The Mystery of the Lutheran Restoration

 

The Mystery of the Lutheran Restoration

In the book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream that Daniel is called to interpret. The dream involved a vision, a statue of a man made out of four metals. The head made of gold, the arms and chest of silver, the belly to the thighs bronze, and finally both legs made of iron. Each metal represented a different kingdom and a ruling king - covering a consecutive period of time.

Scholars all agree that the four metals of the man statue represent:

 1-Gold-Babylon (head) 606-538 BC

 2-Silver-Medio/Persian (two arms) 538-330 BC

 3-Bronze-Greece (mid-section to thighs) 330-30 BC

 4-Iron-Rome (East & West, two long legs) 30-to today.

What most protestants do not understand is: What do the two legs of Rome stand for? History shows us that Rome was eventually divided into two parts, Eastern Rome and Western Rome. This happening in 364 AD.

The legs are the longest part of the statue and thus represent the longest ruling kingdom. Both the Eastern and Western Churches of “original Rome” exist to this day. These are the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox (Greek) churches. So, the legs are still here. Both of these churches became apostate and are heretically corrupt. God’s true church cannot be destroyed. The true Church had to go “underground” during the Dark Ages.

In 1500 AD it came through and out the other side when Martin Luther appeared on scene. In 1505 AD Martin became a monk. His parents raised him in the fallen Roman church. He grew up praying to saints, believing in the supremacy of the pope and many other heretical things. Yet in time God would call him up and out of the fallen church to start the Protestant movement. Through Martin Luther God restored the true doctrine of salvation. The Ancient Antiochene Church awoke and openly marched to the Bride of Christ. The “Straight Testimony” began to shine through the false papal standard.

Sadly, Satan took the opportunity to start off-shoots from the true restoration. True Confessional Lutherans have become the true remnant, especially those who have continued into the “New Light” of true dispensationalism being restored. All of the so called “protestant offshoots” are full of false doctrine – they make up “the Harlot’s daughters”.  They have rejected “The Book of Concord” which is the “keystone” when it comes to inspired commentary.

Who holds to the Truth today in purity? The Ancient Antiochene Church of God is the original remnant which has come through the Lutheran restoration. So, there is only one and final true church that could have left the two divisions of Rome. Many churches coming out with confusing and conflicting theories would not constitute the ONE true church. So, who did God call to come out first with the Truth?

It was Saint Martin Luther that God called to do this Great Work (Isaiah 29:14). To this very day “The Ancient Antiochene Church of God” teaches from the catechisms of Luther. We also uphold the book containing our sacred testimony of faith, the “Book of Concordia”. Ultimately the Bible is our true and complete confession, however, in a world where many languages are spoken and much confusion over definitions of terms and true Christian doctrine is debated and added to everyday it is important to have an articulate statement of our faith. We here at this ministry - which we truly believe is a continuation of the one true faith once delivered - wish to share just what we hold to when it comes to confessions.

We also hold to three historic Christian Creeds. One, we uphold and accept “The Apostles Creed” (the oldest amongst faith statements in the true Christian Church) and second, we hold to the “Nicene Creed”, third “The Athanasius Creed” and finally we uphold the complete and entire “Augsburg Confession” with an addendum on the doctrine of Baptism which we believe St. Martin Luther would have upheld.

Simply put, our addendum states the fact that all Protestant Christians are accepted into the family of God without having to be rebaptized as long as they were baptized by the water and the Word in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

My hope is that we all remain teachable.

We are learning much more about true church history.

This is most certainly true.

By Presbyter King (October 18^th 2024)

St Martin Luther the Swan

Above: Presbyter King tells why Luther is so important to true Christians.

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