Part 7: Modern Manifestations And End Times
By Ed Tarkowski

Today, miracles occurring through images are reported even in major newspapers across the land. These miracles occurring through images are occurring in New Age, Catholic and Christian circles. Below are some links that shows the New Age is mixing miracles outside of Christianity with those in the Christian and Catholic world, showing a blending of these philosophies by the spirits behind these manifestations. Vitally connected to this blending is Share International, the web site of the proposed New Age Christ, Lord Maitreya. Catholicism has been responsible for the entry of idolatry's proliferation down through the centuries by explaining away God's prohibition of these images. To get a glimpse of what is now happening in our world and the Church, please check out the following sites.

Miracles 1
Miracles 2
Miracles 3
Miracles 4
Miracles 5

What Is The Importance Of All Of This?

That idolatry will be prevalent in the last days all the way up to when Christ returns, and, therefore, be one of the sins which will carry mankind away from accepting Christ:

1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do--living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and DETESTABLE IDOLATRY. 4 They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you. 5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Rev 22:15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."

Rev 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

The most obvious practice of idolatry in Scripture will be the idol of the False Prophet:

Rev 13:14 Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.

Will Catholic Images Lead Us Into The Year 2000?

The answer is, "Yes, they will," and these images can be seen at the following web sites:

The Lady Of The New Advent
Mother Of The Eucharist

I am not going into a lot of detail here so this simple point stands out: the end of this millennial is being marked by increased idolatry around the globe. It will pave the way for the acceptance of the image of the beast as described in Revelation 13.

-End of Part 7.

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