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THE DEVIL'S ANTI-CHURCH (Chart Courtesy of Dr. Charles Johnson)
THE DEVIL'S ANTI-CHURCH (Chart Courtesy of Dr. Charles Johnson)
Charles Johnson)
Ephesus : Status of the anti-church in The Era of Transition (September 70 to 80=12 years)
Ephesus early attempts by excluded from say they are careless libertinism
unbelievers to the true Church apostles; Ephesian justified;
infiltrate the true Church Nicolaitan attitude toward attack on the
[unsuccessful] [the majority is the study of the truth of the
authority, they say, Word of God Bible [where
and not the Bible] the Ephesians
were
vulnerable
Smyrna : Status of the anti-church in The Era of Persecution (82 to 442=360 years)
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AGE IDENTIFICATION COMTEMPORARY CLAIM OF WEAKNESS SPECIFIC
POSITION AUTHORITY OF TARGET ATTACK
Pergamum : Status o the Anti-Church in The Era of Accommodation (442 to 802 = 360 years)
Pergamum evil in the form infiltrating into the presence growing powerful upon the
of secularism the true Church within the in the secular realm, desire for
and paganism body of those the church visible secular security,
beginning to who stoutly becomes vulnerable leading to the
influence the hold to these both to the fallacies false
Church through teachings of of inclusiveness assumption that
temptation and the Nicolaitans and the need for accommodation
accommodation centralization, with evil to
in the manner of thus opening the garner secular
the conspiracy way to power can be
of Balaam & infiltration by indulged with
Balak evil impunity
Thyatira : Status of the Anti-Church in The Era of Compromise (802. To 1162 = 360 years)
Thyatira evil now entrenched the secular, pagan these elements Jezebel and spreading of
in the body element begins falsely claim her followers influence
gains control to assume dominant superior prey upon through these
of the leadership position within the authority based those within cult-like
of the church visible of the church visible superior knowledge the church activities to
[Jezebel, the whore, [Jezebel supported teachings the visible who are those still
representing their by her adulterers the deep things vulnerable to the holding to true
children] and their children] which in reality are false appeal of faith and
lies (i.e., of Satan) secret dogma, practice [to eat
elaborate ritual, and food sacrificed
false authority to idols and
indulge in
sexual
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THE DEVILS ANTI-CHURCH
Sardis: Status of the Anti-Church in The Era of Corruption 1162 to 1522 = 360 years)
Sardis no group mentioned the cancer of evil has now the evil and the false for true believers directed
= the body is now, as thoroughly infiltrated and have usurped the to continue within toward the
a whole, moribund, with dominated the originally offices and authority the dead body will last vestiges
only a spark of life left in healthy body of the visible mean the eventual of true faith
some of its individual organization of the extinction of the and practice
members Church true faith
Philadelphia: Status of the Anti-Church in The Era of Revival 1522 to 1882 = 360 years)
Philadelphia the entirely corrupt and having usurped the original the opponents claim none the true despite active
completely ungodly organizational body of the to be the true and believers have put persecution,
synagogue of Satan in earthly Church, the false legitimate religion the truth of the word the false put
opposition to true synagogue now finds itself [say they are Jews] of God first and God off balance;
believers have separated opposing from the outside the one true has honored these even some of
themselves from this dead the true Church reformed Church, but are in works granting its own
body which once reality Satans them a bountiful recognize that
represented the Church synagogue [an evil harvest [of evangelism God is with
organization] knowledge, spiritual the
growth], an open Philadelphians
door and repent,
worshiping
at their feet
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THE DEVILS ANTI-CHURCH
Laodicea: Status of the Anti-Church in The Era of Degeneration 1882 to 2026 = 144 years)
Laodicea no group mentioned the sleeping sickness established within not a cancer as in instead of
= the false has now of evil has managed to the Church, in Pergamum / posing a
infiltrated the thoroughly permeate the true unbelievers have Thyatira / Sardis clear challenge,
reformed Church Church to the point of spread the apathy of (which would be the anti-church
organization and is having fatally relativism: everything identifiable), but a of our own day
indistinguishably intermixed compromised it is good, so nothing degenerative illness has gradually
can be wrong (and that has attacked introduced
nothing right) the body from relativism,
within subtly and loose standards,
incrementally apathy about
to avoid sharp the Word of
reaction, and has God, etc.,
brought about rendering the
spiritual paralysis Church of our
in the host era largely
insipid
(lukewarm),
and
ineffective