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Drawing from the Liber Scivias showing Catholic Saint Hildegard receiving a “vision” and dictating to her scribe and secretary

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Are you aware that Roman Catholic writers have made a variety of statements warning against one that they call the Antichrist that we in the Churches of God tend to teach is Jesus?

Specifically, certain Roman Catholic writings teach that Antichrist:

1. Will keep and promote the seventh-day Sabbath
2. Will teach against idols and an idol-related Mass
3. Will teach that the Catholic religion is false
4. Will renumber the Ten Commandments
5. Will be Jewish
6. Will “observe the Jewish rites” and practices
7. Will have supporters who teach against the trinity
8. Will preach the millennial gospel of the kingdom
9. Will preach that there is a coming future opportunity for salvation
10. Will win the “battle of Armageddon”.

Of course, Jesus kept the seventh-day Sabbath, taught against idols, taught that those who held to a religion based upon tradition over the Bible is false, taught all the ten commandments as the Church of God teaches them, was Jewish (John 4:9-10; Matthew 1:1-3; Luke 3:23-33), kept “Jewish practices” like Passover (Matthew 26:18) and the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2,10), has always had non-Trinitarian supporters, taught the millennial gospel of the kingdom, taught that there would be a future opportunity for salvation,and that the forces of evil gathered at Megiddo lose (Revelation 16:13-16; 19:17-21).

Certain Catholics also seem to teach the ones that those of us in the Living Church of God consider to be the two witnesses will be announcing Antichrist (e.g. Birch, p. 556) and that during the time we in the COGs call the Great Tribulation that there will be supernaturally fed people opposed to the Catholic Church dwelling in caves that will be “the advance guard of the son of perdition” (Hildegard of Bingen. Scivias. Paulist Press, Mahwah (NJ), p. 301).

Sadly, many Catholic prophecies and writings apparently are directed against those in the Living Church of God and against Jesus Christ.

Detailed quotes from Catholic writers and the Bible are included in the new article Do Catholic Prophecies About Antichrist Warn Against Jesus?

An article of related interest may also include Which Is Faithful: The Roman Catholic Church or the Church of God?

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 14th, 2008 at 3:47 am and is filed under Prophecy.

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