On December 8, 2021, Pope Francis said, “All can work together to build a more peaceful world.” This was the message for the 55th World Peace Day, which is scheduled for January 1, 2022. Pope Francis proposed three paths for “building a lasting peace” in our world. The Pope said:
“First, dialogue between generations as the basis for the realization of shared projects. Second, education as a factor of freedom, responsibility and development. Finally, labor as a means for the full realization of human dignity. These are three indispensable elements for ‘making possible the creation of a social covenant’, without which every project of peace turns out to be insubstantial.” [1]
The problem is that Pope Francis’ version of dialogue, education and labor for world peace is that he wants these principles to be based on Catholic social doctrine. For example, when the Pope spoke of dialogue, he emphasized the need to “care for our common home” because the “environment” is on loan and we need to give it to the next generation free from the “challenges emerging from the present ethical and socio-environmental crisis.” [1]
When Pope Francis talks about “education,” he makes specific reference to his “global pact on education,” which is designed to indoctrinate children on a global scale in matters of “integral ecology,” “sustainability” and “fraternity.” [1] And when the Pope speaks on “labor,” he urges us to adopt working policies aimed at promoting the “common good” and at the “safeguarding of creation.” Pope Francis says that we can “find sure guidelines in the Church’s social doctrine.” [1]
In other words, Pope Francis is basically telling us that in order to obtain world peace, we must take and implement the teachings of Fratelli Tutti and Laudato Si’ and incorporate them into dialogue, education and labor. Sounds simple enough, right? All we have to do in order to achieve true and lasting world-wide peace is to embrace Catholic theology, Catholic liturgy, Catholic traditions and Catholic education.
Accepting Pope Francis’ social contract for peace would be a terrible mistake that would spell the end of peace and happiness. Paul predicted long ago that a “peace and safety” cry would usher in “sudden destruction” rather than peace (1 Thessalonians 5:2, 3). This movement would occur right before the Second Coming of Jesus, and in Revelation 13:3, 12; Revelation 16:13, 14; and Revelation 17:2, 12, 13, the Apostle John predicted the same global religious-political unification. Sister White also reveals that this movement would reach its pinnacle in a grand scheme to convert the entire world and usher in the long-awaited millennium of “peace.”
“Prominent among these false doctrines is that of the temporal millennium,—a thousand years of spiritual peace and prosperity, in which the world is to be converted, before the coming of Christ. This siren song has lulled thousands of souls to sleep over the abyss of eternal ruin” (Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, p. 235).
“Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world, and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium” (Great Controversy, pp, 588, 589).
Pope Francis has issued an urgent call for world peace. The ecumenical movement now in progress fulfills all the basic conditions specified by these inspired writers, and the stage is rapidly being set for these significant developments. However, according to prophecy and history, the human race is always in a state of struggle and turmoil as a result of sin. The nations are constantly stirred up by a spirit of dissatisfaction with their current situation and a strong desire to strengthen and secure themselves. There will be no sustainable peace in our sin-plagued world until the coming of the Price of Peace, Jesus Christ.
“The time is not far off when the people of God will be called upon to give their testimony before the rulers of the earth. Not one in twenty has a realization of what rapid strides we are making toward the great crisis in our history. The angels of God are holding the four winds, and this leads many to cry, Peace and safety; but there is no time for vanity, for trifling, for engaging the mind in unimportant matters. We must empty the soul temple of every defilement, and let the Spirit of God take full possession of the heart, that the character may be transformed” (Review and Herald, April 26, 1892).
Despite popular opinion, true peace will not come until Christ returns, and His coming is drawing near. There are few topics that Seventh-day Adventists are more interested in, and to which they will respond more eagerly and enthusiastically, than seeing Bible prophecy fulfilled. Let us issue a bold challenge to our church members to do something for the cause of Christ. We should encourage our brothers and sisters to get the Three Angels’ Message into the hands of our communities. We give thanks to God for individuals who are dedicated to spreading the final warning message to “every nation, kindred, tongue and people.”
“The coming of the Lord is nearer than when we first believed. The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity by sea or land is a testimony to the fact that the end of all things is at hand. Wars and rumors of wars declare it. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat with quickened action as he anticipates the great events opening before us? The Lord is coming. We hear the footsteps of an approaching God, as He comes to punish the world for its iniquity. We are to prepare the way for Him by acting our part in getting a people ready for that great day.”(Review and Herald, November 12, 1914).
Sources
[1] https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/12/21/211221a.html
Alric M Prendergast says
World Peace, by the person they call The Pope, let the Bible speak…
Psalms 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Isaiah 57:20-21 (KJV)
(20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(21) There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Proverbs 14:34 (KJV)
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Isaiah 32:15-18 (KJV)
(15) Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. (16) Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. (17) And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. (18) And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah 1:21-28
(21) How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. (22) Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: (23) Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
(24) Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: (25) And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: (26) And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. (27) Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. (28) And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
To conclude, in Isaiah 1, The Lord described his people as a woman who sells her body for sexual pleasure and not as a faithful married wife, the city here is like the city described in Revelation 17 that great city or the city of idolatry, but The Lord promises to turn things around making the people of God a city of Righteousness by faith, without idolatry and wickedness and thus a living city of peace. Yes, unless there is divine intervention in our helpless situation there is no plan for redemption or restoration and all plans for peace and unity is nothing more than a false sence of security, a so called worldly harmony based on uniformity that stands against the express will of God and is no different from the rebellion which took place in heaven among the angels which resulted in the angels loyal to fallen Lucifer all being made homeless, no longer welcomed in their heavenly home.
There is no peace outside of Christ, if there is peace it’s a world peace of peace keepers trying to get along as best as possible and not to let the unique doctrines or differences between different groups get in the very, heavenly peace is with the peace makers who make peace with God first that they may be at peace with others. Here is a Bible verse which was shared with me recently one morning…
Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
The prerequisite for lasting peace is to please The Lord first that even the enemies of God will be at peace with the people of God, it’s interesting to note that when the people of God did that which was right and pleasing in the sight of God, no nation of idolatry would pick a fight with God’s people, but when the people sold themselves into idolatry to be like other nations many times the other nations in their idolatry would invade their country and rule of them. (we can read the book of Judges to see the historical account of the rising and falling of the people of God, who rose up out of idolatry by living to please God and fell into idolatry because they refused to follow the instructions given them by God who brought them out of the land of idolatry and slavery)
Unfortunately the drive for world peace and the saving of the environment and the climate change crisis, has nothing to do with the divine purpose for our daily lives as human beings, in wisdom inspired by God the wise man said… Righteoudness lifts a nation, but sin is a reorouch to any people…
Therefore the opposite is no less true, unrighteousness depresses all nations as they see sin as the way to all peoples, yes, a nation of iniquity, idolatry, heathenism, paganism, evolutionary thinking, secularism, communism, socialism, being full of humanism, or any other ‘ ism ‘ without The Law of God in all it’s fullness rules and dwells in darkness like the creatures that dwell deep under ground or the deep sea, that does not need light to move around and live.
To conclude, only peace with God will bring meaningful and lasting peace with others, (Romans 5: 1) only the peace that Jesus alone can give is heavenly peace on earth, all other attempts for peace without God is like broken pieces of a container apparently put together again, only to fall down again and shatter into pieces, only God can bring about true peace through Christ Jesus outside of the express and unfolding will of God, is nothing but uniformity that will shatter into pieces in the end. Yes, not only will the sinner be at peace with God, there will be no conflict between the repentant sinner and The Law of God, such will love The Sabbath of The Lord, which is part of The 10 Commandments, as well as keep away from Idolatry in all it’s forms, culture and nature, but all who reject The Sabbath of The Lord, will delight in any form of idolatry be it religious or evolutionary, secular or spiritual, social or individual, be it personal or as a community, be it as part of the neighborhood, the wider district, the nation, in the city or the country, the continent or an Island, be it in government among professionals, well educated or not unless God is in it all is nothing but idolatry and continual Sabbath transgression (the two most detailed commandments in The Law of God) which will also lead to the transgression of The Law of God as a whole.
Finally all attempts for world peace, religious peace outside of the express will of God as we have seen in the Bible verses above is no better than the rebellion against God by fallen Lucifer together with his angels and no better than the building of the tower of Babel, which God brought to nothing by multiplying the human languages thus spreading out the people to stay the centralisation of the masses in the city building and the tower that was reaching for the sky and growing further and further away from the earth.
May the peace of God which passes all understanding mold our daily lives, fitting us for our lives in this sinful world and the world to come and may we be not drawn into the so called harmony of peace between nations and religions, which is put together under a false sence of security, because when they shall say as it were…we have peace and safety at last, then sudden destruction shall take them and none shall escape.
World Peace, by the person they call The Pope, let the Bible speak…
Psalms 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Isaiah 57:20-21 (KJV)
(20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(21) There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Proverbs 14:34 (KJV)
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Isaiah 32:15-18 (KJV)
(15) Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. (16) Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. (17) And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. (18) And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah 1:21-28
(21) How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. (22) Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: (23) Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
(24) Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: (25) And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: (26) And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. (27) Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. (28) And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
To conclude, in Isaiah 1, The Lord described his people as a woman who sells her body for sexual pleasure and not as a faithful married wife, the city here is like the city described in Revelation 17 that great city or the city of idolatry, but The Lord promises to turn things around making the people of God a city of Righteousness by faith, without idolatry and wickedness and thus a living city of peace. Yes, unless there is divine intervention in our helpless situation there is no plan for redemption or restoration and all plans for peace and unity is nothing more than a false sence of security, a so called worldly harmony based on uniformity that stands against the express will of God and is no different from the rebellion which took place in heaven among the angels which resulted in the angels loyal to fallen Lucifer all being made homeless, no longer welcomed in their heavenly home.
There is no peace outside of Christ, if there is peace it’s a world peace of peace keepers trying to get along as best as possible and not to let the unique doctrines or differences between different groups get in the very, heavenly peace is with the peace makers who make peace with God first that they may be at peace with others. Here is a Bible verse which was shared with me recently one morning…
Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
The prerequisite for lasting peace is to please The Lord first that even the enemies of God will be at peace with the people of God, it’s interesting to note that when the people of God did that which was right and pleasing in the sight of God, no nation of idolatry would pick a fight with God’s people, but when the people sold themselves into idolatry to be like other nations many times the other nations in their idolatry would invade their country and rule of them. (we can read the book of Judges to see the historical account of the rising and falling of the people of God, who rose up out of idolatry by living to please God and fell into idolatry because they refused to follow the instructions given them by God who brought them out of the land of idolatry and slavery)
Unfortunately the drive for world peace and the saving of the environment and the climate change crisis, has nothing to do with the divine purpose for our daily lives as human beings, in wisdom inspired by God the wise man said… Righteoudness lifts a nation, but sin is a reorouch to any people…
Therefore the opposite is no less true, unrighteousness depresses all nations as they see sin as the way to all peoples, yes, a nation of iniquity, idolatry, heathenism, paganism, evolutionary thinking, secularism, communism, socialism, being full of humanism, or any other ‘ ism ‘ without The Law of God in all it’s fullness rules and dwells in darkness like the creatures that dwell deep under ground or the deep sea, that does not need light to move around and live.
To conclude, only peace with God will bring meaningful and lasting peace with others, (Romans 5: 1) only the peace that Jesus alone can give is heavenly peace on earth, all other attempts for peace without God is like broken pieces of a container apparently put together again, only to fall down again and shatter into pieces, only God can bring about true peace through Christ Jesus outside of the express and unfolding will of God, is nothing but uniformity that will shatter into pieces in the end. Yes, not only will the sinner be at peace with God, there will be no conflict between the repentant sinner and The Law of God, such will love The Sabbath of The Lord, which is part of The 10 Commandments, as well as keep away from Idolatry in all it’s forms, culture and nature, but all who reject The Sabbath of The Lord, will delight in any form of idolatry be it religious or evolutionary, secular or spiritual, social or individual, be it personal or as a community, be it as part of the neighborhood, the wider district, the nation, in the city or the country, the continent or an Island, be it in government among professionals, well educated or not unless God is in it all is nothing but idolatry and continual Sabbath transgression (the two most detailed commandments in The Law of God) which will also lead to the transgression of The Law of God as a whole.
Finally all attempts for world peace, religious peace outside of the express will of God as we have seen in the Bible verses above is no better than the rebellion against God by fallen Lucifer together with his angels and no better than the building of the tower of Babel, which God brought to nothing by multiplying the human languages thus spreading out the people to stay the centralisation of the masses in the city building and the tower that was reaching for the sky and growing further and further away from the earth.
May the peace of God which passes all understanding mold our daily lives, fitting us for our lives in this sinful world and the world to come and may we be not drawn into the so called harmony of peace between nations and religions, which is put together under a false sence of security, because when they shall say as it were…we have peace and safety at last, then sudden destruction shall take them and none shall escape.
Alric M Prendergast says
Sorry this was posted twice by mistake, l would like to edit it to reflect it once but do not seem able to do so, sorry again, sorry for the length, thanks for these articles anyway it encourages me to share my thoughts from time to time.
Alan says
Sudden destruction it will be, for those that are looking for peace through the papal system and apostate protestants. For those looking for the peace that Christ offered in John 14. we can have true peace and life eternal.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Maka'ala Stone says
Aloha from the Island of Maui, SMK!
The Lord’s response to the vain attempts of wicked men to wrest His scepter out of His hand, is good enough for me! Check out Psalm 2 and Rejoice for our redemption draws nigh! Hallelujah!
Aloha! from your brother in Christ,
Maka’ala Stone
Andy Roman says
Amen!
samuel kimani Njoroge says
Just as the inspiration in the book of 1 thessalonians 5;3 says and they shall seek peace? peace? but all of a sudden comes comes destruction . As much as the world is prepairing to usher a new era of millenium of peace and prosperity through through two encyclicals of pope francis Laudato si and fratelli tutti famously known as catholic social teaching the the end of the world is around the corner a few years from now we are going to witness rapid movements happening in quick succession hastening the second coming of christ. But before this happens son of perdition; man of sin will be revealed first especially the enforcement of the mark of the beast sunday observance which is the child of the papacy a spurious sabbath which is in direct contravention to God’s fourth commandment.
Jacquetta says
This religious power is becoming more bold everyday, and it doesn’t seem that it will stop until it accomplishes what it intends to. May God’s people also fulfill their work to proclaim the three angels’ Message.