The Death Cookie [0074]

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01 Cover THE DEATH COOKIE  J.T.C.    
02 Left (c) 1988 by Jack T. Chick, printed in U.S.A.

A:  How could I gain control of all these people without an army?
B:  It's simple.  Make them believe that their immortal souls are in your hands.

   
02 Right B:  If you can make a man believe that you have the power to put him into Hell... He'll do anything you ask to save his skin.    
03 Left A:  Come on... NO one would believe that!
B:  TRY IT!  You might be in for a BIG surprise.  I'm telling you it WILL work.
   
03 Right A:  But I'm only a man... How could they think I had such power?
B:  Let me guide you... and show you how, step-by-step.
A:  Can I trust you?
B:  If you can't trust me... then who can you trust?
   
04 Left B:  Man is religious by nature and so you must appear to be very holy.
A:  You mean I'm to pray a lot?
B:  Oh, yes, but you must also be very mysterious and different.  Speak things that no one understands and burn a lot of candles.
   
04 Right B:  We must build a Holy Work... and we'll need helpers to serve you.  And they must tell everyone how great you are.  But your Holy Helpers must appear to have magical powers... and most important, the people must fear them.    
05 Left B:  It is vital that the people believe that only you and your Holy Helpers know God.
A:  That would give me incredible power and riches.
B:  Now you're getting the big picture.
   
05 Right B:  To pull this off, the people must look to you for spiritual guidance.  They must become your children... and you must become their Papa.
A:  Will they love me?
B:  Yes, if they want to live.
   
06 Left B:  Now, all we need is a God for the people, one they can see... and touch and pray to.    
06 Right B:  And here it is - a cookie!
A: 
WHAT???  Are you insane??  NOBODY will believe that!
   
07 Left B:  They did it in ancient Egypt and it WORKED!  And believe me, my friend, we can do it AGAIN.  Our hardest job will be to convince the people that this is their God... and we'll do it with magic.    
07 Right B:  By the time we put our plans into effect... the people will DIE for this God!  They will kill for it... love it, kiss it... because they WILL believe it IS God Almighty.    
08 Left In Egypt the people worshipped the sun...and they called it... "The Great God Osiris".

[Sun-priest holding rodded Ankh, pyramids, sunworshippers bowing to sun.]

On the altars of Egypt were round sun-shaped wafers made of unleavened bread.

   
08 Right Egyptian priests would pray over the little wafers to make them holy.

[Sun-priest holding up sun-shape wafer "cookie", with more set on altar table, sun-symbol on walls, Ankh symbol on edifices, bowing sun-worshippers.]

Then they told the people that a miracle had happened.
They claimed that the wafers had turned into the flesh of the sun god, Osiris.

   
09 Left The priests of Egypt called this miracle "transubstantiation", and then the people ate their God.

[Sun-priest with rodded-Ankh in hand, passing an "IHS" embossed sun-shape wafer to the mouth of a kneeling sun-worshipper.]

Even though it tasted like unleavened bread, no one dared to question the priests.

The people had to say it was Osiris because everyone else did.

The lie was very successful.

   
09 Right A:  I love it!... If THEY could do it, then so can we!
B:  My friend, if we pull this off, our cookie will become a
death cookie for anyone who opposes our Holy Work.
   
10 Left And so the Holy Work began.  Papa and his Holy Helpers put on religious costumes and the people were dazzled.

A:  We are here to pray for your souls... I am your Papa and you are my children.

And the people believed him.

   
10 Right A:  Today my Holy Helpers will perform a miracle right before your eyes.  Step a little closer... this looks like an ordinary cookie... it is!  But watch the magical powers of my Holy Helpers and see what happens to it.    
11 Left A:  Watch, children, this Holy man is calling God out of heaven to go into the cookie... We call this transubstantiation.
C:  Hocus Pocus Domi Nocus
D:  What is he saying?

The Holy Helpers put on a great show... only the cookie didn't appear to change.  It still looked just like an ordinary cookie.

  HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM
11 Right A:  See... it happened!  Now you can eat your God... this is the miracle I promised you... We call it... Jesus!

Out of fear, the people bowed to this strange new idol and served it.

The "Holy Papa" knew at last that he had absolute control over the people.  He had pulled it off.

   
12 Left They changed the name, "Holy Work", to "Mama Church".  They told the people that the only way to heaven was through "Mama Church".

C:  If you don't obey us... we won't let you eat the Jesus cookie anymore.  And that means you'd lose your immortal souls.

The people were afraid of the Holy Helpers and their magic... because the cookie-God meant life or death to them.

   
12 Right

One day a big problem arose.

C:  Holy Papa... if the people ever read what's in the sacred writings... Then they will find out that we've tricked them.  What should we do?

   
13 Left A:  Get my religious advisor.  He will tell us what to do.  Hurry!  We could lose everything... He's the only one I trust.
C:  Yes, Holy Papa.
   
13 Right B:  Here's what we must do.  Convince the people that the sacred writings are dangerous... and we are here to protect the children.  Tell them only the Holy Helpers understand these mysterious writings... and if the people ever read the scriptures... they would go crazy!    
14  

The religious advisor added more Jesuses to "Mama Church" to confuse the children.  And they had to bow down and worship each one listed below as God.

The baby Jesus at Christmas.

The dead Jesus on a cross.

The angry Jesus up in heaven that nobody can calm down except his mother.
This Jesus was created to frighten everyone in Mama Church.

Even Holy Papa became a type of Jesus.

The Holy Helpers became other Jesuses.

[Circular, sun-shaped wafer "cookie god"; embossed with "IHS"*.]

But the most dangerous Jesus was the one they stole from Egypt... the "cookie god".

*IHS stands for Isis, Horus and Seb, the gods of Egypt.

"Mama Church" kept the children in darkness by not telling them about God's first commandment... which said:

   
15 Left Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make unto the any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:  for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.  (Exodus 20:3-6)

Exod 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exod 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Exod 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Exod 20:6
And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
 
15 Right "Mama Church" became so rich and powerful that even kings became afraid of her.

Then one day, one of the children found the sacred scriptures.

D:  What's this?  It looks interesting.  Let's see what it says...

And then it hit the fan.

   
16 Left D:  Listen to these scriptures.  Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."*  Mama Church said she was the way.  This also says we are justified by faith. (Romans 5:1)  We've been tricked!

*John 14:6

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Rom 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

 
16 Right "For God so loved the world (that's you), that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever (that's you) believeth in him should not perish (in the lake of fire), but have everlasting life (in heaven)."  (John 3:16)

They read, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."  (Acts 16:31)

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."  (John 8:32)

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

 
17 Left D:  At the last supper Jesus said when you eat this bread and drink of the cup, "This do in remembrance of me."  Lk. 22:19  To show the Lord's death until He comes.*
E:  Then it's symbolic... The Holy Papa has lied to us.

*See I Cor. 11.

And the children started leaving.
The Holy Papa was furious.

Luke 22:19
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

1 Cor 11:23
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1 Cor 11:24
And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1 Cor 11:25
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1 Cor 11:26
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
1 Cor 11:27
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Cor 11:28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Cor 11:29
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
1 Cor 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Cor11:31
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
1 Cor 11:32
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
1 Cor 11:33
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
1 Cor 11:34
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

 
17 Right The Holy Workers passed laws to stop this message from spreading.

D:  It says that anyone who says the cookie-god isn't really Jesus must die.  Anyone who says it's only symbolic must die.  Anyone who doesn't eat it must die.  (Gulp)

This was a war to the death; and the naughty children were captured to be "purified".  (Ouch)

   
18 Left And so the blood bath began.

C:  Is this Jesus Christ, His blood, body, and soul?
D:  No, it's symbolic.
C:  Burn him!

The cookie-god was actually called the Wafer God.

And thus began the Inquisition, a battle for the survival of "Mother Church".

What happened to Christ's teaching of "Love your enemies?"  (Luke 6:27)

Luke 6:27
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
 
18 Right From 1200 to 1808, unspeakable tortures and deaths stalked the Catholic world, with 68 million victims.  Satan was in complete control of the Roman Catholic Church.

Jesus describes the Vatican as "the habitations of devils", - using the blasphemous wafer god and controlling her people by magic and witchcraft.*  Rev. 18:2

*See THE FORCE, published by Chick Pub.

Rev 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
 
19   To hold their people in bondage, the Catholic system passed some diabolical laws at the Council of Trent, 1545-63.  This is what that law says about the death cookie:

"If anyone denies that in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist (wafer god) are contained truly, really and substantially the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently the whole Christ, but says that He is in it only as in a sign, or figure or force, let him be anathema."  (To be damned and put to death.)

Canon and Decrees of the Council of Trent.  Original Text with English Translation, by Rev. H. J. Schroeder, O.P., B. Herder Book Co. 1960, p. 79, Canon 1.

[Roman Catholic priest holding up wafer-god "cookie" at mass.]

CUTTING THROUGH THE GOBBLEDYGOOK, IT SAYS:

When the priest says mass and magically turns the cookie into Jesus, if "Joe" says the cookie is only a symbol of Jesus and really isn't the actual body, blood and soul of Jesus Christ, then "Joe" must be killed.

Surely, these laws are not in effect today, are they?
Absolutely!  Today, kings, presidents and dictators fear the power of the Catholic laws.

   
20   Another law says that the cookie must be worshipped as God Himself:

[Priest holding a wafer god in center of a rodded monstrance while leading a festive public procession; a parade.]

"If anyone says that in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist (wafer god), Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is not to be adored with the worship of latria, also outwardly manifested, and is consequently neither to be venerated with a special festive solemnity, nor to be solemnly borne about in procession according to the laudable and universal rite and custom of the holy Church, or is not to be set publicly before the people to be adored and that the adorers thereof are idolators, let him be anathema." (Ibid., p. 80, Canon 6)

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS SIMPLY MEANS THAT:

When the cookie is carried in a religious parade or put up for public worship and Joe says that it is idolatry to adore, love and bow down to it as God Almighty, then Joe is to be killed.

Nothing changed in the Vatican II Council.  These laws hold firm at this moment, ready for the next Inquisition.

[Priest holding large wafer god "cookie" in front of a large outdoor public crowd of Roman Catholic worshippers; idolators.]

   
21 Header

The creation of the wafer god was the greatest religious con job in world history.

   
21 Left

[Two nuns kneeling at the altar table of a wafer god centered in a sun-burst monstrance with a cross atop it.]

One billion people live in terror that it will cost them their salvation if the priest denies them the wafer god.

This religious weapon is one of the most powerful idols ever created by man.

   
21 Right The Lord Jesus hates the wafer god because it is an idol, and behind every idol is a demon.  (I Cor. 10:20, 21)

[Pope John Paul II kissing a wafer god centered monstrance.]

That's why God forbids idol worship.

[A demon riding a wafer god as it is held in the hand of a priest as it is fed to a Roman Catholic receiving holy communion.]

The demonic power behind the wafer god holds the people in bondage, making it very hard to leave the system.

1 Cor 10:20
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
1 Cor 10:21
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
 
22 Header The Vatican is marked for judgement and destruction by the Lord for her blasphemy against the Lord Jesus.    
22 Left To protect you, the Lord Jesus orders you to leave that occultic system before he destroys it.

The cry from heaven is:  "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."  (Rev. 18:4)

   
22 Right Your priest will try to sweet-talk you into staying, but here is what will happen soon.

Babylon the great is fallen.  (Rev. 18:2)

"...for he (Christ) hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.  (Rev. 19:2)

There is no salvation in the Roman Catholic system.  (Acts 4:12; I Tim. 2:5)

You must come out.

Rev 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Rev 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

1 Tim 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

 
23  

THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO HEAVEN!

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."  John 14:6

NOBODY ELSE CAN SAVE YOU
1. Admit you are a sinner.
2. Be willing to turn from sin (repent).
3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you, was buried and rose from the dead.
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus into your life to become your personal Saviour.

WHAT TO PRAY
Dear God, thank you for showing me what You think about Catholicism, I also reject it!  I accept Christ's sacrifice as perfect and complete.  Please forgive me in Jesus' name.  I invite Jesus Christ to come into my life and I place my trust in Him alone for my salvation.  Thank you for giving me eternal life right now.

Did you accept Jesus Christ as your own personal Saviour?

Yes [] No []
Date_______________

If your answer was yes, then this is just the beginning of a wonderful new life with Christ.  Now:

1. Read your Bible every day to get to know Christ better.
2. Talk to God in prayer every day (in your own words.)
3. Be baptized, worship, fellowship, and serve with Christians in a church where Christ is preached and the Bible is the final authority.
4. Tell others about Christ.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 

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