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"When Ellen White warned about the coming “three-fold union” Protestants and Catholics weren’t even having any interfaith conversations.
Ecumenism is a modern phenomena. Protestants and Roman Catholics have only recently been engaging in building bridges during the last 60 years. However, inspiration predicted that not only would Protestants and Catholics unite but they would also reach across the “gulf” to embrace Spiritualism:
“The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience” (Great Controversy, p. 588).
When this statement was penned in 1888 it seemed almost incomprehensible that Bible-believing Protestants would form a “three-fold union” and would be entering into collaboration and joint worship services with Roman Catholics, pagans, spiritualists, indigenous faiths, Buddhists, Hindus, Jainism and witches.
It is happening, just like Historic Seventh-day Adventist eschatology said it would.
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“They (leaders) will point to calamities on land and sea—to the storms of wind, the floods, the earthquakes, the destruction by fire—as judgments indicating God’s displeasure because Sunday is not sacredly observed. These calamities will increase more and more, one disaster will follow close upon the heels of another” (Signs of the Times, January 17, 1884 par. 14).
"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” (Last Day Events, p. 125).
Two important points are made about the Sunday law in the two statements above.
(1) Sunday laws will come through stealth; meaning that they will be mixed in with other issues to conceal their true nature.
(2) Climate disasters will be given as one of the main reasons for establishing these Sunday laws.
Can we not see the Vatican’s effort to promote the Pope’s
encyclical on climate change (Laudato Si) as fulfilling the criteria given above?
The Pope’s encyclical is a warning about climate and addresses natural disasters.
According to the actual text, ‘Laudato Si’ has a
---“Sunday” rest provision (section #237)
---and an “enforcement of law” provision (section #179).
Pope Francis’ climate encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ was created to be implemented as legislation. That is what Catholic experts and scholars are saying about ‘Laudato Si.’
Is it just a coincidence that Greta Thunburg is pushing the pope’s climate message to America and to the world?
And instead of affirming our Historic Seventh-day Adventist eschatology, instead of proclaiming the special truths of Revelation 14:6-12 (the Three Angels’ Message) as the only solution to our world’s current moral crisis, we are joining the ranks of the enemy and embracing the climate change movement – the same movement that is promoting the Pope’s green Sunday rest agenda.
We are seeing with our eyes world events that our Seventh-day Adventist pioneers wished they could see. We are witnessing prophetic fulfillments that all of the ancient prophets hoped they could live to see. Historic Seventh-day Adventist eschatology is the culmination of all the ancient prophecies. Our teachings on the end-times are sure, clear, significant, relevant, necessary, dependable and trustworthy."
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When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Matthew 24:15