Is the Fatima prophecy of Virgin Mary false or does it agree with the teachings of the Bible? The Catholic prophecy has recently become of more interest due to Pope Francis concentrating Russia and Ukraine on March 25 in a spiritual act amid a cruel war. Join Pastor Mark Finley as he talks about this topic and unravels the truth according to the Bible.

<p>Is the Fatima prophecy of Virgin Mary false or does it agree with the teachings of the Bible? The Catholic prophecy has recently become of more interest due to Pope Francis concentrating Russia and Ukraine on March 25 in a spiritual act amid a cruel war. Join Pastor Mark Finley as he talks about this topic and unravels the truth according to the Bible.</p>

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False Virgin Mary Prophecy of End Time Conflict

Is the Pope's recent consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary a fulfillment of Bible prophecy?

Does Mary's vision of hell harmonize with what the Bible teaches?

There's been an upsurge of interest recently in the visions of Fatima.

What we understand about those visions makes a significant difference of whether in the end time, in these last days, we'll be deceived or not.

In May of 1917, the Virgin Mary purportedly appeared to 3 young people who were herding sheep in Fatima there in Portugal.

As these young people were out that day herding their sheep, they saw this bright light and then an apparition of what they believed to be was the Virgin Mary.

She told them secrets, secrets that would impact mankind, secrets about the future.

The reason this is significant is because 1 of those secrets had to do with Russia.

And it had to do with the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Now that has been done on at least 2 occasions, but most recently on March 25th, Pope Francis dedicated Russia and the Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

And I'm just going to read from the memoirs.

She Mary opened her hands once more as she had done the 2 previous months.

The rays of light appeared to penetrate the earth.

Plunged in this fire we saw the demons and the souls of the damned.

The latter were like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, having human forms.

They were floating about in that conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames which issued from within themselves, together with great clouds of smoke.

Now they fell back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fright.

It must have been this sight which caused me to cry out as people say they heard me.

The demons were distinguished from the souls of the dams by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coals.

That vision only lasted for a moment thanks to the good heavenly Mother who at first apparition had promised to take us to heaven.

Without that, I think that we would have died of terror and fear.

Let's look at that second secret of Fatima.

This was a recommendation for devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a way to save souls and bring peace to the world.

It predicted an end to the Great War, but predicted a worse 1 if people did not cease offending God.

So that Great War would have been World War I.

This Second War would be presaged by a night illuminated by an unknown light as a great sign that the time of chastisement was near.

To avert this, Mary would return to ask for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart in the establishment of the first Saturday's devotion.

If her requests were heeded, Russia would be converted, there would be peace.

If not, Russia would spread her errors throughout the world causing wars and persecutions of the Church.

The vision culminated with a promise that in the end, the Immaculate Heart would triumph.

The Holy Father would consecrate Russia to Mary and a period of peace would be granted to the world.

1 of the questions that we want to raise is this.

Would the real Mary say anything contrary to what's in Scripture?

And if this was not the real Mary that appeared to them, who might it have been?

But let's look at what the Bible says about Mary.

First, in Luke chapter 1, we find the angel Gabriel appearing to Mary.

As the angel Gabriel appears, he speaks to her and reveals to her that she is with child.

The angel Gabriel says to her in Luke 1 verse 31, Behold, you'll conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, shall call his name Jesus." When God had to choose somebody to bear his son, the Christ child, this Jesus that would be conceived in the womb of a woman by the Holy Spirit.

He chose Mary, a godly woman, a righteous woman.

Here at the last part of this discussion between the angel and Mary in Luke 1 verse 37 and verse 38 it says Mary's debating with the angel, almost debating, saying, how can this be?

And he says, with God, nothing shall be impossible.

Then Mary says, behold, the handmaid, servant, maid of the Lord, let it be to me according to your word.

I love that statement, let it be to me according to your word.

In other words, Mary would not do anything that was not according to the Word of God.

The mother of Jesus, earthly mother, righteous, godly, but does the Bible say anything about Mary ascending up into heaven?

That comes down from the traditions of the Church.

You'll recall that Lucia was 1 of the 3 young shepherds in Fatima that purportedly received the visions from Mary.

So here is a vision that Mary purportedly gave to these 3 young people about hell, about the damned burning in hell, screaming, about demons flying over the flames of Hell.

The question we have to ask is, is this vision in harmony with Scripture?

If, as Mary said in Luke chapter 1, be it according to your word.

In fact, in John chapter 2, where it talks about the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.

Mary says, whatever Jesus said to you, do it.

So she was a faithful follower of the Word of God and the Word of Christ.

The Bible says in 1 John 4 verse 8, For he that knoweth not God doesn't love, for God is love.

Can you harmonize the love of God with a God that would burn people for millions and millions of years in the fires of hell?

We can understand how a loving God must destroy evil, but would God take delight in causing perpetual, eternal pain?

If hell were eternal, where people were just burning and burning and burning, then evil would be eternal and never blotted out of the universe.

But somebody says, doesn't the Bible talk about eternal punishment?

Doesn't the Bible talk about everlasting fire?

We're going to look at those texts, but first let's notice some things about hell, what the Bible actually teaches.

First, the Bible describes the wicked as being consumed or burned up.

Notice, the Lord knows the days of the upright.

And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

Now notice the Bible uses the term perish again and again for the wicked.

The enemies of the Lord like the splendor of the meadows shall vanish.

So the Bible says the wicked shall perish.

In the book of Malachi, the fourth chapter, which is the last book of the Old Testament, the Bible describes the total, absolute, complete destruction of the wicked.

Malachi 4.1, for behold the day is coming.

Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all that do wickedly will be stubble.

The day that is coming will burn them up.

So according to the Bible, there is a day coming that the wicked will be burned up, they will be consumed, they will be evil no more.

Here in Malachi chapter 4 verse 3, you'll trample the wicked for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet.

Like Jesus said, don't fear him who can destroy the body, but who can destroy body and soul in hell, so they can be destroyed according to the Bible.

So hell is not some hot spot in the center of the earth, but the day is coming.

Eventually, as Christ comes, the wicked will be destroyed, and finally, at the last moments of time, they will be consumed and burned up.

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