Pope and Imam Sign Interfaith Agreement

The Bible clearly says that there will be a push for a one-world-religion in the very last days.  It says that people will worship the beast and anyone who refuses will be ostracized and ultimately hunted down and executed.

Followers of Christ will be gone in the rapture BEFORE this happens but today we can see further foreshadowing of how this might happen.

Followers of Christ also know that Islam isn't worshiping the God of Jesus Christ.  They worship a false god called Allah and the false god's prophet, Muhammad.  Apostle Paul warned us in Galatians 1 to be careful of angels coming from heaven and giving us a false gospel.  Well, we know that's exactly what happened when Muhammad claimed to have a meeting with an angel in a cave who claimed to come from heaven.

But of course the Catholics don't really care about all this, and neither do a lot of Lutherans, Methodists and others who have a low view of scripture. They figure that if these Muslims acknowledge Abraham, Moses of some other names in the Bible, then that's good enough for them!  If Mary can grant salvation through good works and prayer then whose to say that Muhammad can't offer salvation through good works and prayers to Allah?  The Lutherans might say that Islam is just one of MANY different paths that bring us to salvation...as long as we are good people.

A historic interfaith covenant was signed in the Middle East on Monday, and the mainstream media in the United States has been almost entirely silent about it.  

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb is considered to be the most important imam in Sunni Islam, and he arrived at the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi with Pope Francis "hand-in-hand in a symbol of interfaith brotherhood".  

But this wasn't just a ceremony for Catholics and Muslims.  According to a British news source, the signing of this covenant was done "in front of a global audience of religious leaders from Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths"...

The pope and the grand imam of al-Azhar have signed a historic declaration of fraternity, calling for peace between nations, religions and races, in front of a global audience of religious leaders from Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths.

Pope Francis, the leader of the world's Catholics, and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Sunni Islam's most prestigious seat of learning, arrived at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi hand-in-hand in a symbol of interfaith brotherhood.

In other words, there was a concerted effort to make sure that all of the religions of the world were represented at this gathering.

According to the official Vatican website, a tremendous amount of preparation went in to the drafting of this document, and it encourages believers from all religions "to shake hands, embrace one another, kiss one another, and even pray" with one another...

The document, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, was prepared "with much reflection and prayer", the Pope said. The one great danger at this moment, he continued, is "destruction, war, hatred between us." "If we believers are not able to shake hands, embrace one another, kiss one another, and even pray, our faith will be defeated", he said. 

The Pope explained that the document "is born of faith in God who is the Father of all and the Father of peace; it condemns all destruction, all terrorism, from the first terrorism in history, that of Cain."

There is a lot of language about peace in this document, but it goes way beyond just advocating for peace.

Over and over again, the word "God" is used to simultaneously identify Allah and the God of Christianity.  

Here is just one example...

We, who believe in God and in the final meeting with Him and His judgment, on the basis of our religious and moral responsibility, and through this Document, call upon ourselves, upon the leaders of the world as well as the architects of international policy and world economy, to work strenuously to spread the culture of tolerance and of living together in peace; to intervene at the earliest opportunity to stop the shedding of innocent blood and bring an end to wars, conflicts, environmental decay and the moral and cultural decline that the world is presently experiencing.

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We continue to believe that if the rapture were to happen today, this Pope would be the prime candidate for FALSE PROPHET.