KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

power held by the antichrist will produce a psychological climate that will nurture the religion of the false prophet. Social anthropologist, Edmond Leach, concludes that 'Virgin' worship occurs where there is an immense gap between the ruler and the ruled .25 Religion and Regime , a classic in the sociology of religion, states that a society which emphasizes conformity (".. .all both small and great, rich and poor. . .") will lead to a religious emphasis on the female. 2 6 Christianity Today also warns of the "egalitarian social organization" which will emerge with a "nurturing goddess as the cultural image of deity;" a Spring 1994 issue showed an image called 'The Heart of the Beast' being worshipped at a feminist conference by lesbians like the NIV's Virginia Mollenkott .27 As mentioned earlier, the image of 'the Virgin' is the universal icon of pantheism. Consequently, this goddess could be the yoke pulling pantheists (i.e., Hindoos, animists, Buddhists, Native Americans) and non-pantheists (Muslims, Catholics) to the altar of the false prophet. Visions of virgins are occurring worldwide and are not the exclusive 'channel' of one religious sect. Recently, just a few miles from Cairo, Egypt, hundreds of thousands of Muslems have traveled to see a "luminous something" hovering in the sky above the Church of the Virgin. The vision, appearing frequently over a three year period, was front page material in the Arab press. The Muslims, joined by the Coptic 'Christian' Church hierarchy, view this as a "messenger from God." Comments about her appearance varied, but both the press and the huge crowds agreed that "doves of light" were seen flying above her head. This novel addition was necessary to entrap Egyptians familiar with the heathen temple of Hierapolis in Syria and its statue of 'the Virgin Juno', whose head is mounted by a dove. The locals have had this imagery woven into their culture for centuries. Archaeological discoveries of images of Astarte, Cybel, and Isis have the identical dove on their head .28 This phenomena is based on the Babylonian trinity (Father, Son, and Mother), in which the female replaces the Holy Ghost (the dove).29 The "father of lies" and his madame mount the skies to materialize Mary in Medjugoije. To patronize the guys in Cairo, they must revise to Virgin Juno. Soli, a channeled demon, unclouds the phenomenon saying, "However you perceive of us in the spirit dimension, this is how we shall appear."30