Vatican City is an independent city-state enclaved within Rome, the seat of government for the nation of Italy. While the Vatican is a sovereign entity, it is geographically, religiously, and historically closely connected to Rome, and it plays a significant role in the political and spiritual affairs of the region.
Rome’s political leaders have enacted “Ecological Sundays” into law for the first time in history in order to comply with local and federal climate regulations. In the center of Rome, there is a green zone where cars are not allowed on certain Sundays. The objective is to designate specific Sundays throughout the year as “Ecological Sundays” in an effort to lower energy consumption and air pollution.
The Ecological Sunday laws work as follows:
• “As established in the Council Memorandum n. 78 of 28 September 2023, the scheduled ecological Sundays will start again on 19 November 2023. The other maximum Sundays identified are: 3 December 2023, 14 January 2024, 25 February 2024 and 24 March 2024. The objective is to prevent and contain air pollution, contribute to raising awareness among citizens on the issue of air quality and the responsible use of energy sources. The Mayor’s Ordinance n. 121 of 11.16.2023 provides for the limitation of vehicular circulation to all motor vehicles in the area of the territory of Rome Capital delimited by the perimeter coinciding with that of the new ZTL ‘Green Zone’ during the hours: 7.30 – 12.30 and 16.30 – 20.30 also if provided with permission to access and circulate in Limited Traffic Zones (vehicle classes involved, exceptions and exemptions are listed in the Ordinance).” [1]
• “As established by national and regional regulations, in order to prevent and contain air pollution, five ‘Ecological Sundays’ are scheduled every year. For the year 2023/24 Sundays are: November 19th, December 3, January 14th, February 25th, March 24. During Eco Sundays – in the Green Zone – circulation for private traffic is prohibited (with some exceptions) from 7.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm.” [2]
This is Laudato Si’ in action. This is exactly what Pope Francis has been trying to accomplish with his encyclical on climate change for the past few years. Additionally, the Vatican delegation to COP28 in Dubai will be advocating for these types of climate policies. The masses will be forced to obey climate laws that serve the papacy’s political and religious objectives.
Rome’s climate change movement and Sunday laws are joined at the hip. They are one and the same. You cannot separate them. Here we see how political leaders have embraced Rome’s Sunday worship as the answer to the climate crisis. This is a clear sign and an indication of what is coming very soon to a community near you.
Brothers and sisters, are we prepared for the coming Sunday law crisis? It is obvious that a weekly Sunday rest is being offered as a solution to the so-called climate crisis. And do not imagine that the Sunday rest issue will go away. The proposal to impose Sunday in response to climate change will only intensify. Even God told us this would happen:
“It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced” (Great Controversy, p. 590).
Unless God intervenes, we are about to witness the passage of radical environmental policies that will favor Sunday closing measures. All that is needed is for world leaders to meet at COP28 to declare a “climate emergency,” just as they did during the Covid-19 pandemic. Have we forgotten how political leaders unilaterally suspended civil rights, closed churches, stopped travel, and closed businesses through oppressive Covid-19 mandates? They were also trying to force everyone to receive mandatory vaccinations. So, under a climate emergency, we can envision the very same oppressive measures being used as we move closer to a weekly rest day for the planet.
This is not the time for us to be negligent or to act contrary to the duty that God has given us at this time. God has a true day of rest and worship, and it is the seventh-day Sabbath, Saturday, the day of the Lord. Every Seventh-day Adventist media ministry should be warning the world of this coming threat without hesitation. The enemies of present truth grow bolder each day as they try to exalt Sunday as the day of rest for the world.
“The effort that is being made to press through the Sunday law should be vigorously met; for we are not ready for that issue. The crisis is right upon us, and soon the last issue will have to be met. Every talent held in trust by God’s people should now be employed to advocate the truth as it is in Jesus, to cause it to stand before the world in clear lines. The work that is being done by some to counterwork the Lord’s warnings is the consequence of the devising of satanic agencies. We now present our case to heaven, asking God to work in our behalf” (Letter 72, 1906).
Sources
[1] https://www.turismoroma.it/it/eventi/domeniche-ecologiche-2023-24
[2] https://romamobilita.it/it/servizi/ztl/fascia-verde
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May God help us to share his word to the perishing world so as to warn it…Amen