Circumstances
and Consequences
Seminar 216-04
June 3-6, 2009
Seminar Topic:
The Two Witnesses
– Part IV
Larry Wilson
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They were in the dark
when the rain began….
Speaking about being
in the dark….
For the past eighty
years, the religious and political
influence of the Catholic Church has
been steadily growing throughout the
world.
In recent years
(largely due to the extraordinary
popularity of John Pope Paul II,
1920-2005), the Roman Catholic Church
has become a significant political
force in the world. Pope
Benedict’s reception and
extravagant birthday party at the
White House (hosted by President
George Bush on April 16, 2008) is a
recent event demonstrating the Church
has regained a position of
international respect and power. Many
nations (170 at this writing) have
ambassadors assigned to the Vatican.
However, the deadly
wound is not healed until the Roman
Catholic Church once again exercises
authority over sovereign governments.
How and when will this happen?
When world leaders
convene during the fourth trumpet to
create Babylon, I believe three
amazing decisions will come out of
this emergency meeting. Please
consider the following.
1.
Recognizing the religious diversity
of mankind and given the obvious fact
that one God has destroyed a third of
the world, this emergency council
will agree that all nations must
unite as a family to appease God so
that His wrath will cease.
This council will
agree that a number of
“sin-less” laws must be
enacted and enforced or God’s
anger will continue to burn against
mankind.
This council will also
agree that God must be respected and
worshiped. This council will conclude
that anyone defying laws that honor
God should be punished because it is
better for one person to suffer for
wrong doing than for the whole world
to receive more of God’s wrath.
Enforcing high
standards of conduct, they will
conclude, is the only way God’s
wrath against decadence will stop.
2.
Because everyone at the council knows
that God’s anger was directed at
notably wicked places all over the
world, political leaders will
acquiesce to the suggestions of
religious experts.
Political leaders will
have no choice but to accept the
responsibility of enacting and
enforcing laws to reduce sinful
behavior. All nations will have to
participate in this endeavor because
God’s wrath could possibly break
out against the whole world if any
part of the world family fails to
participate.
Political leaders will
be put into the position of having no
choice but to go along with
Babylon’s mandates in hopes that
Babylon’s directions will
quickly resolve the awful crisis that
exists between God and man.
3.
Leaders of the world understand that
every governing body requires
qualified leadership. A supreme
council, something like the Security
Council of the United Nations will be
created. Given the dire circumstances
caused by the first four trumpets,
Babylon will be far more effective
than the Security Council.
I believe the pope
will be selected as the leader of
Babylon for four reasons.
First, the healing of
the deadly wound has been study,
ongoing since 1929.
Second, the Catholic
Church is uniquely prepared to serve
the world through its diplomatic
relations with 179 nations.
Third, the Roman
Catholic Church believes a church-led
state is the best form of government.
Finally, the Bible
predicts the deadly wound will be
healed (Revelation 13:3) and the
little horn of Daniel 7 (the papacy)
will speak boastfully after 1844
(Daniel 7:11).
Therefore, I conclude
the pope will be chosen to lead
Babylon.
The reader must
understand that the pope will not be
put in a position to impose Catholic
doctrines on Atheists, Jews, Eastern
Mystics, Muslims, Heathens, or
Protestants.
The diversity of the
world’s religions will not
permit this. Rather, the authority of
the pope will be that of the
Secretary General of the United
Nations.
He will serve as
Babylon’s “chief
facilitator.” He and the supreme
council of Babylon will direct the
governments of the world in a global
effort to appease God.
Babylon will not
displace the civil governments of the
nations. Rather, the demands of
Babylon will be imposed on all
nations and they will be applied
according to the prevailing customs
and religions of each nation. The
basic idea is that civil government
will be used by Babylon’s
leadership to enforce laws on people
so that they will commit fewer sins.
Keep in mind that
certain laws that are important to
Muslims will not be applicable in
Catholic or Hindu countries and vice
versa.
The leaders of Babylon
(and the rest of the world) will soon
discover that it is impossible for
the human race to worship the same
God as one family.
Our diverse religious
views and our cultural paradigms will
not allow it.
Martial Law
During the first four
trumpets, each nation will be forced
to suspend its constitution so that
martial law can be enacted.
Given the size and the
scope of God’s wrath, world
leaders will do whatever it takes to
maintain control. Food and
water supplies will be rationed.
Medical care and
energy reserves will be scarce.
Hunger and thirst will drive millions
of dazed and bewildered people crazy.
Extreme situations
require desperate solutions.
Earth’s population has never
seen a global crisis like the first
four trumpets.
The crisis will
be so huge that political leaders in
every nation will be set free of
their constitutional obligations
almost immediately.
This freedom will
permit them to enact and enforce laws
that they would have been strongly
opposed during ordinary times. The
declaration of martial law will make
it very easy for lawmakers to comply
with the demands of Babylon’s
clergy – and given the fact that
something must be done to appease
God, very few citizens will complain
– at first.
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