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THERE<\/strong> is a Scripture lingering on my heart for months now, one I would consider a chief “sign of the times”:<\/p>\n

Many false prophets will arise and deceive many; and because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.<\/em><\/strong> (Matt 24:11-12)<\/span><\/p>\n

What many people may not connect is “false prophets” with the “increase of evildoing.” But today, there is a direct connection.<\/p>\n

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False Prophets<\/h5>\n

Jesus does not define what He means by “false prophet” here, but other texts offer a bit more context.<\/p>\n

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.<\/strong> (Matt 7:15)<\/span><\/p>\n

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False messiahs<\/em> and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect.<\/strong> (Matt 24:24)<\/span><\/p>\n

Presently, the greatest context is hindsight. I would argue that the most dangerous false prophets are those that have arisen in recent \"\"years: secular messianists who, under the pretext of “healthcare” and “saving the planet” (ie. wolves in sheep’s clothing) have deceived many through the weapon of fear. <\/em>If you can convince people that they could die from one moment to the next, or that the planet is going to implode any day from “global warming<\/a>“, then these messianists can wield immense power and control over entire populations. This happened with such ease over the past four years, that one cannot help but return to the seminal speech of Canadian author and prophet, Michael D. O’Brien, to understand what is presently unfolding:<\/p>\n

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Those who undertake the building of an ideal planetary society… driven by a pride that approaches the level of satanic […] may push onward, imposing the new order regardless of the opposition, dismissing whatever valid arguments the resistance may put forward. And if the resistance is strong, a very big stick will be needed. There will be imprisonment for those who resist (or even dissent from) the perceived \u201ccommon good.\u201d The new rulers will justify the loss of freedoms by promoting everywhere the illusion that the successful realization of the dream is the highest good, worth any sacrifice. (\u201cIt is better that one man should die than the entire nation be destroyed,\u201d said Caiaphas [Jn 11:50]). Translated into modern terms: \u201cIt is better that nations should die, and some of their peoples die, than our window of opportunity for global control be lost.\u201d Formed by and living by the deformed ethic of \u201cthe end justifies the means\u201d, they will consider themselves to be the true visionaries, the saviours of the world. In a phrase, this is secular messianism.<\/span><\/strong> \u2014Michael D. O\u2019Brien,\u00a0Globalization and the New World Order<\/em><\/a><\/span>, March 17th, 2009<\/span>
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O’Brien footnotes to n. 676 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,especially the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>
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Even in the coming Era of Peace<\/a> when the Our Father will be fulfilled and the Church will see His Divine Will<\/a> reign “on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt 6:10), creation will still be in a state of journeying; man will still have the capacity to rebel.[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. After The<\/em> <\/a>Thousand Years<\/a>, <\/em>there is a final rebellion: cf. Rev 20:7-10<\/span><\/span>