2. DRAMA OF THE AGES FLY THROUGH HISTORY WITH THE ANCIENT BOOK 21. GREAT APOSTASY

3. Paul, John and Peter as well as Jesus, tell us that soon after the Gospel of Jesus the Saviour went out to the whole world with purity and power in the first century, that corruption would come in.

4. Again Satan was on the scene to get heathen priests interested in joining with the Christians and soon another mongrelized Pagan religion was born, but sadly, this one claimed to be Christian.

5. It took a while before the churches at Rome and Alexandria had managed to gather enough power and influence, but soon, the Papacy was born out of a mix of pagan sun worship, and a few Christian names.

6. In the 300s, Constantine, a Sun worshipper encouraged the adoption of sun-worship practices into the now apostatizing church, including Sunday, Easter and so on.

7. There was a problem though, three nations that taught a type of Christianity contrary to Catholicism stood in the way of her complete dominance of the religious world.

8. In 508 AD a wonderful event occurred that turned the tables and led to the uprooting and destroying of the three powers. Clovis, King of France declared himself Catholic and soon most of Europe joined him.

9. They assisted the Papacy by eradicating the three nations, the Ostragoths, the Hueruli and the Vandals.

10. Prophecy foretold this as the 'uprooting of three horns', horns meaning kingdoms.

11. In 538, the Emperor Justinian left Rome for Constantinople and decreed the Bishop of Rome was to have his 'seat' (or see).

12. Now the 1260 years of darkness foretold in seven different prophecies, began.

13. DRAMA OF THE AGES Continues: 22. CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS