"And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled down to the earth and his angels with him." (Revelation 12:9, NIV).
That is how the first cosmic battle between good and evil is reported in the scriptures. Clearly, a spiritual rebellion occurred, the effects of which humanity is still reeling from. We can deduce from the scriptures that a third of the angels in heaven sided with Lucifer in that initial  celestial altercation (cf Revelation 12:4). Indeed, the stars that the dragon's tail swept out of the heavens are actually angels (cf Revelation 1:20). For us humans, things have largely headed south since then. Says the Bible: "...woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows he has but a short time..." (Revelation 12:12.) 
These supernatural beings now inhabit the heavenlies, the oceans, the seas, lakes, the rivers, the springs, desert fastnesses, forests, canyons, caverns, caves, volcanoes, mountains and valleys.
It is actually not possible to do justice describing this vast kingdom of darkness in this short article. Such an attempt will well require a book or even several books. We will therefore restrict ourselves to one of the most powerful beings in Satan's hierarchy of evil - the "Queen of Heaven" cited in Jeremiah 7:18 and Jeremiah 44:17 - 25.

This is the powerful spirit now worshipped mostly in the Catholic Church as the Virgin Mary. Literally thousands of Catholic institutions - schools, universities, hospitals, and convents the world over, are named after her. It is common to come across institutions with names such as: Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Visitation, Our Lady of Mercy, Consolata,  etc. Other names referring to her include: Mater Misericordia, Virgin Madre, Stella Maris (Star of the Sea), etc. These titles supposedly hark back to Mary the earthly mother of our Saviour. But do they?

And if they do not, how did this curious association come to be, seeing as we do, that the biblical Mary had little of the attributes now being ascribed to her in Catholic liturgy? For example, Catholics pray to Mary for the forgiveness of sins, yet Mary herself  recognised her human shortcomings and therefore her need for a saviour. She freely exulted: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my SAVIOUR..." (Luke 1:46-47.) Mary is also not the Mediatrix (mediator) that Catholicism tries to foist on its adherents. If she was, why did she direct people to the Messiah? Wrote the Apostle John: "...Whatever he tells you, do it..." (John 2:5.) In fact, the Bible is clear that there is only: "...one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus..." (1Timothy 2:5-6, KJV). Yahshua (Jesus Christ of Nazareth) was never scripturally recorded as referring to Mary as his mother but called her "Dear woman..." on two separate occasions (cf John 2:4 and 19:26.) The truth of the matter is; Mary never was a queen, never wore any crown, and never conducted herself like one. In fact, hers was such a humble station in life that she was even content to bear the infant Yahshua in a livestock manger! Later, she and her husband Yosef could not even afford to sacrifice a lamb during Yahshua's dedication, but had to make do with two turtle doves (cf Leviticus 12:8, Luke 2:23-24.)

So whose image then, does the crowned woman bearing an infant son on her lap - that is so prevalent in the Catholic world - represent?  The only way to begin to grasp the mystery is to journey back into misty antiquity. You see, Cush (Nubi) begat Nimrod who became the founder of the world's first civilization (cf Genesis 10:8-12). It was this king, Nimrod who led the first religious rebellion against God here on earth. He is the man who instituted sun worship instead of the worship of the God of heaven. Now Nimrod had a wife, the notorious Queen Semiramis. After the death of her husband, Semiramis, in order to secure her exalted position of privilege over the primitive people, told them that Nimrod had not really died but had simply ascended into the sun! She deified him. Some time later, Semiramis got herself pregnant and so, to save face, told her subjects that the pregnancy was Nimrod's. It was Nimrod's powerful rays - she told her superstitious subjects - that had got her in the family way! Since the people were already familiar with the Genesis chapter three divine promise of a saviour that was to be born of a woman (cf Genesis 3:15), Semiramis told her people that the son she was to bear was the promised saviour. This false saviour was named Tammuz and is even mentioned in Ezekiel 8:14. His birthday, December 25th, is now universally celebrated as Christmas! His chief symbol is the cross: "T" or "+", for Tammuz. That is the reason why the cross is universally recognised as a powerful religious symbol and talisman among both Christians and pagans alike. Semiramis was thus declared "the Mother of God"! Is it not interesting therefore that this is the same title ascribed to Mary in the Catholic Ave Maria prayer?
Just as Nimrod was deified at death, both Semiramis and her bastard son Tammuz were also deified upon their demise, thus effectively establishing the first trinity of gods on earth. Semiramis thus became the "Queen of Heaven" having supposedly joined her husband in the celestial realms. By the time the peoples were being scattered (by divine design) from the plains of Mesopotamia in Genesis eleven, this polytheistic religion had already taken root among the masses. So the cult of the "Queen of Heaven" and her Child spread throughout the earth. It is this "Queen of Heaven" that is the gist of our discourse here. She became consort to the sun god (who is referred to as Baal in the Bible.) The moon being the second most luminous object in the visible sky, was adopted for one of her symbols. Because of the Dispersion, occasioned by the confusion of human language, the Babylonian goddess came to be worshipped throughout the world (cf Acts 19:27). In Ephesus, she was worshipped as Diana or Artemis. In Egypt she was called Isis, in Asia Minor, Cybele. In India she was known as Devaki, Isi and Indrani. In Rome she was known variously as Mater Matuta, Ceres, Maia, Juno and Nutria. Among the Scandinavians she was known as Freya. In Mesopotamia she had several names such as Innana, Ishtar (Easter in English), and Oestre. This last name, Oestre, gives us the English word "oestrogen", the principal hormone in femininity and fertility. She was goddess of sexual love and fertility. In Canaan, she was Baalti, Asherah, and Ashtoreth. The Greeks knew her as Hera, and Aphrodite. In China she was Shingmoo, while among the Igbo of Nigeria, she was Ani. Among the Eskimos she was Sedna, and in South America she was/is worshipped as Macarena. These various representations are just too numerous to fully document here. Suffice it to say that wherever you find her, she is usually depicted as a crowned queen or a mother with a male child in her lap.

When the pagan mystery religion of Babylon coagulated into that system that is today known as the Roman Catholic Church in the fourth century AD, the worship of the pagan Queen of Heaven was co-opted into it. So it is safe to say that Papal Rome simply adopted the worship of the pagan goddess and merely changed her name to  Mary. She now occupies a very lofty position in Catholic eschatology.

But why is idol worship so abhorrent in the eyes of God? Says the apostle Paul: "...What say I then? that the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles (Kiswahili - "Wamizimu") sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God..." (1Corinthians 10:19-20, NIV, brackets mine.) This essentially means that the worship, veneration and adoration directed to the ancient pagan goddess in antiquity, and the Virgin Mary in today's Christianity - are sacrifices to a demon!

Esoterically speaking, these sacrifices are offered to a very powerful space siren known as Rose. She is the most powerful high demon in Satan's hierarchy of evil. It is this same demon that is worshipped as the "Mystical Rose" in Rosicrucianism. According to a converted devil worshipper, Mukendi wa Mukendi in his book Snatched from Satan's Claws - anybody using the Rosary (prayer beads common in Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, etc) in prayer is in direct communication with this powerful demon. She rules the heavenlies. In fact, the word "rosary" is derived from her name: Rose or Rose-Mary. The ritualised tinkling of little bells by altar boys during Catholic mass signal her arrival among the congregation.

The same demon spirit is a denizen of the Pacific Ocean in her aspect as Mary Marguela. Since the Pacific is the largest contiguous body of water on earth, Mary Marguela is also the most powerful among all marine spirits. She ranks higher than the Queen of the Indian Ocean, the Queen of the Atlantic, the Queen of the Coast, Queen Catherine, and the mermaids Yemanja, Mami Wata, among many others. Again, since many waters prophetically represent: "...peoples, multitudes, nations and languages..." (Revelation 17:15), this spirit is set over all the peoples of the world.  That is why the Church of Rome additionally refers to her as Regina Mundi, ie, "Queen of the World." Was not her crowned statue consecrated as such recently? Has not the same statue made worldwide tours, carried in  procession especially during the pontificate of John Paul the Second. Many Catholic institutions - cathedrals, churches, schools, hospitals, colleges and convents, etc, bear this name. They are essentially dedicated to her.

Still in her water spirit aspect, she is also called "Star of the Sea" (or Stella Maris, in Latin.) Again, hundreds of Catholic institutions throughout the world bear this name though there is absolutely no connection between Mary of the Bible and the sea!

In yet another twist as to the identity of this shape-shifting celestial siren, she is identified with the dove. That is why Catholic iconography and painting is replete with doves.  The exoteric explanation given is that the dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit since that is the form in which He descended upon Yahshua during his baptism at the Jordan (cf Matthew 3:16.) Be that as it may, it is extensively documented that the dove was actually a symbol of the ancient pagan goddess hundreds of years before Yahshua's baptism! In Latin, the dove is called columba, hence the Order of the Knights of Columbus. Could members of this secret society be in in service of, or worshipping the Babylonian goddess? America's capital, Washington, is situated in the "District of Columbia". Could it be, that Americans do not own their own capital? Was this this powerful capital of the "free world" dedicated to this space siren at that nation's founding?  Could that be the reason why the District of Columbia has no seats in the American Senate? Could that be why her statue stands atop the US Capitol building as the: "Statue of Freedom"? Is not she the same woman standing in New York harbour as the: "Statue of Liberty"? By the way, could there be a possibility that the "freedom" being espoused here is freedom from God and his Rule? Remember Eden? Is she not the light bearing woman on the logo of America's Columbia Pictures?

Did not the Romans also knew her as Venus, the brightest star in the visible universe? The same Venus that is visible in the Eastern sky just before dawn? Are all these depictions coincidental?
No. She is depicted as a beautiful woman holding a burning torch aloft since she is supposed to be the "light bringer", who brings the "saviour" (false light of the world) to humans? And is not this false "illumination" the arcane knowledge taught in all secret societies and whose pinnacle will be the unveiling of Satan's New World Order? According to the celebrated progidious writer and Masonic leading light Manly P Hall, America has a secret destiny which is to unveil Satan's New World Order to planet earth.

She is a big part of the "mystery of iniquity" that the apostle Paul talks about in 2Thessalonians 2:7. She is part of that wicked spiritual hierarchy that the believer is cautioned against in Ephesians: "...For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms..." (Ephesians 6:12.) She, the ancient goddess, is the agitator for sexual sin, hedonism and perversion. Indeed the word venereal disease is derived from her name Venus, goddess of sexual love. She is behind the mighty push for LGBTQ rights and acceptance of sexual abberations into mainstream society. The end cannot be afar off. We, the believers must therefore remain steadfast and alert (cf 2Peter 3:7). We must be ready to combat any and all forms of knowledge rearing itself against the God of heaven. We must strive and contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted unto the saints (Jude 3). We must allow for no quarter unto evil as it rears its ugly head in these last days. Maranatha. Blessings and shalom.

JK Changandu
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