Tonight on The Hal Lindsey Report
Well, he finally did it.
Desperate for a legacy, with a complicit Secretary of State desperate for a Nobel, the President made a deal with the devil.
More precisely, I suppose, the mullahs of Iran.
As of this writing, we're not sure we know all of the details of this pact, but from what we do know, this is on par with Chamberlain's historic surrender in Munich that led directly to World War Two.
Don't laugh. We've just told another nation -- one that has openly and often pledged to destroy Israel the moment it has the ability to do so and holds national "Death to America" days -- that if they will play the part for a few short years (as few as 96 months by some accounts), then they can go ahead and build their nuclear weapons to make their dreams -- and our nightmares -- come true.
Who, in their right mind, would willingly do that? But even worse, apparently get down on their knees to beg for the opportunity to do so. Then be publicly ridiculed by the other party when the deal was concluded!
You guessed it. We would and did.
I recorded this program the very day the deal was announced, so I did not have time to examine the parameters of the agreement. But this week, I am going to give you a little background on the history of these negotiations. You wouldn't buy a used car from a salesman who pulled these kinds of stunts during your negotiations over the price.
Too bad President Obama wasn't only haggling over the price of a broken down beater. Instead, he was gleefully offering the keys to the nuclear weapons factory to the Iranians and lighting the tinder for the nuclear bonfire that is coming to the Middle East. Unless the Senate can muster the intellectual courage, and the veto-proof majority, to put an end to this debacle, President Obama has just created his legacy. That is, the beginning of the most dreadful arms race this world has ever witnessed, in the most dangerous and volatile region this world harbors.
If this doesn't have last days prophetic scenario written all over it, nothing does!
Unless it's my second story of the program, that is. I've called it, "Last Days Pontiff."
This week, I will be discussing the latest encyclical issued by Pope Francis. Recently, the Pope released "Laudato Si'" or "Praise Be to You." In this Papal pronouncement, or encyclical, the Pontiff says he "does not presume to settle scientific questions or replace politics....", then he proceeds to do just that.
Let me give you a brief preview of the brief review that Nicholas Hahn of The Washington Times gave "Laudato Si'": "The pope suggests getting rid of fossil fuels... supports imposing 'restraints' on the rich... recommends coal, oil, and gas be 'progressively replaced without delay'... advocates for new 'global regulatory norms' and 'international institutions' which should be 'empowered to impose sanctions' on climate violators... endorses populist boycotts of businesses that don't fall in line... bans products that allegedly pollute the environment... (wishes there) were 'new ways' to regulate the financial system... proposes a general slowdown 'in the pace of production and consumption'... and wants us to somehow think about 'containing growth'...."
I'm glad to see he didn't "presume to settle scientific questions or replace politics" with this papal diatribe. I suppose actually proposing that we begin moving toward a system of world governance doesn't qualify!
On top of that, in June Pope Francis wondered publicly how folks who manufactured weapons could "call themselves Christian...." He continued, "Duplicity is the currency of today... they say one thing and do another."
I guess he should know. He doesn't seem to mind that the bodyguards who surround him, and guard the Vatican, are armed to the teeth with the weapons made by those "unchristian" manufacturers.
He's also the Pope who implied that practicing homosexuals may not stir God's anger like his predecessors believed. He famously said, "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?"
That musing -- which his press office tried diligently to walk back -- actually inspired more than one lawmaker to vote for same-sex marriage when the opportunity arose.
When he publicly implied that all are redeemed by the blood of Christ -- not merely the ones who accept that sacrifice and follow after Christ, but everyone! -- he stirred the fires of the traditional controversy between Armenianism and Universalism. Within days, the Vatican PR people were doing damage control. Conservative Catholics were frantically explaining that he didn't mean everyone is automatically redeemed, but that Christ's redemption is available to everyone!
So Pope Francis has advocated a move toward one world government, implied that everyone is saved, that God really doesn't have a problem with homosexuality if the practitioners have 'good will', and that human caused climate change is our number one enemy. Add to this the fact that he has emphasized that evolution is real; jumped on the anti-Israel bandwagon; and can't say enough bad things about capitalism and I'm beginning to think that, just maybe, Pope Francis might well be the Pontiff of the last days!
I truly believe that it won't be very long before we know for certain! If you're not ready to leave this world when Jesus Christ returns for His true church, now is the time to get ready. Confess that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus Christ really is who He says He is -- the Son of God -- and that by dying on the cross of Calvary He took upon Himself your sins and paid the price for your redemption; accept the free gift of pardon from God's judgment that His death purchased for you; then forsake the sins of your past and follow Him through the power of His Holy Spirit.
The moment you do that, you become a part of God's forever family and you change your eternal destiny!
Do it today!
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God Bless,
Hal Lindsey
