She Says,
I Sit a Queen,
And Am no Widow,
And will see No Sorrow.
She Hath Glorified Herself,
Is rich and increased with Goods,
So why will Islam her Churches Burn?
March 17, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
The two articles which follow, one announcing the planning of a meeting between the Catholic and Islamic religious leaders, and the second one establishing the confirmed date of it, may cause the large number of hits our web site receives to drop for a spell, as it has in the past when I sent Blogs on Revelation 17 and 18.
I can certainly understand why Catholics hate my beliefs concerning the interpretation of Chapters 17 and 18 in Revelation and, in all honesty, I would tone not my rhetoric were it not for Revelation 18:4. So, to those who hate me for my interpretation of these two chapters, may I offer you this consolation – If I am wrong the Lord will judge me for it.
But if I am right, the Lord will judge you for not considering it.
(For a Full Exposition of Revelation 17 and 18 See Archive Prophecy Update 195B)
Revelation 18:4 – And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
II Corinthians 11:14,15 – And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
[15] Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Revelation 17:16 – And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
I believe this will be the fate of all churches in the area conquered by the forces of Islam, after they have finished with their use of the support of the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.
Revelation 18:4-9 – And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. [5] For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
[6] Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. [7] How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. [8] Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
[9] And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Began YAHOO News Article
Vatican, Muslims prepare historic meeting with Pope
By Philip Pullella
March 3, 2008
Muslim representatives and Vatican officials begin talks this week that they hope will lead to an unprecedented Catholic-Islamic meeting.
Five representatives from each side will meet on Tuesday for two days in Rome to work out the details of a larger meeting that will include Pope Benedict later this year.
“We have to bring the dialogue up to date following the great successes of the pontificate of John Paul II,” said Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini, vice-president of the Italian Islamic Religious Community.
Catholic-Muslim relations nosedived in 2006 after Benedict delivered a lecture in Regensburg, Germany, that was taken by Muslims to imply
that Islam was violent and irrational.
Muslims around the world protested and the Pope sought to make amends when he visited Turkey’s Blue Mosque and prayed towards Mecca with its Imam.
After the fallout from the Regensburg speech, 138 Muslim scholars and leaders wrote to the German-born Pontiff and other Christian leaders last year, saying “the very survival of the world itself” may depend on dialogue between the two faiths.
The signatories of the Muslim appeal for theological dialogue, called the “Common Word,” has grown to nearly 225 since.
“Now there is a need for deeper dialogue on doctrine, theology and the character of religions in today’s world and the challenges we face,” Pallavicini told Reuters.
“We must try, together with the Pope, to get on a path of dialogue on issues confronting humanity today,” he said.
Besides Pallavicini, the Muslim delegation to the preparatory talks will include a Turk, a Briton, a Jordanian and a Libyan.
The Vatican delegation includes Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Vatican’s Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the head of the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome and a professor from Rome’s Gregorian University.
Pallavicini said the larger meeting later this year will undoubtedly talk about terrorism.
“Terrorism is one thing that has to be discussed,” he said. “All religious leaders must renew a message of peace in their faith. Then it will be easier to isolate extremists and avoid the wrong use of religion,” he said.
Although Benedict repeatedly expressed regret for the reaction to his speech in Regensburg, he stopped short of a clear apology sought by Muslims.
Pallavicini said the enlarged meeting would likely take place either at the Vatican before the summer or at Benedict’s summer residence south of Rome in August.
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Vatican, Muslims Set Talks for November
By Philip Pullella
Reuters
March 5, 2008
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican and Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to establish a permanent official dialogue to improve often difficult relations and heal wounds still open from a controversial papal speech in 2006.
A joint statement said the first meeting of “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” will take place on November 4-6 in Rome with 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side.
Pope Benedict will address the group, the statement said.
The announcement came after a two-day meeting at the Vatican with five representatives of Muslims who had signed an unprecedented appeal to
the Pope to begin a dialogue.
“We emerged with a permanent structure that will ensure that the Catholic-Muslim engagement and dialogue continues into the future,” said Professor Aref Ali Nayed, director of the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan.
He told a news conference the forum would be able “to work out issues and an exchange of opinions about important matters.”
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