Clinton and Sanders debate, then Bernie leaves to support the Vatican’s agenda

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

The two Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, debated last night:

Clinton and Sanders clash over presidential qualifications

April 15, 2016

Democratic presidential candidates Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a contentious debate Thursday night in familiar territory — Brooklyn, New York ahead of next Tuesday’s very important New York primary.

The two had a sharp exchange in which they questioned each other’s judgment. Sanders, who in recent weeks said he does not believe Clinton is qualified to be president, Thursday said that he accepts that Clinton has the qualifications, but questioned her judgment. He pointed to her support for the war in Iraq and her acceptance of campaign funding from banks and firms on Wall Street.

Clinton accused the Sanders camp of churning out lies about her. Clinton said the people of New York voted her for the Senate twice and President Barack Obama named her secretary of state. She has the judgement, she says, but stressed what she says is Sanders’ weakness on foreign policy issues.

She called Sanders’ concentration on her accepting large contributions from Wall Street a “phony attack.” http://www.voanews.com/content/sanders-clinton-battle-in-new-york-democratic-debate/3286870.html

April 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders slammed his rival’s 1996 use of the term “super predators” Thursday evening, calling it “racist” on stage at the Democratic debate in Brooklyn.

Asked why Sanders had criticized Bill Clinton’s defense of his wife use of the phrase “super predators,” Sanders responded: “Because it was a racist term and everybody knew it was a racist term.” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-slams-clintons-racist-1996-super-predators-comment/

This remains the strangest, and probably most vicious, presidential primary cycle I have ever seen.

After the debate, Bernie Sanders flew off to go to the Vatican:

April 15, 2016

ROME (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrived in Rome on Friday to attend a Vatican conference steeped in his lifelong passions of economic and social justice, briefly departing New York just days before its critical primary to show solidarity with the teachings of Pope Francis.

Sanders made the trip hours after Thursday night’s Brooklyn debate with rival Hillary Clinton and said the opportunity to address the Vatican conference was too meaningful to pass up. The roughly 24-hour visit will precede a crucial New York primary against the former secretary of state on Tuesday.

Sanders said in an interview with The Associated Press that he was “appreciative and proud” to be invited to the conference organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

He will join several speakers commemorating the 25th anniversary of “Centesimus Annus,” a high-level teaching document by Pope John Paul II on the economy and social justice at the end of the Cold War. …

Sanders, the first Jewish candidate to win a presidential primary, called the trip “an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime.”

Sanders and his campaign had held out hope that he might meet with the pope during his visit. Francis will be in Rome on Friday, but the Vatican said he had no plans to either address the conference or meet with Sanders.

The Vatican has been loath to get involved in electoral campaigns and usually tries to avoid any perception of partisanship involving the pope. Popes rarely travel to countries during the thick of political campaigns, knowing a papal photo opportunity with a sitting head of state could be exploited for political ends.

As a result, the invitation to Sanders to address the Vatican conference raised eyebrows and allegations that the senator lobbied for the invitation.

The chancellor for the pontifical academy, Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, has said he invited Sanders because he was the only U.S. presidential candidate who showed deep interest in the teachings of Francis. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEM_2016_SANDERS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-04-15-09-12-34

Now notice something related to Bernie Sanders and Pope Francis from Newsweek some months ago:

September 10, 2015

Francis … has made entreaties to divorced Catholics and even suggested that it was not his place to judge gay ones; he has lamented global warming and income inequality, at times sounding like Bernie Sanders’s running mate. http://www.newsweek.com/2015/09/18/whos-better-catholic-pope-francis-archdiocese-cordileon-370451.html

Bernie Sanders is Jewish and the Pope claims to be Catholic (the cover story in Newsweek was actually titled Is the Pope Catholic?).

Both Bernie Sanders and Pope Francis have a political agenda that trumps whatever their respective religions teach on various matters of theology (I would say the same about Hillary Clinton, but her professed religion, United Methodism, has evolved to be more political that it is less clear what it stands for).

Although the election of Bernie Sanders as the next President of the United States is a long-shot, the ecumenical and interfaith agenda that he seems to be supporting is more or less a sure thing. I say ‘more or less’ as it will not end as Bernie Sanders would like, but the result will be there.

The Bible tells of a type of world religion as it teaches that all the world will worship a particular power in Europe:

3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:3-8)

As it turns out, most of the above happens after the USA is destroyed (cf. Daniel 11:39; Revelation 13:4). The Bible shows that the power in Revelation 13 is supported, for a time, by the city of seven hills (Revelation 17:1-9, 18)–Rome, though eventually the Church of Rome will be betrayed (Revelation 17:16-17). Certain Roman Catholic writers have understood aspects of that.

The Bible also shows that the power that will rise up will have major economic controls (Revelation 13:6-18).

As far as Bernie Sanders goes, in my view he does not realize what he is actually trying to support with his trip to the Vatican. The interfaith, economic control, agenda will take place, but will not bring the type of society that people like Bernie Sanders are pushing for.

True justice will not be restored until after Jesus returns and the millennial Kingdom of God is established. Human efforts, such as what the Vatican and Bernie Sanders are working on, will lead to disaster, not peace (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:3).

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