Ephesians 2:14-19 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; (Read More...) 1 John 4:1 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 1 Thessalonians 5:3), through a world government and a world religion that will deny Jesus … $3.99 a month for 40+ study tools. (Cf Rev 13:8; 20:7-10; 21:2-4.) on Saturday, 30 June 2007. For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. A false peace is sweeping through many churches today, a peace that will fail in the troubled days ahead. 17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. In reality, they will die a SECOND DEATH and be TORMENTED IN HELL FOREVER. Bible Verses about Peace - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. KJV, Thinline Bible, Giant Print, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version, KJV Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Second Edition, KJV, Open Bible, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Complete Reference System, KJV, Baby's First Bible, Hardcover, Multicolor: A special keepsake for your new arrival, KJV, Word Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: 1,700 Key Words that Unlock the Meaning of the Bible, KJV, Value Thinline Bible, Large Print, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version. The best value in digital Bible study. The false prophets were as physicians who told the man suffering from a … 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. A flooding rain will come, and you, O … C. Rev 19:1-9.) Is there any official text from the Catholic Church about these events preceding the end times? And guess what was the topic? In Jeremiah’s day, the religious leaders dealt only with the symptoms of the national problems, without addressing the sinful root of the crisis. Verse 10. False Teachers List & False Prophets Exposed / Problematic Preachers | List of False Teachers of the Prosperity Gospel & NAR: Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Rob Bell, Kenneth Copeland, T.D. God Being With Us Peace And Comfort Peace And Strength Stress And Hard Times Anxiety What Christian Should Do … Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, retired archbishop of Bologna, delivered that message during a meditation Tuesday, drawing on the work of Russian philosopher Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov. This Antichrist will bring false hope and peace to the world, and will do what no one else has ever done- bring Israel and Palestine together. One built up a wall. King James Bible To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. In these secret circles, one is longing for what John Lennon wrote in his popular song Imagine in 1971; many people sing it without thinking about the meaning of the lyrics, but this song could very well be described as a hymn to a godless world government : Imagine there’s no HeavenIt’s easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today, Imagine there’s no countriesIt isn’t hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace, You may say that I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope someday you’ll join usAnd the world will be as one. 1 John 4:1-6 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because … (2 Thess 3-4.) 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. New King James Version that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord GOD. 1 Thessalonians 5:3), through a world government and a world religion that will deny Jesus Christ as the true Messiah. Hope in a false peace has destroyed many nations, peoples, homes, and individuals. Are you calm in religion; but without truth or Christ? 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Today there are on one hand the forces of the market, of traffic in weapons, in drugs, and in human beings, all forces that weigh upon the world and ensnare humanity irresistibly.". 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ", 1101, Principale St. Rougemont, QC Canada - J0L 1M0, Encyclical letters & Other documents of the Magisterium. "Notwithstanding the dissolution of the Roman Empire and its ideologies, this remains very contemporary! Isaiah 26:3 - Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he … If you are looking for peace, you will find it only in Jesus!) 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. Daniel 8:23-25 King James Version (KJV). Peace, peace. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the ‘intrinsically perverse’ political form of a secular messianism. He will come offering a false peace to the world and will with his charismatic personality, incredible promises, and breathtaking miracles unite all nations politically, economically, and religiously under his leadership. But in this way, they will have renounced Jesus, the overwhelming reality of the resurrection.’ The cardinal said he believes that this is ‘the danger that Christians face in our days… the Son of God cannot be reduced to a series of good projects sanctioned by the prevailing worldly mentality… There are relative values, such as solidarity, love of peace and respect for nature. According to the first half of Daniel 9:27, the Antichrist will guarantee a peace treaty, agreement, or covenant between Israel and its enemies. In his recent book, Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI, in a comment on the prayer of the Our Father, wrote this about the Beast of the Apocalypse: «We see before us the dragon of which the Book of Revelation speaks. --The word is taken almost in the sense of "health," as in Genesis 43:27-28, and elsewhere. Here is a news report from the Catholic news agency Zenit: "VATICAN CITY, FEB. 28, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The Antichrist is the reduction of Christianity to an ideology, instead of a personal encounter with the Savior, says the cardinal directing the retreat which Benedict XVI is attending. 1 John 2:18 - Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even … Most people in the world today have a false sense of peace and tranquility. At the center of being a Christian is, in fact, the personal encounter with Jesus Christ.’ Quoting the work Three Dialogues on War, Progress and the End of History, Cardinal Biffi told his listeners that ‘the Antichrist presents himself as pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist.’, "‘He will convoke an ecumenical council and will seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions, granting something to each one. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. Jakes, Creflo Dollar, Jesse Duplantis, Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren, Paula White, Kim Clement, Kenneth Hagin, Robert Tilton, Robert Schuller, Juanita Bynum. 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. This coming of the Antichrist will be preceded by a general apostasy, the loss of faith of most of Christians: "Let no one deceive you in any way. 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. - Peace, when there was no peace. Matthew 5:9-11 King James Version (KJV). Luke 18:8: ‘But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’ and Mathew 24:12: 12: ‘And with the increase of lawlessness, love in most people will grow cold.’) The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth (cf. While this world is in turmoil this morning, the children of God know peace in their hearts, John 14:27. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. John portrays the ‘beast rising out of the sea,’ out of the dark depths of evil, with the symbols of Roman imperial power, and he thus puts a very concrete face on the threat facing the Christians of his day: the total claim placed upon man by the emperor cult and the resulting elevation of political-military-economic might to the peak of absolute power — to the personification of the evil that threatens to devour us. The cardinal added that Solovyov says in that work: ‘Days will come in Christianity in which they will try to reduce the salvific event to a mere series of values.’, "In his Tale of the Antichrist Solovyov foresees that a small group of Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants will resist and will say to the Antichrist: ‘You give us everything, except what interests us, Jesus Christ.’ For Cardinal Biffi, this narrative is a warning: ‘Today, in fact, we run the risk of having a Christianity which puts aside Jesus with his cross and resurrection.’, "The 78-year-old cardinal said that if Christians ‘limited themselves to speaking of shared values they would be more accepted on television programs and in social groups. "The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection. The imagery starts from the picture of a ruined city already implied in vers. (Matthew 24:36.). Sadly, God's people have never been immune to this regrettable deception. Every year for Lent, the Pope invites a distinguished bishop or theologian to preach a retreat (the "Spiritual Exercises") to all the members of the Roman Curia including the Pope himself. In the first verse of chapter 13 in our English Bibles, we find him standing on the seashore with the beast rising up out of the sea, but in the Greek text this sentence is verse 18 of chapter 12. And in 2 Tim 3:1-5: "But understand this: there will be terrifying times in the last days. There is a logical progression here of cause and effect. The Church does not know the date of this event, only God the Father knows: "But as for that day and hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, no one but the Father alone." Daniel 7 speaks of this man as a “boastful” king who will “try to change the set times and the laws” (verses 11 and 25). Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, 2 Thessalonians 3:16. ‘Then another sign appeared in Heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.’ [Rev. The work of the enemies of God to undermine the faith is clear for everyone to see today.