SIMON MAGUS SERIES - Simon Magus Begins UNIVERSAL Church - Ernest L Martin - May 1964

Ernest L Martin

History comes alive with the startling story of how Simon Magus - branded a FALSE PROPHET by the book of Acts - established HIS OWN UNIVERSAL Church! SIMON MAGUS was a Babylonian priest. He was a part of the Babylonian community that had been living in the land of Northern Israel ever since the Northern Ten Tribes were carried away captive by the Assyrians. God tells us that these Samaritans, as they were called, were claiming to be the true people of God while at the same time practicing many heathen rites which came directly from Babylon (II Kings 17:41). This was the type of religious environment in which Simon Magus was born. This was the environment in which he commenced his own ministry and was finally proclaimed the "great one... the great power of God" - that is, God Himself (Acts 8:9-10). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library