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December 31, 2022 We no longer believe that pope Francis is the Eighth king. However, we continue to believe that the seven mountains/kings are seven popes, with the now-deceased Pope Benedict XVI being the seventh king. The change in our understanding is primarily due to recently gained knowledge of the final events foretold by Prophet Ezekiel. After Yahuwah powerfully intervenes to destroy the armies of Russia, Turkey, and Iran in the mountains of Israel, it will take Israel seven years [Ezekiel 39:9] to clear the land from all of the military equipment of the defeated armies. Suppose we add to this period the time needed for Russia to complete its destruction of Ukraine and the demilitarization of NATO. In that case, we arrive at a longer timeline than the current age of Pope Francis can permit. Furthermore, the phrase [Rev. 17:11] describing the ‘Eighth as one of the seven’ perplexes us. One possible speculation of this divine riddle may be that the pope that will come after Francis may be the long-thought-of demon impersonation of John Paul II. If this were to happen, it would fit the description that the Eighth is indeed one of the seven. Thus, Pope Francis is a transitional pope because he is not one of the seven. It makes more sense that the impersonation of John Paul II is delayed because the world’s stage is not entirely ready for the confluence of the final events that will concurrently unfold on several fronts, climaxing with the return of Yahushua. We are as eager as ever for the return of Yahushua to rule the nations of the world from Jerusalem. But we can’t trump Yahuwah’s timeline. |
In late 2005, we understood & accepted new light on Rev 17. The 7 kings of v. 10 are not 7 kingdoms but 7 kings, followed by 8th, who will be last king. There is no more definitive timeline of end-time events in Bible. Have we changed our position on Rev 17 since then? No. Here are some of the reasons why:
1.2) French General Berthier, and Napoleon declared end of popes' temporal power. From that time till 1929 [date of Lateran Agreement], popes lost all their papal states, were on the run for their lives from Italian nationalists & lost Rome itself, and from 1870 till 1929 4 popes were prisoners of Vatican.
2.1) If John using kings meant kingdoms, he could have done so, as he used kingdom elsewhere. So when he said kings he meant it. This leads us to second important reason why kings means kings: when you apply kings to popes from 1929 [they only became kings in 1929], prophetic details fit perfectly like a glove.
3.1) Of the 8th, it states that he 'shall ascend out of the bottomless pit.' Bottomless pit is synonymous with death. Is it surprising that Francis the 8th king is the 1st Jesuit pope in history? Did not history record that millions of saints were martyred at the hand of Jesuits? Is there a more fitting description of the Jesuits than 'bottomless pit'?
