And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 13:15
"An argument that climate-change activists are making to slow the progression of climate change is no-work Sundays, store closings on Sundays, and now, avenue closings. That’s right. “The French government is attempting to lower smog levels in Paris, and officials are banning cars from driving on the historic Champs-Elysees Avenue on the first Sunday of every month. According to CNBC.com, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo revealed the rule as part of the Paris Respire campaign, which also closes other popular streets to vehicles and makes museums in the city free of charge on the first Sunday of every month.”Other Metropolitan areas in France will likely follow this resolution to reduce smog. This first Sunday of every month could be easily become every Sunday as smog levels continue to increase. While this seems purely an environmental solution, leaders and proponents of fighting climate change have emphasized and reiterated time and again that climate change is a moral problem requiring a moral, legislated solution. Therefore, there is much more to the street and avenue closings than just smog reduction. Pope Francis, whose leadership greatly influenced the climate change deal reached at the climate change summit (also in Paris) adopted and signed by 195 countries, has made it clear in his encyclical on the environment and in other public speeches that the global solution to heal the earth and combat climate church is mandatory Sunday rest, a Sunday Law.
His recommendation for Sunday observance as recorded in his encyclical reads as follows. “On Sunday, our participation in the Eucharist has special importance. Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath, is meant to be a day which heals our relationships with God, with ourselves, with others and with the world…The law of weekly rest forbade work on the seventh day, ‘so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your maidservant, and the stranger, may be refreshed’ (Ex 23:12). Rest opens our eyes to the larger picture and gives us renewed sensitivity to the rights of others. And so the day of rest, centered on the Eucharist, sheds it light on the whole week, and motivates us to greater concern for nature and the poor."
We cannot forget how United States President Barack Obama, and other world leaders have responded to Pope Francis’ Encyclical. Obama had this to say, “I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis’s encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope’s decision to make the case – clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position – for action on global climate change… it is my hope that all world leaders–and all God’s children–will reflect on Pope Francis’s call to come together to care for our common home.”
It does not now seem possible that the Protestant world, will so readily accept Sunday observance at the initiation of Roman Catholicism, albeit working from behind the scenes; but they will and become the most enthusiastic champions for the enforcement of a National Sunday Law.
“The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whither the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon.” White, Ellen. Testimonies for the Church Volume 5, page 452
“The man of sin, who thought to change times and laws, has exalted himself above God by presenting this spurious sabbath to the world; the Christian world has accepted this child of the Papacy, and cradled and nourished it, thus defying God by removing His memorial and setting up a rival Sabbath." White, Ellen. Selected Messages Book 3, page 406”
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