Is Pope Francis the Antichrist?

Someone in a Facebook post I'm participating in just said "I think Pope Francis is the Antichrist". That's not an uncommon thought, but I believe there more to it. Let me expound...

Let's start with some scripture:

1 John 2:18-19 "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."  

The Roman Pontiffs have been held as being the Antichrist since before the Protestant Reformation. A number of Christian communities trying to follow Jesus outside the Roman church were dreadfully persecuted.

The Book of Revelation talks about the Woman That Rides The Beast, and says that the Beast will throw the Woman off and destroy her, per Revelation Chapter 17...

Revelation 17

 1  And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

 2  With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

 3  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

 4  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: note

 5  And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. note

 6  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

 7  And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

 8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

 9  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

 10  And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

 11  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

 12  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

 13  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

 14  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

 15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

 16  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

 17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

 18  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

I have considered we may have already seen this and the cementing of the one world religion, led but the Roman Pontiff. This alliance includes Kenneth Copeland and other American Pentecostals, Kingdom Now adherents, The Lutheran Church in the USA and more; PLUS other religions even extending to Wickans. It is now very advanced because Papa Francis is the first Jesuit Pope, refuting and abandoning much of the church's historical teachings. You may be right that he is antichrist; whether he is the Man Of Sin in Revelation is another thing. 

The Man Of Sin is however of the Beast, not of the Woman. Has Pope Francis effectively hopped from riding the Beast to being its head? I'm not sure I would go that far; I think it's more likely the Man Of Sin will be a descendent of the Pharisees (whom Jesus accused of being Satan's children) or a compatible Merovingian blood line which member families have stated "The gods gave us the right to rule".  I think at the least, we can expect an assault on Christianity from the Merovingian blood line in coming years, probably claiming descendency from the Watchers & original Nephalim Titans in Atlantis, and claiming their bloodline goes through Jesus and Mary Magdalene as popularised by Dan Brown's "The Davinci Code".

Note that in https://watching-the-new-world-take-order.blogspot.com/2021/04/do-you-trust-government-good-overcoming.html I link the destruction of the Woman with the adoption of the Antichrist.

One thing is for sure: If we are "in Christ" and watching, we will know when we see these things.

Open letter - Hope in time of war.

An open letter to the people of China, South Korea, North Korea and other countries threatened by war in April 2017.

As an Australian citizen, I wish you well, and hope you're countries remain at peace with all that is happening with the USA in the Asian region, with North Korea and in the South China Sea.

As a believer and Ambassador for the Lord Jesus Christ, I wish you hope and peace personally, and that you may know the ultimate author of hope and peace in this world; Jesus Christ. For that reason, I wish to bring to your attention some of what the Christian scriptures say about this turbulent time in history, where it seems increasingly likely our world is on the brink of a large scale, global war.

I am aware there are millions of genuine believers in your region, but speaking personally, if you are not a believer in Jesus Christ, may I suggest you get a Christian Bible (a historically authentic collection of books /writings) and read the book of Matthew. It is an accurate historical account of Jesus' first coming to earth, and shows how he dealt with a harsh and uncaring government of a puppet-King under the Roman Empire, and religious leaders called 'Pharisees' who didn't care for people but crushed them under unjust burdens and laws. Jesus fulfilled his mission back then by confronting unjust government and dying as a sacrifice for many people; legally in our place if we 'enter in to contract' with him. The books of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John are all accounts of Jesus' life, death, resurrection and ascention to the Throne of God where he has waited until being ready to return. This same Jesus will return to this world soon, not as a sacrifice, but to legally take possession. All the kingdoms of this world will becomes his possession; but only after a false 'Christ' intervenes to stop war, unites all religions (I believe with the Catholic Pope), and sets up global government. Be aware this will probably happen in the next ten years, maybe very soon given events among the nations. That is why I have written this open letter now.

Do not be deceived, for the 'Ante-Christ' (the false Christ) will be very convincing. He will not be the 'ANTI-Christ', the openly evil ruler depicted by many Hollywood films. He will actually be a false or replacement Christ. That's why he will try to arrange events to seem like he is the authentic Christ, returning to bring peace when war is happening.

I am also writing another open letter regarding the possible return of the ancient goods and super-heroes acknowledged by most cultures because this hot topic most likely ties in with the Ante-Christ's planned deception of this world.

The real Christ came the first time 2,000 years ago to die in our place for our wrongs. When he returns though, it will not be as a man, in weakness, but as the God-Man, in much strength, and he will come to judge the nations and bring in 1,000 years of the 'just government' this world needs to survive. 

We are living in what is possibly the most scary but amazing time in human history. Without Jesus people have little hope. With him you can have hope and peace despite the circumstances. 

Pope Francis & Fortune-Time Global Forum 2016

There's quite a fuss going on as we rush toward 2020.  It seems the Roman Pontiff has got a new world to bring into order. Not only politicians, but also heads of the most significant global companies have pledged allegiance to his agenda.
One item on the Pope' s plan is for digital identities world wide by 2020. Now why would a religious leader want that? Unless there was a deeper agenda, of course. He looks so good seated or front of the leaders of the whole world and receiving their accolades, he could be the Ante-Christ (likeness, substitute for Christ, which is the correct spelling and meaning from the Bible).

To Participants of the Fortune-Time Global Forum (3 December 2016) http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/speeches/2016/december/documents/papa-francesco_20161203_imprenditori.html

7th of Hanukkah

We have only a handful of days left in 2016. I'm up late at night and felt prompted to look at Jewish high days left in this calendar year. It's 30th December, so there's only hours left. This video puts forth a perspective based on the Bible, on Jewish holy days and on available news of global political leadership.

I'm not saying this video is 100% right. I am saying it's very interesting. We live in interesting times. Be prepared for sudden events to overtake us, and have some food (rice, lentils) and cash on hand. But above all, make sure you know Jesus as your Lord: not as your push button vending machine and master of exciting worship.

https://youtu.be/tjc7WseH-Wc

Following through briefly on finances, although there's been a stream of warnings from The Daily Reckoning...

The Aussie dollar has collapsed since 2011.
From a high of US$1.10, the dollar plunged to a six-year low of 69 US cents in August last year.
That’s a 45% drubbing.
Sure, we’ve had some respite this year. The Aussie dollar has climbed back above 70 US cents. But as Daily Reckoning editor Greg Canavan points out, the dollar is about to hit a wall.
Greg predicts the dollar could fall through the 60 cent level and plummet as low as 50 cents in 2017.

So how does a falling Aussie dollar affect you? If the political landscape changes immensely, if the Pope leaves leading the Roman Catholic Church to work hand in hand with Obama, if we get more servers rather events and maybe wars, what space will your head be in? Do you know the one who can wash away fear and save the soul?

If you don't know him, he's commonly known as Jesus Christ, but perhaps more accurately as Yashua Mashiach (Jesus the Messiah).
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