Catholic martyrs were killed in nearly 300 years of persecutions from Nero to Diocletian. Then, Revelation 20 tells us that “an angel came down from Heaven”. He locked up the devil for “a thousand years”.
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Then, Constantine! At the beginning of “The Thousand Year Reign”, Constantine made it legal to be Catholic. For the following thousand years, Catholic Teaching was spread by Saints like Ambrose, Augustine, and Aquinas.
During that “Thousand Year Reign”, holy men in monasteries spent lifetimes copying Bibles by hand. It took twenty men a year to copy each Bible. Another twenty men provided for God’s Holy Scribes. They raised the sheep and turned their skins into parchment. Each Bible cost a fortune!
In today’s money, forty men at $20,000.00 a year is almost a million dollars! In “The Thousand Year Reign” of The Catholic Church, a united Christendom made that huge investment.
For forty generations, The Word of God was given to the world!
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Then, the devil was “released from the abyss”. “The Thousand Year Reign” of The Catholic Church over a United Christendom began to be confused. Evil men did not want a powerful Catholic Church telling them what to do!
They found vain men in The Church. Hus, Luther, and other Judases were hired by the evil men.
“We want you to invent reasons to undermine The Catholic Church!”
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“The Thousand Year Reign” ended. The Great Test began! Now, each person is forced to choose between Jesus and human vanity.
The Great Test: “Will I choose to obey Jesus and His Church-Founding Word:
‘And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.'”?
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Each of us “will be judged according to the way has lived.”, (Rev 20: 14)
Only those who obey Jesus may be forever in Heaven, among: “You are My friends if you obey My commands.”
What fate does God promise to the willfully disobedient?
John: 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but must endure God’s wrath.”
Catholics thank God that we join belief with obedience!
We do so forever!
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