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The Destruction Of The Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral In France Is An Excellent Illustration Of Revelation 18
While the unsaved world weeps over this Roman Catholic monument in Paris, let’s take an honest look at exactly what Notre Dame is, and what it is not.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully, ordered the construction of Notre Dame in 1160. He deemed the church that already stood in the location unworthy of the prestige of his position.
I was travelling for business on the day that Roman Catholic Notre Dame building in Paris was burning, and my week got pretty busy and I never got around to doing a story on it. But that turned out to be a good thing because it gave me time to reflect a little on much of the symbolism attached to Notre Dame. Contrary to all the reports in the biased Liberal media, Notre Dame is not a ‘symbol of Christianity’, far from it. Notre Dame is a symbol of the Vatican harlot we read about in Revelation 17 and 18, with many surprising parallels.
“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” Revelation 18:8,24 (KJV)
So while the unsaved world weeps over this Roman Catholic monument, let’s take an honest look at exactly what Notre Dame is, and what it is not. Let’s start with the basics.
- WHAT’S IN A NAME: The term ‘Notre Dame’ is French, it means ‘our mother’ or “blessed lady”, and it refers to the Roman Catholic doctrine of worshipping Mary, the mother of the earthly Jesus. The Roman Catholic university Notre Dame is similarly thus named. The building in Paris was built by a Roman Catholic bishop. Notre Dame is not a Christian church or a symbol of Christianity, it is exactly what it says it is – a Roman Catholic temple built for idol worship, but more on that later.
- ORIGINS OF NOTRE DAME: The Roman Catholic Bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully, ordered the construction of Notre Dame in 1160. He deemed the church that already stood in the location unworthy of the prestige of his position. Actual construction started a few years later when the foundation stone was laid in 1163. The choir, the first portion of the building to be completed, was consecrated in 1177. The High Altar was finished a few years later, in 1182. Maurice de Sully died in 1196 while the cathedral was still being built. Construction continued for years, with many bishops and architects making their mark on the seemingly never-ending building process. The fact that so many people had a part in building Notre Dame is what accounts for its unique and varied design. It wasn’t until 1345 that the cathedral was consecrated as complete. source
- SOME RANDOM ‘FUN FACTS’: Henry VI of England was crowned inside the cathedral in 1431 and Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France inside the cathedral in 1804. The cathedral receives nearly 13 million visitors a year and is home to exquisite religious artifacts, paintings, sculptures and other priceless works of art. source
Ok, so there you have some of how Notre Dame came into existence, and just a tiny smidge of its illustrious history. Now let’s talk for a moment about the 800 lb elephant in the room, the fact that Notre Dame is packed to overflowing with pagan and demonic statues and artwork.
Notre Dame contains 3 different types of monsters and they are as follows:
- CHIMERA: Chimera are ornamental-only sculptures. These statues are often depicted as monsters or mythical beasts. The two most famous types of chimera are the Wyvern, a two-footed dragon, and the Stryga, known as the “spitting gargoyle”.
- GROTESQUES: This is the genetic term for stone carvings, regardless of whether they carry water.
- GARGOYLES: Gargoyles are chimera and grotesques. They are ornamental, stone carvings that serve a functional purpose. Before you go ahead calling a spade a spade, make sure that it drains water, first. source
The bible has a lot to say about monsters like these, and in nearly every instance in which they show up, it is almost always connected to Satan and the demons that populate the bottomless pit in the region of a place called Hell. The bible knows all about multi-headed dragons, mutant talking beasts, and zombies. But ask yourself this, what are doing they adorning a supposed “christian” church when they represent the Devil?
“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” Revelation 13:1,2 (KJV)

Stone demons gargoyle and chimera at Notre Dame de Paris
Here is a nice random sampling of the demons that live in Notre Dame:
Does any of that seem ‘christian’ at all to you? Even if you are a Roman Catholic reading this article, if you’re honest you would be forced to admit there is nothing Christian at all about any of it. A building started by the greed and arrogance of a Roman bishop, dedicated to the idolatrous worship of Mary, and decorated by demons. If any of the apostles were still alive, they would have set fire to the place themselves!
Recently we did a 2-hour radio bible study about how God will destroy the Vatican counterfeit during the time of Jacob’s trouble, you can listen to it here, and we highly recommend that you do. It’s quite an eye-opener. It is also recommended that you visit our Catholic Church story archive, and see for yourself what Rome has been up to lately.
“And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.” Revelation 18:16-20 (KJV)
In conclusion, the bible in Revelation 17 and 18 shows us in great detail how the Roman Catholic church and its Vatican city-state system will come to an end. God sets the whole thing on fire and incinerates it into nothingness. The fire of Notre Dame which so captivated the world this week is an excellent type picture of how the whole world will watch the entire Vatican system be destroyed by fire and a millstone in the time of Jacob’s trouble.
What does God and the bible have to say about all this? His message to deceived Catholics is simple and concise, and we present it to you in its entirety:
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” Revelation 18:4,5 (KJV)
Some Of The Monsters Of Notre Dame
Does this look like a “christian” church to you?? It looks like a pit of fallen creatures in the end times.
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NTEB RADIO BIBLE STUDY: The Day Of The Lord And The Time Of Jacob’s Trouble Explained
The Day of Christ and the Day of the Lord could not be more different, one shows you the Pretrib Rapture and the other Jacob’s Trouble
There is a reason why lost men mock Bible prophecy, and there is a reason why lukewarm Christians avoid preaching on the Day of the Lord. It is because the Day of the Lord strips away every refuge of lies, every fake peace plan, every apostate sermon, and every smooth-talking promise that man is going to fix this world and bring in some shining golden age. He is not. This world is not evolving upward, it is collapsing downward, and the Day of the Lord is God’s appointed answer to the rebellion of men and nations.
“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.” Isaiah 13:6
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Study Helps And Links For Tonight’s Bible Study
- Tribulation As A Condition Is Not The Same As The Great Tribulation 7-Year Event We See Take Place In The Time Of Jacob’s Trouble
- Why Are None Of The Celebrity Church Pastors Warning The Jews And Israel About The Coming Time Of Jacob’s Trouble That’s Written In The Prophets?
- If Satan Is As Great As He Thinks He Is, Then Why Does He Pretend To Be Jesus In The Time Of Jacob’s Trouble?
- Where The Wrath Of God In The Time Of Jacob’s Trouble Really Begins May Surprise You
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THE BIBLE BELIEVERS SUNDAY SERVICE: Don’t Look Back!
Stop Longing For What Once Enslaved You And Start Rejoicing In Where God Is Taking You, Don’t Look Back!
The Bible is a Book that moves forward, not backwards. It was first written in Aramaic, then Hebrew, then in Greek and put into Old Syriac, Old Latin, Old German and finally in Old English. God pulls us forward into the light, Satan lurks in the shadows behind us, looking back puts us in the ring with the Devil. Staying there too long and we become bruised and bloodied in the battle. Today my message is ‘Don’t Look Back!’, and it’s a call to putting our eyes on Jesus Christ as He moves us forward here in these last days.
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 (KJB)
SUNDAY SERVICE STUDY NOTES: Don’t Look Back!
Don’t Look Back!
1). Looking Back Shows a Divided Heart
Main Text
“Remember Lot’s wife.” Luke 17:32 (KJB)
Supporting Text
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” Genesis 19:26 (KJB)
Truth
Lot’s wife left Sodom with her body, but her heart was still tied to what God was judging. Looking back revealed inward attachment to a condemned world.
Application
A Christian can be outwardly separated and yet inwardly longing for the old life. God wants not just our feet moving forward, but our heart moving forward as well.
2). Looking Back Is Dangerous When God Has Called You Out
Main Text
“And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.” Genesis 19:17 (KJB)
Truth
The command not to look back was connected to survival. Sodom was under judgment, and hesitation in a place of judgment was deadly.
Application
When God delivers you from sin, worldliness, false religion, or compromise, you are not to linger over what He has called you to leave behind.
3). Looking Back Makes You Unfit for Effective Service
Main Text
“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62 (KJB)
Truth
A ploughman looking backward cannot plough a straight row. A backward glance in the Christian life destroys focus, direction, and usefulness.
Application
You cannot serve the Lord well while constantly longing for yesterday, revisiting old sins, old loves, old ambitions, or old defeats.
4). Looking Back Hinders Forward Growth
Main Text
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 (KJB)
Truth
Paul teaches that spiritual progress requires forgetting the things behind and reaching toward the things ahead. The Christian life is a forward walk.
Application
Looking back at past failures can paralyze you. Looking back at past victories can puff you up. Either way, looking back keeps you from pressing toward the mark.
5). Looking Back Can Mean Longing for the Old Life of Bondage
Main Text
“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” Exodus 16:3 (KJB)
Supporting Text
“We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:” Numbers 11:5 (KJB)
Truth
Israel kept looking back to Egypt, forgetting the bondage and remembering only the pleasures. This is what the flesh does. It edits the memory and romanticizes what enslaved us.
Application
Many Christians do the same with the old life. They forget the chains and remember only the passing pleasures of sin.
6). Looking Back Reveals Unbelief in God’s Future Provision
Main Text
“And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.” Hebrews 11:15-16 (KJB)
Truth
The saints in Hebrews 11 did not keep their minds fixed on what they left. They looked for something better ahead. Faith looks forward.
Application
To keep looking back is often a sign that we doubt God has something better before us than what lies behind us.
7). Looking Back Can Pull You Back Into Defilement
Main Text
“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” 2 Peter 2:20-22 (KJB)
Truth
Looking back often leads to turning back. What begins with a glance can end in entanglement.
Application
The Christian must guard his mind, affections, and desires, because the backward look can become a backward step.
8). Looking Back Distracts Us From Christ
Main Text
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 (KJB)
Truth
The Christian race is not run by looking backward, inward, or sideways, but by looking unto Jesus.
Application
When your eyes leave Christ and drift back toward the world, the flesh, regret, bitterness, or nostalgia, your race will suffer.
9). Looking Back Keeps Old Things Alive That God Has Put Away
Main Text
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJB)
Supporting Text
“I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:15-19 (KJB)
Truth
God has made the believer a new creature in Christ. Constant backward living keeps old things on life support that God says are passed away.
Application
Stop building memorials to what God has already buried.
10). Looking Back Is the Opposite of Hope
Main Text
“Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.” Proverbs 4:25 (KJB)
Supporting Text
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1-2 (KJB)
Truth
The Christian life is built on hope, expectation, and forward vision. We are not camped in the ruins of the past. We are heading toward Jesus Christ, the judgment seat of Christ, and home.
Application
A backward Christian is usually a discouraged Christian. A forward-looking Christian is a hopeful Christian.
Practical Areas Where Christians Look Back
- Past sins
The devil wants you chained to forgiven things.
- Past wounds
Bitterness keeps your face turned toward old pain instead of future grace.
- Past successes
Living on yesterday’s victories produces present-day barrenness.
- Former worldly pleasures
The flesh loves to make Egypt look better than it was.
- Old relationships and attachments
What God removed from your life does not need to be resurrected.
What Happens When We Stop Looking Back
- We walk by faith
2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJB) “(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”
- We grow in maturity
Forward motion is the mark of spiritual health.
- We become useful to God
A fixed eye makes a straight furrow.
- We gain victory over the flesh
Forward focus weakens backward cravings.
- We finish well
The Christian life is not about how you started, but how you finish.
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24 (KJB)
Closing Challenge
- Lot’s wife looked back and died in judgment.
- Israel looked back and wandered in defeat.
- Paul refused to look back and pressed toward the prize.
The lesson is plain: what God has called you out of is not worth turning around to admire. The world behind you is under judgment, but the glory ahead of you is in Jesus Christ. Keep your eyes forward.
“Remember Lot’s wife.” Luke 17:32 (KJB)
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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.
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Headline News
A Combined Drone And Missile Attack From Iran Incredibly Pierced American Air Defenses Resulting In 12 US Troops Wounded And 2 Possibly Dead
While Trump Says The War Is Going Well, 12 American Troops Are Wounded In Saudi Arabia By Iran Strike As Middle East Burns Hotter Still
There is a very hard, very uncomfortable truth staring America in the face tonight, and no amount of White House spin can make it go away. If the war is “going well,” then why are American troops bleeding on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia? On Friday, March 27, 2026, an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base wounded 12 U.S. service members, with 2 seriously injured, and also damaged American aircraft. That is not the picture of a war moving smoothly toward some neat and orderly conclusion. That is the picture of a widening conflict that is still very much alive and still very, very dangerous.
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Matthew 24:7,8 (KJB)
And this stands in stark opposition to the way President Trump has been talking about the war. Publicly, Trump has projected confidence, declaring Iran “obliterated,” while his administration has pushed the line that Tehran’s military capability has been badly crippled. At the same time, Trump has also said negotiations are “going very well,” presenting the conflict as though it is being steadily brought under control. But the missiles falling on American forces tell another story entirely.
Let’s say it plainly: you do not measure victory by press statements; you measure it by realities on the ground. And the reality on the ground is that Iran still has enough reach, enough hardware, and enough operational capability to strike a major American installation in Saudi Arabia and put U.S. troops in the hospital. The Washington Post reported that even after extensive U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iran still retains a potent arsenal of ballistic missiles and drones. That means the administration’s narrative of decisive control is colliding head-on with battlefield reality.
This was also not some isolated fluke. Prince Sultan Air Base had already been struck earlier in the conflict, including a March 1 attack that later resulted in the death of Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington. So what we are looking at is not a one-off embarrassment, but a pattern. The base remains vulnerable, and American personnel remain exposed. That matters, because every time officials suggest the threat is fading, another strike reminds everyone that the enemy still has teeth.
That is why the messaging coming out of Washington rings hollow. If Trump says the war is going well, and if administration officials say Iran has been neutralized, then how exactly do we explain more wounded Americans, damaged aircraft, expanding regional attacks, and now even broader instability involving actors like the Houthis? You cannot call it under control while the war keeps spilling into new theaters and fresh casualties keep piling up. We are being lied to on a daily basis, and it is time for the American people to rise up and demand accountability from our elected leaders before it’s too late.
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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!
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“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB
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