By Julius Caesar Prado
“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed.” Revelation 13:3
It was during the Napoleonic Wars that the papal head was “like a deadly wound.” Papal supremacy lasted 1260 years (538–1798). In 1797, when Pope Pius VI became gravely ill, Napoleon Bonaparte gave orders that, in the event of his death, no successor should be chosen and that the papacy should be discontinued, but the Pope refused. On February 10, 1798, the French general Berthier entered Rome and proclaimed a republic. Rome was conquered, and the papal power was destroyed. On February 15, 1798, General Berthier informed Pope Pius VI and the people of Rome that going forward, the pope “would no longer perform any function” (John Adolphus, The History of France, Vol. 2, p. 365).
The elderly pope refused to recognize the Republic and was taken from prison to prison in France until, tormented by fatigue and sadness, he died in August 1799 in the French fortress of Valencia at the age of 82. All of the Pope’s property was confiscated. On May 13, 1871, the Italian government stripped its civil powers from the Pope by abolishing the Vatican State. Biblical prophecy predicted the papacy’s emergence (538), his fall (1798), and his recovery again (1929).
Bible prophecy predicted that the pope would suffer a deadly wound, but that this wound would one day be healed (Revelation 13:3). When Italy was unified under the Garibaldi Revolution (1866–1870), Papal Rome was deprived of its lands, the Papal States, with the Pope serving as a voluntary prisoner in the Vatican.
“There is no doubt that the Roman Catholic Church put Mussolini in power. In order to secure the Treaty of Thief, the Pope demanded that Catholics no longer participate in politics (many of them had been socialists actively opposing Mussolini and his fascist party) … The Pope made public statements so strong in support of Mussolini: ‘Mussolini is the man sent by Providence’, that Catholics had no choice but to support the fascist dictator. Without that help, Mussolini wouldn’t have been elected, and the story could have been very different.” (Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast, p. 219, 220–221).
On February 11, 1929, the deadly wound began to heal. On this day, Benito Mussolini and Pietro Cardinal Gasparri signed the Treaty of Latrão, restoring part of the lost lands and also restoring the temporary power of the Pope, who received dominion of Vatican City, a part of the city of Rome, measuring about 108.7 acres. The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper of February 12, 1929, reported the event with the follwoing headline: “Mussolini and Gasparri Sign Historic Roman Pact Healing Wound of Many Years” (quoted in Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 9, p. 706).
As compensation for the damages caused by the extinction of the Papal States in 1870, Italy paid the Holy See 750 million lira in cash and 1 billion lira in government bonds (Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast, p. 219). Part of these funds would be used to start the Vatican Bank, which today is famous for financial corruption.
However, prophecy predicted a much greater restoration. It describes the wound as being fully healed. After this healing, we are told that “all that dwell upon the earth,” except a few faithful believers, would be worshipping the beast (Revelation 13:8). According to the prophecy, the papacy will return with much greater power than the one exercised during the Middle Ages because it will involve all the inhabitants of the earth.
Prophecy indicates that the world religion under the leadership of the Antichrist will not be atheism, Hinduism, Islamism, Buddhism, or even the New Age. The world religion will be Christianity, however, in a paganized form, just as happened in the days of Constantine and his successors, the popes. This apostate world religion will be based in Rome.
It is not only a religious revival that has been prophesied, but also a revival of the Roman Empire’s ancient religion—a theocracy with its headquarters in Rome. Bible prophecy also makes it abundantly evident that everyone who acknowledges the pope as the Vicar of Christ and bows down before him is directly worshiping Satan, who gave the beast his power and throne (see Revelation 13:4).
Samuel Kimani Njoroge says
The Anti -christ is now on verge of becoming a world power. Many nations are now surrendering their sovereignty to papal Rome and and it is gaining prominence every day . If you look at the European Union it’s governance structure is based on Roman catholic rule. And most of its leaders are catholics such as Konrad Adeneur, Romano Prodi, Herman Roumpoy and many others. Many leaders are learning in the Jesuit universities inorder to rule the world and enforce the Papal agenda. The United Nations is a Roman Catholic institution and many leaders are trained in the jesuit universities like Georgetown and Gregorian. Even the U.N secretary Generals must align themselves to the papal agenda that’s why Pope of Rome is reffered to as the religious pope and U.N secretary General is known as civilian Pope. The U.N agenda 2030 is the brainchild of the papacy they have come up with utopian idea of transforming the world into an earthly paradise that nobody will own anything but everybody will happy many nations have been racing against time to make sure they align themselves to this 2030 agenda deadline. A one world system of governance is now beggining to take shape and the world is being prepared for the final crisis . Many crisis have been instigated to achieve this agenda.e.g covid 19 crisis, Russia Ukraine war , Israel -Hamas war and others to come.
Myra Moore says
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