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The Rock Almighty Wednesday Wake Up Call: Who is Mystery Babylon? And .....For Such A Time As This.....
Mystery Babylon represents a woman who is seated on a beast with seven heads and ten horns in the book of Revelation. The woman, who is clothed in purple and scarlet colors, is the symbol of a city built on seven hills that reigns over the kings of the earth. She holds a golden cup in her hand that is full of abominations, and the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk with the wine of her fornication (Revelation 17:6).
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Out of all the cities that could represent who Babylon is, there is only one that can clearly fit the criteria of the woman. The most accurate city that does fit her description is Rome, where the headquarters of the Vatican is and the future of the revived Roman Empire.
The Tower of Babel
It makes sense that the city is Rome instead of literal Babylon because of its rich setting apart from a desolation that doesn’t hold any of her features. When Nimrod and his wife Semiramis lived in the land of Shinar, they built the tower of Babel in the literal city of Babylon, located in the region of Mesopotamia, not far from Baghdad, Iraq. Genesis 11 tells how Nimrod and his wife started their own religions that would be handed down to civilizations to present day polytheism. Nimrod is worshiped as the sun god (or Baal), and Semiramis, the Goddess of Ishtar, is connected to Mary in the rosary. She is not the queen of heaven, but they worship her as the mother of harlots where governments make money off of her riches. Mary is not a co-mediator with Christ but was merely part of his design to fulfill God’s covenant.
Other cities that could fit the criteria of the woman include Jerusalem, New York City/America, or Mecca, the capital of Saudi Arabia and center of the Islamic religion. In Jerusalem, where the Jews practice the Torah throughout their local synagogues, has violated itself into becoming a dwelling place of idolatry. But no chalice is used in any religion except in Catholicism as it appears identical to the cup that she holds in her hand.
Every day around the world Mass is performed by a priest, offering a wafer and wine to members that believe it turns into the literal body and blood of Christ, known as the doctrine of transubstantiation. A priest cannot be elevated to perform that kind of activity because it would be a re-sacrifice of what Christ finished at Calvary.
The Council of Nicaea
Roman Catholicism became the first organized church that was built by those who abandoned God’s teachings. When Christ said, “I will build my church from the rock of Peter,” he was not referring to the Roman Catholic Church establishment — that was through the Council of Nicaea — which was to form an unbroken line of apostolic succession. Catholic clergy built a church to try to overshadow the gospel.
New teachings were passed down from Constantine (306-337) to form the papacy into a hierarchical system of bishops, deacons, and cardinals that supported him as the first Christian Emperor of Rome. That is when he underwent the council meetings to unite the Roman Government and church into an ecumenical body and to impugn the separation of them. He may have been the first Roman Emperor to cease the persecution of Christians, but far more people were killed for not being part of the Roman Catholic Church. Emperor Constantine and the Pope would conspire together to issue the Edict of Toleration that was upheld only to stand together as a Holy Roman Empire. How would the papacy then have any connection to an invisible church that is built from the rock of Peter?
Although Peter was the first pope, he was not the Pope of Rome for he did not even travel to that city. God did not build his church based on a hierarchy to hold his power; instead, he made it so that his followers could exercise the power of his word. The church was built physically to counter the gospel in order to preserve an earthly empire.
Ever since Catholic apocrypha became imposed, history would be replaced by reinventing the early Christians and apostles. When we look back at the early fathers, such as Saint Polycarp and Saint Justin, along with others from the 1st to 3rd centuries, Catholic historians made it look as though they were the ones persecuted by Rome. But they were not part of a system that is made up of seven sacraments and other unbiblical teachings.
Conclusion
Many Catholics believe that he is still dying for them in their own past, present, and future lifetimes based on how many times they take part in the Mass. But a priest still stands for that Jewish custom which Christ had to replace as the slaughter of the lamb. So how could you believe that the sacrifice occurs more than once at an altar, yet the doctrine of transubstantiation continues to be taught by the Catholic Church today? Now is the time to come out of her at last, lest you share in her sins and receive of her plagues (Revelation 18:4).
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The Rock Almighty Wake-Up Call Tuesday- Is It True That God Has Made Me Like This? And The People Of God Are Through With Woke Nonsense!
God Made Me Like This
As I was working on this study, I took a break and turned on my favorite morning news station. The panel had a guest who claimed to be a Christian and disclosed that he was married to someone of the same gender. He went on to say something like, if anyone has an issue with this, then go to God because He made me like this. This resonated with me in the sense that this statement sounded right, and I’m sure those that listened to it agreed, but I have learned over the years that Scripture should give us the answers to any question or comment that has any connection to do with God. So, let’s see if what was said is indeed supported by God’s Word.
Many of us are familiar with the Genesis story of Adam and Eve. Let’s begin by going to this book.
Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
God made Adam’s body from the dust of the ground. I wouldn’t even begin to try to figure that out. And then it says He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living soul. The word breath refers to the breath that causes man to live, or in other words, it was the breath from God that caused Adam to live or become a living soul (a living creature).
But there is something else that God did to man when He made him.
Do you know what this was?
Genesis 1:26a
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:…
He made man after His image and likeness. The word image conveys to us the nature of Adam’s soul in that it was not corrupt, and as to its moral disposition, it could be otherwise called original righteousness. The soul of Adam was created in the moral image of God, in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness.99
Genesis 3:8a And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:
After Eve was made from Adam’s rib, we are told that both of them were placed in a geographical location called the Garden of Eden, where Scripture suggests they communicated with God and subsequently shared in His wisdom, love, truth, etc. Along with this, we are also told that they were made in the likeness of God. This word likeness refers back to the word image and describes it as being a resemblance in any quality, internal or external. So, as Adam and Eve responded to God’s communication inwardly, they revealed His characteristics outwardly in their bodies.
Are there any other verses that give us more insight into man’s nature at the time when he was first created?
Yes, there is. Further information is found in the book of Ecclesiastes.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
This verse tells us that God, as the creator of human life, made man upright. The word upright means that he was possessed of [the] ability to choose and follow what was just and right.100 How did Adam know what was just and right? He knew what was just and right because he communicated with the one God who was, is, and always will be just and right in the Garden of Eden.
Did man remain upright, or in other words, did he remain made in God’s image?
To answer this, we must go back to the sad story that took place after Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden, which tells us that both of them were instructed not to eat from one particular tree in the Garden called the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. What we have come to learn is that an angel, who we now know was the Devil, was also on the earth at this time in the exact geographical location with the purpose of causing one or both of them to disobey God’s command. Through his cunning, he deceived Eve into eating from this tree. She, in turn, convinced her husband also to eat from it.
As a result of their disobedience, there was one major impact that would affect all of their descendants. Do you know what this was?
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
By one man, Adam, sin (human depravity) entered into the world. In other words, every human being born after that fateful decision would have a fallen nature passed onto them. Therefore, the uncorrupt moral disposition that characterized Adam and Eve’s original nature became corrupted with a nature that sins.
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And thus, mankind was no longer made in God’s image but after the image of Adam, which is a morally depraved image. While his son would be born with the likeness (outward features) of his father and mother, his soul would be subject to moral disorder. And subsequently, a person’s sinful character would be formed and described in the following manner according to Webster’s dictionary. The peculiar qualities, impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from others; these constitute real character, and the qualities which he is supposed to [possess] constitute his estimated [character] or reputation. [Hence,] we say, a character is not [formed] when the person has not acquired stable and distinctive qualities.101
However, some may argue that every human being is still made in the image of God at birth. Is this true? Please go to the book of Colossians, and we’ll find out.
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
The words of him that created him are to be taken as an analogy of the spiritual man or born-again Christian to Adam in the Garden of Eden before the fall. As Adam was created in God’s image so the new man, the new creation, the Christian at the new birth, was recreated in God’s image.
So, to say that God initially created mankind in body and soul after His image and likeness is correct. To say that the nature that I now possess, along with its propensities and inclinations, is from God is incorrect. Therefore, the insinuation by the person running for political office that God made him gay is unscriptural. However, what we can say is true in this sense is that the whole universe of things was made by Christ. And all created beings are without independent existence apart from God.
Some insinuate that there are other verses that support the conjecture that God made them in whatever way their actions indicate. Let’s begin by going to the book of Psalms.
Psalms 100:3
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
This verse talks about the Jews who Know (to know by experience) that the Lord (Yahweh) he is (the one true) God. We are then told that Yahweh made them and not they themselves. This means that "Jehovah constituted us as a nation, His chosen people,"102, and not we ourselves (how altogether of God's grace, not of our working even in part103).
As we can clearly see, these verses do not pertain to Yahweh, making each of those who are members of the Jewish nation in a certain actionable way. The next verse that we will look at tells us that God created a nation of people whom He would mold into a certain form.
Isaiah 43:1
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
The book of Isaiah embraces all that was seen during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and [Hezekiah,] that is, during the whole prophetic life of the prophet.104 This includes the whole collection of prophecies delivered in the course of his ministry.105 In this instance, he is communicating the thoughts of the Lord to the children of Israel who are currently under captivity to Babylon.
They are reminded by God that He created (brought them into existence) and formed (to mold into a form) them. In order to mold someone into a certain form, they would need to believe in the one who desires for changes to take place in their life and subsequently obey his instructions as delineated in the Mosaic Law.
The psalmist also assured them that they had nothing to fear. Their God will see to it that they will be redeemed (ransomed by means of a price) from their captivity and restored again to their homeland. The price will be the destruction of Babylon in the place of the ransomed captives.
Those who claim that God made them a certain way believe that their perspective is supported by the verses found in Psalms 139.
Psalms 139:13-14
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
This psalm has been attributed to King David. However, there are certain aspects that appear to indicate that it was written by someone else either during the Babylonian Captivity or after it ended. "In the first twelve verses of this [psalm] the author celebrates God's perfect knowledge of man's thoughts and actions; and the reason of this wonderful knowledge, namely, that God is the Maker of man.106 Now, let’s take a look at these verses.
This person goes on to say that God hast possessed (owned; created) my reins (kidneys; the whole body; conscience; personality; inward parts). There it is. What meaning should be used when talking about this persons’ reins? I would say that it depends on the context or what do the other verses that accompany it talk about.
He goes on to say that God has covered (woven) him in his mother’s womb. The word woven means that God had put his parts together, as one who weaves cloth or who makes a basket.107 With this additional insight, we could suggest that the word reins refer to either the whole body and/or the inward parts.
However, he that said God made him in a particular way would say that God has possessed (created) his reins (his personality).
This appears to be a possible conclusion, but unfortunately, it doesn’t take into account certain things. One of which is that the person who wrote this psalm was not only Jewish but someone who believed in Yahweh as He revealed Himself to him as his ancestor Abraham.
Romans 4:1-3 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Abraham, as to what he achieved by his flesh (circumcision), was found not to be justified (declared righteous; accepted as righteous) by his works (his own efforts). However, because he believed God (of trust in and acceptance of God's blessings108; of his unwavering assurance that what God had promised he would perform109, i.e., that he would be a father of many nations; that his posterity should be like the stars of heaven110, and that unto him and his descendants would be given land for an inheritance), it was counted unto him (put to his account; credited to his account) righteousness (to regard and treat him in connection with this as a righteous man; as one who was admitted to the favor and friendship of God110; a seal of righteousness was put on him).
Abraham, at one time, was an unbeliever whose sin nature characterized his thinking, speaking, and actions. And at some point in time, he believed in what God declared to him and subsequently in Him as the one true God. This caused him to become a new person, one who had become a friend of His. So, with these thoughts in mind, we could say that the Lord possessed (owned; created) his reins (his personality).
What this suggests is that the psalmist’s personality was owned and thus created by Yahweh through cultivation and development by means of many areas such as obedience in following the godly instructions given by Israel’s leaders along with adherence to the tenets of the Mosaic Law. This tells us that the psalmist’s new personality was formed by the appropriation of divinely instituted principles.
We could conclude that at birth, sin or the sin nature is passed on. However, when someone believes in Yahweh in the Old Testament or repents to God the Father and believes in His Son in the New Testament, they become a new person whose new personality is developed as they appropriate God’s perspective for spiritual growth.
Now that we know what sexual practices are condoned by God and which ones are not, along with the fact that all of us have a sin nature that has inclinations and passions in many areas, especially in the sexual realm, which is the result of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we have a significant question before us. How do we as Christians learn how to no longer be in subjection to the cravings and desires of our flesh? We’ll find this out in the next chapter.
Endnotes
99Adam Clarke's Commentary.
100 The Pulpit Commentary.
101American Dictionary of the English Language. 6 October 2021 .
102 Bible Exposition Commentary/Old Testament, 2004. BIBLESOFT. WEB. 2 October 2021 ˂http://www.biblesoft.com>.
103 Jamieson, Faucet, and Brown Commentary Pc Study Bible version 5, 2005. BIBLESOFT.
WEB. 2 October 2021 ˂http://www.biblesoft.com>.
104Barnes.
105Adam Clarke’s Commentary Pc Study Bible version 5, 2004. BIBLESOFT. WEB. 3 October 2021 ˂http://www.biblesoft.com>.
106Adam Clarke's Commentary.
107Barnes.
108Weust’s Word Studies from the Greek New Testament.
109Barnes.
110Weust.
111Barnes.
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In today’s world of dynamic tight ends, use of hybrid offensive skill players, and personnel groups that stay on the field, the defense must respond in like fashion. Enter the hybrid linebacker. He is a fast and aggressive player and could play inside linebacker, yet physical enough to play defensive line. In the 5’10-6’ and 185-200 pound range, this is a player who can stay on the field and effectively match the different formations that the offense may throw at the defense.
Many high school teams struggle to find defensive linemen, especially if they desire to be two platoons. The hybrid linebacker allows for flexibility in the defensive structure. Week to week at the high school level, a team might face a three back offense one week and a no back offense the next.
Chris Wolfe, two time state champion head coach at Louisville Male High School knows first hand the advantages of utilizing this type of player. Not only is it an advantage, but in many cases, a necessity.
Wolfe lists the following as benefits of utilizing a hybrid linebacker:
1. Flexibility
2. Match number and personnel
3. Can kick the font
4. Better screen recognition
5. Better block recognition
6. Better Drop Angles
7. More effective blitzes
8. Better pass rush position
9. Athletic players making plays
Whether it is week to week or within a single game, a defense wants to have its best players on the field. Trying to match personnel constantly makes a defense susceptible to being dictated to, and in some cases, can even allow the offense to take a better player off the field. Utilizing a hybrid defender allows the defense the flexibility it needs to be able to play with its best and therefore match numbers and personnel.
How and when to utilize
In some cases this might mean kicking the front and moving a hybrid out on an elite receiver. Other times it may mean dropping a defender down to defend a gap created by a tight end or h-back positioned next to a tackle. In either case, the player who can defend level one and level two negates any perceived advantage an offense may get from aligning ini multiple formations from 11 or 12 personnel.
Screens certainly have become an effective way to attack an aggressive defense. Having players who can recognize screens and play in space with athleticism is an advantage. Defensive linemen typically get used to playing in the box with a limited view of a play. The hybrid defender is better trained to see, understand, and play in space, which directly translates to defending screens.
Here Coach Chris Wolfe talks about the qualities of a Hybrid Linebacker.
Similarly, the hybrid understands angles he needs to take on pass drops. Zone dropping a traditional end, may force him into a skill set that he is not best suited for. Because the hybrid spends as much time working on pass defense as he does playing in the box allows for a player better able to get the angles he needs in his drops.
Because he will play up on the line of scrimmage at times, the hybrid is in a better position to rush the passer, and by the nature of his athleticism, can have an advantage with his speed over a bigger offensive tackle.
In the run game, the two point stance also provides some advantage for recognizing block types and playing against them.
Conclusion
At the end of the day, a defense never wants to be dictated to, and more importantly, it has more athletic and faster players on the field who are able to take away space as well as defend on the line of scrimmage.
Coach Wolfe shares these benefits with plenty of film in his course on CoachTube. All advantages are illustrated and explained on film. Though Wolfe utilizes the hybrid linebacker from a 4-2-5 defense, his explanation allows for these advantages to be realized from any type of defense.
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