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The Death of
Pope Francis
On April 21, 2025, Pope Francis passed away. Does this have any prophetic significance? What's next for the Catholic Church?
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2 weeks ago
ANGELA
I WAS RAISED AS A CATHOLIC. MY DAD TOOK US TO MASS. As I grew up and learned about The Seventhdayadventists, l learned that the Sabbath was the day of rest and worship.
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2 weeks ago
Dominic
I have a doubt which Rev Doug Bacthelor cna expalin whetehr Apostle Peter was considered as the First Pope or the Roman Catholism has forcefully consider him the First Pope?
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Immediately after Peter's great confession of Christ as the Son of God in Matthew 16, Jesus spoke the words of this text. "Thou art Peter" and Jesus used the same Greek word that is used 161 times in the New Testament for Simon Peter--"Petros." In fact, the word "Petros" is never used for any other purpose in the New Testament than to designate Peter. The name means "pebble" or "rolling stone."
But then after Jesus called Peter by his name, Petros, He said, "Upon this rock I will build my church." And this time Christ used the word "petra" for "rock." The word "petra" denotes a huge, unmoving boulder--a veritable Gibraltar. This word is never used to designate Peter. Instead it is used repeatedly to describe Jesus Himself, as in 1 Corinthians 10:4. In other words, the church was not built upon the unstable Peter (Petros), who had to be rebuked by Christ as Satan's agent in verse 23, but upon Christ (petra), the Rock of Salvation. Peter's confession of Jesus as the Son of God constituted a firm rock of truth also, but designated by Jesus as the church's foundation.
Please notice that, after Peter's confession, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," Jesus assured Peter, "You're right and this was revealed to you from above. And I'm telling you, Peter, that on this foundation (or rock) I will found my church." It was that confessed truth of Christ's divinity which has been the Gibraltar base for the church through the ages.
The Bible does not establish Peter as the first pope or as the supreme leader of the Christian church. While Peter was a prominent apostle, the New Testament shows that leadership in the early church was shared among the apostles and elders. For example, in Acts 15, James, not Peter, presided over the Jerusalem Council, indicating that Peter was not the sole leader of the church.
Instead, the Bible teaches that Christ is the head of the church (Ephesians 4:15), and all believers are part of a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9).
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2 weeks ago
Denna
I. Believe all of this
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3 weeks ago
Barbara Rider
Love the the speech about the POP thank you very much may God Blessings always be upon you
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3 weeks ago
Milimo Siabana
Pastor Doug address this question as well... It was asked by someone else.
I aslo want the free offer book 'The Beast, the Dragon, and the Woman'
I find it interesting that you said that there is only one spot left in St. Peters Basilica for another pope. I have understood Rev 17:10, 11 to say that since the deadly wound was healed in 1929 there would be 7 popes and the 8th would be the beast.
Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
There have been 7 popes with Francis being the 7th. Could it be that there will be only one more and he will be the beast?
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3 weeks ago
Lynda Barratt
Yes, I believe we are living in the Last Days before Jesus Christ returns. I believe in the prophecy of Daniel and Revelation when God warns the world through His Word, of the need to pray, and come out of Babylon. We need to pray like never before, and boldly go forth sharing God's last day message of; Revelation 14:6-12 with everyone, then Jesus will return. PRAY, PRAY people for the world, for the unbelievers, our neighbors, friends, family and one another. Be grounded in the Word, that you are not misled by wolves in sheep's clothing and led a stray. Take on the character of Jesus Christ. Go Boldly forth and share the last day message. God bless one and all. Happy Sabbath World!! 📖🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️
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3 weeks ago
huang he
Revelation 13, The Beast Like a Lamb, is a call to raise the image of the Beast. According to my understanding, America must be so powerful that the nations of the world must obey its orders and then hand over their power to Catholicism, so that the world can command the world to establish a unified Sunday Act
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3 weeks ago
Nebraska gal
We need to be aware of how all these constitution over rides are laying the ground work for controls over all aspects of our lives. ‘Family values’ are just a cover for bringing in requirements of religion conforms. One of the writers of the 2025 mandate is a right hand man to Trump. The Christian Coalition has their office in the White House. I think the Sunday FLSA as laid out in that mandate is something to be aware of and recognize it to be again a ground work to make next executive orders or laws easier.
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3 weeks ago
Augustine Wilson
It was great discussion, very informative and based on Biblical references that makes the point strong. Highly appreciate.
I am also looking for a Folder containing all magazines or material about Jesus Second coming and the study of the Book of Revelation. Kindly help.
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3 weeks ago
Ron Osterman
I find it interesting that you said that there is only one spot left in St. Peters Basilica for another pope. I have understood Rev 17:10, 11 to say that since the deadly wound was healed in 1929 there would be 7 popes and the 8th would be the beast.
Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
There have been 7 popes with Francis being the 7th. Could it be that there will be only one more and he will be the beast?
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Vickie Hou
The beast is a political entity. Vatican or papacy has already been a political entity for years. The papacy was hurt fatally during French Revolution in 1798. The pope back then was stripped off the political power. Through Lateran Treaty (effective June 7, 1929, to June 3, 1985) between Italy and the Vatican. It was signed by Benito Mussolini for the Italian government and by cardinal secretary of state Pietro Gasparri for the papacy and confirmed by the Italian constitution of 1948. Papacy's fatal wound was healed and returned to be a powerful political entity. We are not looking for a beast or the antichrist among the pope. The papacy, the political power itself is already a beast, taht is, the antichrist. The bible warns against following and obeying this beast. It is not about a certain pope, it is about the organization, the political power that rules. They used to say pope Francis is the final pope, and now he could never be the last one. Who cares about how many popes will there be before Jesus' second coming? What we have to be aware of is the whole system, not focusing on a certain pope.
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3 weeks ago
Cindy
Is tho the time we should be fleeing to the oujtry?
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Vickie Hou
It is.
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3 weeks ago
Jptierney7
John Paul II was the sixth king after the Lateran Treaty and he signed the JDDJ when the harlot was sealed on her forehead with the title of Mother and two weeks later Cardinal Ratzinger released an article demanding that the Lutherans call the Harlot church MOTHER exactly as prophesied yet I have not heard any of our pastors mention that yet.
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3 weeks ago
Jptierney7
Protestantism stretched their hand across the abyss to clasp hands with the Papacy in 1999
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3 weeks ago
Jptierney7
Here is another quote that pope Francis said nearly verbatim what was prophesied
“This system, with its relentless logic of profit, is escaping all human control. It is time to slow the locomotive down, an OUT-OF-CONTROL LOCOMOTIVE HURTLING TOWARDS THE ABYSS.”
-Pope Francis
In Early Writings, in the supplemental chapter called "An Explanation", which explains what the meaning of several of the visions that God gave to Mrs. White about the "wrapping", or communicating with the dead, listen to what I believe is a commentary of Mrs. White seeing Pope Francis in vision...
"I saw the rapidity with which this delusion was spreading (speaking to demons impersonating the dead). A train of cars was shown me, going with the SPEED OF LIGHTNING. The angel bade me look carefully. I fixed my eyes upon the train. It seemed that the whole world was on board, that there could not be one left. Said the angel, “They are binding in bundles ready to burn.” Then he showed me the conductor, who appeared like a stately, fair person, whom all the passengers looked up to and reverenced. I was perplexed and asked my attending angel who it was. He said, “It is Satan. He is the conductor in the form of an angel of light. He has taken the world captive. They are given over to strong delusions, to believe a lie, that they may be damned. This agent, the next highest in order to him, is the engineer, and other of his agents are employed in different offices as he may need them, and they are all going with lightning speed to perdition.” {EW 88.2}
Here are some very important points that I was shown regarding this vision.
A: She was shown that at the time of the vision that "the whole world was on board, that there could not be one left" and later in the vision, she saw the remnant on a path heading in the opposite direction, and that their victory was nearly won, so this vision MUST be a summation of end time events.
B: The conductor appeared as a "stately fair person whom all the passengers looked up to and reverenced". This fits perfectly with the pope who receives reverence from even world leaders. But especially Pope Francis who was the first pope ever permitted to speak from the US Congress.
C: "Lightning speed to PERDITION". The eighth king of Revelation 17:11 is prophesied to lead the world to PERDITION. Pope Francis is the eighth papal king since the healing of the head wound in 1929 when they regained their civil sovereignty and became independent once again. When the seventh king Pope Benedict XVI retired on the anniversary of that Lateran Treaty, lightning struck St Peter's Basilica twice ushering in the time of the eighth king who will lead the world with "lightning speed to perdition".
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3 weeks ago
Elita Johnston
Pastor Batchelor made a mistake in saying the Catholic Church changed the Sabbath from the 1st day of the week to the 7th.
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2 weeks ago
ggirl1124
Read thar catholic book which it does say they admit that the changed it.
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3 weeks ago
CPope
Thank you Amazing Facts for teaching me through your teachings, with the Studies, Readings and your email Scriptures. You are all “Good Faithful Servants!” Thank you! Pope from Nebraska
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3 weeks ago
HolySpirit2023
I want to see this, but I will be in bed at 10:00...can I see it later.
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Barbara
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3 weeks ago
Virginia Mosley
It will be interesting to see who the new pope will be!
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3 weeks ago
ANGELA
My Dad was Irish and we were raised as Catholics. As I grew up, I learnt that the seventh day adventists kept Sabbath as Gods holy and restfull day, not Sunday . GOD BLESS THOSE THAT READ THIS. Angela
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Donna Bowen
Can I view it later?
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2 weeks ago
ANGELA
Yes, whatever meets your needs. GOD BLESS YOU!
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3 weeks ago
MTM
For me, the tears rushed down my cheeks, for someone I had never met, though I felt, this Time, important minute In Life, every second was going to Count In The World Of Religion.
A profound Era, Right Now, will be significant In Every Ones Lives, Christian, Catholic or None.
Thank The Father, The Son &The Holy Ghost.
God Bless
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3 weeks ago
Julie
Jesus Christ said don’t worry about tomorrow!
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Jelli
Where is an on-demand list to listen to your programs? Where's your
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