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The
PLAIN TRUTH
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Who were the N colaitanes? The doctrines of this
body of heretics has never ceased to puzzle Church his t ol'lans .
They have always imagined
that
tbe Nicolaitanes bad to be a
small sect which separated from the great worldly body of
professing Christ ans. It has never occurred to the scholars
that
t
e Nicolaitanes might be that great body of professing
Christians which has departed rrom the true Church of God!
What does the word "Nicolaitane" mean?
It has nothing to do with the deacon Nicolas (Acts
6 : 5)~
as some have assumed. The original Greek word
"Nicolai tane
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means one who is "a follo't"ler of Nico l as." ho
was that Nicolas
oi'
whom they were followers? God reveals
tha t~ates
the doctrine of that man (Rev. 2:15).
But what does the name
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Nicolas" come from? It
comes from two Greek words -- nikos and laos. Nikos means
"conqueror" or "destroyer' ' and laos means-"'People." T.he
original icolas was the
conque~or
or destroyer of the peopl e!
That was merely the Greek word for Nimrod -- the original arc -
rebel who conquered the people and founded man-made c vili zation
w1thi two centuries after the Flood!
While N1.mrod was alive, by his dictatorial rule
he put himself in the place of God. And when he died:-nfs
admirers CONTINUED TO \oJORSHIP 1ITM AS A DIVINE HERO. They CALLED
HIM "BAAL." a name found throughout the Old Testament . "Baal "
means "master" or "lord.
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It was only natural hat Nimroa-–
s.hould bear that name, for he put himself
in
place of the true
Lord or Master of all the universe.
But "Baal" was not Nimrod
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s only o her NAME!
HE
HAD
MANY others . One of these names was "Santa ,
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commonly used
throughout Asia Minor. This name of Nimrod may be fauna-In
Lemprierels-ciassical DictioBary.
Now you might ask, "Is there any connection be een
imrod, who was called •santa,' and •san a Claus
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?"