The Pope is not Catholic, he is ROMAN, the resting place of the Babylon religion. There is no intermediary between man and God since the resurrection of Jesus. We have direct access to the Throne of God without needing a priesthood. The priesthood is the ones that killed Jesus because they wanted what? Power over the people and they would do anything to retain it. The Nicolatians were hated by Jesus. Who were the Nicolaitians? What are the deeds of the Nicolaitans? The Greek words "Nicolaus" or "nikos" and "laos" are the words for Nicolaitanes. "Nikos" is priest or priesthood, and "laos" is the laody, the common people. So it is the establishing of a spiritual hierarchy, where a man would come between you and God. And would say, "No, you can’t go directly to God. You come to me and I will go to God for you." That is exactly why Jesus died, to set aside-When Jesus died the veil of the temple was torn from the top to the bottom as God was signifying to all men that every one can now have direct access to the throne of God. And in Hebrews we read, "Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace that we might receive mercy in the time of need, or the throne of mercy to receive grace in the time of need"(Heb_4:16). But that entry has been made through Jesus Christ. (Chuck Smith}
The Pope is not Catholic, he is ROMAN, the resting place of the Babylon religion. There is no intermediary between man and God since the resurrection of Jesus. We have direct access to the Throne of God without needing a priesthood. The priesthood is the ones that killed Jesus because they wanted what? Power over the people and they would do anything to retain it. The Nicolatians were hated by Jesus. Who were the Nicolaitians? What are the deeds of the Nicolaitans? The Greek words "Nicolaus" or "nikos" and "laos" are the words for Nicolaitanes. "Nikos" is priest or priesthood, and "laos" is the laody, the common people. So it is the establishing of a spiritual hierarchy, where a man would come between you and God. And would say, "No, you can’t go directly to God. You come to me and I will go to God for you." That is exactly why Jesus died, to set aside-When Jesus died the veil of the temple was torn from the top to the bottom as God was signifying to all men that every one can now have direct access to the throne of God. And in Hebrews we read, "Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace that we might receive mercy in the time of need, or the throne of mercy to receive grace in the time of need"(Heb_4:16). But that entry has been made through Jesus Christ. (Chuck Smith}