The Immaculate Deception!
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3
A Biblical Rebuttal to the Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
By Greg Bentley
“And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.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. 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;” Exodus 20:1–5
President Trump’s recent Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception publicly affirmed a Roman Catholic holy day and called Americans to honor it as an expression of faith, humility, and love centered on Mary. While we respect civil authority and pray for those in leadership, Scripture commands believers to test every proclamation by the Word of God (Acts 17:11). When a message—especially one issued from the highest office in the land—conflicts with biblical truth, silence becomes disobedience.
This is not a matter of political preference. It is a matter of idolatry that brings a generational curse!
The Curse of Idolatry
God’s first commandment is foundational, not optional. He does not merely forbid false gods; He forbids images, likenesses, bowing, and religious service directed toward anything in heaven or on earth. The reason is explicit: “I the LORD thy God am a jealous God.”
Throughout Scripture, idolatry brings judgment—not because God is arbitrary, but because idolatry replaces His authority with a visible substitute. Whether the idol is Baal, the golden calf, the queen of heaven, or a sanctified image clothed in Christian language, the outcome is the same: spiritual blindness followed by national decline.
The prophets repeatedly warned Israel that devotion to a heavenly female figure—the “queen of heaven”—would bring curse, not blessing:
- “The children gather wood… to make cakes to the queen of heaven… Do they provoke Me to anger?” (Jeremiah 7:18)
- “We will burn incense to the queen of heaven… then had we plenty of victuals.” (Jeremiah 44:17–18)
- God’s response: “Behold, I will set My face against you for evil.” (Jeremiah 44:11)
Idolatry always promises peace and prosperity. God warns it delivers judgment!
The Immaculate Conception: A Dogma That Elevates Mary Beyond Scripture
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception does not celebrate the conception of Jesus Christ. It celebrates the Roman Catholic dogma that Mary herself was conceived without original sin.
The Roman Catholic Catechism states:
- CCC 491: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception… preserved immune from all stain of original sin.”
- CCC 493: “By grace Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long.”
This doctrine was not taught by Christ, the apostles, or the early church. It was defined in 1854, nearly eighteen centuries after the gospel was delivered once for all to the saints.
Scripture teaches the opposite. Mary herself confessed, “My spirit rejoices in God my Savior” (Luke 1:47). Only sinners need a Savior. Scripture affirms that Christ alone is sinless (Hebrews 4:15), Christ alone redeems, and Christ alone mediates between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5).
To attribute sinlessness, intercession, or spiritual mediation to Mary is not devotion—it is theological displacement of Christ.
A Nation Given Over to Idolatry
History shows that when leaders endorse false worship, nations follow. The Old Testament pattern is unmistakable: when kings tolerated or promoted idolatry, judgment soon followed—often beginning with religious deception and ending with national collapse.
America was founded in explicit opposition to priest-mediated religion, enforced veneration, and Old World ecclesiastical power. The Founders understood that civil liberty cannot survive where religious superstition rules the conscience.
Yet today, Marian devotion is no longer confined to private belief. It is publicly endorsed, nationally celebrated, and globally displayed.
In November 2025, Brazil unveiled a 54-meter (177-foot) statue of “Our Lady of Fatima”and thousands of idolitors gathered. Devotion was rendered to a colossal graven image representing a heavenly intercessor.
For biblical comparison, King Nebuchadnezzar’s image in Daniel 3 stood 60 cubits high—about 90 feet. The modern Marian statue nearly doubles that height. The lesson of Daniel 3 was never about architecture; it was about allegiance. God honored those who refused to bow.
A Warning Against Roman Catholic Idolatry
When a nation embraces Roman Catholic Mariolatry, it does not merely adopt a different tradition—it adopts a system that redefines sin, mediation, grace, and worship. The result is not unity, but confusion; not peace, but spiritual bondage.
Thomas Jefferson warned with prophetic clarity:
“History, I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government; this marks the lowest grade of ignorance, of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.”
This warning was not theoretical. It was born of history—and history is repeating itself.
An Exhortation: Refuse to Bow
The question before believers today is the same one faced by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Will we bow?
They answered plainly: “Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us… but if not, be it known unto thee… we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.” (Daniel 3:17–18)
Christ alone is worthy.
Christ alone saves.
Christ alone reigns.
No image—no feast – no matter how revered, how tall, or how ancient—deserves what belongs to Christ alone.
This is not a call to rebellion. It is a call to faithfulness.
Do Not Bow!
For Further Reading at the Berean Beacon
The Biblical Mary Vs. Rome’s Counterfeit Mary
The Manufactured Mary of Rome
The Immaculate Conception: Drama, Dogma, and Disaster
Mary Worship: A Study of Catholic Dogma and Practice by a Former Nun
Mary – a biblical comparison between the word of God and the Catholic Catechism