It has been a long time since I last attended a RC mass. I was in Miri and decided to follow my colleague to attend an evening mass. Only later did I found out it was a mass to celebrate the Assumption of Mary. Meaning - Mary was taken to heaven "alive" akin to Enoch & Elijah. But unlike Enoch & Elijah, RC teaches Mary was "taken" cuz she was sinless. And by biblical definition, if a person is sinless, one cannot DIE. So I guess RC thus needs to explain as such for Mary's "end"...
Then the following night, I invited myself to my colleague's RCIA class! In case u don't know, I went thru RCIA in the 90's. So this is a bit of Deja-vu.
And what do u know! The topic for the night was: Escathology (The Study of End Time)!!! I really liked this lecturer by the name of David. I pray the Holy Spirit will open his eyes to see the truth as revealed in the Bible instead of the Tradition of the RCC which is mostly man-made.
One subject David touched on was - the SIGNS of End Time. I guess ALL of us are interested in knowing "WHEN WILL THE END COMES?". I mean even the apostles wanted to know!
As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
(Mat 24:3)
Well, basically, the RC teaches we CANNOT KNOW, which incidentally is NOT what the Bible teaches. In fact, Christians are instructed to WATCH attentively onto the coming of our Lord! And God has given us literally TONS of SIGNS to look out for in the Bible!
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.
(1Th 5:4-6)
Towards the end, another elder passed us some notes on the Assumption of Mary (thats when I realised the mass previous night was commemorating this). The Elder proceeded to tell us Mary WILL BE THE SIGN for the Lord's 2nd Coming. His theology is that since Jesus' 1st Coming was thru Mary, thus Jesus' 2nd Coming WILL BE THRU MARY AGAIN!!! Gotta wonder where in the Bible he get this idea...
Then he told us about these pictures that he passed out. And specifically he zoomed into the Lady of Guadalupe. He told the class that the last picture holds the TRUTH in revealing the 2nd Coming of Christ!
And one of the MOST SHOCKING thing I heard for the entire night was this statement: ONLY the Catholic understands the last book of the Bible - The REVELATION!
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
(Joh 16:13-15)
So I guess the Holy Spirit isn't the ONLY Teacher, huh? May be thats why the RC has deviated much in their teaching thru out the centuries.
According to the elder, the painting of the Lady of Guadalupe is a MIRACLE painting whereby scientists have proven that the source of the paints are not of this world, and the whole painting itself actually is "floating" on the canvass... Hmm...
Anyway, he tried to explain the details of the painting in accordance to this verse in the Bible:
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child; and she *cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
(Rev 12:1-2)
RC teaches that this WOMAN in the book of Revelation is none other than Mary. But we know this is not true. This woman is ISRAEL. How? Well, the Bible explains the Bible:
Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
(Gen 37:9-10)
IF "Mary" is indeed part of the Signs of Times of the hour we are living in today, it then plays the part of DECEPTION. Deceiving the Church into beholding her for "signs & wonders" rather than looking unto Jesus and The Word.
No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
(2Co 11:14-15)
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