Before You Jump To Defend the Pope

In these days of ever increasing attacks on Christianity it is sometimes easy to give into anger and take a stand before we know all the facts. In regards to the Pope’s speech that triggered all of the anger among Muslims, in this case both the Muslim’s were wrong for attacking the Pope in regards to him quoting a 12th century Byzantine King’s statement about Islam being violent and conquering by the sword to spread Islam, but the Pope while making a correct observation about Islam via the quote, used it in a speech that did not describe true Christianity and also one which was just one in a long line of speeches by himself and his predecessor Pope John Paul II promoting further interfaith unity.

The aim of the Catholic church in the 20th and now 21st century has been to re-define Christianity and more importantly the Catholic (Universal) Church as the head of a worldwide all-inclusive Church that includes not only all Christian churches (Catholic and Protestant) but Muslims, Jews, Hindu’s, Buddhists and other religions. The Pope’s speech at the University of Regensburg centered around the use of reason or logos (as logos has a dual meaning in the original Greek of: word and reason, reason as in a person’s ability to use intellectual reasoning) to better understand other religions and to use reason to see how the traditions of men cannot be ignored as opposed to rejecting reason and relying on Scripture alone (Sola Scriptura). And how Man made Philosophies are actually gifts form God to better understand God. In short his speech was an Ecumenical Speech appealing to those who wish to work towards an all-inclusive Universal Church and his speech was a criticism of all Fundamentalism, Islamic, and Christian.

But what happened when he made this speech? The Muslims around the world came out in a fury. And Evangelical Christians? They leaped to the defense of the Pope.

The Catholic church has already made it a part of Catholic teaching that Muslims have salvation. The following is from the Catholic Catechism. The Catechism is an official exposition of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church first published in French in 1992 with the authorization of Pope John Paul II:

Catechism 841) “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.” (Page 242, 243)

What you see happening now is two separate groups. One led by the Catholic Church which wants to be head of the Global Universal Church and Islam which also wants to be the head of a Universal Religion and Government with Islamic Sharia law and everyone who is a non-Muslim “liberated” by Muslims to become Muslims, or if they decide to remain in their own religion, then a second class citizen in a worldwide Muslim Society, forced to pay a tax for the privilege of being left alive and having less rights than Muslims under Sharia Law. However The Catholic Church which has went into apostasy and idolatry will not give up the Divinity of not only Jesus but Mary as well. Oh I forgot to mention that the Catholic Catechism also teaches that Mary is a Co-Redeemer equal to Jesus. But Islam does not recognize the Divinity of Jesus but considers him only a Prophet. Nor do they recognize the Catholic Divinity of Mary.

Currently the Catholic church is making great headway towards a Global Universal Church. At an ever increasing rate Protestant Churches are moving ever closer to the Catholic Church through Ecumenical Dialogue. And with increasing pressure from Islam, they will eventually stand shoulder to shoulder with the Catholic Church. Completely undoing the Reformation of Martin Luther. Even Hindus’ in India are pledging their support for the Pope in light of the recent Muslim protest’s against the Pope’s speech. Hindu’s in India offering 30 million Hindu Soldiers to assist what they consider to be the Christian church in its struggle against Islam.

Now where should we as true Christians stand in all of this, where should our support be placed? We should stand back and become wise and discern the times. True Christianity is under attack from not just Islam but from the Ecumenical Movement of the Catholic Church whose aim is to erase the Reformation as just one step towards a Global Universal False Church.

I truly believe Ezekiel 38 will be the penultimate battle where Islam comes against Israel to wipe it out as a nation, but the nations that come against Israel will be destroyed and with it the violent form of Islam as we know it today. After the Battle of Ezekiel 38 the world will be so sick of what it deems Religious instigated wars that all religions will sit down at the table and agree an all inclusive “reason” and man based religion just as the current Pope wishes to build. The world will seem to be at peace and then the stage will be set for the arrival of “The Man of Peace” The Anti-Christ.

Oh but friends I intend to be long gone before all of that takes place. I hope you do too! If your not where you should be with the Lord friends now is the time to get right. We are on the cusp of the end of all things!

God Bless,

John Baker

The Pope's speech at The at University of Regensburg can be read in full here:

http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=46474