SA>Hi Daryl,

  Hi, Steve...always good to type at you.

SA>It certainly seems that the dominoes are lining up. Even the Pope's
SA>recent speech, not even directed at a wide audience, came as a surprise,
SA>as he hasn't been particularly newsworthy over the last 18 months, given
SA>the amount of attention that Muslims have been demanding & getting.

  They want him to "embrace Islam if he wants to live in peace". I
seriously doubt that the head of the Roman Catholic Church will do
that...especially considering that there are (I think) over a billion
Catholics, worldwide. Several have said that The Roman Catholic Church
is "the great whore of the book of Revelation"...if it is, it sure has a
lot of blood on its hands...especially if the next Pope turns out to be
the Antichrist!!

SA>His speech, even more than President Bush's recent one on a "battle for
SA>civilization", may have more impact in galvanizing the West against
SA>(militant?) Islam, and perhaps setting the stage for the West to look
SA>for the hard-line "saviour" to stand up and deal with Islam.

  I've wondered since Babylon is in Iraq (what Baghdad used to be known
as), if that has some meaning to "the mystery of Babylon" described in
Revelation 18. I believe that all religions during The Great Tribulation
will unite under one ecclesiastical umbrella...to basically try to
destroy all the Christians and Jews.

SA>Unfortunately, the cure may be worse than the disease.

  With remarks also by Russia's leader, Putin...I wonder how close the
Russian (and possibly also Muslim and others) invasion of Israel is.
But, Ezekiel's prophecy will be fulfulled when The Lord God destroys
them (I think I read somewhere 5/6th of them) on the mountains of
Israel. They'll probably feel that "Allah betrayed them".

  I personally doubt that the "true Christians" (those who have asked
Christ to save them) will be on Earth when all this unfolds...as they
will have been raptured by that time.

  Another thing to consider...apparently also with the Jewish New Year
and Yom Kippur also approaching...the Muslim month of Ramadan. So, the
possibility exists that the rapture could occur before you read this.
However, only The Lord God knows whether that will happen this week or
not.

  I do not know the Mind Of The Lord, and have no idea when the rapture
will occur. But Jesus did say that "you could know the signs"...and this
generation has seen such a rapid fulfillment of prophecy never before
seen.

Daryl

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