{"id":69860,"date":"2021-06-28T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=69860"},"modified":"2021-06-28T06:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:47:47","slug":"the-future-of-europe-the-continents-judeo-christian-heritage-to-be-preserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/the-future-of-europe-the-continents-judeo-christian-heritage-to-be-preserved\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Future Of Europe \u2013 The Continent\u2019s \u201cJudeo-Christian heritage\u201d To Be Preserved’ “Roots”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Notice the following from the Hungarian Conservative<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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The Future Of Europe \u2013 The Continent\u2019s \u201cJudeo-Christian heritage\u201d To Be Preserved<\/h2>\n

In recent years \u201cJudeo-Christian\u201d heritage came to the forefront of the discourse in Europe along with the identity and future of the continent. Conservative politicians, decision makers, religious leaders, thinkers in Hungary more often referred to Europe\u2019s Judeo-Christian roots<\/a>\u2014and the culture and value system derived from it\u2014as the original identity of the old continent which needs to be preserved. The roots, which if Europe denies and abandons, can mislay its future. …<\/p>\n

Judeo-Christian values have their own integrational force which exerts its effect from the bottom to top, but still keeping the diversity of the different European nations. While the European Union is an economic and political top-down project with the idea of multiculturalism in which nations lose their originality, their own culture and beliefs merging into a mass called EU into a culture in which values and morals are artificially defined from the top and have nothing to do with the Continent\u2019s \u201cJudeo-Christian\u201d value system.<\/p>\n

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While Central Europe struggled in the captivity of communism for more than forty years, Western Europe seemingly started to forget its roots. It is the duty of Central European counties to remind the old Continent its core values based on the Judeo-Christian heritage. This policy has come to the forefront especially after mass migration hit the EU. A new battle front in preserving Judeo-Christian traditions and values of Europe was opened. Values of the sovereign nation states, the traditional family, the sanctity of life, marriage and the fundamental human rights of man endowed by its Creator are those that could make Europe great again. 06\/15\/21 https:\/\/www.hungarianconservative.com\/articles\/opinion\/the-future-of-europe-the-continents-judeo-christian-heritage-to-be-preserved\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, the above says for Europe to be great again, it needs to go to its Judeo-Christian roots.<\/p>\n

But that does not mean original Christianity, but essentially a move to a Greco-Roman form. The whole article actually uses the term “roots” six times.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s Viktor Orban laid out his plans for Europe three years ago and also pointed to its “Christian” “roots” (see Hungary\u2019s Orban\u2019s plan for Europe; Might Spain be inclined to support it?<\/a>). Yet, because he pushed for restrictions on LGBTQ+ recruitment, some called for Hungary’s departure from the EU (see ZH: Hungary Told To Repeal Law Banning LGBT Promotion To Children \u201cOr Else Leave EU\u201d<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The use of the term “roots” with Europe brings to mind actions of the current two living pontiffs.<\/p>\n

For example, do you recall hearing why Cardinal Ratzinger chose the name of “Pope Benedict”? He did it because he wants Europe unitied!<\/p>\n

The Catholic News Agency <\/em>reported:<\/p>\n

“He said he also chose the name because Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order, is one of the patron saints of Europe. “St Benedict is therefore much venerated in Germany and in particular, in Bavaria, my native land; constituting a fundamental point of reference for the unity of Europe, and a strong call to the inalienable Christian roots of its culture and civilisation.”” (Source http:\/\/www.cathnews.com\/news\/504\/151.php)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On May 6, 2016, Pope Francis was given the \u2018International Charlemagne Prize.\u2019 It is awarded annually by the German city of Aachen for \u201ccontributions to European unity.\u201d Charlemagne, himself, was the first one crowned emperor of the old \u2018Holy Roman Empire\u2019 (800 A.D.).<\/p>\n

Here is some of Pope Francis\u2019 acceptance speech:<\/p>\n

May 6, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n

I offer you a cordial welcome and I thank you for your presence. I am particularly grateful to Messrs Marcel Philipp, J\u00fcrgen Linden, Martin Schulz, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk for their kind words. I would like to reiterate my intention to offer this prestigious award for Europe. For ours is not so much a celebration as a moment to express our shared hope for a new and courageous step forward for this beloved continent.<\/p>\n

Creativity, genius and a capacity for rebirth and renewal are part of the soul of Europe. In the last century, Europe bore witness to humanity that a new beginning was indeed possible. After years of tragic conflicts, culminating in the most horrific war ever known, there emerged, by God\u2019s grace, something completely new in human history. The ashes of the ruins could not extinguish the ardent hope and the quest of solidarity that inspired the founders of the European project. They laid the foundations for a bastion of peace, an edifice made up of states united not by force but by free commitment to the common good<\/em> and a definitive end to confrontation. Europe, so long divided, finally found its true self and began to build its house. \u2026<\/p>\n

The roots of our peoples, the roots of Europe, were consolidated down the centuries by the constant need to integrate in new syntheses the most varied and discrete cultures. The identity of Europe is, and always has been, a dynamic and multicultural identity. \u2026<\/p>\n

In addressing the European Parliament, I used the image of Europe as a grandmother. I noted that there is a growing impression that Europe is weary, aging, no longer fertile and vital, that the great ideals that inspired Europe seem to have lost their appeal. There is an impression that Europe is declining, that it has lost its ability to be innovative and creative, and that it is more concerned with preserving and dominating spaces than with generating processes of inclusion and change. There is an impression that Europe is tending to become increasingly \u201centrenched\u201d, rather than open to initiating new social processes capable of engaging all individuals and groups in the search for new and productive solutions to current problems. Europe, rather than protecting spaces, is called to be a mother who generates processes (cf. Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium<\/em>, 223). \u2026<\/p>\n

To the rebirth of a Europe weary, yet still rich in energies and possibilities, the Church can and must play her part. \u2026<\/p>\n

Only a Church rich in witnesses will be able to bring back the pure water of the Gospel to the roots of Europe. In this enterprise, the path of Christians towards full unity is a great sign of the times and a response to the Lord\u2019s prayer \u201cthat they may all be one\u201d (Jn <\/em>17:21).<\/p>\n

With mind and heart, with hope and without vain nostalgia, like a son who rediscovers in Mother Europe his roots of life and faith, I dream of a new European humanism<\/em>, one that involves \u201ca constant work of humanization\u201d and calls for \u201cmemory, courage, [and] a sound and humane utopian vision\u201d. https:\/\/zenit.org\/articles\/popes-address-for-being-awarded-charlemagne-prize\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The term “roots” is used four times above.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Pope Francis called on his followers to reclaim the \u2018Christian roots\u2019 of Europe:<\/p>\n

For his mission intention, the Holy Father prays \u201cthat Europe may rediscover its Christian roots through the witness of believers.\u201d (Unemployed Remembered in Pope\u2019s June Prayer Intentions, Also Prays Europe Can Rediscover Its Christian Roots. Vatican City, May 30, 2014. http:\/\/www.zenit.org\/en\/articles\/unemployed-remembered-in-pope-s-june-prayer-intentionsviewed 05\/30\/14)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It should also be noted that the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew (whose \u201cofficial title\u201d is His All Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch<\/strong>) wrote about “roots of Europe”:<\/p>\n

Today, then, it is our obligation more than ever to reclaim the Christian roots of Europe and the spiritual, sacramental and doctrinal unity that it enjoyed prior to the schism of our two Churches. The re-evangelization of our peoples is \u201ctoday, more so than ever before, timely and necessary, even within traditional Christian lands,\u201d as we admitted and confessed in common here exactly one year ago.<\/p>\n

Thus, we believe that Western and Eastern Europe must cease regarding themselves as foreign to one another\u2026<\/p>\n

Elder Rome has the foremost St. Peter as its apostle and patron. New Rome, Constantinople, has the brother of St. Peter, the first-called of the apostles, Andrew. Both invite us to the fraternal unity that they shared with each other and that can only be acquired when the cross becomes our point of reference and experience of approach.<\/p>\n

Let us, therefore, beseech these two brothers and greatest of apostles that they may grant peace to the world and lead everyone to unity. (Bartholomew I\u2019s Letter to Vatican Delegation. Zenit. December 5, 2007 http:\/\/www.zenit.org\/article-21198?l=english)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Patriarch of Constantinople is generally considered the first among equals within the Eastern Orthodox \u201csees.\u201d He pushed for his version of European roots.<\/p>\n

The old Worldwide Church of God published the following last century:<\/p>\n

Roots of Greatness<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The time-honored theme of European unity on the basis of a common religious heritage has been raised frequently by Pope John Paul II. For him it is no casual, passing concern. He has made it very clear that he believes he has a literal calling from God to unite Europe!
\nDuring his well-publicized trip to his native Poland in June 1979, the Pope declared: “Europe, despite its present and long-lasting division of regimes, ideologies and economic systems, cannot cease to seek its fundamental unity and must turn to Christianity…. Economic and political reasons cannot do it. We must go deeper….”
\nIn Santiago, Spain, in 1982 he proclaimed the following, in what he called a “Declaration to Europe”:
\n“I, Bishop of Rome and Shepherd of the Universal Church, from Santiago, utter to you, Europe of the ages, a cry full of love: Find yourself again. Be yourself. Discover your origins, revive your roots.”
\nThe Pope has repeatedly stressed that Europe must seek religious unity if it is to advance beyond its present divisions. At his final mass during his trip to Poland last June, John Paul prayed for “all the Christians of East and West, that they become united in Christ and expand the Kingdom of Christ throughout the world.”
\nLast September, in the first Papal pilgrimage to Vienna, Austria, in two centuries, the Pope again urged Europeans on both sides of the Iron Curtain to unite on the basis of their common Christian heritage. To a crowd of 100,000, he emphasized Europe’s unity in “the deep Christian roots and the human and cultural values which are sacred to all Europe.” <\/span>(Stump K. THE HISTORY OF EUROPE & THE CHURCH Part Ten THE FINAL UNION<\/span>. Plain Truth, June 1984)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clearly the Vatican, certain Hungarians, and various others in Europe have been looking for some type of a Greco-Roman theology for Europe as many have considered them to be the “roots” of Europe.<\/p>\n

The Vatican has long been pressing for its version of Christianity to be a greater part of Europe. So, sometimes, have other leaders in Europe (see Germany\u2019s Dobrindt decries Islam after France\u2019s Macron promotes Catholicism: Steps towards a new \u2018Holy Roman Empire\u2019?<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As is clear to many observers, Europe has unity problems.<\/p>\n

However, that was prophesied:<\/p>\n

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41<\/span> Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. <\/span><\/div>\n
42<\/span> And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. <\/span><\/div>\n
43<\/span> As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. (Daniel 2:41-43)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Europe will change: a reorganized Europe is prophesied (Revelation 17:12-13), it will develop a \u2018great army\u2019 (Daniel 11:25), betray its \u2018friend\u2019 (Lamentations 1:1-2), destroy the USA (Daniel 11:39), and destroy a power based in the Islamic-dominated lands in the Middle East and North Africa (Daniel 11:40-43).<\/p>\n

What about a Greco-Roman religion?<\/p>\n

Well, even when Europe was still recovering from being devastated in World War II, after attending a conference related to the start of the UN, in the December 1948 issue of The Plain Truth<\/em> Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> predicted a coming “United States of Europe” when he wrote:<\/p>\n

It was the SERMON that shot forth that spark, impregnating the minds of world leaders in attendance. This amazing sermon was delivered by a foremost radio speaker of the Catholic Church, Bishop Duane G. Hunt of Salt Lake City … Without the guidance, supervision, authority of the Catholic Church, he told these men, they were laboring in vain …<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was the Roman Catholic bid to resurrect the so-called \u201cHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE\u201d ! And PROPHECY says they will succeed!<\/strong> … At the psychological time, the pope will step in … Thru this political movement, he will UNIFY … nations in Europe. It will be a \u201cThe UNITED STATES OF EUROPE,\u201d but that probably will never become its official name. (Armstrong HW. Now It Can Be Told…The Plain Truth,<\/em> December 1948, pp. 2,5).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 1965, the late Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> wrote:<\/p>\n

…European countries urgently want political union, the very UNITED STATES OF EUROPE I have been assuring PLAIN TRUTH readers for 31 years is definitely coming. It will unite them into a giant third World Power…<\/p>\n

There is a definite German “Kultur! There is a French culture that is in many respects quite different. Then there is a still different Italian culture, a Spanish culture, a Scandinavian culture, a Swiss culture–and all are different! European nations speak different languages, have different aspirations, different customs, different traditions. Europe is often called a “crazy-quilt” of nations.<\/p>\n

HOW, THEN, CAN THEY AGREE TOGETHER AND UNITE? For years The PLAIN TRUTH has said these nations are going to have to realize their inability to unite themselves politically-to choose a common political-military Leader that all can trust. They are going to finally face the fact they must look to a Supreme Authority they can all trust! That Supreme Authority cannot be a politician, or a general (De Gaulle is both). The only possible answer is a Religious Leader!<\/strong> (Armstrong HW. Personal. Plain Truth, November 1965, pp.1-2)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, he felt that while they needed a political-military leader, some type of religious leader was needed to unify Europeans.<\/p>\n

This is consistent with Viktor Orban’s call for a ‘Christian foundation’ for Europe.<\/p>\n

The Bible clearly teaches that Europe will reorganize and give power to a totalitarian strongman, referred to as the Beast:<\/p>\n

12 \u201cThe ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The final European Beast<\/a> leader (Revelation 13:1-10), who is also known as the final King of the North<\/a>, will ultimately promote his religion (Daniel 11:36-38; which will not be Islam, he will at first feign and claim a form of Roman Catholicism), destroy the USA and its Anglo-Saxon allies (Daniel 11:39), and then takeover the predominantly Islamic nations in the Middle East and North Africa (Daniel 11:40-43).<\/p>\n

Consistent with what Herbert Armstrong wrote, the Bible also shows that a religious leader will be supporting that Beast:<\/p>\n

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11<\/strong><\/span> Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. <\/span><\/div>\n
12<\/strong><\/span> And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. <\/span><\/div>\n
13<\/strong><\/span> He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. <\/span><\/div>\n
14<\/strong><\/span> And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. <\/span><\/div>\n
15<\/strong><\/span> He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. <\/span><\/div>\n
16<\/strong><\/span> He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, <\/span><\/div>\n
17<\/strong><\/span> and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. <\/span><\/div>\n
18<\/strong><\/span> Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:11-18)
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Islamic issues will be a factor in the rise of this Beast leader.<\/p>\n

Notice something from the old Radio Church of God from decades ago about a restoration of a “Holy Roman Empire” (bolding<\/strong> mine) :<\/p>\n

The attempt to unify Europe as one economic, military and political power bloc restoring the \u201cHoly Roman Empire,\u201d has been the one aim of all the \u201cgreat\u201d men who dominated European history<\/strong> from Napoleon\u2019s \u201cWaterloo\u201d until now. Mussolini, dominating Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, Libya, and conquering Ethiopia, did officially name his weak \u201cEmpire\u201d the \u201cRoman Empire.\u201d But now the dream of a mighty, powerful, resurrected Roman Empire at last is becoming a hard-driving reality.<\/p>\n

\u2026 nations of United Europe have succeeded in their aim far beyond the wildest dreams of the original signers of the Treaty of Rome. In far less time, at a far greater pace than anticipated, these nations of Europe have risen from the economic chaos of World War II to the dizzying heights of a standard of living never known to them before! With the present success well beyond the proportions of that expected three years ago, with a future success \u2014 in a world of peace \u2014 sure to produce a near \u2014 utopia, Western Europe is more concerned about war than any other economic and political entity on the face of this earth! \u201cThis is very probably the last year in which anyone except Europe will be able to negotiate with the Soviet Union for Europe!\u201d (London Sunday Times). These nations are ENJOYING their economic recovery and they will let nothing stand in its way \u2014 they will stop at nothing to keep \u2018What they have, and, GO ON TO MORE! SO it is that a blueprint has been drawn up by the Six, that demands meetings among themselves to decide the MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY questions that come up regarding Europe! \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cFascism in Europe is about to be reborn in respectable business attire, and the Treaty of Rome will finally be implemented to its fullest extent.. the dream of a Holy Roman, Empire returning to power to dominate and direct the so-called forces of Christian mankind of the Western world is not dead, but still stalks through the antechambers of every national capital of continental Western Europe<\/strong>\u2026 IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE LEADERS IN THE COMMON MARKET NATIONS TO RESTORE THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE WITH ALL THAT THAT MEANS!\u201d (Northwest Technocrat, Vol. XXV, No. 205.) United within the ancient boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire; united by the common spiritual bond of universal Catholicism; united in a burgeoning and booming industrial economy that dominates today\u2019s world; united geographically in the most productive and industrial complex of all the earth \u2014 at least TEN NATIONS OF MODERN EUROPE WILL MARCH ONTO THE SCENE OF WORLD HISTORY AS THE GREATEST SINGLE HUMAN FORCE EVER SEEN BY MAN! (Hill DJ. What is Germany\u2019s Destiny? Plain Truth, March 1962)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A “Holy Roman Empire” would be one with Greco-Roman Christianity. Historically, that has involved the Church of Rome and Europe. Such an alliance is prophesied in Revelation 17.<\/p>\n

Although the timing was off, notice something from 1981:<\/p>\n

Throughout the Middle Ages, leaders considered the Church at Rome to be God\u2019s chosen instrument in spiritual matters. The Holy Roman Empire was regarded as God\u2019s chosen political organization over Western Christendom. Pope and Emperor were regarded as God\u2019s vice-regents on earth. This intimate alliance of Church and State served the needs of both institutions. The Empire exercised its political and military powers to defend religion and enforce internal submission through religious uniformity. The Church, in turn, acted as a glue for Europe, holding together the differing nationalities by the tie of common religion.<\/p>\n

This ideal in Church-State relations was never completely realized, as we have seen in the frequent conflicts between Emperors and Popes \u2026 numerous revivals of the Roman Empire have arisen in Europe in the centuries since the fall of ancient Rome.<\/p>\n

In Revelation 17, these revivals are represented by the seven heads of a wild animal. Six have already occurred, from Justinian to Mussolini. One last restoration of this great political system is yet to arise. This confederated Europe will be an immense political, military and economic power \u2014 a great Third Force in world affairs, a superpower in its own right. Prophecy further reveals that this powerful church-state union will be composed of \u201cten horns\u201d \u2014 meaning 10 nations or groups of nations (Rev. l7:3) \u2014 under the overall leadership of a single political figure (verse 13). Europe will again have a single political head of state!<\/p>\n

Moreover, prophecy foretells that a religious figure of unprecedented power and authority will sit astride the \u201cempire,\u201d directing it as a rider guides a horse (Rev. 17:3). To counter the ongoing spread of atheism, secularism and consumerism, the Vatican \u2014 as in centuries past \u2014 will be forced to become a major power in the international arena. The political muscle of the Papacy will be reinvigorated. In these turbulent last days of the 20th century, the \u201cspiritual unity\u201d of the Continent \u2014 as so often urged by recent Popes \u2014 will be realized! (Stump K. The History of Europe and the Church. Ambassador College Publications, 1984)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steps towards such an alliance are taking place now. In addition to biblical and Church of God predictions about this, Roman Catholic prophecies also predict this as well (see The Great Monarch: Biblical and Catholic Prophecies<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

Do Roman Catholics still want a new Roman Empire? Desmond A. Birch, a Roman Catholic writer, has made the following observations:<\/p>\n

Several private prophecies of canonized Saints specifically state that there will be a latter restoration<\/em> of the Holy Roman Empire and that there will be at least one last Holy Roman Emperor. The authenticity of the authorship of such prophecies of canonized Saints (e.g., St. Hildegard, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Francis of Paula, and St. John Vianney) at least over the last eight hundred years is scholastically unquestionable.<\/p>\n

The Great King will be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the reigning Pope \u2026 (Birch, DA. Trial, Tribulation & Triumph: Before During and After Antichrist. Queenship Publishing Company, Goleta (CA), 1996, pp.281, 555)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Roman Catholics expect that a pope will make someone the leader of the future \u2018Holy Roman Empire.\u2019<\/p>\n

The prophesied reality is that signs and wonders will be a factor to get Europe to go towards its Greco-Roman religious roots, to a degree, and for a time.<\/p>\n

Consider the following prediction from a Roman Catholic saint many centuries ago:<\/p>\n

St. Thomas a’Becket<\/em> (12th Century). St. Thomas says:<\/p>\n

“A knight shall come from the West. He shall capture Milan, Lombardy, and the three Crowns. He shall then sail to Cyprus and Famagoste and land at Jaffa, and reach Christ’s grave where he will fight. Wars and wonders shall befall till the people believe in Christ toward the end of the world.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Notice that St. Thomas says wars and wonders will precede a resurgence in belief in Christ during the latter times <\/em>(Birch, p. 255). {The comments in italics were from Birch personally}. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Bible, itself, is absolutely clear that “signs and lying wonders” will be associated with the final Beast power (which some private “prophecies” call the “Great Monarch”) and the final Antichrist. Notice:<\/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<\/em> (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such signs and lying wonders will be factors in the final emergence of the European Beast power (see also 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12<\/a> and Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Apparitions<\/a>). And that is consistent with various Greco-Roman Catholic writings as well. It should also be noted that many Orthodox and Roman Catholics expect signs and wonders will announce the Great Monarch, as he will be a lesser known leader before coming into power.\u00a0 Here is one from an Orthodox source:<\/p>\n

Anonymou<\/em>\u00a0Paraphrasis<\/em> (10th century): The one true King\u2026is destined to become manifest [be revealed]\u2026by means\u2026of signs\u2026 The King will hear the voice and instructions by an Angel appearing to him\u2026he has foresight and is cognizant of the text of the prophecies\u2026the name of the King is hidden [concealed] among the nations\u2026And the particular manner of the king\u2019s manifestation to the public [to the world] will take place as follows: A star will appear for three days\u2026And a herald speaking with a very loud voice in the course of the three days will summon and unveil the hoped for one\u2026There will become visible in the sky a \u2018nebulous firmament of the sun\u2019\u2026under that image will be suspended a cross\u2026And the invisible herald from Heaven with his thunderous voice will say to the people: Is this man agreeable to you?\u00a0 At that moment everybody will be taken by fear and terror (Tzima Otto, H.\u00a0 The Great Monarch and WWIII in Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Scriptural Prophecies.Verenika Press, Rock City (SC), 2000pp. 30, 31, 32, 50-51,52).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additionally, some Catholic writers\/accepted writings clearly have understood that the two-horned beast in Revelation 13 is likely to be an antipope:<\/p>\n

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The Didache<\/em> (circa 100 A.D.): For in the last days false prophets and seducers shall be multiplied, and the sheep shall be turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into hate; and because iniquity aboundeth they shall hate each other, and persecute each other, and deliver each other up; and then shall the Deceiver of the world appear as the Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands; and he shall do unlawful things, such as have never happened since the beginning of the world. (Didache, 16:3-4. Translated by C. Hoole).<\/p>\n

Priest Herman Kramer<\/em> (20th century): This false prophet possibly at the behest of Antichrist usurps the papal supremacy. (Kramer HBL, p. 319\u00a0)<\/p>\n

Catholic writers Ted and Maureen Flynn<\/em> (1993): Catholic prophecy warns us of severe problems threatening the papacy in these end times…An Antipope will seize papal authority…It will be those who hold fast to the truths of the faith who will be labelled as the perpetuators of this horrible schism, according to some visionaries. (Flynn, p. 255)<\/p>\n

Priest E. Sylvester Berry<\/em> (published 1920):\u00a0 The two horns denote a twofold authority \u2013 spiritual and temporal. \u00a0As indicated by the resemblance to a lamb, the prophet will probably set himself up in Rome as a sort of anti-pope\u2026Antichrist will establish himself in Jerusalem\u2026with his \u2018lying wonders\u2019<\/strong>… (Berry ES.\u00a0 The Apocalypse of St. John, 1920.\u00a0 Quoted in Culleton RG.\u00a0 The Reign of Antichrist.\u00a0 Reprint 1974, TAN Books, Rockford (IL), pp. 199-200).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The combination of the signs and wonders associated with the Beast\/Great Monarch and the final Antichrist\/antipope is warned about in various prophecies, but the Bible teaches that Satan signs and sorcery will deceive many to support the coming new Bablyon (Revelation 18:21-23). Thus, Europe, which is considered to be a place that is highly irreligious is apparently going to change once various signs, apparitions, wonders, and sorceries are made manifest.<\/p>\n

Combining Greco-Roman religion with European politics will come to pass.<\/p>\n

Biblical prophecies will be fulfilled. Steps are in progress.<\/p>\n

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

Europa, the Beast, and the Book of Revelation<\/a> discusses the largest church since the second\/third century, which in a real sense is the eighth church mentioned in the Book of Revelation (it also endorses \u201ceighth day\u201d worship). What church would support the Beast? Here is a link to a video titled: Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?<\/a>
\nThe Great Monarch: Biblical and Catholic Prophecies<\/a><\/span> Is the ‘Great Monarch’ of Catholic prophecies endorsed or condemned by the Bible? Two sermons of related interest are also available: Great Monarch: Messiah or False Christ?<\/a><\/span> and Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies<\/a>.
\nMust the Ten Kings of Revelation 17:12 Rule over Ten Currently Existing Nations?<\/a> Some claim that these passages refer to a gathering of 10 currently existing nations together, while one group teaches that this is referring to 11 nations getting together. Is that what Revelation 17:12-13 refers to? The ramifications of misunderstanding this are enormous. A related sermon is titled Ten Kings of Revelation and the Great Tribulation<\/a>.
\nWho is the King of the West?<\/a> Why is there no Final End-Time King of the West in Bible Prophecy? Is the United States the King of the West? Here is a version in the Spanish language: \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Occidente? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no hay un Rey del Occidente en la profec\u00eda del tiempo del fin?<\/a> A related sermon is also available: The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West<\/a>.
\nWho is the King of the North?<\/a> Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies for the Great Monarch point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand<\/span>? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States? In the Spanish language check out \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Norte? <\/a>Here are links to two related videos: The King of the North is Alive: What to Look Out For<\/a> and The Future King of the North<\/a>.
\nDoes God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End?<\/a> Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2028 or 20xx? There is also a video titled 6000 Years: When will God\u2019s Kingdom Come?<\/a> Here is a link to the article in Spanish: \u00bfTiene Dios un plan de 6,000 a\u00f1os?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

European Union (Azerty82) COGwriter Notice the following from the Hungarian Conservative: The Future Of Europe \u2013 The Continent\u2019s \u201cJudeo-Christian heritage\u201d To Be Preserved In recent years \u201cJudeo-Christian\u201d heritage came to the forefront of the discourse in Europe along with the identity and future of the continent. Conservative politicians, decision makers, religious leaders, thinkers in Hungary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prophecy","category-religious-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69860"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69866,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69860\/revisions\/69866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}