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|Now, in doing this, they consolidated and made the early…formed the early Catholic church, later. Then at the first great Nicene Council…When I read that, I just fell on my knees. The great Nicene Council had taken place in a.d. 325, all of them was brought together, the bishops and fathers of the Christian faith was brought together at Nicaea. That’s the reason it’s called the Nicaea Council, in a.d. 325. And about '''fifteen hundred delegates''' came to the—the—the convention, or the council, about fifteen hundred delegates, and '''the laity outnumbered the bishops five to one''' (in the delegation); but yet, through the Nicolaitanes (the cold formals) and Constantine’s politicianal plan, they out-voted the true Church and won the victory, and issued in bishops and holy order of men; taking the—the Holy Spirit from the meeting, and placing it upon bishops, cardinals, and popes, and so forth. | |Now, in doing this, they consolidated and made the early…formed the early Catholic church, later. Then at the first great Nicene Council…When I read that, I just fell on my knees. The great Nicene Council had taken place in a.d. 325, all of them was brought together, the bishops and fathers of the Christian faith was brought together at Nicaea. That’s the reason it’s called the Nicaea Council, in a.d. 325. And about '''fifteen hundred delegates''' came to the—the—the convention, or the council, about fifteen hundred delegates, and '''the laity outnumbered the bishops five to one''' (in the delegation); but yet, through the Nicolaitanes (the cold formals) and Constantine’s politicianal plan, they out-voted the true Church and won the victory, and issued in bishops and holy order of men; taking the—the Holy Spirit from the meeting, and placing it upon bishops, cardinals, and popes, and so forth. | ||
Now, this first Nicene Council, and it was in a.d. 330…325. About fifteen hundred delegates and bishops attended the meeting, but they overruled them, in some foggy, '''stormy council''' it was. And they overruled them, and voted in that the Nicolaitanes took over, and that was to take the…all the church, and put it under a supervision of popes or—or bishops, or something; taking the power from the Church and giving it over to the bishops, that the bishops should rule the church and the only one that had anything to say about It.<ref>william Branham, 60-1207 - The Pergamean Church Age, para. 127, 133</ref> | Now, this first Nicene Council, and it was in a.d. 330…325. About fifteen hundred delegates and bishops attended the meeting, but they overruled them, in some foggy, '''stormy council''' it was. And they overruled them, and voted in that the Nicolaitanes took over, and that was to take the…all the church, and put it under a supervision of popes or—or bishops, or something; '''taking the power from the Church and giving it over to the bishops, that the bishops should rule the church''' and the only one that had anything to say about It.<ref>william Branham, 60-1207 - The Pergamean Church Age, para. 127, 133</ref> | ||
|And the foothold it had secured in the Church was seen in the First Great Council of the Church held at Nicaea, in A. D. 325. The Council was composed of about 1500 delegates, the laymen outnumbering the Bishops 5 to 1. It was a stormy council, full of intrigue and political methods, and from the supremacy of the “Clergy” over the “Laity” it was evident that the “Doctrine of the Nicolaitanes” had secured a strong and permanent foothold.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 22.</ref> | |And the foothold it had secured in the Church was seen in the First Great Council of the Church held at Nicaea, in A. D. 325. The Council was composed of about '''1500 delegates''', the laymen outnumbering the Bishops 5 to 1. It was a '''stormy council, full of intrigue and political methods''', and from the '''supremacy of the “Clergy” over the “Laity”''' it was evident that the “Doctrine of the Nicolaitanes” had secured a strong and permanent foothold.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 22.</ref> | ||
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|That’s the '''birthplace of post-millennium'''. And that’s the reason the Catholic doesn’t teach the coming of Jesus, to this day. “It’s all in the church. This is the Millennium. The church owns everything. This is it.” See, post-millennium (Oh, my!) without the return of Jesus Christ. This lasted unto '''the ''assassination'' of Constantine which come between 312 and—and…a.d. 312 and 606. Then Boniface III was made the universal bishop''' or pope over the whole universal church.<ref>william Branham, 60-1207 - The Pergamean Church Age, para. 263</ref> | |That’s the '''birthplace of post-millennium'''. And that’s the reason the Catholic doesn’t teach the coming of Jesus, to this day. “It’s all in the church. This is the Millennium. The church owns everything. This is it.” See, post-millennium (Oh, my!) without the return of Jesus Christ. This lasted unto '''the ''assassination'' of Constantine which come between 312 and—and…a.d. 312 and 606. Then Boniface III was made the universal bishop''' or pope over the whole universal church.<ref>william Branham, 60-1207 - The Pergamean Church Age, para. 263</ref> | ||
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|Then come in the Thyatira Church Age, and the church age of Thyatira begin at 606 and went to 1520, the dark ages. THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AGE 60-1205 | |Then come in the Thyatira Church Age, and the church age of Thyatira begin at 606 and went to 1520, the dark ages. THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AGE 60-1205 | ||
|The Message to the Church at Thyatira. This Period extended from A. D. 606 to the Reformation A. D. 1520.<ref>Clarence Larkin, Dispensational Truth, or “God’s Plan and Purpose in the Ages“, 130 (Philadelphia, PA: Clarence Larkin, 1918).</ref> | |The Message to the Church at Thyatira. This Period extended from A. D. 606 to the Reformation A. D. 1520.<ref>Clarence Larkin, Dispensational Truth, or “God’s Plan and Purpose in the Ages“, 130 (Philadelphia, PA: Clarence Larkin, 1918).</ref> | ||
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|All right, this Jezebel. Now '''she was a daughter of Abraham''', that’s true, '''a princess of an idolater'''. At that time when the royal family, her royal family, was '''famed by cruel savage loyalty''' to '''Baalim'''. Her father was '''a priest of the idol of A-s-t-a-r-t-e''' (I don’t know how you pronounce it, I just picked it up in the history). Ahab used his strategy like Constantine. This great powerful nation laid next to Israel, so therefore… <ref>William Branham, 60-1208 - The Thyatirean Church Age, para. 61</ref> | |||
|Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, was '''not by birth a daughter of Abraham''', but '''a princess of idolatrous Tyre''', at a time, too, when its royal family was '''famed for cruel savagery and intense devotion''' to '''Baal and Astarte'''.<ref>Clarence Larkin, The Book of Revelation: A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture (Philadelphia, PA: Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, 1919), 24.</ref> | |||
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|And then the Sardis Church Age begin at 1520 and lasted till 1750, the Lutheran age. THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AGE 60-1205 | |And then the Sardis Church Age begin at 1520 and lasted till 1750, the Lutheran age. THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AGE 60-1205 |