Well, Pope Benedict XVI named this year, "The Year of the Priests". He wants to restore dignity to the vocation...to encourage those who are God-fearing, God-serving, God-loving men that are still active in Kingdom Work. You see, not all priests molest. Theirs is a trying faith at the moment because of what the evil ones have done that has been exposed to the world. Ours is a world that is losing ground for holiness, faith, and anything sacred. Jesus Himself asked, "When the Son of Man returns will He find faith on the earth?" He is God--He already knew the future, so why did He ask that? Could it be that faith would be so rare and inactive in the last days? What would cause faith to wane? Would it be increase in evil, violence, lust, greed, tragedies, disasters, corruption, fear, disease, etc...that is predicted? How about people walking away from traditional church, scriptures, and commandments--and walking after the imagination of their hearts? Hmmmm, seems that was predicted too. All of this is not new, like Jesus said, "It is written...." Malachi stated that God does not change...but mankind is and has been trying to change Him and His Word and His Ways...from the beginning...or should I say the devil?
The Vatican called for priests to come to Rome for celebration this summer. So who shows up? The Devil in the form of people wanting to change the priesthood. While I know the Church has made the ruling for priests to be celibate that they may serve the Bride of Christ whole-heartedly. It is not for everyone, but there are men who choose to serve themselves in such a way. This does not create a pedophile or a homosexual or a freak. Those demons were the ones who crept in unawares, to get next to a child. They weren't just slipping into the priesthood...they were gaining positions as teachers, protestant preachers, boy scout and girl scout leaders, police men and women; places of trust and authority. That is devilish, but the celibate priest is not made into them.
Yet, it is not just about allowing priests to marry that the dissidents showed up to protest and disrupt...wherever there is discord within the Body of Christ, that fruit bears witness as to what spirit is present. The age-old call for the feminine to take on roles and be ordained as priests. Why do we seek to change the Word of God? Celibacy is a Church rule for several reasons...but to change the order of things as God has created them. He has His system, and to pull out one card to change it for a few will bring down the logic, sense and blessing of the whole house of cards!
God created them male and female. The Scriptures say that God is over Christ, Christ is over the man, the man over the woman. That is God's System! He does not change. We cannot change Him. It was Eve who was tricked, beguiled, tempted, and brought Adam into it...but when Eve bit, nothing happened...she is a woman--not of authority. It was Adam who was given authority, and therefore when he bit--the sin was accounted against him and his seed. Moses and Aaron led Israel...Aaron was made High Priest...not Miriam the sister. It was the firstborn son who opened the womb that received the blessing for his house, not the daughters.
God sent Jesus, His firstborn Son to be our High Priest, and nowhere is woman given that authority...that job! His Mother, the Virgin Mary is seated at the right hand of the King of Kings, as Queen Mother but she is not a priest. Women are held in high esteem in God's System...he gives them their vocations with which they will be blessed. For Catholics who understand their faith and the duty of the priest at the altar, asking for women priests is ludicrous! It makes no sense! So those who are asking, do not understand their religion, God, or His System at all! They are being seduced by the devil for equal rights. They are worldly and carnal and therefore cannot serve in the spiritual capacity in truth if they desire to be a priest. When the Scriptures speak of us being a kingdom of kings and priests and royalty...the royal priesthood still belongs to the man...even the father and husband is to be priest of his own household and is held responsible as such...whether he believes it or not. God does not change. Humans do, they want to change everything continuously to have their own way in every generation. That is why every generation tends to rebel against their parents, authority and the societal norms of their time. It is a devilish spirit that stirs that in us.
I believe we are in the last days, and that Christ is very near...because of so many of the Scriptures being fulfilled in our time, and so many of the prophecies. I used to be a hardcore feminist, because I wanted the right to choose for myself what I desired to be, how to live, as my own person. I was "in the world" and blinded to the Truth in God's Word. I deserved what every man has. Now as an adult having raised children...and had my eyes opened by the Holy Spirit, and been granted that Understanding from God...there is a difference of living in the world but not "of it"! I don't want that responsibility that the men are going to answer for! Actually men don't want it either...they've been seduced, weakened, and had their authority usurped. St. Paul warned of that in the Scriptures also! (Was nobody listening?)
Could this be why the family unit is broken? Is this why divorce, adultery, and sexual immorality is rampant? Women stepped out on their own and fell victim to demons they did not know...and still don't...and have been used to create havoc on the world? The men giving into every conceivable lust, abdicated their authority, and are now wimps? How many men serve in church? How many are raising and teaching the kids the faith? How many are priests of their home? How many have actual authority and wisdom and are blessed? It seems women are the teachers, raising the kids, and are the prayer warriors and priests of their homes...because the men are no longer capable. This generation has been raised by those who went astray, and in turn brought up their own in lies and deception. Where are the strong men now? Where are the men who pray and cry out to God? It is not in our homes and families.
Think about it, our lives changed dramatically in the 60's due to the sexual revolution. It changed society and the Church was not immune. Everyone wanted change. Women stepping out of traditional roles of wives and homemakers and moms...then where did porn magazines and movies get such a boost? Newly delivered flesh of feminists who offered their bodies to the masses! It wasn't enough to throw away the bra, they had to shorten the necklines, the shorts, the skirts, and show as much as they could. What porn would there be without the woman? They had to work and leave the kids to figure it out for themselves. They wanted to jump into the cesspool of the world and all its delicious temptations, and they did not fare any better.
Women had their place and men had theirs, both in the natural world and the spiritual world. Women today now have to work and many don't want to--it is a direct result of disobedience. We have set the traps for ourselves and caused havoc on the world...and now where are we going? Demanding to change the priesthood, have we not suffered enough? Hasn't the world learned anything, hasn't the Christian? God does not change! He has His Purpose and His Ways...His Thoughts are not our thoughts; neither His Ways our ways.
The Vatican called for priests to come to Rome for celebration this summer. So who shows up? The Devil in the form of people wanting to change the priesthood. While I know the Church has made the ruling for priests to be celibate that they may serve the Bride of Christ whole-heartedly. It is not for everyone, but there are men who choose to serve themselves in such a way. This does not create a pedophile or a homosexual or a freak. Those demons were the ones who crept in unawares, to get next to a child. They weren't just slipping into the priesthood...they were gaining positions as teachers, protestant preachers, boy scout and girl scout leaders, police men and women; places of trust and authority. That is devilish, but the celibate priest is not made into them.
Yet, it is not just about allowing priests to marry that the dissidents showed up to protest and disrupt...wherever there is discord within the Body of Christ, that fruit bears witness as to what spirit is present. The age-old call for the feminine to take on roles and be ordained as priests. Why do we seek to change the Word of God? Celibacy is a Church rule for several reasons...but to change the order of things as God has created them. He has His system, and to pull out one card to change it for a few will bring down the logic, sense and blessing of the whole house of cards!
God created them male and female. The Scriptures say that God is over Christ, Christ is over the man, the man over the woman. That is God's System! He does not change. We cannot change Him. It was Eve who was tricked, beguiled, tempted, and brought Adam into it...but when Eve bit, nothing happened...she is a woman--not of authority. It was Adam who was given authority, and therefore when he bit--the sin was accounted against him and his seed. Moses and Aaron led Israel...Aaron was made High Priest...not Miriam the sister. It was the firstborn son who opened the womb that received the blessing for his house, not the daughters.
God sent Jesus, His firstborn Son to be our High Priest, and nowhere is woman given that authority...that job! His Mother, the Virgin Mary is seated at the right hand of the King of Kings, as Queen Mother but she is not a priest. Women are held in high esteem in God's System...he gives them their vocations with which they will be blessed. For Catholics who understand their faith and the duty of the priest at the altar, asking for women priests is ludicrous! It makes no sense! So those who are asking, do not understand their religion, God, or His System at all! They are being seduced by the devil for equal rights. They are worldly and carnal and therefore cannot serve in the spiritual capacity in truth if they desire to be a priest. When the Scriptures speak of us being a kingdom of kings and priests and royalty...the royal priesthood still belongs to the man...even the father and husband is to be priest of his own household and is held responsible as such...whether he believes it or not. God does not change. Humans do, they want to change everything continuously to have their own way in every generation. That is why every generation tends to rebel against their parents, authority and the societal norms of their time. It is a devilish spirit that stirs that in us.
I believe we are in the last days, and that Christ is very near...because of so many of the Scriptures being fulfilled in our time, and so many of the prophecies. I used to be a hardcore feminist, because I wanted the right to choose for myself what I desired to be, how to live, as my own person. I was "in the world" and blinded to the Truth in God's Word. I deserved what every man has. Now as an adult having raised children...and had my eyes opened by the Holy Spirit, and been granted that Understanding from God...there is a difference of living in the world but not "of it"! I don't want that responsibility that the men are going to answer for! Actually men don't want it either...they've been seduced, weakened, and had their authority usurped. St. Paul warned of that in the Scriptures also! (Was nobody listening?)
Could this be why the family unit is broken? Is this why divorce, adultery, and sexual immorality is rampant? Women stepped out on their own and fell victim to demons they did not know...and still don't...and have been used to create havoc on the world? The men giving into every conceivable lust, abdicated their authority, and are now wimps? How many men serve in church? How many are raising and teaching the kids the faith? How many are priests of their home? How many have actual authority and wisdom and are blessed? It seems women are the teachers, raising the kids, and are the prayer warriors and priests of their homes...because the men are no longer capable. This generation has been raised by those who went astray, and in turn brought up their own in lies and deception. Where are the strong men now? Where are the men who pray and cry out to God? It is not in our homes and families.
Think about it, our lives changed dramatically in the 60's due to the sexual revolution. It changed society and the Church was not immune. Everyone wanted change. Women stepping out of traditional roles of wives and homemakers and moms...then where did porn magazines and movies get such a boost? Newly delivered flesh of feminists who offered their bodies to the masses! It wasn't enough to throw away the bra, they had to shorten the necklines, the shorts, the skirts, and show as much as they could. What porn would there be without the woman? They had to work and leave the kids to figure it out for themselves. They wanted to jump into the cesspool of the world and all its delicious temptations, and they did not fare any better.
Women had their place and men had theirs, both in the natural world and the spiritual world. Women today now have to work and many don't want to--it is a direct result of disobedience. We have set the traps for ourselves and caused havoc on the world...and now where are we going? Demanding to change the priesthood, have we not suffered enough? Hasn't the world learned anything, hasn't the Christian? God does not change! He has His Purpose and His Ways...His Thoughts are not our thoughts; neither His Ways our ways.
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