OUT ON A LIMB...

THE END IS NEAR!! 

I know what you're thinking... Rick has finally gone off the deep end!  Well, maybe so... but, to my surprise, it seems that I am finally willing to go out on a limb and put my predictions where my mouth is.  Take it or leave it, but for what it's worth... based on prayer and my study of history, Biblical prophesy, and current events...  I personally believe that the first five Seals of Revelation will be fulfilled this year.

SEAL 1…  Today, the Roman Catholic Pope has no military power (no “Arrows”).  Nevertheless, through the Joint Catholic-Lutheran Statement  on Justification in 1999, he was able to finally silence his only real opposition, Martin Luther. The blasphemous hope of attaining a Christ-like holiness has once again poisoned the Church.  Today, the unique holiness of Christ is commonly rejected.  The “Holy Roman Empire” is back! 

I believe that this year, because of ill health, the current Pope will be replaced.  According to Roman Catholic tradition, the next and last Pope will in some way take the name Peter.  He will become the acclaimed leader of a united Protestant-Catholic Christian Church... and as all Popes have done, he will claim to be Christ's holy equal... and he will also claim to be the actual voice of God on earth.  However, this Pope will wield this power like no other has ever dared.   

SEAL 2…  God has already sent the “Great Sword” of Islam against apostate “Christendom” for the third and last time (Jihad III began - 2001).  This war will continue with greater and greater devastations. 

SEAL 3…  The economic collapse, global depression, and food shortages that began in 2008, will hit its climax this year, and will send the world into political chaos. 

SEAL 4...  I really believe that sometime this year, a new and lethal bacteria or virus will be discovered.  This global Plague may start slowly, but when it ripens and explodes onto the world, it will kill on the same scale as the “Black Death” and “Spanish Flu”. 

SEAL 5…  I believe that the long awaited Islamic Messiah, the “Mahdi”, will appear this year.  When he does, he will consolidate all of Islam under his control.  Beheadings will test the faith of Christians in all Islamic countries around the world.  

Please note... that  God's four severe judgments against apostasy (Ezk 5:17, 14:21) contained within the first five Seals of Revelation, have been poured out on Christendom twice before.  (1) Economic collapse and catastrophic crop failures  (2) Deadly diseases  (3) The wild beast empire of Islam rising as God’s hand of judgment  (4) The bloody sword of Islam bringing the destruction of the apostate people and the martyrdom of the faithful remnant by beheading, have already occurred during Jihad I that started in 690 AD, and also during Jihad II that began in 1453 AD.

 

                                                                     HANG ON TO YOUR FAITH !