We are living in the end times friends and we are soon to see the final events of Bible prophecy being played out. Take a look at this news article of the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in Rome at the Vatican, during a recent symposium:

"U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in a symposium with high-ranking Vatican officials on Wednesday (Oct. 2) to celebrate diplomatic relations between the superpower and the Holy See and their joint efforts to promote religious freedom ... When the state rules absolutely, Pompeo repeated several times during his opening remarks, human dignity is trampled, moral norms are crushed completely and the state demands its citizens worship government, not God ... The symposium, titled 'Pathways to Achieving Human Dignity: Partnering with Faith-Based Organizations,' celebrates 35 years since President Ronald Reagan and St. John Paul II agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations in 1984 ... Today we must gird ourselves for another battle in defense of human dignity and religious freedom ... Echoing Reagan's speech at the Berlin Wall in 1987, aimed at a crumbling Soviet Union, Brownback said, 'It is time to tear down the wall of religious oppression." (source)

This is absolutely LOADED with symbolism from Revelation 13! So let us look at some of these points made at this meeting between US state leaders and high level Vatican leaders.

Mike Pompeo criticized any nations that are ruled by 'the state absolutely.' Do you know what this means? Think about it. If they don't want nations to be run absolutely by the state, then what else do they want to be UNITED with the state in running countries? The church! And this is what these leaders are pushing for, a uniting of church and state. But not just a uniting of church and state, they want the church to be the deciding influence of the affairs of the state. Just like the 'glory days' and just as prophecy said!

At this symposium at the Vatican they 'invoked the glory days of the US-Vatican alliance' which brought down communist Soviet Union. But what kind of 'worship' and religion did that enable throughout that area? Simply another 'daughter' of Catholicism - Eastern Orthodox! Is that really a 'blessing to the world', as the news article states? No. It is simply Catholicism (Babylon), gaining more control over the world, the very picture we see in Revelation 17, with the harlot woman riding the beast - Church controlling the state!

Why do you think there is so much tension with the likes of China, Iran, Syria, etc? Because these nations do not bow to the authority of America and Rome! Why were Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya crushed? Because they did not bow to the authority of America and Rome and simply wanted to govern themselves, the way they wanted. But as God told us in Revelation 13, the two beast kingdoms, America and the Papal Church of Rome, want CONTROL over all the world, to be able to enforce Rome's mark upon the world - her Sunday sabbath in honor of her false trinity god. So any nations that stand in the way of this will feel the wrath of America and the Vatican.

What do you think Sam Brownback meant by saying ... "It is time to tear down the wall of religious oppression"? What he really means is that it is time to "tear down the separating wall between church and state!" And that is what this 'religious freedom' movement is all about. It won't be true religious freedom. They are simply using this as a cloak to unite church and state and place the church (BABYLON) in a position of POWER, where it can control the states of the world, enabling the mark of the beast to be enforced.

Revelation 17:3-5 ...'and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.'

Yes, there is 'another battle' coming, as the news article states. A battle against the TRUTH and against God's true people who live according to the truth. Satan is gathering his forces for the final conflict, and friends, we MUST be ready for what is coming! It is time to surrender ALL to Jesus, so that He can make us ready. We must 'abide in Christ' every single day and allow Christ to abide in us, because as John 15:5 says, without Jesus we can do 'NOTHING.' To be able to stand through the final conflict coming, we must have on the WHOLE armor of God. Let us BE READY friends, time is running out!

There is also another battle coming, and it will be a literal battle - called the 'Battle of Armageddon.' Do you think that the 'radical' Muslims are going to stand by and just watch the church take control of the states? Do you think they are going to just stand by and watch America and the Vatican take control of Israel? No! Daniel 11:45 tells us of a time, when the king of the north, which is Turkey and Islam will fight to take control of Jerusalem. This will be the final sign that probation is about to close and will also usher in the final battle of Armageddon. All these news articles and events taking place are pointing to the 'gathering' of that final great battle and close of probation. So we must be ready! Our house must be fully steadfast upon that sure foundation - the ROCK - Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. Our lives must be swept clean of sin, so that through Christ, we can stand before the throne of God, 'without spot or wrinkle' (Ephesians 5:27).