{"id":42004,"date":"2020-10-01T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=42004"},"modified":"2020-10-01T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:26:23","slug":"the-coming-collapse-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-collapse-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coming Collapse of America","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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AS <\/strong>as Canadian, I sometimes tease my American friends for their “Amero-centric” view of the world and Scripture. For them, the Book of Revelation and its prophecies of persecution and cataclysm are future events. Not so if you are one of millions being being hunted or already driven out of your home in the Middle East and Africa where Islamic bands are terrorizing Christians. Not so if you are one of the millions risking your life in the underground Church in China, North Korea, and dozens of other countries. Not so if you are one of those facing martyrdom on a daily basis for your faith in Christ. For them, they must feel they are already living the pages of the Apocalypse. <\/p>\n

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I will tell you something: today\u2019s martyrs are greater in number than those of the first centuries\u2026 there is the same cruelty towards Christians today, and in greater number.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE FRANCIS, December 26th, 2016; Zenit<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Still, there is <\/em>something about America that does indeed place it at the center of world events and Scripture. In Mystery Babylon<\/a>, <\/em>I explained why and how. If you have not read it, I encourage you to take a few minutes to understand how both the Christian and Masonic roots of America are seemingly fulfilling biblical prophecy right now on an epic scale. Consider again the vision of St. John regarding a mysterious woman riding a beast:<\/p>\n

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The woman was wearing purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a gold cup that was filled with the abominable and sordid deeds of her harlotry. On her forehead was written a name, which is a mystery, \u201cBabylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth.\u201d (Rev 17:4-5)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Recall that the word \u201cmystery\u201d here comes from the Greek must\u0113rion<\/em>, which means:<\/p>\n

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\u2026a secret or \u201cmystery\u201d (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites.)<\/strong> \u2014Greek dictionary of the New Testament, The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, <\/em> Spiros Zodhiates and AMG Publishers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Vine\u2019s<\/em> expository on biblical words adds:<\/p>\n

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Among the ancient Greeks, \u2018the mysteries\u2019 were religious rites and ceremonies practised by secret societie<\/em>s into which any one who so desired might be received. Those who were initiated into these mysteries became possessors of certain knowledge, which was not imparted to the uninitiated, and were called \u2018the perfected.\u2019<\/strong> \u2014Vines Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, <\/em>W.E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, William White, Jr., p. 424<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"In my series on The New Paganism<\/a>, <\/em>I explained how the roots of these secret societies are traced to the time of Moses in particular, and how their errant philosophies have metastasized over the centuries into essentially what is known, and condemned by the Church today, as Freemasonry.[1]<\/sup><\/a>“The organization of the Secret Societies was needed to transform the theorizings of the philosophers into a concrete and formidable system for the destruction of civilization.” \u2014Stephen, Mahowald, She Shall Crush Thy Head<\/em>, MMR Publishing Company, p. 4<\/span><\/span>