Mother of Harlots: Part 3

Here are some more facts about the idol on Liberty Island:

The star-shaped structure on which the idol’s pedestal stands is Fort Wood, named for Colonel Eleazer Derby Wood. COL Wood was a graduate of the US Military Academy who died in battle during the War of 1812. In the Bible, Eleazer was the man who became the second High Priest following the death of his father Aaron.

COL Wood’s father was a soldier who served in the Revolutionary War named Bezaleel Wood. In the Bible, Bezaleel was the architect of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness.

It is truly beyond coincidence that these two names (Eleazer and Bezaleel) would be associated with America’s “altar in the wilderness” on which stands the idol of “freedom” (a.k.a. the Mother of Harlots).

The intellectual creator of the “Statue of Liberty” was the French jurist Édouard René de Laboulaye. He was inspired both by America’s historic roots in freedom, its recent victory (1865) in the Civil War, and possibly by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It could be said, therefore, that the idol and its altar on Liberty Island celebrate what is described in the following scripture:

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. (Rev 13:3 KJV)

The official selection of the site was made by General William Tecumseh Sherman. Oddly enough, although he claimed not to be Catholic, Sherman is buried with his family in a Catholic cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. When it was suggested that Sherman run for President, he said, “If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve.” Could his denials have been because he knew what would happen if America were to elect a Catholic to the Presidency?