When the World Will Be as One

The Interfaith Movement: Unity without truth

Though the late rocker John Lennon never considered himself to be a prophet, his song, Imagine that was released in 1971 has since turned out to be quite prophetic.

Like many agnostics and atheists, Lennon attributed much of the world's ills to organized religion. He believed that global peace and tranquility would never be achieved until the world did away with religion. 

That belief was reflected in the lyrics of his song: "Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for. And no religion too."

And of course, Lennon's creative imagination dreamed that a world without religion would beat its swords into plowshares and live together as one. Certainly, with Islam causing serious trouble throughout the world, many people would love to see Lennon's prophetic song fulfilled.

And indeed, it will be fulfilled--to an extent. The world will live as one, but with only one religion instead of the myriad of religions that currently encompass the planet. What will that religion be? It certainly won't be Islam because Islam is eventually going away. And for good. 

Many nations are finally realizing that there will never be peace in the world as long as Islam exists. Islam is a violent religion that can't coexist peacefully with anyone, anywhere. Thus, either Islam goes, or the free world will eventually be subjugated to Islam. Since we can find no reference to Islam and the coming one-world government in the last days preceding the return of Jesus Christ, we have to conclude that Islam will be going away for good.

For many folks, that sounds like good news. However, what comes after Islam is going to be much worse than Islam ever was. Why? Because it will be partnered with a global government. That means that everyone will either follow the one-world religion, or they'll be going away. But to where? To the graveyard.

What is this coming religion? It will be a counterfeit form of Christianity that will be headed by the Antichrist himself. The Antichrist will be an elaborate counterfeit of Jesus Christ who will gain the world's attention through the supernatural. The apostle Paul wrote: "The coming of the lawless one (Antichrist) will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing." (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10)

When this begins happening, the world will embrace this man as divine. However, he will be backed by Satan and he will be invincible. The apostle John wrote: "The dragon (Satan) gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority." (Revelation 13:2) And then John revealed this: "He was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb (Jesus Christ) who was slain from the creation of the world." (Revelation 13:7-8)

John revealed that this man will force the world to worship him as God. Those who refuse will be killed. John wrote: "He also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name." (Revelation 13:16-17)

When the Antichrist appears and begins performing incredible miracles, the world will be convinced that it's finally achieved global peace and tranquility, just as Lennon dreamed of with Imagine back in 1971. However, it won't last long. Paul warned: "While people are saying, 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:3)

Concerning that dreaded time, Christ issued this caveat: "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened." (Matthew 24:21-22)

There will never be true peace and unity on earth until the real Prince of Peace Jesus Christ lives in the hearts of all human beings. That's the only way peace will come. It'll never come through political alliances, interfaith movements or the utopian dreams of songwriters such as John Lennon. 

A Pope for a New World Order

Pope Francis

Can there be any doubt that the Roman Catholic Church is going to play a major role in the coming New World Order? In what way? In the partnership between a world government and a powerful religion.

That's a partnership that mainly exists today in Islamic nations such as Iran and Saudi Arabia where government laws are determined by Shariah. Though the Bible provided the inspiration for the Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution, the Bible's long since lost its influence in the western world and is now considered an outdated relic. That's fairly evident with the multiplying violence and moral depravity that's destroying the west.

Some historians and religious scholars will argue that the Bible inspired the ancient Holy Roman Empire. But that's a falsehood. The Holy Roman Empire arose from the compromise of perverted Christianity and paganism rather than the Bible. 

If the Holy Roman Empire was truly about the Bible, there would be no such celebrations as Christmas and Easter, because these occasions were taken from pagan festivals and repackaged as "Christian" holidays. For example, Christmas comes from the pagan festival called the Saturnalia while Easter is derived from Eostre, a pagan festival that was celebrated in honor of the ancient fertility goddess Ishtar. 

Millions of Christians celebrate these holidays, completely ignorant of their historical roots. But wasn't Jesus Christ born on December 25? No he wasn't. Then why do Christians celebrate that day as His birthday? Because, in order to attract the pagans, the early Roman Catholic Church kept the pagan festival of the Saturnalia--celebrated on December 25 as the birthday of the Roman god Saturn--and renamed it Christmas in honor of Christ.

The Roman Catholic Church was born in the 4th Century A.D. and went on to become the most powerful church on earth, despite its corruption and duplicity. In the ancient times, it installed and deposed kings; conquered nations and spread its strange gospel to the ends of the earth. Strange gospel? Yes, strange, because it's an unbiblical gospel that promotes works over the biblical gospel of grace. (John 3:16, Romans 10:9-12, Ephesians 2:8-9)

Certainly, the Catholic Church has lost much of her influence across the world over the past 100 years. The spread of Islam in the east, combined with the spread of secularism in the west, and the multiplied pedophile scandals involving Catholic priests have significantly damaged the church's reputation.

But that's going to change. The Roman Catholic Church is going to experience a revival that will catapult her to world dominance once again. Is that a good thing? No it's not because the Catholic Church is a counterfeit that's sent millions of people to hell throughout her history with her false gospel.

How do we know that the Catholic Church is going to partner with a global government? Because of of a prophetic vision the apostle John received from God in about 90 A.D. while he was in exile from Rome on the desolate island of Patmos. What did John see? John saw "a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries." (Revelation 17:3-4)

The beast with seven heads and 10 horns represents the coming world government that will consist of 10 nation groups ruled by seven kings. But who is this mysterious woman? She is called "Mystery Babylon, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth." (Revelation 17:5)

Then John revealed that this allegorical prostitute dwells in a city surrounded by seven hills (Revelation 17:9). What city is that? There are only two cities that are surrounded by seven hills; Rio de Janeiro that's located in Brazil and Rome that's located in Italy. The Vatican is located in Rome and is the world headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

Furthermore, the colors of the woman's dress--purple and scarlet--are the colors worn by the Roman Catholic priesthood. And furthermore, Mystery Babylon is a moniker that Catholic Church officials have used for centuries to identify their church. When John recorded the Revelation, the Catholic Church didn't exist and wouldn't come into existence for another 250 years.

The Catholic Church is indeed on the rise once again with the rock star popularity of Pope Francis who claims to be a Christian but speaks like a globalist and a Marxist. He claims that Climate Change-Global Warming is caused by capitalism, and he believes that global government is the only solution to eradicate poverty and clean up the environment.

Here's what he said during a recent encyclical on climate change: To manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority.

Francis also says that wealthy nations owe a "social debt" to the poor and impoverished people of the world, a debt which can be paid by increased funding and better distribution of wealth. That sounds more like Karl Marx than Jesus Christ. That's a message that's immensely popular with those who seek a world government. And that's coming--the revival of the dreaded "Holy" Roman Empire.