contents - Description: Description: Description: Description ...

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of
Christ.” (2 Corinthians 11:13)
The Bible talks about a religious leader who will come to power, and join forces with the
political leader who will rise out of western Europe.
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a
lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before
him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come
down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the
earth, by the means of those miracles he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying
to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had
the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.” (Revelation 13:11-15)
The identity of this individual, who has been labeled– the False Prophet, has been the subject
of much speculation. However, I think there are some clues as to who this person may be.
Matthew 24:26 says: “Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert
(Mohammedanism); go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers (the Vatican); believe it
not.” The Catholic Ecclesiastical Dictionary states: “The Pope is not simply a man, but, as it
were, God.” In light of what has been discussed earlier about the development of a World
Church, there seems to be quite a few things which point to the Pope being the leader of this
World Church, and perhaps the one who will be known as the False Prophet.
A resolution passed at a Vatican Council, called for the placing of the Pope “on the throne of
the world.” The Pope is known as the ‘Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church,’ as well as a
host of other titles mentioned earlier; and in Revelation 17:9, it mentions that the seat of the
Antichrist will be in the ‘seven mountains’; and Rome, which was built on seven mountains, is
known as the ‘seven-hilled city.’ Rome, the seat of world power in the ancient world, is also the
home of the Vatican, which is recognized as an independent government apart from the Italian
government. The Pope is literally a god to the Catholic Church, having the authority to forgive
sins. Dave Hunt, in his exposé, A Woman Rides the Beast, analyzed the title, ‘Vicar of Christ,’
and he found that the word ‘Vicar’ comes from the Latin ‘vicarius’ which means ‘anti’ (or to be
more precise, ‘alternate’ or ‘substitute,’ which is in line with what was discussed earlier), which
leads to the literal translation of ‘Vicar of Christ, as ‘Antichrist.’
According to Revelation 17:3-4, the color of the False Prophet will be “scarlet” (red). The
primary color of the papacy which is red is said to signify the blood of Jesus. The color has also
been associated with Communism and Satanism. It was alleged that Pope Benedict IX (1032-45,
1047-48) practiced sorcery and magic; Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303) was said to
communicate with demons; and it was believed that Pope Sylvester II (999-1003) and Pope
Sixtus V (1585-90) were also involved with sorcery. All of these clues could indicate that the
False Prophet could be a Pope.
Some researchers indicate that the False Prophet may be Jewish, but that still doesn’t rule out
the Vatican connection. In 1130, Anacletus II was elected as the Pope. His great-grandfather was