Kingdom Parables
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THE KINGDOM PARABLES<br />
God created woman as an emotional and susceptible personality.<br />
Therefore they are symbols of churches - good and bad. Women are the<br />
backbone of every church. And they are the greatest supporters of<br />
heretics too. Jezebel the wife of Ahab is usually the symbol of evil<br />
forces. As a foretaste of spiritual fornication encouraged by Jezebel<br />
stands two women figures of this Church Period - Empress Irene and<br />
Empress Theodesia. In AD 726 Pope Leo III in an attempt to eradicate<br />
idol worship started a widespread destruction of images and persecution<br />
of image worshippers. The result was a religious riot which Pope<br />
handled with the might of the army. Gregory III at the Synod of Rome<br />
excommunicated all proponents of icons and idols in 732 AD and the<br />
Ecumenical Council of Constance declared that only Satan could have<br />
introduced image worship into the Church. But the tables were turned<br />
with the ascension of Empress Irene and by AD 787 in the second<br />
General Council of Nicea convened by her, iron relics, pictures and idols<br />
were authorized. It is in fact decreed that anyone who consecrates a<br />
church without these must be punished as a transgressor. This Jezebel<br />
has the zeal even to tear out the eyes of her own son by this decree.<br />
Under her the Marilatory came into its zenith as we should expect.. In<br />
794 the Council of Frankfurt again condemned the image worship which<br />
was ratified by the Council of Paris. But in AD 842 another Jezebel<br />
came to power - the Byzantine Empress Theodosia. She re-established<br />
the image worship and set out on an inquisition. Between 842 and 847<br />
she was able to destroy more than a hundred thousand people who<br />
refused to bow down before the idols - beheaded, burned or drowned.<br />
These martyrs are remembered today as Paulicians.<br />
As to Jezebels who committed physical fornication we have the history<br />
of two harlots who actually ruled the church - Theodora and her<br />
daughter Marozia. These prostitutes controlled the Popes and the Papal<br />
chair for over 60 years (904 - 963 AD) and the period is known as the<br />
era of Pornocracy`<br />
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