False Prophet, ‘second little beast that speaks like a dragon’: Clash of Civilizations. Mystery Religion only way to achieve ‘Peace and Security’ among civilizations, cultures and countries. False doctrine.

Elise Harris Aug 27, 2019 SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

ROME – When American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington predicted in the 1990s that post-Cold War global conflicts would be defined by a “clash of civilizations,” with people’s cultural and religious beliefs forming the center of violent dispute, he likely couldn’t have foreseen exactly how eerily prescient his prediction would seem given the current international climate.

The hypothesis that wars would be taking place between cultures, rather than countries, seems to be evidenced in the current age of extremist and fundamentalist violence, where for many people terrorism is a bigger concern than any formal armed conflict.

Yet in the view of one Vatican official, it is exactly this dynamic that Pope Francis and key Muslim leaders, as well as members of a new Higher Committee for interreligious tolerance in the United Arab Emirates, are trying to curb through increased dialogue.

In an Aug. 26 interview with Vatican News, the official news site for the Vatican, Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, head of the Vatican Council for Interreligious Dialogue, spoke of the impact the committee, charged with implementing a joint-declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ahmed El Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar University, could have.

Asked if a concrete application of the declaration could be a first step in ending this “clash of civilizations” seen in mass terrorist attacks such as happened on Sept. 11, 2001, in the United States, Ayuso Guixot said that if the concepts of the declaration are put into action, they will lead to peace.

“Prayer, dialogue, respect and solidarity are the only winning weapons against terrorism, fundamentalism and every type of war and violence,” he said, saying they are weapons “which form part of the spiritual arsenals of every religion.”

“I think the declaration from Abu Dhabi is an appeal to a global ‘civilization of love,’” he said, referring to a term coined by St. John Paul II. This “civilization of love,” he added, “is opposed to those who desire a clash of civilizations!”

During his Feb. 3-5 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Francis and El Tayyeb on Feb. 4 signed the joint declaration titled, “A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together,” which urged people of all faiths to strive for fraternity and solidarity, resisting violence.

Last Monday, the UAE formed a 7-member Higher Committee aimed at implementing the document, and it marks the latest initiative put forward by the UAE during what they have dubbed as the “Year of Tolerance.”

Members come from different faith traditions and hail from the UAE, Egypt, Spain and Italy. They include Ayuso Guixot, and Monsignor Yoannis Gaid, former personal secretary to Francis.

Among other things, the committee has been tasked with developing a framework for achieving the goals of the declaration.

It will draft, implement and oversee plans to reach these objectives, and it will also push legislative leaders to adhere to the document’s provisions to ensure mutual respect and peaceful coexistence at a national level – a process that will involve meeting different religious leaders and heads of international organizations, among others.

The committee will also be responsible for overseeing the Abrahamic Family House, a building dedicated to interfaith harmony.

In an Aug. 22 statement on the formation of the committee, El Tayyeb said its formation marks “a serious step towards achieving the objectives of the Human Fraternity Document, which is considered as the first of its kind in our modern history to establishing the culture of citizenship, coexistence and brotherhood.”

Establishing the committee, he said, encourages the spread of solidarity, unity, fraternity and tolerance throughout the world. “The spread of this document’s principles and its implementation will definitely go a long way in achieving security and stability all over the world,” he said.

In an Aug. 26 statement, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis was pleased to learn the committee had been formed.

“Although sadly evil, hatred and division often make news, there is a hidden sea of goodness that is growing and leads us to hope in dialogue, reciprocal knowledge and the possibility of building, together with the followers of other religions and all men and women of good will, a world of fraternity and peace,” he said on behalf of the pope, ensuring them of Francis’s gratitude and encouragement and voicing hope that other, similar initiatives would spring up around the world.

In his interview with Vatican News, Ayuso Guixot said he believes the committee is a “significant gesture” which will help humanity in the effort to pursue peace and a healthy coexistence.

He thanked the pope for his “untiring commitment” in pursuing ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, saying the pontiff’s efforts are in continuity with his predecessors.

“Pope Francis, with his dialogue of respect and friendship, in words and in works, I would add, does not cease to exhort the world and all people of goodwill to promote three things: fraternity, peace and coexistence,” (don’t promote the gospel of Jesus Christ) Ayuso Guixot said, calling these the “ABC’s” of the future (compared to the “ABC’s” of salvation through Jesus Christ of eternity).

Ayuso Guixot had few details to offer in terms of what the committee will be doing but insisted that members will strive to engage everyone “from the base up and vice versa,” including five (5); international organizations, and social, religious, academic and political leaders.

He spoke of the importance of education in instilling the principles outlined in the declaration and insisted that those who say this type of dialogue risks syncretism are controlled by fear.

“I think fear is the number one enemy of interreligious dialogue,” he said, stressing that the Catholic Church’s efforts in this regard are not about “making a melting pot in which all religions are considered equal,” but it is rather about affirming the notion that everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, have equal dignity (sin) before God.

“We must therefore commit ourselves because God, who created us, is not a cause for division, but unity,” Ayuso Guixot said, adding that pluralism of any kind, not just religious, is an invitation to “reflect on our identity without which we do not have an authentic interfaith dialogue.”

Whether the committee will have a long-term effect beyond mere politicking is yet to be seen, however, for those involved, just having the shot at making a difference is an opportunity not to be squandered.

Promoting three things: fraternity, peace and coexistence,” called the “ABC’s” of the future will NOT and DOES NOT achieve or provide safety, salvation or peace for mankind. Only salvation through the forgiveness, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ can provide man with the necessary forgiveness, eternal peace and safety and salvation mankind needs.

Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:

The TRUE ABCs of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)

A. Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.

. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).

. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).

. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).

B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that Jesus Christ is who He claimed to be; that He was both fully God and fully man and that we are saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. Put your trust in Him as your only hope of salvation. Become a son or daughter of God by receiving Christ.

. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).

C. Call upon His name, Confess with your heart and with your lips that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.

. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).

. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).

. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).

. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).

. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).

. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).

. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).

. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).

. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).

. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).

. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).