The Synagogue Of Satan Revelation 2:9
Revelation 2:9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
"Blasphemy." Taking the Name of God in vain, in the wide sense of professing Christ and practising unrightousness. It is blasphemy to to dishonour masters by unfaithful service (1 Tim 6:1); or to bring shame on the word of God. (Tit. 2:5).
A real Christian is a "Jew inwardly" (Rom. 2:29). A false professor says he is a Jew and is not. "Satan" is "the Adversary." "Synagogue" is simply congregation, as opposed to Christ's ecclesia.
Of them which say they are Jews, and are not" — There are "spiritual" Jews as well as natural Jews. Those who embrace the Truth embrace a Jewish hope (Acts 28:20), and are counted as spiritual
Israelites (cp. Rom. 2:28; 9:7-8; Eph. 2:11-14). There were some in Smyrna who were laying false claims to being spiritual Jews, but who were, in fact, members of Satan's synagogue.
"But are of the synagogue of Satan"— The word synagogue signifies α collecting, a gathering, hence a congregation, and sometimes the building where the congregation meets. The blasphemers in Smyrna, who said they were spiritual Jews, or, by interpretation, Christians, but lied, are not called 'the Ecclesia of the Satan' because that would imply that they were called out by special request to something".
These pseudo-spiritual- Jews "went out" of the Ecclesia of their own accord (cp. 1 John 2:19), accusing their brethren falsely of being in the wrong. Having separated themselves, they became a congregation of the satan, the adversary, They were opposed to those who kept the Truth, by claiming some sort of identity with them. But their claim was blasphemy.
“Satan” often refers to the Jewish and Roman adversaries of the church in the first century. There is no indication here that there was a super-human being working through those Roman and Jewish systems. If it is argued that those systems received power and direction from the devil in the sense of a super-human being to persecute the church, it must be remembered that Jesus told the Roman governor: “You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above”, i.e. from God (Jn. 19:11). Thus it is God, not the devil, who gives power to human governments to persecute His people, as He gave them power to do so to His Son.
Daniel 4:32: “The most high rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will”. Thus God was the power behind the Roman satan, or system, that was persecuting the Christians in the first century.
Bible identifies the Catholic Church as the synagogue of Satan”
The Bible clearly identifies the Catholic Church’s Saint Peter’s Basilica as the synagogue of Satan. One line from scripture emphatically contradicts the Catholic Church claim that divine and universal authority was bestowed upon the Catholic Church and its popes by Christ himself. This is what the Catholic Church dogma claims: “The Son of God, redeemer of the human race, our Lord Jesus Christ, promised, when about to return to His Heavenly Father, that He would be with this Church Militant upon earth all days even to the end of the world” However, this is what the Bible states in Revelation 12:5: “She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.” Do you grasp what this one line of scripture is telling us? Read it a few more times and then read on.
Saint Peter’s Basilica, is the world’s largest church, and it is the center of the Roman Emperor Constantine created Catholic (Universal) Church. Saint Peter’s Basilica was built in, and is in Rome Italy not in the Holy Land where Christ (English name for the Jewish “Messiah”) will come in the end times and hand over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. The coming Christ will descend from heaven, not as the Roman Catholic or Christian Messiah, the Lord himself will descend from heaven as the Jewish Messiah. Catholic Vulgate Revelation 2:9 “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” The Bible, believe it or not, is calling all Catholic Christians “them which say they are Jews, and are not“. The Bible is saying Catholics are not Christians. Catholics are deceived into believing they are, by the Catholic Church.
In order to be a true Christian one must adhere to the monotheistic faith of the Jews. Jews believe in the existence of only one god – monotheistic faith. Jews strictly adhere to the First Commandment of God – “You shall have no other gods before me.” Catholicism, on the other hand, isn’t a monotheistic religion. Catholicism is a pagan belief in the trinity doctrine of Mystery Babylon – a sun god cult. Catholic dogma knowingly and willfully violates the First Commandment (divine law) of God. The Catholic Church has unlawfully elevated mortal beings to the status of a god. The Pope claims to be the “living” god on Earth. Mary is idolized as a Roman Catholic goddess, as the mother of the Catholic Church. The Holy Ghost (the cast out of heaven spirit of Satan) and Jesus (Satan incarnated) are 2 other gods that are specifically forbidden by the first and most important divine law of God. Satan, the Holy Ghost and Jesus are exposed in Revelation 12 as the trinity of the Antichrist.
Revelation 12 ”
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.“
The above scripture affirms that Christ was born, however it also states and affirms that Christ immediately died at birth so that Satan (the dragon) could not possess and corrupt him. “And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.” informs us that Christ died at birth and was taken up to God in heaven.
According to the Catholic Church’s own Book of Revelation 12, Christ never lived to be 33 years old. Christ never lived to befriend Peter or any Jew and make them his Apostles. Christ never died on the cross. It was Satan who appeared 33 years after Christ was born (and immediately died at birth) claiming to be Christ – saying I am (English translation for the Latin Vulgar word Jesus) Christ. Satan became man in the person of Jesus (impersonating) Christ and as the incarnated mortal man became the Lord of the Catholic Church. Book of Revelation 12 is revealing ( a revelation) to us that Jesus Christ is Satan. This is the guarded secret of the Catholic Church and all of its secret cults. The Romans could never find Christ, nor did anyone ever hear of or write about Christ for 33 years after his birth because Christ died at birth – “And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.”
Scripture also tells us that Christ is the true Messiah, not Jesus (Latin Vulgar meaning I am) Christ, nor Peter, the patriarch of the Roman Catholic Church, nor the Pope. Peter is not and never was the Messiah, yet the Catholic Church was created by Roman Emperor Constantine as the Church of Saint Peter and all Popes claims the title “Successor to Peter”. According to Catholic dogma, Peter and his successors (the Pope) are the temporal head of the Catholic Church, not Christ. The dogmatic ecclesiology of the Catholic Church has always described the Catholic Church as: “the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church”. Emphasis on Apostolic (Peter) and Roman.
The Catholic Church has since 325 AD, when it was formed by Emperor Constantine at the First Council of Nicaea, derived its authority from a mortal being named Peter, not Christ. A mortal being who is identified as Satan 3 times in the Catholic Church Vulgate and all four Canonical Gospels state that Peter rejected (anti) Christ three times before his death. A Jewish mortal being who wasn’t born Peter. Peter was born Simon, the son of John. It was Jesus, the Antichrist, who gave Simon the name Peter. John 1:42 “Andrew then led Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John. You shall be called Cephas (translated means rock)”. Matthew 16:18 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” The gates of hell shall not prevail against it because the Catholic Church is the synagogue of Satan. Satan is the god of both hell and the Catholic Church.
Matthew 16:23 – “Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.”
Matthew 4:10 – “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'”
Mark 8:33 – “he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.”
All Roman Catholic Popes have, since 325 AD, claimed the title “Successor to Peter” and “Vicar of Christ”. The Catholic Church is telling us that by deriving its authority from Peter, a mortal being, and not Christ, it is anti-Christian and its Pope is the Antichrist. The Catholic Church’s own Vulgate identifies Peter as Satan 3 times and the Catholic Pope derives his authority from Peter. That means the Catholic Church Pope derives his authority from Satan. In the scriptures, the Antichrist is revealed as the Beast, who derives his power from Satan. Revelation 13:14 “And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,”
Furthermore, the exact spot where St. Peter’s Basilica stands today, in Vatican City, is over the historical site of the Circus of Nero. The circus was the site of the first organized, Roman sponsored Holocaust of the Jews and early Christians in 65 AD. The Roman Catholic Church is built on desecrated soil – unholy ground. The soil on which it stands is soaked with the blood of Jews and Christians. Blood that was willfully and deliberately shed by the Romans. Historical facts clearly tells us that the Roman Catholic Church is and always has been both anti-Jew and anti-Christian.
“Roman” Emperor Nero slaughtered Jews and Christians on the very site that St. Peter’s Basilica, the Romans’ One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, now stands. Fastened to crosses, Jews and early Christians were set on fire to illuminate the circus of Nero. Besides being put to death they were made to serve as objects of amusement; they were covered with wild beasts’ skins and torn to death by dogs. Some were crucified, others set on fire to serve to illuminate the night when daylight failed, fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed, covered by inflammable matter, were set on fire to serve as torches during the night.
Relative locations of the St. Peter’s Basilica and the Circus of Nero where countless Jews were tortured and put to death for the amusement of the Roman Emperor.
An obelisk took center stage of this circus’s spina and it was re-erected in the center of St. Peter’s Square in 1586. The obelisk was built in Heliopolis, Egypt by the Pharaoh Mencares in 1835 BC in honor of the sun. The Obelisk was brought to Rome by Emperor Caligula in 37 AD. It originally stood in the Circus of Nero on a spot to the south of the basilica, close to the present Sacristy. Because is was built in Egypt in honor of the sun the Obelisk is also used as a sun dial, its shadows mark noon over the signs of the zodiac in the white marble disks in the paving of the square.
For the Egyptians and the Romans the obelisk symbolizes the sun god Ra (Satan). The Vatican, the Pope, the cardinals, the Jesuits, the Illuminati, Freemasons, Skull and Bones, and US presidents all believe their god Amen-Ra (Satan) exists within the structure. The Roman Catholic Church’s god is the false pagan sun god Amen-Ra. The sun was first worshiped as Horus, then as Ra and as Amen-Ra and today as Amen. Catholic prayers are ended by invoking his name – “Amen”
Revelation 12:7 “And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” The Bible is telling us that Satan, Lucifer, dragon, serpent, and the Devil are all one and the same.
St. Peter’s Basilica was built on a lie
St. Peter’s Basilica isn’t built over the tomb of Apostle Peter as claimed by the Catholic Church and its Bishop of Rome (Pope). An excavation carried out between 1940 and 1949 (during WWII, the Vatican’s Third Reich), under the Confession of the Vatican Basilica beneath the papal altar revealed that the site of Peter’s original tomb was empty and in disarray.
In the course of centuries, various monuments were placed over the modest earthen grave of the Apostle: the “Trophy of Gaius” (about the middle of the 2nd century), the monument of Constantine (after 313), the altar of Gregory the Great (590-604), the altar of Calixtus II (1119-1124), and the altar of Clement VIII (1592-1605), which is the present altar. All these monuments were built over an empty tomb.
St. Peter’s Basilica was built as monument to Satan. The alter of St. Peter’s Basilica sits on top of the blood soaked soil of the Circus of Nero. Altar means “a place of slaughter or sacrifice”. In ancient Greece and Rome altars were used for sacrifices. The Circus of Nero was purposely built by the Romans in 40 A.D. as a place of amusement and slaughter. The altar of St. Peter’s Basilica was originally an elevation above the ground made of earth or field stones. They came to be permanent structures made of materials like stone or “bone”. The alter in St. Peter’s Basilica was made to offer sacrifice (the body and blood of Christ) to Emperor Nero. Emperor Nero slaughtered and sacrificed hundreds of Christians in his Circus – the Circus of Nero. St. Peter’s Basilica, as stated above was built over Emperor Nero’s Circus.
Peter’s tomb was and has been empty for 1600 years. The empty tomb was discovered during Nazi Germany’s war of aggression for the Vatican. The Vatican quickly tried to cover up this embarrassing discovery by claiming they had found bone fragments in a secret hiding place lined with slabs of Greek marble. Someone from the Vatican claimed that there were bone fragments mixed in with the plaster rubble inside the hiding place, and arranged for these bones to be gathered up, put in a wooden box and placed in a nearby spot in the Vatican Grottoes, where they remained forgotten for a long time. It wasn’t until June of 1963 that the Vatican’s Sapienza University of Rome (founded in 1303 with the Papal bull In supremae praeminentia dignitatis issued on 20 April 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, as a Studium for ecclesiastical studies) examined the bones and to save the Roman Catholic Church from a fall from grace, declared that the bones (found in the secret hiding place) were of a single individual, of male sex, sturdy build and advanced age, encrusted with earth. The Vatican immediately claimed the bones were those of Apostle Peter. However the findings describes Emperor Nero who was a sturdy built man of advanced age – the evidence is presented with his likeness from an actual Roman coin of his time. During the 1st century 30-40 years was considered advanced age. Emperor Nero committed suicide at the age of 30.
The secret hiding place is very important in identifying the Roman Catholic Church as Satan’s Seat (Holy See). All Catholic prayers are ended by saying Amen. Amen was an Egyptian god in the form of a Ram (Satan). The word or root amen, means “what is hidden,” “what is not seen,” “what cannot be seen,”. Satan is a spirit – is hidden, is not seen, cannot be seen. The Roman Catholic Church claims they are the Church of Peter. Because Peter’s tomb has been empty for over 1600 years Peter remains hidden, is not seen and cannot be seen. Peter is the Antichrist – Satan’s False Christ. The title Pope is at present employed solely to denote the Bishop of Rome, who, in virtue of his position as successor of St. Peter, is the chief pastor of the whole Church, the Antichrist upon earth.
The Bible warns us that in the last days in which we live there will be many false Christs – those who claim to be Christ but who are imposters. Jesus said, “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christ; and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:4-5). Jesus is a Latin Vulgar word meaning “I am” Jesus is revealed in the Bible as an imposter. A man (a mortal being) who came saying I am Christ. Jesus is not Christ because Jewish Mary was instructed to call her son “Immanuel” Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Christ cannot be named any other name than Immanuel. Immanuel is a Hebrew name meaning “God is with us.” Jesus is a Roman word meaning “I am”. The Bible specifically identifies Jesus and all those who claim to be Christ as the false Christ or antichrist. The Pope is the only person on Earth who claims to be Christ. Every Pope assumes the tile “Vicar of Christ”
“The Pope is not simply the representative of Jesus Christ. On the contrary, he is Jesus Christ Himself” -Evangelical Christendom, January 1, 1895, pg. 15, published in London by J. S. Phillips.
Cardinal Sarto, who became Pope Pius X, said this: “The Pope represents Jesus Christ Himself…”
Pope John Paul II wrote that names like “Holy Father” are applicable to the Pope, even though calling him that is counter to the Gospel:
“Have no fear when people call me the “Vicar of Christ,” when they say to me “Holy Father,” or “Your Holiness,” or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel.”
In 1996 he gave his ascent to calling the Pope “Lord” and “Christ on earth”:
“we readily understand the devotion of Saint Francis of Assisi for “the Lord Pope”,the daughterly outspokenness of Saint Catherine of Siena towards the one whom she called “sweet Christ on earth”, the apostolic obedience and the sentire cum Ecclesia of Saint Ignatius Loyola,and the joyful profession of faith made by Saint Teresa of Avila: “I am a daughter of the Church”
“The Pope is of so great dignity, and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God. and the vicar of God.” – Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary
“All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope.” – On the Authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17
“The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, “Cities Petrus Bertanous”.
“The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth…by divine right the Pope has supreme and full power in faith, in morals over each and every pastor and his flock. He is the true vicar, the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians. He is the infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the author of and the judge of councils; the universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the world, the supreme judge of heaven and earth, the judge of all, being judged by no one, God himself on earth.” ~ New York Catechism.
Pope Nicholas I declared that “the appellation of God had been confirmed by Constantine on the Pope, who, being God, cannot be judged by man.” – Constantine I is the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Roman Pontiff, not Peter. There is absolutely no apostolic succession. Roman Emperor Constantine’s First Council of Nicea in 325 AD created the false Church of Jesus Christ.
“The supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires (…) complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.” – Leo VIII, «On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens», Encyclical letter, 1890
“The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh.” Catholic National July 1895. HIDDEN = FALSE. HIDDEN indicates if the embedded object is visible or not. FALSE is the default.
“The pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land… He is the vicegerent (vice (Latin: in place of) + gerere (Latin: to carry on, conduct).) of Christ, who is not only a Priest forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords.” – La Civilia Cattolica, March 18, 1871
“Christ entrusted His office to the chief pontiff (Pontiff Maximus);… but all power in heaven and in earth has been given to Christ;… therefore the chief pontiff, who is His vicar, will have this power.” Corpus Juris chap. 1 column 29
Christ died at birth (Revelation 12:5 – “She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.” ) over 300 years before the Roman Catholic Church and Roman Pontiff was created. Christ did not and could not have entrusted his office to Rome or its Bishops. Christ died at birth, leaving no heirs, nor apostles, to head his church on Earth.
