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Could Pope Francis be the 

False Prophet?

 According to Scripture, the greatest religious leader in history, the Antichrist’s right-hand man called the False Prophet, will arise from Rome to force humanity to worship the Antichrist and deceive countless people near the time of Christ’s return. The false prophet is the leader of the false church (“the harlot”) in Revelation 17:1-5, and there is strong evidence that this false church is the Roman Catholic religion.  It is highly likely that the pope has been specifically placed there to be the false prophet who works with the Antichrist throughout the tribulation period.

 From a prophetic standpoint, out of all the popes who have come and gone in the past century, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (a.k.a. Pope Francis), who became pope of the Catholic religion on the 13th of March 2013, has accomplished more in the last two years than all popes combined to bring the pagan religious bride of Antichrist together!

 The false prophet will promote the worship of Antichrist (Revelation 13:12) and will likely be a leading religious figure, prior to the rapture, in order to ensure a global following for an Antichrist “declaring himself god” (2nd Thessalonians 2:4).  Not only is Pope Francis the top religious figure, but he is also more popular than any political leader, according to a recent poll. Pope Francis holds the record for amassing one million followers on Instagram in the shortest amount of time (under 12 hours) and is one of the most influential world leaders on Twitter, followed by more than 40 million accounts!  Pope Francis also rules over half of Christendom with its 1.3 billion Roman Catholics!  The pope is positioned better than anyone on the scene to fulfill this prophecy.

 The false prophet sets up a “living” image (statue) of the Antichrist that must be worshiped (Revelation 13:14-15).  Pope Francis is already beginning to prepare people of the world to worship image figures of living men. On April 16, 2017, a wax figure of Pope Francis was set up for an Easter celebration.  The statue was afterward transferred to the Petropolis Wax Museum, where it is on permanent display.

 The Roman Catholic religion has always used Idolatry / idol worship as a means of deception and have been making images for people to worship for many centuries. Is it really any wonder that Pope Francis and the Catholic religion are starting to use wax figures to deceive their flock?

 There is also speculation about whether this “image of the beast” (Revelation 13:15) is going to be an Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot, and interestingly Pope Francis has attended many technology conferences on the topic of AI and even mentioned it at this year’s World Economic Forum, which many news reports admitted was “an unusual topic for a pontiff”.  Could Pope Francis be preparing for the creation of a future AI robot in the likeness of the Antichrist?

 The false prophet will show his power by performing great deceptive miracles (Revelation 13:13-14).  Performing miracles is nothing new to Pope Francis.  Pope Francis is credited with many healing miracles and has already performed one miracle in which he turned dried blood into liquid.

 The false prophet will force mankind to receive the “mark of the beast” (Revelation 13:16-17).  Many Evangelicals and Catholics believe that RFID implants are the “mark of the beast” and are outraged by the technology.  Yet, in a controversial move by the Catholic religion, Pope Francis has come out in vocal support of RFID Chip technologies and the extraordinary potential they hold for mankind!  Francis said:

 “We have examined the scriptures thoroughly, and I can conclusively say that there’s nothing to indicate that RFID Chips are Satanic in anyway. If anything, these devices are a blessing from God himself, bestowed upon humanity to solve many of the world’s ills.”

 In addition, Pope Francis’ private meetings with tech giants including: Apple CEO Tim Cook, former Google CEO and Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, makes you wonder…  Could Pope Francis be preparing for the implementation of the “mark of the beast” in America and around the world?  (Note: Apple, Google and Facebook are part of five American Tech companies that dominate and control every part of the digital life of an individual).

 The false prophet, along with the Antichrist, will promote and enforce a totalitarian world government, a global economic system, and a universal religion (Revelation 13:12).  Ever since the very beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has been pushing for global unity in religious matters, global unity in economic matters and global unity in political matters (calling for a “one world government” and a new “global politically authority”).

 Interestingly, Shimon Peres (former Israeli President) wanted to establish an international body representing the world’s major religions with Pope Francis as its leader!  Peres stated, “perhaps for the first time in history the Holy Father is a leader who’s respected, not just by a lot of people, but also by different religions and their representatives”.

 The false prophet has “two horns like a lamb” (Revelation 13:11). In the Bible, the Lamb represents Christ, the Lamb of God. The pope takes the title “Vicar of Christ” meaning he is presented as Christ on Earth, in his place.  So, he is literally the most famous man on earth to be “like a lamb,” or like THE lamb.  In addition, the pope’s mitre literally has two horns.  If you go to the Catholic Encyclopedia, they themselves call it a “two horned mitre!”  Indeed, the pope is a like a lamb with two horns!  (Notes: This verse is clearly symbolic, although it’s interesting how it also fits in a literal sense!)

 The false prophet’s message of the devil and Satan (Revelation 13:11). Even the media have picked upon the fact that Pope Francis talks a lot about Satan, the devil.  Nonetheless, Pope Francis’ false doctrine, alone, makes it clear who he serves. Pope Francis declares Lucifer as God, declares having a personal relationship with Jesus is dangerous, denies the existence of hell, claims atheists will go to heaven if they’re good people and that salvation is free, agrees with the evolution / Big Bang theory and rejects Creationism, sees nothing wrong with homosexuality… All the greatest heresies and lies of Satan!

 The false prophet will deceive many, even the elect (Matthew 24:24).  Pope Francis speaks boldly against the Bible almost every week without anyone to stop him!  The silence of many proves that Pope Francis is the greatest false prophet in the history of what has been known as Christendom. The Catholic religion has never actually been part of the true born-again church of Jesus Christ.

 The false prophet’s inward impression is fierce and dangerous (Revelation 13:11). Pope Francis has been known to attack anyone who opposes or dares voice disagreement with him.  Just this year, the Vatican took new measures to punish critics of Pope Francis in a move that seems to belie the pope’s earlier calls for greater dialogue and debate with the Church.

  The Vatican suspended historian Henry Sire after he was revealed to be the author of the bestselling book The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy, a critical examination of the pontificate of Pope Francis.  In it, Sire portrayed Francis as an authoritarian leader who does not brook opposition or criticism.  Contrary to his public persona as a jovial man of the people, Sire wrote that Francis has turned out to be “a papal tyrant the like of whom has not been seen for many centuries” and under his administration, “the Vatican is systematically silencing, eliminating and replacing critics of the Pope’s views.”   He declared:

 “When the publicity cameras are off him, Pope Francis turns into a different figure: arrogant, dismissive of people, prodigal of bad language and notorious for furious outbursts of temper which are known to everyone from the cardinals to the chauffeurs.”

 The false prophet kills people who don’t follow the Antichrist (Revelation 13:15).  Pope Francis is the first such pope in the history of the Roman Catholic religion to be a JESUIT!  Who can cause more harm and martyrdom than a Jesuit pope?  The main enforcer of the Roman Catholic Inquisitions were the Jesuits who were in charge of murdering.  For two or three centuries, many Protestants have given figures concerning the total number of people killed directly or indirectly by the Roman Catholic Papacy during the Middle Ages. The numbers given include 50 million, 68 million, 100 million, 120 million, and 150 million. Roman Catholics typically give much smaller numbers.  Frequently the figures are stated without any information about where they came from or how they were computed.  One can excuse a few thousand cases as exceptional, but millions and millions of victims can only be the result of a systematic policy, thereby showing the harmful results of church-state unions.

 Pope Francis has taken and administered this same Satanic Jesuit oath which includes the following appalling statements:  

 “I promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage war, secretly and openly, against all heretics and protestants as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex nor condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive those infamous heretics; rip open their stomachs and wombs of their women, and crush their infants heads against the walls in order to annihilate their execrable race.”

 The false prophet intends to change times and laws (Daniel 7:8; 20-22; 24-25).  Pope Francis can modify divine law as he pleases. One Roman Catholic writer quotes: “. . . the pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God… “In Francis’ first year as Pope, various possible changes to Catholic doctrine were discussed around the Vatican:  

• change to grant Communion to Catholic couples who are divorced and civilly remarried.
• change to grant Communion to non-Catholics.
• change to grant Church blessings to gay unions.

 The false prophet will influence the “kings of the earth” (Revelation 16:14; Revelation 18:3). Today, so many of the European Union’s political leaders are turning and guidance.  In an historic moment back in 2014, Pope Francis addressed the leaders of Europe, the European Parliament in Strasbourg! 

 French President Emmanuel Macron held an “intense” meeting with Pope Francis, discussing global issues including the fate of migrants coming to Europe.  The very fact that this religious leader is able to influence the leaders of Europe in this way, helping to give them advice and exhortation, shows the great authority this particular religion has in the heights of power in Europe.  No other religious leader has been given such a privilege as the papacy.

 The ultimate source of the false prophet’s power is Satan (Revelation 13:2), so it is expected the false prophet to be surrounded by religious and demonic symbolism.  The religious and demonic symbolism around Pope Francis is very troubling.

 

 Evil groups such as the Illuminati and the Freemasons use various hand signals to show their allegiance to Satan, and Pope Francis has been flashing satanic hand signs for years now!  Many times, in public, during his papacy, Francis has flashed the 666-hand signal, the satanic horned hand symbol, and the “hidden hand” masonic sign.

  The Bible makes clear that the man of lawlessness (the Antichrist) will not be revealed until the Restrainer (Holy Spirit-indwelt Church) is removed (2nd Thessalonians 2:3; 7-8).  Since the false prophet rises to power after the Antichrist (Revelation 13:11), no one will know for sure who the false prophet is until the rapture occurs.  That being said, we can speculate, and it certainly looks like a possibility, especially given the shortness of time.

 We are not saying that he is THE false prophet, Pope Francis certainly is an Antichrist in theology, life and prototype. The point of this article is not to identify who the false prophet is, but to warn those here for tribulation.  Also, whether Pope Francis is THE false prophet or not, Francis is certainly fulfilling his role as a false prophet and possibly paving the way for the final false prophet.

  “For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” (Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22).

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