04/01/2024 – “God is not mocked. And all will stand before His seat of judgment – all including popes, and each of us.”
THE POPE, THE STATUE, & THE BOLT OF LIGHTNING
Monday, April 1, 2024
Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission…
Last month, I wrote to you about one of the most important developments in world culture – and apostasy – the pope’s directive that the Catholic Church is now to bless those actively involved in homosexuality – what Catholic doctrine itself had deemed “grave depravity.” Because this bears colossal ramifications for Western civilization – and because something else happened – it warrants our taking note.
It happened in Argentina, the pope’s homeland. It happened in the province of Buenos Aires, the pope’s home city. There is in that land a statue of Peter. Keep in mind, the papal claim that the pope sits in the office of Peter as Peter’s successor. What happened? A lightning bolt struck the statue.
It was not only where this happened – but when. The lightning struck the statue on December 17. December 17 is Pope Francis’ birthday. But there was more. The decree that altered nearly two thousand years of Catholic practice – to bless same sex unions, was issued on December 18. The lightning struck the statue the day before it went forth.
On the statue’s head was a halo. The halo is a sign of holiness. When the lightning struck the statue it removed the halo from its head. What would that signify? It would signify the absence of holiness. One cannot do what the pope did and be reckoned holy – certainly not by God.
The statue was holding a key – as in the keys of Peter. It referred to the Scripture in which the Lord speaks of the authority to bind and loose on earth as in heaven. When the lightning struck the statue, it removed the keys. What would that signify? It would signify the removal of authority. The authority of God can only be given to those who follow the will of God. If one departs from God’s will – if one violates and defies that will, one certainly cannot bear His authority.
The lightning not only removed the keys – it eviscerated the statue’s hand. The statue’s hand was in effect destroyed. The hand by which Catholic priests are now to bless homosexual unions is the right hand. The hand of the statue that was destroyed was its right hand: the hand of blessing.
God is not mocked. And all will stand before His seat of judgment – all including popes, and each of us. It won’t then matter what the polls said, what the world said, or what the pope said. It will only matter what God said, the Word of God. Live this month – and your life – in light of that truth, in light of God’s Word, and in light of that day. And may God greatly bless you as you do!
Your brother and co-laborer
in His love and service,
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Soli Deo Gloria!