On May 20th Mike Hoggard did a wonderful teaching on idolatry in the
catholic church based on a video of the "Iconic Monstrance" in a
catholic church in Chicago.
I really suggest you watch this video, even though I could only bear a
few seconds of it.
Now, the catholic church is infamously idolatrous, and also ravenously
defensive of their statues, crosses, stain glass windows, golden this,
silver that.
They argue that the statues are not being worshiped and therefore they
are not idols. I've gone over this in another article, which
you can
read. The ultimate fact is that there is a lot of scripture against
idols, but there is one piece of scripture that denies also, clearly,
the creation of anything inanimate relating to Jesus Christ:
[Act 17:29] Forasmuch then as we are the
offspring of God, we
ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device.
However, the catholics are not the topic of discussion in this article.
I want to draw attention to what idolatry can lead to and what the
Torah repeated over and over about idols and statues in high places.
There are, to my surprise, some gigantic idols around the world. I have
compiled a list here because its shocked me so much to see these
pictures.
JESUS CHRIST and Mary I would like to start
out by showing you what happens when Jesus Christ
is turned into an idol. This statue of Jesus Christ WAS in Cincinnati.
It was struck by lighting and burned to the ground.
And you know of those standing in Brazil and Poland. Name:
"Christ the Redeemer"
Contruction Details:
The statue is 99 feet tall with a 31 foot tall base. It was comissioned
in 1922 and finished 9 years later on October 12, 1931 in
Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil. It was comissioned by the catholic church.
Esoteric Message: 99 is the number for seeing the LORD, God Almighty
in [Gen 17:1] and 31 is the number of the false kings
of [Jos 12:24] and time of regitgeous rulership in [2Ki 22:1]. The esoteric message being "see the
LORD God Almighty kill the false kings and rule righteously."
This would be a righteous message if the idol itself didn't violate
every ouce of Biblical truth. Thus, the real dead king here is the dead
Christ in stone, ruled over by satanic idolatry.
This statue was build between two 14's (1+9+2+2 = 14 = 1+9+3+1)
over 9
years. 14 is the number of a patriarical generation from [Mat 1:17] and 9 is the number of a failure to be
thankful in [2Ki 17:1] and [Luk 17:17]. The message here, hidden in the dates
is "the patriach of an unthankful people leads to another patriarch."
This message could be interpreted as righteous, again, referring to the
unthankful Jews of the Babylonian capture period and washed away by the
coming of Jesus. But, we are no longer in that period and there will be
no new patriarch. Thus these dates actually celebrate the coming of a
'new Christ' known as anti-Christ.
We also find on the chest of this statue a heart. This esoteric symbol
was originally used in pagan sex rituals; a mark of lust and depravity.
Name:
"Christ the King"
Construction Details:
In Ĺwiebodzin, Poland, groundbreaking was 29 September 2006, completed
on 6 November 2010. The statue is 33 metres (108 ft) tall, the crown is
3 metres (9.8 ft) tall, and along with its mound, it reaches 52.5
metres (172 ft) overall. It weighs 440 tonnes. The project was
conceived and led by Sylwester Zawadzki, a retired Polish priest.
Esoteric Message:
Again, we have the 33 referring to rulership over Jerusalem and the
three metre crown, laden with Templar crosses, referring us to the
coming anti-Christ.
Name:
"Virgen de la Paz" or "Virgin of Peace"
Construction Details:
The Monument to Our Lady of Peace is a colossal sculpture commemorating
the Virgin Mary, done entirely in concrete, built 11 km southwest of
the city of Trujillo, in Venezuela. With 46.72 meters high, 16 meters
wide, 18 deep at the base and about 1200 tonnes, is the highest
habitable sculpture of America, 5 inches taller than the Statue of
Liberty.
Esoteric Messages:
Of all the statues this is by for the most laden with esoteric
messages. The statue is 46.72 metres high. 46 is a reference to the
number of chromosomes we have and is the number of words the serpent
spoke to Eve in [Genesis 3:1].
72 is a refrence to the 72 names of satan, the 72 devils. Thus the
height of the statue literally means, 'devils of creation.'
18 is another reference to 6+6+6 and the statue, being 5 inches higher
than the statues of liberty, is almost to say that Mary is the true
light of Lucifer.
But here are some of the others you might not know about that are half
a world away. If you click on the images and look closely most of them
have little people for scale. Putting the esoteric messages aside from
pagan gods, these statues pay homage to their own wickedness. There is
a huge list of these things here. I never realized how many idols there were
in the world... pray they are all torn down.
BUDDHA The god of
enlightenment (with the light of Lucifer)
Name:
"Buddha of Bamiyan"
Construction Details:
55 (180) high.
Name:
"Laykyun Setkyar"
Construction Details:
116 metres high. If you look closely at the two feet you'll a couple of
people underneath.
Name:
"Sleeping Buddha"
Construction Details:
1500 feet long.
Name:
"Amitabha Buddha"
Construction Details:
40 metres high and clearly doing a '666' hand gesture and in an 'as
above so below' fashion.
Name:
"Leshan Giant Buddha"
Construction Details:
71 metres high.
Name:
"Ushiku Daibutsu"
Construction Details:
110 m high, also doing double '666' and 'as above so below.'
Name:
"Spring Temple Buddha"
Construction Details:
128 m (420 ft) high, also doing double '666' and 'as above so below.'
This is the largest statue in the world.
SHIVA The god of destruction Name:
"Kailashnath Mahadev"
Construction Details:
43.5 m high.. talk about putting idols in high places! Shiva by far has
the most satanic imagery. A trident, cobra around her neck, all seeing
eyes and the works.
Name:
"Shiva of Murudeshwara"
Construction Details:
37 m high.. four hands to do satanic gestures with. Convenient!
GANESHA Name:
"???"
Description:
Tacky.
MURUGAN Name:
"Lord Murugan Statue"
Description:
42.7 m high.
RINPOCHE Name:
"Padmasambhava"
Description:
42.7 m high and freaking evil looking. He/she is actually doing the
cornuto... wonderful.
HANUMAN
ZEUS Name:
Big Zeus
Description:
No longer with us. R.I.P. Zeus (The 'P' stands for 'Pain').