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The Vatican's Intentions Revealed
The Roman Catholic Church has been the
center of many things throughout the centuries. Royalty used to
consult priests and clergy as how to run
their kingdoms. The Church has accumulated great wealth through
both tithes and extortion. It has gained
prestige worldwide. The church is probably the most wealthy and
most influential organization on the face of the planet
with almost 1 billion members. The current pope, John Paul II is
literally treated as a "god." Is this mere coincidence?
Or is it merely a façade? What is the true nature of the Roman
Catholic Church?
Before we begin, let us emphasize the
fact that not all Catholics are involved or know about some of
this information. Most Catholics are simply moral people, having
no idea that there is a dark side of the Church, involved in
Satanic conspiracies. We are in no way condemning Catholics, but
simply reporting what the organization has done, and how it fits
into Bible Prophecy.
Most current practices of the Roman
Catholic faith were not in any founded in the Bible. True, there
are some Biblical elements practiced in the church, but many of
them contain added pagan elements as well. Practices such as
confession, Catholic ritual baptism, and even
"Christian" holidays such as Christmas and Easter have
pagan roots (see our "Biblical Answers" section
for more details), not to mention the practice of the "day
of the dead" in Roman Catholic Spain and Spanish Latin
America. In fact, when you get into it, Catholicism isn't that
much different from Satanism!
To get a clear understanding of how all
of this came about, we need a history lesson. The Catholic Church
was not founded by Jesus Christ, contrary to popular
belief. In fact, Gentiles were not even included in the First
Century Church until Peter's vision, fifteen years after Yeshua
ascended into heaven!
Acts 15:7 And when there had been much
disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren,
ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the
gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare
them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their
hearts by faith.
Also contrary to popular belief, most of
the First Century Church was Jewish. As time progressed, more and
more Gentiles entered the fold, and by
the time the third and fourth generations asserted themselves,
there was a major split from Biblical practices of eating,
Biblical holidays, and the Sabbath initiated in Nicea in the
Third Century. Following Constantine's decree that
"Christianity" be made the official religion of the
Roman Empire, a new modified version of paganism emerged. A
version of paganism including new names from the Bible. There is
not much difference between the relationship the Catholic Jesus,
the disciples, and the saints have, to the relationship of the
Roman Jupiter to the lesser gods and goddesses. And somehow, Mary
gets thrown in there as the "queen of heaven, mother
of God," which in Jeremiah was condemned by God and
punishable by death.
Jeremiah 44:18 But since we left off to
burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have
been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Until the Reformation,
most people only knew about God from what they heard at the local
parish. In fact, most people couldn't
even read. A gospel of tithing and confession was preached by the
church. (Note that this is not all of
the clergy.) The church was the only organization which had
copies of the Bible, or really had a printed copy of
the truth. Isn't that manipulation of
information, or witchcraft as the Bible calls it? People did not
have a copy of the truth for themselves.
If you didn't already know, the two keys
on the Vatican flag represent the keys of heaven and of death,
which Catholic theology claims belong to the pope. These things
are clearly owned by Jesus as mentioned in Revelation, a book in
the Bible Catholics were forbidden to read until this century.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and
was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have
the keys of hell and of death.
It was only until the Reformation that
people began to read and understand the Bible for themselves.
Back in the 1500's, Martin Luther's
belief that the "just shall live by faith" was quite
revolutionary. However, even with the split and breakup of the
church, Protestant denominations still follow many of the customs
and traditions founded in Roman Catholicism, which are not
mentioned in the Bible.
The Roman Catholic Church is viewed very
differently today. Many view it as a charitable organization,
always looking after the best interests of the world. Perhaps
there are indeed some Catholics whose primary job is to do
exactly that, but the church has been involved in some very evil
deeds as well, especially involving the Jewish people.
For centuries in Europe, Jews have been
persecuted, and in many cases at the hands of the Roman
Catholic Church. In fact, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
were given the title "defender of the faith" by the
Church. Current pope John Paul II, when only a Polish
priest, under the guise of the Vatican, secretly sold cyanide to
the Nazis during World War II. The Roman Catholic
involvement in the Holocaust is just the beginning, think
about the Spanish Inquisition. Jews who did not convert to
Catholicism were tortured and killed. Does it make you
think a moment about the Vatican's part in the Middle East
peace process? It has come out that Jerusalem will be put
under the administration of the Vatican by the year 2000 as a
"third party" negociator. The Catholics want the city
to usher in their "year of jubilee" in 2000. Could we
expect something
big to happen? The Vatican has mentioned many occasions that it
wants in center of operations moved back to Jerusalem. After all,
it was discovered that Peter's tomb is not in Rome but in
Jerusalem.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive
you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come
a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned
who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
If we are truly living in the last days,
than there should be incredible deception taking hold in the
hearts of many people, especially "Christian"
people. Scripture prophecies that there will be a great falling
away from the faith, or perhaps simply a mass acceptance of
deception. Right now, the Jerusalem Council II movement involves
Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Protestants, and even
Messianic Jews, all aimed at reconciling the differences
and coming together in a "spirit of brotherhood."
From that statement you could easily conclude that what they're
doing is of the Lord. However, what does the Bible say about
reconciliation? These people should be repenting of their sins
before God, not just apologizing to one another. It appears that
a great religious merge is about to unfold in the coming years,
between those of all monotheistic faiths, and the Roman Catholic
Church is at the center of it. Perhaps the false prophet of
Revelation will emerge from the Catholic
Church. We'll have to wait and find out.
Revelation 19:20 And the beast was
taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles
before him, with which he deceived them
that had received the mark of the beast,and them that worshipped
his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning
with brimstone.
If you are Catholic, or involved with
the Church, we would ask you to seriously reconsider where your
loyalty lies. Does it lie with an
organization, a pope who claims to be "christ on
earth," or does it lie solely with Jesus Christ? As the end
comes and as we see the merging of major
religious organizations come together all in the name of
'brotherhood' as fundamental doctrines
are cast aside in the name of "tolerance" will you go
along or leave the system? The choice is up to you. You can be on
the side of Christ, or the side of antichrist. Antichrist does
not necessarily mean opposed to Christ, but can also mean
a mimic of Him.
This Information Courtesy of The Tribulation News Network (TNN)
Online
Website: http://www.excelsiorhn.com/tribnews
E-mail: tribnews@excelsiorhn.com
