While so many people are speculating on who the Antichrist is going to be, with some ridiculous nominees mind you, the False Prophet seems to be a forgotten person. Not much is written about him but he will obviously have a lot of power. In the prophecies of the end time in the gospels, such as Matt. 24 it says false prophets-plural will be so convincing that they will convince everyone but the election of grace with their claims. There will be many false prophets in the last days but one will have incredible power over the world’s religious, and especially Christian population. What is written of him is in Revelation 13:11 where it says he will have two horns like a lamb but will speak as a dragon. What the two horns like a lamb means is that he will be a Christian in the eyes of the world. Jesus was our Lamb. Speaking as a dragon means he will be Satan’s mouthpiece. The False Prophet will be in the clothes of a Christian, but will bring his followers to Satan. There are a few easy to understand verses in Rev. 13 of what the False Prophet will do.  After his reign, he will suffer the same fate Satan will in Revelation chapter 19:20 and 20:10.

While many are wondering what the beast spoken of in Revelation is, they aren’t wondering what church this mouthpiece for Satan will come from. I think that’s an important question to ask. Does the Bible give an idea? I think it does. Among the churches spoken of in Revelation chapters two and three, only one church does Jesus threaten to remove from its place among the churches of Christ. That is the church of Ephesus.

What is the church of Ephesus today? All indicators point the church of Ephesus to being the Catholic church. The Catholic church is the church of Peter, as many know. Peter was martyred in Ephesus. You can also make sense of the wrongs the church of Ephesus has committed in Revelation 2:1-7. Jesus says he appreciates their tireless work but he is still against them. The reason is because they have left their first love. Jesus then says to repent quickly and do the first works or he will remove their candlestick from its place. What is the first love for any Christian? Christ is. What should be the first work of any Christian church be? To teach the word of God. That is something the Catholic church absolutely does not do. They have ceremony, not teaching of God’s word. I know some will say “the Catholic church does have classes on teaching God’s word”, but that isn’t their first work is it? Having some class in the back whenever someone decides to take it isn’t a first work. These aren’t my words. These are Jesus’ words. You be the judge of what the first work should be for any Christian church, and you should realize it’s not giving a wafer after a ceremony.

In order for the False Prophet to have such power over people he would probably have to come from the Catholic church. They put so much power into the hands of men. The Pope, Cardinals, Canon Law are powers taken away from God and put into the hands of men. In medieval times the popes had more power than kings. All a pope would have to do is accuse a man of heresy and that would be the end of his life. The Catholic church puts men in charge of forgiving man of sin. No man can take away sin. “Do this and give ten ‘Hail Mary’s’ and you will be forgiven.” Ridiculous. The Catholic church took it upon itself to redefine christianity by giving power to men, making Mary a deity (Mary, Mother of God… as if God had a mother), bowing to idols, and so on. They still call Mary the Virgin Mary. She wasn’t always a virgin. She had other kids after Jesus. How did that happen? Mary might have given birth to Jesus but she is not the mother of God. How can one call her a mother of something that existed before her? Mary was an incredible woman and chosen by God to mother His child. No greater honor could be bestowed upon a woman. Even with this Jesus did put her in her place on a number of occasions. He let her know what he was here to do and she should not get in his way. The bowing to idols even if they are of Jesus is wrong. I know that is going against Catholic doctrine at a huge level, but it is wrong. When it says to not bow to idols, it doesn’t say don’t bow to idols unless they are of Jesus. Why is bowing to any idol wrong? Because they were made by the hands of men. Sinful men. It’s not what is made that matters. It’s who makes it that does matter. It says it plain as day in Exodus 21:4 “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;”. Nowhere does it say “well you can make one of me. That’s okay.”

You know who agrees with the church of Ephesus being the Catholic church and what will happen? The Catholic church does. St. Malachy was one of the greatest Catholics in history. He had many prophetic visions, even those concerning popes. Through his visions he would give the names for all of the popes in the Catholic church’s future. He mentions that the last pope will betray the faith and after his tenure there will be no more Catholic church. This is all real, actual Catholic prophecy. The reason you may not know about it is because the Catholic church is trying to keep a lid on it, because after Pope Benedict XVI there will be only one pope left of the names given by St. Malachy. His name will be Pope Petrus Romanus, and according to the prophecy of St. Malachy, he will be the one to betray the faith. Pope Petrus Romanus will be the False Prophet spoken of in Revelation. With this, the candlestick of the church of Ephesus will be removed from its place.