One world religion?

I would like to offer my opinion on what’s going to transpire in the coming days concerning the “One world religion.”

I believe Laozi founder of Taoism, Confucius founder of Confucianism and Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) founder of Buddhism were some of the most loving, honest, truth-seeking people that ever lived. If you read their writings or watch documentaries on their lives, you’ll see the intensity with which they were seeking truth. For the most part, they weren’t even trying to start religions. I feel that all they were saying was “As far as I’ve reached in this spiritual walk, this is what I believe to be true.”

Now, that’s very different from Moses founder of Judaism or Muhammad founder of Islam ascending and descending the mountain and saying “This is a message from God.” I believe Moses but not Muhammad because he, like the Jews, says Jesus did not die on the cross. I believe Jesus died on the cross because I’ve rationally tested the authority of the Bible and it says He died on the cross, so I believe it. Also, because of personal revelation. The Bible also says…

1 John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus [acknowledging that He has come in the flesh, but would deny any of the Son’s true nature] is not of God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and is now already in the world.

Revelation 19:10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he [stopped me and] said to me, “You must not do that; I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who have and hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God [alone]. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy [His life and teaching are the heart of prophecy].”

According to that, Muhammad, however gifted he was, was listening to the spirit of the antichrist as he said that Jesus was not crucified. That antichrist will exalt himself as the messiah of the Jews and the false prophet (mentioned in Revelation 13) will point to him. However, there are millions of amazing Muslims out there. I remember always seeing some Muslim guy handing out food (that he prepared from his restaurant) to homeless people. It would just bring me to tears. That guy is the kind of person God stalks lol. That's if they’re not doing it for some political or religious position but out of true love. I hope he had solid boundaries though.

So, what did Jesus mean when He said…

John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

In one way that means that there are people of other religions that will accept Him, His life, His death when they hear of Him, however another application (not interpretation, just applying it to a situation) of that could be that there are people that God has given His secrets to, since a sheep is more mature than a lamb. They might not have heard of Jesus. They might have lived before Jesus. They might have heard of Jesus but through people that misrepresented Him so they rejected Him. There are all these factors at play. However, when they see Him for who He truly is, they'll stick to Him like a magnet. Jesus also said…

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

That’s not getting to God by their own works. It’s after working so hard to find the truth until they realise the darkness of their own souls and the souls of those around them so they seek divine intervention. I think they believed in God's eternal plan in a figure and it was accredited to them as righteousness as it was to Abraham. But that's a big 'I THINK'. I also believe that someone could be pure in heart but be a thief, transgender or drug dealer because of some heavy trauma they were born into like abusive parents, twisted orphanage, witchcraft family or something and they’re searching as hard as they can for an answer. I think this verse applies to that situation…

Luke 12:48 Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

The reverse of that is “To whom little is given, little is required.” I believe God judges the person born into much darkness differently from the one born into much light. He’s the only judge. We can only use discernment and declare His judgements after we’re sure we’ve heard them, not our own judgements.

1 Corinthians 4:5 So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.

With all that said, God works in order. He chose Abraham to bring forth His Son. His Son has disciples called Christians and others (who are the majority) that simply call themselves Christians but don’t really know Him or try to know Him and have settled for rites and rituals. The ones that do really know Him will take light to the sheep and lambs that are not of the “Christian fold.”

1 Kings 19:18 [God said to Elijah] “…Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

Judges 7:2-3 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to hand Midian over to them, otherwise Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has saved me.’ Now therefore come, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and worried, is to return and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand from the people returned, but ten thousand remained.

Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Matthew 13:28-30 “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked. ‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”

Joel 3:13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.

Did Laozi, Confucius and Siddhartha teach some things that the Bible calls delusions (Like reincarnation)? Sure. But they tried their best. As for Muhammad, I believe he was way off simply because of the cross. But those are just the major religions. I don’t know about the rest. I believe Hinduism was started by some true people simply as a spiritual walk but then just got confused with millions of gods later on.

Anyway, since the devil is a copycat and only corrupts what God is doing, I believe the pharisees of every religion will come together as well, denying the cross and accepting the antichrist as the messiah of the Jews.

Matthew 23:13 [Jesus said] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Lucifer himself used to be what some would call a ‘priest’ or ‘man of God’. Lucifer means 'light bearer' so he was a steward of much light (revelation knowledge).

Malachi 2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

But as Jesus said…

John 8:44 He [the devil] was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

I believe that Lucifer did everything for his own gain. He didn’t care for the angels. He only appeared to. He was a master of disguise. I believe like Jesus did with Judas, God tried to help Lucifer, but he chose his own way.

John 12:4-6 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Jesus chose Judas knowing he was a liar. He had to be betrayed. It was God’s plan. In the same way I believe God chose the major false prophets that are going to be up against the true prophets in these last days.

Romans 9:16-33 So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden. One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction? What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory— including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles? As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”