Vatican invited to sit on Mount Zion!

The Vatican has long desired to gain control of Jerusalem and is patiently working towards this end.  Now, “Israel has granted the pope an official seat in the room where the Last Supper is believed to have taken place, on Mount Zion in Jerusalem” (Israel Hayom, January 30, 2013). Israeli officials see this as an opportunity to bring more tourism to Jerusalem (ibid.). Although the Vatican does not have full control over the site, it has been granted “a special modicum of control” over the site—including the ability to offer daily mass there.  Control over the “upper room” is one more step toward gaining control of 28 additional sites in Jerusalem (IsraelNationalNews.com, February 1, 2013).

Bible prophecy reveals that at the time of the end, the European “Beast” power will be in control of Jerusalem (Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2) and a great world-church will “ride” the political Beast and gather support for it (see Revelation 13). It also reveals the Beast power will eventually “take away the daily sacrifices” and desecrate the holy place in some way (see Daniel 11:31; 12:11; Matthew 24:15-16).

For more information on events leading up to the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord, be sure to read our free booklet, The Beast of Revelation.