In this article, we will examine several events that are related to the fourth plague, and test each one to see which one meets all the criteria of the Bible text, and thus fulfills the prophecy. Besides knowing from the plague clock when to expect the fourth plague, media outlets also gave us our first hint in advance as to what it might be about: the approval of a global migration pact, which was scheduled to be (and indeed was) ratified on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, exactly when the plague clock indicated that the fourth plague should begin.

This event caught our attention because the fourth plague speaks especially about the sun, which could be symbolizing the pagan sun-worshipping element that is behind the migration pact: Pope Francis the Jesuit. In fact, the pact had fundamental contribution from the pope through his four “verbs,” which were expanded into “20 Action Points” by his fellow Jesuits under him, to contribute to the pact. The Vatican said:

The Section^[1] has expanded the Pope’s 4 actions into 20 Action Points meant for pastoral planning and evaluation, which have become an essential part of the Holy See’s overall official contribution to the UN consultations in 2017 and 2018.^[2]

Fittingly enough, International Migrants Day was December 18, the eve of the plague’s beginning—and Pope Francis had something to say for that occasion,^[3] just before plaguing the world with his Migration Pact. It should also be remembered that migration was a prominent point in the pope’s address to the U.S. Congress and the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Thus, the pope is directly behind it—and even the motivator. Could this have been the beginning of the “sun” scorching men in the fourth plague?^[4]

One thing is for sure: this pact is indeed plaguing the world. Thousands demonstrated against it in Brussels, where the EU is headquartered, and riot police were on the streets in full gear.^[5] Several nations (notably the U.S. and Australia) are against it, and politicians who are supporting it (like the Belgian prime minister) are suffering for so doing. The Jesuit sun is indeed scorching men in this sense, but we have yet to see whether this event meets all the criteria of the fourth plague.

The Pact with the Devil

French politician Marine Le Pen couldn’t have been more correct when she described the pact by saying:

The country that signs the pact obviously signs a pact with the devil.^[6]

As we’ve already seen—and as his politics have demonstrated over the years—Pope Francis is clearly the dominant force behind the pact, and he is, in fact, the devil incarnate. If for no other reason, he is the devil just because he has been wreaking endless havoc in Europe and elsewhere by strong-arming nations into welcoming floods of migrants into their countries to an extent that has re-shaped society virtually overnight in some places. He is turning the world up-side-down in the name of a do-gooder gospel, and so far, it generally isn’t helping the world to be a better place. We must ask ourselves: Why is he doing these things?

Perhaps it’s just in him. He is, after all, a migrant himself—not only as Jorge Bergoglio, but also as the fallen angel Lucifer or Satan who now inhabits his flesh. And as the fallen angel, he would very much like to have reopened to him the beautiful realms that lie within heaven’s borders. His banishment to the earth is wearing on him. He resents heaven’s sovereign borders, within which God’s sacred law bears rule, and he is determined to break down any reflection of those barriers on the earth and overthrow God’s law wherever he can.

The prominence of his pact can be seen by how it is being referred to. Quoting from the Vatican:

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, GCM or simply Global Compact, was reached at a crucial intergovernmental conference in Marrakech, Morocco, December 10 and 11.

It is more than interesting that this pact is referred to simply as “The Global Compact” by the ones who are pushing it. Not even the word migration stays in its name; what are considered its distinctive characteristics are only the fact that it is global, and that it is a pact. We are clearly dealing with something big.

In fact, this pact is not distantly related to his Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home, because climate change is one of the causes of human migration. Responding to an increasingly unruly climate also involves provisions for the movement of people, as the pope said in his 2015 speech before the UN:

To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny.

Earlier on the same visit to the U.S., he also urged the point to a joint session of Congress:

In recent centuries, millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom. We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners. I say this to you as the son of immigrants, knowing that so many of you are also descended from immigrants.

It is quite interesting that he includes himself as “we, the people of this continent,” although North and South America (where the pope hails from) are two distinct continents, the last time I checked. However, not everybody teaches that, and neither did the United States prior to World War II.^[7] We will come back to the geography in a moment, but for now, I simply want to remind you of the horrible fact that Pope Francis stepped foot into the U.S. and declared it as his land! Not “you,” but “we” are the people of this continent, he says.

This calls attention to an apparent discrepancy: Why isn’t the United States part of the pact, if the pope (as the driving force behind the pact) considers it his land?

Breathing Life into the Pact

A pact is a formal agreement between different parties. If the pope as Satan already considers the United States as belonging to him, and his goal for the Global Compact is to unite the world under his cause, then the United States does not actually need to join the Global Compact, if it is already one party with the devil.

How could Satan, as an angel of light, stand before Congress in 2015 and claim the country as his own? Simply because the nation had just previously demonstrated its alignment with Satan by legalizing same-sex marriage at the national level. The abominations that solicited fire from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah were declared to be constitutional law in June that year, and the pope stepped foot on the soil shortly thereafter in September to claim it as his land. The nation had apostatized completely from God and thus fell the rest of the way into the open arms of Satan. The Obama-nation really became the abomination.

What we are dealing with here are two animals that are together:

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. (Revelation 13:11-12)

Pope Francis is the leader of the first beast, as it has been identified since the Protestant Reformation. The United States, the second beast, founded with the two horns of Republicanism and Protestantism, has since morphed to the point that it speaks like the dragon (Satan) through its legislation, notably by adopting same-sex marriage—Satan’s law of “Do what thou wilt,” no matter how abominable it is to God. He rose from the “earth,” which represents the sparsely populated Americas (in contrast to the multitudes, nations, tongues, and peoples of Europe), and causes the inhabitants of said earth to worship the first beast, whose power comes from the dragon (Satan).

If you look at the first map below, you can see by the vast regions of blue how the “earth” (America, North and South) is almost all worshiping the devil—and thus they don’t need to make a “pact” with him, because they are already his! This also explains why the pope (Satan) calls North America his land, in addition to South America where he is from: both continents are nearly entirely given to same-sex marriage, and are thus both under his dominion as one continent.

If that point is clear, then the next logical step is to ask: Could it be that Satan has pushed the Global Compact in an effort to expand his reign over the entire globe, if not through the abomination of same-sex marriage, then through the pact with the devil? Let us check which nations refused the pact…

At a glance, you can see in the maps at right^[8] that most of the areas not covered by same-sex marriage (top, blue) are covered by the migration pact (bottom, green). Could it be that through these two means, Satan hopes to win the entire globe?

Besides the U.S., Australia stands out as the most notable and sizeable country not to have joined the pact. However, Australia has already codified same-sex marriage too, so they don’t need to join it. There are only a few other small regions that are not covered in either map. (The states in northern Africa are Muslim, which means they are also indirectly under the pope’s control already, since Islam as we know it today is the creation of Catholicism.^[9])

Could we be seeing the fulfillment of the end-time sign given by Ellen G. White?

The substitution of the false for the true is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal God will reveal Himself. When the laws of men are exalted above the laws of God…know that the time has come for God to work.—The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 7:980 (1901). {LDE 135.4}

The prophecy of Revelation 13 also continues:

And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Revelation 13:13-15)

The mark of the beast, which is what we are talking about here with same-sex marriage, and its image of LGBT tolerance is a matter of eternal life and death. How serious that the nations are quickly getting in line! The United Nations even expressed the ratification of the Global Compact in the words of Scripture, saying:

On Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged world leaders to “breathe life” into the historic pact.^[10]

However, Revelation 13 is not directly speaking about the migration pact. It speaks of the second beast (the United States) giving life to the image of the beast, which is LGBT tolerance as we’ve previously found—and that “giving life” has already been done.

So, how does a pact on migration bear on the topic of the mark of the beast? Simple: tolerance for migrants requires tolerance period—no matter their religion (Islam, e.g.), customs, or even if they are homosexual. That was, in fact, the thrust of Pope Francis’ message on International Migrants Day, the eve of the fourth plague:

Pope Francis says political speeches that harangue migrants and the poor are “unacceptable.”

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He said: “Political addresses that tend to blame every evil on migrants and to deprive the poor of hope are unacceptable. Rather, there is a need to reaffirm that peace is based on respect for each person.”^[11]

The “respect for each person” refers to the fact that migration is being billed as a human right. The Global Compact applies global pressure to comply with human rights laws, including laws against discrimination—which includes LGBT tolerance laws and same-sex marriage laws. The Gatestone Institute explains the ramifications:

The authors of the agreement evidently do not expect it to go down all that well with their populations. An agreement to facilitate mass migration into primarily Western countries from the rest of the world (there is no migration to speak of in the opposite direction) may prove a bit much for people in the West. The agreement therefore clearly signals that any disagreement with the agenda will not be accepted and that the signatory states will work to dispel “misleading narratives that generate negative perceptions of migrants.”

To make this objective a reality, the signatory states first commit to:

“Promote independent, objective and quality reporting of media outlets, including internet-based information, including by sensitizing and educating media professionals on migration-related issues and terminology, investing in ethical reporting standards and advertising, and stopping allocation of public funding or material support to media outlets that systematically promote intolerance, xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination towards migrants, in full respect for the freedom of the media.” (Objective 17)

This is Orwell on steroids. Almost all UN member states will sign an agreement that says media outlets that disagree with government policies will not be eligible for public funding? On top of this, the agreement claims, bizarrely, that it is being written “in full respect for the freedom of the media”, as if that is going to make anyone actually believe it.

Second, the signatory states commit to:

"... eliminate all forms of discrimination, condemn and counter expressions, acts and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, violence, xenophobia and related intolerance against all migrants in conformity with international human rights law.” (Objective 17)

The agreement, conveniently, offers no definitions of what constitutes “racism” or “xenophobia” in this context. What, for example, is “related intolerance”? Is criticism of UN migration policies, for instance, “intolerance”?

Thus, the Global Compact (despite being billed as non-binding) puts teeth in the tolerance and anti-hate-speech laws. That means you have only one option: bow to LGBT tolerance, or get burned by the sun. Make no mistake: a pact with the devil comes at the price of the soul.

Who Plagues Whom?

The problem with counting the pope’s migration pact as the sole fulfillment of the fourth plague is simply that the plague should be poured out ON the sun, and not BY the sun (at least not initially).

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. (Revelation 16:8)

Based on the fact that the sun should be plagued first (i.e. on December 19, 2018 as the clock indicates), the migration pact cannot be the primary fulfillment. It still could be part of the later consequences of the plague, however, and the fact that it was officially approved on that date seems to indicate that it is at least connected in some way, but we have to consider what other events could have started the plague.

Another interesting thing that happened on the eve of December 19, 2018 was that President Trump directed the Pentagon to establish a Space Command,^[12] and Mike Pence formally announced it at a scheduled SpaceX launch event in Cape Canaveral, Florida,^[13] just after the launch was postponed till the next day (the fourth plague day), in the very moments when the biblical new day was beginning in Jerusalem.

On the surface, this might not seem to have much to do with the fourth plague, but it very well could have. The fourth plague speaks of the sun’s power to scorch men, and that power—called nuclear fusion—is the same power harnessed in the world’s largest weapons: thermonuclear bombs, also known as hydrogen bombs. Establishing a Space Command and/or Space Force implies the weaponization of space, which has been both sought and feared since the Cold War.

Furthermore, it came out recently that China had achieved a great milestone in fusion power reactor research.^[14] This further highlights the fusion process that is involved in the immense power of the sun, and they referred to the experiment’s success as creating an “artificial sun.”

Sister Barbara of the Godshealer7 YouTube channel delivered a “word of knowledge” about this on the following day after the fourth plague began, indicating that this technology (fusion) would be employed as a weapon the near future against the nations of the earth.^[15]

Most interesting, however, is the fact that at this point in time, and in this context, she quoted the fourth plague as the relevant Bible text. It probably doesn’t mean that thermonuclear weapons will be used in the fourth plague, but it is a clear warning that they will be used soon—and if you follow our articles and study the seven last plagues according to the plague clock, it will not be hard to know when these fusion weapons will be used (just look for the “hail”).

This use of fusion weapons goes hand-in-hand with the announcement of the Space Command, because these kinds of weapons are delivered via intercontinental ballistic missiles, which launch into suborbital spaceflight before returning into the atmosphere to hit their target. Therefore, a war involving thermonuclear weapons, delivered by ICBMs, brings the power of the sun (fusion) down from heaven (space) to scorch men on the earth. Such a war is a regular topic nowadays,^[16] and Trump’s withdrawal from the INF treaty^[17] is another step in that direction. In that sense, the fourth plague warns (as all the plagues do) of what is to come when the cup of God’s wrath becomes full. The plagues are cumulative, to give their full force at the pouring out of the seventh plague.

Nevertheless, after Mike Pence’s speech, even the delayed launch was scrubbed, which would make it very difficult to identify this topic as the initial event of the fourth plague. Furthermore, it would be difficult to explain how the plague was poured out on the sun in this context. The use of fusion weapons is still a sobering alarm, but it cannot be the event that kicked off the fourth plague.

Poured on the Sun

Another bit of “shocking” news was made by—guess who?—President Trump. He ordered US troops to pull out of Syria on December 19, 2018, claiming that ISIS has been defeated. This is certainly a decision with huge repercussions.

ISIS has not been completely eradicated. That means a withdrawal now would allow them to regroup and flourish again, as happened once before under the Obama administration. The Hill now calls Trump “Obama 2.0” in reference to his Syria pull-out:

Barack Obama’s rush to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq ensured the revival of the Islamic State, whose foot soldiers would soon carry out massacres in the streets of Paris, Brussels, Orlando, and San Bernardino. If President Trump orders a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, as looks likely, he will be making precisely the same mistake.^[18]

Did you ever imagine that Obama would come back in this way?

Perhaps even more surprising than Trump’s caprice is the sudden resignation of several pillars of strength in U.S. leadership—notably that of Defense Secretary James Mattis,^[19] which left Europe “with a mixture of panic, disorientation and frantic steps to limit the damage,” according to The Guardian, as they explain the implications of his loss to NATO and the security of Europe and the Middle East.

The resignation deprives Europe of one of its most reliable interlocutors and a firm supporter of the Nato transatlantic alliance. It is seen in Europe as an alarming symbol of Trump’s determination to take personal charge of foreign policy, and the pointed reference in his resignation letter to the need to treat allies with respect will echo across a continent alienated by the president’s insults and caprice. Above all, however, the resignation shows the depth of the foreign policy chasm between Trump and even mainstream Republicans on the US’s responsibilities to Europe and the Middle East.^[20]

Then we have the resignation of Brett McGurk, the US special presidential envoy appointed by Obama for the Global Coalition to Defeat IS.

In his resignation letter, seen by AP news agency, Mr McGurk said that IS militants in Syria were on the run but not yet defeated. He said that withdrawing US forces from Syria would create the conditions that gave rise to IS.

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“I ultimately concluded I could not carry out these new instructions and maintain my integrity,” he went on to say.^[21]

If one isn’t sure whether ISIS has been defeated or not, perhaps what the Kurdish boots on the ground are saying will explain the situation:

BEIRUT, Lebanon — America’s Kurdish allies in Syria are discussing the release of 3,200 Islamic State prisoners, a prominent monitoring group and a Western official of the anti-Islamic State coalition said on Thursday, a day after President Trump ordered the withdrawal of all American troops from the country.^[22]

Trump’s decision could result in the release of ISIS militants from prison, meaning they would have an instant head-start on reorganizing. This release would allow the Kurds to defend themselves on other fronts that have become more dangerous in the wake of Trump’s move. The New York Times article just quoted also explains:

The S.D.F. [the militia alliance of which the Kurds are members] was also concerned that it would need all of its fighters to defend against a possible Turkish military invasion, the report said — a prospect made more likely by a United States withdrawal.

Trump’s withdrawal from Syria puts the Kurds in a tight spot. This is particularly interesting because it happened on the fourth plague beginning date and could also fulfill the first part of the text, which is about the plague being poured onto the sun. Although the Kurds don’t currently have a nation of their own, they do have a symbol which represents their nationalistic identity: the sun.

In such a scenario as the releasing of ISIS prisoners, you can see how the Kurds—if the sun of the fourth plague represents the Kurds—would in turn be given power to scorch men with fire, as the text states: these fighters would storm the “men” of Europe.

Furthermore, it is interesting that the media is connecting this with the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, indicating that the second plague is still afflicting the world:

As is often the case with Trump's foreign policy decisions, there was also a whiff of some kind of hidden quid pro quo.

The Syria pullout order came after a call last Friday between Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A US departure from the region could potentially give Turkey an advantage in its efforts to pressure Kurdish rebels in Syria and to stop them from bolstering the Kurdish militant group PKK, which it views as a terrorist organization.

In another development that could be connected, the United States on Tuesday approved the sale of a $3.5 billion Patriot missile system to Turkey.

In recent weeks, Erdogan's disclosures about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul have exposed Trump to criticism from Republican senators over his support for Saudi Arabia's crown prince, who is accused of ordering the killing.

Washington observers will now be watching to see whether Erdogan dials down the Khashoggi issue.^[23]

It looks like Trump might be doing Turkey a favor here, but why? Perhaps there is something else he wants to sell them besides arms—but that would take us toward another topic, which is not the subject of this article.

They Blasphemed God

One more event plagued the sun on December 19, 2018. The Attorney General of the state of Illinois published a preliminary report indicating that the Catholic Church failed to report over 500 clergy who were accused of sexual abuse of minors in the state.

In a statement Madigan said, “By choosing not to thoroughly investigate allegations, the Catholic Church has failed in its moral obligation to provide survivors, parishioners and the public a complete and accurate accounting of all sexually inappropriate behavior involving priests in Illinois.”^[24]

Wow. With the Pennsylvania report, we already saw in the articles about the Stench of the First Plague how individual clerics of the Catholic Church were accused, and efforts were being made to bring due recompense for the years of abuses they committed, but now the Church itself—as an organization—has been shown to be at fault in a large number of cases. In 45 of those cases, the accusations had long been substantiated by the church, but the Church did not investigate them.

The Church’s failure to investigate the cases was the main reason for the underreporting:

The difference is largely attributable to what the attorney general’s office said is a failure to investigate allegations, which prevents them from being categorized as “credible.”

This echoes the general complaint against the Church: that it ignores offenses which it has knowledge of, and that it cannot be trusted to deal appropriately with such crimes on its own.

The fact that this “scourge”—as Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago confessed—is affecting the whole church shows that this is definitely a plague upon the Catholic Church, fitting the representation of the sun (Baal/Lucifer, the sun-god as the head of the Catholic Church) receiving the fourth plague in the Bible text. Could this finally be the thing that completely fulfills the prophecy?

Next, it says that the sun is given power to scorch men:

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. (Revelation 16:8)

The sequence of the prophecy seems to imply that the sun scorches men with fire in response to the plague, so quite naturally we would be interested in how the “sun” responded to this new plague upon his own organizational body.

The pope’s response came just two days later, on December 21, 2018—an important day in sun-worshipping cults (the winter solstice).

“To those who abuse minors, I would say this: convert and hand yourself over to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” the pope told Vatican officials.^[25]

Wow, if that is not a “scorching” answer from the pope, what would be!? He basically said they are on their own and the church won’t help them. This fits the prophecy quite well so far, but there’s more to it. Shall we consider the next verse?

And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. (Revelation 16:9)

Before we look at how this text could be fulfilled, we should clarify some important distinctions. The sun in this interpretation represents a single entity—the Catholic Church—which is represented by its head, who is Pope Francis. As the impostor of Christ, he is the head of his church, and the church is his “body” in that sense.

Thus, when the prophecy speaks of what happens to the sun and what the sun does, it is speaking about the church as a whole and Pope Francis as its head. But when the text speaks of the men, who are under the sun (and subject to its burning rays), then it is speaking of the individual men and women (including clergy) who are the members of the body of the church at all levels—but as individuals, and not as the church corporation.

It is these individual clergymen, therefore, who Pope Francis would advise to turn themselves in. However, there’s a deeper message in what the pope says. By telling the offenders to turn themselves in, he puts the onus on them, and not on the church. For him, the church is still innocent, but its individual clergy better take heed to themselves!

Now, the prophecy speaks about what happens to the individual men in the fourth plague timeframe. After being put under pressure, it says they “blasphemed” the name (or authority) of God. Blasphemy is a uniquely religious offense, which precludes several of our previous candidates fulfilling the prophecy, as we will see.

What is blasphemy, exactly? Blasphemy is when a mere man claims the attributes or usurps the prerogatives of God. To see how the offending clergymen might blaspheme God in response to the pope’s instruction, just consider what a child-abusing priest would do in the present circumstances, keeping in mind that a priest (a man) forgiving sins is blasphemy, because no one can forgive sins but God.^[26] Would a child sex abuser happily go to the local police station and turn himself in? Or would he try to wash himself of the guilt of his offense by going to the confessional booth, and after having his sins purportedly forgiven, have no reason to turn himself in?

A person can still go to the confessional without fear of being denounced to the authorities, because the Catholic “seal of confession” means the confessional priest is forbidden to divulge any sins that are confessed to him; even the law is powerless in such a case.^[27] (Not only is absolution by a priest blasphemy, but the priests are also allowed to be above the law! Clergy of other denominations do not have such a privilege.)

It seems we have found the blasphemy of the fourth plague, but is this the only possible scenario we have explored that would lead to blasphemy? Perhaps we should revisit the other tentative interpretations. How would the resurgence of ISIS and/or a conflict involving the Kurds or the Turks, for example, blaspheme God? They would not blaspheme Him any more than they already do by simply being Muslim.

Another example: how would establishing a Space Command or the use of thermonuclear weapons be blasphemy? It could be called by many other things, but not blasphemy. Developing and using certain technologies might be described with adjectives such as dangerous, atrocious, etc., but it would not be blasphemy. If harnessing nuclear fusion were blasphemy, then mankind would already be God, since they have done it. No, the Space Command or Space Force is not blasphemy.

Consider the Global Compact on migration and the mark of the beast that we started with. Sex with the same sex is abomination,^[28] and making a pact with the devil spells damnation,^[29] but neither are blasphemy. The only event that truly sets the stage for the fulfillment of the entire plague is the Illinois attorney general’s report, officially faulting the Church itself for covering up crime. The other events stand as warnings, but the prophecy specifically brings attention to what is happening to the Catholic Church—because the plagues are ultimately against the great whore, Babylon.

Now we have seen how blasphemy is involved, but the prophecy is not over.

They Repented Not

True repentance means turning away from sin. Doing so brings glory to God, because it is an admission of His righteousness and an expression of one’s desire to be free from sin and to be righteous like Him.

And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. (Revelation 16:9)

Concerning the subject of repentance, the pope also had some words on December 21, 2018. On the theme of the “Great Accuser,” in apparent reference to Archbishop Carlo Viganò, he compared sexually abusive clergy to King David, and whistle-blowers like Viganò to Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. Life Site News comments on this daring comparison and draws the logical conclusions:

Was Pope Francis comparing himself here, as he seemed to do in this autumn’s “Great Accuser” homilies, to the Savior and his subordinate, Viganò, to Judas? The pontiff refers to Judas as “another man” who “sells out his Master.” To which man, then, is he comparing Judas?

Astonishingly, Francis compares his Biblical symbol for clerical sexual abusers with his Biblical symbol for clerical oathbreakers and concludes that the latter group is worse. David, symbol of clerical rapists, repented but Judas, symbol of clerical promise-breakers, came to a horrible end.

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“David repented, trusting in God’s mercy; Judas hanged himself.”

If Judas is Francis’ symbol for Viganò, this juxtaposition can only be described as a stunning denouncement, suggesting that Francis believes the Vatican whistleblower is worse than a child rapist.^[30]

Wow—reporting a crime is worse than committing a crime!? That makes cover-up the pope’s cardinal rule!

Pope Francis’ use of forgiven David as a figure for child-molesting clergy and his comment to “trust in God’s mercy” also sheds light on what NOT to expect from the church in the way of repentance in the fourth plague. Their repentance is not true; it is blasphemy. Their forgiver of sins is a man, who cannot forgive sins.

This very homily is why God told David that his sin gave great occasion for the enemies of God to blaspheme. Notice the biblical account:

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. (2. Samuel 12:13-14)

Looking down the corridors of time, God saw that David’s sin would give the pope fodder for this twisted homily, and thus an occasion for His enemies to blaspheme as we now see. Take heed, because sin has far-reaching consequences!

Nevertheless, insofar as David’s sin gave Satan the occasion to use him as a type of the morally perverted, so the death of the child serves to show that the fruit of the pope’s doings will come to naught.

The American bishops, who were called to an apparently frivolous meeting at the Vatican back in September 2018 to discuss the sexual abuse scandal,^[31] are now meeting for a spiritual retreat to discuss the matter:

Set for Jan. 2-8 at Mundelein Seminary near Chicago, the retreat was planned in response to Pope Francis' request to a delegation of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops leaders during a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 13.

The meeting with the pope focused on the U.S. bishops' response to the widening clergy sex abuse crisis.^[32]

Does a week-long “spiritual retreat” sound like the kind of repentance and humility and confession to God that David expressed in Psalm 51? Hardly! I think it will be safe to say, “they repented not.” At least not to God.

To Give God Glory

True repentance means turning away from sin and going the right way. It means a change of behavior as well as an acknowledgement of wrongdoing. Confessing wrongdoing also means a willingness to accept the consequences of one’s wrongdoing.

How is your case? Do you prefer the Catholic system of secret confession and cover-up, or will you humble yourself and turn to God, admitting your true condition, knowing that no sin can exist in His presence?

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13)

Even if it be that God still forgives, actions nevertheless have consequences, but true peace is found in knowing that what is done is right. Righteousness is to make restitution for wrongs committed against others, and that requires acknowledging that a wrong has been committed in the first place.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love [giving] mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8)

We’ve seen in this article how the fourth plague has been poured out. As the world is coming to an end, and the last decisions are being made for God or for Satan, people need the right information. Have you done all you can to get the truth into the hands of those who need it? Are you making up for past negligence by helping others find salvation, without regarding your own fate? Are you zealous to give glory to God, unlike those who cover their sins?

Or would you rather face the fate of Babylon, whose fall is being heralded louder and louder as each successive plague strikes?

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. (Revelation 18:4-8)

The heavens testify to the strength of “the Lord God who judgeth her.” Jupiter, which stood for the fourth plague vial in the great and marvelous sign, has now entered the constellation of Ophiuchus. It left the scales of Libra, symbolizing the judgment that is now falling upon the sun god, Satan, represented by Ophiuchus. As the king planet, Jupiter also symbolizes Jesus, who is the Lord who judgeth Babylon.

Every topic we have explored in this article is connected in some way to the fourth plague, but only one fulfilled every specification of the prophecy. That does NOT mean the other issues are unimportant or just happened to partially fit; God connected them through the beginning date of the plague, and therefore they serve as warnings of what is to come when the wrath of God reaches its fulness at the pouring out of the seventh plague. Then all those threatenings—not only of the fourth plague, but also of all the other plagues—will be executed upon the unbelievers.

However, the complete fulfillment of the fourth plague in the accusation against the Catholic Church for failing to report or investigate known credible crime reports means that the greatest and fiercest punishment will be meted out on Great Babylon, with Pope Francis as its head.

As Jupiter moves through Ophiuchus, it will reach the position of his seat just in time for the fifth plague. Watch the video The Stone Which Smote the Image to see what Pope Francis has to look forward to in the fifth plague. With the pope’s upcoming meeting in February^[33] (in the fifth plague timeframe), do you think their response to the ongoing plagues of the sex-abuse scandal will be any different, or will the text be fulfilled again, which says they “blasphemed God” and “repented not”?

Time is coming to a close, friends. Turn to God with all your heart, and hold on tight. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who is coming to take His people home. Confess your sins (to God) and make amends to your fellow human beings every way you can (not like the abusive priests who hide their sins). Spread the word of His coming, and get ready to go, and don’t worry about your things. Heaven already has everything you will need.