From Morning Star to Harlot: Lucifer Revealed as the Queen of Heaven
- Michelle Hayman
- Apr 6
- 39 min read
Since ancient times, Scripture and myth alike speak of a brilliant morning star that captivates humanity. In the Bible, this figure is Lucifer, “son of the morning” (Isaiah 14:12), a proud angel who fell from heaven. Across cultures, this same morning star (Venus) was embodied in goddesses like Inanna/Ishtar, the so-called “Queen of Heaven,” and even in modern spirit-deities like Mami Wata. These feminine figures radiated beauty and power, yet seduced nations into prideful rebellion against the true God. In this exposé, we will unveil how Lucifer has masked himself in a feminine archetype throughout history – appearing as a dazzling goddess who promises wisdom and life but delivers idolatry and death. We will also shine light on how this “Queen of Heaven” spirit of false authority has infiltrated religious systems, climaxing in the opulence of the papal throne. Ultimately, we will compare the pope’s grandiose claims with the humility of Christ, showing that a throne built on pride and worldly power cannot represent the King of Kings, Jesus. Prepare for a journey through Scripture, symbolism, and prophecy – from ancient Babylon’s queen-goddess to the Babylon the Great of Revelation – exposing a deceptive spirit that appears radiant and holy but is the counterfeit of Christ and true Wisdom.
Lucifer and the Feminine “Morning Star” Archetype
In Scripture, Lucifer is associated with the morning star. The prophet Isaiah laments: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!” . The name Lucifer literally means “light-bearer” or morning star (the planet Venus at dawn). This same dazzling planet captured the imagination of ancient peoples, who personified it as a goddess of light. From the third millennium B.C., Mediterranean cultures identified Venus with a supreme female divinity – a radiant Queen of Heaven ( Venus, the Queen of Heaven and the Dying God | From the Parapet ). To these cultures, the morning star was the embodiment of beauty and glory, the brightest “star” in the sky. Yet the Bible reveals a dark truth behind that light: Lucifer/Venus, in pride, sought to exalt himself/herself as an object of worship. He/She said in his/her heart, “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God…I will be like the most High”. This boast echoes through the ages in the legends of goddesses who claimed heavenly queenship. In other words, Lucifer’s rebellious spirit hid behind the mask of a goddess, taking the honour due to God and redirecting it to himself under a female persona.
Interior of the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome, Italy. Photo credit: Clay Banks / Unsplash
The eight-pointed star is an ancient symbol of Venus/Lucifer, the morning star, due to the planet's unique cycle of appearing in the sky at regular intervals that trace an eight-pointed geometric pattern. In pagan cultures, this star came to represent divine light, beauty, and power—attributes falsely ascribed to goddesses like Ishtar, who embodied Venus in spiritual form.
One of the earliest and most prominent manifestations of this feminine morning star archetype is Inanna (later called Ishtar by the Akkadians and Babylonians). Inanna/Ishtar was revered as the goddess of love, war, and fertility, and her primary title was literally “Queen of Heaven.” (Inanna - Wikipedia) This title is not an exaggeration – clay tablets and hymns from Mesopotamia praise Inanna as the great Queen of Heaven who rides the sky. Significantly, Inanna was identified with the planet Venus. At her temples in Sumer, she was worshipped in two aspects: as Morning Inanna and Evening Inanna, corresponding to Venus rising at dawn and shining at dusk. The ancients understood that the morning and evening star were the same celestial body, and they wove myths around its appearance and disappearance. Inanna’s descent into the underworld and return was one such myth – explaining Venus’s setting and rising. As the brightest object in the twilight sky, she was called the most beautiful of the gods, just as Lucifer is described as perfect in beauty before his fall (cf. Ezekiel 28:17). It is no coincidence that the Bible uses the term “Queen of Heaven” when condemning the idolatrous goddess worship by the Israelites. In the book of Jeremiah, God expresses fury at Judah’s women for baking cakes to the “queen of heaven”, an obvious reference to Ishtar/Astarte worship. The people even defended their devotion to this goddess, claiming that when they worshipped her they had “plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil”. Thus, to them the Queen of Heaven seemed a benevolent provider. This is the seductive allure of Lucifer’s feminine disguise: appearing to bless followers with prosperity and pleasure, while drawing them into spiritual adultery.
Through the Bible and Near Eastern history, the same goddess reappears under different names. The Canaanites worshipped Astarte/Ashtoreth – essentially their version of Ishtar – and Israel fell into this idolatry multiple times (Judges 2:13, 1 Kings 11:5). She too was called Queen of Heaven and associated with the evening star. In Egypt, a related goddess was Isis, in Greece Aphrodite, and in Rome Venus ( Venus, the Queen of Heaven and the Dying God | From the Parapet ). All were goddesses of sensual love and power, linked to the planet Venus. It is remarkable that so many cultures personified the morning star as a divine woman. From Sumer to Phoenicia and beyond, we find a consistent archetype of a beautiful heavenly queen who offers wisdom, sexual allure, and royal authority. The Bible recognizes this pattern and denounces it; for example, when Israel worshipped a golden idol of a female figure, God called it an abomination (Ezekiel 8:14 refers to women weeping for Tammuz, Ishtar’s consort). The early Christians understood that pagan gods and goddesses were actually demonic beings in disguise: “the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God” (1 Corinthians 10:20). In other words, behind the idol of Ishtar was a very real spiritual entity – Satan and his fallen angels – drinking in the worship. Lucifer had successfully rebranded himself as a goddess, the light-bringer now veiled in feminine form, in order to receive humanity’s prayers and offerings.
The deception did not stop with the classical world. Even in more recent folklore we see a continuation of the Queen of Heaven archetype. Across parts of Africa and the Caribbean, tales abound of Mami Wata (from “Mammy Water”), a mermaid-like water spirit often portrayed as a beautiful woman with long hair, sometimes half-fish or half-snake, who dwells in rivers and oceans (The fake ‘queen of heaven’ (Jer 44) « Green Pastures ). Worshippers of Mami Wata describe her as mesmerizingly beautiful and proud – she is said to be very vain about her appearance (especially her lustrous hair) Like the ancient Ishtar, Mami Wata promises material rewards to her devotees: she seduces people with promises of beauty, health, wealth and success, if only they give her their loyalty. She is revered as a giver of prosperity – yet she is capricious and punishes those who resist her with afflictions and poverty. This water goddess is often depicted holding a large serpent (a snake coiled around her, suckling at her breast or circling her body) and sometimes riding a boat. The serpent imagery immediately calls to mind Satan’s appearance as a serpent in Eden – a clue to the true identity of this spirit. In Nigeria, Mami Wata is linked with “Queen of Heaven” terminology as well; one Christian minister there described her as a “fake ‘queen of heaven’” worshipped in Africa. Devotees encounter her in dreams as a seductive harlot – “a beautiful promiscuous woman, a prostitute that pays her clients with great wealth”. Here again is Lucifer’s modus operandi: appear as an alluring female spirit who offers forbidden knowledge or worldly gain in exchange for devotion. Mami Wata is essentially a localized iteration of the age-old goddess – an embodiment of pride, sensuality, and false blessing. She, like Ishtar, is ultimately a demon in disguise. Many African Christian communities explicitly identify Mami Wata as a demonic principality that must be renounced and cast out in the name of Christ. Her rise in regions far from ancient Mesopotamia suggests that the same Luciferian spirit that operated as Ishtar is still active globally, merely adopting new names and symbols.
A wooden figure of Mami Wata from Nigeria (20th century), depicted as a mermaid-like woman holding a serpent. Such imagery – a half-clothed female with a snake – highlights the fusion of seduction and the demonic. Mami Wata promises beauty and riches but demands one’s soul in return . Across cultures, the “Queen of Heaven” spirit appears in different guises yet consistently manifests pride, lust, and an inversion of godly order.
Pride, Rebellion, and the Inversion of Divine Order
The common threads linking Ishtar, Ashtoreth, Mami Wata, and similar “goddess” figures are the signature traits of Lucifer: pride and rebellion. Each of these feminine archetypes embodies an aspect of spiritual seduction that lures humanity away from the true God. Let’s examine these core themes:
Lucifer’s downfall began with pride. “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness” Ezekiel 28:17. God says of the anointed cherub in Ezekiel’s lament. This describes a created being dazzled by its own splendor – a perfect description of the morning star’s vanity. In the same way, the Queen of Heaven figures are characterized by pride in their beauty and status. Ishtar was portrayed as commanding and domineering – standing atop lions, weaponry on her back (Inanna - Wikipedia), revelling in titles like “Mistress of Heaven and Earth.”
She is not a mother in love, but a queen in control — a spiritual captor, not a life-giver. Her so-called "children" are not born of grace, but caught like prey — souls entangled in seduction, wealth pacts, spirit spouse dreams, and marine witchcraft. This reflects the Luciferian inversion at the heart of her identity: to appear as a nurturing goddess while operating in spiritual death and control.
Our divine creator says: "But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children."
— Isaiah 49:25,
As Inanna/Ishtar, this same spirit was worshipped through gender-bending priests — biological men who dressed, spoke, and lived as women. In her myths, Inanna was said to have the power to “turn a man into a woman, and a woman into a man.” This was not liberation — it was domination. It was a cosmic insult to the Creator, claiming the power to invert His design.
From Ishtar to Mami Wata, this false Queen of Heaven exalts herself in barrenness, perverts identity, and produces no true life — only a counterfeit lineage of pride, confusion, and spiritual captivity. She is the mother of nothing, yet calls herself mother of all. This is the mark of Lucifer disguised in feminine radiance — a barren queen ruling from the deep.
Pride also leads to blasphemous self-exaltation. Lucifer declared, “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God… I will be like the most High”. Similarly, the archetypal goddess exalts herself as Queen in heaven, essentially taking the throne in the minds of her worshippers. This is a direct inversion of divine order – a created being (a fallen angel) presenting itself as the object of worship instead of directing worship to the Creator. It is no accident that in Revelation, Babylon the Great – a symbol of false religion – boasts in her heart,
"How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow."
— Revelation 18:7
That phrase “I sit a queen” encapsulates the Luciferian pride of these entities: they enthrone themselves as sovereigns. The true divine order recognizes only ONE King of Heaven (the Lord God) and His Son, the King of Kings, with no queen consort. By elevating a “queen of heaven,” the created order is flipped on its head.
It’s important to understand that the idea of the Holy Spirit being “He” in a masculine sense does not come from the original biblical languages. In Hebrew, the word for Spirit—ruach—is grammatically feminine. In Greek, where much of the New Testament was written, the word pneuma is grammatically neuter, meaning it carries no gender at all. It is only in Latin—the language of the Roman Empire and later the institutional Church—that the word spiritus is grammatically masculine.
This detail matters, because some traditions and theological systems—especially those rooted in Rome—have built entire hierarchies, prayers, and titles based on a Latinized interpretation of the Holy Spirit’s “masculinity.” But this gendering is not based on divine revelation—it’s based on grammar, not truth.
Scripture makes clear that God is Spirit (John 4:24), and not bound by human gender. The Holy Spirit is a Person, yes—but not a “male being.” He speaks, leads, grieves, and comforts—but He is not “masculine” in a physical or hierarchical sense. In fact, the nurturing and life-giving attributes often associated with the Spirit in the Hebrew Scriptures are feminine in grammar and imagery, though not goddess-like or gendered in nature.
So when Rome exalted a rigid, hierarchical, masculine structure of God, it was not drawing from Hebrew revelation or Greek apostolic witness—but from Latin grammar and imperial theology. And this distortion has helped pave the way for both male-dominant systems and the backlash of goddess worship—two sides of the same counterfeit coin.
The truth is: the Holy Spirit is not male or female. He is not “mother,” nor is He a “kingly father” in the Latin sense. He is the Spirit of God, eternal, holy, and beyond flesh. To assign Him a gender based on language is not theology—it is idolatry.
Let us return to the fall of Lucifer, the radiant Venus, cast down into the abyss of darkness...
Along with pride comes rebellion – a refusal to submit to God’s authority. Lucifer is “that old serpent” who first enticed humanity to rebel in Eden (Genesis 3). It is telling that in many pagan myths, the goddess figure encourages or embodies rebellion. Inanna-Ishtar, for instance, was not a demure housewife goddess; she was a warlike, independent deity who transgressed boundaries (descending to the underworld against the rules, taking lovers and discarding them, defying any notion of a supreme male god above her). In biblical terms, worshipping the Queen of Heaven was an act of apostasy against Yahweh – essentially spiritual adultery. Following this false “queen” was tantamount to cheating on God, who often describes Himself as Israel’s husband (Jeremiah 3:20). And it’s important to understand that “Israel” in Scripture originally referred not to a modern nation-state (which did not exist at the time), but to the covenant people of God — those who followed Him in faith and obedience. The name was given to Jacob and his descendants, but prophetically, it came to represent all who walk in covenant with the Lord, both then and now. Thus, the feminine idol is cast as a temptress who lures God’s people into unfaithfulness. This imagery is powerfully conveyed in Ezekiel 16 and 23, where Jerusalem is allegorically portrayed as an adulterous woman seduced by foreign idols. In the New Testament, the pattern continues: in Revelation, a woman named “Jezebel” in the church of Thyatira is said to “teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto idols” (Revelation 2:20). Jezebel – evoking the historical Jezebel who enticed Israel into Baal and Astarte worship – is likely a symbol of a false prophetess or spirit of false religion within the church, again feminine and seductive, leading believers into idolatry. The consistent biblical warning is that what appears as a lovely goddess or benevolent “queen” is actually a spirit of rebellion against God, drawing people into the sin of idolatry (often depicted as sexual immorality to emphasize the betrayal).
None of these deceptions would work if they appeared ugly or obviously evil. Lucifer’s brilliance is that he “transforms himself into an angel of light” to trick people (2 Corinthians 11:14 ) The Apostle Paul wrote, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14) This explains why the Queen of Heaven archetype is so effective. Who would suspect that a radiant, maternal or sensual goddess – often associated with stars, beauty, fertility, and even wisdom – is in fact the devil’s handiwork? The false gods don’t come with horns and pitchfork; they come with golden cups and royal crowns. Consider how attractive the imagery of these goddesses is: Ishtar was symbolized by the radiant eight-pointed star, a sign of her false glory and seductive presence. She was often depicted as a captivating, sensual woman—blending beauty with spiritual danger. The Burney Relief, also known as the “Queen of the Night,” portrays a winged, nude goddess—believed to be either Ishtar or Lilith, the screech owl mentioned in Isaiah—adorned with a horned headdress, standing atop lions and flanked by owls. The image evokes a haunting blend of divine allure and primal dread: a goddess cloaked in majesty, yet rooted in darkness.
Mami Wata appears in dreams as the most beautiful woman one can imagine. Even her contemporary depictions often show a light-skinned mermaid with flowing hair and jewels, a picture of beguiling charm. This is deliberate. It is through beauty, mystery, and promises of power that the enemy entices. The apostle Paul continues in the same passage, “Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:15). In plain terms, Satan’s agents (demonic or human) often masquerade as righteous, holy figures. A pagan might truly believe he is worshipping a benevolent mother goddess who brings life, not realizing he is venerating a demon. The counterfeit is convincing because it closely mimics the truth – it appears as an angelic, illuminating presence. Lucifer’s female disguises often carry titles or attributes that sound godly: “Queen of Heaven” (a title that, in a different sense, could belong to the true Bride of Christ in eternity, or to the glory of God’s kingdom – more on that later), “mother of wisdom,” “bringer of life,” etc. But this is an inversion or mirror image of the real thing. What Lucifer offers is a counterfeit divinity – “having a form of godliness” but denying the true God (2 Timothy 3:5). He plagiarizes the symbols of God’s kingdom (light, crowns, thrones, feminine wisdom) and uses them to adorn a lie.
Ultimately, the rise of the Queen of Heaven archetype represents an inversion of the created order of worship. In biblical revelation, there is no goddess alongside God – the true “woman” lifted up is not a deity but rather God’s people (often personified as a faithful bride, or as “Wisdom,” a feminine personification of God’s truth in Proverbs). The book of Proverbs contrasts two women: Lady Wisdom, who calls people to fear the Lord, and Madam Folly, the “strange woman” who lures people to death with sweet words (see Proverbs 9). It is fascinating that Folly is depicted as a prostitute calling from her door, “stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant” (Prov 9:17) – but the simple do not know that her guests are in the depths of hell. This “Folly” is a literary personification of all that is enticing and ungodly – very much akin to the archetypal seductress goddess. By contrast, “Wisdom” in Proverbs 8-9 is a noble woman who leads people to God, often understood as a personification of the Holy Spirit or even a type of Christ’s wisdom. Lucifer’s aim is to replace Lady Wisdom with Mistress Folly – to get people to follow the harlot rather than the virtuous bride. In the grand story of Scripture, God indeed has a “bride” – a people purified for His Son (Ephesians 5:25-27, Revelation 19:7-8). In Revelation this collective faithful is symbolized as the New Jerusalem, coming down like a bride adorned for her husband. But standing in opposition is a counterfeit woman: “Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots” (Revelation 17:5). She is arrayed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand (Revelation 17:4-6) She is drunk with the blood of saints. She rides the beast of worldly empire. This “scarlet woman” is the culmination of the Queen of Heaven motif – a false religious system that from antiquity to the end of days draws humanity away from God and persecutes the true people of God. With this figure, Scripture peels back the mask completely: the gaudily adorned Queen is called “MYSTERY, BABYLON”, identifying her with the original city of rebellion (Babel/Babylon in Genesis). And who is ultimately behind her? The dragon, that ancient serpent (Satan), gives the beast its power (Rev 13:4) and by extension empowers this harlot. Thus, Lucifer’s feminine deception that began with Inanna/Venus finds its apex in Babylon the Great – a proud, lavish “queen” who thinks she will never be a widow (i.e. never lack lovers or power). As we will see next, many Bible scholars and reformers have identified Babylon the Great with an institution that exists to this day. Shockingly, this institution also features a throne, a cup of gold, and the title of a Queen of Heaven – connecting the dots from the ancient pagan past to the modern age.
The Pope and the “Throne” of the Queen of Heaven
If Lucifer’s Queen of Heaven deception is ultimately personified as Babylon the Great in Revelation, we must ask: what world religious system today carries the marks of Babylon? Many Protestant reformers and theologians over the centuries came to a controversial conclusion: Babylon the Great is none other than the Roman Catholic Church, with the pope as its head. This identification is bold, but consider the evidence. Revelation describes Babylon as “that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth” (17:18) – John’s original readers would have equated this with Rome, the city on seven hills (Whore of Babylon - Wikipedia). Indeed, Revelation 17:9 says, “The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth,” and Rome is famously built on seven hills. The woman (false church) rides the beast (empire), suggesting a church that aligns with imperial power. The Catholic Church, based in Rome, historically exercised immense influence over kings and emperors—particularly during the medieval era—and relentlessly persecuted anyone who refused to submit to its authority. Even the attire fits: “the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold…and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand” (Revelation 17:4-6). Strikingly, the primary colours of the Catholic hierarchy are purple (bishops wear purple amethyst) and scarlet (cardinals wear scarlet red) – the very colours mentioned. The Church is famous for its use of gold and precious stones in sanctuaries, monstrances, and the papal regalia. And the golden cup – one cannot help but think of the golden chalice used in the Mass, or the overall wealth of the Vatican portrayed in art and vessels. It’s as if the Apostle John saw an image of a grande dame clothed like a Renaissance pontiff’s procession. Furthermore, Babylon is called “the mother of harlots”, implying she has offspring (daughter churches or movements) that also commit spiritual adultery. The Roman Church indeed calls herself Mother Church, and from her have come various offshoots (some faithful, some corrupt).
Historically, Protestant Reformers did not shy away from making the connection. Martin Luther himself published a pamphlet in 1520 titled “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church,” accusing the Papacy of holding the Church captive with false doctrines. An image from a 1545 Luther Bible edition even shows the Whore of Babylon wearing the papal tiara (triple crown)
a direct visual statement that the Pope was seen as the fulfillment of that Revelation symbol. This sentiment was widely held: “Most early Protestant Reformers believed…that in Bible prophecy a woman represents a church… The connection noted on the seven hills of Rome is argued to locate the church [of Rome as the Whore]” (Whore of Babylon - Wikipedia). The Westminster Confession of 1646 (a Reformed creed) outright labelled the pope as “that Antichrist, that man of sin”. The influential Scofield Reference Bible (1917) identified “apostate Christendom headed by the Papacy” as “ecclesiastical Babylon.” Even a modern denomination like Seventh-day Adventists continues to teach that “the whore of Babylon represents the fallen state of traditional Christianity, especially... the Catholic Church,” and that the Papacy is a fulfillment of the prophecies of the “man of sin,” bringing pagan beliefs into the church. In short, there is a long and theologically reasoned view that the Papacy occupies the very throne of Babylon the Great, carrying forward the legacy of the Queen of Heaven’s pride, deception, and persecution.
Pope or Christ? A Clash of Thrones and Titles
To discern why the pope cannot truly represent Christ, we need only compare the nature of the papal office with the character of Jesus and His teachings. The differences are stark and revealing:
Jesus Christ, though He was the Son of God, embraced utter humility. He made Himself of no reputation (Philippians 2:7) and refused earthly honours. He said, “I receive not honour from men” (John 5:41). He even “humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil 2:8). In contrast, the pope assumes lofty titles that no humble servant would take. One of the pope’s official designations is “Holy Father” – yet Jesus expressly taught, “call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven” (Matthew 23:9) The use of “Holy Father” for a man is jarring when the same title is used by Jesus only for God (John 17:11). Another papal title is “Vicar of Christ,” which means substitute of Christ. By claiming to be Christ’s vicar, the pope essentially positions himself as the highest spiritual authority on earth, “in the place of” Christ. The irony is that Jesus did send a vicar to represent Him – not an archbishop in Rome, but the Holy Spirit (the Comforter who guides believers into all truth, John 16:13). No single mortal was ever appointed to sit as Christ’s proxy king over the Church. Thus, by taking such a title, the pope stands in pride that contradicts Jesus’s model of servanthood.
One of the pope’s historic titles is “Servus servorum Dei” (Servant of the servants of God). Yet, we must ask: does the pope truly live as the servant of all? Jesus taught His apostles, “He that is greatest among you shall be your servant” (Matthew 23:11) and demonstrated this by washing their feet, a task of a household slave (John 13:12-15). He rode a lowly donkey, not a princely horse, into Jerusalem. He had “nowhere to lay his head” (Luke 9:58), owning no palace or throne on earth. Contrast this with the papal lifestyle historically: thrones of gold, crown-like tiaras, opulent robes, people bowing to kiss the pope’s ring or slipper. The papal coronation (not practiced in recent times but historically) involved the triple tiara, symbolizing the pope’s authority over heaven, earth, and even purgatory/hell.
Such pomp led the 19th-century theologian Alexander Hislop to remark that the Pope “blasphemously wears the divine titles” and sits in the temple as God – a reference to 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4’s “man of sin” (Antichrist) who exalts himself. Even Catholic sources acknowledge the grandeur: one Catholic Answers article notes Mary is often depicted wearing a crown in heaven, and by extension the pope as her chief devotee on earth wears one too (Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth | Catholic Answers Magazine). But Christ’s kingdom is “not of this world” (John 18:36); He told Pilate that if it were, His servants would fight to defend Him – implying His kingdom operates on a totally different plane, through love and truth, not political might or ostentation. The papal kingdom, however, for much of history was very much of this world – involving territories (the papal States), armies, and alliances with emperors. The pope sits on what is literally a throne in St. "Peter’s" Basilica, bearing the titles and regalia of a monarch. Can this be reconciled with the image of the towel-clad Jesus kneeling to serve? Hardly.
The Vatican’s riches are well known – priceless art collections, gilded ceilings, jewelled chalices. Revelation’s Babylon is noted for living “deliciously” (luxuriously) and for merchants growing rich through her extravagance (Rev 18:3, 7, 15). The Catholic Church through the ages accumulated vast wealth, exactly as a human kingdom would. St. Peter, whom Catholics consider the first pope, said, “Silver and gold have I none” (Acts 3:6) when he healed a beggar. How far from that example did the later alleged “successors of Peter” stray when the papal tiara glitters with precious gems and basilicas are built with grandeur exceeding that of kings’ palaces! Even today, though individual popes may live more modestly than Renaissance ones, the institutional grandeur remains. By contrast, Jesus and His apostles preached a Gospel free of charge, carried no money bags (Luke 10:4), and adorned no temples with worldly glory (the early church met in homes or simple gatherings). The outward grandeur of Rome’s church mirrors the woman “decked with gold and precious stones and pearls” in Revelation (Revelation 17:4-6). It is a glory that impresses the carnal eye – but the true glory of Christ’s church is supposed to be her holiness, love, and faithfulness, not jewels or art. This again indicates inversion: a church that shows off material splendor in effect draws worship toward itself (the building, the institution) rather than directing all worship upward to God.
One of the most damning parallels between the papal system and Revelation’s Babylon is the persecution of dissenters. The vision in Revelation 17:6 says, “And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.” History bears witness that the Medieval Catholic Church persecuted those who opposed her doctrines – from the Inquisition that tried and executed “heretics,” to the crusades against groups like the Albigenses and Waldensians, to the burnings of Protestant Reformers like Hus and Tyndale. The Seventh-day Adventist commentary on this notes the persecution of believers who rejected unscriptural Catholic doctrines as fulfillment of Revelation 17:6 (Whore of Babylon - Wikipedia). Indeed, the papacy instigated or sanctioned the deaths of thousands (if not millions) over the centuries of its temporal power. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and other records detail these atrocities. A church that claims to represent Christ – who said “Love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44) – yet kills those seeking to follow Scripture, shows itself to be spiritually drunk with blood. The Catholic Church has even apologized in modern times for some of these actions, implicitly acknowledging the wrongdoing. This blood-guilt identifies with Babylon. By contrast, Christ shed His own blood for others. He told Peter to put away the sword. The true Church advanced by suffering, not by causing suffering. Thus, a persecuting church betrays its allegiance; it is more akin to the ravenous beast of empire than the Lamb of God.
Another mark of Babylon the Great is spiritual fornication with the kings of the earth and abominations (Rev 17:2-5). The papal system historically absorbed pagan elements into its worship – a tactic arguably to convert pagans more easily, but which resulted in compromise and corruption of pure faith. For example, many have observed that Catholicism’s veneration of Mary as the “Queen of Heaven”—a title explicitly used in its prayers and hymns, even referring to her as the Ark of the Covenant in the Litany of Loreto—bears an unsettling resemblance to the ancient pagan worship of the Queen of Heaven. What Scripture condemns as idolatry has been rebranded in religious tradition, yet the spirit behind it remains unchanged.(WHO IS THE “QUEEN OF HEAVEN” IN JEREMIAH 7:18, 44:17-19 ...).
In Catholic theology, Mary is honoured not as a goddess, but as the mother of Jesus who was assumed into heaven and crowned by her Son (with no biblical evidence). However, to an outside observer, many Marian devotions appear virtually indistinguishable from goddess worship. Across the world, there are thousands of shrines dedicated to “Our Lady”—from Fatima in Portugal, Lourdes in France, and Guadalupe in Mexico, to La Vang in Vietnam, Knock in Ireland, and Medjugorje in Bosnia. These sites attract millions of pilgrims who kneel before statues, light candles, offer flowers, and pray fervently to Mary under titles such as Regina Coeli (“Queen of Heaven”) and Mater Dei (“Mother of God”). These devotions often mirror ancient pagan rituals offered to fertility goddesses, sky queens, and divine feminine figures.
This deception is not confined to Catholic shrines alone—it stretches across the Afro-Caribbean spiritual world, where ancient marine goddesses have been syncretized with Marian titles. In Santería and Candomblé, the ocean goddess Yemayá is venerated as Our Lady of Regla, while the river spirit Oshun is worshipped as Our Lady of Charity—the patron saint of Cuba. Even Mami Wata, though less formally merged with Catholic saints, is frequently depicted in Marian-like imagery—crowned, surrounded by water, radiance, and spiritual authority. Beneath the titles and robes, these “Our Lady” figures reveal the same ancient entity—the Queen of Heaven reborn. What appears as the Virgin Mary is, in many cases, the spirit of Lucifer, cloaked in oceanic beauty and maternal tenderness—rebranding rebellion as motherhood, and seduction as sanctity.
The Bible calls him “son of the morning” (Isaiah 14:12)—a reference to Venus, the morning star. But Lucifer is not male or female as humans are; he/she is a fallen spirit, a shapeshifter of rebellion, and his/her manifestations are spiritual, not biological. Like Inanna/Ishtar, whose ancient priesthood practiced gender inversion and sexual ambiguity, Lucifer seeks to invert God's creation—twisting gender, distorting worship, and exalting self above the Creator. He appears as male, female, both or neither—whatever form best deceives.
In fact, Inanna descended into the watery abyss—the underworld’s chaotic depths, where spirits dwell and divine order is inverted, where she is stripped of her garments and hung in the place of the dead, mirrors the casting down of the dragon in Revelation 12. The Queen of Heaven falls—just as Lucifer, the morning star, is cast down from heaven into the earth. He becomes the spirit of Antichrist, a dragon in disguise, working through false religion to exalt himself. His descent from the heights into the abyss is echoed again in the rise of Mami Wata, the so-called mother of oceans, who rules the deep with sensual power, vanity, and barrenness.
Interestingly, Lilith—identified by many scholars as the “screech owl” or “night creature” in Isaiah 34:14—is portrayed in ancient lore as a dark feminine spirit, a night demon who preys on the vulnerable and is infamous for murdering infants and seducing men. Feared across cultures, she embodies rebellion, bloodlust, and maternal perversion—an unholy inversion of true womanhood, often linked to child sacrifice and spiritual death.
In this light, the Marian cult—though cloaked in Christian language—bears the unmistakable marks of the ancient Queen of Heaven: spiritual seduction, false comfort, and the elevation of a created vessel to a throne that belongs only to God. It is not holy intercession. It is not biblical reverence. It is a Luciferian counterfeit—a dazzling lie worn by the spirit of the Antichrist, leading billions into bondage under the illusion of beauty, light, and maternal care.
While Catholics argue their Queen of Heaven has a different meaning, the optics and historical roots tell a far more troubling story. The rituals, symbols, and traditions embedded in Roman Catholic worship—incense offerings, image veneration, prayers to saints, relics displayed in glass cases, holy water, and golden chalices—all mirror the pagan practices of ancient Rome, where gods and goddesses were honoured in precisely the same ways. This is not coincidence. It is syncretism—a fusion of biblical language with pagan ritual—and in the eyes of God, it is nothing less than spiritual adultery. This is why Revelation speaks of a woman with a golden cup “full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication” (Revelation 17:4). That cup is not just symbolic of false doctrine—it represents a religion drunk on idolatry, political alliances, and unholy traditions.
The papacy’s political dealings with emperors, its crowning of kings, its compromises with state powers, and its adoption of pagan festivals all point to the same conclusion: the Roman system is not the bride of Christ—it is the whore that rides the Beast. Its wealth is unmatched. Its art and architecture rival kingdoms. It has accumulated more power, land, gold, and global influence than any religious body in human history. Ask yourself this: Would the Lamb who had no place to lay His head (Luke 9:58) build a palace of marble and gold? Would the suffering Christ, crowned with thorns, authorize a throne built on the backs of martyrs?
The answer is obvious—and terrifying.
If Rome were not under the spirit of the Queen of Heaven—Lucifer/Venus/Inanna, the spirit of rebellion and false light—then how did it become the richest and most powerful religious institution on earth, while preaching the gospel of a crucified, homeless Messiah? The fruit testifies against it. Jesus said, “Ye shall know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16), and the fruit of Rome is power, politics, control, pride, and luxury—not servanthood, humility, or spiritual purity.
Worse still, under Rome’s influence, the modern world unknowingly worships Inanna—the Queen of Heaven, the spirit of Lucifer—every year during Easter. The very name Easter is etymologically linked to Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, war, and the morning star—the same figure known as Inanna, who descended into the underworld, only to rise again in a distorted, prideful imitation of Christ’s resurrection. Her ancient festivals were held in the spring, celebrated with eggs, rabbits, and fertility rites—symbols still used in modern “Christian” Easter traditions, stripped of biblical meaning and repackaged as harmless fun.
And here lies the deception: while the true Lamb of God was crucified during Passover, as Scripture clearly teaches, Rome shifted the focus and date to a paganized festival infused with the Queen of Heaven's imagery. The Resurrection was not discarded—but it was buried under layers of idolatrous symbolism, timing, and meaning. The modern celebration of Easter is no longer tethered to the biblical Passover, but instead follows a pattern established at the Council of Nicaea: Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.
This may seem like a minor calendrical detail, but it is spiritually loaded. The spring equinox, when day and night are in perfect balance, was seen in ancient paganism as a moment of cosmic power and rebirth—a time when light triumphs over darkness, signaling the return of fertility, abundance, and divine favour. It was the appointed season for honouring goddesses of life, death, and resurrection—and among them, Inanna stood at the center.
Inanna, like Ishtar, was not only associated with the planet Venus/Lucifer as the morning star, but also with the moon. Her cult involved rituals tied to both the lunar phases and the seasonal cycles, as she was revered as a goddess who ruled the heavens, the earth, and the underworld. Her descent and return from the underworld symbolized the dying and rising of vegetation and light—closely mirrored in spring fertility rites that aligned with both the equinox and the full moon.
So when Easter is calculated by the spring equinox and the full moon, it is not by accident—it is a deliberate continuation of ancient lunar worship disguised in Christian terminology. Billions unknowingly celebrate the season of Inanna/Ishtar—Lucifer/Venus cloaked in liturgy, tradition, and false reverence. The names may have changed, but the spirit remains the same: the fallen one who said, “I will ascend... I will be like the Most High” (Isaiah 14:13–14). This is not the celebration of Christ’s resurrection—it is the re-emergence of the Queen of Heaven, crowned in deception, ruling through religious confusion.
This is not an innocent misunderstanding—it is a strategic deception, crafted by the same being who masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14), and who now appears as a mother, a queen, a church, a celebration, a tradition—anything but what he truly is: the enemy of God.
Rome has not merely echoed paganism—it has enthroned it in gold, named it holy, and called it the Church. And for centuries, the world has bowed before the Queen of Heaven, believing she is the Mother of God, when in truth, she is Lucifer in disguise, ruling through a system that exalts pride, masks rebellion with ritual, and calls compromise “grace.”
If the Roman Catholic Church were truly of Christ, then why does it stand in opposition to nearly everything Christ established?
Why did it abolish His eternal covenant, replacing the seventh-day Sabbath—God’s eternal sign (Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12)—with Sunday, the day of sun worship rooted in the cults of Sol Invictus and Mithras? If Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:28), then what spirit has the authority to remove His Lordship from the calendar? Only the spirit of antichrist, who “thinks to change times and laws” (Daniel 7:25).
Why does the Church venerate the “Queen of Heaven,” a title condemned by God in Jeremiah 7:18 and 44:17–25, ascribing it to Mary—when in Scripture, no such worship is found? Why is Mary called “Star of the Sea” (Stella Maris)”, when that name historically belonged to Venus, the morning star, and later to Mami Wata, the seductive oceanic spirit venerated in West African Vodun? That very spirit—Lucifer, the dragon, Venus fallen—was cast down to the depths (Revelation 12:9). And now the Church dares crown her and place her on the altar?
Venus, long before the Christian era, was deeply associated with both the sea and the stars. In Greco-Roman mythology, she was known as Aphrodite to the Greeks and Venus to the Romans—a goddess born from the sea foam, rising from the waters after the severed parts of Uranus fell into the ocean. This origin story made her a marine deity, symbolizing beauty, fertility, love, and seduction. At the same time, the planet Venus, named after her, was the brightest light in the sky before dawn—earning it the title "morning star." This dual connection to the sea and the heavens gave Venus a powerful spiritual identity as both ruler of the waters and a celestial guide.
Later, in Christian tradition, the title “Star of the Sea” or “Stella Maris” began to be attributed to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Early church figures such as St. Jerome and St. Bernard of Clairvaux helped solidify this title, presenting Mary as a guiding star for the faithful, especially seafarers. But this Marian title did not emerge from Scripture—it echoed the ancient attributes of Venus, the goddess who once guided sailors, symbolized love and light, and was honoured in shrines across the Roman Empire.
The symbolic overlap is striking. Venus, the morning star, ruler of beauty and sea, becomes Mary, Queen of Heaven and Star of the Sea. This transition was not accidental—it was the seamless blending of pagan goddess worship into Christian tradition. Just as pagan idols were renamed and repurposed, so too was the identity of Venus/Lucifer clothed in new garments and honoured under a different name. This is spiritual syncretism, the very mixture of truth and error that Scripture warns against.
The modern veneration of Mary as Stella Maris is not rooted in the gospel of Christ, but in the lingering worship of a fallen spirit—Lucifer, the morning star, cast down from heaven. The same spirit that animated Venus, Ishtar, and Mami Wata—goddesses of seduction, marine dominion, and false light—now hides behind a veil of holiness, drawing reverence that belongs to God alone. What looks like devotion is, in fact, deception. The Queen of Heaven never left—she was simply renamed.
Why did Rome abandon God’s divine calendar and instead preserve and perfect the solar calendar of pagan empires, continuing the traditions of Babylon and Egypt? Under pope Gregory XIII, the Roman Church finalized the Gregorian calendar, introducing the leap year to maintain solar precision—not to honour God’s appointed times, but to safeguard the timing of Easter, calculated according to the spring equinox.
But God’s timekeeping was never based solely on the sun; it was based on the lunar-solar rhythms of creation (Genesis 1:14) and the biblical feasts laid out in Leviticus 23—holy days that Rome intentionally replaced. By anchoring Easter to the equinox and full moon, the Church ensured it remained spiritually and cosmically aligned not with Passover, but with ancient fertility rites. The timing echoes the worship of Venus/Lucifer—the Queen of Heaven—whose seasonal resurrection was celebrated at this very time, under the guise of life, light, and renewal. In truth, the leap year wasn’t about honouring Christ; it was about honouring the calendar of the gods, and keeping the cycle of deception intact.
In short, keeping Easter in line with the spring equinox wasn't about honouring Jesus. It was about preserving the ancient worship of Ishtar and the Queen of Heaven, Lucifer—now hidden behind Christian language. The Church didn’t erase paganism; it baptized it, giving the ancient rites a new name while keeping the same spirit. Thus, every Easter that follows this cycle unwittingly pays homage to the false resurrection myth of Ishtar—not the true resurrection of the Son of God.
Why did the RCC commit mass murder in Christ’s name—torturing, burning, drowning, hanging millions during the Inquisition, Crusades, and Counter-Reformation? Why did it go so far as to dig up the bones of its enemies, like John Wycliffe, and burn them posthumously, as if it could fight truth with ash? Can any church built on Christ, who said, “Love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44), behave like this? Or is this not the bloodlust of Babylon, the woman drunk with the blood of the saints (Revelation 17:6)?
Why are bones of dead men kept beneath altars, when Scripture forbids communion with the dead (Deuteronomy 18:10–12)? Why are churches built on tombs, and the Eucharist offered atop skulls and relics? Whose spirit delights in bones and altars of death but the Queen of the Underworld, the spirit of Inanna, Ishtar, the false goddess of the abyss?
Inanna’s priesthood was deeply connected to the realms of death, the underworld, and necromantic ritual, though this is often overlooked or spiritualized in modern retellings. Inanna, also known as Ishtar, was not only the goddess of love and fertility but also of war and death. In her most famous myth, the Descent of Inanna or the fall of Lucifer, she journeys into the underworld, is stripped of her garments at each of the seven gates, and ultimately dies. Her body is hung on a hook for three days and nights until she is revived through a substitution—someone else must die in her place. This narrative alone shows her direct association with the dead and the spiritual realm of the underworld, which is the very foundation of necromancy: the interaction with or manipulation of the dead for spiritual power.
Her priests were not ordinary temple functionaries. They were spiritual intermediaries—some known as the gala, kurgarra, and kalaturra—many of whom were gender-fluid or castrated males, created or chosen for their connection to Inanna’s dual nature. These priests performed lamentations for the dead, participated in ritual drama, and in some texts, were believed to cross into the underworld themselves or invoke its spirits. Their chanting and wailing were not just symbolic but intended to awaken or call forth spirits of the dead. Their role in rituals often mirrored Inanna’s own descent, suggesting they were seen as vessels or guides between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Additionally, these priests engaged in ecstatic rituals that likely involved possession or altered states of consciousness, inviting spirits to inhabit them or communicate through them. They used funerary symbols and rites that blurred the line between honouring the dead and calling upon them, placing their activities firmly within the scope of necromantic tradition. What they did under the guise of worship and mystery mirrors what is today known as mediumship or spirit channeling.
This legacy has not disappeared. It has only evolved. Elements of these ancient practices can be seen today in spiritual traditions that venerate the dead, commune with spirits, or invoke a divine feminine presence connected to both birth and the grave. Whether in Afro-Caribbean traditions, New Age channeling, or even aspects of Roman Catholic veneration of relics and saints, the same Queen of Heaven spirit persists—disguised, but unchanged. Inanna’s priests did not simply honour the dead—they sought to interact with them, speak for them, and channel their power. That is necromancy in its most religious form.
Why does the priest claim to call Christ down from heaven during the Mass, turning bread into flesh, claiming Christ enters their control at the altar—when Romans 10:6 says:“Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above)”?The Almighty does not obey the summons of men, especially not sinners cloaked in robes of ritual. He is outside of time, eternal, unchanging, and cannot be conjured like a pagan god.
Why is the pope called the “Vicar of Christ”, meaning “in place of Christ”, when Jesus never appointed a substitute? He said, “I will send you the Comforter… the Spirit of Truth” (John 14:16–17), not a monarch in white robes. To stand in Christ’s place is to claim His throne, which is the very sin of Lucifer: “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God” (Isaiah 14:13).
Why are Roman Catholic babies baptized, when baptism is a conscious act of repentance and faith? As written in Mark 16:16: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” An infant cannot believe, cannot repent, cannot choose righteousness. To baptize the unknowing is not a sacrament—it is a mockery of spiritual birth, turning it into a religious branding ceremony rather than a rebirth into Christ.
Why did Peter—the so-called first pope—not even remain in Rome, nor claim authority over Gentiles? According to Galatians 2:7–8, Peter was entrusted to preach to the circumcised (Jews), while Paul was sent to the Gentiles. It is Paul—not Peter—who wrote to the Romans. And when Peter refers to Rome, he calls it by its true spiritual name: Babylon (1 Peter 5:13)—confirming that even in the early Church, the spirit behind Rome was already recognized.
Why does Rome carry titles, wealth, and practices never found in the early Church? Why does it wear purple and scarlet, sit on seven hills, hold a golden cup, and rule over kings? Because it is not the Church—it is the woman of Revelation 17, drunk with deception and power, the religious face of Lucifer’s rebellion masquerading as Christianity.
If the Roman Catholic Church were of Christ, it would reflect Christ. It would walk in humility, truth, and love. It would keep His commandments, not change them. It would exalt His Spirit, not enthrone a man. It would call no one “Holy Father” but God (Matthew 23:9). It would baptize the repentant, not the innocent. It would reject wealth, bloodshed, and idolatry—not sanctify it.
But the RCC has done the opposite. And therefore, by its fruit, it is condemned (Matthew 7:20).
It is not the Bride of Christ. It is Babylon the Great. The synagogue of Satan. And God is calling His people out of her:
“Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”— Revelation 18:4
In summary, the pope’s position and the Catholic system stand as antithesis to Jesus in critical ways. Christ emptied Himself; the papacy aggrandizes itself. Christ wore a crown of thorns; popes historically don a jewelled triple crown. Christ’s “bride” (church) was persecuted by the world; the papal church became the persecutor, in league with the world’s powers. These polar opposites show that the papal throne is a throne of human pride and traditional pomp, not the seat of Christ’s gentle rule. How can the pope possibly claim to be Christ’s representative or apostolic successor when nearly every aspect of his office stands in open defiance of Christ’s life, teaching, and example? His throne exalts what Christ humbled. His titles claim what Christ refused. His kingdom mirrors Rome—not the Kingdom of God. This isn’t succession—it’s substitution. It’s not representation—it’s rebellion. Instead, the evidence points to the pope functioning as a counterfeit Christ (an Antichrist) – a leader who claims to take Christ’s place on earth but actually perpetuates the very Babylonian legacy of self-exalting religion that Christ came to deliver us from. The “mystery of iniquity” (2 Thess. 2:7) has worked through history – a hidden plan of Satan to infiltrate the church, first with false doctrines (like the Queen of Heaven worship in the Old Testament, or Gnostic goddess “Wisdom” teachings in the early church), and eventually with a false church system that looks outwardly Christian but is powered by the spirit of pride and rebellion. The papacy sits at the culmination of that plan, essentially occupying Babylon’s throne in the temple of God.
Babylon the Great and the Call to “Come Out”
All of this could sound very grim – as if deception has triumphed. But the Bible’s exposé of Babylon the Great in Revelation is given not to discourage believers, but to warn and call people out of deception. “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” (Revelation 18:4). God still calls many sincere souls within confused or apostate religious systems to come out to Him. Throughout history there have been godly individuals even inside corrupt Christendom who gradually saw the light and separated unto a pure faith (for example, the Reformers themselves were Catholics who “came out” of Rome when they saw the truth in Scripture). The key is recognizing the counterfeit and rejecting it for the reality in Christ.
How do we discern Lucifer’s counterfeit? By examining its fruit and testing it against the Word of God. The true Morning Star we await is Jesus Christ, who declares, “I am... the bright and morning star”—a title of divine glory, not to be confused with the eight-pointed star of Venus, the ancient symbol of the fallen one masquerading as light. When He rises in our hearts (2 Peter 1:19) and one day visibly in glory, all other lights will be eclipsed. True Wisdom is embodied in Christ (1 Corinthians 1:24 declares Christ to be the wisdom of God) – not in a secret illuminated goddess or esoteric knowledge, but in the simple gospel of the cross. True spiritual authority is found in the Word of God and the Holy Spirit’s guidance, not in the decrees of an earthly throne. Jesus said the Holy Spirit “shall testify of me” (John 15:26) and “guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). No pope, bishop, or self-proclaimed prophet can take the Spirit’s role. Any authority in the church must submit to Christ’s lordship and Word, or else it becomes part of the Babylonian confusion.
Lucifer’s strategy from Eden to now has been to ape God’s design but twist it: a false “Eve” (goddess) offering a false enlightenment, a false “church” offering false salvation through rituals, a false “christ” figure (man of sin) sitting in God’s place. The promise is always something alluring – “your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” the serpent told Eve. Likewise the Queen of Heaven promises secret wisdom, wealth, power, earthly pleasure, or even heavenly favour. But it ends in tragedy – the eyes are opened to shame and loss.
In contrast, Jesus offers a narrow path: humility, repentance, faith, often suffering and persecution in this world – but the end is everlasting life and glory with God. There is no shortcut, no compromise with idolatry, that can attain the same prize. The Book of Revelation portrays in chapters 17–18 the dramatic fall of Babylon – that false woman is utterly burned and destroyed in one hour. But immediately after, in chapter 19, we see the contrasting scene: the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, where the true Bride (clothed in fine linen, clean and white, symbolizing righteous deeds) is united with Christ. Heaven rejoices, singing “Alleluia! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” – not the impostor on the seven hills, but the true King. In that day, all counterfeits will be exposed by the blazing brightness of Christ’s coming. Isaiah’s prophecy about Lucifer’s fall will be fully realized: “Thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit”. No more will the devil deceive the nations as a false angel of light or a pseudo-mother goddess.
Therefore, the pope – sitting on a throne of pomp inherited from Rome’s Caesars and pontiffs – cannot be Christ's representative because Christ’s kingdom model is fundamentally opposite. The pope sits as a king; Christ stooped to wash feet. The pope wears the tiara of a ruler; Christ bore the towel of a servant and now wears many crowns of ultimate authority (Revelation 19:12) that He will not share with any usurper. Do not be fooled by fake piety. The pope is exalted by billions, but Christ “made himself of no reputation.” The pope’s church merged with pagan practices to win an empire; Christ builds His Church purely on the truth (Matthew 16:18) and said the “gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” In fact, one could say the gates of hell – the counsels of Satan – did attempt to prevail by creating a false church structure (Babylon), but ultimately it will fail and the true Church, comprised of those who follow the Lamb, will prevail by Christ’s power.
In light of all this, every believer is faced with a choice: Babylon or New Jerusalem? The harlot or the bride? The counterfeit light of Lucifer or the true Light of the World? The seemingly powerful pope of Rome or the meek and lowly Jesus of Nazareth who is the true Head of the Church? When put in those terms, the answer is clear. “Choose you this day whom ye will serve” (Joshua 24:15). The Spirit of God calls people out of Babylon’s deception – whether that Babylon is manifest in overt goddess worship, occult New Age “mother earth” spirituality, or in corrupted institutional Christianity that has a form of godliness but denies its power. We must not be mesmerized by outward radiance – be it a beautiful idol or an elaborate cathedral – but test everything by God’s Word. Lucifer can appear as a stunning angel or queen, but cannot imitate the holiness and love of Christ. Jesus said we will know false prophets “by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16). The fruits of the Queen of Heaven spirit and the papal Babylon are pride, control, persecution, and departure from Scripture. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are humility, service, sacrifice, truth, and love.
In conclusion, the “Queen of Heaven” archetype from Ishtar to Mami Wata to doctrinal deviations in the Church is a grand Luciferian ploy – a beautiful lie wrapped in spiritual language. And the papal system, by elevating human authority and tradition above the Word, by seating a man in a role never given by Christ, has tragically aligned itself with that ploy. But God in His mercy continually sends the message: “Come out of her, my people” (Revelation 18:4) We are called to come out of Babylon’s shadows into the marvelous light of Christ. For there is only one Morning Star who will never set: Jesus Christ, the true Light of the world. Let us follow Him – in humility, in truth, and in the power of the Holy Spirit – and renounce the counterfeit illuminations offered by Lucifer’s fallen “queen.” In doing so, we join the wise virgins awaiting the Bridegroom (Matthew 25:1-13), with our lamps full, ready to enter the wedding feast of the Lamb. No pope can grant us entrance there – only the grace of the Lord Jesus. As it is written at the very end of Scripture: “The Spirit and the bride say, Come… And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17).