Prequel for the Last Chapter of Revelation - #22

Tomorrow should be the final chapter - #22 - of St. John's Revelation. That should be posted Tuesday at 9 AM Southern Time, Zoom, and then as the YouTube video. Results may vary.

I plan on doing more of the same.

The Last Chapter should be studied with great attention, because Revelation includes the very beginning of Creation and finishes the ending. Nothing equals it and raises our expectations so completely.

Revelation 14:8 KJV
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Lost in the Swirl of Paganism - America the Lost and Bewildered

 

The various Popes carried out the powers and persecutions of their paganism, far from the Scriptures yet using and abusing the Word of God.

Few people today consider the gigantic rush of literacy flowing from the German Reformation via Luther-Melanchthon-Chemnitz. The much-adored Zwingli and Calvin were poor copycats and misfits. 

The Germanic Reformation flowed into England - efforts to gain a precise King James Version. Instead of being enslaved like Rome, they went to America to enjoy the freedom of religion and speech -

• English and German
• Greek and Latin.

Why would anyone troop to the paganism loved by the fakery? Even today the most serious have great jokes about everything they "teach." Great fun. One has to be in Roman Catholic graduate study to see and hear what they really believe (not much!)

Houston Islamic Center?!

 

Texas: Sprawling 150,000-Square-Foot Islamic Center Opens in Houston

11/10/2025, 12:07:20 PM · by DFG · 19 replies

Front Page Magazine ^ | 11/10/2025 | Christine Williams

Dubbed a "milestone for the global Shia Ismaili Muslim community."

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The grand opening ceremony of a sprawling 150,000-square-foot “milestone for the global Shia Ismaili Muslim community and a transformative addition to the city’s cultural landscape” has opened in Houston. “The Ismaili Center opens in Houston — a first for the U.S.,” by Shafaq Patel, Axios, November 6, 2025:

The stone tapestry, with its triangular patterns, illuminates at night and has shadows in the day.

The Ismaili Center, Houston, an architecturally grand cultural and religious space and one of only seven worldwide, has completed construction and is opening to the public next month.

Why it matters: The 150,000-square-foot center — the first in the U.S. — blends Islamic and contemporary design. It spans 11 acres and sits along Buffalo Bayou.

• While its prayer hall will serve Ismaili Muslims daily, the center and its gardens are designed as a community gathering space open to all Houstonians.

Context: Ismailis, a branch of Shia Islam, are guided by a hereditary imam — currently His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, who succeeded his father in February. Believed to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, the imam leads a community of millions across more than 70 countries.

• Houston has the largest population of Ismailis in the U.S. Tens of thousands of Ismailis live in the greater Houston area and attend the region’s several Jamatkhanas, or prayer halls.

Driving the news: At a Thursday dedication ceremony, the Aga Khan and Mayor John Whitmire officially opened the center.