I have written in many articles that I firmly believe that Pope Francis is the False Prophet spoken of in God’s Word. A statement by him confirms my belief a hundred fold.
In the last week, the pope announced to the world that Jews do not need Christ to go to heaven – a fierce lie directly from the pit of hell. Satan is pleased.
FROM ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM
Vatican: Jews don’t need Christ to be saved
“Jews can secure eternal salvation without converting to Christianity, senior Catholic theologians say in a report published Thursday, in the latest refinement of their stance on a vexed theological issue.
Addressing a question that has long blighted relations between the two faiths, the report also unequivocally states that the Church should not actively seek to convert Jews to Christianity, echoing the stance outlined by former Pope Benedict XVI in a 2011 book.
The report, drawn up by the Church’s “Commission for religious relations with the Jews,” goes further than Benedict however in effectively affirming that Jews can be saved independently of Christ.
“Although Jews cannot believe in Jesus Christ as the universal redeemer, they have a part in salvation, because the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable,” the report concludes, according to a summary released to the media.
The belief that the only way to salvation is through belief in Christ is a fundamental tenet of every strand of Christianity.
But it has also been blamed for creating an evangelical tendency responsible for some of the darkest periods in the history of religion, that are tainted with violent anti-Semitic violence and persecution such as the crusades of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Inquisition, pogroms and more.” [1] – source
Pope Francis is tickling the ears of Jewish leaders all over the world. This comes at a time when Israel stands alone among the nations – the United Nations is proof of this. There is a fear in Israel that a war will wipe them out. They do not understand that God is watching over His people and His land. The war of Ezekiel 38 & 39 will astound the nations when they see the enemies of Israel obliterated – supernaturally.
Rabbis in Israel declare partnership with the Vatican
Many Christians are rejoicing over the words of the rabbis who have sworn partnership with “Christianity.” I am NOT rejoicing. What most readers do not understand is that when these rabbis speak of Christianity – they are referring to the Vatican. Catholicism is not Christianity!
From Breibart.com
“A group of prominent Orthodox rabbis in Israel, the United States and Europe have issued a historic public statement affirming that Christianity is “the willed divine outcome and gift to the nations” and urging Jews and Christians to “work together as partners to address the moral challenges of our era.”
“Jesus brought a double goodness to the world,” the statement reads. “On the one hand he strengthened the Torah of Moses majestically” and on the other hand “he removed idols from the nations,” instilling them “firmly with moral traits.”
In language unusual for its day, Nostra Aetate stated that “God holds the Jews most dear,” stressed the great “spiritual patrimony common to Christians and Jews,” and condemned “hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone.”
Now, a group of Jewish leaders has responded in kind, expressing their desire to accept “the hand offered to us by our Christian brothers and sisters.”
“Christians are congregations that work for the sake of heaven who are destined to endure, whose intent is for the sake of heaven and whose reward will not denied,” the text reads.
The statement bears the title, “To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians,” and is signed by over 25 prominent Orthodox rabbis, who invite fellow Orthodox rabbis to join in signing the statement.
“Now that the Catholic Church has acknowledged the eternal Covenant between G-d and Israel, we Jews can acknowledge the ongoing constructive validity of Christianity as our partner in world redemption, without any fear that this will be exploited for missionary purposes,” it says.
Echoing recent words by Pope Francis, the document states: “We are no longer enemies, but unequivocal partners in articulating the essential moral values for the survival and welfare of humanity.” [2] – source
These rabbis don’t understand that true Christianity is found only in the Evangelical Christian communities of the world. These are the people who love the Jews. These are the people who adore Israel and know that this is God’s land and the people are God’s people. These are the ones who are born again. These are also the people who tell the Jewish people the truth – that they must be saved by Yeshua!
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6) (Emphasis mine)
From Gotquestions.org
Question: “Are Jews saved because they are God’s chosen people? Will Jews go to Heaven even if they do not trust in Jesus?”
“The New Testament teaches that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, have “missed the mark” (Romans 3:23). All of us are under the consequences of sin, and “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). We are all in need of salvation from our sin; we are all in need of a Savior. The New Testament teaches that Jesus the Messiah is “the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father” but through Him (John 14:6) And, most importantly, “there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which it is necessary for us to be saved” (Acts 4:12).
While individual Jews must come to Christ for salvation, God is still not finished with Israel as a nation. The Bible tells us that in the end times, Israel will finally recognize Jesus as their Messiah (Zechariah 12:10). Jeremiah 33:8, Ezekiel 11:17, and Romans 11:26 predict that in the end times Israel will be regenerated, restored, and regathered in their homeland. This regathering took place in 1948 when Israel was recognized as a sovereign country by the United Nations. (Please see our article on Israel’s role in the end times.) Clearly, God is not finished with the Jewish people.” [1] – source (Emphasis mine)
Brethren, can you now see where this is going? Israel will be completely deceived by Antichrist, just as the Word tells us. It was difficult for me, as a Jew, to understand how the people of Israel would be fooled – especially if Antichrist is not a Jew. But now with these new revelations, it is crystal clear that the spirit of Antichrist is already at work to deceive God’s people, the Jews.
“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (2 Thessalonians 2: 1-10).
God’s Prophetic Word
We are witnessing God’s Word being fulfilled before our eyes. Every prophecy in the Bible will be fulfilled – to the letter. Although it is alarming to watch this unfold, as His children we must remain in prayer for the lost. We must share the Gospel with this lost world. The souls of men and women are so precious to our God. He wants that none should perish.
Shalom b’Yeshua
MARANATHA!