During the first half of the Tribulation Period, paganism and spiritual idolatry will reach their peak as Church and State unite. This combination of political and religious power, overwhelmingly dominated by two evil individuals, is the terrifying scenario the world will soon face. This religious system, the Endtime World Church, is referred to in scriptures as, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, MOTHER OF HARLOTS, THE ABOMINATION OF THE EARTH."

To understand this mystery, one must go back to the beginning, near the landing of the Ark, to Bab-el or Babylon, in the land of Shinar, when mankind was of one language and one speech. From this point in time did all false systems, worships and perversions of the word of God begin.

Desiring to abolish God, Nimrod, whom it is said did not fear to withstand God to his very face, proclaimed his wife Semiramis as head priestess of an idolatrous system of religious rituals, known as the Babylonian Mysteries. This became the fountainhead and mother of every pagan system since. Semiramis was known as the dove goddess and worshiped as the queen of heaven. Her son, according to tradition, was killed and resurrected from the dead after 40 days. This mother-son cult promoted salvation by sprinkling holy water, ceremonial cleansing and purgatorial cleansing after death.

Wherever man has settled, they have kept reproducing the likeness of this original mother. Goddess worship has always been the focal point of apostasy. A partial list of goddesses men have worshiped would include Karnaim, Ishtar, Ashtaroth, Astarte, Isis, Diana and the ultimate, monstrous endtime deception, the Virgin Mary. The real Mary was blessed among women as the mother of Jesus and has had no part in the idolatry and abominations that have been, and will be, committed in her name!

After the defeat of Babylon by the Medo-Persian Empire, the cult surfaced in Pergamos of Asia Minor under the name Etruscan Mysteries, eventually headquartered in Rome. The chief priests wore miters shaped like the head of a fish in honor of Dagon, the fish god. In Rome the chief priest took the title Pontifex Maximus. When Julius Caesar became head of Rome, he took the same title, later adopted by the Bishop of Rome. When Constantine made Christianity a state religion, he combined paganism with Christianity, obscuring the true meaning of the scriptures.

It is important to note the Great Harlot is not Papal Rome only; myriad of God's true people have been martyred by this false system, which can be see as organized alienation from God, long before there was a Rome. The False Prophet, as head of the Endtime World Church, will be headquartered in Rome. He will Ultimately deceive the world by drawing on the religious expectations of Christians, Jews and Muslims. These three groups are anXiously and with an increased sense of anticipation awaiting their respective saviors.

The involvement of Mary in the False Prophet's program is crucial on another level Mary is the only bridge between Islam, JUdaism ana cnnstianity. A little known foot: Mary is mentioned 34 times in the Koran. It is also interesting that Catholic legend of miracles has provided Mary with the name Our Lady of Fatima. Islamic lore requires the Moslem Savior to be a descendant of Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed.

Satan will perform miracles that will be attributed to Mary. These miracles will involve great signs and wonders to seduce, if it were possible, even the very elect. Her presence will be seen as a goddess intervening in human affairs. In virtually every case where individuals are receiving communiques from Mary, the one constant is the imminent chastisement of the planet because of the sins of man; that the earth will be struck by calamities, plagues and famine ...that my Immaculate Heart is the only refuge and the way to God and salvation... Behold, I solemnly tell you that man-made disasters shall occur simUltaneously with natural disasters, economic collapse, one world government...the Ball of Redemption that shall descend from the atmosphere to earth and shall be from Heaven, etc. - the list is endless and grows daily. What everyone of these messages teach is during the earth's "chastisement, "
Mary will be present with her followers to help them survive; of course, this is a lie. The current Pope believes that Mary will be the supernatural agent of God's intervention in these last days, an instrument of divine providence. The ironic thing is these demonically "channeled" messages from Mary predicting the entire world will soon find itself in the Tribulation Period are true. Man will SUddenly find himself in a catastrophic world dominated by miraculous moves from a goddess figure named Mary.

Jesus Christ taught the Church would eventually grow into a monstrosity and degenerate into a state of total apostasy. The Harlot, Ecclesiastical Babylon, is described by John as riding a scarlet colored beast, Political Babylon. The depravity of the whore is seen in her unholy alliance with the despicable political ruler, the Anti-Christ. This close relationship between the world's religions and the beast's government is seen in scriptures as a woman in an intimate interaction with government as she rides the beast. To put it coarsely, the Lord sees her as a whore with her legs wrapped around the Anti-Christ. Having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornications, she will not tolerate competition from other religious beliefs. Drunk with human blood only inflames her insatiable lust for more violence and savagery as she attempts to destroy all recognition of Christ.

This persecution will be against Tribulation believers in Jesus Christ, who will be massacred on a worldwide scale.