The Antichrist: His Portrait and History – Appendix D. Rev. XIII. 16-18 Fulfilled

This is the continuation of the book from the previous chapter The Antichrist: His Portrait and History – Appendix C. He That Exalteth Himself. 2 Thess. II. 4

THE False Christian Priesthood (Matt. vii. 15) was to be coadjutor to, and helper of, the Antichrist or “The Beast”; and one of the means he would use, in order to further the cause of the Antichrist is thus described: “He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or on their foreheads.”

There is no mistaking this. It means a symbol of faith imposed by a false Christian Priesthood in order to render the recipients the subjects of The Beast or The Antichrist. As The Beast is of Pagan origin—(for “Wild Beast” is ever the symbol of a Pagan Power)—and the False Priesthood is also of Pagan origin, it is sufficiently obvious that the “mark” imposed is also of Pagan origin.

We are therefore to seek for a Pagan symbol imposed as a symbol of the Christian Faith, by a False Christian Priesthood, upon all—irrespective of quality or condition; and this with the object of making all the recipients the subjects of the False Priesthood’s Master—The Antichrist. The right hand, and the forehead, were to be the two parts of the human body affected by this religious symbol.

In 1906 Pope Pius X. issued a “Compendium of Christian Doctrine,” which, he declared, “expounds clearly the Holy Faith, which all Christians must observe.” To the question “What is the sign of a Christian?” the reply is given: “The sign of a Christian is the sign of the Holy Cross.”

To the further question, “How do you make the sign of the Cross?” the answer is: I make the sign of the Cross, placing the RIGHT HAND to the FOREHEAD, saying: “In the Name of the Father”; then to the breast, saying, “And of the Son”; then to the left shoulder and to the right shoulder, saying, “And of the Holy Spirit”; and lastly I say “Amen.”’

To the question, “Why is the Sign of the Cross the sign of a Christian?” the reply given is . . . “because it serves to distinguish Christians from infidels.”

To the question, “What does the Sign of the Cross indicate?” the reply given is, “It indicates the principal mysteries of our holy faith.” And then the recipient of this sign is told that as it “possesses the merit of reviving faith, banishing temptation, and of obtaining much grace from God, it is right to make the Sign of the Cross when getting up in the morning, when going to bed at night, before and after meals and work, on entering or leaving a church, and especially before prayer.” It will be seen, therefore, that every class, and all ages, are included; rich and poor, bond and free. All have to make the Sign of the Cross with the right hand to the forehead, in order to show that they are followers of the Pope—for it is the Pope’s “Holy Faith” which, throughout this Catechism, is passed off as Christianity. Into this “holy faith” one is admitted by “holy baptism” and by “holy baptism” is meant the rite performed by “a Priest” who, with his RIGHT HAND, makes the “Sign of the Cross” on the FOREHEAD of the infant. From that moment it is obligatory on the recipient to observe the Law of the Church” —i.e., of the Pope’s Church or False Priesthood.

The Council of Trent decreed (Session vii., Canon ix.) that in baptism there is imprinted in the soul . . . a certain spiritual and indelible sign,” thus terrorizing all into being baptized. The Council of Trent was a gathering of sham Christian Priests.

The Roman Ritual or office-book of the Priesthood of Rome prescribes how baptism is to be performed. It lays down that “the lawful minister of baptism is the Parish Priest,” who “with his thumb shall make the Sign of the Cross on the FOREHEAD . . .” of the baptized.

The “Cross” thus made is a notorious and well-known Pagan emblem, the oldest in symbolism. I need not elaborate that point now, as I have proved it to the hilt elsewhere. It suffices at present to add that the Pope claims all baptized persons as his subjects. (The Pope and the Council, p. 165; also the Canonist Kirchenrecht, 1855-1872. )

It will thus be seen, by any unprejudiced person, that in order to compel rich and poor, bond and free, to become subjects of the Pope, the priests of Rome teach that by baptism the soul is indelibly marked for eternity, when a mark is impressed with the Right Hand to the Forehead in the form of a Cross (Pontificale Romanum, p. 49.)—the oldest and most universal Pagan symbol. All who decline to accept this ordeal are refused the name of “Christian,” and are relegated to the ranks of “infidels”!

“Innocent XI., A.D. 1680, struck a medal showing the Church of Rome as a Woman standing at Rome, holding in her left hand a LATIN CROSS, and in her right hand a cup containing the wafer, with the legend “In Saeculum Stabit.”

Leo XII, 1825, struck one showing a Woman seated on the globe, with a LATIN CROSS in her left hand, and a cup in her right band, with the legend “Sedet Super Universam.”

Gregory XIII., 1572, struck one showing an angel with a sword in the right hand, and a CROSS in the other, in honor of St. Bartholomew’s massacre.

And in this manner is the “more sure word of prophecy” fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit revealed to John on Patmos more than 1,800 years ago, so clearly that he may run who reads it.

The Bull “Unam Sanctam” declares it essential to salvation to be subject to the Pope; accordant with which claim all Papal ecclesiastics take the vow of “obedience,” and receive the Sign of the Cross, as a sign of fealty to the Pope; and these in turn administer to Emperors, and Kings, and to all within the Church of Rome, the oath of spiritual allegiance to the Pope, along with the Sign of the Cross, which is impressed upon all FOREHEADS or hands, with the RIGHT HANDS of the operators—even as a great army of soldiers under the Papal banner—from birth to death.

Yet there are intelligent Englishmen who are blind to this evident fulfillment, and are looking for something quite different still to come. Thus is Wisdom justified of her children!

Continued in The Antichrist: His Portrait and History – Appendix E. Romish Truth and Celibacy