The Cross and the Crucifix

Revelation 13. 1-8 is a prophesy having the whole world worshipping a multi-headed beast. As it is unlikely the whole world will worship a literal beast with multiple heads, we're looking for a figurative interpretation. What about the following? If you worship a false god then you are worshipping this multi-headed beast of Rev. 13. 1-8. False gods are beastly because they lead people away from heaven and to perdition. Recall Revelation 2. 9 has Jesus saying He knows the blasphemy of those who claim to be Jews but are a synagogue of Satan. Jesus forgave the Jews for their role in the crucifixion, but if the Jews are promoting a heresy which leads people away from heaven and to perdition then the Jews can be said to be in a Satanic cult. You might pray to a god you claim is the Creator of the Universe, but if in fact you are worshipping a false god, then you are lost in heresy - a heresy is a false belief which leads people away from heaven and to perdition - and the theory runs you are therefore worshipping this multi-headed beast which we read about in Rev. 13. 1-8, though you claim to worship the Creator of the Universe.

For instance, suppose Islam leads people to perdition. Suppose Islam is a false religion. Muslims claim to worship the True God, but if in fact Allah is a false god, and if Islam is a heresy, if Islam leads people to perdition not to Heaven, then the Muslims might be said to worship this multi-headed beast of Rev. 13. 1-8.

If the True God says the Roman Catholic Church is a false church, if the True God says Rome leads people to perdition and not to Heaven, then Roman Catholics worship a false version of the Trinity, they worship a false god, because they worship a god who says Rome leads people to Heaven. But if the True God says Rome is a false church which leads people to perdition then the Roman Catholics worship a false god - they worship a trinity but a false version of the True Trinity - and so they worship this multi-headed beast of Revelation 13. 1-8.

The Roman Catholic crucifix is an image of a Roman Catholic version of Jesus. A Roman Catholic version of Jesus is a version who says Rome leads people to Heaven. A Mormon version of Jesus is a version of Jesus who says the Mormon Church leads people to Heaven. If Rome is a false church, if the True Jesus / True God says Rome leads people to perdition, then the Roman Catholic crucifix is the image of a lie. Again, it is the image of a version of Jesus who says Rome leads people to Heaven. But if the True Jesus says Rome leads people to perdition, then the Roman Catholic crucifix is the image of a lie. The image of the beast comes to mind if the Roman Catholic crucifix is the image of a lie, the beast being of course a false version of God / Jesus.

The Dogma of Papal Infallibility says you are anathema (accursed / damned) if you reject that Dogma. Well, if Rome is God's True Church, and if you rebel against God's True Church by rejecting one of her Dogmas, then why wouldn't you be accursed? Recall rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.

But then on the other hand, if Rome is a false Church, if Rome leads people to perdition not to Heaven...

We're waiting for the Antichrist to show up. And we're waiting for the 3 angels from Heaven mentioned in Revelation 14. 6-11 to show up. 2 Corinthians 11. 13-15 says Satan masquerades as an angel of light. When the the Antichrist shows up, don't get fooled into thinking he is an angel of light. And when 3 angels from Heaven show up, don't be mislead by the Antichrist into believing they are 3 angels from Hell.