You could be right kland, who knows? One thing is certain, the Jesuits are definitely taking every advantage of the situation. Have you read the Pope's encyclical on the environment? It reads like the Catholic Mein Kampf! He has over a billion Catholics, most of the Protestant churches and national political leadership, a fair number of Muslims and Buddhists like him, now he has won the hearts and minds of the environmental movement, which endears him to the atheistic spirit that worships only the physical world.

He recently gave mundane clergy permission to forgive women who have had abortions. Also, his comment about homosexuals awhile back: "who am I to judge?" Together, this gives him feminist and LGBT support. Francis is playing this planet like a violin!

"And all the World wondered after the Beast."

And in the background, the demonic chorus echos the steadily repeated mantra: "Keep Sunday Holy, The Lord's Day is for families, The Mass has Special Power on the First Day of the Week!"

This is not a time in history when we should be distracted by fruit devouring controversies, satanically inspired to divide God's Remnant. We must be faithful Watchmen! We must be united! We must walk while we have Light!

"From the beginning of pontification, John Paul has been talking incessantly about the convergence of the nations. He had the endgame in view some ten years before other men faced into it, and for his pains, he has been seen by many in the West as a man of the East, and by many in the East as a man of the West....He would endow his papacy with an international profile and, as Pope, move around among world leaders and nations, vindicating a position for himself as a special leader among leaders, because in that competition he plans to emerge as the victor. (Keys of His Blood, by M.Martin, p. 480)

"John Paul is following a timetable he asserts has been established in heaven; and he fully presumes that what he does and they do will succeed only if it conforms to the foretold sequence of historical events he confidently ascribes to a woman (Mary) he, along with other millions, venerates under the symbol of her heart. (Ibid 493)

In John Paul's outlook...a grand design of God's would be inaugurated for the society of nations. It would be a geopolitical unity of all the nations. It would come after all the efforts of trans nationalists and internationalists had come to utter shipwreck...following that shipwreck, the Grand Design of God would be executed.... (Ibid p. 637)

He is waiting for an event that will fission human history...it will immediately nullify all the grand designs the nations are now forming and will introduce the Grand Design of man's maker." {ibid p. 639)

I agree! The Catholic plot has been many years in the making. Where nations plan years in advance, the Papists look decades, even centuries ahead.
What chance does the short sighted secular world have in the face of such insidious intelligence? Only the Lord God can bring us safely through the coming darkness.

Daryl, I hope you are serious. There has been a gross neglect in last few months. Please ensure that this forum is a safe and pleasant place for SDA to learn why our fundamental beliefs are indeed sound doctrine. Thank you.

Pope Francis is full of personality and charisma. The people like him. He is winsome and endearing. Coupled with the recent rash of natural and man-made disasters and wavering economic woes - the pope's popularity could result in Sunday Laws. However, if the economy recovers and people feel fat, dumb, and happy the possibility of Sunday Laws will lose its momentum and die out. Time will tell. The larger question, though, is - Is the SDA Church ready for the Sunday Law Crisis? Is the world ready for it? Is the timing and circumstances right?

Excellent comments.

Personally I believe there is far more going on behind the scenes then we realize --
Rome has an agenda -- a long term agenda
"Marvelous in her shrewdness and cunning is the Romish Church. She can read what is to be. She bides her time" GC 579

This didn't begin with pope Francis, it began years ago and is now gaining dizzying speed toward it's ultimate goal.



Pope Francis will visit the United States THIS MONTH;

Sept 24, Address the Joint Meeting of the United States Congress, in Washington, DC
Sept 25 Address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York
Sept. 26-27 To Philadelphia World Meeting of Families

Whether this meeting will bring any sudden changes or not we don't know, but what we do know, is that it is definitely another huge step by the papacy in its agenda to place themselves as the leaders in the "Grand design" in a new geopolitical system.
And that religious geopolitical mergence of nations supposedly forming "God's grand design" with the leader who supposedly has "the keys" as the masters, will include Sunday laws

There really isn't any question on that point anymore.

The only real question now is what will be the catalyst for the take over and when will it occur, the "event that will fission human history"?