The Cult

By Bill Etem

Revelation 13. 1-8 is a prophesy having the whole world worshipping a multi-headed beast. As it is unlikely the whole world will worship a literal beast with multiple heads, we're looking for a figurative interpretation. What about this theory? If you worship a false god then you are worshipping this multi-headed beast of Rev. 13. 1-8. False gods are beastly because they lead people away from heaven and to perdition. You might pray to some god you claim is the Creator of the Universe, but if in fact you are pushing heresy, if you are pushing false doctrines which lead people away from heaven and to perdition, if you worship a god who supports your heresy, then perhaps you are worshipping this multi-headed beast which we read about in Rev. 13. 1-8. Recall Christ called the Jews a synagogue of Satan. The Jews don't pray to Satan of course, but if the Jews push false doctrines which lead people to perdition, if they worship a god who supports their false doctrines, then they don't worship the True God: they worship a false god, though they claim to worship the True God.

Let's look at my analysis of the Roman Catholic crucifix. I'm saying it is an image of a Roman Catholic version of Jesus. A Roman Catholic version of Jesus is a version of Jesus who says the Roman Catholic Church is God's True Church. It is a version of Jesus who says Rome leads people to Heaven. I don't see how it makes any sense to say the Roman Catholic crucifix is an image of a Mormon version of Jesus, or a Baptist version of Jesus, or a Lutheran version if Jesus. So, if the True God / True Version of Jesus says Rome leads people to Heaven, says Rome is God's True Church, then you can trust Rome when Rome says her crucifix is Sacred and Holy. But if the True God / True Jesus says Rome is a false church, says Rome leads people to perdition not to Heaven, then the Roman Catholic crucifix is the image of a lie. Again, it is an image of a version of Jesus who says Rome leads people to Heaven, so it is an image of a lie if the True Jesus says Rome leads people to perdition. If the Roman Catholic crucifix is the image of a lie then it becomes a prime suspect for this image of the beast that we read about in Revelation 13 and 14, the beast being a false version of Jesus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bill Etem
• Release date: Aug 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310460326

Bill Etem

Bill EE-tem. Born in Minneapolis, 1.2.60. Now living in St. Paul. Had lots of jobs: High School math teacher, football coach, track coach, legal coding / data entry, production, bar bouncer etc., etc. Bounced around some myself. Lived in Mexico for 20 months, in Oaxaca. Lived in Los Angeles for a few years. Traveled for 4 months round Europe after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1983, B.A. in Mathematics. All my religious books focus on finding the True Church.  If Christianity is true, as we Christians insist, if Jesus is God, the Divine Son - Psalm 2, Isaiah 9. 6, John 1. 1-14, Matthew 1. 23, Colossians 2. 8-10, 1 Timothy 3. 16 etc. - then you can trust what Jesus / God says in Matthew 16. 13-19, there is a True Church. The Christian scriptures are clear there is only one True Church, only one Bride of Christ. And yet there are thousands of separate churches / thousands of unique denominations in the world. So this a big conspicuous problem, a big mystery! And the key to solving the mystery is... Some definitions: If a Church leads people to Heaven then that Church is the Bride of Christ, the True Church, the Church Christ founded on a rock, Matthew 16. 13-19. If a church is lost in heresy and drags people down to eternal perdition then that church is a false church. How do you find the True Church? I have some books which deal with that question! I've also spent roughly 7 thousand hours working on my You Tube playlists, so be sure to scrutinize those when you get a chance: https://youtube.com/@billetem5868 [e-mail]

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The Cult

Published by Bill Etem at Smashwords

Copyright 2014 Bill Etem

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. James 1. 26

Chapter 2. The Roman Catholic Crucifix

Chapter 3. The Antichrist.

Chapter 4. The Cross.

The Cult

Chapter 1. James 1. 26

James 1. 26 says your religion is useless if you don’t bridle your tongue. Well if your religion is useless then your useless religion won’t deliver you to Heaven, and your useless religion won’t enable you to escape perdition. So, James 1. 26 tells those of us who are Christians to watch our mouths. Don’t use obscenities, profanities etc. But, sometimes, people might thank you if you use very simple and very plain-spoken language with them.

My books push the arguments which say that Christianity is true but every church under the cross is a false church. And false churches lead people away from Heaven and to perdition. If a Church leads people to Heaven then it is the True Church. If a church leads people away from Heaven and to perdition then it is a false church. Simple Concept! I’m pushing the evidence which says every church under the cross leads people to perdition, not to Heaven, because no church under the cross is the True Church, the Church which Christ founded on a rock, recall Matthew 16. 13-19.

Now your more outspoken Non-Christians will say every Christian is a Brainless Idiot. Your more liberated types of Non-Christians will insist you simply must be a Brainless Idiot if you are a Christian. No doubt some of the animosity stems from the Hellfire scriptures. If you tell a guy that his beloved, dearly departed Non-Christian parents and loved ones will be tossed into a lake of fire at the Last Judgment, see Revelation 20. 12-15, because that is the penalty for rejecting Christ and Christianity, then you have to expect to receive some animosity. My books push the idea that God takes many or most of the damned out of the lake of fire and gives them more comfortable places in eternal perdition. You have to be careful how you interpret Hellfire scriptures like John 15. 6, 2 Thess 1. 8, Revelation 20. 12-15 etc. On the one hand they are perfectly clear that hellfire exists. But you have to be careful how you interpret those scriptures. On the one hand these scriptures don’t say God will take pity on the damned. But they also don’t say that God will always keep the damned in the fire, and will torture the damned forever and ever.

So, what’s the upshot? Things aren’t super conclusive! But since God is a loving and merciful God, we rather tend to expect that God will take many of the damned out of the fire and will give them more comfortable places in eternal perdition.

A Christian obviously can’t ignore what is written in John 14. 23-26 – those who love Christ keep His words, and those who don’t love Christ don’t keep His words. A Christian obviously can’t dismiss the words Christ spoke in Hellfire scriptures such as Matthew 25. 31-46.

Let’s get back to this concept of the Brainless Idiot! Now many Christians might see me as a Brainless Idiot, because I argue that every church under the cross is a false church, because I argue that every church under the cross leads people to perdition. They might be mindful of James 1. 26 – again, this scripture says your religion is useless if you don’t bridle your tongue. Well, suppose you are a good and charitable Christian who doesn’t call me a &*$# Brainless Idiot. But suppose I more or less deserve to be called a Brainless Idiot. Suppose it is brainless idiocy to say that every church under the cross is a false church. Suppose it is also Evil to say that every church under the cross is a false church. Suppose you will burn in Hell if you say every church under the cross leads people to perdition. Suppose the True Church which leads people to Heaven is a Church under the sign of the cross.

OK, which Church is God’s True Church?

What do you think about the Roman Catholic Church? It is either God’s True Church or else it is not God’s True Church. Rome either leads people to Heaven of else Rome doesn’t lead to Heaven. Are you with me so far? I define a cult to be any organization which leads people away from Heaven and to perdition. Is Rome a cult? Is Rome God’s True Church?

Let’s review the logic which says: Even if we assume that Christianity is true, even if we assume that Jesus is God, the Divine Son, even if we assume that Christianity is the True Faith which leads people to Heaven and every other religion is a false religion which drags people down to eternal perdition, a Christian is still thinking like a Brainless Idiot if he promotes more than one church.

A person will sound like a scammer and a Brainless Idiot if he says only his Church is God's True Church which leads people to Heaven and all other churches are false churches which drag people down to eternal perdition. Perhaps he is a scammer or