When Pope John Paul II died we at Spero News wrote a few articles looking at how some extremist Christians were linking his death to End Times Theology.
Well, it continues.
World's Last Chance, a group that takes reading the Bible to all-new-extremes, claims to be "exposing one of the last unfulfilled prophecies of the Bible. Specifically, World's Last Chance believes that they have found clues within scripture that suggest Pope John Paul II is coming back ... and will be the next pope after Benedict XVI.
That's right, as crazy it sounds, they believe that Pope John Paul II is going to magically appear here on earth and make our lives hell. With folks like this, it's no wonder that Christians get a bum rap.
"How will the next pope be John Paul II?" says Dahlia Doss of World's Last Chance, "According to the book of Revelation in the Bible, chapter 17, it will appear to the entire world that John Paul II has returned from heaven, but in reality, this phenomenon, as prophesied, will be a demon impersonating the deceased John Paul II."
Incidentally, Dahlia Doss and World's Last Chance also offers "Eight Universal Natural Remedies to Obtain Heaven's Healing" that espouses pseudo-medicinal tips like, "Disease comes because we are violating God’s physical laws." And the remedies? "These true remedies are pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, and trust in divine power," they claim. Okay, I'll buy that if we lead a healthier life we have a better chance of being healthy, but what about all those cases of healthy vegetarians croaking with heart attacks - what was their sin?
Using scare tactics, the group says, "it is unwise to ignore divine premonitions without ascertaining their source, nor is it safe to reject an interpretation whilst being unable to fault it, or at least find another explanation that so accurately fits this yet to be fulfilled prophecy as does this interpretation. This is the present challenge, open for all."
While I am still trying to figure out what that means, I find it not surprising that World's Last Chance lumps fearmongering, politics, medicine and religion into one bag with ominous tones and forecasts of a future One World Order, which would supposedly be all the more easy for the coming anti-Christ-Pope-John-Paul-II to manipulate. Under a drawing of President George W. Bush and Pope John Paul II on their website readers are warned that not only does the Catholic Church support a One World Order, but so too does the United States government.
I found out about World's Last Chance through a press release they sent out announcing a new video (at Santificarnos.com) touting its "new discovery." Basically, the video is a lesson in shoddy logic and twisted sola scriptura (where the Bible is the ultimate authority) arguments to justify that John Paul II was killed and will come back to haunt us all.
John Paul II happens to be the most loved pope in modern history. The World's Last Chance Team believes that this is one of the reasons why Satan will choose to impersonate him.
According to the prophecy, John Paul II will appear as the 'resurrected' pope 'returning from heaven' with a special message embracing a 'divine commission' directly from God. He will claim that this message is the only solution to the ever-incrementing and rapidly escalating calamities of this world. But in reality, his satanic commission is inspired by the father of lies with the sole goal of deceiving and eternally ensnaring the whole world.
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