AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROCESSION OF POPES AND FALSE PROPHETS FROM ROME BY THE SPLENDID RICHARD BENNETT.

"POPE FRANCIS ELECTED, AND THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY MOVES ON" BY RICHARD BENNETT (WHO KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT)!.

As Pope Francis moves onto the world stage, many people are wondering how he will be generally accepted.  The pleasant aura of John Paul II still lingers for many, while the shortcomings of Benedict XVI still color the current scene.  More importantly, given the Pope’s exalted position in the world, many will be asking how this new Pope will change the Papacy.  The fact remains, however, that since the early 19th century the Office of the Papacy has been set on a course of action that no individual pope will reverse.  How can this be so?   Setting the Stage for the Mystery of Iniquity In 330 A.D., Emperor Constantine moved the seat of the Imperial Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople.  By that time, he had decreed Christianity the religion of the Empire in hopes that by means of its acceptance a new unifying strength could be infused into his crumbling empire.  The new “state religion” was organized much like the Roman Empire’s military.  It was divided into four major districts, having a head over each.  Without persecution, the simple faith of the early church had declined, so that by the fifth century, the church at Rome was no longer a fellowship of strong believers under Christ Jesus.  Rather it had become part of an institution dominated by a hierarchy in which the Bishop of Rome eventually commanded the most power.    

Mystery of Iniquity becomes Manifest Scripture speaks of the “mystery of iniquity.”[1][1]  This particular lawlessness arose gradually within the church as the Imperial Roman Empire gave way to what became the Holy Roman Empire.  The mystery of iniquity has been visible in the form of the “man of sin” for well over eight centuries.  The Reformers and general population of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century did not recognize it, however, until the recovery of the Gospel and the Bible.  The outcome of apostasy is the “deceivableness of unrighteousness.”  Such apostasy is marked by hypocrisy and deceit, while appearing righteous and holy, and is aimed at deceiving even the very elect, were that possible.  For centuries, the reigning Pope has assumed to himself the titles of “Holy Father” and “Vicar of Christ,[2][2]” which fulfills in the unqualified sense the definition of Antichrist given by the Apostle John:  “who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?  He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.”[3][3]  The Pontiff, in taking these designations to himself, denies the supremacy and honor due both the Father and the Son alone.

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