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The Vatican and Islam … A Perfect Match for Antichrist

04 Saturday Jun 2016

Posted by garybowers in The Antichrist

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Roman Catholicism Plus Islam (What Some Have Dubbed Chrislam)

Roman Catholic Popes have always attracted a disproportionate share of media attention, but not quite like Pope Francis. It seems like everything he does and everywhere he goes generates global publicity. Once again he is making headlines. On Monday, May 23rd, 2016, Pope Francis met with the Grand Imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, who is widely recognized as Sunni Islam’s premier authority and spokesperson.

This was the first time that the Papacy had invited a high-ranking Muslim (Sunni or Shi’ite) cleric to the Vatican. Pope Francis told Sheikh al-Tayeb, “Our meeting is the message.”

Clearly, this comment was also for the media’s benefit … meaning what was actually discussed between these two global religious leaders wasn’t nearly as important as the meeting itself. In keeping with Pope Francis’ words to Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb, there were no significant ground-breaking words exchanged between the two religious leaders. There was no need; the meeting said it all.

However, just a few days before this historic conference, Pope Francis did make some shocking statements in an interview with the French Catholic news source, La Croix, in obvious preparation for the meeting with Imam al-Tayeb. Such as:

“It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam. However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew’s Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest.”

Unbelievable! In no uncertain terms, Pope Francis made a contemptible comparison and calculated concession to Islamic Jihad (forced subjugation of Christians and Jews) by equating Muslim objectives of world domination and establishment of a global Caliphate to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ—to evangelize the world with the Gospel of salvation.

To be sure, the Pope provided a small window of escape, by interjecting the disclaimer, “it is also possible to interpret…” In anticipation, I suppose, that some would disagree with his incredible correlation between spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ through violence in like manner that Islam has been forced on entire nations by the sword. However, it’s all too evident that his absurd association was an attempt to placate Muslims—even to the extent of cleverly explaining Islamic tactics of terrorism, by suggesting that Jesus (might have) endorsed the very same strategies of “conquest.”

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(Pope Francis & Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb)

If Pope Francis is alluding to the misguided and misinformed Crusades and Crusaders or to the Roman Catholic Inquisitions, then he has a point. If so, his finger pointing should and would be directed against the Roman Catholic Church itself, including all Popes, now and then; as the so-called infallible representatives of Jesus Christ on this earth (Vicars). Because it was Catholic kings, knights, and common citizens of European nations that launched these unholy and unbiblical campaigns against both Muslims and Jews.

Whether he intentionally or inadvertently was referring to the Crusades and Inquisitions, the last thing he should have done was to quote the Bible, especially the very words of Jesus. Why? Because the entire ministry of Jesus as recorded in the gospels plus the tenets of the true Christian faith as consolidated by the Apostles Paul, Peter, and John in their epistles neither say nor imply that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is to be promulgated through conquest.

That is simply not the way or means of spreading the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. I repeat for emphasis: nowhere does Scripture state or even infer that God’s plan of salvation is to be forced on anyone—at any time, by any means, in any place.

Here is an excerpt from the Eye of Prophecy article, entitled, A Religion of Peace, Part I, posted 4-11-15.

But for sake of this week’s and next week’s Part II article, we want to focus on the goals of Islamic conquest by forced conversion (or death) versus the universal spread of the Christian Gospel (Good News) through individual voluntary heart-felt response of accepting Jesus as one’s personal Savior. In other words, the true and living God of Scripture does not force anyone to believe and receive the atoning sacrifice of his precious Son. True, Scripture emphatically explains the eternal destiny of all who reject so great a salvation that Jesus purchased with so great a sacrifice; but nowhere in the Bible does God demand (forced) conversion of the unsaved. Instead, he appeals to every person on earth out of love and concern for the personal destiny of all … heaven or hell.

Then from A Religion of Peace, Part II, posted 4-18-15:

The three Crusade campaigns in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries of so-called Christians against primarily Muslim controlled Jerusalem and the Holy Land that also included killing of Jews along the way, have caused great consternation with both Jews and Muslims even in modern times. Recently the Crusades have been cited by Muslim clerics, by Christian and Jewish liberals, and even by heads of state (including President Obama) as a morally equivalent example of extremist’s behavior in the name of religion.

First, the vast majority of these Crusaders were acting on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope, and French and English Kings who were, for the most part, subject to the Pope. These crusades in no way, shape, or form represented the essence of Jesus Christ or Scripture. Which is to spread the Good News of salvation to all mankind, with the crystal clear understanding that this is not done through violence or even by duress. Just the opposite: As any kind, caring parent wants their child to respond to their love with love and appreciation from the child (not out of threat or even obligation), so does our great God and Messiah Jesus give us the same choice. Thus, it’s a matter of the heart, not of the sword. An issue of gratitude, not attitude (brashness and arrogance that leads to compulsive compliance).

It’s so very sadly true that the Crusaders were hell-bent to retake Israel from the Muslims and restore what they perceived as the Kingdom of Heaven in Jerusalem. They did so under the mantle of a romantic, but more-so mushy misguided mission that this must be done by conquest (Crusade). In fact, Roman Catholicism is a doctrinal distortion of true Christianity, disguised in the form of an institutional hierarchy that attempted to replace and replicate the once mighty Roman Empire, with the Holy Roman Empire. An empire that encompasses the Holy City of Jerusalem, one that must dominate both the Islamic kingdom and the Jewish remnant left over from the Roman induced Diaspora of the Jews.

We do not have God’s stated or implied permission to employ force in order to persuade unbelievers (no matter what their belief or lifestyle) to convert to Christianity or to otherwise give up their religion or agnosticism or decadent life. That’s between them and God … always has been, always will be. But we are commissioned to tell and show others the magnificent truth of the Gospel … salvation through believing and receiving God’s Son, Messiah Jesus. With understanding that only the Lord can radically change the human heart, not any religion and certainly not the radicals (or even moderates) of that religion.

If God, himself, gives every person the inherent right to voluntarily choose Jesus Christ as their personal Savior; thereby, choosing eternal life over eternal death, how can anyone, especially true Christians, think or do otherwise? Compulsory Christianity is not Christian in form or substance whatsoever. We preach, we teach, we give, we pray, we love because Jesus first loved us … all this because we are grateful for our salvation.

Irreconcilable Differences between the Bible and the Koran

Regarding the spread of Islam, there are two things the Koran stubbornly stresses: (1) absent any willing submission to Allah, the Koran demands that infidels—Jews and Christians—be conquered by force (including death). (2) The commands are directed to ALL Muslims, not just the militant among them. In fact, militant is merely an after-the-fact designation, based on the nature and extent of vicious rhetoric spoken or violent action taken by any given Muslim or sect of Islam

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The only reason why so many, including heads of states the world over—not the least of which is our own US President—separate Muslims into two basic groups (violent and non-violent or “peaceful”) is because some Muslims aggressively enforce the commands of Allah through Jihad, and some do not. Those who are belligerent in their tactics are considered terrorists; they supposedly do not represent the “peaceful” tenants of Islam. When, in fact, violence is an integral part of Islamic doctrine as asserted unequivocally in the Koran.

At the very worst, Pope Francis’ comparison of Christianity to “the idea of conquest … inherent in the soul of Islam” is a deceitful analogy to achieve his fundamental goal of identifying and integrating the two religions with the same intentions. For example, early in his Papacy, Pope Francis authorized, “Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran” at the Vatican.

At the very least, Pope Francis is saying that Christians (presumably the Pope defines Christianity by and through the Roman Catholic Church) and Muslims worship the same God; therefore, their objectives and strategies would (might) be the same.

Although I and other Bible scholars and teachers have written much about the fundamental differences—of which there are many—between Allah and the true and living God of the Bible (the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), let’s examine the text in Matthew that Pope Francis referred to … equating the promulgation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the militant advancement of Islam.

But first, a reminder that early in his ministry, Jesus told the Jewish religious leader Nicodemus that God’s magnificent plan of redemption to the human race was all-inclusive. Not by subjugation; rather this salvation was available only by a free choice decision. Not by force, but by an open, willing heart to believe (John 3:16).

Later, only a very short time before his crucifixion, Jesus then made what is probably one of the most well-known and definitive statements to the human race … demonstrating that salvation is inclusive of all who would believe in Jesus, but exclusively through him only:

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).

The Apostle Peter affirmed both the inclusivity and exclusivity of the Gospel when he spoke to the Jewish religious leaders about Jesus Christ, “There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). *Note: By using the plural pronoun, we, with a universal connotation, Peter is including everyone. All people need Messiah Jesus, because redemption comes only through him.

Just before his amazing ascension back to heaven and after his remarkable resurrection from the dead which proved beyond any doubt that he was the Son of God and God the Son, Jesus said to his disciples (the passage referred to by Pope Francis):

“…I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:18-19).

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For Pope Francis to propose that Jesus even implied that the gospel of salvation was to be forced on anyone is a complete misreading of this passage. And, from a pope no less! Worse, it’s a deliberate distortion or denial of all other Biblical passages that deal with redemption, free will, God’s all-inclusive invitation to believe in his Son as the only way to salvation, and the means of spreading the truth of the Gospel. But then, we shouldn’t be all that surprised. Ever since the Roman Catholic Church asserted the non-Biblical claim that it alone is the universal Church; popes, cardinals, bishops, and priests have created traditions and catechisms that are diametrically opposed to the Biblical truths of salvation and who or what a saint really is.

The only force and violence involved in God’s perfect plan of salvation was the torture and excruciating death of Messiah Jesus on the Cross. Moreover, this malicious murder was perpetrated by the religious Jews and the irreligious Romans. If anyone could give enough or do enough good deeds to merit God’s favor and pardon for sin, then Christ died for absolutely no reason.

More Incompatible Distinctions between Islam and Biblical Christianity

There are also discrepancies and fallacies in prior equivalency comparisons Pope Francis has made between Christianity and Islam. Such as his past statement that, “Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters.”

Really? Try to convince Koran-reading, Allah-following Muslims of that. Try to tell them that the Koran must be hypocritically false when it says that Christian and Jewish infidels should submit to Allah, or be killed if they don’t. That Allah really didn’t mean that, nor did Mohammed try to enforce it (which of course he did, and quite brutally at that).

Referring to his disciples, Jesus said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!” (Matthew 12:49-50).

They are those who belong to the family of the true and living God by virtue of simply believing in Christ and personally receiving his substitutionary sacrificial atonement on the Cross for their sins.

“Jesus told them, ‘This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent’” (John 6:29).

Which makes Pope Francis’ reference to Matthew Chapter 28 even more inexplicable and indefensible.

Why?

There are several references to the Triune God of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. In his parting words, Jesus specifically identified all three … The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. Muslims vehemently deny that Allah has a son, and the Koran doesn’t even mention the Holy Spirit. This above all other differences between Islam and true Christianity is the reason that Muslims classify Christians as infidels. Even though non-Messianic Jews also believe that God is not one God in three Persons, they, too, are considered infidels because their God is not Allah.

Why the Pope or anyone else can say that the God of the Bible and Allah are the same God is beyond belief.

Moreover, Christian believers worship the same God of the Bible as do the Jews.

When God revealed himself to Abraham, then Isaac, then Jacob, it was to announce that he was the ONLY God, not just one of many (man-made) gods worshipped by pagans at that time.

To Moses, God identified himself as I AM who I AM—the God who had chosen Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the patriarchs of the Jewish people. God then proceeded to give the Law and Sacrificial System to the people, through Moses, as a means to separate the Jews from the pagan nations and their pantheism. But later, the Lord also announced through his prophets that a New Covenant would be implemented, which was accomplished through God’s Son, Messiah Jesus.

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Not so, with Islam’s Allah. This god, Allah, didn’t choose anyone. Instead, Mohammed chose the moon-god Allah from among many other gods that the Arabs worshipped … to rival and replace the God of the Jews and Christians. Which is why Islam’s symbol is the crescent moon.

After Mohammed identified Allah as his god of choice, he claimed that Allah gave him revelations through the angel Gabriel … an angel that he obviously identified and then plagiarized from both the Old Testament and New Testament appearances of Gabriel.

Other Comments on the Pope’s Catering to Islam

It cannot be emphasized enough: Pope Francis’ attempt to establish a moral equivalency between the tactics of Islamic extremists (who are literally following the commands of the Koran) and Jesus’s Great Commission to spread the truth of the Gospel to all nations through similar methods of conquest is a deceitful distortion of the very core of Biblical salvation and evangelism.

After I began writing this week’s Eye of Prophecy article, I read an article by Raymond Ibrahim entitled, Pope Francis’ Jihad on Christianity posted in Breaking Israel News on 5-20-15, reprinted from another online site, Front Page Mag on 5-20-15, from which Mr. Ibrahim is a contributing author. Based on his comments, it’s fairly obvious that he (and others) are also deeply offended over Pope Francis’ illogical insinuation that Jesus Christ (may have) intended for his followers to forcibly convert unbelievers in the same manner as Mohammed and his followers have done.

Raymond Ibrahim writes about the Pope: “Only someone who is either very ignorant or hostile to Christianity can make such a claim. To state the obvious: Yes, both Christianity and Islam seek to win converts. However, Jesus’s call to his disciples to ‘go forth and make disciples of all nations,’ in Matthew’s Gospel was understood and practiced peacefully. Disciples preached, people converted. No violence, no coercion. In fact, it was Christians—chief among them disciples and evangelists—who were persecuted and killed simply for preaching Christ, first by the pagan Roman empire, later (and still) Islam.”

I would also add to what he said: Not only the ancient Roman Empire and the subsequent Johnny-come-lately religion of Islam, but the Roman Empire’s proxy replacement (Roman Catholic Church) also has persecuted and killed thousands of true believing Christians and Jews down through the centuries. Stopped only when the Protestant movement combined with European Heads of State finally exposed the corruption in the Catholic Church; thereby, weakening the power of the Papacy. Which is exactly what Pope Francis seems bent on restoring. Hence his incessant high council meetings with national leaders and with prominent Muslim clerics, and even his attempts to persuade Protestants, especially Pentecostals, that the Roman Catholic Church seeks unity (at whatever the cost, including truth itself) with her Evangelical “brothers and sisters.”

In that regard, here is an excerpt from the Eye of Prophecy article, Wiles of the Woman, published 4-5-14.

You might ask, “What’s so wrong with Christian unity? Answer: Absolutely nothing. If, that is, unity and love are based in and on the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. And in the proverbial nutshell, that truth is encapsulated in and represented by Ephesians 2:8-9: “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”

And, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek … But the righteous shall live by faith” (Romans 1: 16-17). Which is what compelled a Catholic Priest by the name of Martin Luther to boldly protest against the Catholic doctrine that claims a person is ultimately justified through self-actions that merit and maintain righteousness, or the granting of indulgences. If you doubt that Catholic dogma has changed to the point of assenting to mainstream Protestant or Evangelical or even Pentecostal emphasis of the Christian faith, just go online and read, The Catechism of the Catholic Church. The facts are clear: Catholicism still endorses a sophisticated set of rules, actions, and conditions that all Catholics in good standing must adhere to, in order to even have the chance of (pre-qualify) obtaining salvation and admittance to heaven.

Why would non-Catholic religious leaders like Bishop Palmer and Kenneth Copeland reach back to the Pope and give him a spiritual hug; when, in fact, the very foundation of the Catholic Church is based on salvation through good works, keeping of non-Biblical sacraments, and God’s ultimate acceptance of the individual just because he or she is a baptized member of the Catholic Church? The answer is equally and sadly evident: Because some (actually many) Protestant leaders have also distorted the very gospel of Jesus Christ; replacing it with a system of man-made do(s) and don’t(s) that circumvent Biblical salvation of justification through faith in the substitutionary death of Christ, with a works-based, cultic, law-keeping self-righteousness that nullifies the very idea and sufficiency of God’s free gift of grace (through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son) to save us.

To further confirm that the Pope’s ultimate objective is to divide and conquer through the shroud of unity, listen to his statements on Islam made in Rome during an ecumenical style meeting of representatives from various religious groups, including Jews and Christians: “I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship the one God, living and merciful, and call upon Him in prayer, and all of you….”

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I applaud Raymond Ibrahim’s boldness in confronting the Pope. Not just because it tracks with what I’ve written in prior Eye of Prophecy articles (such as the excerpts quoted earlier in today’s article), but because it is the historical and contemporary truth.

Ibrahim also quotes the prophet Muhammad whose words were reprinted in The Al Qaeda Reader, page 12: “I have been sent with the sword between my hands to ensure that no one but Allah is worshipped—Allah who put my livelihood under the shadow of my spear and who inflicts humiliation and scorn on those who disobey my commandments.”

Raymond Ibrahim continues: “Unlike the spread of Christianity, Islam spread through the sword. This is a simple historical fact, acknowledged by more sober European leaders; the overwhelming majority of territory that today constitutes the ‘Muslim world’ was seized from non-Muslims by great violence and bloodshed. Two-thirds of Christendom—the Mideast and North Africa—was to be swallowed up by Islam a century after its founding.”

Antichrist Nero Will Take Full Advantage of a Roman Catholic/Islamic Liaison

As clearly seen, Pope Francis is making no pretense of trying to make Christianity (the Roman Catholic version) and Islam two sides of the same coin. However, this will not lead to a so-called One World Religion, as proposed by even well-meaning Bible students. Please refer to Eye of Prophecy article, One World Religion, posted 8-15-15. That article presents Biblically documented and detailed reasons why there will not be a single world religion during the Tribulation, either through the Antichrist or the False Prophet. However, Antichrist Nero will initially cater to and use Roman Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism (as well as occultism under the mantel of a “New Age”) to achieve his political agenda, through a seven-year treaty between these three religions and between Israel and Muslim nations.

Speaking of coins, may I also quote from the Eye of Prophecy article, Antichrist and the Vicar of Christ, Part I, published 9-5-15.

The better analogy is that Antichrist and the Vicar of Christ are two sides of the same coin. But even that will last for only a short time … most likely about half way through the tribulation. Nero will proclaim himself as God or as Messiah … the man/God. He will soon be worshipped by people all over the world as divine for one reason only: his astounding revival and return some two thousand years after he had died. With that kind of veneration, Nero will become the head of the coin; dragging the tail of the coin (the Pope) behind him. In fact, this coinage will soon become a coin with two heads, both of them Nero’s.

But before that happens, there will be a titanic clash of two men vying for the personal loyalty of billions of people while trying to (unsuccessfully working together) accomplish their agenda each through their own vile systems. One is boldly and blatantly unholy. The other is hypocritically holy. Both will claim to be God and Christ on the earth.

Through the centuries, popes and kings have clashed; sometimes the pope prevailed, sometimes the king triumphed. This time the “divine monarch” and his ten-nation coalition with crush the ecclesiastical head of state who would dare assume political power as well as religious (Revelation 17:16).

In like manner, many Jews will at first acknowledge Nero as a messiah-type, or at least as a sovereign who God allowed to return to save the world. Thus, they will gladly enter into a seven-year treaty with Nero, who will facilitate the building of the third Temple and allow Jews to restore their sacrificial system of atonement.

Likewise with hundreds of millions of Muslims. Who can possibly argue with or fight against someone who bodily returns from the dead? They will conclude that it had to be Allah who performed such a miracle. They will concede Nero as their Mahdi (messiah).

By default, people from nations and religions the world over will give their allegiance to Nero immediately after he reappears from the Abyss. (See Revelation 13). So, too, will a good many of their political and religious leaders. But above all Nero will initially establish a liaison with the Vatican. After all: The Vatican is the embodiment of the Holy Roman Empire, the reincarnation of the once great Roman Empire which for fourteen years was ruled by none other than a man who had returned from the dead. Both dynasties were headquartered in Rome. Both empires purported to be the universal kingdom on earth; the first one politically and militarily, ruled by a supreme and divine emperor. The second through a religion that claims to be the universal church, headed by the infallible representative of Christ, himself. Both will seek to restore the glory that once was Rome’s.

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Summary

There is simply no way that a One World Religion will develop during the Great Tribulation. Any more than its possible for adherents of Islam, Judaism, Roman Catholicism, or other deviant sects of Christianity (such as Mormonism) to convert in great numbers from one of these religions to another.

The closest thing to a global religion will be world-wide worship of one man, Antichrist Nero; by force if necessary—the same kind of force ordered by the Koran and suggested by Pope Francis!

Nero couldn’t care less what religion those left behind belong to. Nowhere in the Old or New Testament do we find any evidence whatsoever that the Antichrist (or the False Prophet) attempts to form a world religion.

In fact, both Daniel (Chapter 11) and Paul (II Thessalonians Chapter 2) tell us that Antichrist shows great disdain to the point of defiance of any god, therefore, of any religion. Instead he will claim to be God himself. He will not require people to adopt any current religion, nor will he create a new religion (such as the New Age movement).

Instead, Nero will seek to exercise control through the conciliation, cooperation, and coordination between Roman Catholic Clergy, Muslim Imams, and Jewish Rabbis.

Recognition and reverence for Nero’s inconceivable return from the grave will be the reason that, “…The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast. They worshipped the dragon (Satan) for giving the beast such power, and they also worshipped the beast. ‘Who is as great as the beast … who is able to fight against him?’” (Revelation 13:3-4).

Nearly all papal activities since Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Francis) became Pope have been designed to reestablish the authority and influence of the Roman Catholic Church. Which makes his latest effort to appease Muslims another amazing fit of the prophetic puzzle.

Nero couldn’t ask for anything better to prepare the way for his Pax Romana. He will reappear to a world absent of any born-again believers (true Christians and true Christianity). A world in chaos will be ripe for someone who has the mystical (by virtue of rising from the dead) power to unite peoples from every race, country, and religion. But it will not be a One World Government, as many nations will oppose Nero.

Yet there will be just enough cooperation through an already conciliatory toleration among religious leaders and a political correctness among both religious and non-religious leaders to give Nero carte blanche authority to implement a treaty between Jews and Arabs. And among governments seeking a global two-state solution to the already despised and increasingly boycotted, divested, and sanctioned nation of Israel.

But beware nations of the earth. Israel is the apple of God’s eye.

Says the Lord, the God of Israel, “On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves” (Zechariah 12:3).

Things to Ponder

Did you know that one day there will be no more religions to confuse and corrupt entire peoples and nations?

Can I get an Amen on that!

However, there will finally be a One World Government! With a truly benevolent and caring King ruling over and judging between the nations. But only after the Lord vanquishes Satan, Antichrist, the False Prophet, and all those who, “…refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them … Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth” (II Thessalonians 2:10, 12).

This final conquest of evil through the use of force by Messiah Jesus is totally justified and necessary. “Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war” (Revelation 19:11).

“And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshipped” (Zechariah 14:9).

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We love you Lord, because you first loved us.

We eagerly embrace and anxiously anticipate your return to make all things right.

“He (Yeshua) who is the faithful witness to all these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon!’ “Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20).

Wiles of the Woman

05 Saturday Apr 2014

Posted by garybowers in Current Events

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WILES OF THE WOMAN

On page A13 of The Arizona Republic published 3-29-14, the headline reads: Pope’s video message starts new era with Pentecostals. The article comes from Associated Press journalist, Rachel Poll, who writes, “The video … message is simple: We’re brothers despite our differences. Yet religious leaders say this informal greeting from Pope Francis has reset relations between the Roman Catholic Church and one of its fiercest competitors around the world, Pentecostals. Recorded by a clergy friend Francis had invited to Rome, the message was directed to the spirit-filled Christians whose popular movements have for decades been draining parishioners from the Catholic Church, especially in Latin America.”

Then Zoll quotes Pope Francis, “Come on, we are brothers. Let’s give each other a spiritual hug, and let God complete the work that he has begun.” Again, Pope Francis declares from the video, “I am speaking to you as a brother. I speak to you in a simple way, with joy and yearning. Let us allow our yearning to grow, because this will propel us to find each other, to embrace one another and together to worship Jesus Christ as the only Lord of history.”

In another article written on this subject (3-11-14) by Prophecy News Watch reporter Christine Pasciuti, we read, “The Pope has stirred things up in recent weeks by sending a video message to Pentecostal Word of Faith leader Kenneth Copeland, urging reconciliation between Catholics and Charismatics. Anglican Episcopal Bishop and friend of the Pontiff, Tony Palmer, stated in an introduction to the video before Copeland’s live audience, ‘The Catholic and Charismatic Renewal is the hope of the Church,’ as ministry followers cheered him on.’”

Even more shocking is Tony Palmer’s daring proclamation in support of Pope Francis’ olive branch extension of love and unity to the Pentecostal movement. Palmer announces: “Brothers and sisters, Luther’s protest is over. Is yours?” Followed by Kenneth Copeland’s equally audacious response: “Heaven is thrilled over this.”

Spiritual hugs? Allow our yearning to grow? Catholic and Charismatic Renewal is the hope of the Church? Heaven thrilled over this? Luther’s (Martin Luther) protest is over? Really? I beg to differ. I thought that Jesus Christ is the only hope of the Church.

How could our Lord possibly be thrilled over the adulteration of his gospel, which is precisely what happens when you mix salvation that comes from trusting exclusively in God’s grace and atoning sacrifice of Christ with righteousness acquired through self-effort and self-merit? Does the Son of God really want or need a renewal of catholic and charismatics (or any other such alliance) to restore unity in and guarantee survival of the true Church (those justified by faith, not by works)? Actually, in this case, Charismatic Christianity as represented by Kenneth Copeland’s teaching is, itself, an aberration of Biblical Christianity. But that’s another story and is not the real issue here.

The real problem is the Protestant movement—underway for several centuries now—seeking some sort of reconciled liaison with the very entity that caused the protest in the first place. Not only with the Catholic Church but with Islam, so much so that some evangelicals have coined a term to identify this insidious movement … Chrislam. More specifically, the issue is that enduring unity, love, and brotherhood cannot exist without a basic agreement that what we believe is a matter of life and death (heaven or hell). What we believe not only determines our destiny, but it regulates what we think, say, and do … how we relate to others who believe differently. The true Christian principle is: We can love them, but we shouldn’t join them. The love I’m referring to is the Biblical agape that is defined by right action (such as a genuine concern for their eternal destiny and sincerely sharing the truth of the gospel with them).

Truth versus Unity

You might ask, “What’s so wrong with Christian unity? Answer: Absolutely nothing. If, that is, unity and love are based in and on the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. And in the proverbial nutshell, that truth is encapsulated in and represented by Ephesians 2:8-9: “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”

And, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek … But the righteous shall live by faith” (Romans 1: 16-17). Which is what compelled a Catholic Priest by the name of Martin Luther to boldly protest against the Catholic doctrine that claims a person is ultimately justified through self-actions that merit and maintain righteousness, or the granting of indulgences. If you doubt that Catholic dogma has changed to the point of assenting to mainstream Protestant or Evangelical or even Pentecostal emphasis of the Christian faith, just go online and read, The Catechism of the Catholic Church. The facts are clear: Catholicism still endorses a sophisticated set of rules, actions, and conditions that all Catholics in good standing must adhere to, in order to even have the chance of (pre-qualify) obtaining salvation and admittance to heaven.

Why would non-Catholic religious leaders like Bishop Tony Palmer and Kenneth Copeland reach back to the Pope and give him a spiritual hug; when, in fact, the very foundation of the Catholic Church is based on salvation through good works, keeping of non-Biblical sacraments, and God’s potential acceptance of the individual just because he or she is a baptized member of the Catholic Church? The answer is equally and sadly evident: Because some Protestant leaders have also distorted the gospel of Jesus Christ; replacing it with a system of man-made do(s) and don’t(s) that circumvent Biblical salvation of justification through faith in the substitutionary death of Christ, with a works-based, cultic, law-keeping self-righteousness that nullifies the very idea and sufficiency of God’s free gift of grace (through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son) to save us.

To further confirm that the Pope’s ultimate objective is to divide and conquer through the shroud of unity, listen to his statements on Islam made in Rome during an ecumenical style meeting of representatives from various religious groups, including Jews and Christians: “I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship the one God, living and merciful, and call upon Him in prayer, and all of you….”

Much could be said about the one God referenced by the Pope, as books have been written on the matter of whether Allah is the same God as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Old Testament; and in the new Testament, the Father who gave his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to be the Savior of all mankind (John 3:16). Having read much about this subject, I can assure you beyond any reasonable doubt whatsoever: Allah, the god of the Koran, is not the God of the Judaic-Christian faith as found in the Bible. The differences are many, but I will cite only one: It is blasphemy for a Muslim to believe that Allah has a son or could ever have a son; thus, no Muslim believes that Jesus is the divine son of God (Allah). Likewise with observant Jews; however, thousands upon thousands of Jews the world over have acknowledged the divinity of Jesus and have, in fact, accepted Him as both Messiah and Savior. So, too, are Muslims coming to Christ in increasing numbers.

Thus, it’s not just the Christian Protestants, but also the Muslims who are being courted by the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. It’s very strange that unity and brotherhood would be used to divide and conquer, but that is exactly the strategy employed here. If you can separate (divide) the marginal Christian (those unsure of their salvation … susceptible to the notion that love and unity should be gained at all cost, even at the expense of truth) from those who truly have been redeemed by believing in the shed blood of Christ, then you will have recaptured many of those who previously dissented from or protested against the universal, ecclesiastical government known as the Roman Catholic Church—that claims divine control over the residents of its kingdom.

The Woman Who Sits on the Scarlet Beast

This tactic is precisely what God calls (spiritual) prostitution and adultery in Scripture, of which Israel was guilty as described in the Old Testament. Such as, “When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, ‘Go and marry a prostitute … This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshipping other gods’” (Hosea 1:2). Of which the woman sitting on the scarlet beast was/is guilty, as graphically depicted in the New Testament. “…I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality” (Revelation 17: 1-2).

For those who wonder or doubt exactly who and what the woman of Revelation 17 and Babylon of Revelation 18 represent, please refer to the Eye of Prophecy articles entitled The Woman and the Beast (Parts I-VI), posted successively 10-12-13 through 11-16-13. The woman and Babylon are identified with a great deal of Biblical and historical documentation. For sake of time/space in this article, suffice to say that this woman was the ancient Roman Empire of the first century (when Revelation was written), and is currently the Holy Roman Empire, represented by the Roman Catholic Church and personified by its Supreme Vicar, the Pope, who governs with great authority from the Vatican. Babylon is the encoded name for the city that sets on seven hills, none other than ancient (and modern) Rome.

The woman of Revelation 17 is alive and well. Both deliberately and unwittingly she is preparing the earth for the scarlet beast on which she will seek to exert her influence toward world-wide collaboration of all those who will worship the beast upon his return from the abyss. The beast and the ten tribulation kings who give him their allegiance will turn on the woman and utterly destroy her. Until such time the woman will endeavor to ply her wiles on an unsuspecting world, all too eager to pursue a warm, fuzzy, kum ba ya type of love and unity, while sacrificially discarding the very truth that can save them.

What Pope Francis has done in just a short time since he became the Supreme Pontiff is both remarkable and unprecedented. Never before (certainly not to this extent) has a Roman Catholic Pope reached out with such conciliation as he has done with Protestants—especially the Pentecostals—and Muslims and Jews. Together these three groups comprise nearly two billion people in the world, alongside of the one billion Catholics. From the vantage point of the Protestants and Muslims, this olive branch could easily be construed as the Catholic Church’s willingness to modify certain beliefs and practices for the sake of dialogue and even fellowship between these religious groups. However, it’s anything but compromise. It’s clever conciliation through appeasement, mollification, and pacification. I mean, it can’t get much better than all Roman Catholics wanting to be one with all Protestants, and all Muslims, and all Jews (the Pope has made several conciliatory statements regarding the Jews and is planning a rare Papal visit to Israel next month).

Is love important? Of course it is. In fact, Jesus said love is how his true disciples will be identified by unbelievers. But the key operative condition in order for this love to be properly defined and expressed is that the one defining and displaying it must first be a true believer, i.e. personally believe/receive Christ’ atoning death on the Cross. Is unity to be pursued? For sure, but not if the truth of the gospel is distorted or replaced in the process.

“Jesus said to the people who believed in him, ‘You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’” (John 8: 31-32). From other teachings of Jesus, we know that in this passage he is referring to freedom from enslavement to sin and pursuit of all things that lead to dissolution and destruction, and eternal separation from God, in hell. Not love, not unity, not brotherhood, but truth leads to real freedom and liberty. All of these other things are a supernatural by-product of knowing and experiencing the truth. And just what is the truth? Jesus answers that with an astonishingly exclusive proclamation. He said, “I am the truth.” Also the “way and the life” (John 14:6).

Thus, the Pope’s recent words and actions are nothing short of bewildering. But there’s more.

Vatican Control of Jerusalem Holy Sites?

Part of the framework of peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs as presented and promoted by US Secretary of State, John Kerry, calls for holy sites in Eastern Jerusalem to be placed under the control of an “international administrative mandate.” The clear-cut composition of this administrative body is still in the making; however, one strong recommendation would designate the Vatican (alongside of Muslim nations such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia) to assume administrative jurisdiction of all Holy Sites, not the least of which would be the Temple Mount, where the ancient Jewish Temples once stood and where the Muslim Dome of the Rock mosque currently stands.

The Vatican? Yes, you read that correctly. It is, after all, a State that has been afforded diplomatic recognition by the United Nations. How would or could the Vatican work together with Israel and Turkey and Saudi Arabia (both enemies of the Jews) to maintain peace and tranquility over these Holy Sites? Your guess is as good as mine; however, this proposal is a contemporary representation of what the ancient Roman Empire and its successor the Holy See has done off and on for the last 2000 years … meaning control of holy sites and a good many unholy sites by seduction, division, compromise, intrigue, that led to military and religious rule over kings, queens, princes, and nations who both willingly and unwillingly became bedfellows.

There’s more.

Vatican Astronomers

Yes, you also read that correctly. Holy See Astronomers.

According to Popular Science there is an instrument attached to the University of Arizona’s Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) located on Mt. Graham in southeastern Arizona (my home state). This instrument and telescope are used primarily to search for intergalactic life on other planets that may be similar in size and physics to the earth. And for whatever reason, this telescope and instrument attachment has been designated (named): Large Binocular Telescope Near-Infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research.

Now, what do you suppose the acronym is for this long-worded (winded) piece of equipment? For that matter, why does it need a name or acronym in the first place? Why not limit it to LBT? Because the full name of the instrument doesn’t precisely match the acronym, it’s a safe assumption to say that the acronym was deliberately contrived. If you weren’t told the acronym, it would be very difficult to figure it out. So, I’ll eliminate any more suspense and tell you what these “scientists” have dubbed their extraterrestrial machine. They call it: LUCIFER!

Shocked? If, not, we should be. Why would astronomers (and all that goes with the idea of science and scientist) name this technical equipment—used to search for life in outer-space—after Satan, also known as Lucifer?

But wait, there’s more: Could you possibly guess what is housed right next door to LUCIFER?

I couldn’t have guessed either. None other than a second telescope called the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, owned by the Vatican and used by Vatican astronomers! It’s one thing for Vatican astronomers to believe in extra-terrestrial life in the universe. It’s quite another for one of their astronomers, Guy Consolmagno, to publicly state that aliens could actually be the “saviors of humankind.”

Moreover, the website Truth Wins reported that researcher Tom Horn discovered that there are those in the Roman Catholic Church who contend that Jesus is a descendant of aliens and that Mary’s conception and virgin birth occurred after she was abducted by these aliens. That’s more than just crazy. It’s outright blasphemy. Had it originated from an agnostic or from one of the many televised programs promoting theories that aliens are the origin of many wonders of the earth (such as the pyramids), we would have simply considered the source. But for a member/representative of the Catholic Church that purports to be the true representative of Christ on earth to make such a statement … well, we’ll leave that entirely in God’s hands to deal with.

Once Again: Truth vs Unity (Should be, but not necessarily compatible)

There are many of us who agree that Israel and the Palestinians will never reach true peace and unity without the Prince of Peace to lead them. Why? Because the Arabs refuse to consider the TRUTH that the Jews have been given the land of Israel by God, himself. They will not even comply with the only prerequisite for peace negotiations requested by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu … that Israel be acknowledged and accepted as a Jewish State.

Likewise, there can be no unity or peace or reconciliation between the Roman Catholic Church (or Muslims) and those Protestants (and even some Catholics) who believe that redemption comes exclusively by trusting in the finished work of Christ on the Cross, until unity is based on that TRUTH.

Lest you think that truth and love can’t be at odds one with the other, or that they must be innately compatible, or that love (however love is defined) can trump truth by overcoming differences in beliefs, then listen to Psalms 85:10: “Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed!” In order for these concepts to meet and kiss, they first must be separate or apart one from the other. This profound gem of Scripture is simply saying that true love (understanding of and genuine consideration for God and for our fellow-man) is not really effective or meaningful unless it is first reconciled with the absolute truth of God’s plan of salvation for mankind. Also, lasting peace (unity)—apart from right standing with God (the righteousness given to us by Christ, himself)—simply isn’t possible for mankind because a right relationship with God is the very foundation of peace (with both God and mankind) in the first place. “Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lords has done for us” (Romans 5:1).

Love, peace, and brotherhood absent truth and righteousness is like the warmth of the sun’s rays without the light of the sun. Why would anyone ever want one without the other? God made the sun. He IS love and truth!

Summary

Two weeks ago my article, Beware of the Bear, warned us of the resurgent rise of Russia, and how this restoration of power and prestige in the world fits accurately with the Gag/Magog prophetic attack against Israel found in Ezekiel 38 & 39. This week’s article reminds us that the once mighty Roman Empire still flourishes under the guise of a seductive woman dressed in, “purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. In her hand she held a goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality … she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus” (Revelation 17: 4-6).

In the very next chapter the angel warns John (and all true believers in Christ): “Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds” (Revelation 18: 4-5).

More so than ever before, this woman seeks to subvert through seduction, compromise, tolerance, and clever politically correct words and gestures that will mislead all but the most vigilant and diligent of those who cherish the truth of the one and only true God and His Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. For without Biblical truth that leads to salvation, righteousness, and eternal life, true love can never be successfully defined, understood, and shared between people, both religious and non-religious.

These recent activities of the Roman Catholic Church (the woman of Revelation) once again demonstrate just how close we are to the glorious appearing of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Things to Ponder

How is it that all religious paths can lead to God, when the very belief system of religions disagree on who God is or even if he exists (atheism), or how a person is saved (salvation), or what determines a person’s eternal destiny, or our definitions of love, unity, brotherhood, and truth itself … which, in turn, determines our morality, behavior, and our very lifestyle?

We who are redeemed by Christ and Christ alone should bear no animosity whatsoever toward Catholics, Muslims, or to any follower of other religions or cults or aberrant lifestyles. But we must separate ourselves from what they believe and practice. To fellowship with them under the mantle of brotherly love would be no different from an American soldier crossing enemy lines, putting on the uniform of the enemy, and then demanding that the Americans surrender or else. Or else, what? Time will tell.

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  • The Russians Are Coming!
  • The Seal of Approval
  • The Second Exodus
  • The Seven Year Treaty
  • The Shout Heard Around the World
  • The Terrible Trio of Gog and Magog
  • The Three Greatest Trials of All Time
  • The Tremendous Transfiguration of Believers!
  • The Two Witnesses (Part I)
  • The Two Witnesses (Part II)
  • The Two Witnesses (Part III)
  • The Vatican and Islam … A Perfect Match for Antichrist
  • The Virgin Birth of Messiah … How and Why?
  • The Whole Truth
  • The Woman and the Beast
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part II)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part III)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part IV)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part V)
  • The Woman and the Beast (Part VI)
  • The Wonder Of It All … Birth of the Child!
  • The World Wants a Messiah … But It Needs (The) Messiah
  • There’s No Place Like Homs
  • There’s Resurrection; And There’s Resurrection!
  • Three … A Divine Number of God!
  • Times of & Fullness of the Gentiles … What Do They Mean?
  • To Be or Not To Be … in Heaven?
  • To Be Or Not To Be … In Heaven? (A Revisit)
  • Trump, Cyrus, and the Jewish Temple
  • Turmoil, Tragedy, & Terror in Israel (Part I … Turmoil)
  • Turmoil, Tragedy, & Terror in Israel (Part II … Tragedy)
  • Turmoil, Tragedy, & Terror in Israel (Part III … Terror)
  • Two-State Solution & The Seven-Year Treaty … Impossible?
  • Two Thirds of the Jews Killed … Past or Future?
  • U.S. President Agrees with God … Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital!
  • Under the Radar
  • UNESCO / “Theatre of the Absurd” Against Israel
  • United Nations Downsizing of Israel (Resolution 2334)
  • Value of Prophecy
  • West Bank or Judea/Samaria? What’s In A Name?
  • What Is A Saint?
  • What Is Done To Israel Will Be Done In Return / The Iran Nuclear Deal
  • What Is Done to Israel Will Be Done in Return / Dangers of a Divided Jerusalem
  • What is Palestine & Who Is A Palestinian?
  • What is the Rapture?
  • What Is The Unpardonable Sin?
  • When the Rapture?
  • Where is Messiah … Is He Already Here?
  • Where Is The Temple? Part I
  • Where Is The Temple? Part II
  • Where is the Temple? Part III
  • Who is Messiah?
  • Who Is the Antichrist & How Will He Appear (Part I)
  • Who Is The Antichrist & How Will He Appear? (Part II)
  • Who the Rapture?
  • Whom Do You Most Want To See In Heaven?
  • Why the Rapture?
  • Why the Rapture? (A Revisit)
  • Why The World Idolizes Antichrist & How It Reacts To The Tribulation
  • Wiles of the Woman
  • Will All Children Be Taken in The Rapture?
  • Will Believers Go Through the Great Tribulation? (Part I)
  • Will Believers Go Through The Great Tribulation? (Part II)
  • Will There Still Be Unbelievers Throughout Eternity?
  • Yom Kippur / With Or Without Atonement?
  • Zechariah’s Dramatic Description of Antichrist’s Fatal Wounds

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