Pope Francis proposed peace negotiations with Israel and Palestine

Pope Francis called for Middle East peace talks under the auspices of the Vatican today:

May 25, 2014

JERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted Pope Francis’ invitation to come to the Vatican and pray for peace with him.

Speaking earlier Sunday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Francis said the time has come “for everyone to find the courage to be generous and creative” in ending “a protracted conflict that has inflicted many wounds.”

He then invited the two presidents to come to the Vatican to pray for peace.

The offices of Abbas and Peres quickly confirmed that they had accepted the invitation, with the Palestinians saying the meeting would take place in June, according to an AP report.

U.S.-backed negotiations aimed at ending the conflict collapsed last month, with the Israelis accusing Abbas of sabotaging the talks by agreeing a unity deal with Hamas Islamists who run the Gaza Strip.

Francis was greeted later Sunday in Tel Aviv by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before traveling to Jerusalem.

In Jerusalem, the pope presided over a joint prayer service with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried.

In a welcome ceremony with the Israeli leaders, the pope said, “The right of the state of Israel to exist and to flourish in peace and security within internationally recognized borders must be universally recognized.”

Francis added that “there is no other way” but to restart peace talks aiming for a two-state solution to the territorial conflict between Israel and Palestine…

Netanyahu labeled Israel an “island of tolerance.”

“Your Holiness, in the heart of the Middle East, the turbulent and violent Middle East, where Christians are often persecuted, Israel is an island of tolerance. We safeguard the rights of all faiths. We guarantee freedom of worship for all and we are committed to maintaining the status quo at the holy sites of Christians, Muslims and Jews,” he said. http://www.voanews.com/content/pope-goes-to-west-bank-before-israel/1922025.html

So, the Vatican wants to take up where the USA failed. Notice that Pope Francis is personally trying to get his church to make peace with the Eastern Orthodox (Patriarch Bartholomew is basically considered the top leader of that group). Furthermore, notice that Prime Minister Netanyahu is making an ‘inter-faith’ appeal.

The ecumenical and inter-faith movements are making progress, but they WILL NOT RESULT IN REAL AND LASTING PEACE. Protestants are also part of this and are falling for it.

That being said, the Bible does tell of a deal, which is likely a peace deal, that will come to pass. But that deal will end in destruction. The breaking of the deal in Daniel 9:27 will usher in the start of the Great Tribulation, and the end of the USA (Daniel 11:39). And shortly thereafter (Daniel 11:40), War is Coming Between Europeans and Arabs!

The Bible also tells that the ecumenical/inter-faith movement will also end in destruction.

Pope Francis is working on both. This is prophetically significant.

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