I don't see the Mainstream Church as powerless at all. I think it has accomplished it's purpose quite well. They have created an image of God, against the Will of that same God, in the likeness of some long haired men's hair shampoo model that the entire world associates with "Christianity". They have successfully destroyed God's Salvation plan which begins with Passover, and replaced it with their own Salvation plan which ends with Passover.
They have successfully corrupted the New Covenant Priesthood with men who can't keep their hands off little girls and boys, with preachers who live like the kings of this world with marble toilets and golden dog houses. They have truly given the enemies of the Lord a reason to Blaspheme God's Holy Name.
They have created so much confusion, so much corruption about the Word of God that people have no clue what the Bible really says anymore, and when someone points out the truth, it is like a foreign language to them.
Jesus warned His People of this, but even His Warnings have been defiled by "Christianity".
Matt. 24:
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign of thy coming,
and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many.
There is only one group of people on the planet that "comes in Christ's Name" and that teaches that Jesus is truly the Christ, the true Son of God and that is not Islam, or Atheists. It is Christianity.
Stones, do you remember telling me this is a warning about "many" who call t
hemselves Jesus? This is exactly what I am saying. You were told by some "Christian" preacher that this was a warning about men who call themselves Jesus so you were waiting for this to happen. When it truth you were already lied to by those who come in Christ's name who teach
Jesus is the Christ,
not themselves.
No, the Mainstream Church is not powerless at all. It is doing just what Jesus, the Prophets of old and the Apostles of the New Testament prophesied of. Just like the Mainstream Church of Christ's time, and of Jeremiahs.
But who really believes in the Bible, right?
Rev. 18:
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,
and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
How much of the worlds economy hinges on the man made religious High Days, Christmas and Easter? How much money is there in the promotion of idols, images, movies, cards, etc. just in the image the Christian church created of God? (Against the first and greatest commandment)
4 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.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
But it has always been this way.
Gen. 12:
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from
thy father's house, unto a land that
I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Read the story of Caleb. These are our examples.
No, the Mainstream Christian Church is very powerful. By the Grace of God I have escaped it's deception (Most of it, God is still revealing these to me) and have been working to help my brothers see the Light. But once we have been deceived by this power, it is difficult to escape as the examples of the Mainstream Church of Christ's time show us.
Without true Faith in the Word which became Flesh, it is impossible to know the truth.
John 14:
15 If ye love me,(The Word which became Flesh)
keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.