Jesus hates the works of the Nicolaitans

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God, let John the Apostle see the revelation of the Lord Jesus; the revelation is written in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. In the revelation, Lord Jesus addresses the Nicolaitans, among others, and Nicolaitans' works - which He hates. In the Book of Revelation, we can read what were the Nicolaitans' works and doctrines which Lord Jesus hates. This topic is extremely important, and we should understand it, and we should stick to the truth in regard to this topic and reject the works and doctrines of the Nicolaitans because some of their doctrines still prevail among Christianity.

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[Sister]

Could it have something to do with St Nicholas?  Something that nearly the whole world is doing.

That's my gut feeling.  A pagan teaching built on lies, preached to children, and celebrated by adults.  Throw in a little bible story about baby Jesus, and get the whole world into this "spirit" which mixes pagan and Christianity practises as if they are one, and wholla, there you have it, a contamination of truth.  Oh and don't forget to teach the kids to leave out an offering for Santa,...only a glass of milk and a cookie, no biggie, they'll find out he's not true when they're older, but too late, they have already sacrificed to demons and will pass on the tradition as the many generations before them did.

Oh and what a coincidence it happens to fall on a special occult day, and the days leading up to it.  Nice try Satan.  It wont work with me.  He can pretty it up as much as he likes with all the lights and presents, and hymns, and excuses we come up with to not give it away, but this will never ever be a holy day to me, but an abomination.

Sorry I sound like the Grinch!  ...but Jesus told us to celebrate his death and resurrection, not his birth, and if he did instruct us to celebrate his birth he would of given us a date to keep aside, as the dates were given in the OT for all the feasts and celebrations, and all knew it was holy and from God.

 

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The archaeological finding reveals that Balaam worshipped a sun god called Shamash. Gilgamesh, a book from Babylon, covers the blessing of Shamash. The word “Shamash” means “the Sun”. There have been arguments for and against in regard to whether the above text is about Shamash or not. However, the finding is clearly linked to the sun god who was to shut out light by means of darkness. The finding tells us that Balaam was the son of Peor who worshipped idols. The Bible says that Balaam was the son of Peor who led the people of Israel to worship the idols of the Moabites who worshipped the sun. Both the above finding and the Bible show that Balaam engaged in sun worship. In Revelation, Lord Jesus considers the works of the Nicolaitans to be equal with the doctrine of Balaam so we can also say that the doctrine of the Nicolaitans included sun worship as well as physical and spiritual fornication.

The Roman Catholic Church has inherited the Babylonian religion, and the church openly shows emblems and symbols related to sun worship. St. Peter’s square in the Vatican has a large, eight-spoked sun wheel which is a pagan symbol. In the centre of the wheel, there is a large obelisk which Caesar Caligula brought from Heliopolis to Rome. Obelisks were also used in sun worship. In the middle of St. Peter’s square, there also is a small four-spoked sun wheel which is of the same shape and type as an altar of stone, depicting Hasor, in the temple of Baal. Shamash was a Mesopotamian sun god who was worshipped in Accadia, Assyria and Babylon. This cult of sun worship included the sacrificing of drinks to an idol called Shamash. In the Eucharist (Holy Communion) of the Roman Catholic Church, the attendees carry a symbol of the Sun and again and again sacrifice Jesus in the sacrifice of wine and bread.

The Babylonian sun god cult also included priests who reigned over the people through religion and made them subordinate through it. The Catholic church teaches that its priests work through the sacrament of matrimony in the person of Christ, which means that according to the doctrine of the Catholic church, Catholic priests have the authority to operate in the power and person of Christ Himself (Catholic Catechism 1548, 1563). The word “Nicolaitan” gives us a hint of there being - among the Nicolaitans - a doctrine and the idea of leadership through which the church was made subordinate and were forced to accept the teachings of the leaders. The Greek word nikolaites (Nicolaite) means: “one that reigns over people, conqueror of the people, destroyer of people and one that subdues people. The word nikolaites is from nikos (“victory”, “to be victorious” and laos (“people”).

Based on everything stated above, we can say that the Nicolaitans engaged in sun worship, and their leaders reigned over and forced the church to share the beliefs of the leaders and to believe in their teachings.

1 Pet 5: 

1 ¶ The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

The Bible teaches us that church leaders, i.e. elders, shall not reign over the church as lords. In addition, the Bible says that we should examine everything which also means that the church shall examine the teachings of church leaders by comparing them to the Bible. Reigning over churches through one or more leaders is not right as it leads the church away from being subordinate to the chief Shepherd, i.e. Lord Jesus, to be subordinate to men and to be under the dominion of men.

Lord Jesus hated the works of the Nicolaitans because they taught the doctrines of Balaam (sun worship, physical and spiritual fornication) and took the place of the chief Shepherd (Lord Jesus) by themselves leading the church, controlling and reigning over the church. The Nicolaitans also engaged in false priesthood and leadership, which is the most clearly shown in the Roman Catholic Church, but it also has an impact among believers where one man leads the church and is higher than the elders. In that way, one man takes the place of the chief Shepherd (Lord Jesus). The works and doctrines of the Nicolaitans are based in the satanic Babylonian religion which Lord Jesus hates because it is the mother of all religions and deceptions.