Why I Believe That the Image of the Catholic "Jesus" Will Make It Easy For the Antichrist to Take Over
It's very easy to imagine the Antichrist as a person who's really nasty and cruel. What many fail to see is how the Antichrist would appeal to the world not by obvious wickedness but by feigned kindness. I remembered reading Arthur W. Pink's essay "Another Gospel" which warns about the so-called brotherhood of man and this "heal the world" message will just be bogus. I would like to talk about another matter on why I believe that the image of the Roman Catholic "Jesus" will make it easy to take over. Besides, doesn't Revelation 13:15 warn that the False Prophet will set up an image of the Beast that will seem to be alive to deceive the world?
Here's what the late mystic Faustina Kowalska was told to do:
1.) Reminding the world of the truth of our faith revealed in the Holy Scripture about the merciful love of God toward every human being.
2.) Entreating God's mercy for the whole world and particularly for sinners, among others through the practice of new forms of devotion to the Divine Mercy presented by the Lord Jesus, such as: the veneration of the image of the Divine Mercy with the inscription: Jesus, I Trust in You, the feast of the Divine Mercy celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, chaplet to the Divine Mercy and prayer at the Hour of Mercy (3 p.m.). The Lord Jesus attached great promises to the above forms of devotion, provided one entrusted one's life to God and practiced active love of one's neighbor.
3.) The third task in Sr. Mary Faustina's mission consists in initiating the apostolic movement of the Divine Mercy which undertakes the task of proclaiming and entreating God's mercy for the world and strives for Christian perfection, following the precepts laid down by the Blessed Sr. Mary Faustina. The precepts in question require the faithful to display an attitude of child-like trust in God which expresses itself in fulfilling His will, as well as in the attitude of mercy toward one's neighbors. Today, this movement within the Church involves millions of people throughout the world; it comprises religious congregations, lay institutes, religious, brotherhoods, associations, various communities of apostles of the Divine Mercy, as well as individual people who take up the tasks which the Lord Jesus communicated to them through Sr. Mary Faustina.
Roman Catholics may go ahead and say, "Aha but that's proof that Jesus orders us to use images." Because they don't bother to read their Bible then anything goes for them as long as it's from a vision. Exodus 20:4-5 is removed from the official Catholic ten commandments while it remains in the Catholic versions of the Bible! For those Bibles with some missing verses and words from the original Greek - I'm amazed at how the Latin Vulgate (an earlier Roman Catholic translation of the Bible) still made Girolamo Savonarola and Martin Luther revolt against unscriptural teachings!
One can argue that it teaches us to love our neighbor. Guess what... so do other pagan religions! I agree that we should love our neighbor but this is a wrong kind of love that condones to certain sins rather than condemn all sin. It's a love that denies the only Savior from sin and Hell to the false teaching that all religions lead to Heaven. The late John Paul II actively promoted ecumenism and we later have former Benedict XVI and incumbent Pope Francis leading the ecumenical parade. Worse, the Vatican and Islam are getting closer than we think.
After doing some research on the Mahadi of Islam, the Muslims are expecting a Savior. Roman Catholics are expecting Jesus to return to take over the world. Right now, we have Pope Francis saying that Muslims and Christians are spiritual brothers and sisters. But there's no way that Allah is the god of the Bible. If Allah were God or Yahweh there would be zero salvation. Islam has no concept of grace for salvation. In Islam, you must do all the good you can to be guaranteed of Heaven. Works salvation is all pointing towards the New World Order one way or another. If anybody for the European Union can be half-Jew and half-Arab, it would be easy for him to pretend to be the Messiah and if he can fool both Jews and Arabs alike then he would be the best candidate to set up the New World Order.
Men may keep their hair long unless they do so to emulate the ways of women. If a man grows his hair long for such a reason, then it is unlawful for him to do so. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Allah curses men who immitate women and women who immitate men.” [Sunan Abî Dâwûd, Sunan Ibn Mâjah, and others]
It might be preferable for a Muslim man to refrain from growing his hair long if it would give an indication of dubious leanings or make him subject to other people’s suspicions and ill opinions. Allah blesses people who avoid such situations.
And Allah knows best.
Another statement from Islam Today also gives another interesting quote from another Muslim namely Sheikh `Abd Allah b. Sardâr:
There is authentic evidence that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had long hair. It was related by Anas that the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) hair that fell upon his shoulders. [Sahîh al-Bukhârî]However, our actions are only by our intention. If someone keeps his hair long to emulate the Prophet (peace be upon him), then he is practicing a Sunnah for which he will be rewarded. On the other hand, if he keeps long hair to emulate the appearance of a certain religious sect or to resemble women, then he is committing a sin that makes him eligible for punishment. Finally, someone may grow his hair long simply because he likes to and not for any of the above stated reasons. In this case, it is merely permissible for him to do so.And Allah knows best.
Also, Jesus would have not worn long hair during His ministry. He may have worn long hair as a Nazarite but Numbers 6:18 also says:
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
As long as the person was under the Nazarite vow then that person had to keep his hair long. But when the days of it were over then it was time to shave one's hair off and burn it with the peace offerings. I would believe Jesus was a Nazarite for some time in His life before the ministry. Then He shaved it to keep the Law. Jesus already drank the fruit of the vine which was forbidden to a Nazarite (Numbers 6:3). Jesus would have already worn short hair (2 Corinthians 11:14). Simply, Jesus could have not worn long hair making the Roman Catholic image of Jesus invalid. Some say that some earlier images of the Roman Catholic "Jesus" was actually Cesare Borgia which I'll still subject to more research. But I know that the Roman Catholic "Jesus" is not the Jesus of the Bible. The Jesus of the Bible doesn't require people to pass through His earthly mother. The Mary of the Apparitions isn't Mary either. John 2:5 has Mary giving only one command and that's to do what Jesus tells us. Jesus never told us to pray to Mary or pass by her either. It's a severe misinterpretation of John 19:26-27. In truth, if Jesus told us to pass through Mary then why don't any of the apostles declare it? Luke never had an image of Mary with him either and that's just another stupid fabrication.
It's anything but surprising that the Vatican and Islam are getting closer to each other. I would believe that this would be part of the whole ecumenical peace process. This would be a decision that the Jews will regret to make after the Rapture has taken place. Any deal they'll make with the Vatican and/or the Muslim world will definitely not be good. This false peace treaty will soon allow the Antichrist to take over. I would believe that the final Pope would be the False Prophet. I can't be certain if the next Pope after Pope Francis will be the False Prophet. I don't think Christians will be around to even know who the Antichrist and False Prophet will be until the Battle of Armageddon. Right now, God knows what He's doing and I believe He'll allow these all to happen as the only way to purge the world of all the evil by allowing it to harvest its own destruction.
Even so, come Lord Jesus!