You're both correct.
It's unfortunately true these things are on the horizon, and they'll be here sooner
than we think if God does not intervene. It was foretold thousands of years ago
by Our Lord and Savior Himself:
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death :
and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
10 And shall many be scandalized : and shall betray one another : and shall
hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall arise and shall seduce many.
12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
Matt. xxiv.
What does it take before a pope becomes a false prophet -- does that mean
he's not pope? How about 5 in a row: if they weren't popes then they wouldn't
be pulling off the big seduction that they're doing.
How many faithful must be seduced by the "many false prophets" before
we recognize that Scripture, nay, the very WORDS of GOD, are being fulfilled
before our unbelieving eyes?
Seduced -- what a providential word, in these times, no????? :shocked:
And when shall they put us to death?
The ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ activist movement will not rest until it becomes mandatory,
by law, that everyone be ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ, and anyone who resists that pit-of-hell
ideology will be guilty of a crime punishable by death. We're a lot closer
to that state of affairs today than we were when it first became evident.
Even so, we must pray and do penance, because:
13 He that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
Which reminds me, final perseverance is a grace, but unlike other graces,
this is the one grace that cannot be earned by merit. There is no indulgence,
no blessing, that can assure us of final perseverance. And for those who
postpone their conversion, or delay receiving the sacraments, final
perseverance becomes very elusive for them, indeed.
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church, in his book, Preparation for
Death, teaches that there are two graces that we ought to pray for
daily: Love of God and final perseverance. By persevering in our daily
prayer for divine love and perseverance, we come as close as we could
ever come to meriting the graces, but the final judgment is up to God, for
He can see our hearts.