MILITANT MINORITIES have a dream:
SUPREMACY (Deuteronomy 28:43). They only clamor for “equality” as a
stepping-stone for their real goal: replacing those in the positions of
power with their own kind. (Please notice I stress militant minorities.
There are many minority members who aren’t out to harm or undermine White
Israelite culture
and are a wonderful part of it). Multiculturalism is mad and destroys
national unity!
Likewise, the early Church of God faithfully kept the SEVENTH DAY SABBATH (sunset
Friday to sunset Saturday) for several hundred years. Later, under
political pressure and religious opposition, they backed down. They
allowed the observance of “the venerable day of the Sun” back-to-back
with God’s Sabbath. What a tragic mistake! We’re still suffering the
consequences of such shameful compromise.
By sanctioning Sunday services, the Church gave SUNday the necessary
clout to claim “equality.” That peaceful coexistence was short-lived,
however. Soon the Gentile “converts” managed to make it illegal for
Christians to keep the “Jewish Sabbath!” In 365, during the Council of
Laodicea, they forcibly substituted Sunday for the seventh day Sabbath!
Constantine
or Christ? Yeshua
said He was Lord of the Sabbath - the seventh day Sabbath is the Lord's
Day. Yet Constantine pimped SUNday and his Christian
reprobates- apostate
Orthodox, Catholic
and Protestant followers
- continue to keep it as an idolatrous tradition over the commandment
of God. This plain truth angers
many of the self-righteous!
Earlier, to promote “unity”—NOT the truth—the Council of Nicea (in 325
AD) ruled the Christian PASSOVER
(commemorating Jesus’ death) had to go! Whoever disagreed faced the
death penalty! Their religious fabrication supposedly emphasized Jesus’
resurrection—in direct violation of Christ’s command!
Eventually the apostates
stopped their charade of keeping the Jewish Passover of the Lord, moved
their new Roman holiday to a different date that the faithful - like
Polycarp and Polycrates who kept the biblical Passover- opposed,
knowing it was devised by deceived and deceiving Gentile men) and
eventually even called their celebration Easter instead of
Passover or Pascha.
But the apostates forgot to give it a Christian-sounding
name. Easter’s the Babylonian
spring goddess—Baal’s playboy bunny! They had given up
the kosher Lamb of God for a rabbit trick! And to this day, many
Gentilized Christians, misled by Romanizers, even go so far to add
insult to injury by pigging out on Easter ham and
having Easter egg hunts!
In time, anything even remotely “Jewish” about the Church of God came
under attack. The Gentile minority-turned-majority demanded changes to
reflect their “universal” appeal. They wanted to appear more
inclusive—at the expense of the Church’s Jewish (read biblical)
heritage. They were intent on destroying the doctrines they once held
dear.
Changes… for the Worse!
Misguided ministers GUTTED THE BODY OF CHRIST and were now picking at
the bones (Micah 3:1-3). In their racist zeal, they were throwing out
the original truths and replacing them with popular error. The early
Church of God, with its now-derided leaders, should’ve NEVER attempted
to power-share! It only led to disaster. They foolishly enabled their
“equals” to oust them (3 John 9, 10).
Not everyone was thrilled about all the changes taking place. The flood
of “new truths” had come so fast and furious, many were caught off
guard (Rev.12: 15). They were simply unprepared for this “scholarly”
onslaught (Malachi 2:12). Some expressed concern, others questioned
what was going on, but everyone sensed something just wasn’t right. It
seemed almost overnight everything they’d been taught was somehow
wrong. Now there were DIFFERENT MEANINGS given to biblical words, and
supposedly the Church now had a “deeper understanding” of various
scriptures.
What was troublesome to longtime members, though, was that these
DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCES didn’t enhance or add to whatever they already
understood—it took away, undermined, or totally denied what they’d
PROVEN to be true. They felt that they shouldn’t give these new
“Christians” the time of day (Galatians 2:5) and agreed with the words
of the apostle Paul who spoke against adultery, warned about whoring
around with foreign gods and alien religions, who condemned mixing and
matching biblical truth with pagan error:
“Do not be unequally yoked
together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with
lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what
accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an
unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For
you are the temple of the living God?” (2 Corinthians
6:14-16).
Therefore, unlike the majority of spiritual drunks and
whores, the many who followed after
false Christs, they refused to surrender God’s truth, accept a pagan
truce, or enter into a marriage of convenience. They knew better! And
they weren’t going to deny God’s truth or ignore it—despite charges of
“refusing to grow” and “worshiping a man” (Paul). They knew the true
source of such slander (Rev.12: 10).
The Faithful Few
"For if he who comes preaches another
Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you
have not received, or a different
gospel which you have not accepted... 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an
angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform
themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according
to their works" (2 Corinthians 11:4).
Those Sabbath-keeping Church of God members, who remained faithful to
the original Christian beliefs and authentic practices established in
Jerusalem, who didn't succumb to seducing spirits or fall for the many
different versions of "Jesus" and other "gospels" attractively offered
that they were warned about, were forced to flee for their lives. They
became part of the “underground” and got involved in “the resistance
movement.” They had to hide out in the mountains and valleys of Europe
and Asia Minor to escape persecution and death (Revelation 12: 6).
Beyond the pale of the pope, these “wandering Jews” carried their
“Sanctuary” with them, and its attendant truths (Hebrews 11: 38).
During their wilderness trek, God’s true Church would retain its unique
identity (John 17: 11). Though banished upon penalty of death, these
freedom fighters kept the FAITH alive (John 8:32). They knew that God
would end their exile, and waited patiently for TRUTH to triumph over
tradition.
Excerpt from Beyond
Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall
