezzar (as king of kings):
God had His prophet Daniel tell king Nebuchadnezzar of the (original) Babylonian Empire (600 BC) that he (Nebuchadnezzar) is a king of kings;.and God decreed that He had given Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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Daniel 2:37
"Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory."

Nebuchadnezzar is the Head of Gold:
God then decreed that wheresoever the children of men dwell, he has given that place to King Nebuchadnezzar's hand,.and God made Nebuchadnezzar the ruler over them all;  going on to Decree that Nebuchadnezzar (NOT JESUS)  is the head of gold. 

Quoting Almighty God:
"And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all.  Thou, king Nebuchadnezzar, art this head of gold."  (Daniel 2:38)
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Please take note of the fact that by telling Nebuchadnezzar that he will be king over any place where the CHILDREN of men might reside, GOD was telling Nebuchadnezzar that he would be a "King of kings" FOREVER;knowing full well that Nebuchadnezzar, being a man, would, in his own mind, think of himself as being equal to God;  so, God, in His wisdom, laid a trap for king Nebuchadnezzar, and even told His prophet Jeremiah that He had done so.  Jeremiah, who was a resident of Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon, then prophesied about the trap to the king.

Jeremiah prophesied of God's trap 50:24
"I, The Lord GOD, have laid a TRAP for thee, thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD."
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In spite of being warned, and in spite of being told how GOD wanted him to govern his nation, it didn't take long for Nebuchadnezzar to fall into the trap set for him.

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Four Empires:
God then told His prophet Daniel, who was also a resident of Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon, who then  prophesied to the king that there would be a total of four empires like his, with each of them founded soley on the basis of materialism, expansionism, and colonialism, beginning with king Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian Empire.

"And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth."  (Daniel 2:39)

"And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron..."  (Daniel 2:40) 

Christ (As The Prince Over The Kings Of The Earth):
At our current  point in time Christ is the .PRINCE.over the kings of the earth.. By Christ's own words, He is not yet the King of Kings, (although He very soon will be).

Christ as PRINCE is a ruler in waiting.  As decreed by Daniel 7:9-11, Christ will be a ruler in waiting until God destroys the fourth empire, which is also declared by Christ Himself, in Revelation 1:5 cited below.

In..CHRIST'S..own words, verbatim:
"And from Jesus Christ,who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead, and the..prince.of the kings of the earth.  Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;  To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.  Amen."   (Revelation 1:5)

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Christ, as King of kings:
The title "KING of kings simply means RULER over every other ruler on earth, which is precisely what Almighty God says He will make Christ.  Thereby, Christ will become the GOD over the whole earth, as stated in Isaiah 54:5;  which is quoted below.
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Isaiah 54:5
"For thy Maker (Almighty God) is thine husband; The LORD of hosts is HIS name.
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And thy Redeemer (Jesus) the Holy One Of Israel;
The God of the whole earth shall HE..(Jesus) .be called." 
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However, please note from Daniel 7:11-14 that Christ does not receive His kingdom until AFTER God has utterly destroyed the fourth empire, by way of the fire that can never be quenched.
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The Fourth Empire is destroyed by God:
"I beheld then because of the voice of the great (boastful) words which the horn (leader) spoke:  I beheld even till the beast (the materialistic government) was slain (done away with), and its body (land mass) destroyed, and given to the burning flame (The Lord's infamous Lake of Fire)."   (See definitions of Biblical terms at the bottom of this page.)
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Note that in the very next verse God gives Christ his Kingdom:
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man (Jesus) came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancient of days (Almighty God), and they brought him (Jesus) near before him (Almighty God).  And there was given to him (Jesus) dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, and all nations, and all languages should serve him (Jesus).  His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."  (Daniel 7:13-14)

1-Timothy 6:15 states Christ's upcoming kingdom will come in Christ's time; (after His Second Coming).

"Which in his time he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords"  (1 Tim 6:15)

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MOST  CHRISTIANS  have no idea what the "Spiritual Warfare" they are SUPPOSED to be fighting is all about.  This report will now explain it.

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Please take note of Isaiah 54:5
"For thy MAKER (ALMIGHTY GOD) is thine husband; The Lord Of Host is HIS name; and thy REDEEMER (CHRIST), .the Holy One of Israel; The God Of The Whole Earth .shall..HE..be called."   (Isaiah 54:5)
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Jesus is therefore Divine, and as stated in the Jewish Targum for Isaiah 9:6, . He shall have the "Memra of The Lord."  The Targum then declares that the phrase "Memra of the Lord" means doing the same things that the New Testament describes Jesus doing as the 'Word of God' in John 1.
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THEREFORE:  Unseating King Nebuchadnezzar, the king (placed by God), who STILL reigns by way of materialism; and placing Jesus, the risen Christ, in his rightful place in God's Kingdom, as the King over all the kings of the Earth, is what christians' spiritual warfare is supposed to be about.

"Forasmuch as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold, or silver, or stone, (which is) graven by art and man's devices.  At times God seemingly winked at this ignorance but now He has commanded all men everywhere to repent:"  (Acts 17:29-30)
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In other words you. had better .forsake your love for material things and put GOD well ahead of them,..I.F you ever expect to enter Heaven.  Nebuchadnezzar coveted things which HE boastfully claimed as his own, and in Daniel 4:30-31 Almighty God takes the kingdom from him.

Will the churches teach it?
The answer is one very loud NO !
The fact is, America's churches have become aligned with government's 501c3 agreement, which in essence says, "You can make all the free money you want, as long as you don't say, preach, or prophesy anything against the government".
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See link at the bottom of this page titled:
"501c3 - THE AMERICAN CHURCH TO GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT".
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With their materialistic message of "tell people anything that will generate a larger crowd so WE can make even more money", America's smiling preachers no longer have any earthly interest in teaching what ALMIGHTY GOD actually said.
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Nebuchadnezzar .figured..HE..had .made .a reputation .for .himself:
The king spoke, saying, Is not this the great Babylon that..".I.".have built for the house of the kingdom, .by the might of..MY..power, and for the honour of.MY.majesty?
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So .God .removed .Nebuchadnezzar .as .king .of .the .original .Babylon:
"While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee."   (Daniel 4:30-31)

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Empire Building:
Although God had given Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory (which, is decreed by The Lord in Daniel 2:37);
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And although God then went on to Decree that wheresoever the children of men dwell  Nebuchadnezzar .was to rule over it;
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Nebuchadnezzar double crossed God, claimed that HE (Nebuchadnezzar) had built the (original) Babylonian kingdom, by his own strength, and to the honor of himself !

The problem is:  God gave Nebuchadnezzar a KINGDOM, and Nebuchadnezzar turned it into an EMPIRE. ..(MATERIALISM.=.making a reputation for himself)
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God had instructed Nebuchadnezzar in a vision to: "Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit:  let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches:  But to nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth."   (Daniel 4:14-15)
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In essence, God was telling Nebuchadnezzar to reduce the strength of his empire, and to govern according to the way God had told him to govern in the vision commonly referred to as "The Great Tree", which Daniel the prophet discerned for him.  Instead, Nebuchadnezzar took the promised KINGDOM and made it into an EMPIRE based on materialism, preferring material things over God.  Although Nebuchadnezzar himself no longer remains as a man, as Decreed by God Himself, his concept of materialistic government still lives on.  He is indeed the "head of gold", who is governing mankind.

(For a more detailed understanding of this vision, go to the link provided at the bottom of this page titled, "THE GREAT TREE OF DANIEL.").

SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS ABOUT CHRISTIANS BEING AGAINST ANYONE PLACING MATERIAL THINGS ABOVE GOD,  AND TAKING NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S PROMISED KINGDOM AWAY FROM HIM, AND GIVING IT TO JESUS, THE RISEN CHRIST, WHO HAS VOLUNTARILY PAID FOR IT WITH HIS BLOOD;  AND TO THEREBY...MAKE.. CHRIST THE KING OF KINGS.

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GOD .WOULD .NOT .LEAVE .YOU .WITH .NO .WAY .OUT !
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Some will boast that "THEY" are going to heaven when "THEY" die, because "They" are holding Christ to His promise of Salvation since they have simply accepted HIM as their own personal Savior.  So, (they claim), "THEY" don't have to be concerned with any of this.
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Christ never promised any such thing that, "by accepting Him as your personal Savior you will go to Heaven",  nor can anyone making this claim find any such promise in Scripture, because it does not exist.
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Entering heaven is a matter of confessing your sins to the Father in the name of Jesus, doing your best to not continue in sin, then doing good works to try to get others interested in God; and accepting Christ as their personal Savior.
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God Himself spelled it all out in 1-Timothy 6:18-19 when He said:
"that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute His Word,.willing to..communicate..it to others;.Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life."
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He also spelled it out in Jeremiah 50:2:
"Declare ye among the nations, and publish it, and set up a standard; publish it, and conceal it not: say, Babylon (materialism / king Nebuchadnezzar) is taken, Bel (the god of materialism) is confounded, Merodach (materialism in His church)  is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces."
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Christ promised you nothing more than Salvation, which, by any source you care to consult, is defined as meaning nothing more than that you will exist forever.  It has absolutely nothing to do with "going to Heaven".
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Therefore, you can be "SAVED" and never be permitted to enter the Gates of Heaven.
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Although "Going to Heaven"  is most certainly attainable, it was never offered as a free gift.
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There were to be four Babylonian Empires:
EACH TO BE FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALISM
In Daniel 2:39-40:  God explained there would be a total of four empires like those of king Nebuchadnezzar's.  Each of them to be founded on the basis of materialism, expansionism, and colonialism.

Each of these four empires would worship.material things.instead of God;  and each of them will pay "lip service" to God as they...PRETEND. to worship Him.  Just as king Nebuchadnezzar did; ..AND, just as today's churches are doing.
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Daniel 2:39-40
"And after thee (king Nebuchadnezzar) shall arise another (second) 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: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise."

EACH NEW BABYLON WILL ONLY GET WORSE IN GOD'S EYES
Revelation Thirteen makes it clear that the fourth Babylon mentioned in Daniel is the same as the "beast" mentioned in Revelation. It also makes it clear that each of the four Babylonian Empires will take on all the bad traits of its predecessors.  A detailed documentation is provided at a link at the bottom of this page titled "The Fourth Empire is the Beast of Revelation."

"In the end days every man shall throw away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which his own hands have turned into a sin for him."  (Isaiah 31:7)
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Toward the end you will debase the importance of graven images of silver, and of ornamental images of molded gold.  You will throw them away as a menstruous cloth; saying "Get rid of these".   (Isaiah 30:22)
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"I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped..things made by men's hands."   (Jeremiah 1:16)
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GREAT BRITIAN WAS THE THIRD EMPIRE 
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT:  The British Empire is the ONLY empire in history to have EVER ruled the entire earth.  More specifically, it ruled over each of these countries:
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE:
Consisted of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, The Leeward Islands, Pakistan, Ceylon, Gambia, Ghana, Guiana, Nigeria, The Gold Coast, The Bahamas Islands, Nyasaland, British Honduras, North America, British North Borneo, Rhodesia, The Windward Islands, Jamaica, Sierra Leone, Cyprus, Tanganyika, Zanzibar,  Trinidad, Tobago, Uganda, Malaysia, Kenya, and all of the above nation's colonies and protectorates, et al. Plus, add to these, the British Crown's control and/or influence over China, and parts of China,  which she achieved by trading drugs (opium) in exchange for China's tea.

PLEASE ALSO TAKE NOTE THAT:
Through arranged marriages, and by both open and secret agreements, the British Empire also ruled the French Kingdom, the Spanish Kingdom, and the Portugese Kingdom, which were collectively known as the European Dynasty.  Thus, England, became the British Empire.
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THE FRENCH EMPIRE
Consisted of:  France, The Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dahomey, Gabon, Mali, Niger, The Ivory Coast, Malagasy, Mauritania, Senegal, Upper Volta, Ubangi-Shari, and Guinea, et al.
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THE SPANISH EMPIRE
Consisted of:  Spain, S. America (except brazil and the Guianas), Central America (except Brit. Honduras), Philippine Islands, most of the West Indies, Southern Morocco, Rio de Oro, Mexico, and Sanguia el Hanra, et al.
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THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE
Consisted of:  Portugal, The Azor Islands, The Madeira Islands, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese Guinea, Portuguese India, Portuguese West Africa, and to include Angola, et al.
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In view of GOD'S Decree in Daniel 2:39-40, that the THIRD empire would "bear rule over all the earth,"  there can be no question that the British Empire was the THIRD empire mentioned by GOD in Daniel 2:39-40.
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Please consider that neither Antarctica, nor North America, nor Central America, nor South America had even been discovered until the time of the European Dynasty.
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All of which were claimed by the European Dynasty.
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Daniel 7:3-8 provides an even better description of the second, third, and fourth empires mentioned in Daniel 2:39-40.  (See links at the bottom of this page titled "EACH OF THE FOUR EMPIRES ARE INDIVIDUALLY DEFINED".)
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At this point it's important to note that after Daniel 7:3-8, the second and third Babylonian (materialistic) Empires are never mentioned again in Scripture.
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From Daniel 7:3-8 forward, all the way through the end of the Book of Revelation, the sole topic of literally every single verse of Prophetic Scripture, has "something" to do with God utterly destroying the  FOURTH  Babylonian style Empire by fire.

Please take note from the links we have provided at the bottom of this page titled "Each of the four kingdoms are individually defined," that Scripture has made the identity of each of these four empires quite clear.  Contrary to what MOST churches are teaching, neither ROME nor JERUSALEM could have been the subject fourth kingdom/empire.   As documented by our link at the bottom of this page titled:

http://www.America-In-Prophecy.org/32_smoke_M.html

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The First Empire Was Divided - Not Destroyed:
In Chapter Five in the Book of Daniel, God "does away" with the original Babylonian Empire once and for all, by giving half of it to the Persians, and the other half to the Medes, because Nebuchadnezzar's successor (his son, Belshazzar) was coveting (worshipping) the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, clay and wood (things crafted by man which, to God are symbols of materialism, as described in the Book of Joshua), while he, his wives, and his guests, et al, were drinking from God's Holy Vessels.
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Daniel 5:22-23
"And thou his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;  But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand your very breath relies on, and whose are all thy ways, thou hast not glorified:"

There it is again:  This time it's Belshazzar "making a reputation for himself" by going out of his way to impress people with "his" possessions!
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Moreover, Belshazzar was worshipping the god of materialism (the god of silver, gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which represents things made by men) while using The Lord's Holy Vessels for his own personal entertainment.  (Holy Vessels that had been crafted according to God, for worshipping HIM.)
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Immediately after HE had taken the original Babylonian Empire away from Belshazzar, by dividing it between the Persians and the Medes, GOD had Belshazzar killed that very night.
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Daniel 5:30
"In that night was Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans slain."

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God Destroys His Church:
We know in advance that us even mentioning what GOD has done to people, to entire churches, and to entire NATIONS, for bringing materialism and/or material things into His House (which is your church building), will bring the wrath of every person who is presently making money, and/or who ever has made money by bringing and/or selling merchandise in The Lord's House.
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We also know that almost every pastor, rabbi, preacher, priest, sunday school teacher, and prayer group leader will climb aboard the bandwagon of those boasting how well they know and obey Scripture, in order to discredit what's clearly stated in the Bible.
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Moreover, these same people will conjur up every excuse known to man, in their efforts to try to convince you that when Christ came He changed all that, so that now it's "okay" to use The Lord's house as a storefront to sell merchandise, including homemade pies, Bibles, cookies, entertainment, cakes, calendars, raffle tickets, and an entire menu of things they are now using The Lord's House as a store front to sell!

However, let's look at what ALMIGHTY GOD said about it, and what JESUS said about it while HE was here on earth;  then you can decide if you think YOUR church will be able to provide YOU with protection from God's unimaginable Wrath, for your pastor's..acts to allow GOD'S house to be used as a store front to sell merchandise.
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.Jesus, in Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46
"It is written, God's house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves."
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GOD HIMSELF,  in Isaiah 56:7
"My house shall be called a house of prayer."
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Jesus, in John 2:16
" ...make not my Father's house a place of merchandise."

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First off, as clearly stated throughout Scripture, the Prophetic aspects of the Word of God would not be revealed, nor understood, until the last days.
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"But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:  Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."  (Daniel 12:4)
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"And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."   (Daniel 12:9)
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One hundred and fifty years before Jeremiah, the prophet Isaiah made it clear that in the last days men who had simply erred in good spirit would come to understand, and they who had been unsure would learn doctrine.(See Isaiah 29:24)
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Well, if you are researching, then allowing The Lord to help you discern the explanation of Scripture - You are indeed learning doctrine.  Whereas, in view of the multitudes of Scripture, the plain and simple truth cannot help but speak loudly for itself.
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As for scorners and those who are looking for mistakes, Isaiah said it well:  "For satan will be brought to nothing, scorners will be consumed,  and all those who are looking for mistakes will be cut off."   (Isaiah 29:20)
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Christ said it a different way:  "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:  but unto them that are without the kingdom, all these things seem to be done in parables."   (Mark 4:11)
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"And in that day shall those who had not understood hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness."  (Isaiah 29:18)
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"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly:..and none of the wicked shall understand;..but the wise shall understand."   (Daniel 12:10)
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"But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."   (Revelation 10:7)
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As for The Lord not revealing the actual meaning of Scripture until the last days: allow us to quote Him:  "Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this (end time) people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.".. (Isaiah 29:14)
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With reference to the fact that "some" will believe, and others will not, Christ made His position quite clear when He said:  "... seeing they may see,and not perceive;..and hearing they may hear,..and not understand;..lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them."  (Mark 4:12)

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Christ Condemns Both Buyers.....AND....Sellers:
"and Jesus went into the temple, and began to throw out those who were EITHER..buying..OR..selling.in the temple"   (Mark 11:15)

JESUS THREW BOTH..BUYERS..AND..SELLERS..OUT OF THE TEMPLE !

NO ONE  is even allowed to even CARRY merchandise through The Lord's House !! (Mark 11:16)
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The fact that BOTH...sellers..AND..buyers..are considered to be equally guilty is something to think about the next time a pastor / preacher / tv - radio show host gives you his commercial about what you will get for your "love gift" of just $$$.
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Perhaps you should be asking them if they will be selling.."those" .things in hell when they get there.  They can say anything they want, but according to Scripture, that's exactly where using The Lord's house as a store front will take them.
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YOU too, if you tolerate it, and/or buy their merchandise.
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BUT I'M A MAN OF GOD,  THEY WILL SCREAM ...
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NO YOU ARE NOT.!  GOD HIMSELF TELLS THEM IN SCRIPTURE !!
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If they were true men of God they would NOT be using God's House as a storefront to beg for money.
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WE ARE ENTITLED TO EARN A LIVING,  THEY WILL WHINE ...
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PAUL CLEARLY TOLD THEM TO --"GET A JOB --OR DON'T EAT"!
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PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF WAS AGAINST ANYONE WHO WAS EITHER .BUYING .OR. SELLING. MERCHANDISE IN HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
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So, despite the excuses people use to try to justify buying or selling in God's house:  It was clearly buying .and/or .selling that Jesus was against.  Jesus was against commerce of any type even in the Courtyard of The Lord's House, and that includes "any type" of commerce, as stated in scripture.

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Preaching Was Never INTENDED To Be An Occupation:
And NO,  neither God nor Christ ever told these preachers to run up debts on their behalf.  In fact, God made it clear that they are not even supposed to get PAID for their efforts to serve The Lord.
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They are in fact supposed to hold regular jobs.  Paul, for example, worked in the streets as a tent maker.
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"And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and wrought (worked): For, by their occupation, they were tentmakers."  (Acts 18:3)
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"Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought (worked) with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:  Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you (preachers of The Word) to follow us.  For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work,...neither should he eat."  (The apostle Paul, in 2-Thessalonians 3:8-10)
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As clearly stated in Micah, neither preachers nor prophets are permitted to consider their efforts to serve The Lord as their employment.

Referring to the "last" days: In Micah 3:11-12, Almighty God decreed: 
"The heads (leaders) thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon US.
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Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest." (end quote)

Christ, in Luke 19:43-45
"For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,  and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
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And Christ went into the temple, and began to cast out them that SOLD therein,  AND them that bought."....(Luke 19:43-45)
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As documented by Jewish History:  In 135 CE (AD), Jerusalem was indeed ploughed to the ground like a field by the Roman Emperor Hadrian, and was utterly destroyed.  It thus became a Roman city.  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3132/features/f03tishabav.htm
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But of course most pastors will tell you that America will somehow be treated "better" than God treated His own people, the Jews.

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Will YOU Be Condemned For BUYING in The Lord's House ?
Where will YOUR heart be if your pastor  sets out to justify HIS acts to allow God's House to be used as a storefront to sell merchandise? 

Even in the face of Christ Himself decreeing that...YOU...will go to hell for even participating in buying OR selling; and/or for tolerating it: Your smiling pastor will no doubt tell you: "Oh, Christ threw those guys out because they were overcharging.! ..OR, he will whine and tell you:  "Besides, we hardly make any money at all selling things, we just do it as a convenience for our members."
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First off, any pastor saying this must surely be reading impaired !
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They would HAVE to be..  Are they so naive that they would have you believe Christ threw the BUYERS out because the sellers were overcharging ?
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Perhaps you should ask your pastor if the BUYERS were also overcharging!
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Moreover, please take note that Christ did  NOT  throw out the merchants because they were overcharging.  NOR, did He say it's okay as long as no one (including your church) makes "a lot" of money.
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Christ said, DO NOT BRING MERCHANDISE..INTO..MY FATHER'S HOUSE !

"make not my Father's house a PLACE of merchandise."  (John 2:16)

It's a simple thing to NOT do, or to not have any part of.  It's not necessary anyway, unless someone's wanting to use God's house for personal gain.
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Moreover, God never told preachers to run up bills in HIS name that they are then required to pay.  NOR, did He ever grant ANYONE authority to consider their service to Him as their employment.  Therefore, if YOU are supporting a church such as that,  YOU are just as guilty as your pastor in God's eyes.

If your church is in debt, it's because your pastor has drained its funds. So, let HIM pay it off.

Until the Catholic Church held the "Council of Nicene" in the year 325 A.D. and set the churches up as money making organizations who, for a price, will lend credence to the governments of their land or region:  all church services were held in people's homes at the instruction of Christ and/or His apostles.
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Thereby, was commerce brought into The Lord's house against His will, for the purpose of forcing their members to buy various high profit pieces of cheap junk they called medals, beads, statues, trinkets, relics, and various other pieces of money making "what ever you care to call it", which was invariably made of cheap paper, stamped metal, or plaster of paris.
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In fact the early "church" was so incredibly inept at being con-artists, that in the 1960's the Catholic Church was forced to publicly admit that it had literally "FABRICATED-FROM THIN AIR", over forty or so of their original "saints".
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Oh, stop worrying, they've gotten a lot better at lying over the years, so now, when they steal your money you yourself will think it's legitimate. Well, almost legitimate.  (If they could only keep all the child molestors, perverts, and drunks from wearing their costumes.)
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Oh, the costumes:  Neither Christ nor His apostles, nor any of the (actual) saints ever wore those. The Catholic church invented the idea of grown men wearing dresses and costumes, and swinging cauldrons of hot burning incense to impress you, and to make their "priests" appear to be holy.

Even more embarassing is the fact that in the 1960s the Roman Catholic Church was forced to publicly admit that where "Saint Christopher" was concerned:  In order to get its early members (who were incredibly poor) to buy all the worthless junk it was selling to make billions of dollars,.such as "Saint Christopher" medals, statutes, relics, and other such trash:  With a straight face, for over a THOUSAND YEARS, and according to the "church's own public archives:  They were telling their members that "Ole Saint Chris" was eighteen feet tall,..and had the head of a dog. .(Please don't laugh, this is serious business. It's what the Catholic church, and the "Orthodox" church as well, actually told its members, so they would then buy all the junk these churches said had "touched" ole saint chris, thereby making the junk sacred, and of course worth the high prices these churches were making their members pay for purely fabricated, lied about, trash.)
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Three hundred years after Christ's death, these church were still telling their members that Ole Eighteen Feet Tall Saint Christopher, complete with his head of a dog, spent his time carrying Christ back n forth across some river in Turkey.

Would we say all these things and...NOT..give you a link so you can go verify it?
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NO.....NOT A CHANCE !  (See our links below.)

See link at the bottom of this page titled:  "HOW,  WHEN,  AND WHY CHURCHES BEGAN DECEIVING PEOPLE".

Also see link titled:  "501c3  -  THE AMERICAN CHURCH TO GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT"

Also see link titled:  "THE UNDENIABLE PROOF THAT THEY DO"   This is the "Ole Saint Christopher" story.  (It's a matter of the Roman Catholic Church's own public archives,  and its own encyclopedia.)
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Quoting. The Lord, ALMIGHTY GOD

Note that God destroyed His first church in Shiloh.

"Has this house, which is called by my name become a den of robbers in your eyes?  Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
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But go ye now unto my church which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to...I.T...for the wickedness of my people Israel".

It should be noted that Almighty God so utterly destroyed His Church at Shiloh, AND every surrounding city, that when He was finished, no two stones were allowed to touch each other!  AND, He also killed every single resident who resided in any of these cities !

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An Abomination:
THE LORD, GOD, has vowed to utterly destroy any nation calling on His Name, who brings merchandise, commerce, or materialism into His church.  As Decreed by The Lord, ALMIGHTY GOD in Jeremiah 7:11-20,  and decreed by Jesus in Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15-17, Luke 19:45-46, and John 2:16.  Also Ezekiel 5:9-11.
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Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God:
"Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable THINGS,..and with thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee;  Neither shall My eyes spare,  Nor, will I have any pity."  (quoting Ezekiel 5:9-11)
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"And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;  but God knoweth your hearts.  For that which is highly esteemed among men, is an abomination in the sight of God."  (quoting Jesus in Luke 16:15)

"Now, because.YOU.have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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Therefore I will do unto this church, which is called by my name, wherein YOU trust (your churches),.and unto the place (nation) which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.  And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. Therefore do not pray for this people.(do not pray for this nation).  Neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me on their behalf: for I will not hear thee.
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Therefore, thus saith the Lord GOD:  Because you have made my house appear to be a den of thieves (as stated in verse 11),  Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; .it shall burn,. .and the fire shall never be quenched."...(end quote)   (Jeremiah 7:12-20) 

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The Fourth Empire:
Later, in verse 7:11 of the Book of Daniel (see link at the bottom of this page):  God reiterates the Decree He had made in Jeremiah 7:20, (and in other verses which we will later provide), that He will literally burn the FOURTH EMPIRE on earth to be founded on materialism, completely off the map;  with a fire that can never be put out. 
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Jeremiah 7:20
"Therefore, thus saith the Lord GOD;  Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place,  upon man, upon beast, upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground.  It shall all burn, and the fire shall never be quenched."
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Notice that in Daniel 7:16 through 19 God makes it clear which kingdom the remainder of His Prophetic Word is referring to.
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(16)  "I came near unto one of (the angels) that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this.  So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things."
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(17)  "These great beasts (governments), which are four, are four kingdoms (empires), which shall arise out of the earth."
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(18)  "But the saints of the most High God shall take (Nebuchadnezzar's) kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever."
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(19)  "Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast ..."

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SCRIPTURE SAYS
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THE END OF AN EMPIRE

Look around America !
Do you see yourself valued as a customer, or even valued as a human being ?  NO.  You are valued as no more than the cash-flow you can generate for big business, for whom you have become enslaved.  It's no longer government of the people, for the people, by the people.  It's now government for and by big business.  Moreover, they have not only taken your farms.  They have taken your freedom, they have taken your pensions, they've taken your rights, and just hide and watch:  You will see them suddenly raise their interest rates to an all time high, and steal the homes from all the Americans they suckered into taking second mortgages by promising them lower house payments.

They did just exactly THAT in the 1980's, to finance their OWN extravagance.
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Is it any wonder GOD HIMSELF has told you that when the end comes you will cry out to Him, and HIS response will be: "Let your companies save you" !!!
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"I will take note of thy righteousness, and of thy works; for they shall not profit thee.   When thou cry, .Let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry your companies all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in The Lord shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."  (Which is Heaven.)   (Isaiah 57:12-13)

Isaiah 13:10
"Behold, I will stir up the Medes (Arabs) against them, because the Medes will not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it."

Isaiah 13:10
"For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not g