The Economic Elite a Direct Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy

We hear a lot these days about the so-called Economic Elite, their Bilderberg meetings, and their selfish ambitions. It is said that "the long term goal of 'these people' is to control and own everything," and that "they intend to break us." "They’re made up of thousands of individuals who subscribe to an ideology of exploitation and the belief that wealth and resources need to be concentrated into the fewest hands possible (theirs), at the expense of the many."  Source

The Economic Elite, the Bilderbergers, and those of the same characteristics, are a direct fulfillment of Bible Prophecy.  "The Scriptures describe the condition of the world just before Christ's second coming. James the apostle pictures the greed and oppression that will prevail. He says, 'Go to now, ye rich men, . . . ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.' James 5:1-6. This is a picture of what exists today. By every species of oppression and extortion, men are piling up colossal fortunes, while the cries of starving humanity are coming up before God." COL 170.

"This particular individual [in the video below] is Robert Seed, of human cloning noteriety. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to hear the likes of David Rockefeller saying the same thing."  Source



"The idea behind each and every Bilderberg meeting is to create what they themselves call THE ARISTOCRACY OF PURPOSE between European and North American elites on the best way to manage the planet. In other words, the creation of a global network of giant cartels, more powerful than any nation on Earth, destined to control the necessities of life of the rest of humanity, obviously from their vantage point, for our own good and in our benefit – THE GREAT UNWASHED AS THEY CALL US."  Source

The Economic Elite, in their pride, are building a second tower of Babel which will meet with the same fate as the first. The builders of the first towel of Babel were "determined to keep their community united in one body, and to found a monarchy that should eventually embrace the whole earth."  PP 119. "Their confederacy was founded in rebellion; a kingdom established for self-exaltation, but in which God was to have no rule or honor. Had this confederacy been permitted, a mighty power would have borne sway to banish righteousness--and with it peace, happiness, and security--from the earth." PP 123. 

The Lord interposed and "The schemes of the Babel builders ended in shame and defeat. The monument to their pride became the memorial of their folly." PP 123.
 
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The Elite, in their ambitious plans to rule the earth according to their will, have exalted themselves to heaven, "The prosperity of fools shall slay them." Proverb 1:31. "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy." Ezekiel 16:49.

"God's word is fulfilling; the wicked are binding themselves up in bundles ready to be burned." CH 273.  "In the world gigantic monopolies will be formed. Men will bind themselves together in unions that will wrap them in the folds of the enemy. A few men will combine to grasp all the means to be obtained in certain lines of business." CL 10 (1903). This time has fully come.

"The Ruler of the universe has protested against the greed of the natural heart, saying, 'He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent' Prov. 28:20. God records them as guilty of fraud and transgression. 'Nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy'' 1 Tim. 6:17. 'Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure' Lev. 19:35. 'By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life' Prov. 22:4. 'Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee' Heb. 12:5. 'He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, not he that loveth abundance with increase' Eccl. 5:10. He who says to gold, 'Thou art my confidence' Job 31:24, shall find himself 'pierced through with many sorrows' 1 Tim. 6:10. 'What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?' Mark 8:36." 15MR 74.

The Economic Elite and the Bilderbergers "'speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily' (Psalm 73:8), trampling upon human rights and disregarding divine authority. The proud may be for a time in great power, and may see success in all that they undertake; but in the end they will find only disappointment and wretchedness.

"The time of God's investigation is at hand. The Most High will come down to see that which the children of men have builded. His sovereign power will be revealed; the works of human pride will be laid low. 'The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.' 'The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.' Psalm 33:13, 14, 10, 11." PP 124.

Vatican Control Through Civil Law

The Sinister Intentions of the Vatican Exposed

"By the end of this decade (A.D. 2000) we will live under the first one-world government that has ever existed in the society of nations...a government with absolute authority to decide the basic issues of human survival. A one-world government is inevitable.” “Rome must always be the center of all Christianity and the pope must be the head.” - From  Malachi Martin’s book, The Keys of this Blood.

Loyalty to God: An Exciting, Motivating Concept

I had a close and happy walk with God in my early youth.  It was my greatest joy to commune with God out in nature; those were the happiest days of my life.  But gradually, over a period of years, I was was beguiled by earthly pleasures. Through miserable years far from the Lord, God's mercy did not forsake me - He kept tenderly wooing me, and such loving kindness made a deep impression upon my mind.  Out of a deep gratitude, I resolved that I would be loyal to God come what may.

One of my favorite quotes is:  "Loyalty to God, faith in the Unseen, was Joseph's anchor. In this lay the hiding of his power."  Ed 53.

When Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery, for a time he "gave himself up to uncontrolled grief and terror."  But "then his thoughts turned to his father's God...His soul thrilled with the high resolve to prove himself true to God--under all circumstances to act as became a subject of the King of heaven. He would serve the Lord with undivided heart; he would meet the trials of his lot with fortitude and perform every duty with fidelity."  PP 213.

Daniel is an inspiring example of loyalty to God:  "Daniel did not seek to hide his loyalty to God."  RH, May 3, 1892.  "For his loyalty to God, Daniel was thrust into the den of lions."  BEcho, March 1, 1893.

There's many other Bible examples of loyalty to God: Moses' mother "sought to implant in his heart love and loyalty to God."  Ed 61.  "Abel had a spirit of loyalty to God; he saw justice and mercy in the Creator's dealings with the fallen race, and gratefully accepted the hope of redemption." PP 71.  "In the history of prophets and apostles, are many noble examples of loyalty to God. Christ's witnesses have endured imprisonment, torture, and death itself, rather than break God's commands."  AA 81.

When I made my own decision to turn from the attractions of the world and be loyal to God, one verse that really helped pull my feet out of the mire was Hebrews 11:25.  Moses could have had everything this world had to offer, but he chose "rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season."  At the end of his life, "in reviewing the scenes of his life," Moses concluded that "he had made a wise decision in choosing to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season." PP 437.

"Be no longer under the thralldom of sin, but as a loyal subject to the King of kings, prove your loyalty to God."  YI, February 2, 1893.

"The essence of all righteousness is loyalty to our Redeemer. This will lead us to do right because it is right--because right doing is pleasing to God."  COL 97.

It's an exciting time to be alive.  Prophecy is now being fulfilled with stunning rapidity, and Christ's coming is at the door.  Truly, what Jesus said privately to His disciples could be applied to us as well, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:  For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."

Because of our loyalty to God, a storm, relentless in its fury, is about to break over our heads with blinding force.  Oh that we might, like Joseph, thrill with the high resolve to be true to God at such a time as this.   "To stand in defense of truth and righteousness when the majority forsake us, to fight the battles of the Lord when champions are few--this will be our test. At this time we must gather warmth from the coldness of others, courage from their cowardice, and loyalty from their treason."  5T 136 (1882).

"The same spirit that actuated those who persecuted the true church in ages past, will lead Protestants to pursue a similar course toward those who will maintain their loyalty to God. Church and state are now making preparations for the last great conflict."  RH, January 23, 1908.

"The light concerning the binding claims of the law of God is to be presented everywhere. This is to be a deciding question. It will test and prove the world." Special Testimonies, Series A, No. 7, pp. 17, 18. (1874).

"In all ages the Sabbath has been the test of loyalty to God. 'It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever,' the Lord declares."  Gospel Workers, pp. 148, 149. (1915).

Protestantism's Foolish, Fatal Mistake

In view of the many dark centuries in which protestants were persecuted, tortured and slaughtered at the hands of the papacy, it is truly stunning that today's protestants actually believe they are wiser than the founders of their own churches, who, without exception, believed that on the pontifical throne was seated the Antichrist.  It is a matter of wonderment that the protestant churches would, in our own time, use their influence to exalt he whom their founders emphatically identified as the Antichrist, and for opposing which their ancestors suffered and endured the fiercest persecution.

God in His great mercy, delivered protestants from the Inquisition, opening up for them the New World in which they could build a new nation upon the broad foundation of civil and religious liberty.  "The feeble and isolated colonies grew to a confederation of powerful States, and the world marked with wonder the peace and prosperity of 'a church without a pope, and a State without a king.' "  GC 296. Sad indeed, the irretrievable ruin to which the protestant world is hastening at lightning speed, and they will be without excuse.  God's word gave warning of the impending danger, but it went unheeded, leaving no other outcome but that protestants "will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare."  GC 581.

Colin Standish wrote, "The nations of Europe will quickly see the folly of their action as the final events of earth’s history unfold; however, it will then be forever too late. At that time, they will turn on the Papacy with unprecedented ferocity."

    "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. 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. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city [Rome], which reigneth over the kings of the earth."  Revelation 17:16–18.   Source

"The Christian world will learn what Romanism really is, when it is too late to escape the snare."  4SP 397.

"There is nothing on earth sweeter than the heart of a pious woman"

by Merle d'Aubigné

About the year 1498, Martin Luther, was nearly fifteen years old.  So great was the poverty of his parents that upon going from home to school in another town he, along with other children, was for a time obliged obtain his food by singing from door to door, and he often suffered from hunger.

One day these children, at the beginning of their hungry labor, stopped before a house and sang, as was their habit.  Being turned away, they moved on, singing as they went. "Be off with you!" was their coarse greeting; and tears fell from Martin's eyes.  Yet he was not discouraged; he stopped before a third house, and selected his sweetest hymn.  His fine alto voice combined with the voice of his friends, and a strain full of harmony arose, begging bread of the wealthy inhabitants of the house.  The song ended, yet nobody appeared.  Upon this, Martin timidly went up and knocked at the door.  "Idler! beggar! vagabond!" - this was all the alms they gave him.  They refused a crust of bread to him who was destined ere long to become benefactor of Germany and of the world.

The poor boy shrunk back affrighted:  his heart was wrung with grief; and he withdrew, a prey to shame and sorrow.  "What!" said he mournfully to himself; "are we to be despised because we sing for bread?  Have not many great doctors and gentlemen begun like us?"  And then he added bitterly:  "Must I give up my studies, return to my father's, and work in the mines at Mansfeld?"

The unfortunate Martin was indulging in these gloomy reflections in St. George's Square, in front of a house of good appearance, inhabited by Ursula Cotta, a pious and wealthy woman, daughter of a rich burgomaster of Iiefeld.  When she heard the distant voices of the students, she has approached the window, and witnessed the repeated humiliations inflicted on the poor boy.  The scholar's beautiful voice and fervent prayers had long since attracted her attention at church, and she had seen with interest young Martin come near her house.  The latter, dishearted, was preparing to return home with empty pockets and heart bowed down with sorrow, when suddenly--oh, what joy!...he can scarcely believe his eyes...a door opens, a lady dressed in an elegant constume, according to the fashion of the times, appears on the threshold, descends the steps, and approaching him, says, "Come here, my boy; come into my house:  I will give you some bread."  She set him down at her table, spoke to him in sympathizing tones, and a few days after, being received under her roof, the poor scholar saw his studies secured.  From that hour Martin Luther prayed with more faith and studied with more ardour.

The charity of this Christian woman had worked in him a great transformation.  The school and his books had become dearer to him.  He felt in his heart an inexpressible rapture.  Sorrow had given place to joy, and in his leisure hours he practiced on the flue and the lute.  The chronicle of Eisenach calls Ursula "the pious Shunamite," in remembrance of that rich woman of Shunem who constrained the prophet Elisha to enter her house (2 Kings 4); and Martin himself, thinking of his adoptive mother, gave utterance in after-years to the beautiful thought:  "There is nothing on earth sweeter than the heart of a pious woman."

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"And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." Matthew 10:42.

"Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven." Mattew 18:10.

 

"Christian Supremacists" in the Military on a Mission to Evangelize Enlisted Members to Project Their Ideology on Society and the World

The ongoing collapse of the wall between church and state in the United States, a dramatic fulfillment of Bible prophecy, is playing out in the military.  Top military commanders in the U.S. military are openly flouting the first amendment, openly expressing contempt for other religious traditions, believing they are fulfilling the Lord's plan to raise a godly army.



Using the military uniform to project their religion to the world, their strategic goal is to evangelize "enlisted military members  throughout their military careers and build Christian military leaders to influence the nation for Christ."  "They are government paid missionaries when they leave here."

This is clearly "contrary to our Constitutional laws and stands in naked violation of what is meant by the term separation of church and state."

Throughout the U.S. military a "determined, and fanatical clique wants to abuse its power and prosetlyze to service members below them in the chain of command. Through this captive market, they can inject their peculiar ideology into the most powerful institution on earth....this isn't just a civil rights issue, it's a national security threat of the gravest magnitude...the infection wasn't isolated; the virulence was military-wide. He likens it to nuclear contamination. 'If you had a geiger counter, there wouldn't be a place you couldn't find it,' he says."

"These types of Christians go by many names..: fundamentalists, dominionists, the Christian Right, Christian nationalists. I asked Elizabeth Sholes, [the public policy director of the California Council of Churches/IMPACT, which represents 1.5 million progressive Protestant members] if Christian supremacists is an accurate description. She says yes. But Shole's assessment goes even further, comparing Christian supremacists to Nazis. Asked if they represent Christian fascism, she doesn't hesitate: 'Yes.' "  Source

From a Christianity Today Review of "The Sabbath World," Insight into once Unlikely Supporters of Sunday Blue Laws

How Shall We Then Rest?
Sabbath-keeping reconsidered.
Karl E. Johnson | posted 6/28/2010

(Excerpt) - "...she also sees that, when it comes to the ever-encroaching world of work, resistance is greatly aided by legal proscription. She thus favors European-style vacations (longer) and work-weeks (shorter), suggests we incentivize the coordination of social time by taxing off-hours labor, and—get this—she calls blue laws "underrated." Indeed the irony is that those most sympathetic to blue laws today include secular and religious Jews, neo-Marxists, and even atheists such as Sam Harris. Although such legal advocacy would have been familiar to Christian Sabbatarians from William Bradford in the 1620s to William Jennings Bryan in the 1920s, Christians today speak of Sabbath-keeping in terms that are essentially experiential and therapeutic. As Shulevitz trenchantly puts it, Christians are no longer Sabbatarians in part because they are so busy on Sunday, rushing from their megachurch's ATM machine to the mall.  If she is right about the church's captivity to consumerism, then perhaps the Sabbath is a feast that will be preserved not primarily by those who have been invited, but by those who are hungriest for a different order of time." Source

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That prophesied time indeed has come when the churches and the world are united in corrupt harmony:   "The so-called Christian world is to be the theater of great and decisive actions. Men in authority will enact laws controlling the conscience, after the example of the papacy. Babylon will make all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. Every nation will be involved....'These have one mind.' There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan's forces." 3SM 392 (1891).  "The professed Protestant world will form a confederacy with the man of sin, and the church and the world will be in corrupt harmony."  7BC 975. (1891).

The Longer than Anticipated Delay

A longer than expected delay in Christ's coming causes the foolish virgins to be found without oil.

"Lingering near the bride's house are ten young women robed in white. Each carries a lighted lamp and a small flagon for oil. All are anxiously watching for the appearance of the bridegroom. But there is a delay. Hour after hour passes; the watchers become weary and fall asleep. At midnight the cry is heard, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.' The sleepers, suddenly awaking, spring to their feet. They see the procession moving on, bright with torches and glad with music. They hear the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. The ten maidens seize their lamps and begin to trim them, in haste to go forth. But five have neglected to fill their flasks with oil. They did not anticipate so long a delay, and they have not prepared for the emergency." COL 405

"I am often referred to the parable of the ten virgins, five of whom were wise, and five foolish. This parable has been and will be fulfilled to the very letter...." RH, August 19, 1890

Catholic Publications say John F. Kennedy's Belief in Separation of Church and State "was wrong" and "is worthless"

A startling indicator of how we have changed dramatically as a nation in the last 60 years can be seen in this fascinating four-part video of candidate elect John F. Kennedy in 1960 as he tries to reassure voters of his loyalty to the United States over the pope. The questions Kennedy faced from a group of Protestant ministers in Houston, Texas, no Catholic candidate would face today.  Fear of the papacy's intentions seems all but non-existent among the electorate at large.  Times have changed!  To those who know Bible prophecy, the thickenings signs are a sure admonition to "watch and be ready."  "A storm is coming, relentless in its fury. Are we prepared to meet it?"  8T 315.  "The work of the people of God is to prepare for the events of the future, which will soon come upon them with blinding force."  SM2 142.  

America's character and principles are so altered since 1960 that Catholic's publications can boldly proclaim that president Kennedy was wrong, and his loyalty to the Constitution, "worthless." Further, that Kennedy's speech in Houston caused serious damage.  Source

The archbishop of Denver, Charles J. Chaput returned to Houston on March 1st and told a Baptist conference on the role of Christians in public life that, "We live in a country that was once – despite its sins and flaws – deeply shaped by Christian faith. It can be so again. But we will do that together, or we won’t do it at all."   Source


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Despite Deceptive Wording and Protestations to the Contrary, the Papacy does not Espouse Liberty of Conscience

"that absurd and erroneous proposition which claims that liberty of conscience must be maintained for everyone. It spreads ruin in sacred and civil affairs, though some repeat over and over again with the greatest impudence that some advantage accrues to religion from it." - Encyclical of Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos on Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism

"Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church from the state, and to break the mutual concord between temporal authority and the priesthood." - Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII,
Libertas - On the Nature of Human Liberty

"Another liberty is widely advocated, namely, liberty of conscience. If by this is meant that everyone may, as he chooses, worship God or not, it is sufficiently refuted by the arguments already adduced." - Pope Pius IX, Quanta Cura

"From which totally false idea of social government they do not fear to foster that erroneous opinion, most fatal in its effects on the Catholic Church and the salvation of souls, called by Our Predecessor, Gregory XVI, an 'insanity,' viz., that liberty of conscience and worship is each man's personal right, which ought to be legally proclaimed and asserted in every rightly constituted society; and that a right resides in the citizens to an absolute liberty, which should be restrained by no authority whether ecclesiastical or civil, whereby they may be able openly and publicly to manifest and declare any of their ideas whatever, either by word of mouth, by the press, or in any other way." - Pope Pius IX,
Quanta Cura

THUS the assertion has been made by the Popes that the concepts of religious liberty and freedom of speech are nothing less than 'insanity,' and that Catholic and civil authorities have the right to restrict and abolish all rights of anyone who is not Catholic. In short, heretics advocate religious freedom.

A Prophetic Statement by Herbert W. Armstrong 56 Years Ago

To anyone familiar with the teachings of the late Herbert W. Armstrong, the fact that the EU is blatantly trying to enforce Sunday should be electrifying. Here is what he wrote: “The Roman Church caused people to receive the mark of pagan Rome—the Sunday observed by the pagan Roman Empire—and the penalty for disobedience was death! Fifty million or more were put to death—so says history. … Yes, the mark … once again will be enforced! No one will be able to hold a job or engage in business without it. Those refusing will once again be tortured and martyred—probably by the secret police of the political state—but at the behest of the church!”

Mr. Armstrong wrote those words over 56 years ago, before the European Economic Community even started. Now, European leaders are discussing amendments that would force Sunday observance on the whole of Europe, exactly the way Mr. Armstrong said they would. Bible prophecy reveals that, soon, no one will be allowed to work on Sunday, and those who wish to observe Saturday will be unable to buy or sell (Revelation 13:16-17). As in the past, when the Catholic Church has the power to enforce Sunday, life will be brutal for those who disagree.      Source

Vatican Announces the Pope's Visit to the UK in September at the Queen's Request

Bishop Backs Campaign to keep Sunday work Free

July 6, 2010 - Today in the House of Lords Lord Hylton proposed that Sundays be kept as work-free as possible.

It follows requests to the European Union by the Council of Ministers.

Speaking to Premier's "Revd" Cindy Kent is the Bishop of Gloucester - Right Reverend Michael Perham (click on play button):

Sunday Trading — Question

House of Lords debates, 6 July 2010, 2:48 pm 

The government has said it has "no plans" to change the laws on shops opening on Sundays.

In the House of Lords, Business Minister Baroness Wilcox said it was important to maintain "flexibility" for employees and firms.

But crossbench peer Lord Hylton argued that a national day of rest would "bring huge benefits" to families, voluntary work and the environment.

Sunday trading was introduced in England and Wales in 1994.

Addressing peers, Baroness Wilcox said: "The government has no plans to make Sundays work-free."
'Lovely thought'

Lord Hylton asked: "Can I persuade her that a national day of rest would bring huge benefits to family life, to recreational sport, to voluntary social activity and even to the environment, by reducing the pollution arising from commercial activities?"

Baroness Wilcox replied: "What a lovely thought. But you will be aware that British workers already have that right to a day's rest, or two days a week, and it's not up to the government to decide what best suits the individual."

There were some laughs when Liberal Democrat Lord Razzall suggested that banning trading risked "throwing us back to those dull Sundays we remember as teenagers".

One peer yelled: "Speak for yourself."

In response to a comment from the Bishop of Gloucester, Baroness Wilcox said Boxing Day, which falls on a Sunday this year, would be treated as a normal trading Sunday.

Under the Sunday Trading Act, all stores in England and Wales are free to trade in all goods on Sundays. BBC

NOTE:  One step back, two steps forward.  The papacy continues its relentless campaign to enshrine Sunday observance into EU law.  Pope Benedict XVI visits Britain in September.  Bible prophecy has pulled back the curtain and will be fulfilled to the letter.  Soon papal and apostate protestant influence will bring about Sunday enforcement in England as it has in other European nations.  "In both the Old and the New World, the papacy will receive homage in the honor paid to the Sunday institution, that rests solely upon the authority of the Roman Church."  GC 578. 

How Rome Pressured the Congress of the United States into Passing the Health Care Bill

 by Pastor Hal Mayer

Rome’s influence was powerfully manifested in a recent vote in the United States House of Representatives, and subsequently forced the President to take action to support Rome’s demands. Remember that the Speaker of the House is a Roman Catholic named Nancy Pelosi. Though she is liberal, she has very good relations with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States and abroad, particularly in Rome as you will soon see. Also, remember that the majority leader of the House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer, is also a Roman Catholic. And again, the minority leader of the House of Representatives is John Boehner, another Roman Catholic. Moreover, Roman Catholics make up essentially 30% of the U.S. Congress, many of whom were trained at Jesuit institutions, the most notable of which is Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

The decision that I am referring to is the health care bill that was recently enacted by Congress so that there can be universal health care in the United States. It is really a bill which is a dramatic step toward the socialization of American health care. It has been a key platform of President Obama’s administration. Interestingly, the Catholic Church, since 1963 has supported the concept of universal health care at public expense. The church and the liberal administration have found common cause.

While I don’t want to get into all the ramifications of this particular law, I do need to tell you just one piece of information that will help you understand the rest of what I am going to say. Originally this bill had provisions in it that would allow the government to pay for abortions as part of the health care plan.

The bill delegated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the power to make abortion an essential benefit in all health plans, and in any ‘public plan’ created by the legislation. But the final House of Representatives version of the bill does not have that provision. In fact, abortion was specifically excluded from the House version in spite of the fact that President Obama is a strong supporter of liberal abortion laws, as is Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House. How the bill was changed is the story you need to hear.

But as the debate wended its way through Congress, I wondered if the Catholic Church would get more involved in some way. Little did I know that they were actually going to mobilize a major campaign to engineer a coup d‘état and force liberal democrats to vote in favor of conservative amendments against abortion funding in the bill.



On November 11, 2009, the Associated Press published an article entitled “Catholic Bishops Shape Health Care Bill.” The opening statement is very revealing. “Catholic bishops have emerged as a formidable force in the health care overhaul fight, using their clout with millions of Catholics and working behind the scenes in Congress to get strong abortion restrictions into the House bill.”

Notice that the bishops used their clout with millions of Catholics in America, 68 million of them in fact, to pressure Congress to do their will. They worked behind the scenes – stealthily I might add, just as prophecy predicted. The second sentence in the article is just as revealing… “[The bishops] don’t spend a dime on what is legally defined as lobbying, but lawmakers and insiders recognize that the bishops’ voices matter — and they move votes.”

The Wall Street Journal revealed much of the powerful campaign conducted by the bishops. Listen. “At least four representatives of the [Bishop’s Conference] worked the House…, holding private meetings with lawmakers and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The group distributed talking points to priests across the country and gave fliers to churches featuring the headline, ‘Health Care Reform Is About Saving Lives, Not Destroying Them.’ A prayer circulated to churches supporting an overhaul of the health-care system included the phrase: ‘We will raise our voices to protect the unborn.’” But that’s not all they did, as you will see in a few minutes.

Here is a little history. In the United States, there has been a long-standing open relationship between the leaders of government and the Roman Catholic bishops. Ever since at least the Carter Administration, presidents and popes began to cavort together and work in secret alliances to accomplish mutual geopolitical goals. These successful alliances have also opened the door for the bishops to become increasingly involved in direct intervention in domestic government affairs in the intervening years. As the Roman Catholic population in the United States has increased dramatically through immigration, and as the Catholic Church has become dramatically more popular in the last 30 years, the bishops have gained tremendous political clout. Almost all Americans have no objections to a foreign geopolitical power strongly influencing U.S. politics, if it is the Roman Catholic Church.

The Journal revealed what really happened secretly behind closed doors. “Representatives for the bishops were in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Capitol suite negotiating with top officials… as they reached final terms of the agreement.”

Earlier in the day, Pelosi, a Catholic and an abortion rights supporter, had been contacted by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Washington’s former archbishop, now in Rome. He called her from Rome to discuss the abortion restrictions that he and Rome wanted in the bill. “It was just one element of an intensive lobbying effort orchestrated by the nation’s Catholic bishops,” wrote Breitbart.com, “who have emerged as a formidable force in the health care negotiations.”

But this was only the beginning of the bishop’s intervention. They had a well planned strategy. I’ll quote again from the article. “It wasn’t the first time a high-ranking Catholic had weighed in with a key player on writing strict abortion curbs into the health measure. Boston’s Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley personally appealed to President Barack Obama about it near the church altar (of all places) at the early September funeral for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. [In addition] Bishops quietly called their congressmen and senators to weigh in.”

Rome worked every angle she could. The Stupak amendment, by which the abortion restrictions are known, was the tool used to pressure Congress. It was designed and introduced by Representative Bart Stupak, D-Mich., a Roman Catholic, and a strong abortion opponent even though he is a Democrat. The Stupak amendment wasn’t even considered to be viable until the Catholic bishops got involved the week before the vote with a massive campaign to pressure the House of Representatives to take out the abortion funding. Listen to Bart Stupak’s own words; “The Catholic Church used their power — their clout, if you will — to influence this issue. They had to. It’s a basic teaching of the religion…”

“It was [actually] Stupak” said the AP report “who told Pelosi… that if she wanted a deal on the health bill, she’d be well advised to invite the bishops’ staff, who were already in his office, to her table. ‘I said, ‘Well, they’re here, and they’re one of the key groups you want to have on your side, so why don’t we just bring them in and work this out,’’ Stupak said.” Pelosi did, and the result revealed what really went on behind the scenes. The bishop’s conference convinced Nancy and other leading Democrats that the only way to get the House version of the health care bill passed was to include the anti-abortion Stupak amendment. The Stupak Amendment passed the House 240-196, leading to the narrow passage of the entire bill.

The amendment was co-sponsored by Joseph Pitts, an evangelical from Pennsylvania, and a strong abortion foe as well. This is an example of Catholics and Evangelicals working together to achieve Rome’s political goals.

The battle had became intense, both over the involvement of the Catholic Church and the amendment. There were actually up to 40 Democrats that were dissatisfied with the bill. They would have been enough to stop Pelosi’s health care bill if they were all unwilling to vote yes. Pelosi and her fellow Democratic leaders were working behind closed doors, scrambling to forge a compromise right down to the 11th hour to save the legislation. Rome obviously took advantage of this situation.

Several Democrats, including Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pennsylvania, said they are in touch with their Catholic bishops back home. Altmire said he must have the approval of his bishop in Pittsburgh before he can vote yes. Imagine having to ask your pastor’s approval to vote for something like this. How is it that the Catholic Bishops have such powerful influence?

Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio, said he’s “trying to get to yes,” but said he won’t vote for the health care bill unless it says “no federal funds used to pay for abortions and so that means no federal funds used to pay for abortion in the public option.” Dreihaus is a Roman Catholic who worked closely with Jesuit Xavier University for a time as a teacher of political science, and as one time director and now consultant to the Community Building Institute, a collaborative effort of Xavier and United Way. Dreihaus is very friendly with the Jesuits and no doubt understands how to work with them.


Fox News 4 published an editorial by radio commentator Bill Press entitled Congress of Catholic Bishops. “Consider this scenario," wrote Press. “After months of debate, the national legislature is set to cast an historic vote. But, before legislators can vote yea or nay, the bill must first be sent to the country’s Supreme Religious Council for its approval. Only after unelected clerics give their blessing are elected politicians permitted to vote.

“Did that happen in Iran? No, it happened right here, in the House of Representatives, during [the] vote on health care reform.

“A carefully crafted piece of legislation — the result of months of debate by three different House committees — was before the House for a final vote. But, at the 11th hour, lobbyists for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops descended on the Capitol, declared they could not accept provisions in the bill restricting federal funding of abortion, demanded that the language be made tougher — and dutiful Democrats did just what the bishops ordered.”

In other words, the conservative Catholic vote in the House of Representatives was so vital to Nancy Pelosi that she knew, ultimately, that she had to have the bishop’s support. She needed 218 votes. Considering that the bill lacked 19 votes up until that time, it is astonishing that the bill narrowly passed, suggesting that the arm-twisting was very intense. The final count was 220 in favor of the bill, just two votes to spare. It also suggests that those 21 votes were holding up the voting in favor of the demands of the Catholic Church.

Obviously my friends, the Catholic bishops convinced Nancy Pelosi and certain other Democratic leaders that they would lose the whole health care reform bill if they didn’t make the abortion changes.

Bill Press continued; “In so doing, they might just as well have tossed the First Amendment, and its separation of church and state, right out the window. Civil liberty advocates should be equally angry over such a blatant violation of the Constitution,” he said. “In effect, members of Congress gave Catholic bishops a veto over federal legislation: power that no group of religious leaders should hold over a secular, popularly elected Congress. Who elected the bishops, anyway? And whom do they represent?”

My friends, the “stones” are crying out. Though Mr. Press, a Catholic, is on the other side of the abortion question from the bishops, and even though many of God’s people would agree with the bishops concerns, students of prophecy should not miss the importance of what happened.

Listen to the prophet Daniel in speaking of the power of Rome. It’s from Chapter 7:7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it…” While we have not seen this power in its fullest strength, we are beginning to see how Rome does this. She devoured the Democrats and broke them down. This is only the beginning folks, but we must see that this is a partial fulfillment of this prophecy. Rome is getting ready to devour God’s people if she can, and “destroy the mighty and the holy people,” Daniel 8:25 says. Those are the ones who keep all of God’s commandments and have the Holy Spirit in latter rain power. Rome is demonstrating her power as she rises to the height to which prophecy destines her.

Bill Press made another very interesting point. “Why is there special treatment for Catholic bishops?” he asked. “Can you imagine the complaints from Democrats if religious conservatives James Dobson and Pat Robertson had been given the same access? Or the howls of outrage from conservatives if Congress first took time out to ask Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson for their blessing? Not to mention the universal uproar [there would be] were a group of Muslim clerics consulted before the vote. No other group of religious leaders would have been given that special access to the corridors of power…”

While any American Catholic, even a bishop has the right to speak out on political matters in America as an individual, it is another thing however, for the bishops to lobby Congress as a religious entity or church, and then go on a full throttle campaign to pressure Congress through Catholic Church members. This is a violation of the intent of the first amendment, separation of church and state in the U.S. Constitution, if not of the constitution itself. The reason the bishops have such powerful influence is because of the dual nature of the Catholic Church. No other church has the kind of power that Rome has because they are not a mixture of Church and nation state. The Bible tells us this in Revelation 17 by describing this entity as both a beast and a woman. There are other nations that mix religion and politics, but none of them have the global clout that Rome has.

Bill Press concluded; “If Catholic bishops are going to demand a voice in legislation, then they must do what all other special interests in Washington do: register as lobbyists and pay their taxes. If they insist on playing politics, then we should insist on taking away the Catholic Church’s tax-exempt status.”

In other words, the nation’s laws are being influenced and manipulated by a powerfully influential church that is doing so without paying taxes. This is illegal in the United States.

In essence the Vatican actually passed judgment on civil legislation in the United States Congress before the vote was taken, and in effect, delivered Catholic votes for it once their demands were met. The outcome of the legislation in the House demonstrates that while the Republicans don’t have the votes to stop proposed legislation, the Vatican has the power to get it passed in harmony with its own agenda.

Notice that the Roman Catholic Church, a foreign nation, is now in a position to judge at least some of America’s laws. This should not go unnoticed by students of prophecy. When the Catholic Church has the power to successfully pressure the U.S. House of Representatives against their own majority, we have come to an unprecedented moment in history. It makes you wonder how long it will be until Rome will reach critical mass, so that any law that impinges in her principles, will ultimately be “engineered” or “fixed” by the Catholic bishops. More dangerously, how long will it be until Rome is capable of getting laws initiated and passed that restrict God’s last generation of Sabbath keepers, such as Sunday laws?

While you and I may agree with Rome’s position concerning abortion, this process in Congress to politically pressure legislative representatives to do her will, even though the vast majority disagree with Rome concerning abortion, is extremely significant.

There were enough conservative Democrats, mostly Catholic, who oppose abortion and would not vote in favor of the legislation unmodified, that the liberal and most powerful Democrats had to forego one of their key principles to bring the conservatives over to support the health care bill. The fact that the bill passed by only two votes, tells us that Rome has enough power to influence the outcome if it is one of Rome’s key principles, even when there is a wide margin of votes against her. It also tells us that Rome doesn’t yet have full throttle power if the House is more united against her positions. But she is well on the way to having it.
Not that long ago Republicans held the power of Congress. Democrats were very weak for most of the years between the Reagan administration and the present. The Democratic Party had to get more conservative Democrats elected into congressional office. Listen to the Wall Street Journal.

“The bishops’ success” wrote the Journal “served as a reminder that Democrats’ strategy over the past two election cycles of recruiting more conservative candidates to run in competitive House and Senate seats can have unwelcome policy consequences for liberals among the party’s base. About 40 House Democrats are opposed to abortion rights.”

Do you see what happened? Once there were enough conservative Democrats in Congress that were opposed to abortion, the Catholic Church could then use them to manipulate Congress into legislating in harmony with her religious principles. That is dangerous, my friends. What would happen if more conservative Democrats were elected to the U.S. Congress.

“The bishops have a history of political activism,” continued the Journal. “In the 2004 presidential race, some bishops said they would refuse to grant communion to Democratic nominee John Kerry, a Catholic who favored abortion rights. In 2005, the bishops’ conference backed efforts by then-President George W. Bush and Republican lawmakers to intervene in the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case. But rarely has the church entered the fray with such decisive force [as it did with the health care reform bill].”

Remember that of the members of Congress, 30 percent are Roman Catholic. Most of them are liberals. But should that change and more conservatives get voted into office over time, the landscape could change, giving Rome additional power. However, even now full power could arise on a specific issue if almost the whole nation were united concerning it. For instance, if massive disasters occurred and the bishops, mainstream pastors and evangelical preachers began promoting Sunday observance as a way to get the nation back to God, Sunday laws could easily pass through the House and the Senate rather quickly.

“The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…” continued the Associated Press, “derives its power in large part from the sheer number of Catholics in this country… but also from the special moral and religious standing of its members. Many of them are in regular contact with lawmakers, weighing in on issues from immigration policy to benefits for low-income people.”

Note the point about special moral and religious standing of the Catholic Church members. The suggestion here is that they have more power and influence than other people when Roman Catholic members speak.
Kathy Saile, a spokesperson for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops made a very telling comment that was quoted in the AP article mentioned earlier. After pointing out that the Democrats are keenly aware of the power of Catholic voters, more than 50% of whom voted for President Obama, the AP reported that Kathy Saile said, “This was a lot of members of Congress listening to their constituents.” Of course she means that mainly Roman Catholic constituents were being listened to by Democrats that are keenly aware of their power. This comment coming from the Catholic Bishops spokesperson suggests that the bishops had been working behind the scenes urging their people to contact their elected officials, even telling them what to say.

This is, in fact, exactly what the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops did. They engaged in an outright, all-out campaign, largely out of sight of the public press by distributing “fliers to every parish in the nation asking people to pray for abortion restrictions and to call their congressmen and senators asking them to ‘fix these bills with pro-life amendments,’” said the AP report.

Moreover, continued the AP article, “the conference staff got elbow-deep in the legislative machinations on the health measure, even having bishops intervene with Republicans — who were loath to help Democrats pass their bill — to make sure they supported the abortion provisions.”

In other words, the bishops worked both sides of the political isle to get the legislation passed with provisions satisfactory to themselves. Incidentally, they weren’t as successful with Republicans as they were with Democrats. Only one Republican voted for the bill.

His name was Jospeh Cao, a Roman Catholic from New Orleans, LA. Once the anti-abortion provisions were included, he was prepared to support the health care reform bill. Cao studied for six years at a Jesuit seminary to become a Jesuit priest, but eventually abandoned that to pursue Philosophy and Law. Cao attended both Jesuit Fordham University in New York, and Loyola University in New Orleans to acquire his masters degree and his law degree respectively. Loyola had him teaching undergraduate philosophy classes while in law school there. No doubt Cao is very familiar with Catholic teaching and the Church’s positions concerning universal health care and abortion. Moreover, one would expect that he could be depended on to assist Rome in her efforts to get the legislation passed in the House of Representatives.

The AP article went on to say that “The outcome [of the health care vote in the House of Representatives] left abortion-rights supporters, who couldn’t muster enough votes in the House to head off Catholic… intervention, fuming. The bishops ‘essentially got signoff. They dictated this, and it’s totally inappropriate — it’s blatant interference between church and state,’ said Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority. ‘The women’s movement and the pro-choice forces feel like they were had.’”

I want you to think about those comments for a minute. Can you see what is happening? Those who are defending the separation of church and state in this case, are the feminists and pro-abortionists. Will those who defend the separation of church and state on the grounds of Bible principle get lumped in with these? When the best solution to a national or international emergency is a religious solution that sounds very pious and righteous, but is actually overturning the separation of church and state, and compelling people to break the law of God, how effective do you think God’s faithful people will be in arguing in favor of separation of church and state, and against Sunday laws, when linked with people that press progressive liberal agendas? Friends, in more than one way, God’s Sabbath keeping people have also been “had” by the Roman Catholic bishop’s intervention. It is only a matter of time.

"Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, an evangelical group that tends to side with Republicans, said Saturday’s vote ranked among the most important victories for abortion foes since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing the procedure, because it came under Democratic leadership,” reported the Wall Street Journal.

Speaking of the Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi said at a press conference, “We’re glad to take responsibility for this bill, and the credit.” But the real credit goes to the Catholic Bishops whose aggressive campaign handed the vote to the Democrats. When the Vatican has the ability to turn liberal Democrats on their heads, my friends, we can see that Rome has largely fulfilled its prophetic destiny to become perhaps the most powerful religious and political influence in American politics.

Listen to this statement from the book Great Controversy, page 588. “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The United States is perhaps toward the end of the process of reaching across the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power.

Friends, we are in the state of orange alert, and not far from red alert. “The evidence indicates that the Bishops-and the Vatican itself-are calling the shots behind the scene,” wrote Accuracy in Media.com. “In fact, as many media organizations are now reporting, they engineered the “compromise” that deleted abortion funding so the bill could pass the House.”



The Bishops also went after the Senate, but were not able to get an amendment to the Senate version of the bill to eliminate abortion funding. Apparently, the Senate doesn’t have enough abortion foes yet for the Catholic Church to do what it did in the House. That is why Rome has clearly not reached the zenith of her power. However, during the reconciliation process between the two versions of the bill, the Bishops again pressed hard for the removal of the funding. Again, the conservative members of the House held out for abortion restrictions. This in turn forced President Obama to issue an executive order to restricting funding for abortion in the reconciled bill. Only then did enough conservatives vote in favor of the bill.

The Bishops were not satisfied with an executive order because it can be sassily changed. No doubt, they will keep putting pressure on the legislative bodies until they get what they want. Because of other constitutional issues in the bill, there are already a number of states that have filed lawsuits against the U.S. Federal Government to challenge the whole law. Certainly the Bishops will use their clout to influence the outcome if they can.

Friends, as we get closer to the time of the close of probation, do you think there are some things that you should do to get ready for the crisis? I hope you are taking these things seriously and doing what you have to do to have a very close relationship with Jesus. Now is the time; not sometime in the future. Today is the day of salvation. We must be spiritually prepared if we want to be protected by God’s grace when there is no human law to do so.    Keep the Faith

America's Increasing awe of Rome

The Official Movie Trailer for the film Nine Days That Changed The World, hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich. Pope John Paul II's historic nine-day pilgrimage to Poland in June of 1979 created a revolution of conscience that transformed Poland and fundamentally reshaped the spiritual and political landscape of the 20th Century. Citizens United Productions and Gingirch Productions.   Source



Gingrich "converted to Catholicism a year ago, mostly through his wife's witness and an encounter with Benedict XVI."   Zenit

Excerpts from a powerful, very insightful sermon by Pastor Hal Mayer of Keep the Faith ministry:

The kings of the earth have committed fornication with Rome. The rulers of this world seek Rome’s counsel. They are also influenced by Rome in making their decisions. Rome in many ways has developed very powerful influence. This power is reflected in many different ways.

For instance in 1989, Germany was reunited and the Berlin wall separating east and west was no more. This was engineered by John Paul II working together with Ronald Reagan and other world leaders, and was reported in Time magazine as a clandestine campaign which was one of the “greatest secret alliances of all time.” In other words, they were in a conspiracy against communism, and amazingly without knowing it, they were fulfilling prophecy. Rome could never recover old Europe and thereby resurrect the Holy Roman Empire without the dissolution of Eastern European communism, particularly that which controlled Central and Eastern Europe. It was one of Rome’s key political achievements under John Paul II which then paved the way for the European Union to be melded together, which is now a federated block of nations with an overriding supranational constitution and government. This is essentially the way Europe was in the middle ages when Rome controlled it. There are new people. There are new documents, and new agencies, but the principles are the same. And Rome is working very hard to rebuild the ancient relationships that will put her on the throne of Europe. Even the European Union President is a Jesuit trained Roman Catholic.

What happened between John Paul and Ronald Reagan was an alliance, a cooperative effort. Rome had a lot of power in Poland because more than 90% of its people are Roman Catholic. John Paul II was also a Pole. This made it very difficult for the polish communist government to overrule him. In fact, they were utterly unsuccessful.

But that was 1989. Since then the popularity of Rome in America has dramatically increased. Americans are awed by Rome. This gives Rome tremendous influence and power. Now Rome has expanded her political efforts and is determined to influence the nation’s laws whenever possible. Once Rome has power to dictate the laws she wants, she will influence lawmakers to enact her ultimate geopolitical objective, Sunday laws.

The Holy See, which is the official name of the Vatican among the nation states, has bragged that she has considerable greatness. “According to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, the Holy See is “small but great; the greatest in the world from any point of view,” quoted Zenit on February 13, 2009.

Bertone was speaking at a conference marking the 80th anniversary of the Lateran Treaty of 1929 which established the current Vatican as an independent city state and recognized its sovereignty. This was also the beginning of the healing of the deadly wound mentioned in Revelation 13:3.

“Cardinal Bertone noted in a special way the funeral of John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI, ‘which brought to Rome the top political authorities of the world and massive crowds.’”

The pontificate of John Paul II, the second longest in history, and perhaps the most influential in recent times from a global perspective, elevated the popularity of the papacy to unprecedented levels which greatly enhanced its political influence and power.

The Bible also identifies the papacy as great, particularly in regard to her arrogance and sins and her blasphemy against God, all in the name of God, and of Christ.

That greatness is reflected in so many aspects of Rome’s relationships with nation states too. Leaders of most nations, when in Europe on official business stop in Rome for an audience with the Pope. And Rome knows that this gives her political power on a global scale. But perhaps for Rome, there is no greater prize than to manipulate the United States, which was originally founded on Protestant principles. Rome has been patiently working to strengthen her power in the United States so that she would be able to influence its laws and policies. That day has now come.

Listen to this powerful statement from the book Great Controversy, page 581. “God’s word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men.”  Perhaps we could say that Rome has silently grown into power! This prophecy has been largely fulfilled. But it has more to go. Rome has not yet influenced the United States to pass a Sunday law. But note also that her doctrines are gaining acceptance and influence in legislative halls too.

“She [meaning Rome] is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectingly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution.”  GC 581.
When Rome gains popularity and influence she gains political strength. Then she pressures lawmakers to make laws that suit her. Note that there will come a time for her to strike. I wonder why the author used this term “strike.” It reminds us of a snake coiled up and ready to strike the innocent little mouse that is minding his own business doing what God made him to do.

The passage I read says that “Rome is strengthening her forces.” This is talking about her influence, and particularly in democratic Western countries, it is talking about votes. She is doing this in many ways. For instance, she does this through Catholic immigration into Western Europe, the USA and other Western nations. She also has her bishops conferences close to the centers of power in Western nations. In the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is in Washington DC, not far from the White House and Congress. Needless to say, the bishops designed it that way so that they can influence these individuals and legislative bodies and the votes they cast for legislative actions. She also promotes causes that advocate for the poor, which, while a good thing in itself, Rome uses to strengthen her own power and influence with the people. This translates into votes for and against those individuals or laws that Rome endorses or does not endorse. Her Jesuit institutions influence generation after generation of congressmen and congresswomen and other political leaders who are trained in them. This list of her “forces” could go on and on.   Keep the Faith

Ron Wyatt's Ark of the Covenant Claims are a Clear Manifestation of Satan's "infernal subtlety" Against the Followers of Christ

Ron Wyatt's story of the Ark of the Covenant directly contradicts the word of God.

In his book exposing Ron Wyatt's deceptions, Russell Standish referred to these specific claims regarding the Ark of the Covenant as Satan's "infernal subtlety" against God's people.  He wrote:  With the "..absolutely baseless assertions of Ron Wyatt, [Satan] has beguiled us," and counsels, "Dear Brothers and Sisters, please,...let not these utterly unsafe claims take our crowns from us."

Ron Wyatt, now deceased, asserted that Christ's blood dripped down through a crevice 22 feet below onto the Mercy Seat and the Ark of the Covenant that Jeremiah had hidden over five centuries before.  If Wyatt's claims are analyzed in the light of Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy, it becomes abundantly clear that this did not occur.  Wyatt claimed to have actually talked with four angels and with Christ Himself.  The Bible instructs the followers of Christ to "believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." 1 John 4:1.  We must test everything by the word of God. "Whatever contradicts God's word, we may be sure proceeds from Satan."  PP 55.  "Many will stand in our pulpits with the torch of false prophecy in their hands, kindled from the hellish torch of Satan."  TM 409.

When Christ breathed His last upon the cross, "No longer would the presence of God overshadow the earthly mercy-seat." 3SP 166.  Christ was ever in unison with the will of His Father.  If His Father's presence had withdrawn from the literal Mercy Seat of the Old Covenant, the blood of His Son most assuredly would not at the same moment have been anointing it.  "By the rending of the veil of the temple, God said, I can no longer reveal my presence in the most holy place."  YI, June 21, 1900.  Instead of anointing furniture of the old sanctuary that no longer had significance or meaning,  the blood of Christ then shed "was to be offered by Himself in the heavenly sanctuary."  EW 253.  "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us." Hewbrew 9:24.

"One sanctuary was on earth, the other is in Heaven." GC 413.   Ron Wyatt's claims are at directly contrary to the word of God and the Spirit of Prophecy.   Let none be deceived:  That "christ" and the four "angels" who appeared to Ron Wyatt were not from above, but from beneath.  It could not be otherwise.

"In the spring of A. D. 31, Christ the true sacrifice was offered on Calvary. Then the veil of the temple was rent in twain, showing that the sacredness and significance of the sacrificial service had departed. The time had come for the earthly sacrifice and oblation to cease."  DA 233.  "By virtue of His death and resurrection He became the minister of the 'true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.' Heb. 8:2. Men reared the Jewish tabernacle; men builded the Jewish temple; but the sanctuary above, of which the earthly was a type, was built by no human architect."  DA 165.

"When Christ upon the cross cried out, 'It is finished' (John 19:30), and the veil of the temple was rent in twain, the Holy Watcher declared that the Jewish people had rejected Him who was the antitype of all their types, the substance of all their shadows. Israel was divorced from God."  DA 709.  Christ blood would not have flowed down to the literal, now meaningless, Mercy Seat.  Instead, "by His own blood" He entered "in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."  Hebrews 9:12.

Again, Ron Wyatt has stated that, at His crucifixion, the blood of Christ "went down through that crack: onto the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant that God had arranged to be hidden in that chamber hundreds of years before Christ died."   Jesus did not offer his blood before the literal Ark.  "But lo, this veil is rent in twain. The most holy place of the earthly sanctuary is no longer sacred." DA 756.  The blood of our Savior would not anoint that which was no longer sacred and had lost significance.  "When Christ cried out, 'It is finished,' the Holy Watcher that was an unseen guest at Belshazzar's feast pronounced the Jewish nation to be a nation unchurched."  5BC 1109.

"Since the whole ritual economy was symbolical of Christ, it had no value apart from Him. When the Jews sealed their rejection of Christ by delivering Him to death, they rejected all that gave significance to the temple and its services. Its sacredness had departed. It was doomed to destruction. From that day sacrificial offerings and the service connected with them were meaningless."  DA 165.   Clearly, these sentiments which beguiled Ron Wyatt emanated not from Christ, but from his arch-enemy who wanted only to insult His sacrifice and discredit the plan of salvation.

"When Christ on the cross cried out, 'It is finished,' the veil of the temple was rent in twain....This act signified to the heavenly universe, and to a world corrupted by sin, that a new and living way had been opened to the fallen race, that all sacrificial offerings terminated in the one great offering of the Son of God. He who had hitherto dwelt in the temple made with hands, had gone forth never again to grace it with His presence."  ST Dec. 8, 1898.  

"The darkness upon the face of nature expressed her sympathy with Christ in his expiring agony. It evidenced to humanity that the Sun of Righteousness, the Light of the world, was withdrawing his beams from the once favoured city of Jerusalem. It was a miraculous testimony given of God, that the faith of after-generations might be confirmed."  PrT, February 4, 1886.  Wyatt's claims would have us believe that while these most solemn scenes were transpiring, Christ's blood, in stark contrast and contradiction, was flowing underground to anoint the Mercy Seat of the old covenant and man made sanctuary!  Is not the source of these sentiments obvious for all to see?  Is it not obvious, as Russel Standish stated, that they are a manifestation of  Satan's "infernal subtlety" against the people of God? We may know with perfect assurance that Jesus did not offer his blood before the literal Ark.

"to anoint the Most Holy."  Daniel 9:24

Ron Wyatt and his followers quote frequently from the Spirit of Prophecy to substantiate their claims.  They assert that the phrase "and to anoint the most Holy" in the 70 Week Prophecy of Daniel 9  prophesied the  anointing of the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant:

"When Christ died on the cross and the centurion stabbed him in the side with his spear, Christ's blood and water flowed out. Christ's blood went into the large crack in the ground at the base of the cross, and it continued underground through the split in the rocks caused by the earthquake, and the blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God went upon the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant that was buried in the cave that is approximately 20 feet right below the crucifixion site! (The prophecy in Daniel 9:24 foretold of this very wonderful and special event! The 'most holy' place was anointed with Christ's blood!)"  Source

But, referring to these verses in Daniel 9, Ellen White reveals the true meaning of the biblical phrase, "to anoint the Most Holy":

"The time of Christ's coming, His anointing by the Holy Spirit, His death, and the giving of the gospel to the Gentiles, were definitely pointed out. It was the privilege of the Jewish people to understand these prophecies, and to recognize their fulfillment in the mission of Jesus."   DA 234.

There we have it, clear and unmistakable: The phrase "to anoint the Most Holy" is one of the items "definitely pointed out" in Daniel 9:24. and Ellen White states that it points to the anointing of Christ at His baptism, "His anointing by the Holy Spirit."

Ron Wyatt's theory on Christ's blood dripping down on to the Ark is contrary to scripture and the out working of God's will.

The literal. symbolic earthly Temple and Ark pointed to Christ sacrifice for mankind, and his ascension to heaven and the presence of His Father with the value of His shed blood and His sinless life. Paul is clear that Christ did not offer His blood before the literal Ark and Mercy Seat made by human hands, which were merely a shadow or copy of the reality, but before the very person of God the Father for us. There is no allowance for a pouring of His blood before the literal man made Ark when Jesus died for us - that would be in conflict with the whole biblical teaching of Christ's sacrifice and the plan of salvation.