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NEWS BRIEF:  "Pope Visits Bethlehem", Associated Press World News, by Jocelyn Noveck, March 22, 2000. 

"BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Kissing Palestinian earth and welcomed by Yassir Arafat, Pope John Paul II made a prayerful pilgrimage to the town of Jesus' birth that was also read as a powerful endorsement of Palestinian statehood hopes.  Greeting the frail 79-year-old Pope before he celebrated a joyful open-air Mass, before a crowd of thousands, the Palestinians lost no time driving home the message of their aspirations of independence. 'Welcome to our land', Arafat told him at a formal reception by Palestinian clerics, diplomats and officials that kicked off the only day the Pope was spending in Palestinian territory during his week-long visit to the Holy Land."

"After meeting Arafat, the pope traveled by his bulletproof 'popemobile' to Bethlehem's Manger Square for an ecstatic welcome at the traditional site of Christ's birth ... As organ strains signaled the start of the Mass, he leaned heavily on his silver sceptre, bowing his head in solemn prayer." 

This reference to the Pope's "silver sceptre" is the Satanic Crucifix he has been carrying the entire period of his Papacy, and is pictured here. As we have reported in many earlier articles, this Twisted Crucifix has been the symbol of the final Antichrist since Black Magick Satanists created it in 666 A.D. [Roman Catholic author, Piers Compton, writing in his book, "The Broken Cross: Hidden Hand In the Vatican", Channel Islands, Neville Spearman, 1981, p. 72]

This Bent Crucifix is "... a sinister symbol, used by Satanists in the sixth century, that had been revived at the time of Vatican Two. This was a bent or broken cross, on which was displayed a repulsive and distorted figure of Christ, which the black magicians and sorcerers of the Middle Ages had made use of to represent the Biblical term 'Mark of the Beast'. Yet, not only Paul VI, but his successors, the two John-Pauls, carried that object and held it up to be revered by crowds, who had not the slightest idea that it stood for anti-Christ." [Ibid.]

Remember Jesus' words of warning in Matthew 24?  In this End Times' prophecy chapter, Jesus warned three times that people living at the End of the Age would be facing unparalleled deception.  In His third warning, Jesus said:  "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets , and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."  [Matthew 24:24]

It is highly appropriate this verse warns specifically against being deceived by a "false prophet".  In Biblical terminology, a "false prophet" is a religious leader who pretends to be a spiritual leader who loves God, all the while intending to lead unsuspecting people astray.  We get a very accurate picture of the final False Prophet in Revelation 13:11.

"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb , and he spake as a dragon."

This is THE final False Prophet who will force the entire world to take the Mark of the Beast during the Great Tribulation Period.  We can see that he will present himself to the world as a genuine Christian leader, which is why God chose the symbolism here of having "two horns like a lamb".  This Final False Prophet will have convinced the entire world he is a Christian leader; however, the next part of this prophetic verse tells us that his inner heart will be that of a "dragon", of Satan.

Then, shockingly, the next verse tells us that this final False Prophet will possess the same occult power as Antichrist!  "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;"  [Revelation 13:12-14]

Former Jesuit Professor, Malachi Martin, writing in his book of John Paul II, "The Keys To This Blood", that this Pope has strenuously sought the top leadership post of the New World Order Religion from the very moment he became Pontiff.  Martin says that the world is being driven into the New World Order by three very distinct and powerful forces:  Western-style Capitalism led by the United States, Eastern-style Socialism led by Russia, and Spiritually led by this Roman Catholic Pope.  Since the stated goal of New World Order writings is to produce the New Age Christ [Biblical Antichrist], the Pope is deliberately leading his one billion faithful followers into the waiting arms of Antichrist. 

But, that is not the entire story, either.

This Pope is leading the world-wide Ecumenical Movement , seeking to unite all religions of the world into one, with himself as the leader.  We have repeatedly warned Liberal Protestant leaders that -- even as they are disparaging Fundamental Christian leaders as "boils on the Body of Christ" -- what they are really doing is opening the door wide for the Antichrist and his False Prophet to boldly enter!

In NEWS1052, I printed out the verbatim notes I took at a very special members-only meeting of the House of Theosophy in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 18, 1991.  The leader of the seminar was Bill Lambert, the New England Director of Theosophy.  Bill had just returned from a 3-year stint of serving on the New Jerusalem Covenant Project, where the status of Jerusalem just prior to the appearance of Antichrist was planned to be International.  Bill called this seminar to share the latest news with his followers.

Bill shared much information on the occult powers attending the appearance of Antichrist.  But, then, Bill began speaking of the coming global religious kingdom that would spring up parallel with the political and business Kingdom of The Christ [Biblical Antichrist].  Lambert revealed the circumstances under which the New World Order Religion was to be established, finally drawing all the world's existing religions into one. He further revealed who had been chosen to be the top leader leading this global religious behemoth. Of course, this leader would automatically be the False Prophet , of which Revelation 13 tells us much. To my knowledge, this represented the first time anyone had revealed who the False Prophet was planned to be. Needless to say, my ears were as alert as possible as Bill began to speak of this coming planned global religion.

New Jerusalem Covenant Project  is the project on which Bill Lambert had been sitting as a committee member for several years.  Bill was home in Boston because the final touches had been placed upon the final state of Jerusalem prior to, and during, the Kingdom of The Christ. 

"Sometime between 1985-2010, the following scenario will unfold, depending only on the right set of circumstances:

* Moslem and Jewish areas in Jerusalem will be combined with Christian to create the New Jerusalem Covenant

* All religions of the world will convene to celebrate three (3) religious festivals simultaneously:

          1. Festival of Goodwill -- normally in May-June

          2. Festival of Easter -- normally in April (Celebrates new birth, as exemplified by the Christ -- Jesus Christ to Christians)

          3. Festival of Wesak -- normally in March (Celebrates birth of the Buddha)

This celebration of these three combined Festivals will create the New World Order Religion and will be the spiritual equivalent to the political United Nations."

Then, Lambert spoke of who the top leader of this combined religious conference is planned to be.  "

"At the proper moment in history, the Pope will visit the combined Jewish/Christian/Moslem sector of Jerusalem to announce that all religions should be combined into one. This action will then finally break the Middle East logjam."

There you have it!  The False Prophet of Revelation 13:11-18 has been announced -- it is the Roman Catholic Pope, whomever he will be at the time of the appearance of Antichrist.  The Roman Pontiff will visit the Jewish sector, the Christian area, and the Moslem territories; at the beginning of this religious conference, he will announce that, from this moment on, all religions are one, and he is their head.  Since Pope John Paul II is a frail 79-year-old, you might surmise that the Pope who will actually carry this Plan out will be the next Pope, and you may be right.  However, do not forget the power of Satan, especially when God allows him to take the action he wishes.  If God allows, Satan could energize this frail Pope into a man seemingly much younger than his years.  Pope John Paul II could suddenly be energized into a man acting like he was 40, not 70.

Lambert began speaking of the appearance of the Antichrist.  "Energies want to flow from the Hierarchy to earth to produce the physical manifestation of the Christ; but, such flow can only occur when humanity raises its collective consciousness to be properly awakened receptors." (Page 617-618, Externalisation of the Hierarchy, paraphrased by Mr. Lambert).

At this point, I raised my hand to ask Mr. Lambert, 'You spoke earlier about the Pope going to Jerusalem; you said when Lord Maitreya makes his appearance, there will be three types of people:

1. Those whose consciousness has been properly raised so they can readily accept him;

2. Those whose consciousness has been raised somewhat but not so high that they can readily

and immediately accept him, but they might be able to accept him after further enlightenment;

3. Those who will never accept him.'

You stated that, at the right moment, the Pope would go to Jerusalem. Surely the Pope is a proper receptor to the Christ'

At this point, Bill nodded his head affirmatively that the Pope was a proper receptor to the Christ.

This is the most direct acknowledgement by a influential person involved in the planning for the appearance of Antichrist that the current Pope is the same type of spiritual person as  Antichrist. This acknowledgement also declares the Roman Catholic Pope as the False Prophet.

Bill then stated, very pointedly, that the preparation for the New World Order religion was being paved by the Ecumenical Movement, being spear-headed by the Pope. Now, when you see Billy Graham complimenting the Pope, calling him one of the most influential people of this century, you know the truth about Graham, do you not? When you see priests and nuns cooperating with the BGEA during the Crusades you know the truth about Mr. Graham.  When you see Promise Keepers cooperating with the Vatican, you know the truth about Promise Keepers.  The list of prominent "Christian" leaders similarly cooperating with Rome goes on and one ad nauseum, and they can all be properly identified now as lesser false prophets, cooperating with THE False Prophet, the Roman Pontiff.

I find it highly interesting that this very Pope, who has been repeatedly told in visions by the Virgin Mary that he was to be the top religious leader of the coming New World Order Religion, is in Jerusalem right now, visiting all of these three religious sectors.  This is the first visit to the Holy Land by any Roman Pontiff since Israel came back to her land in 1948.  The Vatican has been very hostile to Israel, and to Jewish causes, ever since World War II, when Pope Pius XII continued his anti-Jewish policy.

Perhaps this is not the moment that this Pope -- or his successor -- will convene a global religious conference in Jerusalem, at which time he will announce that all the world's religions are now one, with him as their leader.  Lambert made it quite clear that this religious conference would parallel a Political/Business conference.  Listen to Lambert on this issue:

"When the religious communities of the world are thus merged, political governments are to simultaneously hold the following political/business conferences:

1. Planetary Goodwill Congress

2. Planetary Human Resource and Disarmament Congress

3. Planetary Environmental Resource and Space Congress"

Lambert refused to divulge who the leader of this conference would be, or where the conference would be held.  But, one can only intelligently speculate that the leader would be Antichrist, and that the conference would be held in a major city renowned for its importance to commerce.  The important detail, though, is that the timing of this conference would be identical to the religious conference in Jerusalem.  We find it highly interesting that President Clinton is in Bangladesh right now, and is planning to meet with Palestinian and Jewish leaders in Geneva later this week to talk about THE breakthrough in Middle East negotiations.  Is the "Middle East logjam" of which Lambert spoke about to be broken?  If it is, remember Lambert's assertion that the combined religious conference would be the final event that would break this logjam!

Now that the ice between the Vatican and Israel has been broken by this visit, a future visit by the Pope at the right moment in world history is assured.  Certainly, the Pope could not convene such a global religious conference if he had never visited Israel since the nation was reborn.  This hurdle has now been overcome; the bridge has been reestablished between Israel and the Vatican.  Now, the future awaits the global combined religious conference.  Keep your eyes and ears pealed for such an announcement.  I can only wonder about the date of September 13, 2000, when the final peace accords are to be signed between Israel and the Palestinians.  This number -- 13 -- is terribly occultic, and just may be the secret target date for the appearance of Antichrist and/or the convening of these two special conferences:  Religion and Political/Business.  We shall just have to wait and see, and keep alert, for our Redeemer does draw near.

Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.