Title: The European Union
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2The European Union and The Supra-Religion
Setting the Stage for the Final Act?
A Biblical Perspective
by Robert Congdon
3Setting the Stage for the Final Act
Session 1
Genesis - a Biblical Foundation the EU
Session 2
Daniel 7 - Uniting the world through
a Supra-Government
Session 3
Revelation 12 - Uniting the world
through a Supra-Religion
4So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wildernessand I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet-colored beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 173
Outside the Council of EU Ministers Office
Building
5So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wildernessand I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet-colored beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 173
Outside the Council of EU Ministers Office
Building
Worldwide Religion United with a Worldwide United
Government
6Is there any relationship between Religion and
the European Union?
712 Stars of EU
Strasbourg Cathedral
8a woman clothed with the sun,and the moonunder
her feet,and upon her heada crown of twelve
stars. Revelation 121
9EU's Link to Roman Catholicism
I am profoundly convinced that the only glue
capable of sticking together Europe is
Christianity. 26 August 2003
2003 EU President
10EU Founding Fathers
Alcide de Gasperi
Konrad Adenauer
Robert Shuman
11Our Lady of Europe
European Union paid to renovate the Roman
Catholic Gibraltar Shrine to the Virgin Mary.
380,000
12under the patronage of Mary, the human family
will be drawn ever more closely into fraternal
unity and peaceful coexistence. Pope Paul II,
1979
13Roman Catholicism's Links to EU
"...insisted that Roman Catholics should be in
the front ranks of the unification effort."
Pope John XXIII
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15Vatican Facts
Most extensive international organization in the
world outside of the UN.
16Vatican Facts
Formal state relations with 147 countries
17Vatican Facts
A Very Powerful Political Entity!
Formal state relations with 147 countries
18Vatican Facts
Formal state relations with 147 countries
Represents 1,000,000,000 people in the world!
19a woman clothed with the sun,and the moonunder
her feet,and upon her heada crown of twelve
stars. Revelation 121
20Revelation 12
What is the Subject of the Passage?
Who are the participants?
21What is the Subject of the Passage?
And the great dragon was cast out, . . . he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
Revelation 129
22What is the Subject of the Passage?
Job 16,7
And the great dragon was cast out, . . . he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
Revelation 1210
Revelation 129
23What is the Subject of the Passage?
Future event . . .
And the great dragon was cast out, . . . he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
Revelation 129
24And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she
hath a place prepared of God that they should
feed her there 1260 days. Revelation 126
and in the midst of the week 3 ½ years he
shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to
cease, and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured
upon the desolate Israel. Daniel 97
Midst of Week 3 ½ years x 360 days/year 1260
days
25What is the Subject of the Passage?
The Tribulation
And the great dragon was cast out, . . . he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
Revelation 129
26Revelation 12
What is the Subject of the Passage?
Who are the participants?
The Tribulation
27Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Great Red Dragon -
Man-child -
Michael -
28Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Great Red Dragon -
Man-child -
Michael -
29Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Great Red Dragon -
Revelation 1915
Man-child -
Michael -
30Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Great Red Dragon -
Man-child -
Jesus Christ
Rev. 227
Michael -
31Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Great Red Dragon -
Man-child -
Jesus Christ
Rev. 227
Michael -
Archangel
Jude 9 Dan. 121
32Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Clues
33Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Clues
She is a "Wonder" v. 1
Literally a
"Great or mega symbol"
34A symbol is . . . not the actual object or
being but rather something that stands for,
represents, or suggests another thing.
35Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Clues
She is a "Wonder" v. 1
Dragon is a "Wonder" v.3
and a symbol for Satan
36Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Woman -
Satan
Great Red Dragon -
v.9
Man-child -
Jesus Christ
Rev. 227
Michael -
Archangel
Jude 19 Dan. 121
37And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to
his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a
dream more and, behold, the sun and the moon and
the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told his father, and to his brethren and his
father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is
this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and
thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
brethren envied him but his father observed the
saying.
Genesis 379-11
38And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to
his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a
dream more and, behold, the sun and the moon and
the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told his father, and to his brethren and his
father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is
this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and
thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
brethren envied him but his father observed the
saying.
Genesis 379-11
39And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to
his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a
dream more and, behold, the sun and the moon and
the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told his father, and to his brethren and his
father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is
this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and
thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
brethren envied him but his father observed the
saying.
Genesis 379-11
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41The Woman Symbolises the Nation of Israel
42Revelation 121 - 8
Prime Participants
Nation of Israel
Woman -
Gen. 375-10
Satan
Great Red Dragon -
v.9
Man-child -
Jesus Christ
Rev. 227
Michael -
Archangel
Jude 19 Dan. 121
43Revelation 121 - 17
44None of these "fit" the life of the Virgin Mary
Revelation 121 - 17
45Revealation 12
The EU and Rome's Interpretation is Wrong!
Because it is not based upon Scripture!
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47Israel
The "Church"
and
Virgin Mary
48Importance of the Roman Catholic Mary
49Can it not be said that it is faith, the
Christian faith, the Catholic faith that made
Europe? No other human force in Europe can
re-awaken Europes Christian soul, where its
unity is rooted. Pope Paul VI
50Christ will conquer through
her Here we stand before you to entrust to your
maternal care ourselves, the Church, the entire
world. To you, Dawn of Salvation, we commit our
journey through the new millennium Pope John
Paul II8 October 2000
51Mary - His co-Redeemer with the Lord Jesus Christ
52Notice
Mary's Initial is on his coffin
Artistic Reconstruction
53But will Roman Catholicism be the World-Wide
Religion?
54NO ! ! !
But will Roman Catholicism be the World-Wide
Religion?
55Supra-religion
"above, over, beyond, before or supreme"
56Common Thread is Needed
57Supra-Religion
Supra-National Government
58Independent Governing Authority
Supra-Religion
Controlling the Religions under its Power
59Independent Governing Authority
Supra-Religion
Unifying Factor is the KEY!
Controlling the Religions under its Power
60under the patronage of Mary, the human family
will be drawn ever more closely into fraternal
unity and peaceful coexistence. John Paul II
61The Humanist Manifesto II
There must be movement toward one-world
government and a single church or religion.
62How could the Roman Catholic Mary be acceptable
to all religions of the world?
63Supra - Religion
The Present of Man - The Future of God
10 - 12 October 2003
Fatima, Portugal
64Supra - Religion
4.5 Million People come each year to the Shrine
65Supra - Religion
"The future of Fatima, or the adoration of
God and His mother at this holy shrine...
66Supra - Religion
"...where different religions can mingle,..."
67Supra - Religion
"...a universalistic place of
vocation."
68Hindus we are getting positive vibrations from
visiting Marian shrines.
Annual multi-day festival to Maryobserved by
Hindus along with Roman Catholics
69African Muslims . . . ...do not have to
become "Christians" to follow her.
70Supra - Religion
Magna Mater
of Fatima
Islam Roman Catholicism 2 Billion People
71Koran accepts Mary...
72Koran accepts...
Doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception
73Mohammed wrote of his daughter, Fatima . . .
"Thou shalt be the most blessed of all the women
in Paradise, after Mary . . . "
74"...saw the Virgin Mary..."
Australia
Bethlehem Arabs
Amsterdam
Japan
Cairo
Rowanda
Poland
Canada
Chile
75Universal "Christ"
76and the dragon gave him his power, and his
seat, and great authorityand they worshiped the
dragon which gave power unto the beast and they
worshiped the beast. Revelation 132, 4
Antichrist
Cultic Mary
77Europa
Time Magazine
78Europa
So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet-colored beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 173
79EU ministers met in Rome . . .
just after Fatima conference
80"one world religion where individual faiths can
live side-by-side under one umbrella . . .
to establish peace and prosperity to the European
Union."
French Interior Minister
81Speculation . . . Perhaps, but ...
it is based upon facts, quotes,
publications from... the Vatican the
European Union and other faiths...
82Magna Mater
Mother/Child Goddess
83Back to Babylon
Magna Mater, The Great Mother
The Mother of God, Queen of Heaven
Mother/child goddess
84And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY
BABYLON, THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
Revelation 175
85And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY
BABYLON, THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
Revelation 175
86and I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed it
shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
Genesis 315
Prophecy Fulfilled
And the devil that deceived them was cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast
and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented
day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 2010
87I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation in the sides of the northI will
ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will
be like the Most High. Isaiah 1413, 14
Ye thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the
sides of the pit. Isaiah 1415
Prophecy Fulfilled
And cast him Satan into the bottomless pit, and
shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand years should be fulfilled Revelation
203
88I Satan will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the northI will
ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will
be like the Most High. Isaiah 1413, 14
Not Satan...but Christ upon the mount!
But in the last days it shall come to pass that
the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and it
shall be exalted above the hills and people
shall flow. Micah 41 Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the
power of his Christ for the accuser of our
brethren is cast down, which accused them before
our God day and night. Revelation 1210
89But the saints of the most High shall take the
kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, ever
for ever and ever. Daniel 718
The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ and he
shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 1115
90Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ
Revelation 1210a
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