My study on Daniel 7:25

Daniel 7:25 (KJV)

25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Verse 25, this little horn speaks great words against the most High God Jehovah. This is one way we can safely identify the little horn. Ask yourself, what religious leader on earth claims title's that belong to God and His Son?

The Pope does! Does not he claim the title "Holy Father". Jehoshua warned us about calling any man Father:

Matthew 23:9 (KJV)

9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

The Pope also claims the title "Vicar of Christ", this title of the Papacy is in reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.

This is utter blasphemy towards the Father and the Son. This is speaking great and blasphemous words against the Most High. What does the bible say? Do we need someone to stand in place of Christ for us?

1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV)

5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

It doesn't say two mediators or mediator 1a and mediator 1b, it says One singular mediator and that is Christ Jesus alone.

By making this claim the Papacy implicates itself as antichrist.

"The word "antichrist" combines two roots: αντί (anti) + Χριστός (Khristos). "Αντί" can mean not only "against" and "opposite of", but also "in place of". "Χριστός", translated "Christ", is Greek for the Hebrew "Messiah". Both "Christ" and "Messiah" literally mean "Anointed One", and refer to Jesus of Nazareth."

Papal Infallibility from Catholic Answers:

"The Catholic Church’s teaching on papal infallibility is one which is generally misunderstood by those outside the Church. In particular, Fundamentalists and other "Bible Christians" often confuse the charism of papal "infallibility" with "impeccability." They imagine Catholics believe the pope cannot sin. Others, who avoid this elementary blunder, think the pope relies on some sort of amulet or magical incantation when an infallible definition is due.

Given these common misapprehensions regarding the basic tenets of papal infallibility, it is necessary to explain exactly what infallibility is not. Infallibility is not the absence of sin. Nor is it a charism that belongs only to the pope. Indeed, infallibility also belongs to the body of bishops as a whole, when, in doctrinal unity with the pope, they solemnly teach a doctrine as true. We have this from Jesus himself, who promised the apostles and their successors the bishops, the magisterium of the Church: "He who hears you hears me" (Luke 10:16), and "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven" (Matt. 18:18).

Vatican II’s Explanation

Vatican II explained the doctrine of infallibility as follows: "Although the individual bishops do not enjoy the prerogative of infallibility, they can nevertheless proclaim Christ’s doctrine infallibly. This is so, even when they are dispersed around the world, provided that while maintaining the bond of unity among themselves and with Peter’s successor, and while teaching authentically on a matter of faith or morals, they concur in a single viewpoint as the one which must be held conclusively. This authority is even more clearly verified when, gathered together in an ecumenical council, they are teachers and judges of faith and morals for the universal Church. Their definitions must then be adhered to with the submission of faith" (Lumen Gentium 25).

Infallibility belongs in a special way to the pope as head of the bishops (Matt. 16:17–19; John 21:15–17). As Vatican II remarked, it is a charism the pope "enjoys in virtue of his office, when, as the supreme shepherd and teacher of all the faithful, who confirms his brethren in their faith (Luke 22:32), he proclaims by a definitive act some doctrine of faith or morals. Therefore his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly held irreformable, for they are pronounced with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, an assistance promised to him in blessed Peter."

The infallibility of the pope is not a doctrine that suddenly appeared in Church teaching; rather, it is a doctrine which was implicit in the early Church. It is only our understanding of infallibility which has developed and been more clearly understood over time. In fact, the doctrine of infallibility is implicit in these Petrine texts: John 21:15–17 ("Feed my sheep . . . "), Luke 22:32 ("I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail"), and Matthew 16:18 ("You are Peter . . . ").

Based on Christ’s Mandate

Christ instructed the Church to preach everything he taught (Matt. 28:19–20) and promised the protection of the Holy Spirit to "guide you into all the truth" (John 16:13). That mandate and that promise guarantee the Church will never fall away from his teachings (Matt. 16:18, 1 Tim. 3:15), even if individual Catholics might.

As Christians began to more clearly understand the teaching authority of the Church and of the primacy of the pope, they developed a clearer understanding of the pope’s infallibility. This development of the faithful’s understanding has its clear beginnings in the early Church. For example, Cyprian of Carthage, writing about 256, put the question this way, "Would the heretics dare to come to the very seat of Peter whence apostolic faith is derived and whither no errors can come?" (Letters 59 [55], 14). In the fifth century, Augustine succinctly captured the ancient attitude when he remarked, "Rome has spoken; the case is concluded" (Sermons 131, 10)."

We can see from the article in the Catholic Answers website that Papal infallibility is a pillar of their Church. Let's look at what the humble messenger of Jehovah says:

"In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it, God alone is infallible.  His words is true, and in him is no variableness of turning.”  Letter 10. 1895,  1 Selected Messages p. 37"

Ellen White was given visions by Jehovah God and wrote the testimonies of the Church via the inspiration of the Holy Spirit but yet she humbly confessed that she was not infallible and that only God and His words were infallible.

While the papal church demands that scripture be interpreted through their ecclesiastical leadership, Jehovah's messenger states the opposite:

"Lay Sister White to one side. Do not quote my words again as long as you live until you can obey the Bible.... When you make the Bible your food, your meat, and your drink, when you make its principles the elements of your character, you will know better how to receive counsel from God. I exalt the precious word before you today. Do not repeat what I have said, saying, “Sister White said this,” and “Sister White said that.” Find out what the Lord God of Israel says, and then do what He commands.—Manuscript 43, 1901. (From an address to church leaders the night before the opening of the General Conference session of 1901.) {3SM 33.1}[2]"

So we have just seen a few of the titles of the Papacy and views of their infallibility by the Roman Church to understand that they speak great words against the Most High God and claim infallibility which only Jehovah God and His Son Jehoshua posses.

Back to verse 25, the wearing out of the saints, this primarily took place during the 1260 year reign of the Papacy which began at 538 AD and lasted through 1798 AD. Persecutions by the Roman Church began long before this period but it intensified to demonic levels during the 1260 year dark ages. Anywhere from 50 million to 100 million people were murdered by this blasphemous Church and most were bible believing Christians.

"and think to change times and laws"

Many modern teachers of prophecy falsely claim that this is in regards to man made civil and criminal laws. However these types of laws always change and what most concerns Jehovah is not Geo-Pollitical civil and criminal laws but rather His eternal Law summed up in the 10 Commandments. In the scriptures it is always the law of Jehovah being broken that causes His wrath to abide on man. Civil and criminal laws of man are imperfect but Jehovah's law is perfect able to convert the soul. So ask yourself, what is more diabolical,  to change civil laws which change every day or Jehovah's law which is to be immutable?

The answer is obvious, Jehovah's law and if the the little horn is the antichrist then the only the laws that he would seek to change that could fit into the context of this passage, would be the very laws that Jesus Christ himself gave Moses at Sinai.

The finger of Jehovah God through His Son Jehoshua Messiah wrote the 10 words on the stone tablets. If man followed Jehovah's law then there would be no need for any other laws to exist as God’s law is enough and perfect.

It would behoove satan to use the man of sin "to think" to change the times and laws" of Jehovah not man's. Notice "he thinks" to change times and laws meaning he cant really change them but only think to change them. Man's laws always change and they can change, not so with Jehovah's law.

Times and laws

Let's look at the Hebrew definition for "times" (Strongs 2166) the hebrew word is "zman" and means "time, season, a set time"

So we see that the little horn thought to change the set times and seasons of Jehovah. Let's see if the Papacy fits the bill here:



LIFE IN CHRIST

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

CHAPTER ONE
"YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND"

THE THIRD COMMANDMENT

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work.90

The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.91

* I. THE SABBATH DAY

 The third commandment of the Decalogue recalls the holiness of the sabbath: "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD."92

2169 In speaking of the sabbath Scripture recalls creation: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it."93

 Scripture also reveals in the Lord's day a memorial of Israel's liberation from bondage in Egypt: "You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out thence with mighty hand and outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day."94

 God entrusted the sabbath to Israel to keep as a sign of the irrevocable covenant.95 The sabbath is for the Lord, holy and set apart for the praise of God, his work of creation, and his saving actions on behalf of Israel.

2172 God's action is the model for human action. If God "rested and was refreshed" on the seventh day, man too ought to "rest" and should let others, especially the poor, "be refreshed."96 The sabbath brings everyday work to a halt and provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the servitude of work and the worship of money.97

2173 The Gospel reports many incidents when Jesus was accused of violating the sabbath law. But Jesus never fails to respect the holiness of this day.98 He gives this law its authentic and authoritative interpretation: "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath."99 With compassion, Christ declares the sabbath for doing good rather than harm, for saving life rather than killing.100 The sabbath is the day of the Lord of mercies and a day to honor God.101 "The Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."102

II. THE LORD'S DAY

This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.103

2174 Jesus rose from the dead "on the first day of the week."104 Because it is the "first day," the day of Christ's Resurrection recalls the first creation. Because it is the "eighth day" following the sabbath,105 it symbolizes the new creation ushered in by Christ's Resurrection. For Christians it has become the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the Lord's Day (he kuriake hemera, dies dominica) Sunday:

We all gather on the day of the sun, for it is the first day [after the Jewish sabbath, but also the first day] when God, separating matter from darkness, made the world; and on this same day Jesus Christ our Savior rose from the dead.106

2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ's Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man's eternal rest in God. For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ:107

Those who lived according to the old order of things have come to a new hope, no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord's Day, in which our life is blessed by him and by his death.108

 The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship "as a sign of his universal beneficence to all."109Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.

2177 The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."110

"Also to be observed are the day of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension of Christ, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi, the feast of Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, the feast of Saint Joseph, the feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints."111

2178 This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age.112 The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful "not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another."113

Tradition preserves the memory of an ever-timely exhortation: Come to Church early, approach the Lord, and confess your sins, repent in prayer. . . . Be present at the sacred and divine liturgy, conclude its prayer and do not leave before the dismissal. . . . We have often said: "This day is given to you for prayer and rest. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."114

2179 "A parish is a definite community of the Christian faithful established on a stable basis within a particular church; the pastoral care of the parish is entrusted to a pastor as its own shepherd under the authority of the diocesan bishop."115 It is the place where all the faithful can be gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. The parish initiates the Christian people into the ordinary expression of the liturgical life: it gathers them together in this celebration; it teaches Christ's saving doctrine; it practices the charity of the Lord in good works and brotherly love:

You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the priests.116

2180 The precept of the Church specifies the law of the Lord more precisely: "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass."117 "The precept of participating in the Mass is satisfied by assistance at a Mass which is celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the holy day or on the evening of the preceding day."118

 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor.119 Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.

2182 Participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity. Together they testify to God's holiness and their hope of salvation. They strengthen one another under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

 "If because of lack of a sacred minister or for other grave cause participation in the celebration of the Eucharist is impossible, it is specially recommended that the faithful take part in the Liturgy of the Word if it is celebrated in the parish church or in another sacred place according to the prescriptions of the diocesan bishop, or engage in prayer for an appropriate amount of time personally or in a family or, as occasion offers, in groups of families."120

2184 Just as God "rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done,"121 human life has a rhythm of work and rest. The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives.122

2185 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body.123 Family needs or important social service can legitimately excuse from the obligation of Sunday rest. The faithful should see to it that legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family life, and health.

The charity of truth seeks holy leisure- the necessity of charity accepts just work.124

2186 Those Christians who have leisure should be mindful of their brethren who have the same needs and the same rights, yet cannot rest from work because of poverty and misery. Sunday is traditionally consecrated by Christian piety to good works and humble service of the sick, the infirm, and the elderly. Christians will also sanctify Sunday by devoting time and care to their families and relatives, often difficult to do on other days of the week. Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation of the mind, and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life.

2187 Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day. Traditional activities (sport, restaurants, etc.), and social necessities (public services, etc.), require some people to work on Sundays, but everyone should still take care to set aside sufficient time for leisure. With temperance and charity the faithful will see to it that they avoid the excesses and violence sometimes associated with popular leisure activities. In spite of economic constraints, public authorities should ensure citizens a time intended for rest and divine worship. Employers have a similar obligation toward their employees.

2188 In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays. They have to give everyone a public example of prayer, respect, and joy and defend their traditions as a precious contribution to the spiritual life of society. If a country's legislation or other reasons require work on Sunday, the day should nevertheless be lived as the day of our deliverance which lets us share in this "festal gathering," this "assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven."125

IN BRIEF

 2189 "Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Deut 5:12). "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord" (Ex 31:15).

2190 The sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ.

 2191 The Church celebrates the day of Christ's Resurrection on the "eighth day," Sunday, which is rightly called the Lord's Day (cf. SC 106).

2192 "Sunday . . . is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church" (CIC, can. 1246 § 1). "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass" (CIC, can. 1247).

2193 "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound . . . to abstain from those labors and business concerns which impede the worship to be rendered to God, the joy which is proper to the Lord's Day, or the proper relaxation of mind and body" (CIC, can. 1247).

2194 The institution of Sunday helps all "to be allowed sufficient rest and leisure to cultivate their amilial, cultural, social, and religious lives" (GS 67 § 3).

2195 Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day."

Wow! The Catholic Church brazenly admits and celebrates the changing of Jehovah's Seventh-day Sabbath with the false "Lord's Day" Sunday Sabbath. If this doesn't implicate the Catholic Church as a whole and the Papacy specifically as the little horn then I don't know what does. There is more though!! Contrary to popular belief, this scripture in Daniel 7:25 doesn't just apply to the Seventh-day Sabbath as the verse states "Times and Laws" meaning a plurality of set times having to do with the law. Remember Leviticus 23 details the other Holy days of Jehovah God. Below is an excerpt from the Holy Fest days of God blog regarding the change of Jehovah's feast days:

"Most Christians tend to believe that Yahshua/Jesus fulfilled all of the Old Testament, so they don’t think that it applies to them.

And Satan has caused Christians to focus on Christmas and Easter,
instead of God’s Holy Feast days.

Note: Yahshua was name that the Messiah would have been called, as it meant “Yahuah (the Father) Saves.”  The name Jesus is Greek, so our Messiah was never called Jesus.

So let’s look at the time period when Christians switched from observing God’s Holy Feast days to Rome’s Easter and Christmas.

In 312 A.D. Roman Emperor Constantine proclaimed to become a Christian, but his actions tell a different story.

After centuries of having the Roman Empire persecute Christians, Satan realized that Christ’s Church just grew faster, so that strategy wasn’t working.

So he had Constantine feign being saved, to start the process of defeating the enemy from within. This was the beginning of the Roman Catholic Church, which proclaims to be Christian, but its actions are antichrist.

Constantine ended the persecution of Christians with the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D.

And he began mixing the pagan traditions of the Romans with Christianity.

In 325 A.D., at the First Council of Nicaea, they established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon following the March equinox.

Prior to this, the Romans worshiped Cybele and her lover/son Attis. Supposedly born of a virgin, Attis died and was reborn annually. The festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday and culminated after 3 days in a day of rejoicing over the resurrection.

Do you see the parallels with Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday? This appeased the pagan Romans, as they still had their holiday.  And it drew in the Christians to celebrate on this pagan day.

In 350 A.D. Pope Julius I declared December 25 the official date of Christmas.

Prior to this, December 25th had been the Roman feast of Sol and Victus (open unconquered Sun), where they celebrated Sun worship.

Their belief was that the Sun died on 12/21, the winter solstice, when daylight was at its shortest. Then after 3 days of being dead, they celebrated it’s rebirth on 12/25.

To make the switch from observing God’s Holy Feast Days to pagan-based holidays, Constantine issued this creed for Christians who would partner with Rome.

Keep in mind that the Christians had endured relentless persecution from Rome, and now they are being exalted to positions of power and treated well, so they are susceptible to compromise.

Constantine declared:

“I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all the other feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and propitiations, and fasts and new moons, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns and chants, and observances and synagogues.

Absolutely everything Jewish, every Law, rite and custom and if afterwards I shall wish to deny and return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found eating with Jews, or feasting with them, or secretly conversing and condemning the Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning their vain faith, then let the trembling of Cain and the leprosy of Gehazi cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable.

And may I be an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul be set down with Satan and the devils.” (Stefano Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientalium at Occidentalium, Vol. 1, Rome 1748, page 105)

Furthermore, any follower of the “Jewish Messiah” (Yahshua) who wished to join this “holy community” was compelled to adopt a different set of rules and customs. Subsequently special creeds were drafted, to which the Christian would have to swear such as:

“I accept all customs, rites, legalism, and feasts of the Romans, sacrifices. Prayers, purifications with water, sanctifications by Pontificus Maxmus (high priests of Rome), propitiations, and feasts, and the New Sabbath “So! dei” (day of the Sun, ), all new chants and observances, and all the foods and drinks of the Romans. In other words, I absolutely accept everything Roman, every new law, rite and custom, of Rome, and the New Roman Religion.”

During the 4th century many Christians accepted these terms from Constantine and compromised their faith, fulfilling the “falling away” that Paul warned about in 2 Thessalonians 2.

We see that not only the Sabbath day was changed by the Roman Church but also the feast days of Jehovah as described in Leviticus 23. This is a fufillment of Daniel 7:25 "and think to change times and laws".

Constantine held the title "Pontifex Maximus" which is a Papal type moniker. However, Constantine wasn't the first Pope to think to change times and laws, Victor the Bishop of Rome decreed a National Easter Sunday law in about 193 A.D. demanding the celebration of the resurrection day of Christ to be on Sunday every year rather than on the movable 16th of Abib which the eastern church kept as wave sheaf/first fruits.

" In 325 A.D., at the First Council of Nicaea, they established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon following the March equinox."

The council of Nicaea just reiterated what Victor had decreed in 193 AD. We see that the Roman Catholic Church had it's hands in attempting to circumvent Jehovah's holy days all the way back to the end of the 2nd century.

What about any other laws that the little horn has sought to change, there are many but let's stick with the 10 Commandments and point out two more as we already identified the 4th commandment as being changed or I should say "attempted to be changed".

Let's go to commandment number 2,

Exodus 20:4-6 (KJV)

4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I JEHOVAH thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Did you know that the Catholic Church has removed this commandment from their Catechism? The Catholic ten commandments does not have this commandment and instead they split up the 10th commandment into 2 commandments, so that they can still have 10 numerical commandments.

Why would the Church of Rome do this? The answer is obvious, because they are huge idolaters in that they venerate images and statues and pray to them and bow down and worship them most notably the queen of heaven Mary. They also have a false idolatrous image of Jesus that they venerate and honour. They have images and statues of dead saints throughout their churches and at the Vatican. These false idolatrous images and statues are adored by Catholics around the world.

However, the most diabolical attempt to change the law of Jehovah is in regards to commandment number 1:

Exodus 20:2-3 (DNKJB)

2I am JEHOVAH thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

If we look at the Catholic version of the 1st commandment you will see there is not much difference:

"I am the LORD thy God. Thou shalt have no strange gods before me."

On the surface you will not see much difference and you will conclude that the Catholic Church left this commandment alone as it originally stood. However, there is a hidden deception of satan here that most people don't catch and that your Seventh-day Adventist Pastor's and theologians won't tell you.

Talk to just about any Seventh-day Adventist about the Catholic Church attempting to change the times and laws of God and immediately as if programmed from birth, they gleefully bring up the 4th commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy. And while they are right, they miss the bigger picture that even more important than the 4th commandment is the first commandment and that the Catholic Church, at the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D and completely formulated in 381 A.D at the council of Constantinople, attempted to change who the God of the bible is in personality.

You won't see this attempted change in the first commandment of the Catholic version on it's surface but when their version of the the first commandment states:

"I am the LORD thy God" what they really mean is "I am the trinity thy god".

The Catholic Church attempted to change who the God of the bible is at Nicaea by formulating the trinity doctrine. Here is the Nicene Creed which explains the trinity doctrine:

The Nicene Creed

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen."

Here it is, the Little horn system thought to change the law concerning the first commandment as being a command to have no other god's before Jehovah. The belief in the Nicene Creed is a test of fellowship for the Catholic and Protestant denominations.

With one verse the false doctrine of the trinity is destroyed as Jesus prays to His Father:

John 17:3 (KJV)

3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the ONLY TRUE GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Paul the apostle concurs with Jesus:

 Ephesians 4:4-6 (KJV)

4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;5One Lord, one faith, one baptism, ONE GOD and FATHER of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 (KJV)

.4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)6But to us there is but ONE, GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

1 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

5For there is ONE GOD, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;6

The one God spoked here of by Paul is the Father as Christ is our mediator between us and the Father.

Romans 3:28-30 (KJV)

28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:30Seeing it is ONE GOD, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

This one God Paul is speaking of is the Father as noted in the other verses qouted.

We see clearly that the bible teaches that God is one singular being who is the Father. The Little horn Roman Catholic system sought to change the first commandment and the Shema which states:

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ASV)

4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

The trinity doctrine denies the truth of this verse as it says God is three persons or three beings (tri theism). Some will use the Shema to say that God is a plurality but remember Jesus clairifies the meaning of the Shema to the scribe in Mark 12:28-34.

The Hebrew for one in Deuteronomy 6:4 is "echad" and means properly united, i.e. one; or first:-a, alike, alone, altogether, once, one, only"

Mark 12:28-34 (KJV)

.28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.31And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Jesus qouted the Shema to the scribe when asked what the most important commandment was. Let's look at the Shema qoute as stated by Jesus:

"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord"

The greek word for one is "heis" (strongs 1520) and means "a primary numeral, one, only, other, some"

We see that the word "one" in this passage is primarily a singular word. If you are still not convinced, lets go to Jude 4 and see whether or not the Lord God is one singular being or a plurality of beings/persons.

Jude

4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the ONLY LORD GOD, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

We see from the above passage that there is Only One Lord God in singularity. We can safely say this as this passage makes a clear distinction between the Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ hence the phrase:

"the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ"

This passage is speaking about two divine beings, one is the only Lord God (clearly the Father) and one is the Lord Jesus Christ (The Father's Son). This harmonizes with what Jesus said in John 17:3 about the Father being the only true God. In context of Jude 4, it is the false teachers (certain men crept in unawares) that deny that there is only one Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ. So even if someone accepts the Lord Jesus Christ, if they deny the truth that there is only one Lord God in singularity which is the Father they are considered to be certain men that creep into the Churches unawares. Basically they are identified as false teachers. Doesn't that exactly fit the description of the trinitarian/tri theists pastors and theologians? Let's look at bit at history and see how the Roman Catholic Church system crept into the apostolic Church and denied the only Lord God and concocted the trinity doctrine. This doctrine was formulated by the Alexandrian/Roman Church system which became "Orthodox Byzantine Christianity".

The birth of Byzantine Orthodox Christianity coincided with the council of Nicaea in 325 AD (trinity doctrine formulation) and this false version of Christianity was made the official state religion in 381 AD at the council of Constantinople when the finishing touches on the trinity doctrine were implemented.

Prior to the council of Nicaea, the Roman Emperor Constantine lifted the ban on Christianity with the edict of Milan in 313 AD. While this was good for the Christians in Rome it led to a union of Church and State.

In 321 AD, Constantine implemented the 2nd offical Sunday law issued forth from the Roman Church. The first one being in 193 AD over easter, known as the "National Sunday Law".

So we see how these certain men crept in unawares into the pure apostolic faith in the guise of "angels of light" to save Christians from persecution but then progressively changed the faith that was once delivered to the saints by the apostles (Jude 3)

"Like the pagan Roman authorities before him, "Christian" Emperor Justinian banned the Shema as a denial of the Trinity."

"Romans banned the Shema to protect their gods. And Byzantine Christianity forbid the Shema due to their Trinity."

The Shema
Deuteronomy 6:4 (ASV)
4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

The below in qoutes is a summary of some of the Institutes of the Justinian code which ushered in the 1260 year rule of the antichrist Papacy: my notes are after the qoutes.

"Legislation about religion

Numerous provisions serve to secure the status of Orthodox Christianity as the state religion of the empire, uniting Church and state, and making anyone who was not connected to the Christian church a non-citizen."

My notes:
The Church that the Justinian Code spoke of as "The Christian Church" is Byzantine Orthodox Christianity, basically the Roman Catholic Church at this time although in a larger sense it included the Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church.

"Laws against heresy

The very first law in the Codex requires all persons under the jurisdiction of the Empire to hold the holy Orthodox (Christian) faith. This was primarily aimed against (alleged) heresies such as Arianism. This text later became the springboard for discussions of international law, especially the question of just what persons are under the jurisdiction of a given state or legal system.

My notes:
Again the Justinian code when refrencing "Orthodox Christianity",is speaking of the Nicene Creed which is the trinity understanding of who God is. This code was used to further anathematize the Arian Christian faith. It is my personal view that the Arians were falsely accused of teaching that Jesus was created. Remember that the little horn (papacy) plucked up the three horns which were the Arian Christian tribes. The last Arian horn was destroyed by the Papal Church right around the time of the Justinian code. The Justinian code as said before brought in the 1260 year papal reign of supremacy over the empire and the intense persecution of Jehovah's true saints.

Laws against Judaism

The principle of "Servitude of the Jews" (Servitus Judaeorum) was established by the new laws, and determined the status of Jews throughout the Empire for hundreds of years. The Jews were disadvantaged in a number of ways. They could not testify against Christians and were disqualified from holding a public office. Jewish civil and religious rights were restricted: "they shall enjoy no honors". The use of the Hebrew language in worship was forbidden. Shema Yisrael, sometimes considered the most important prayer in Judaism ("Hear, O Israel, YHWH our God, YHWH is one") was banned, as a denial of the Trinity. A Jew who converted to Christianity was entitled to inherit his or her father's estate, to the exclusion of the still-Jewish brothers and sisters. The Emperor became an arbiter in internal Jewish affairs. Similar laws applied to the Samaritans."

My notes:
The saying and praying of the Shema which is the most important commandment according to Jesus, was banned not only by Justinian but also by previous pagan Roman Emperor's who were in league with the Papal Orthodox Church. This is very telling! While today's Churches use the Shema as proof of the United Trinity god, the Orthodox Christians of the Byzantine empire knew that the Shema denied the very trinity doctrine that they created. The passage below in Jude 3-4 fits these men like Athanasius (main proponent of the trinity doctrine at council of Nicaea), Emperor's Contstantine, Theodosious, Justinian along with the Papacy who crept in unawares:

Jude 3-4 (KJV)

.3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is the Shema and we are to have this sealed on our foreheads and in our hands yet Byzantine Orthodox Christianity which includes the whole of Catholic/Protestant/Evangelical denominations deny this and in times past outlawed the speaking and praying of this beautiful truth. The trinitarian's knew in their heart of hearts that this passage denied their doctrine that God is three persons in one God.

Deuteronomy 6;4-25 (ASV)

4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.9And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.10And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,11and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;12then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.13Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;15for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.16Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.20When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?21then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh`s bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;22and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;23and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.24And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.25And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.