Was the Pope Saved?
In early
April 2005, John Paul II died in the Vatican in Rome.
A massive
outpouring of grief and support followed, demonstrating the immense
psychological hold the papacy has over the minds of a vast number of people.
We know
from the book of Revelation that God regards all this as an abomination. In
unmistakably derogatory language, He labels papal worship with all its
associated deceptions as vile (Rev 17 and 18). The fruits of such a system
have opposed truth and God's true servants down through the centuries,
killing both (Rev 17:6).
In her
was found the blood of prophets and saints... (Rev 18:24).
God depicts
her as a Great Harlot (17:5), not the Bride for His Son. He condemns her
control over nations, symbolised as waters (17:1,15).
He detests the spiritual fornication she engages in with secular rulers
(17:2) and how she exerts political influence and control over them
(17:18). God blames her for deluding the entire world spiritually, whom she
makes drunk with spiritual stupefaction (Rev 17:2b, Is 29:9,10; Rev 14:8).
This
'woman' is stinking rich (Rev 17:4) while myriads of Catholics live in dire
poverty. What matters most to her is what she holds in her hand, with which
she deceives the whole world:
...having in her hand a golden cup, full of abominations and the filthiness
of her fornication (Rev 17:4b).
When John
saw this incredible sight in vision, he marvelled (17:6). You can't help but
be impressed humanly by huge opulence, vast power or influence, and majestic
imposing buildings. The Vatican has all these. But it also has a sea of
blood on its hands (17:6). It tortured and murdered to assert its power as
the only True Church on earth!
There is no
mistaking the evil imprint Catholicism has left on history. But most people
choose to be impressed by what they see than by what is 'hidden' from them
in the past. That's why God must reveal what is hidden – which is the
purpose of Revelation's visions and words.
Does that
mean that there's no way the former Polish pope, Karol Wojtyla, was saved,
and that he was a despicably evil man?
Jesus tells
you to judge a person by their (spiritual) fruits. Those fruits are listed
in Galatians 5:22-23, as a guideline of godliness. They are there to help
you be led by the Spirit, to consider things more from God's spiritual
perspective. You, as a Christian, are to make assessments or judgements in
relation to 'the Church' (1 Cor 5:12; 6:5). You need to compare what you see
in others with the spiritual ideal of behaviour that God reveals in His
Word. And as you properly do so, the Spirit can enlighten you, giving you
spiritual discernment.
Too many
Christians don't do this, because they have wrong motives in their own
heart, including pride, self-will and other carnal traits.
But those
who are led by the Spirit and willing to submit to the Spirit of God, who do
not hold evil in their heart, they can arrive at a correct assessment. God
wants you to. So, by their 'fruits' – spiritual fruits, not physical
attributes or achievements – which come from what is in their heart (their
inner motives), you can discern from God's viewpoint.
It's not a
matter of what a person believes in their head that makes them true or false
from God's vantage point, but what is in their heart. And only God sees
that. Hence you need His enlightenment to perceive.
Take A Look From God's
Perspective
I received
a letter from a dear lady who is moving on in the Spirit. She wrote:
As I was visiting with a friend of mine on the phone and
just thinking throughout the day, I got to thinking about a comment that I
read. It basically said that those that followed the pope were following him
right into hell. I was a bit frustrated about that statement after the way I
have heard the commentaries talk about the pope.
I think my frustration is "how can anyone be saved, Malcolm,
because I do not know how anyone can live up to the standards of GOD and HIS
perfection?" We are told to the have the faith of a child, but if we don't
do this or that, we are in danger of losing our salvation.
I truly believe in my heart that the pope loved Christ and
tried to make his life be a reflection of that. Do the Catholics actually
believe they are treating the pope incorrectly?
One thing the commentaries said that I did not like was they
were calling him "Holy Father." I know that title belongs only to
God...
In another
letter she was self-effacing and self-critical. She was down on herself
because she sees her mistakes but yearns for God's righteousness. She
doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of her past.
That is
good. We all need that humility and willingness to examine ourselves and be
self-critical. But we also need balance which comes through the Spirit and
with experience, knowing God's Word.
In her
letter she made some comments that will help others, so I reproduce them
here inside << these arrows >> and my comments follow.
<< ...how can anyone be
saved, Malcolm, because I do not know how anyone can live up to the
standards of GOD and HIS perfection?>>
They can't.... by themselves.
That's why we trust on Jesus. HE made the sacrifice to purify us of sin. HE
gives His Spirit to live in us, to give us His righteous character. And HE
imputes His righteousness to us where ours fails. What we all need to do is
keep the desire of our hearts set upon Him, desiring what is holy and true,
and He gives us the help we need and makes up for our shortcomings.
Acceptance by God is no longer
a matter of human achievement (which the Old Covenant proved that it
couldn't be accomplished), but one of the heart.
<< I truly believe in my
heart that the pope loved Christ and tried to make his life be a reflection
of that. Do the Catholics actually believe they are treating the pope
incorrectly? >>
No, they don't, or they
wouldn't do it. They are ignorant and deceived. Just like the pope was.
Now, on the other side, the
pope will see what a terrible waste his life was. He was totally deceived.
As a Catholic priest, steeped in Catholicism (which is just 'christianised'
paganism!), he was deceived into thinking that all the rituals he performed
and the sanctimonious effluence of his lifestyle was 'holiness' and 'loving
Christ'. It was NOT holiness. It was 'human-ness'. And it was not loving
Christ. It was loving Catholicism, which is an elevated religion of
self-worship and worship of people (Mary, popes, saints, and the Catholic
hierarchy), worked out through human effort, human reason, human ritual, and
human glorification.
In the spirit realm [1],
as he can now be re-educated, he will see now how very wrong he was, and
that his sincere deception was an absolute fraud! He thought he was loving
Christ, but he was actually loving a human substitute, not something which
was of God at all!
Won't he be humbled!? He will
be mortified!
He had a good heart, and I
believe he was not lost, but he did nothing for the world or for Christ in
this life. All he did actually worked against the knowledge of Christ, and
fed false concepts about God, about Jesus, and about spirituality into the
minds of people who knew no better. That's why Jesus says of this Catholic
ABOMINATION: "the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk [deceived] with
the wine of her fornication" (Rev 17:2), and "having in her hand a golden
cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication" (Rev 17:4).
She is none other than the old
Babylonian Mystery Religion of esoteric élitism (Rev 17:5), covered in
blasphemous associations with Christ, when she really represents Satan's
ultimate prize in human deception and control! The pope supplanted
Christ! People worshipped him!
If you read Dave Hunt's book
A Woman Rides The Beast or see his video of the same title, you will
see how vile the blasphemies are to God in this evil church that masquerades
as a church of Jesus Christ!!
Yes, many Catholics will go to
hell, just as most popes have done (because they had evil hearts). But I
have hope for this pope because of what God revealed to us in dreams about
him.
Dreams From God About
The Pope
Another letter I received from
someone else expressed these sentiments (my comments follow his):
<< Well, as you no doubt
know, the pope has died. You know, it's strange. I actually feel kinda bad
about it. I suppose it is because out of all the popes throughout history,
he was perhaps the lesser of the evils. He was likeable, and who knows, he
may have even been sincere. >>
He was. Would I surprise you
if I tell you he is saved?
God looks on the heart, not
the head. And sometimes all the muck of deception in the head is to humble a
person, particularly after death, so they can be saved. Have a look at these
dreams we were given:
Pope Will Know Of Us
30th August 2002. H. The Pope.
The pope came to see
us, and an Irish lady, Mrs Stella Smith, was there helping him. [Stella
Smith was supportive of MM before she died some years ago.]
Meaning:
God was showing that the pope will change, maybe before death but probably
after death. He will receive help to move on in the spirit and learn more of
the truth, to unlearn the deception he is currently bound by.
Stella Smith was our
supporter for many years before she died in 2000, and she will be well
qualified to give assistance to the pope. When he goes on the other side
[see
Why Human Life?
Life After Death, and
The NDE
if you are
unfamiliar with the fact that your spirit continues consciousness after the
death of the body], he will be re-educated with truth he now lacks.
Stella Smith is a
figure or type of all the people in heaven who know the truth and who will
be giving him quite an education!
Boring Catholic Ritual
6th June 2001. H. Attending Roman Catholic church mass.
I was told in my dream
to go and attend a Roman Catholic church mass in the Polish language with
the Polish pope. I was rather bored by the experience.
Meaning:
God hates Catholicism, and He wants it exposed for the religious sham it is,
hence the imagery of going to a mass. (It's not to participate, but to show
how wrong it is.) The dream is showing that our witness will penetrate
Poland, and probably the whole world and worldly churches.
God's Opinion of
Catholicism
5th July 1999. M. In
this dream I was standing on a hill overlooking Krakow, Poland. I had
a jolly good leak when I thought no one was looking!
Meaning:
The pope comes from Krakow. The ‘leak’ (urination) depicts God's contempt
for Catholicism. God is giving His insult to their veneration of lies,
people, icons and places. The pope was worshipped as if He were God!! This
is only one of the blasphemies that this church perpetrates! Hence God's
contempt.
Dreams one and two show
that he is saved, but will need some re-eduation, which the poor guy is
beginning to receive now. He was a good man, but sorely deluded. And he will
know of us now or soon, and see our place in God's scheme of things, and be
receiving far more insight 'up there' to do with all the Catholic tripe he
believed, and God's utter contempt for it all!
<< The
pope's death is timely. By that I mean his death at this point in history
fits right in with the upcoming world events. It will not be long now before
we enter into darkness. The dark clouds are on the horizon. >>
Spot on!
<< There are many indicators
that it will be soon. America will be the one to fall first. It is no mere
coincidence that gas [petrol] prices are on a steady rise. I watched a news
program a couple of weeks ago that featured a very interesting individual.
He predicted the oil shortage of the 1970's, and said that America would run
out of its own domestic oil. He was right on the mark. He went on to say why
he came to his conclusions. He is now predicting the same thing to occur
soon in the Arab countries. That, combined with China's ever growing demand
for more oil, is going to throw the world into one big mess, and soon. The
issue with Taiwan and the world oil shortage sets the table for the invasion
of America. >>
Yes. One
investment agency predicts a massive rise in fuel prices around 2nd July
2006. One thing is sure, oil is going to run out. Oil fields could run dry
sooner than expected! God has foretold in Revelation of the consequences of
this civilisation's collapse at the close of this age.
Malcolm B
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