Shortly after signing the Declaration of Independence, the following words were spoken to the General Assembly of Virginia:-

We beg leave farther to represent that religious establishments, are highly injurious to the temporal interests of any community. Without insisting upon the ambition and the arbitrary practices; of those who are favored by the government, of the intriguing, seditious spirit which is commonly excited by this as well as by every other kind of oppression, such establishments greatly retard population, and consequently the progress of arts, sciences, and manufactures.

Study the history of Spain before and after the inquisition to see one of the most extreme, yet guaranteed, examples of such a retardation of progress when civility and morality become conflated. It is of no small significance that

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36

At this same time in 1779, Thomas Jefferson anonymously prepared an adoption as part of the Revised Code of Virginia, “An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom,” which began as follows:-

Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind-free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy Author of our religion, who, being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most persuasive to righteousness, and is withdrawing from the ministry those temporal rewards which, proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct, are an additional incitement to earnest and unremitting labors for the instruction of mankind; that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that, therefore, the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence, by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to the offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow-citizens, he has a natural right; that it tends to corrupt the principles of that very religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments those who will externally profess and conform to it; that, though indeed these are criminal who do not withstand such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion, and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles, on the supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty, because, he being of course judge of that tendency, will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with, or differ from, his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt actions against peace and good order; and, finally, that truth is great, and will prevail if to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.

George Washington, being asked his opinion on the question of government-sponsored religion as it stood in the contest, answered that “no man's sentiments were more opposed to any kind of restraint upon religious principles” than were his, and further said:-

As the matter now stands, I wish an assessment had never been agitated; and, as it has gone so far, that the bill could die an easy death.

James Madison, the primary author who is considered to be the "Founder of the Constitution", declared against government-sponsored religion:-

The assessment bill exceeds the functions of civil authority. The question has been stated as if it were, Is religion necessary? The true question is, Are establishments necessary to religion? And the answer is, They corrupt religion. The difficulty of providing for the support of religion is the result of the war, to be remedied by voluntary association for religious purposes. In the event of a statute for the support of the Christian religion, are the courts of law to decide what is Christianity? and as a consequence, to decide what is orthodoxy and what is heresy? The enforced support of the Christian religion dishonors Christianity.

The full response of Madison, which “embodied all that could be said” on the topic, is worthy of careful consideration and reading. It plainly outlines the religious liberty that the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, were all written to establish and ensure. Without such liberty, all that is left is anarchy.

https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions43.html

Now the sole reference to religion in the Constitution as formed by the convention, and submitted to the people, is in the declaration that-

No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

The national government being one of delegated powers only, no mention whatever of religion, nor any reference to the subject, in the Constitution, would have totally excluded that subject from the cognizance of the government. And this sole mention that was made of it, was a clear and positive evidence that the makers of the Constitution intended to exclude the subject of religion from the notice of the national power.

"The applications of Scripture and law as have been implied here" is exactly what the founders of America and the United States nation did.

In reason and the Holy Scriptures, religion is ever a matter between God and individuals; and therefore no man or men can impose any religious legislation without invading the essential prerogative of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ministers first assumed such power under the Christian name; and then Constantine approved of the practice when he adopted the profession of Christianity as an engine of State policy. And let the history of all nations be searched from that day to this, and it will appear that the imposing of religious tests has been the greatest engine of tyranny in the world. This tyranny, this anarchy, is what the founders explicitly sought to stifle.

What you seem to define sounds more like a Sanhedrin.

Article VI of the national Constitution:-

No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

By an amendment making more certain the adoption of the principle, it declares in the first amendment to the Constitution, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This first amendment was adopted in 1789 by the first Congress that ever met under the Constitution.

In 1796 a treaty was made with Tripoli, in which it was declared (Article II) that “the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” This treaty was signed by an ex-Congregationalist clergyman, and was signed by President Washington. It was not out of disrespect to religion or Christianity that these clauses were placed in the Constitution, and that this one was inserted in that treaty. On the contrary, it was entirely on account of their respect for religion, and the Christian religion in particular, as being beyond the province of civil government, pertaining solely to the conscience, and resting entirely between the individual and God.

The Declaration of Independence

When societies are formed, each individual surrenders the personal exercise of certain rights, and, as an equivalent for that surrender, has secured to him the fuller enjoyment of these, and all other rights pertaining to person and property, without the protection of which society cannot exist. But what condition of things can ever be conceived of among men that would justify any man in surrendering the personal exercise of his right to believe-which in itself would be the surrender of his right to believe at all? What could he receive as an equivalent? How could a society secure that which is in the heart and mind of man, that which houses his beliefs? When he has surrendered his right to believe, he has virtually surrendered his right to think. When he surrenders his right to believe, he surrenders everything, and it is impossible for him ever to receive an equivalent: he has surrendered his very soul.

Eternal life depends upon the personal decision to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the man who surrenders his right to believe, surrenders eternal life. Says the Scripture, “With the mind I myself serve the law of God.” A man who surrenders his right to believe surrenders God. A "Christian Nation" can only serve to force belief, of which the USA was never intended to be.

Consequently, no man, no association or organization of men, can ever rightly ask of any man a surrender of his right to believe. Every man has the right, so far as organizations of men are concerned, to believe as he pleases; and that right, so long as he still considers himself a man, he never can surrender, and he never will. To do so would be to surely die.

We hold these truths to he self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that when any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

The Declaration of Independence, therefore, announces the perfect principle of civil government. And to the extent to which this principle is exemplified among the people, to the extent to which the individual governs himself, just to that extent and no further will prevail the true idea of both the Declaration, and the republic which it created. Such is the first grand idea of the American Revolution. And it is too the scriptural idea, even the idea of God.

In declaring the right of the people, in the event named, to alter or abolish the government which they have, and institute a new one on such principles and in such form as to them seems best; there is likewise declared not only the complete subordination, but also the absolute impersonality, of government. In thus declaring the impersonality of government, there is wholly uprooted every vestige of any character of paternity in the government.

Spoken by James Otis, a man whose work established the legal framework for American independence, a man who phrased “no taxation without representation” and who was called the “child of independence” by John Adams, is the following:-

Man came into the world and into society at the same instant. There must exist in every earthly society a supreme sovereign, from whose final decision there can be no appeal but directly to heaven. This supreme power is originally and ultimately in the people; and the people never did in fact freely, nor can rightfully make unlimited renunciation of this divine right. King-craft and priest-craft are a trick to gull the vulgar. The happiness of mankind demands that this grand and ancient alliance should be broken off forever.

The Constitution

The Constitution, under commercial pressures, was originally drafted to ensure that the inalienable rights of man, as declared in the Declaration of Independence, were properly secured across the borders of land and of sea. Therefore as society was to be enlarged, the United States was formed as the people’s choice of government.

But the Constitution was not signed without its concerns. Gouver Òeur Morris, a signatory to the Constitution, remarked:-

I, too, had objections; but, considering the present plan the best that can be obtained, I shall take it with all its faults. The moment it goes forth, the great question will be, Shall there be a national government, or a general anarchy?

If the Constitution is upheld as it is written, then there will remain a national government, but once the state thinks to legislate morality, then the government becomes absent of its nationality, which then devolves it into a system of anarchy.

James Wilson, one of only six who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, said:-

By adopting this Constitution we shall become a nation; we are not now one.

As by the adoption of the Constitution they would “become a nation;” as with the Constitution there would be a nation, while without it there would be none; it is made perfectly clear that the nation is that order of government, that system, that organization, that power, which is defined in the Constitution of the United States. The American people do not half appreciate the value of the Constitution under which they live. The Constitution, as it was made, gives to Caesar all his due, and leaves men free, if they so choose, to render to God all that He, in His holy word, requires of them.

The Bill of Rights

In the Virginia Convention for the drafting of the Constitution, objection was made that the Constitution did not fully enough secure religious right, to which Madison, “the Father of the Constitution,” answered:-

There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermeddle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant usurpation. I can appeal to my uniform conduct on this subject, that I have warmly supported religious freedom.

But the people of the United States were not satisfied with this clear evidence of intention to exclude religion from the notice of the national power; they demanded positive provisions which should, in so many words, prohibit the government of the United States from touching religion. They required that there should be added to the Constitution, articles of the nature of a Bill of Rights; and that religious right should in this be specifically declared.

The very first of these provisions stands the declaration of the freedom of religious right under the United States Government. Thus it reads:-

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Thus the people of the United States, in their own capacity as such, made the supreme law of the land positively and explicitly to first declare the total exclusion of religion from any consideration whatever on the part of the national government. If the very first pillar of the Bill of Rights were to fall, then the entire Constitution, even the entirety of the nation, would collapse into anarchy just as Gouver Òeur Morris had rightfully feared.

The tenth of the ten amendments that were passed in regular course through the first Congress that ever met under the Constitution, declares as follows:-

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The nation only retains those powers as granted to it by the Constitution. Anything and everything not explicitly detailed in the Constitution is a power held by the State still bound by the Declaration of Independence, then ultimately by the people.

The ninth amendment declares that-

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be constructed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

The Constitution is to be interpreted as it stands, and without contradiction. As the ninth amendment boldly declares that the people have not delegated all of their rights, the people retain the rights which the Constitution may not touch on, namely being religious right. The authority of the Constitution is then limited to that which it is given, and therefore ultimately made subject to that which gave, being “we the people”.

As governments derive their just powers from the governed; as governments cannot justly exercise any power not delegated; and as it is impossible for any person in any way to delegate any power in things religious; it follows conclusively that the Declaration of Independence logically excludes religion in every sense and in every way from the jurisdiction and from the notice of every form of government that has resulted from that Declaration. This is scriptural, too.

To the definition that religion is “the recognition of God as an object of worship, love, and obedience,” the Scripture responds: “It is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” Romans 14:11,12. To the statement that religion is “man's personal relation of faith and obedience to God,” the Scripture responds, “Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God.” Romans 14:22. And to the word that religion is “the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it,” the Scripture still responds, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10. 

No government can ever account to God for any individual. No man nor any set of men can ever have faith for another. No government will ever stand before the judgment seat of Christ to answer even for itself, much less for the people or for any individual. Therefore, no government can ever of right assume any responsibility in any way in any matter of religion. Such is the logic of the Declaration, of the Constitution, and of the Bill of Rights, as well as it is the truth of Holy Writ. To claim otherwise is to claim to be of a different creation, and thus to have a different creator, which is expressedly against the Holy Writ that speaks of “One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:5-6.

"Our Authorized Bible Vindicated" by B. G. Wilkinson and "Thou Hast Magnified Thy Word Above All Thy Name" by Klein Martin both go into great detail on the history of the Bible translations, but here is a summary of what you may be looking for:

Fundamentally, there are only two different "Bibles": the true one ordained by God, and the counterfeit one ordained by tradition.

By the time of Christ, the Old Testament was in a settled condition. Written from 1500-400 BC, the Old Testament, known as the Masoretic Texts, had been carried down intact to the day of printing (about 1450 A.D.) by the unrivalled methods of the Jews in transmitting perfect Hebrew manuscripts.

The last of the apostles to pass away, around the year 100 AD, was John. In his closing days, he cooperated in the collecting and forming of those writings we call the New Testament. This is when the complete Canon had been compiled, and during his time, there was overwhelming agreement as to what constituted Scripture and what did not. The question of "what is the right Bible translation" was not introduced until the system of Roman Catholicism began to merge Gnosticism with Christianity, just as we read with Easter and the Mass.

This first stream of the Bible, canonized by John and carrying the Received Text in Hebrew and Greek, began with the apostolic churches, and reappearing at intervals down the Christian Era among enlightened believers, was protected by the wisdom and scholarship of the pure church in her different phases; by such as the church at Pella in Palestine where Christians fled, when in 70 A. D. the Romans destroyed Jerusalem; by the Syrian Church of Antioch which produced eminent scholarship; by the Italic Church in northern Italy; and also at the same time by the Gallic Church in southern France and by the Celtic Church in Great Britain; by the pre-Waldensian, the Waldensian, and the churches of the Reformation. This first stream appears, with very little change, in the Protestant Bibles of many languages, and in English, in that Bible known as the King James Version.

Beginning shortly after the death of the apostle John, four names stand out in prominence whose teachings contributed both to the victorious heresy and to the final issuing of manuscripts of a corrupt New Testament. These names are,

1. Justin Martyr,
2. Tatian,
3. Clement of Alexandria, and
4. Origen.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. 1 Timothy 7:20.

The word here for "science" is "gnosis". “Gnosis” means knowledge. Paul condemned, not knowledge in general, but false knowledge. False teachers were placing their own interpretations on Christian truth by reading into it human ideas. This tendency grew and increased until a great system bearing the name of Christianity, known as Gnosticism, and now known as the system of Roman Catholicism, was established.

It got to the point that Origen even stated that “the Scriptures are of little use to those who understand them as they are written.” He turned the whole law and Gospel into an allegory. Origen, along with all of his instructors, were all students of Gnosticism just as Telesphorus was.

Constantine, just before the council which you were wondering about, as Emperor of Pagan Rome was presented with three types of manuscripts, or Bibles, that were vying for supremacy: the Textus Receptus or Constantinopolitan (as compiled by John), the Palestinian or Eusebio-Origen, and the Egyptian of Hesychius. As the Emperor Constantine embraced Christianity, it became necessary for him to choose which of these Bibles he would sanction. Quite naturally he preferred the one edited by Eusebius and written by Origen, the "outstanding intellectual figure" that had combined Christianity with Gnosticism in his philosophy, even as Constantine himself was the "political genius" that was seeking to unite Christianity with pagan Rome.

The type of Bible selected by Constantine has held the dominating influence at all times in the history of the (Roman) Catholic Church. This Bible was different from the Bible of the Waldenses, and, as a result of this difference, the Waldenses, and any others who were the protectors and keepers of the true Bible translation, were the object of hatred and cruel persecution.

To summarize on the founding of the true Bible Canon and the seemingly multiple canons, there were the two main streams of texts: the Antioch-Byzantine Manuscripts with the Masoretic and Received Texts (the true copies), and the Alexandrian texts with Gnostic and Egyptian influences (the counterfeit copies). We will very soon get to the Ethiopian Bible, but first with the following in mind,

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Deuteronomy 4:2, Matthew 5:18, Revelation 22:18-19

let us only compare a few of the translations between the western stream, represented by the NIV, and the eastern stream, represented by the KJV. Then we will find that the Ethiopian "bible" is representative of the western stream of texts.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. Psalm 12:6-7 (KJV)

In the KJV, the word of God is preserved for ever.

And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. You, Lord, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, Psalm 12:6-7 (NIV)

In the NIV, safety and protection from the wicked is for ever.

The eastern stream tells us that a true Bible will be preserved, but the western stream, by removing this, sets up the possibility of spurious translations and false doctrines.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:4 (KJV)

In the eastern stream, every single word written in the Bible contains the Word of life.

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’" Luke 4:4 (NIV)

But in the western stream, there is no answer as to how man shall live. Essentially, it is up to the interpretations of the heart,

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9

just as in the teachings of Gnosticism.

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts 8:37 (KJV)

• removed, blank, absent, missing Acts 8:37 (NIV);

In summary, the western stream rejects Jesus Christ as the God of all things, as the Creator of all things, and as the Redeemer of all things. You can compare Scripture such as Ephesians 3:9,14, Colossians 1:2, and hundreds and hundreds of other verses to show the same. Looking at 1 Timothy 3:16 and 1 John 4:3, the western stream even goes so far as to subtly deny that Jesus Christ did not come in the flesh:

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)

Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 1 John 4:3 (KJV)

but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 1 John 4:3 (NIV)

Now on the Ethiopian Bible and the "extra" books.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1

So let us try the spirit of the Ethiopian Bible just as we have been doing,

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20

with the Word being the first and last filter of all proposed wisdom.

Tobias 6:1-8 (Ethiopian bible) speaks of bewitching arts, which is then rebuked as follows:

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Mark 16:17

2 Maccabees 12:43-46 (Ethiopian bible) speaks of praying for the dead, which is then rebuked as follows:

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Deuteronomy 18:10-11

The meaning of vengeance as written in Judith 9:2 (Ethiopian bible) is rebuked as follows:

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:19-21

The writings in the "Book of Heavenly Luminaries" (Ethiopian bible) involve sun, moon, and star worship, which is rebuked as follows:

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 4:19

For any form of sun, moon, and star worship is a form of Satanism practiced under the name of Baal:

And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 2 Kings 17:16

The very beginning of book of Enoch (Ethiopian bible) describes "watchers" as procreating angels, which is rebuked as follows:

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Matthew 22:30

Each one of these rebukes alone dismisses the entirety of the Ethiopian Bible, for they are not in harmony with the Bible, they are not according to the law and the testimony, as written in Isaiah 8:20. Nevermind considering where all of the Ethiopian Bible apocryphals were found, or when they were all composed, or how they were "added" after the completion of the Canon, if one part of the book is not in harmony in the Bible, then there is no light in it.

How important and beautiful it is to allow the Word to be the first and last filter of all proposed truth!

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20

Thank you for taking the time to read and to comment.

You are absolutely right; as persecution failed to snuff out the Light of Jesus, the Pagan system of Rome changed their method of destruction to that of infiltration as they slowly transitioned themselves into Papal Rome. At first, they used the persecution of the small rebellious Jewish population to corral, as a shepherd does his sheep, the converted Hebrews, first called a people of "the Way" (Acts 9:2) before being called Christians by the pagans in Antioch (Acts 11:26), into a system which appeared Christian but was, and still is, verily of Satan.

If you are interested, there are a couple of small, related studies written in this comment. You might enjoy reading them as well!

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. Revelation 2:1-2,6

Notice how the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, being the theology of the Nicolaitanes, began to creep in during the period of the very first church.

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. Acts 6:5-8

Stephen, as part of that first church, was full of the faith of Jesus and the power of the Holy Ghost. He was named first and his actions were the fruit of his love, faith, and obedience towards Jesus. In contrast to Stephen, Nicolas was named last. Being named last typically denotes an inferiority of character in some way, such as in Genesis 5:32 when Ham was listed after Shem despite Shem being younger than Ham. The name "Nicolas", from "nikolaos" meaning "victor of the people", was put in contrast to Stephen, whose name means "crowned (of God)". Nicolas represents the desires of the people, while Stephen represents the will of God.

As a proselyte and new convert from Antioch, the primary capital of the Seleucid Empire of Greece, Nicolas brought along with him the same teachings of Gnosticism and syncretism that Telesphorus was inundated with. Nicolas also brought with him antinomianism, which, in contrast to what you so rightly said, taught that the law was changed, even done away with, for the favouring of creeds and traditions.

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. Revelation 2:12-15

By the time we get to the prophetic period of the third church of Pergamos, which takes place between 313-538 AD, we see that not only has the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes found its foothold in Christianity, but so too has it evolved into the doctrine of Balaam. Interestingly enough, the Easter Mass represents the exact things spoken against here, being the eating of things sacrificed unto idols and the committing of fornication (physical and spiritual for both applications).

And you are so right about Christmas! Among the many heathen traditions that it represents, Christmas is also a celebration of the birth-date in Mithra as noted in the follow-up comment (if you were interested in learning a little about that as well).

Lastly, when you mention the "high passover", perhaps what you were taught was the High Sabbath? When the Feast Day happened to occur on the seventh-day Sabbath, the Sabbath was then considered as a High Sabbath. When Jesus had rested in the grave on the Sabbath day, He not only re-affirmed the position of His Sabbath and His law (Matthew 12:8), but He did so on a High Sabbath. And just as you so rightly said, He did so as the Lamb of God.

Bible study is so beautiful!

Have this one more related thing that you may enjoy reading.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Revelation 2:17

The ancient Greeks used white and black stones to vote in trials. Black meant guilty (receive judgment), white meant innocent (receive mercy). The manna was also another re-affirmation of Jesus establishing His law.

Now being given a white stone is on the condition of overcoming through the faith of Jesus that is made evident only through the fruits of His work (James 2:18). With the white stone there is a pronouncement of mercy, even a declaration of complete pardon to the extent that not even one sin is remembered, on behalf of the accused. But that white stone can only be given through faith that the blood of the Lamb has received the black stone on behalf of the accused.

For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Exodus 12:23

In the time of the Exodus Passover, the household names were written on the lintel, which is the the part above the household doorway that you mentioned. In those times, when a slave was freed, his name would be changed to represent his freedom. In the painting of the blood upon the lintel, a new name was symbolically offered, even a name that could be eternally washed clean with the blood of the Lamb.

You are so very welcome! Thank God for guiding us so gently in His Word.

If you have any other questions on the Bible, or are wondering about anything prophetic, archaeological, or historical, please feel free to ask!

A Brief Exploration of the Tradition of the Mass

And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. Daniel 11:31

The word for “abomination” is “šiqqûṣ”, a masculine noun pertaining to idolatry. While the Second Commandment of the Bible explicitly speaks against idolatry, the Catechism of the Catholic Church completely removes this commandment from the (Roman) Catholic Ten Commandments.

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 1 Kings 11:7

1 Kings 11:7 is a direct example of the meaning of “abomination”. The “šiqqûṣ”, used here just as in Daniel 11:31, explicitly points to Chemosh and Molech worship, also known as Baal and Moloch worship. This specific type of sun worship is the abomination, the idolatry, which is represented by each and every Roman Mass. The gathering "on the day of the sun" is one such part of this sun worship, and it is no small coincidence that the Easter Mass holds a "Sunrise Service" where all of their members face east, towards the rising sun, in worship and in prayer. But for now, let us unpack the nature of the Mass more thoroughly.

The Liturgy of the Eucharist is split into three parts: the “Offertory”, the “Eucharistic Prayer”, and the “Communion Rite”. The entire liturgy is a counterfeit of the Earthly Sanctuary, which is also split into three parts: the “Courtyard”, the “Holy Place”, and the “Most Holy Place”. Patterned after the Tabernacle in heaven (Exodus 25:8-9), and built in order to (for a time) house the visible glory of God, every single detail of the Earthly Sanctuary was made to point the mind towards Jesus Christ. The Tabernacle testified of the once-sacrificed-now-risen Saviour, being God Himself who has created us, who cloaked His divinity with humanity and offered Himself as a sacrifice in order to redeem us, and who sustains all things in heaven and in earth by the power of His Word (Hebrews 1:3). Since AD 30, the Earthly Sanctuary, being itself perfect in its mission of education, yet purposefully imperfect in its ability to save, has been done away with (Hebrews 7:11, Matthew 27:51). But a priest by definition brings a sacrifice, so while there is no more sacrifice to bring past Jesus Christ (Hebrews 10:14), what sacrifice is the Liturgy of the Eucharist bringing, and what god is truly dwelling among them? 

Let us briefly identify the counterfeit nature of the Liturgy. The Offertory begins with the preparation of an altar, and ends with the washing of hands. The Courtyard service began with the Altar of Sacrifice, and ended with the Laver of Washing. In the Offertory, a chalice is placed atop the altar in order to hold water and wine. In the Courtyard, the blood of the sacrifice flows under the altar with a mixing of water as it runs its course. In the Offertory the corporal, a white cloth, is placed atop the altar, while in the Courtyard fine white linen surrounds the entirety of the area.

Priesthoods have always been central to systems of worldly worship. The priest, by definition of his title, brings the sacrifice demanded by their rites and rituals. So without the altar, the Mass, let alone the Liturgy of the Eucharist of which it is a part of, can not take place. The altar itself should be of stone and “declared sacred” by a Bishop or an Abbot being “bestowed power” by the central body of the Roman Catholic Church, which is headed by the Bishop of Rome. The covering of the altar should also be “blessed” by a Bishop or “person of authority”. The altar, which is to contain a portion of a corpse canonized by Roman Catholic Tradition, is to have a sepulcher hewn into the stone of the altar. The entire altar should stand upon a platform at least one step high. Atop the altar, in the shape of a dome or a four-sided pyramid, is to be the Tabernacle which houses the Eucharistic Host. In short, the amount of detail given to building and preparing the altar is a counterfeit to the detail with which the Altar of Sacrifice was made.

In contrast, the Altar of Sacrifice (of the Earthly Sanctuary) was forbidden to be elevated, as that was symbolic of the degrading rites and rituals of worldly religious systems (Exodus 20:26). The hewing of the altar was also forbidden since the altar represented the character of God (Exodus 20:25). If the stones of the Altar of Sacrifice were hewn, let alone by the hands of man, then that would represent an imperfect character that man can add to and thus perfect. The bones of the deceased are considered unclean (Numbers 19:16, Matthew 23:27), and attempting to commune with the deceased is forbidden (Deuteronomy 18:10-12): those in the grave are only sleeping, and any communication would bear the fruits of deception, yet a sepulchrum, a grave with the bones of the deceased placed in it, is hewn directly into the altar of the cathedral.

Atop the altar of the Eucharist is the Tabernacle which houses the Eucharistic Host. This host is made prominent particularly during the second part of the liturgy, the “Eucharistic Prayer”, which is deemed the “central and most solemn part of the Mass”. The priest, in taking upon himself the role of Jesus Christ as the only mediator between heaven and earth, “by the power of the church” leads the congregation in performing eight main works: the Preface, Sanctus, Epiclesis, Consecration, Anamnesis, Oblation, Intercession, and Doxology. During this time, transubstantiation, which in 1215 was declared as official Roman dogma, is invoked by the priest, and the priest then proclaims to have consecrated the bread and wine as the literal Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.

In the third part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the Communion Rite, the focus is on the breaking of the transubstantiated host as an act of worship, and the eating of its bread in an act of cannibalism. This is nothing more than theophagy as performed in the Mithraic rites. Theophagy is the "eating of one's god to the effect of salvation". Today, the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica stands on the very spot on which the last Taurobolium, the sacrifice of the Mithraic bull, took place. This happened at the end of the fourth century, in the Phrygianum, the temple dedicated to Cybele, which we remember as another name for the Roman Mary. In the Roman Catholic Mass, it is not uncommon for the Roman Catholic priest to bow before an image of Mary before lighting incense, or even offering the incense in front of statues or idols of Mary, which we now understand as paying homage to Ishtar on her festival day. Even the birth-date of Mithra, the god of Mithraism, is celebrated on the 25th of December, but we are digressing again. 

Esoterically, the consecration of the Eucharistic Host represents the spiritual magnification of the system of Roman Catholicism over the heavenly service being conducted by Jesus the High Priest.

Now after the Eucharistic Prayer, the Eucharistic Host and the chalice of water and wine are then “lifted up” for adoration.

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4

In regards to the Eucharistic Host, the origin of the word “host” is the Latin “hostia”, meaning “victim” or “sacrifice”. The word “hostia” is derived from the word “hostus” which denotes “the yield of olives from a single pressing”. Olive oil in particular, which was used to light the seven candlesticks in the Holy Place of which the “Eucharistic Prayer” is a counterfeit of, represents the workings of the Holy Spirit in leading man upwards to Jesus Christ (Exodus 35:14). In presenting their own spiritual hostus, the system of Roman Catholicism is offering the world their own spirit, in the form of an idol to be adored, as an invitation to a system where man lifts up his own soul rather than lives by the faith of Jesus.

Other scholars derive the word “hostia” from the Proto-Indo-European root “*ghes”, meaning “to take, give in exchange”. This word is then connected with “*ghes-r”, meaning “hand”, and the Greek “xenos”, meaning “stranger, foreigner” or “enemy”. The word “xenos” is purposefully ambiguous in that the identity of a stranger could be a potential threat, or a potential blessing. The three words come together to form “*ghs-en-uo-”, another definition of the word “hostia”, which then represents uplifted and adorned spiritual host of Rome. So do they view Jesus as a potential threat, or a potential blessing? In a system which seeks to replace Him, the answer should be clear.

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. John 18:14

The perpetual performance of the Mass, which is nothing more than the performance of theophagy found in Mithraic worship, represents the works of Satan through the chief priests of the world. Their traditions are an attempt to bury the truth under a mountain of creeds in order to “retain” the “priestly authority” granted to them in an exchange for the murder of the Son of God. This is the esoteric appreciation and representation of any Mass that takes place, especially those that take place on United States soil, never mind the White House.

As an abomination, as a šiqqûṣ, as an idol, the Eucharistic Host is the object of adoration and veneration, even outside of Mass, in what is deemed “Eucharistic Adoration”. In the Baal-Hadad form of sun worship, where a round object representing the sun is placed within a crescent object representing the moon, the host is placed within a monstrance, and the two together become one object of worship and contemplation. Contemplation, also taught in the form of contemplative prayer, is nothing more than a work of Ignatian Spirituality as performed in the spiritual exercises of Ignatius de Loyola. In the spiritual exercises of Ignatius Loyola, all the senses are used in order to “imagine a new reality into existence”, to see what is not there, to hear what is not heard, and to smell what is not present, all under the guidance of a spiritual observer. In these exercises, which takes form in Eucharistic Adoration, the brain is quite literally being formed in a spiritual reality of thought under the guidance of Satan.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? Psalm 77:13

The word for “in the sanctuary” is “qōḏeš”. This word is used to represent the Holy Place, where the ministry of Christ began in the Heavenly Sanctuary (Hebrews 9:12), and the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary, where the final works of ministration has started (Daniel 8:14) and is being performed until a definite end of time. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the second and third parts, coinciding with the works in the Holy and the Most Holy, are primarily focused on the murder of their host. Knowing that there is a daily work being performed by Jesus Christ in heaven, the system of Roman Catholicism thinks to, as a daily tradition, spiritually perpetuate the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. By their actions, the belief is that the murdering of the transubstantiated host is preventing or delaying the work being done in heaven.

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Acts 20:30, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, John 12:43

In case you may have been looking for other titles to affirm these things, please continue reading:

In “Extravagantes Viginti Johannis Vigesimisecundi” there is a Gloss. A Gloss is a separate commentary alongside a work that contains support from canon law. It says:

But to believe that our Lord God the Pope, the establisher of said decretal, and of this, could not decree, as he did decree, should be accounted heretical.

The very specific title of “Our Lord God the Pope”, “Dominum Deum Nostrum Papam” (DDNP) in the original Latin, is a very direct claim to being the replacement of Jesus Christ the Lord God of creation (Genesis 2:4) and of redemption (Exodus 20:2). The Sabbath, not as kept by Jewish tradition but as kept in harmony with the Bible, is the visible marker which identifies Jesus Christ as the Creator and the Redeemer of all things, so would not the mark of the beast be a counterfeit claim to some other day? Just some seeds for planting. Let us continue with the title of DDNP.

In the “Index Librorum Prohibitorum” (Index of Forbidden Books), and with an “Index Expurgatorius” (a detailed account of what needs to be changed in a book to make it permissible), Pope Pius V ordered the erasure of certain passages from the Gloss of the Extravagantes. Interestingly enough, he did not erase the phrase “Dominum Deum Nostrum Papam”. Some 400-500 years later, in the 14 July 1895 edition of “Catholic National”, Cardinal Sarto, who would later become Pope Pius X, affirmed the continuation of the papal title when he stated that “the Pope is not merely the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ veiled under the flesh”.

The historian and priest Antonio Pereira de Figueiredo, a priest whose existence has even been denied by the Vatican Library, wrote the following on the Gloss:

That the Gloss of the aforementioned Extravagant gave the Pope the title of God is an undeniable and constant fact based on the lesson of the same Gloss of the editions that I pointed out in the ‘Tentative Theologica’. That the Popes did not disapprove or reject this title is another equally undeniable and constant fact based on the edition of Canon Law ordered to be made and published in Rome in the year 1580 by Gregory XIII....

The edition of the official, revised, and authoritative collection of Church Canon Law being referred to is “Corpus Juris Canonici”.

So how does the literature of Rome define the word "pope"? Here is a definition from an Ultramontanist (Jesuit) Encyclopedia, the Prompta Bibliotheca:

The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God. The Pope alone is called most holy... Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of hell. [...] As to papal authority, the Pope is as it were God on earth, Sole sovereign of all the faithful of Christ, chief king of kings, having a plentitude of unbroken power, entrusted by the omnipotent God to govern the earthly and heavenly kingdoms.

Wonder who taught them those ideas?

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:4-5

Now Augustinus Triumphus is a non-Jesuit and is here quoted just to ensure that this is the entire system and mindset of Rome. In his “Summa de Potestate Ecclesia” he writes:

It is to be seen as fact that the honor that is due Christ as God is due also to the Pope: because the honor is due the power, and the power of Christ as God and the Pope are one, which is shown to be true. [...] The decision of the Pope and the decision of God constitute one decision, just as the decision of the Pope and his disciple are the same.

Augustinus was an Augustiniun just like the current Pope Leo XIV.

Returning to the origin of VFD, using the name of Constantine, the Donation of Constantine was written some centuries after his death. Proven by Lorenzo Valla to be fraudulent, this forged document was used by 10 popes over a period of 6 centuries to assert not only their ecclesiastical supremacy over all the churches, but also their political sovereignty over what became known as the Papal States. One title in particular, first written in the Donation, made it into the Decretum Gratiani: “Vicarius Filii Dei”. Distinció 19 of the Decretum states that “these decretal epistles are to be co-enumerated with canonical Scripture”. This means that the works of Valla are found in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum while the Decretum Gratiani, which claims forgery as truth, is to be treated with the same authority as the Bible. Even the bible which they sanction, which is based off of the “Versio Septuaginta Interpretum”, or the “Translation of the Seventy Interpreters”, is based off of a forged letter, this time being of a letter written by Aristeas.

In the letter “In Terra Pax Hominibus”, another Pope Leo, Pope Leo IX, even quotes the exact phrase of the forged Donations of Constantine which first bequeathed the title of “Vicarius Filii Dei” to the Bishop of Rome: “... ut sicut B. Petrus in terris vicarius filii dei esse videtur constitutus, ita et Pontifices, qui ipsius principis apostolorum gerunt vices”, translated as “... as the Blessed Peter is seen to have been constituted vicar of the Son of God on the earth, so the Pontiffs who are the representatives of that same chief of the apostles...”. The title is even constituted, meaning that it is established by force of law, despite the first instance of its use being the writings of a forgery. 

To support their claim to “Peter” as “the rock” or the "VFD", the system of Roman Catholicism uses the Greek interpretation of Matthew 16:18. But the book of Matthew was originally written in Aramaic, and the Greek language lacks the flexibility of this Semitic language in the use of conjunctions. The Greek “καί” (kai), typically translated into the english “and”, is a rendering of the Aramaic ו (waw). Waw is a neutral term that must be interpreted in the context in which it is written.

With these things in mind, the meaning of the name “Peter”, which is the Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name “Kepha”, is “a pebble” or “a small stone”. This translation from “Kepha”, to “Peter”, to “a stone”, was perhaps given in John 1:42 with the foreknowledge that the name of “Peter” would be perverted in the future. Therefore, in the context of Matthew 16:18, the Aramaic “waw” is used to contrast Peter “a stone” to Jesus Christ “the Rock” (1 Corinthians 10:4). By contrasting with the position of Peter as man, the emphasis is then put on the position of Jesus as God and as the Foundation of faith to be built upon, even as the Rock to be built upon one small stone at a time.

But perhaps the most interesting quote related to the title of VFD is in the same “Summa de Potestate Ecclesia” written by Augustinus Triumphus that was then signed off on by Pope Gregory XIII. In it, he says “Dies Sabbati, in Diem Dominicam iure a Papa”, or “The Sabbath to the sunday was changed by the Pope”. Do you understand a little bit more as to why there needs to be a right understanding of Biblical law? He who writes the law holds the authority over those who follow his law. In the system of the beast, force or coercion does not matter (Revelation 13:16), but in the system of God, nothing but a free-will offering of faith, made through the faith of Jesus and shown true in the fruits of a renewed heart, will be accepted.

Marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the current Pope, Pope Leo XIV, even reaffirms the consequences of the council. In his letter titled “In Unitate Fide”, Leo XIV declares the Council of Nicaea as “the first ecumenical gathering in the history of Christianity.” He affirms the implications of “Vicarius Filii Dei” and the Gnostic Greek origins of Papal Rome when he states that “Saint Athanasius explains that the Son of God became man so that man might be deified. [5] This enlightening understanding of divine revelation was prepared by Saint Irenaeus of Lyon and Origen, and then further developed with great richness in Eastern spirituality. [...] Divinization, then, is true humanization". Divination, just as the Greek and Roman use of isopsephy, is true humanization. Esoterically, this is a reference to the "666" and a claim that true humanization is in harmony with the forgeries of the Devil.

Going back to Genesis 3:4, the word for “die” is translated from the word “mûṯ”, a verb referring to a permanent death “by neglect of wise moral conduct”. The question of life and death is a question of what is wise moral conduct, and therefore who is the moral authority in life. This is the most important question to have a reasonable answer for, for this very question of morality and conduct is the greatest weapon which Satan has. While the teaching of soul immortality, of inherent god-hood, and of the ability to be your own moral authority, was presented as wise moral conduct, such teachings were, and still are separating man from living in the very image of God, even from being children and stewards of His life. If the question of wise moral conduct was the decisive question presented in the very Garden of Eden, how much more-so will it be presented to the world today.

Thank you for taking the time to read the entirety of the study.

Reading your answer, the following (2-part comment!) might prove insightful to the points that you italicized. And u/winn, read the next (2!) parts that both begin in bold if you were seeking for other evidences and histories on the "666" title of VFD. You should find something useful for whatever work you are compiling.

And please, never think of such comments as the casting of blame or the labeling of shame, but think of it as a desperate plea cried out in tones of love. If people do not know the truth of the system which they find themselves in, then how will they know that they have to separate themselves from it? Only when people are made aware of a problem will they then go seeking for its solution.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Matthew 7:7, Jeremiah 29:13

And only in seeking, with a conscious decision that comes from the heart, will they find.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 12:32

Because nothing good will be accomplished by force, as force is what paralyzes the will.

So how can you present an uplifted Jesus? By, in all meekness and lowliness, with all love and tenderness, bringing a knowledge and understanding of that which lifted Him up. Set right the character of God as He wrote, with His finger in stone, in His law. Then He will do the uplifting. Show that love is married to duty, that justice is married to mercy, and that obedience is a free-will offering of faith, even as the fruits of faith; for to be free is to be in the image of Christ, and to accept the free gift of salvation is verily to accept the gift of the character of God.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36

And law, just as character, can never be forced, for to force a law is to force a character is to force a kingdom is to force a king. Especially in these times, it is necessary to share with people the love of the truth, which is found in the law (Psalm 119:142) just as it is found in Jesus (John 14:6), so that they will not be deceived once another law, even another character, is presented as being of God despite verily being in-the-place-of God. Any man, or any system, that seeks to legislate morality, is seeking to legislate God.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12

Now do you want to read something even more amazing on the title of VFD?

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. Leviticus 24:18

In Leviticus 24:18, the grammatical substitute, being the word used to replace a previously used word, here being the substitute for the word “beast”, is “vicarium” in the Latin. In the Greek, the grammatical substitute used in the stead of "vicarium" is “anti”. Therefore in the Latin, the title of “Vicarius Christi” can be seen as directly analogous to the Greek title of “Anti-Christos”.

Look back to 1871 and you will find that the Ladies of the Royal Court of King Leopold II of Belgium, as a show of fealty, gifted a papal mitre to Pope Pius IX (which he accepted). On it is written “Regnum Atque Populorum Patri; Orbis Supremo In Terra Rectory; Iesu Christi Vicario Infallibili”. The title of “Antichrist”, in the form of “Christi Vicario”, has even been worn atop the crown of the Pontifex Maximus.

Now the title of VFD adds up to, using the Roman numeral system, 666. But the numbers themselves also have a meaning in Koine Greek, which is the language mostly used in the original writing of the New Testament of the Bible. The number "666" is the transliteration of χξC, or “chi-xi-stigma”. In Strong’s Concordance, these root words, used as numbers, are the 22nd, 14th, and an obsolete letter that is transitory between the 5th and 6th. Let us unpack this.

Strong’s concordance provides an index to the Bible, where each number corresponds to a word in the Bible. The 22nd corresponds to the word agamos: unmarried, single. The 14th corresponds the word agathoergeo: to work good, to act rightly. The 5th and 6th correspond to abba: father, and abel: vanity. Therefore the meaning of the koine Greek numeral 666 is something along the lines of: “an unmarried, single father with claims to good works in righteousness, but all that he does is as vanity”. Refusing to be numbered in the Kingdom of God (Genesis 15:4-6), and thus be obedient to the commandments of God, the system of anti-Christ takes a number upon itself, and claims rules for itself, but all that they do is vanity. This is a description of the Bishop of Rome that expresses his mindset through the title of Pontifex Maximus, a title transferred from ancient Babylon, finding its seat in the system of Roman Catholicism, and claiming rule over all those who join its ecumenical movement. 

Now the Roman numeral system came from the Greek practice of isopsephy. Used as a method of divination, isopsephy assigns numbers to individual Greek letters then counts the sum of its values. This method, used widely in astrological worship, was copied and adopted by the Romans. Any system primarily invoking "divination" or "prophecy" through the matching of numbers comes from a heathen form of sun, moon, and star worship (see: Baal worship as in 2 Kings 23:5).

When the number “666” was assigned to the beast (Revelation 13:18), the practice of isopsephy was daily used and widely adopted as a cultural norm rather than an esoteric understanding. The numbers would not only represent objects of worship, such as Saturn and Jupiter, but in times of religious persecution, such as when the Revelation was written, isopsephy was used to keep the intents of a message hidden behind a numerical number. What is absolutely fascinating is that the writer of the Revelation, John, softly confirms these conditions in his third epistle, 3 John, verses 13-14. Paul provides a second witness to this in 2 Thessalonians 2:5-7 when describing the system of Roman Catholicism in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.

In a time where no letter would escape the prying eye of Roman intelligence, where at times even mentioning the very name of Jesus could warrant persecution unto death, the counting of “666” would be used to ensure that the letter would not be confiscated so that the message would not be cut short.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16

The isopsephy of 666, being the number of a man who represents the system of the beast, was cleverly communicated as the persecuting power of the beast of Rome. Back then, this was the common understanding with Pagan Rome still visibly being in charge, but through tactics such as the Roman learning-against-learning that seek to make a people deficient in doctrine but full of words, it is no longer as common knowledge as it should be.

Happy Sabbath!

Reading your comment again, I wanted to tell you that I do not know you, and that I do not know what pain you have been through, but it seems that you were once taught horrible lies that seek to represent God as some stern task-master who is looking for the slightest excuse to bludgeon you over the head with, or that the Sabbath was to be worshiped as if it were God. And much of this came from the mouth of professed Sabbath-keepers. This is such a terrible, soul-destroying, heart-crushing system of a lie, but you had done everything in your heart to persevere in the midst of tragedy. You must have gone through so much spiritual pain that I can not even begin to imagine. I am sorry for not paying more attention to what you were really trying to express.

Just like you said, the Sabbath is about leading the heart to Jesus, and is never to be put above its Author. Anyone saying otherwise is neither reasonable, nor sensible, nor Biblical. But! If those terrible influences in your life have convinced you that the day, whether Saturday or Sunday or Wednesday, does not matter, then please, do not read any other comment in this whole conversation, but please just read the study at the end of this paragraph. It was written specifically to dispel with those lies, and replace them with the liberating and freeing love of Jesus. The study, just as you asked for, focuses on giving Biblical examples of what to do on the Sabbath. Of course keeping the Sabbath as an obligation or a job will never earn salvation, but by realizing what it really means for salvation to by faith alone, then the laws that God Himself wrote with His finger in stone will want to be kept, according to His standard, as a free-will offering of faith. And these laws are not the suffocating and grievous and worshiped laws that you grew up being taught.

What can you do on the Sabbath, what does it mean to rest?

To rest is to rest from any work that seeks to earn wages, whether the wages be physical in the form of money, or spiritual in the form of salvation. But what does this type of rest entail? Does it mean that you trap yourself in between four walls and read the paint of the ceiling all day? Or perhaps look to punish yourself as if trying to earn favour with God? Absolutely not! The Sabbath is about relationship! Would you spend a day of relationship staring at a wall or trying to avoid punishments? God forbid!

Do you want to drive down to the beach? Do you want to feel the sand in between your toes, listen to the sound of the sea and the birds, breathe in the fresh salt of the air? Go for it! Make it a joy and a delight to rest in the completed works of God, just as is written in the Bible. But rather than make it a day to swim and tan and please yourself, for relationship should not be self-centered, walk alongside the beach and marvel at the ebbing and flowing of the waves. Witness the waters washing away the impurities of the sea, and think about how the blood of the Lamb washes away the impurities of the soul. See how the sands have been set as the boundaries of the waters, just as God has promised (Jeremiah 5:22), and discover the love of God in His creation.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. Matthew 12:1

Do you want to go out and have a picnic with your friends? Go for it! The Sabbath is a day to smile, to be joyful and glad, to laugh and delight in learning more and more of the relationship which God wants to have with you. Take the family and have an especially delicious Sabbath meal in a park with fresh air, clear sounds, beautiful sights, and the freedom of heaven above your head.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Mark 15:42

But just as you would do for a picnic, try and prepare the food on the day before in order to have the focus of the day be on the relationship between you, your family, your friends, and God. Share testimonies with each other in how you have witnessed the love of God in your life and throughout your week. Grow your relationship with each other and with God.

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Matthew 12:11-12

Do you see or know someone who has gotten into terrible trouble on the Sabbath day? Perhaps they are abandoned on the side of the road with no one to help them for miles. Go and help them! And do so with a smile on your face and the love of God in your heart, because that someone may be heart-sick. In those moments when you are helping him when no one else would, share with him the love of Jesus who verily loves him even if no one else did.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. Luke 6:9-10

If someone is sick and in desperate need for care, bring them health! Care for them as Jesus had done on the Sabbath for the man possessed (Mark 1:21-26), for the mother-in-law of Simon (Mark 1:29-33), for the man with the withered hand (Mark 3:1-5), for the woman with 18 years of illness (Luke 13:10-17), for the man with the severe and often fatal condition of dropsy (Luke 14:1-6), for the man 38 years alone and suffering because of the traditions and self-righteousness of the Pharisees (John 5:2-9), and for the man born blind (John 9). The Sabbath is all about restoring health and relationship.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Luke 4:16, Acts 17:2

Some could have deep spiritual pain caused by the mixing of tradition with the Moral Law of God, so bring them, just as Jesus had done on the Sabbath day, and just as Paul had done on the Sabbath day in the example of Jesus, the truth which is found in Jesus as written in His Word (John 14:6, Matthew 4:4). If you need a spiritual recharge, then go and listen to the preaching of the Word for the healing of the sick (Matthew 9:35).

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Hebrews 10:25, Acts 13:44

Come together in relationship with your brothers and sisters in Christ, exhort one another and uplift one another in the name of Jesus Christ. Go together and listen to the Word being preached on the Sabbath day. Sermons should not be dry and stale and self-serving! They should be filled with the energy of love and the meekness of a lowly soul. The whole city should be energized with the love of the Word. Take advantage of the rest which God has provided in His Sabbath in order to hear His Word and learn of the relationship that He wants to have with you. Grow in faith and hope, but most importantly grow in love.

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Matthew 12:8

How can a people put the day above its Lord? Preposterous! The entirety of the Ten Commandments, which has absolutely nothing to do with the laws of tradition, is given as a joy and a delight for the building of relationship, for the healing of the sick, and for the sanctification of the soul. There are no set rules or regulations as tradition may dictate, but there is the command to rest from the works that seek to earn wages, and begin developing the very character of God whose character-transcript He has written, in stone and with His own finger, in His Moral Law.

The Sabbath day is the day, the "yom" in the original language which represents a literal evening-morning 24 hour day, that God has specifically ordained and given as a gift in order to grow in a loving relationship with Him. It is the sign which He has given as a recognition of His morality being the only moral authority in your life. In short, the seventh-day Sabbath represents the moral authority of God.

Thinking that the day does not matter, or teaching that the day does not matter, can very well end up just as soul-destroying as teaching that there are stringent and suffocating laws of what to do and what not to do on the Sabbath. Just as the day is not to be put above its Lord, so too is the day not to be separated from its Lord. These are very important thing to understand.

In the Garden of Eden, the apple seemed good for food, and it seemed like okay to eat as all the other trees were okay to eat from, but God said to not eat of that one tree. Each day of the week seems good for worship, and Saturday seems good for work, but God said to rest on the Sabbath day. The day absolutely does matter, but not in the way that man says, in the way that God says. Do not let man rob you, or anyone else, from the love of His Word.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3

And if you are struggling with harsh and exacting rules that people have taught as being Biblical, or with a terrible system that seeks to worship the creation over the Creator, then know that none of those things are in harmony with the Bible. Bring people back to the Bible and study what Jesus and the disciples did together, as a family, on the Sabbath day! The Moral Law, especially the Sabbath, will never be grievous or burdensome. They will always be freeing and uplifting.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 5:2

For the Sabbath is the signature of God that represents the character of God, not as a stern task-master represented by scribes and Pharisees, but as a character which prefers others above self, and which prefers Jesus and His love, as shown through a willing and delightful obedience to His Ten Commandments, above all. The Sabbath is not a declaration of wanting to be saved, it is a declaration of being saved while in the process of being sanctified into the loving image of God.

If ye love me, keep my commandments. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. John 14:15, 1 John 5:2

Because obedience to the Moral Law is not a work of salvation, it is a work of faith that finds its completion in rest, and then its continuation in love.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Wonderful mention of the context! You are absolutely right! If the use of the Text was misinterpreted, then apologies. There was no intent to infer praise or command or derision or anything else. It was only to give an introduction into how to study the Bible, especially when there is a lack of understanding, because remember, rebuke is given as loving instruction for the purpose of edification.

And also on Lucifer:

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Isaiah 14:12

You are absolutely right about the description of the king of Babylon, but his description was given as being in the image of Satan. Just as in Ezekiel and describing the prince of Tyre and the king of Tyre (Ezekiel 28), one literal and one spiritual describing the Satanic mindset that ruled over Tyre just as it did over Babylon, here too Isaiah, who was a contemporary of Ezekiel, is describing the spiritual mindset of the king of Babylon as that belonging to Satan. It is sort of a double application, physical and spiritual, in one Verse. Good catch!

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:4

Because the falling away from heaven, or the being cast away from heaven, is too a literal description of Satan.

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Revelation 22:16

And in both the Hebrew and the Greek the same word is used for "morning". So the "son of the morning" is too a description of Satan when he was under the epithet of Lucifer, as the Morning Star is Jesus.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Colossians 1:16

For the angels are too described as "morning stars":

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Job 38:7

Wonderful catches! Thank you for adding clarification and allowing the study to grow! How beautiful!

What a wonderful catch! A text without a context is a pretext, after all. So let us do a little more detailed study of the Bible in order to trace and analyze the covenant and show that the "New Covenant" is not different from the "Old Covenant", but is rather where the shadows of the "Old" are confirmed and affirmed in the substance of the "New". After all, the New Testament unlocks the Old Testament, then the Old Testament locks the New Testament rigidly into place.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. Exodus 19:5-6

The "Old Covenant" and the association with being a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, is no different than the description of those "as part of the New Covenant" as written by Peter:

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 1 Peter 2:9

The context is right this time! Now here is the very beginning of the covenant:

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15

Then repeated (see: re-instated) through Noah:

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. Genesis 9:8-10

Then repeated (see: re-instated) through Abraham:

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Genesis 17:7

And the condition of the covenant was neither nation nor creed nor lineage, but faith and obedience as outflows of love:

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Genesis 22:18

Now Abraham was visited again, and the covenant was again repeated to him in his old age:

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Genesis 17:1-2

And the condition was no different, for there is no once saved always saved, there is no once covenanted always covenanted. There is a work to do on behalf of the one who appropriates the signature of Christ.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8

Because while man has a desperately wicked and deceitful heart (Jeremiah 17:9), the Lord changes not. If the covenant, which is based on a law, could change, then the law could be changed.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 John 3:4, Romans 6:23

And if the law could be changed, either in the time of the "Old Covenant" or the "New Covenant", then there would be no need for death. This is even ratified in the Sabbath:

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great. The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. Psalm 115:13-15

The bold part contains the signature of God which is found in the Sabbath. The promise which precedes it is no different than the "Old Covenant" promise continued through Abraham. Interestingly enough, even the Sabbath was instituted in Eden, re-affirmed in the wilderness with the manna (Exodus 16), then re-affirmed again as Jesus rested, momentarily, in the grave (Mark 15:42; 16:1).

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:16

Now the seed which the promise was made for meets its substance in Jesus.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58

And Jesus changes not. Now the reason why the Jewish picked up stones afterwards, in John 8:59, was because Jesus said that He was God:

And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you. Exodus 3:14

The "I am" is the same as the "I Am That I Am", Hāyâ 'ăšer Hāyâ, or "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה). This is a name of God, of Jesus, which in the Hebrew is YHWH, and in the Greek is referenced as the Tetragrammaton.

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Galatians 3:29, Hebrews 2:15

The covenant has always been conditional on Jesus, the same Jesus found in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. As Jesus changes not, neither would His covenant of faith, trust, and obedience as outflows of love.

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. Psalm 89:26-28

The word for "stand fast" is "aman", meaning "to be confirmed, to be verified, to be established". The covenant is not made new with Jesus Christ, it is confirmed, verified, and established through Jesus Christ. The covenant promises are made available only through the faith of Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:20), or else Enoch would not have been translated (Genesis 5:24), Elijah would not have been translated (2 Kings 2:11), and Moses would not have been resurrected (Jude 1:9) before the events recorded in the New Testament: the covenant promise of life and relationship begins and ends with Jesus, whether as written in the Old Testament, or in the New Testament.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9:24

Now the word for "determined" is "hatak", meaning "to divide, to be marked out". This prophecy is the confirmation of, and its fulfillment is the affirmation of, Jesus as Messiah.

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Daniel 9:26

When the "cutting off" was not for Himself, it is because He is in no need of His own salvation: rather, it is His signature that each person has to appropriate by faith, and show the fruits thereof in out-flowing works of grace, in the signing of the same covenant decreed from everlasting to everlasting.

Now the word for "cut off" is "karat", meaning "to cut" or "to make a new covenant, to make an alliance". Wow! This part you are especially going to love! What comes right after this word? "but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary". Who were the ones to destroy the city and the sanctuary? Pagan Rome! With an alliance with who? Simon Maegus, the Sadducees, and the Pharisees! The "New Covenant" theology, from this Verse alone, is verily Roman. A covenant will always be bound by a set of laws, and any system or teaching that has done away with the Moral Law has no problem teaching that the covenant has changed.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. Hebrews 8:6

Now the Biblical covenant as explained in the New Testament is not different than, but is better than, the covenant as explained in the Old Testament. This is because the time had come for Jesus Christ to verify His signature on the covenant that was to be directly given to the whole world. All of the earthly promises as contained in the Sanctuary message had become heavenly promises directly available to all of the creation, just as the covenant had began in Adam and Eve in whom all creation were first begat.

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Hebrews 12:24

The word "new" here is "neos", meaning "youthful, regenerated, fresh". In harmony with Hebrews 8:6, it is not speaking of a different covenant, but of a covenant regenerated, re-instated, re-confirmed, re-affirmed, from the time of Eden.

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Hebrews 9:12

Because all of the shadows written into the earthly Sanctuary were given to lead the mind to the substance of the work that Jesus is doing right now in the Heavenly Sanctuary.

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 61:8

Now directing the everlasting covenant in truth is directing the work according to the law (Psalm 119:142), the Word (John 17:17), and Jesus (John 14:6).

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

And "in the beginning" is an indefinite article, so therefore the Word, being Jesus who changes not, is from everlasting to everlasting just as His covenant.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Psalm 103:17-19

And the covenant promises will always be an unchanging and everlasting expression of love.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Genesis 17:7

For remember, the covenant was to be "a God unto thee". These conditions have never changed, as God never changes.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Hebrews 5:9

For Jesus is both the Author and the Signer of eternal salvation, and the unchanging conditions of an unchanging covenant authored by an unchanging God are, well, unchanging. You already know this, but they are to have His imputed and imparted Signature on that covenant document through the appropriation of His faith and the sanctification through His grace.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. Luke 6:48

As long as Jesus remains as your Rock, there is no mudslide that can not be overcome.

And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4

Take all the time that you need. There is no pressure to address anything, just keep the information as ammunition if you so will. But I did want to bring one more thing to your thoughts:

Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. Jeremiah 18:18

Do not forget how they mistreated and misrepresented the prophets of old, and do remember that we are worse than they. There is nothing new about the "fake news" of today.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1

Always continue to test all of what you read, and filter all of what is claimed, firstly and lastly through the Bible.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20

You are speaking to nothing but air. None of what you said was ever insinuated. Throw your pride in the dust and go back and read each and every one of the studies penned specifically for your eyes. Learn of the truth which has been hidden from your heart.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6

Knowledge, which is to rightly understand the Moral Law as a delight (Psalm 40:8; 112:1), is what the nation of Israel lacked. By the way, Romans 14:5-6 is referencing neither the Sabbath nor the Moral Law, it is referencing the ceremonial and civil laws. If you had read the many studies given just for your benefit, then you would understand these things and find great joy, delight, and love.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19

Until then, be very careful in thinking to teach people of things that are not based wholly on Scripture. Eisegesis, reading your own thoughts into the Scripture, is what you have been doing. Seek to understand the Scripture through studies of exegesis, through studies that seek to extract everything from the Text as it is written (Matthew 4:4), for this is how Jesus explicitly taught us to study.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21

Firstly, with a purely Scriptural understanding, how are devils driven out?

When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: Matthew 8:16

With the Word of God.

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. Mark 9:38

And that Word is not inclusive to some denomination, especially not to the system of Roman Catholicism which is the complete antithesis of Christianity.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 7:22-23

This is because in the Roman system, their "exorcisms" are no more than magical charades of a continuing Egyptian and ultimately Babylonian magic(k) with a K. Sorcery is the plain realization of esoteric “magick”, with Aleister Crowley defining “magick”, with a “k”, as the “science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will." The easiest, most blatant example of the "conformity with will" is found in the Jesuit Order that teaches its members to obey the pope "perinde ac si cadaver", or in other words "obedience as a corpse". This is all part of Egyptian Heka magick, which also taught the same things that you find in the Catechism of the Catholic Church such as the teaching of an immortal soul. You find this teaching, both in Egypt and in the system of Roman Catholicism, in the Book of the Dead

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4

And this teaching, being that of an immortal soul, was the first lie of the Devil.

Now one of the first modern authors on magic and the occult was Eliphas Levi, a Roman Catholic whose worked served as the primary influence for the writings of the open Satanist Helena Blavatsky. The works of Levi and Blavatsky were continued by Alice A. Bailey and Aleister Crowley, with Crowley even establishing a school of magic which he called the “Collegium ad Spritium Sanctum”, a “College towards the Holy Spirit”. This school was housed in what Crowley called the “Abbey of Thelema”, whose name was taken from the writings of Francois Rabelais, a Roman Catholic Franciscan Friar.

Not only was the Abbey of Thelema was managed according to the Jesuit moral code, but most, if not all, of the associates and influences of Crowley were agents of the Vatican, whether it was Arthur Edward Waite, Karl von Eckartshausen, Ivan Lopuchin, Henry Christopher Watts, the Knights Templars, the Knights of Malta, or even Cardinal Rampola, former Papal Secretary of State and candidate for Pope. Rampola lost his bid for the title of Pontifex Maximus only after his connection to Freemasonry was leaked to the public.

In the ancient Mesopotamian book "The Golden Age of Sumer", magick was performed by specialists, known as Ashipu, who used rituals and incantations in combat against spirits and demons. In ancient Sumerian mythology, Nergal, which is name that has been missionary adapted into the Greek/Roman Apollo, had a consort named Ereshkigal. Her name, just like the Roman Catholic Mary, who is not the Mary of the Bible but the missionary adapted name from Inanna/Ishtar/Astarte/Tammuz/Isis/Hertha/Disa/Aphrodite/Venus/whatever, was commonly invoked in the Sumerian acts of exorcism.

Now when you study the archaeology of Sumerian times, you will find the same use of "holy water", the same access to "blessed herbs", the same rites and rituals as performed in the system of Roman Catholicism. But instead of using the names of the Babylonian deities, they used the names found written in the Bible and paganized Christianity into what is now called "Roman Catholicism".

Read this excerpt from the F. Tupper Saussy book "Rulers of Evil" on how Pagan Rome was hidden under Papal Rome:

The sign over the Pantheon indicating ‘To [the fertility goddess] Cybele and All the Gods’ was re-written ‘To Mary and All the Saints.’ [...] Haloed icons of Apollo were identified as Jesus, and the crosses of Bacchus and Tammuz were accepted as the official symbol of the Crucifixion. Pope Leo I decreed that ‘St. Peter and St. Paul have replaced Romulus and Remus as Rome’s protecting patrons.’ Pagan feasts, too, were Christianized. December 25 – the celebrated birthday of a number of gods, among them Saturn, Jupiter, Tammuz, Bacchus, Osiris, and Mithras – was claimed to have been that of Jesus as well, and the traditional Saturnalia, season of drunken merriment and gift-giving, evolved into Christmas.

On the Roman Catholic Mary, it is no small coincidence that the city of Ephesus was the main hub of Diana worship and that their livelihood depending on the sale of their magickal and astrological idols of wood and stone (Acts 19:24-27,35). At the Council of Ephesus in 431, the system of Roman Catholicism gave the title of “Mother of God”, a title also held by the Ephesian Diana, to the Roman Mary. The image of Mary had solidly replaced that of Diana

Now do you know what else happened on the 25th of December? Let us go to the Encyclopaedia Britannica:

Julius Caesar was elected to the position of Pontifex Maximus in 63 B.C. He subsequently assumed the position of supreme ruler of the Roman state. Thus he had vested in him all the powers and functions of the Babylonian Pontiff, and he was the true legitimate successor to Belshazzar. Not satisfied with this, he was declared Jupiter's incarnation on 25th December 48 B.C. in the temple of Jupiter in Alexandria. The 25th of December is also celebrated as the birth-date of Mithra. Julius Caesar, by laying claim to be divine, followed the pattern of the kings of Pergamos. The Roman Emperors that followed Julius Caesar were commonly regarded as gods.

Exactly 70 years prior, Attalus III, the last king of Pergamos and direct remnant of the Babylonian priesthood, willed to the Roman Empire the dominion of Pergamos but stated that self-deification was a requirement to exercise all the powers of the Pontifex Maximus. The one who holds the title of Pontifex Maximus holds the title of High Priest of Babylon. In 48 BC this was Julius Caesar of Pagan Rome, today it is whichever pope is put into the position of Bishop of Rome, of Pontifex Maximus, in Papal Rome.

Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. Daniel 4:7

And having the title of Pontifex Maximus makes the holder the ruler over the Chaldeans who were verily the magicians and astrologers of ancient Sumer. Now the actual reading and learning of magic was treated as a hidden and esoteric “craft” available only to the magicians of the time. The magicians were the clergy and spiritual leaders of the time, and most if not all of ancient society was run by the magicians, just as the society of ancient Rome was run by the priests. Do they still see themselves as these magickal priests, as these priest-god-kings as the Caesars or as the Chaldeans? Let us have them say so in their own words:

Seek where you will, throughout heaven and earth, and you will find but one created being who can forgive the sinner, who can free him from the chains of sin and hell; and that extraordinary being is the priest, the Catholic priest. ‘Who can forgive sins?’ is the question which the Pharisees of the present day also ask; and I answer, there is a man on earth that can forgive sins, and that man is the Catholic priest. So great is the power of the priest, that the judgments of heaven itself are subject to his decision;”

The Catechism of the Council of Trent for Parish Priests came this conclusion:

Justly, therefore, are [bishops and priests] called not only Angels, but even gods, because of the fact that they exercise in our midst the power and prerogatives of the immortal God.

Alphonsus de Liguori, a canonized saint of Papal Rome, sais the following:

St. Ignatius, [founder of the Jesuit Order,] Martyr, St. John Chrysostom says, ‘that though its functions are performed on earth, the priesthood should be numbered among the things of heaven.’ [...] And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse or give absolution, provided the penitent is capable.

Open up the Vatican Library and you will find the title of "Vicarius Filii Dei" (VFD), which means "in-the-place-of-Christ", which means "anti-Christ", as another title exclusive to the Pontifex Maximus of Papal Rome. Searching according to their index, the title of VFD can be found in places such as: Vat.lat.1375 F 79r; 1374 F 71r; 1373 F 103v; 1370 F 72v; 1367 F 64v; 1376 F 66v; 2701 F 220r, Pal.lat.621 Folio 111r; 623 Folio 79r, Reg.lat.413.pt.2 F 262v, Ross.308 F 95v; 307 F 93v, Stamp.Ross.1197 F 96v, Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.A.24 F 83r; 25 F 76v; 26 F 86v, and Urb.lat.161 F 82r.

The title is also written directly by the pen of the popes such as Pope Innocent III in “Inter Corporalia”, Pope Gregory XIII in “Corpus Iuris Canonici”, Pope John XXII in “Licet Juxta Doctrina”, and much, much more. More recently it was writtenin “De Fernando Poo (Rivi Muniensis)” in 1965, and “Bafianae” in 1968. The title of VFD was even written by Pope Nicholas II in “Fundamenta Militantis Ecclesiae”, translated as “The Foundations of the Church Militant”, when depicting the Pope as the general of the system of Roman Catholicism. Is not a general a leader of a military?

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36

So they may claim to cast out devils in the name of Jesus, but it is certainly nothing more than an act of magick for the deception of souls.

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:2-4

So escape from the bewitching sorceries and magick of tradition,

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29

learn not of those who fashion the wood and the stone,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:16-18

but learn more of He who made all things, and by Him all things consist. Jesus is the head of the church, and a church which is not obedient unto the commands of the head is no church of Jesus indeed.

If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. Matthew 22:18, Proverbs 18:2

Every Sabbath is unique and affords its own opportunities. There is no itemized list to go down, no task-list to follow, and many examples of some of those opportunities were already given to you.

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. James 2:19

The Devil also knows Scripture, but it is the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of Scripture that is required. Again, if you are truly seeking to learn about Jesus, not only to know but also to have knowledge of His Scripture, not only to know but also to have understanding of His Word, then first read what has been written, ask for understanding, and it will be given. Your comments are becoming less about what the Scripture says and more akin to one seeking to act as a Pharisee, the very thing which you claim to condemn.

Oh it is so wonderful to read that you are continuing in the faith amidst the ever-growing fervor of false doctrine and spiritualism that seeks to take-over boards such as this.

Do you still remember this short conversation from over a year ago?

https://greatawakening.win/p/19A1QJY30C/x/c/4ZHlqmuoY0x?d=50

Did you end up reading The Desire of Ages? Keep it on your list to read if you had forgotten.

I also feel as if you might like to read this comment from a few days ago, then possibly the follow-up underneath to a question asked:

https://greatawakening.win/p/1ASYyxIcd7/x/c/4eaV8PISIoi?d=50

It is fairly certain that Charlie Kirk had read The Great Controversy, a book which also happens to give the best account of the Reformation as it ties into Biblical prophecy, only recently before the events surrounding the assassination. With his reading came a growing understanding of what is really said in the Bible, and as you know, in this battle over the minds, wisdom and knowledge of the truth is the mightiest weapon to wield.

I highly suggest that you read it too, because in it you will find that all of the existing problems in the world of today are described, with a purely Scriptural basis, in this book which was written about 150 years ago. Everything that is happening today, even day-by-day, and the things that are to come, you will find. It is even written by the same author that penned your thoughts from over a year ago, and in it you will not only read of the problem, but you will also learn more about how the solution is verily to be found in Jesus Christ and Him alone.

There are so many things to do on the Sabbath! It would be impossible to list infinity! But if you want to know what some of those things are, along with what it means to keep the Sabbath of the Moral Law, then many examples were already given in the comment that you are responding to; if you are truly seeking an answer, then it would be well worth your time to read the entirety of the comment, along with all of the other comments, in order to both know and understand Scripture.

What a wonderful question! As is written in the Moral Law, as Jesus had done, and as His disciples with Paul had continued to do!

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11

While six days are for work,

They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. Matthew 22:21

which has become part of rendering unto Caesar what is due unto Caesar (taxes and civil obedience and such), the seventh day is for rest, or in other words rendering unto God what is asked of by God (love and moral obedience).

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Matthew 12:8

Resting and keeping the Sabbath is a recognition of Jesus as the Creator and the Redeemer of all things. To rest is to rest from any works that seek to earn wages, whether physical in the form of money or spiritual in the form of salvation. So what does this type of rest entail? Does it mean that you trap yourself in between four walls and read the paint of the ceiling all day? Absolutely not!

Do you want to drive down to the beach? Go for it! But rather than make it a day to swim and tan and please yourself, walk alongside the beach and marvel at the ebbing and flowing of the waves. Witness the waters washing away the impurities of the sea, and think about how the blood of the Lamb washes away the impurities of the soul. See how the sands have been set as the boundaries of the waters, just as God has promised (Jeremiah 5:22), and discover the love of God in His creation.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. Matthew 12:1

Do you want to go out and have a picnic in the park with your friends? Go for it! The Sabbath is a day to smile, to be joyful and glad, to laugh and delight in learning more and more of the relationship which God wants to have with you.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Mark 15:42

But just as a picnic is prepared the day before, prepare the food on the day of preparation, the Friday, in order to have the focus of the day be on the relationship between you, your friends, and God. Share testimonies with each other in how you have witnessed the love of God in your life and throughout your week.

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Matthew 12:11-12

Do you see or know someone who has gotten into terrible trouble on the Sabbath day? Perhaps they are abandoned on the side of the road with no one to help them for miles. Go and help them! But do so with a smile on your face and the love of God in your heart because that someone may be heart-sick. In those moments when you are helping him when no one else would, share with him the love of Jesus who verily loves him even if no one else did.

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. Luke 6:9-10

If someone is sick and in desperate need for care, bring them health! Care for them as Jesus had done on the Sabbath for the man possessed (Mark 1:21-26), for the mother-in-law of Simon (Mark 1:29-33), for the man with the withered hand (Mark 3:1-5), for the woman with 18 years of illness (Luke 13:10-17), for the man with the severe and often fatal condition of dropsy (Luke 14:1-6), for the man 38 years alone and suffering because of the traditions of the Pharisees (John 5:2-9), and for the man born blind (John 9). The Sabbath is all about restoring health and relationship.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Luke 4:16, Acts 17:2

Some could have a spiritual sickness caused by mixing the ceremonies and traditions of the Pharisees with the Moral Law of God, so bring them, just as Jesus had done on the Sabbath day, and just as Paul had done on the Sabbath day after learning of the example of Jesus, the truth which is found in Jesus (John 14:6) as written in His Word (Matthew 4:4). If you are the one who is spiritually sick, then go and listen to the preaching of the Word for the healing of the sick (Matthew 9:35).

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Hebrews 10:25, Acts 13:44

Come together in relationship with your brothers and sisters in Christ, exhort one another and uplift one another in the name of Jesus Christ. Go together and listen to the Word being preached on the Sabbath day. Take advantage of the rest which God has provided in His Sabbath in order to hear His Word and learn of the relationship that He wants to have with you. Grow in faith and hope, but most importantly grow in love.

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Matthew 12:8

The entirety of the Ten Commandments, the Moral Law which is the fulfillment of the ceremonial law and has absolutely nothing to do with the laws of tradition, is given as a joy and a delight for the healing of the sick and the sanctification of the soul. There are no set rules or regulations as tradition may dictate, but there is the command to rest from the works that seek to earn wages, and begin to develop the very character of God whose transcript He has written in His Moral Law.

The Sabbath day is the day, the "yom" in the original language which represents a literal evening-morning 24 hour day, that God has specifically ordained and given as a gift in order to grow in a loving relationship with Him. It is the sign which He has given as a recognition of His morality being the only moral authority in your life. The day does matter, because God said. And the way to keep it is also as God said, as a day of joy and delight in the love and for the glory of God.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3

And if you are struggling with harsh and exacting rules that people have taught as being Biblical and a part of the Moral Law that was written directly by God, then know that none of those grievous rules are in harmony with the Bible. Go back to the Bible and study what Jesus and the disciples did together, as a family, on the Sabbath day! The Moral Law, especially the Sabbath, will never be grievous or burdensome.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 5:2

For the Sabbath is the signature of God that represents the character of God, not as a stern task-master as represented by scribes and Pharisees, but as a character which prefers others over self, and which prefers Jesus and His love, as shown through obedience to His Ten Commandments, above all.

If ye love me, keep my commandments. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. John 14:15, 1 John 5:2

Because obedience to the Moral Law is not a work of salvation, it is a work of a loving faith that finds its completion in rest.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Paul:

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8

Jesus:

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 15:13-14

If ye love me, keep my commandments. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 14:15,21; 15:10,12

I am sorry to say, but it seems like you did not read more than perhaps one or two lines of the over 25,000 characters of Bible study written exclusively for you. If you did, then you would not say something like this as if it was new,

Adding ANYTHING as a requirement to salvation is denying the sacrifice of Jesus was not (you added the "not" but that is a slip of the tongue unless you meant to say "saying" instead of "denying") sufficient.

for that never was once insinuated in any of the three studies. In fact, even thinking to use works as a means to earn salvation, as if salvation could be earned as wages, was specifically rebuked. Dozens of verses of Scripture were all corroborated in order to show the purely Scriptural understanding of faith, works, obedience, and most importantly, love.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 5:2

But your confusion, because perhaps you did read but do not quite understand the language that is used in the Bible, is in what law is being spoken of. Again, to reiterate, there is the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments, the civil law, and the ceremonial law. All of the theories that you conclude, and all of the grievances that you spoke of, are either found in the civil law, or in the ceremonial law. There is nothing grievous in the Moral Law:

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3

Now a king is not without his government, and a government is not without its laws. Again, if you lump in the civil and ceremonial laws with the Moral Law, which is what you are doing and what the Pharisees also did, then you are denying the law of the government of God. By throwing out the Moral Law with the civil law and the ceremonial law, you are throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and in this specific case, that means that you are verily throwing out Jesus. Knowingly or not, you are rejecting His position as King of kings, as Lord of lords, as Messiah, as Christ, and are doing just as what the large majority of the Pharisees did.

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Matthew 15:1-8

If you truly seek a heart wisdom, a heart knowledge, and a heart understanding of what is written in the Word of God, then go back and prayerfully read through those three studies. Go back and discover the love of God as written in His Moral Law.

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Mark 6:34, John 14:21

Because keeping the Moral Law is the testament, even the covenant, of love.

Do you mind joining me for a short Bible study in order to show that the book of Enoch is a great deception that works to prey on minds that have not yet had a personal and prayerful study of the Bible and the Bible alone?

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20

If anything in the book of Enoch is not in harmony with the Bible, then there is no light in it.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Matthew 22:30

The very beginning of book of Enoch describes "watchers" as procreating angels, yet angels neither marry nor are given into marriage. Angels are non-procreating beings. This alone dismisses the entirety of the book.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4

Now for the sake of having a little longer Bible study, the book of Enoch mentions "giants" or "nephilim", but Biblically, the word for "giants", the masculine noun "nāp̄îl", properly represents a person. Expanded from the root word "nāp̄al", nephilim represents a people who have "fallen away".

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Numbers 13:33

The only other place it is used is in Numbers 13:33 when describing the people of Anak, an apostate people who had fallen away from the requirements of God. So while the word "nephilim" physically represents stature, is spiritually represents apostasy.

This apostasy takes after Cain. The race of Cain, spreading from the place of their first settlement, dispersed over the plains and valleys where the children of Seth had dwelt; and the latter, in order to escape from their contaminating influence, withdrew to the mountains, and there made their homes. So long as this separation continued, they maintained the worship of God in its purity. But in the lapse of time [...] The children of Seth, attracted by the beauty of the daughters of Cain, displeased the Lord by intermarrying with them.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:26-27

Man was originally made in the physical resemblance of God. Even until the times of Abraham, the stature of man still resembled the likeness of his Creator (Genesis 18:1-2), and therefore there would be no distinguishing the appearance of an angel from that of certain men.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: Genesis 4:3-4

The book of Enoch encapsulates the imaginations of Enoch the son of Cain. It takes after the imagination of Cain in giving a “better” offering in the place of what Abel was told to offer. This is very evident when considering that the worship system of Cain came to be known sun worship (Genesis 4:16, Ezekiel 8:16), and that the writings in the "Book of Heavenly Luminaries", which is a part of the book of Enoch, involved sun, moon, and star worship.

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 4:19

And astrological worship will always be a form of Satanism practiced under the name of Baal worship:

And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 2 Kings 17:16

Therefore, no different than the book with which it is written in, the "Book of Heavenly Luminaries" is nothing more than the counsels of astrologers and stargazers:

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Isaiah 47:13

Such books are meant to captivate the imaginations of the heart and stick the head in the dirt while the body imagines itself as being elevated upwards toward heaven. So therefore lift the eyes up and away from such nephilim worship:

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. Isaiah 51:6

And turn them towards the Creator of the sun, the moon, and the stars:

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Psalm 33:6, Isaiah 40:26

Since you have time at work to listen, might I recommend something? I feel that this 36 episode lecture-series, which is based on the Bible and the Bible alone, will bring you very near to the Word of God as directly written in His book. These episodes may be exactly what you need and what you are looking for (it will even answer the question of music for you):

https://archive.org/details/walter-veith-total-onslaught-series

That is wonderful. The Bible, unlike any other "holy scripture" in the world such as the Book of the Dead or the Enuma Elis or the Gilgamesh Epic or the Aeneid or the book of Enoch or whatever other imagination of the heart, is proven by prophecy, affirmed by archaeology, and upheld by history. Only by turning its pages do we not only discover the great controversy raging in this world, but so too do we discover the great solution presented for its controversy.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20

Now in order to unravel some of the threads which are woven into the rough garment of TPUSA, we have to understand that Satan has all types of counterfeit agents working to further his aims. The Masons are only one such agent, but anything connected with the system of Roman Catholicism, which is clearly, distinctively, and exclusively defined by the Bible as the system of anti-Christ, is working the same works of the Masons, being the works of Satan.

So let us begin by pulling the thread of Erika Kirk:

Erika Kirk, the current CEO of TPUSA, was first brought to the country by Paolo Zampolli. Zampolli is a name that is woven all throughout the history of Epstein, making him an agent of the system of Roman Catholicism and therefore an co- conspirator with Freemasonry, but let us keep focus on those directly involved with TPUSA. Carl Kenneth Frantzve, the grand-parent of Erika, was the leader of the Sigurd Lodge, a Swedish Rite Masonic Lodge in Wisconsin, and the Grand Chief of the Independent Order of Vikings, a Swedish equivalent of American Freemasonry. When Kash Patel ended his speech regarding the assassination of Charlie with “see you in Valhalla”, he was paying homage not to Charlie, but to the same Nordic occult beliefs that form the foundation of the Independent Order of Vikings.

Carl Frantzve also received the honors of “Royal Order of the Polar Star”, one of the highest honors afforded to a Swedish citizen, and was knighted in service to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The emblem of the Order, a white Maltese cross, is frequently pictured on the person of Erika Kirk. Now King Carl XVI Gustaf is the seventh king of the House of Bernadotte. Their Coat of Arms features a Roman fasces along with other like-symbols. Gustaf of the Bernadotte Family, being part of the British Order of the Garter, works for the financial arm of Papal Rome.

The son of Carl and the parent of Erika, Kent Randall Frantzve is a current defense consultant for NASA. The foundation of NASA was a fusion of Scientology and OSS/CIA military intelligence through Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons of Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The head of the OSS and the brains behind the CIA was William Donovan. He was a Knight of Malta and was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester, the oldest and most prestigious of papal knighthoods. His allegience was first and foremost to the seat of the Bishop of Rome, just like any other Roman Knight. Anything affiliated with the OSS, the CIA, or NASA, are a product of the system of Roman Catholicism, just like Freemasonry.

Now under the leadership of Erika Kirk, TPUSA is working as the education arm of Rome. TPUSA is funded largely through the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute. The founders of the Heritage Foundation were Paul Weyrich, a Roman Catholic seeking to legislate morality through politics, Edwin Feulner, a Roman Catholic trained and educated in Jesuit Schools, and Joseph Coors, an Evangelical serving as the financial backing to push the ideology of ecumenism to the world. Weyrich and Feulner are both Knights of Malta, with Feulner receiving his Jesuit education from Fordham University. Ecumenism, the idea of having one people with one tongue (spiritual) that speaks the same lies of the serpent, dates back 4,000 years to the ideology of Nimrod when building the Tower of Babel.

The president of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, is a member of Opus Dei, another order of Papal Rome. A relatively new order formed in 1928, yet recently given direct protection under the authority of the pope, the function of Opus Dei is to discretely infuse money from the Vatican Bank into their international operations. They were given such authority in 1984 after assuming the lira debt of the Vatican Bank towards the parochial banks within the Ambrosiano group which includes Banca Cattolica del Veneto, Credito Varesino, and Ambrosiano itself. In exchange for these benefactions, John Paul II granted the sect recognition as a "personal prelature". This status ensured that the secret society would answer only to the pope and the pope alone. The only other order with such independence and power is the Jesuit Order.

Now one of the book publishers for TPUSA is HaperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corp. News Corp is owned by the Murdoch family which started with Rupert Murdoch, a Knight of Malta who was awarded with the Order of St. Gregory the Great, a papal knighthood which recognizes, even further than him being a Knight of Malta, his allegience to Papal Rome. Murdoch received his knighthood, which is essentially a reward for a "job well done", for his continuing work in Catholic Action. Catholic Action, which was strengthened by the Papal encyclical Miranda Prorsus in 1957 and the Papal decree Inter Mirifica in 1963, called for the complete control “of the press, the cinema, radio, television, and others of a like nature [...] [of] j ournalists, writers, actors, designers, producers, exhibitors, distributors, operators, sellers, critics - all those, in a word, who are involved in the making and transmission of communications in any way whatever”. The control over all forms of communication was declared as the birthright of Rome and has been done in order to steer “economic, political, and artistic values in a way that will not conflict with the common good". All of Holly-wood, which is named after the Holly wood being the wood used to make the staves of witches, is a form of Jesuit Theatre controlled by the system of Roman Catholicism.

The Heritage Foundation is largely determining the curriculum of TPUSA through people such as Dr. David Azerrad. When looking at the lesson book of TPUSA, we find things such as the “Patriot’s Catechism”, modeled after the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, and “spiritual formation”, one of the key elements of their curriculum, as a carbon-copy of the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, the spiritual founder of the Jesuit Order. The word “patriot” when used in this context comes from the word “patri”, which means “father” and is taken from the root word “pater”, a latin term commonly used in reference to the pope. The suffix “-otes” expresses a state of belonging to the prefix, which in the case of the word “patri-ote” is the pope. Erika Kirk, herself educated at the Jesuit-run Regis University, would not only be well-trained as a patri-ote, but also as a well-experienced practicioner of spiritual formation.

There is not a single part of the upper management of TPUSA that is not affiliated with the system of Roman Catholicism in one way or another. Whether through Freemasonry, the Knights of Malta, the Jesuits, or Opus Dei, the entire corporation is purposed to leave people deprived of a personal and prayerful study of the Bible.

Now I think you will find this part particularly interesting considering the topic of this thread: chapter 18 of Project 2025, which is a project of the Heritage Foundation and therefore followed too by TPUSA, on page 589 contains the only reference in the entire document to Sunday legislation. To the occult, the number 360, which is the multiplication of 5x8x9, is a reference to Uroboros, a symbol commonly illustrated as a serpent with a tail in its mouth. Representing the concept of regeneration and rebirth, Uroboros and the numbers totaling to the degrees in a circle (360) are an homage to Satan, for the occult worships Satan for “the rebirth of man as sinners”. Therefore the “legislating of the sabbath (Sunday)” is verily the same as legislating of the morality of Satan. Project 2026 even explicitly calls for Sunday as the default day of rest "to restore the american family life in rhetoric and reality". In order to restore it in reality, then there must be a public admonition of worship. In ancient Roman cities such as Smyrna, this was the tossing of incense and shouting of "Roma Dia", "the day of Rome", which today is represented by Sunday. This is what Charlie began to understand when he prayerfully and earnestly began to study the Sabbath: it is not so much about being a day, although the physical day does indeed matter as that is what God said, but it is more about declaring who is the moral authority in your life. As he began to study, Charlie started to understand that the question of a day is about declaring whether you want to grow in a relationship with the Creator of the seventh-day, or whether you want to be joined to the system of Satan that declares the first day, the "venerable day of the sun", as the mark of their moral authority.

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Isaiah 28:10

Rather than allow the imaginations of our heart to run wild, let us again return to the Scripture and study line upon line, precept upon precept, on what is written. Truth very plainly written, and it is incredibly dangerous to try and read any extra thoughts into the Text. In studying the Bible diligently and prayerfully, always look to extract everything from the Text as it is written and in the context within which it is written.

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. John 8:39

There is no ceasing of works, but the works that are to be done are not done in order to be saved, but are done as the visible fruits of salvation.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:20

And the works which Abraham did were directly connected with the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments:

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Genesis 26:5, Galatians 3:29

And all those who are the children of Abraham are the children of a living faith that works, not a works that looks to earn salvation as wages for then the Creator would be indebted to His own creation. The keeping of the Law then rightly understood as an expression of gratitude and done as an outflow of love:

If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15

No where was it mentioned that by the works of the law is someone saved; if you truly knew all of what was written, then the response which was written would have been worded differently and contained Scripture, put in its proper context and with its proper understanding, to assert any claims.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:2-3

Again, the keeping of the law is the outward expression of faith, even as the works of Abraham that were done not in order to be saved, but as a conscious realization of being saved.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matthew 5:18

For heaven and earth are still here, and the great work of character building is on-going while today is still called today.

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. Revelation 15:8

Because the final fulfillment comes with the final plague which have not yet come, but are soon to come.

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20

And that righteousness which you are speaking of is that of the scribes and the Pharisees, is a self-righteousness derived from exacting laws ceremonial, not laws Moral (being the Ten Commandments). If you truly read and pondered over the Bible study, then you would see and hear that the Scripture makes this abundantly clear.

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. Mark 7:7-8

Where is the washing of pots and cups in the Ten Commandments? These ceremonial and traditional laws were the burdens that you speak of, not the Moral Law, for the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees was a self-righteousness that refused to differentiate between the Moral law and the ceremonial law, just as you are doing now, despite claiming to understand the Scripture. The scribes and the Pharisees too claimed to understand Scripture.

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Hebrews 4:4-8

Now if Jesus Himself is rest, as some mistakenly believe, then there would “not afterward have spoken of another day”.

Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Hebrews 4:7-10

To rest as God did is to rest on the seventh day from all works, just as commanded in the Fourth Commandment. Do notice the word "day" in Hebrews 4:8 is translated from the Greek "hēmera" which is the equivalent of the Hebrew "yom". The word "day" therefore represents a very real, a very physical, evening and morning, sunset to sunset, 24 hour day.

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Matthew 24:20-21

Now if there was not a physical day to rest, then there would not be a direct admonishing that the Sabbath be kept even in the future as read here in Matthew 24:20.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Luke 4:16

Because the keeping and preaching to the effort of sanctification, to the effort of character building, was done during the Sabbath.

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Acts 17:2

And Paul, along with the disciples, followed in the example of Jesus and reasoned in the Scriptures with them on the Sabbath day.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Acts 18:4

With the reasoning being of the Moral law, and the "them" being both Jew and Greek.

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. Acts 13:42

Because the Sabbath was made for all as a day of restoration, not as a day of obligation. It is a decision which each individual makes, but to say that it is spiritual and to put it on par with the Sunday, if you truly had an understanding of what you were saying, then you would realize the error in those words.

Now to rest is, as the word implies, to rest. How can it then be works? It is then not to work, but it is to discard all feelings of pride and thoughts of self-sufficiency and be rid of any imaginations of the heart which seek to add to a work of salvation that was completed before the world began (2 Timothy 1:9). The works have already been completed, and the Sabbath of rest is to physically rest in that understanding as a day given to grow in a relationship with God and restore that which was lost in Eden.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4

Now what was lost in Eden? Wise moral conduct, as the word for "die" is the Hebrew "mûṯ", meaning "a neglect of wise moral conduct". Where is wise moral conduct found? How will man learn of what was lost in Eden? How can there be an expulsion on the basis of the neglect of law, then a claim that a return is too on a neglect of law, on a spiritualization of law? Governments and countries have law, and "law and order" is even one of the idioms of the administration, yet there is no expectation of a higher law, a heavenly law, to understand? This is not reasonable even by the imaginations of the heart, let alone the teaching of Scripture.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:12-14

Lucifer was banished from Heaven due to his selfish mindset of covetousness.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Exodus 20:17

The Tenth Commandment, the capstone of the second table of stone of the Moral Law, speaks not about the action, but about the same mindset of covetousness which caused the fall of Lucifer.

Just as there are laws on earth, there is verily a law in heaven. Just as you do not ideally keep the law on earth in order to not receive punishment, but because "well, it is the right thing to do", it is the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments which teach what is that right thing to do in order to form the character. To keep the law as works of salvation is not salvational, but to keep the law as a desire to learn how to love, as a desire to learn more of the unchanging character of God that can not simply be spiritualized away as the Ten Commandments is verily the transcript of the character of God, is the fruit of salvation.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19

Because to teach the Ten Commandments is to teach of the character of God, even to make known the love of God.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3