Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite

Posted By: Daryl

Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/22/13 12:45 AM

You've got to read this article.

The part that stood out was the statement "Another sign of his simpler style, Francis addressed the religious leaders while seated in a beige armchair and not the usual elaborate throne used in the ornate hall for audiences."

Could this be the sign that the pope will soon hand his seat over to the devil, masquerading as Christ?

God bless.

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/pope-calls-all-religions-unite-5374919
Posted By: Charity

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/22/13 01:49 PM

That is quite amazing how quickly this Pope is acting to unite believers and unbelievers in a common cause. His friendly gestures to the Orthodox churches are unprecedented.

I'm still studying how this fits into the view I proposed a few days ago on Revelation 17, but it tends to confirm it in my mind. I started the thread in the Bible Study forum but it looks like it's been moved? I'm not sure what forum it's in now.
Posted By: Daryl

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/22/13 05:13 PM

It is in the Prophetic Studies forum.
Posted By: Mountain Man

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/25/13 07:18 PM

From a different perspective it could be a good thing if churches unite for a common good. The world would be more impressed with Christianity if there was less infighting. It could help us proclaim the 3AM. Of course, it could also end in Sunday Laws.
Posted By: jamesonofthunder

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 12:31 AM

WHAT? Mountain man? ARE YOU SERIOUS?

"It could be a good thing for the churches to unite for a common good"?

"When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result." {GC 445.1}

Today I am losing confidence in the majority of people on this website!

You just totally surprised me Mike. When I read what you just wrote it sent chills down my spine.

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Posted By: Daryl

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 02:08 AM

I am also surprised you would be posting this, even from a different perspective, therefore, you may want to explain why you would even post such a thought.
Originally Posted By: Mountain Man
From a different perspective it could be a good thing if churches unite for a common good. The world would be more impressed with Christianity if there was less infighting. It could help us proclaim the 3AM. Of course, it could also end in Sunday Laws.
Posted By: His child

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 04:14 AM

Originally Posted By: Mark Shipowick
That is quite amazing how quickly this Pope is acting to unite believers and unbelievers in a common cause. His friendly gestures to the Orthodox churches are unprecedented.

I'm still studying how this fits into the view I proposed a few days ago on Revelation 17, but it tends to confirm it in my mind. I started the thread in the Bible Study forum but it looks like it's been moved? I'm not sure what forum it's in now.


Is it not written: The last events will be rapid ones.
Posted By: Johann

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 03:45 PM

Originally Posted By: His child


Is it not written: The last events will be rapid ones.



Which events?
Posted By: Green Cochoa

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 06:16 PM

Originally Posted By: Johann
Originally Posted By: His child


Is it not written: The last events will be rapid ones.



Which events?


Why would you ask this?

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.
Posted By: Mountain Man

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 06:49 PM

As the world leans more favorably toward Christianity it will improve our ability to share the 3AM. I don't understand why this comment seems so blasphemous.
Posted By: His child

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 07:47 PM

Originally Posted By: Spirit of prophecy

We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. {9T 11.1}

The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones. {9T 11.2}

The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right upon us. The daily papers are full of indications of a terrible conflict in the near future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed of demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. Men have become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails. {9T 11.3}
Posted By: Mountain Man

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/26/13 10:54 PM

She wrote those words back in 1909. Since then quite a few people have been born and died of old age. Gives new meaning to the word "soon".
Posted By: Johann

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/27/13 02:00 AM

The church faced a great problem at the end of the first century when too many Christians turned old and died without experiencing the return of Jesus. They were certain their interpretations of the prophecies were correct. What a disappointment.

Is there anything we can learn from the message to the church in Ephesus?
Posted By: His child

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/28/13 06:16 PM

Originally Posted By: Mountain Man
She wrote those words back in 1909. Since then quite a few people have been born and died of old age. Gives new meaning to the word "soon".


I was a hospice nurse for 10-years. I have been at the bedside of many dying people. A man on his death bed often feels that life is ending too soon.
Posted By: Johann

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/28/13 08:38 PM

Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Posted By: His child

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 03/29/13 06:26 PM

Originally Posted By: Johann
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.


One of my internet acquaintances used to tell me, "Be careful where you scatter your pearls."
Posted By: kland

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 04/01/13 04:53 PM

Originally Posted By: His child
Originally Posted By: Mountain Man
She wrote those words back in 1909. Since then quite a few people have been born and died of old age. Gives new meaning to the word "soon".


I was a hospice nurse for 10-years. I have been at the bedside of many dying people. A man on his death bed often feels that life is ending too soon.
Do you mean to say that the word, "soon", has no real meaning other than what has been for 1000s of years relative to individuals?
Posted By: Mountain Man

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 04/01/13 05:55 PM

The word "soon" in the passage posted above should be taken in context. What could have been should have been - but doubt and disbelief delayed it. It seems inappropriate to quote it today (104 years later) to prove Jesus' return "is near at hand" "right upon us".
Posted By: His child

Re: Pope Francis I Calls for Religions to Unite - 05/02/13 06:29 PM

Originally Posted By: kland
Do you mean to say that the word, "soon", has no real meaning other than what has been for 1000s of years relative to individuals?


When Christ said soon, how did He mean it?

Jesus said Lazarus was asleep. Then He clarified that he was dead but Jesus was going to wake him. The context is that to Jesus death was not any different than sleep. He can wake people from either state.

Physics tells us that if a rocket left earth at the speed of light and returned in an hour that the pilot would have aged an hour, but those on earth would have aged 100-years (for example).

Perhaps When Jesus left earth to go to heaven, His trip will only be a few days at speeds faster than the speed of light and He will Cleanse the temple in a few hours by Heaven's clock? But it will be 1000's of years from our perspective.

There are some things that our finite minds cannot understand but that are not salvation issues and we don't do ourselves any good being too concerned with them.

Is this an important issue? Or maybe it will come into clearer view as we continue to study.

How long is soon as compared to eternity? How long is the 6,00-year reign of sin as compared to eternity. What seems long in one context is not all that long in another context.
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