{"id":56711,"date":"2019-08-19T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=56711"},"modified":"2019-08-21T12:46:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T20:46:15","slug":"muslims-observe-festival-honoring-mary-is-mary-be-part-of-the-interfaith-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/muslims-observe-festival-honoring-mary-is-mary-be-part-of-the-interfaith-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims observe festival honoring Mary. Is ‘Mary’ be part of the interfaith agenda?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nArtists rendition of Mary, Jesus, and Joseph going to Egypt
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Muslims and Copts celebrated Mary and the flight of her, Jesus, and Joseph going to Egypt yesterday:<\/p>\n

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Egypt’s Christians and Muslims Show Devotion to Virgin Mary<\/h2>\n

August 19, 2019
\nChristian tradition says that after Jesus was born, his parents fled with him to Egypt to escape death. Eventually they returned to their home in what was then known as the kingdom of Judea, and one of their last stops in Egypt was said to be at a cave in the Dronka mountains. Thousands of devotees of the Virgin Mary travel to the Virgin Mary Monastery near Assiut, Egypt every August to show their devotion to the holy family. Christian children are baptized and adults hope for blessings.<\/p>\n

Every August, tens of thousands of Egypt’s Coptic Christians and Muslims head to the Virgin Mary Monastery in Assiut to memorize the visit of the holy family to Egypt. Sunday, August 18, 2019. … Upon arriving at the monastery, the pilgrims light candles and pray. … Adults are getting tattoos during the season of celebrations in August to show devotion to the Virgin Mary. https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/gallery\/egypts-christians-and-muslims-show-devotion-virgin-mary<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Bible does show that Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt:<\/p>\n

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”<\/p>\n

14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” (Matthew 2:13-15)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, whether or not the time in Egypt was near the the Virgin Mary Monastery near Assiut is not stated. Since the Bible teaches against tattoos (Leviticus 10:28), those who follow the Bible would not be tattooing themselves related to Mary (see also Tattoos: History and Biblical Teachings<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As far as Catholics and Islam go, Mike Gendron reported the following in one of his newsletters:<\/p>\n

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Common Bonds Between Islam and Catholicism<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Will the world\u2019s two largest religions converge and be the catalyst for the prophesied one-world religion? At first glance, the two faiths appear to be vastly different but under close inspection, they have more common bonds than differences. In 1994 the Vatican issued a publication entitled: \u201cSpiritual Bonds Which Unite Us: 16 Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue.\u201d After extensive study and research, I put forth 10 common bonds that will help unite these two religions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1. Both Esteem and Honor Mary<\/strong> \u2013 Muslims and Catholics both call her, \u201cOur Lady.\u201d and venerate her as a pure and holy saint. Mary is mentioned more in the Qu\u2019ran than the Bible.
\n2. Both Seek Messages from Apparitions of Mary<\/strong>\u2013 Many of the messages make it clear she is coming for all her children including Muslims, Catholics and Protestants and that people of all religions can be saved apart from Jesus Christ as long as they are good.
\n3<\/strong>. Both Are Anti-Semitic<\/strong> \u2013 The Vatican has issued over 100 anti-semitic documents and taught the Jews should be cursed because they killed Christ. Mohammed words recorded in a hadith say, \u201cThe last day will not come until the Muslims destroy the Jews.\u201d
\n4. Both Embrace Another Jesus<\/strong> \u2013 Catholicism has a counterfeit Jesus whose death on the cross was not sufficient to save them.Islam also has a counterfeit Jesus (Isa) who did not die on a cross and is not God, only a prophet.
\n5. Both Seek World Dominion<\/strong> \u2013 Both religions rule with an autocratic government and have a history of forced conversions, and killing those who oppose them. Could these religions which control people with indoctrination, intimidation, and fear be a precursor to the rule of Anti-christ?
\n6. Both Deny the Authority of Scripture<\/strong> \u2013 The pagan beliefs of both religions stand opposed to the Bible. Muslims reject the Bible as the final revelation from God declaring that God has revealed a final testament: the Qu\u2019ran which is their supreme authority.
\n7. Both Use Prayer Beads to Avoid Punishment<\/strong> \u2013 Catholics pray the rosary to remit punishment for sin. Muslins use 99 beads that correspond to the names of God. Praying to Allah five times a day is an act of obedience to escape the punishment imposed on those who do not pray.
\n8. Both Take Pilgrimages to Obtain Favor from God<\/strong> \u2013 Catholics take pilgrimages for religious purification and the promise of indulgences. Muslims take pilgrimages to Mecca, a mandatory religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime.
\n9. Both Have Human Mediator<\/strong>s \u2013 Catholics rely on the priesthood to dispense salvation through sacraments and seek Mary to intercede with God on their behalf. Muslims rely on the intercession of Muhammad on judgment day. He will prostrate himself before Allah who will say, \u201cO Muhammad! speak, it will be heard; and be given; intercede, and it will be approved.\u201d
\n10. Both Have a Works-Righteousness Salvation<\/strong> \u2013 Allah will place one\u2019s good and evil works on the divine scale: \u201cThose whose scales are light are those who lose their souls in hell\u201d (Sura 23:102,103). In Catholicism, sacraments, good works and obeying the law are necessary for salvation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

These two religions represent a huge mission field with nearly 3 billion precious souls. They need to know the true Jesus and submit to His Word as their supreme authority. Only then will they repent of their works-righteousness salvation and believe the glorious Gospel of grace. As ambassadors for Christ let us sow the seed of His Word.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mike Gendron is correct that Christians are to be ambassadors for Christ (see Christians: Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God, Biblical instructions on living as a Christian<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Though I would not necessarily word things as he, there are several similarities between Islam and Roman Catholicism.<\/p>\n

Both are overly involved with Marianism and apparitions.<\/p>\n

Many Catholic believe that Jesus\u2019 mother Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal once per month for six months starting on May 13, 1917. Interestingly, Muslims claim that Mohamed\u2019s daughter Fatima was the one that would appear.<\/p>\n

What about the use of \u2018Mary\u2019 and Islam and the Chrislam interfaith movement?<\/p>\n

Here are some details from my book Fatima Shock!<\/em><\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n

Islam, the Lady of Fatima, and Mary in the Qur\u2019an<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interestingly, Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote:<\/p>\n

It is our firm belief that\u2026Islam\u2026will be converted to Christianity\u2026It is our belief that this will not happen through direct teaching of Christianity, but through a summoning of the Muslims to a veneration of the Mother of God.582<\/p>\n

He also wrote he believed that the apparition:<\/p>\n

\u2026chose to be known as \u201cOur Lady of Fatima\u201d as a pledge and sign of hope for the Muslim people\u2026 so that they one day would accept\u2026583<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thus, Archbishop Sheen essentially thought that the appearance in Fatima was to also ultimately result in Muslims (and possibly Hindus) accepting his faith. Notice that he also wrote:<\/p>\n

Our missionaries report the most extraordinary reaction of these peoples as the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima was carried through the East. At the edge of Nepal, three hundred Catholics were joined by three thousand Hindus and Moslems, as four elephants carried the statue to the little church for Rosary and Benediction\u2026The final evidence of the relationship of the village of Fatima <\/em>to the Moslems <\/em>is the enthusiastic reception that the Moslems in Africa <\/em>and India and elsewhere gave to the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima\u2026 in Mozambique the Moslems, who were unconverted, became Christians as soon as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was erected\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Missionaries in the future will, more and more, see that their apostolate among the Moslems will be successful in the measure they preach Our Lady of Fatima.584<\/p>\n

On December 27, 1983, Ali A\u011fca referred to Muhammad\u2019s daughter as the goddess of the Fatima apparitions. 585<\/p>\n

It seems that apparitions could be a factor in temporarily getting Muslims to consider that there is more to Catholicism than most of them have thought<\/strong>. Archbishop Sheen felt that a Marian \u201cmiracle\u201d would be a factor in Muslims and others together and become end time Catholics in the Day of Wrath (Dies Irae<\/em>):<\/p>\n

And as Mary revealed herself in that first Miracle of the Sun, so may we look forward to another revelation of her power when the world has its next rehearsal for the Dies Irae<\/em>.586<\/p>\n

Also notice something from Vatican II:<\/p>\n

Moslems\u2026They also honor Mary, His virgin Mother; at times they even call on her with devotion.587<\/p>\n

Chapter 19 of the Qur\u2019an\/Koran\/Quran is, from an Islamic perspective, devoted to Mary and Jesus (\u201cMary\u201d is also spelled Maryam, Marium, or Miriam in Arabic translations into English). Here are a few passages from it:<\/p>\n

019.020 Y: She said: \u201cHow shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

019.027\u2026S: And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her). They said: O Marium! Surely you have done a strange thing.<\/p>\n

019.028 Y: \u201cO sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!\u201d588<\/p>\n

066.012 Y: And Mary the daughter of \u2018Imran, who guarded her chastity; and We breathed into (her body) of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one of the devout (servants).589<\/p>\n

While the above supports the virgin birth of Jesus, some also seem to believe that the Qur\u2019an is supportive of teaching the \u201cimmaculate\u201d conception of Mary in Islam.590<\/p>\n

So, there are Islamic ties to Mary that resemble those in post-sixth century Catholicism.<\/p>\n

Marian Interest and Her Claimed Final House in Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n

A house where Mary may have lived out her last days is in Turkey. My wife Joyce and I have visited it. It is on the outskirts of ancient Ephesus.<\/p>\n

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There is an annual celebration for Mary, in the area near Ephesus, which Islamic Turks put on and participate in. Because of Islamic fascination with Mary, it is possible that an apparition claiming to be Mary might appear in Turkey and\/or elsewhere. This may partially persuade some Muslims to temporarily consider that somehow God might be working through a Western religious leader. This will not last for all (Daniel 11:27; 40), but it seems to have been part of Catholic prophecy:<\/p>\n

Blessed Maria of Agreda <\/em>(died 1665): The power of Mary in the latter days will be very conspicuous. Mary will extend the reign of Christ over the heathens and the Mohammedans\u2026591<\/p>\n

Perhaps it should be mentioned that there are certain Catholic prophecies that suggest many Muslims in Turkey will somewhat accept the Catholic faith. Here is one:<\/p>\n

Brother Louis Rocco <\/em>(19th century): Terrible wars will rage all over Europe\u2026Great cities and small towns alike will be destroyed in a bloody revolution\u2026In Istanbul (Constantinople) the Cross will replace the half-moon of Islamism, and Jerusalem will be the seat of a King. The southern Slavs will form a great Catholic Empire and drive out of Europe the Turks (Mohammedans), who will withdraw to North Africa and subsequently embrace the Catholic faith.592<\/p>\n

Many people of all persuasions, including apparently atheists, are going to fall away from their current beliefs in vast numbers (even according to many Catholic leaders) to embrace one who will promote a powerful ecumenical religion that is to be accompanied by what will appear to be real miracles.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more shocking is that there is a 17th century Islamic prophecy from a Dervish (Dervishes are mainly based in Turkey) that suggests that because many are not good Muslims, they will accept a faith that claims Christ after seeing something that resembles a female apparition, that some suspect will be considered to be \u201cMary.\u201d593<\/p>\n

Hence, at least one Islamic prophecy seems to support the view that many Muslims (especially in Turkey) may accept the coming ecumenical religion promoted by a \u201cMarian\u201d apparition. \u2026<\/p>\n

In the 21st century, Giuseppe De Carli wrote the following related to Islam and Fatima:<\/p>\n

The Shiites believe that the Fatima shrine belongs, by right, to Muslims, and that Catholics have stolen it from their rightful owners. They argue that if a Lady dressed in shining white appeared there, then it\u2019s because she had a message for the Muslims, not for Christians<\/strong>. Ali A\u011fca, in his megalomania thought he had a mission from God. Apparently, when John Paul II visited him at the Rebibbia prison in 1983, he asked the pontiff, \u201cSo who is Fatima for you?\u201d Twice now I have done on-the-scene reporting from Fatima and I have spotted Arabs who seemed to want to remain incognito\u2026Fatima has a religious and political significance.594<\/p>\n

So, some Muslims, at least, believe that the messages for Fatima were apparently different than those publicly revealed, that Fatima is for them, and any message for Fatima has to do with Islam.<\/p>\n

Notice also from Priest L.J. Cizik:<\/p>\n

It is a fact that Moslems from various nations, especially from the Middle East, make so many pilgrimages to Our Lady of Fatima\u2019s Shrine in Portugal that Portuguese officials have expressed concern. The combination of an Islamic name and Islamic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a great attraction to Moslems.595<\/p>\n

It would not surprise me if one or more future Lady apparitions shows herself to Muslims and encourages them to support the ecumenical religion that the Europeans will themselves embrace in much greater numbers in very few years.<\/p>\n

Notice the following from the Encyclopedia of Islam<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Fatima is greatly revered by Muslims\u2026Moreover, she will be the first to enter PARADISE\u2026and like MARY in Catholic Christianity, she will intercede for those who honor her<\/strong>\u2026Indeed, in Shii literature, Fatima is compared to Mary the mother of JESUS because of the violent deaths suffered by each of their sons.596<\/p>\n

So, there are similarities (as well as differences) between Catholic and Islamic beliefs related to Mary and Fatima.<\/p>\n

A series of apparitions occurred at a Coptic Orthodox church in Zeitoun, Egypt, from 1968 to 1973 and:<\/p>\n

Moslems, Copts, Roman Catholics, Protestants, and others were overwhelmed by the Lady who seemed to be composed of light. Moslems chanted from the Koran: \u201cMary, God has chosen thee. And purified thee; He has chosen thee above all women.\u201d597<\/p>\n

So, some Muslims have already been impressed by apparitions of the Lady, and may once again. \u2026<\/p>\n

Based upon sacred scripture (Daniel 11:40), the religious fervor that is often present in the Islamic world, and the pagan connection to female apparitions, I suspect that any close \u201csemi-ecumenical\u201d alliance with the majority of the Muslims will be very short-lived. The Bible tells of a time when the final \u201cKing of the South\u201d (a Caliphate-type leader of a likely Islamic confederation, who some may consider to be the Imam Mahdi) will make a deal with the final European \u201cKing of the North\u201d (Daniel 11:27), but later attack the King of the North (Daniel 11:40). Some countries, like Turkey (ancient Edom) will apparently end up supporting the Europeans (Daniel 11:25-26, 41).<\/p>\n

Regarding Fatima, I am more of the opinion that since some Muslims somewhat venerate Muhammed\u2019s daughter Fatima, the Hindus have various female deities, the Chinese have had female apparitions, Japan and other lands have had apparitions, many Protestants are getting closer to Rome, many people believe in goddesses, most Buddhist\u2019s tend to support a more ecumenical view of religion, etc. that Marian apparitions may be used to help many groups get together (at least temporarily).<\/p>\n

582 Sheen, Fulton Archbishop. The World\u2019s First Love. Reprint, Ignatius Press, 1996, p. 201
\n583 Sheen, p. 203
\n584 Sheen, pp. 190, 202-203
\n585 Apostoli, p. 188
\n586 Sheen, p. 274
\n587 Nostra Aetate <\/em>as cited in Bertone, p. 120
\n588 Online version of Koran at http:\/\/www.asksam.com\/ebooks\/<\/a>releases.asp?file=Koran.ask&dn=19%3a%20MARYAM%20%28MARY%29 viewed 04\/05\/2011
\n589 Online version of Koran at http:\/\/www.asksam.com\/ebooks\/<\/a>releases.asp?file=Koran.ask&dn=66%3a%20AT-TAHRIM%20%28BANNING%2c%20PROHIBITION%29 viewed 04\/07\/2011
\n590 Pennington R. Islam\u2019s view of Mary. Muslim Voices, December 22, 2008 http:\/\/muslimvoices.org\/islam-view-of-mary\/ <\/a>viewed 04\/05\/2011
\n591 Dupont, p. 33
\n592 Dupont, p.76
\n593 Tzima Otto, Helen. They\u2019ll have no King but Caesar. Verenikia Press, 2005, pp. 417-422; the Dervish was killed for making it, p. 522
\n594 Bertone, p. 77
\n595 Cizik LJ Priest. OUR LADY AND ISLAM: HEAVEN\u2019S PEACE PLAN. Soul Magazine. September \u2013 October 2001, \u00a9 2001 The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, U.S.A., Inc., page 6 http:\/\/www.ewtn. com\/library\/mary\/olislam.htm viewed 11\/02\/10
\n596 Campos JE. Encyclopedia of Islam: Encyclopedia of world religions: Facts on File library of religion and mythology. Infobase Publishing, 2009, pp. 230-231
\n597 Tetlow J. Will Mary Unite All Religions? ENDTIME ISSUES NEWSLETTER No. 116, Biblical Perspectives, 2004, p. 16<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scholars have stated the Mary is the only woman mentioned by name in the Qu\u2019ran.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it should be mentioned, that just one \u2018Marian apparition\u2019 (The \u2018Lady\u2019 of Guadalupe<\/a> ) has been claimed to have been effective in turning Latin America predominantly Roman Catholic\u2013this profoundly affected those cultures and the world.<\/p>\n

What will happen if some type of \u2018Marian apparition\u2019 is seen and even shown on media like television and\/or the internet? Might Islam temporarily respond?<\/p>\n

Consider the following prophecies:<\/p>\n

9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.\u00a0 (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)<\/p>\n

4 Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries. (Nahum 3:4, NKJV)<\/p>\n

5 Look, I am against you!- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- I shall lift your skirts as high as your face and show your nakedness to the nations, your shame to the kingdoms. (Nahum 3:5, NJB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marian apparitions \u2018qualify\u2019 as signs and lying wonders and look to possibly be involved in getting some in Islam to temporarily go along with the harlot of Revelation.<\/p>\n

Since the Bible teaches that the whole world will worship the Beast (Revelation 13:8), but that the King of the South will turn against the Beast (Daniel 11:40-43), this shows that Muslims will, temporarily, support the Beast (cf. Psalm 83:4-8).<\/p>\n

Since Islam does acknowledge Jesus\u2019 mother Mary and Catholics have tried to use \u2018Mary\u2019 as an ecumenical and interfaith tool, a false version of \u2018Mary\u2019 will likely be part of the reason for this temporary worship of the Beast. It is my opinion that building a cathedral for \u2018Mary\u2019 in an Islamic land is consistent with this.<\/p>\n

Islam will temporarily support the coming Beast and Marianism will likely be a factor for this temporary support.<\/p>\n

Since many in Islam have a special reverence for Mary, I suspect that if one or more apparitions claiming (or presumed) to be Mary show up in Islamic lands, that many there will be temporarily persuaded to support the Beast power (the Catholic prophesied \u201cGreat Monarch\u201d)\u2013especially if Muslims can be temporarily persuaded to accept a cross symbol (which would otherwise be quite difficult for them to do).<\/p>\n

The following was written over two decades ago by a member of the Orthodox Church<\/a> and is warning people that false apparitions claiming to be Mary will lead to people accepting Antichrist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cMother goddesses\u201d known in the ancient world were not just confined to the Near East and Mediterranean but are universal. The Kogi Indians, among whom we lived in Columbia, worship a spirit called Nabuba, the \u201cAncient Mother.\u201d When Roman Catholics missionaries attempted to evangelize the Kogi int he last century, they used a not-uncommon strategy for drawing pagan peoples into Rome\u2019s fold: rather than explaining the differences between the pagan mysthology and Christian truth, they found \u201cequivalences,\u201d Christ, under this syncretistic view, corresponds to the Kogi Sejukukui (a trickster god who faked his own death by hiding in a cave), while Nabuba is said to be the Virgin Mary. This confusion has led the Kogis to call their pagan temples \u201ccansamaria,\u201d a corruption of \u201ccasa de Maria\u201d (house of Mary).<\/p>\n

Given these Roman Catholic \u201cevangelistic methods\u201d of more than a century ago, it is it any wonder that contemporary \u201capparitions\u201d of Mary are invariably accompanied by ecumenistic messages promoting the idea that all religions are equally valid and Orthodox Christianity is but one \u201cpath\u201d among many? A recent issue of Orthodox Tradition<\/em> (1966) contains the account of Matushka (wife of a Russian Orthodox priest) Katherine Swanson\u2019s trip to Medjugorje, Croatia, to investigate the most famous of the recent cases of apparitions of Mary in the Roman Catholic world. In it she recounts a telling episode:<\/p>\n

Our guide took our group for an audience with the \u201cseers.\u201d During this audience, a pilgrim asked one of the children the following questions: \u201cDoes the Virgin say that the Catholic Church is the true church?\u201d The response given by the child provides clear evidence of the ecumenical content and religious relativism which, oddly enough, increasingly mark the \u201crevelations\u201d at Medjugorje: \u201cOur Blessed Mother says that all religions are equally pleasing to God.<\/em>\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Life <\/em>magazine article, then, is yet another contribution to this line of thought. Given the idea that all paths are equally valid, then all \u201cMarys\u201d are equally valid, too. The author describes several of the Marys of our times: Miearculous Mary (such as at Medjugorje), Mediator Mary (Who, as the author quotes Fr. Andrew Greeley saying, lets people into Heaven through the \u201cback door\u201d), (Editors notes: the Orthodox Church of course never taught about the \u201cback door\u201d, and of course one only prays that this is a matter of a figure of speech, but let us not dwell on the \u201cback door\u201d, but the gates of Paradise, the Kingdom of our God<\/em>). Mediator Mary of the feminists, and Mother Mary. This last one, Mother Mary, is the role which the author considers the most appealing to non-Catholics: \u201cThe emotional need for her is so irresistible to a troubled world that people without an obvious link to the Virgin are being drawn to her. It is known that Muslins revere Mary as a pure and holy saint\u2026Interdenominational Marian prayer groups are springing up throughout the world. Many Protestants, even some who still reject notions of a supernatural Virgin, miss Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n

To which Mary are Muslims and Protestants being drawn? The Protestant Reformation rejected the distorted view of Mary which had developed in the West since the Schism of 1054, and which would ultimately result in the Roman Church\u2019s proclamation of their dogma of the Immaculate Conception. But Protestantism did not just reject the Western view of Mary; it ignored Her altogether, in effect denying Her role in the Incarnation and, consequently, the part She plays in our salvation. As Rome began to see her more and more as a \u201cgoddess,\u201d a fourth Hypostasis of the Trinity, as it were, the Protestants reacted by down playing Her position and refusing to honor Her at all, this in spite of the Gospel words:\u201cAll Generations Shall Call Me Blessed.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, as heterodox Christians become more and more ecumenist and work toward creating a \u201cOne World Church,\u201d the search has begun for a Mary of universal recognition, one who will appeal not only to those who bear the name Christian, but apparently to Muslims and others as well, just as attempts are likewise being made to identify the \u201cnew Christ\u201d with the Muslim concept of their coming Mahdi and with the Messiah still awaited by the Jews. This, of course, will be no Christ at all but the antichrist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Jackson P. ORTHOD<\/strong>OX LIFE., No. I, 1997., Brotherhood of Saint Job of Pochaev at Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, N.Y. pp. 18-22. http:\/\/fr-d-serfes.org\/orthodox\/theotokos.htm viewed 05\/11\/09)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is more danger in this interfaith movement than most realize.<\/p>\n

Although a temporary peace deal will happen (Daniel 9:27), ultimately, it will lead to the destruction of the USA and then many Islamic nations (Daniel 11:39-42, NKJV).<\/p>\n

Consider also that the ecumenical and interfaith movements that the Vatican, certain Protestants, certain Muslims, and certain Eastern Orthodox leaders are promoting are clearly condemned by the Bible and should not be encouraged:<\/p>\n

3 \u2026 contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Early Christian leaders did NOT seek unity with those who were heretical or not Christians\u2013instead they denounced those views (see Continuing History of the Church of God<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul<\/a> also taught that true unity of faith would not happen until after Jesus returns:<\/p>\n

13 until we all reach unity in faith and knowledge of the Son of God and form the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself. (Ephesians 4:13, NJB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those who believe this unity comes prior to Jesus\u2019 return are in error.<\/p>\n

Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Muslims, and others need to be concerned about the type of unity that is actually being promoted and what the ecumenical and interfaith agendas are really about.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Chrislam\u2019 will end in disaster:<\/p>\n

1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, \u201cBabylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n

4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, \u201cCome out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, \u2018I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.\u2019 8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day \u2014 death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.\u00a0 (Revelation 18:1-8)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While being nice to all, including Muslims, actual and political Chrislam is not the answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pope Francis has made many pro-Muslim statements (e.g., see \u2018Pope Francis: God Desires Solidarity Among Catholics and Muslims\u2019<\/a>). Plus the Vatican even put together what could be called the Chrislam cross earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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The Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> (CCOG) put out the following videos on our Bible News Prophecy<\/a> YouTube channel:<\/p>\n

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What is Chrislam? What are the two forms of it? Did the Vatican unveil the Chrislam Cross? How does it look? Are Christianity and Islam theologically compatible? What does the \u2018Catechism of the Catholic Church\u2019 say? What about the Bible and the Quran? Did Pope Francis and Sunni Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb sign an important interfaith document on February 4, 2019? Do biblical and Islamic prophecies point to a deal between the Europeans and Arabs that will be broken? Do Catholic and Islamic writings support the view that Mary and\/or apparitions of \u2018Mary\u2019 may lead to temporary cooperation between the Arabs and Europeans? Will such cooperation bring lasting peace or war? Have any of the Eastern Orthodox warned of the danger in using \u2018Mary\u2019 to push the interfaith and ecumenical movements? Is there a \u2018Mary, Mother of Jesus mosque? Should you wish to be part of the Chrislam movement? What does the Bible teach? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Pope Francis signs \u2018one world religion\u2019 document!<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On February 4, 2019, at the \u2018 Global Conference on Human Fraternity,\u2019 Pope Francis and leading Sunni Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb signed a document that some suspect may lead towards a \u201cone world religion.\u201d The World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, who also attended, pushed for religious leaders and institutions to push towards a particular cooperative agenda to help bring world peace. Will there be real peace or just a temporary one? Will destruction come to the USA and nations in the Middle East and North Africa? What will be some characteristics of this \u201cone world religion\u201d? Will all have the same religious practices? Might it have commonalities with the ancient Roman Empire? The Grand Mosque in the UAE was renamed \u201cMary, Mother of Jesus.\u201d Will Catholic, Islamic, and even Hindu reverence for Marian figures play a role? Is that part of the plan? Should real Christians support the interfaith and ecumenical agendas or remain separate from them? What does the Bible teach? What did Jesus teach? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Here is a link to the sermonette videos: The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement<\/a> and Pope Francis signs \u2018one world religion\u2019 document!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anyway, as far as views of the Bible go, Muslims believe that Christians and Jews corrupted it and hence it cannot be trusted. They do believe God used Jesus, but deny His deity and resurrection.<\/p>\n

Roman Catholics accept scripture, but believe that how the Vatican interprets it, as well as traditions it has held since at least the time of Emperor Constantine have equal value to scripture. Hence, Roman Catholics do not believe many scriptures the same way that people like Mike Gendron or I do.<\/p>\n

As far as Catholics and Muslims making a deal, that will happen.<\/p>\n

The deal, however, will be temporary (cf. Daniel 11:27,40).<\/p>\n

As I have written before, it is possible that if some apparition claiming to be Mary appears in some Arabic location[s] that this might temporarily persuade the Arabs and their allies to somewhat accept the Beast (see also Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Apparitions<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lest any have the mis-impression that the Arabs are not a discerning people, it needs to be understood that they will apparently be the first major block to recognize the falsehood of this European power. But ‘Mary’ looks to be a factor that will temporarily connect them to the European Beast for a short time.<\/p>\n

Probably because of its attempts to dominate the world and its religions by the nominally Roman Catholic king of the North<\/a>, the prophesied Arabic king of the South<\/a> will become displeased.<\/p>\n

The idea of a Catholic-Islamic alliance that will be temporary is also consistent with Catholic and Islamic prophecy.<\/p>\n

Some of which seems to be related to this prophecy in the Book of Daniel<\/p>\n

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26 And the people of the prince who is to come
\nShall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
\nThe end of it shall be with a flood,
\nAnd till the end of the war desolations are determined.
\n27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
\nBut in the middle of the week
\nHe shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
\nAnd on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
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The above discusses a seven-year deal that will be broken in the middle (see also The \u2018Peace Deal\u2019 of Daniel 9:27<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The idea of this being related to a seven-year end-time period was also understood by the Catholic theologians Irenaeus of Lyon (second century) and Hippolytus<\/a> (died 235) of Rome:<\/p>\n

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And the angel Gabriel, when explaining his vision, states with regard to this person: \u201cAnd towards the end of their kingdom a king of a most fierce countenance shall arise, one understanding [dark] questions, and exceedingly powerful, full of wonders; and he shall corrupt, direct, influence (faciet), and put strong men down, the holy people likewise; and his yoke shall be directed as a wreath [round their neck]; deceit shall be in his hand, and he shall be lifted up in his heart: he shall also ruin many by deceit, and lead many to perdition, bruising them in his hand like eggs.\u201d Daniel 8:23, etc. And then he points out the time that his tyranny shall last, during which the saints shall be put to flight, they who offer a pure sacrifice unto God: \u201cAnd in the midst of the week,\u201d he says, \u201cthe sacrifice and the libation shall be taken away, and the abomination of desolation [shall be brought] into the temple: even unto the consummation of the time shall the desolation be complete.\u201d Now three years and six months constitute the half-week. (Irenaeus. Against Heresies, Book V, Chapter 25, verse 4)<\/p>\n

With respect, then, to the particular judgment in the torments that are to come upon it in the last times by the hand of the tyrants who shall arise then, the clearest statement has been given in these passages. But it becomes us further diligently to examine and set forth the period at which these things shall come to pass, and how the little horn shall spring up in their midst. For when the legs of iron have issued in the feet and toes, according to the similitude of the image and that of the terrible beast, as has been shown in the above, (then shall be the time) when the iron and the clay shall be mingled together. Now Daniel will set forth this subject to us. For he says, \u201cAnd one week will make a covenant with many, and it shall be that in the midst (half) of the week my sacrifice and oblation shall cease.\u201d By one week, therefore, he meant the last week which is to be at the end of the whole world of which week the two prophets\u2026 will take up the half. For they will preach 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth, proclaiming repentance to the people and to all the nations\u2026(Hippolytus. On Christ and Antichrist, Chapter 43. Online edition Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Kevin Knight).<\/p>\n

As these things, therefore, of which we have spoken before are in the future, beloved, when the one week is divided into parts, and the abomination of desolation has arisen then, and the forerunners of the Lord have finished their proper course, and the whole world, in fine, comes to the consummation, what remains but the manifestation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of God, from heaven, for whom we have hoped; who shall bring forth fire and all just judgment against those who have refused to believe in Him? For the Lord says, \u201cFor as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be; for wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.\u201d (Hippolytus. On the End of the World, Chapter 36. Translated by J.H. MacMahon.<\/span> From Ante-Nicene Fathers<\/span>, Vol. 5.<\/span> Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe.<\/span> (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co.,<\/span> 1886.<\/span>) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.<\/span> <http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/fathers\/0504.htm<\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, the idea of this deal somehow having a seven-year component, that is broken in the middle, with Jesus coming afterwards is not simply a recent one.<\/p>\n

Despite Hippolytus\u2019 understanding, based upon what the Bible teaches about the seven churches of Revelation 2 & 3<\/a>, it is my position that the seven-year component of the peace deal will not be clear enough to, not only Catholics and Protestants, but also to most who claim to be in the Church of God (COG) for them to realize this is the peace deal. Just like they do not consider certain prophetic matters clear enough (e.g. How To Determine If Someone is a True Prophet of God<\/a>), the vast majority will not truly understand the prophetic implications when the related deal is made.<\/p>\n

While the leader in Daniel 9:27 is only referred to as a prince when he confirms the one week covenant, he probably will not be known as the \u201cKing\u201d until shortly before he breaks the covenant at the mid-week point (most likely he will be considered simply one of several leaders negotiating a treaty when this deal in Daniel 9:27 is initially made). The two witnesses<\/a> (who are prophets) rise up around the mid-point of the week (3 1\/2 years into it). The iron and clay mingled together refers to a power (like Europe) that is not totally cohesive.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, notice the following Catholic prophecy about betrayal:<\/p>\n

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Nostradamus<\/em>: The Great Arab shall progress well forward, But betrayed shall be by the Byzantines. (Turks).<\/p>\n

Comment on above from Catholic writer Yves Dupont<\/em>: Here, we are told that Turkey will break its faith with the rest of the Arab world. (Dupont, Yves. Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement. TAN Books, Rockford (IL), 1973, p. 107).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The \u201cGreat Arab\u201d is probably supposed to represent the Mahdi\/Caliph, the final King of the South<\/a>. The Turks currently control Byzantium and have for many centuries. Hence, Catholic prophecy indicates that Turkey will betray the Islamic Arabic power. In the Bible, Daniel 11:25-26 is quite clear that an ally of the King of the South will betray the King of the South:<\/p>\n

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25 \u201cHe shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him. 26 Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain. (Daniel 11:25-26)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Presuming that Daniel 11:25-26 has a future fulfillment (and as it seems to parallel Daniel 11:40-43 so it may), there will be close allies (like Turkey) that will betray the King of the South according to scripture as well. Many events will not turn out well in the Arab World for a time\u2013watch also the video War is Coming Between Europeans and Arabs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, a seven year deal is in Islamic prophecy:<\/p>\n

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Rasaullah [Muhammed] said: \u201cThere will be four peace agreements between you and the Romans [Christians]. The fourth agreement will be mediated through a person who will be the progeny of Hadrat Haroon [Honorable Aaron \u2014 Moses\u2019 brother] and will be upheld for seven years<\/em><\/span> (Richardson J. Antichrist: Islam\u2019s Awaited Messiah. Pleasant Word, <\/span>2006, p. 48)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The above sounds similar to the seven year (one week in biblical language) agreement discussed in Daniel 9:27 that involves a \u201cprince\u201d who appears to be the one the Bible warns will become the King of the North<\/a> and apparently the nation of Israel. It certainly would make sense that there would be Muslim representation in a peace deal.<\/p>\n

Here is something else along those lines:<\/p>\n

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{Muslim} Adnan Oktar, a media personality and prolific author, about what Islam expects to happen as the world grinds down to the last days. \u2026<\/p>\n

There are bad djinn and good djinn, with the good djinn being Muslim.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes the Mahdi will communicate with the djinns,\u201d Oktar says in the film. \u201cMahdi is the leader of both djinns and men. Muslim djinns, djinns that believe in God, will assist the Muslims in making Muslims prevail throughout the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oktar goes on to explain that the Mahdi will rule for seven years, which eerily resembles the reign of another character that the Bible warns Christians to beware of in the last days. (Hohmann L. Popular Muslim personality: \u2018Jesus Christ is among us\u2019 New documentary sheds light on Islamic views about end times. World News Daily, October 26, 2014. http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2014\/10\/popular-muslim-personality-jesus-christ-is-among-us\/#Llx0l0MmRdAXVu5w.99 <\/a> viewed 10\/27\/14)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notice also:<\/p>\n

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The last days, as described in Islam, are marked by the figures of Gog and Magog (Juj wa Jajuj), the Mahdi, the Antichrist (Dajjal), and Jesus\u2026Gog and Magog, representing the forces of chaos, have been kept at bay\u2026At the end of time, chaos will break through the wall of Divinely imposed order, and the world will succumb to \u201couter darkness\u201d. At the same time, it is believed, there will be a countercurrent, or a brief return to the state of spiritual lucidity and primordial integrity that obtained at the dawn of time. This is the reign of the Mahdi, the \u201crightly guided one\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

The reign of the Mahdi will be followed by that of the Antichrist\u2026 once the Antichrist has led away his followers, Jesus will then come to destroy the Antichrist in the closing moments of the cosmic drama. (Glasse C. New Encyclopedia of Islam: A Revised Edition of the Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, 3rd edition, 2008, pp. 143, 316).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some in Islam seem to essentially understand that the reign of the Beast<\/a> and Antichrist<\/a> will happen after the Mahdi\u2019s death. Now this is true, for the Arab lands. However, the Beast (King of the North<\/a>) will rule in Europe<\/a> and in some of the American lands<\/a>, though, prior to his reign over Arab lands as the Great Tribulation begins with Daniel 11:39, and not Daniel 11:40 when the Kings of the North and South fight.<\/p>\n

The time of the \u2018Mahdi\u2019 is the time that Islam believes it will be rising up. This is consistent with the prophesied rise of the King of the South in Daniel 11:27, 40. Because of this rise, they will not pay enough attention to the deal.<\/p>\n

Notice that this too, seems to be consistent with some Islamic prophecy:<\/p>\n

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5 General anarchy and bloodshed, that no Arab household will be spared from it 6 Then a life of peace as a result of a peace agreement between you and the Banil Asfaar (Romans) which they will break and attack you with a force consisting of eighty flags and under each flag will be an army of twelve thousand men. (Ibn Zubair Ali, Mohammed Ali. The minor signs of Last Days from: The Signs of Qiyamah. http:\/\/www.islamawareness.net\/Prophecies\/minor.html viewed 08\/11\/12).<\/p>\n

5 General anarchy and bloodshed, that no Arab household will be spared from it
\n6 Then a life of peace as a result of a peace agreement between you and the Banil Asfaar
\n(Romans) which they will break and attack you with a force consisting of eighty flags and under each flag will be an army of twelve thousand men.\u201d (Hadith: Sahih Bukhari). (From \u201cSigns of Qiyamah\u201d (excerpts) by Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali. The Minor Signs of the Last Day. http:\/\/www.islam.tc\/prophecies\/qiyaam2.html viewed 07\/03\/14)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notice that not only biblical and Catholic prophecy indicate that the King of the South\/Great Arab will be betrayed, even Islam indicates that the Roman \u201cCatholics\u201d will turn against its leader, the Madhi (the King of the South) (see also The Arab and Islamic World In the Bible, History, and Prophecy<\/a>)<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Notice a biblical prophecy showing the Arabic power will be defeated:<\/p>\n

40 At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. (Daniel 11:40-42, NKJV).<\/p>\n

43 and he hath ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim are at his steps. (Daniel 11:43, Young\u2019s literal translation)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The following scriptures are also related to a coming King of the South<\/a> and the defeat of nations which are primarily Islamic at this time:<\/p>\n

1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 \u201cSon of man, prophesy and say: \u2018This is what the Sovereign LORD says:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Wail and say, \u201cAlas for that day!\u201d 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near- a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. 4 A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish will come upon Cush. When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be carried away and her foundations torn down. <\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Cush and Put, Lydia and all Arabia, Libya and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt. <\/strong><\/p>\n

6 \u201c\u2018This is what the LORD says:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign LORD. 7 \u201c\u2018They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities. 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are crushed.<\/p>\n

9 \u201c\u2018On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt\u2019s doom, for it is sure to come (Ezekiel 30:1-9, NIV).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, yes, expect cooperation between Islamic and Catholic leaders.<\/p>\n

Yes, expect some deals.<\/p>\n

Yet, they will end up not turning out well for many Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n

The stage for these prophecies to be fulfilled is being set.<\/p>\n

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Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n

Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Apparitions<\/a> Do you know much about Mary? Are the apparitions real? What happened at Fatima? What might they mean for the rise of the ecumenical religion of Antichrist? Are Protestants moving towards Mary? How do the Eastern\/Greek Orthodox view Mary? How might Mary view her adorers? Here is a link to a YouTube video Marian Apparitions May Fulfill Prophecy.<\/a>
\nTattoos: History and Biblical Teachings<\/a> Would you like to know more about the history of tattoos, social concerns about tattoos, health risks of tattoos, and what the Bible teaches about them? Here is a related video titled Should Christians Get a Tattoo? <\/a><\/span>
\nThe \u2018Lady\u2019 of Guadalupe: Any Future Ramifications?<\/a> It is claimed that a female apparition appeared near Mexico City on December 12, 1531. How has it affected the world? What might it suggest about the future? A video of related interest is titled: The \u2018Lady of Guadalupe\u2019 and Prophecy<\/a>.
\nSatan’s Plan<\/a> Does Satan have a plan? What is it? Has it already been successful? Will it be successful in the future? Here are links to a two-part sermon series: What are Some of the Parts of Satan’s Plan?<\/a> and Satan’s Plan is More Dramatic than Many Realize<\/a>.
\nMystery of Civilization<\/a> Why is civilization like it is? How will it end? What will replace it?Here is a link to a related sermon titled: Mystery of Civilization and How it Will End<\/a>.
\nPope Francis: Could this Marian Focused Pontiff be Fulfilling Prophecy?<\/a> Pope Francis has taken many steps to turn people more towards his version of \u2018Mary.\u2019 Could this be consistent with biblical and Catholic prophecies? This article documents what has been happening. There is also a video version titled Pope Francis: Could this Marian Focused Pontiff be Fulfilling Prophecy?<\/a>
\n<\/a> Feast of the Immaculate Conception?<\/a> Did early Christians teach Mary had an immaculate conception and led a sinless life?
\nOrigin of the Marian Dogmas: <\/a>Where Do Catholic Scholars Say The Four Dogmas of Mary Came From?
\nAssumption of Mary<\/a> Did Mary die? Was she taken to heaven on August 15th? What is known? What does the Bible show?
\nWhat Did the Early Church Teach About Idols and Icons?<\/a> Did Catholic and Orthodox \u201csaints\u201d endorse or condemn idols and icons for Christians?
\nFatima Shock!<\/em> What the Vatican Does Not Want You to Know About Fatima, Dogmas of Mary, and Future Apparitions.<\/a> Whether or not you believe anything happened at Fatima, if you live long enough, you will be affected by its ramifications (cf. Isaiah 47; Revelation 17). Fatima Shock!<\/em><\/a> provides concerned Christians with enough Catholic-documented facts to effectively counter every false Marian argument. In addition to the print version, there is a Kindle version of Fatima Shock!<\/a> which you can acquire in seconds.
\nDifferences Between Islam and the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> What are some of the main differences? Are there any similarities? A video of related interest is titled: Islam: Any Christian Concerns or Similarities?<\/a><\/span>
\nCan the Final Antichrist be Islamic?<\/a> Is Joel Richardson correct that the final Antichrist will be Islamic and not European? Find out. A related sermon is titled: Is the Final Antichrist Islamic or European?<\/a> Another video is Mystery Babylon USA, Mecca, or Rome?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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