Catholics know that He Who Fulfilled the Messianic Prophecies appointed Peter as The First Catholic Pope when He Spoke His only Church-Creating Word on earth to him and no one else: “And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.” (Mt. 16:18-20)
May all be as blessed as Catholics to see that the First Catholic Pope and the Disciple/Bishop Jesus loved the most (John 13:23-25) gave us this “Hidden Prophecy” in Acts 3:1-10!
“Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the 3:00 hour of prayer. And, a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the ‘Beautiful Gate’ every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. … Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, ‘Look at us… ‘I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: …'”
Catholics are blessed to see that “I have neither silver nor gold” is a “Hidden Prophecy” that foretells the Vows of Poverty that our Catholic priests and religious would be blessed to follow for the next 2,000 years! We see the difference between them and Judas, who was so obsessed with getting more money that he betrayed Jesus to add “30 pieces of silver” to the funds he had been stealing for the preceding three years!
Jesus Christ’s First Catholic Pope and most “beloved” Catholic Bishop were able to provide the miracle of having a man “crippled from birth” miraculously “walking and jumping and praising God”.
Peter and John were empowered by obeying The Call to Catholic Communion that Jesus repeated 12 times in the last half of John 6 and 2 more times at The Last Supper: “If you do not eat My Body and drink My Blood, you do not have life in you.”
There is another “Hidden Prophecy”! Many would pick and choose Words of Jesus to invent thousands of partially-Christian Marketing Plans. That began with the Nicolaitans in Rev 2:6, 15. Like Judas, they did not take “Vows of Poverty”.
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Focus on the ‘bottom line’ / Keeps Jesus out of many minds.”
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