The unification process of all churches and religions under Rome is indeed in full swing. A committee has already been appointed to make some decisions on how to celebrate the 500^th anniversary of the Reformation in Rome in the year 2017. The deep wound inflicted upon the world power by the Sword of the Spirit during the Reformation shall now be completely healed. The question, of course, is the following: Can this be the unity for which Jesus Christ prayed? Nobody can seriously believe that. Whoever reads Jn. 17 carefully will notice that the Redeemer speaks of the redeemed, and the Son of God addresses all sons and daughters of God who are born-again of the Word Seed by the Holy Spirit. At this point we shall only refer to verses 6 and 23, “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word … I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” Does this apply to the members of all the churches on earth who are now participating in the unification process? Can the world church or the ecumenical movement, the joining of over 2 billion people, be the small flock of which Jesus Christ spoke (Lk. 12:32)? Which one of them has experienced the grace of God personally? Who has come through the narrow gate? Who is walking on the narrow way which leads to eternal life (Mt. 7)?

In this context we also think of the reformer Martin Luther, who exclaimed at the Reichstag in Worms 1521, “Cursed be the unity that is achieved at the expense of the truth!” Is truth the actual concern in this unification process? Or is it about compromise, in order to establish a political and religious unity in multiplicity? Is it not the mystery of “Babylon the Great”, the mother and her daughters spoken of in Rev. 17:5, a modern tower of Babel?

Before the unification process becomes final, the calling-out of all true believers and the preparation of the Bride Church must happen. All those who now listen to the Voice of the heavenly Bridegroom, those who hear what the Spirit is saying unto the churches are part of the Bride and they do not bypass the message of the hour. We now most surely live at the end of the time of grace. The Return of Jesus Christ is imminent, as it was promised in Jn. 14. The hour is drawing near. Even though no one knows the day or the hour, we all recognise the signs of the time and the message and we are aware of what our Lord said in Mt. 24:33, Mk. 13:29, and Lk. 21:31, “When ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.”

May it once again be emphasised from the biblical point of view: Now is the calling-out time for all true believers from all churches, all religions, all peoples, and all languages. We have to experience the return to the only biblical faith, the sole biblical teaching, the only biblical example, go back to the complete harmony with the teachings of the apostles, as they were left unto us in the testimonies of the Holy Scriptures. This is the hour of decision and everyone now determines where he or she will spend eternity.

The unification process of all churches and religions under Rome is indeed in full swing. A committee has already been appointed to make some decisions on how to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Rome in the year 2017. The deep wound inflicted upon the world power by the Sword of the Spirit during the Reformation shall now be completely healed. The question, of course, is the following: Can this be the unity for which Jesus Christ prayed? Nobody can seriously believe that. Whoever reads Jn. 17 carefully will notice that the Redeemer speaks of the redeemed, and the Son of God addresses all sons and daughters of God who are born-again of the Word Seed by the Holy Spirit. At this point we shall only refer to verses 6 and 23, “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word … I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” Does this apply to the members of all the churches on earth who are now participating in the unification process? Can the world church or the ecumenical movement, the joining of over 2 billion people, be the small flock of which Jesus Christ spoke (Lk. 12:32)? Which one of them has experienced the grace of God personally? Who has come through the narrow gate? Who is walking on the narrow way which leads to eternal life (Mt. 7)?

In this context we also think of the reformer Martin Luther, who exclaimed at the Reichstag in Worms 1521, “Cursed be the unity that is achieved at the expense of the truth!” Is truth the actual concern in this unification process? Or is it about compromise, in order to establish a political and religious unity in multiplicity? Is it not the mystery of “Babylon the Great”, the mother and her daughters spoken of in Rev. 17:5, a modern tower of Babel?

Before the unification process becomes final, the calling-out of all true believers and the preparation of the Bride Church must happen. All those who now listen to the Voice of the heavenly Bridegroom, those who hear what the Spirit is saying unto the churches are part of the Bride and they do not bypass the message of the hour. We now most surely live at the end of the time of grace. The Return of Jesus Christ is imminent, as it was promised in Jn. 14. The hour is drawing near. Even though no one knows the day or the hour, we all recognise the signs of the time and the message and we are aware of what our Lord said in Mt. 24:33, Mk. 13:29, and Lk. 21:31, “When ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.”

May it once again be emphasised from the biblical point of view: Now is the calling-out time for all true believers from all churches, all religions, all peoples, and all languages. We have to experience the return to the only biblical faith, the sole biblical teaching, the only biblical example, go back to the complete harmony with the teachings of the apostles, as they were left unto us in the testimonies of the Holy Scriptures. This is the hour of decision and everyone now determines where he or she will spend eternity.