As we’ve proven earlier, the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) of today is “the root” from which the coming “Scarlet Harlot” World Religion will spawn early in the Tribulation scenario.

Both the Pretribulation ‘Rapture’ of “the church, which is His body” and the later Post-Tribulation “Millennial Reign of Christ on earth” are rejected by The RCC.

Doctrinally, the RCC has essentially been ‘amillennial’ (meaning, ‘non-millennial’) for most of its history, which is ‘heresy.’ The Catholic position has historically been “amillennial,” though Catholics are unaware and do not typically use this term. With that, the RCC has rejected the ‘pre-millennial position of the Rapture, that precedes the Millennial Kingdom on earth, which they refer to as “millenarianism.” Below are quotes from different RCC websites including its Catechism of the Catholic Church.’

‘The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church’: Section 2, Article 2, Chapter 7 – No Millennial Kingdom

#676 - The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The [Roman] Church has REJECTED even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of Millenarianism,⁵⁷⁷ especially the "intrinsically perverse" political form of a secular messianism.⁵⁷⁸

The Catholic Encyclopedia: An Abstract; “Forms of Catholic Millenarianism: A Brief Overview”

“On July 21, 1944, the Vatican Congregation of the Holy Office, whose duty it is to defend the faith, issued a decree CONDEMNING “Mitigated Millenarianism” (systema Millenarismi mitigati), which it defined as …

‘the [Protestant Bible Believer’s] view that Christ would visibly appear in order to rule on earth before the Last Judgment.’

This document demonstrates the OPPOSITION of modern Roman Catholicism to any form of literal interpretation of the twentieth chapter of the Apocalypse of John [The Book of Revelation].”

From a Catholic based website:  www.legatus.org/do-catholics-believe-in-the-rapture/ It says the RCC  “CONDEMNS” a Pre-Tribulation Pre-Millennial Rapture. The RCC is ‘amillennial,’ denying Christ’s 1,000 reign on earth before the final Great White Throne judgment.

“Catholics believe that Christians living during Christ’s second coming will be gathered along with those who have died in Christ to be with him forever. However, Catholics do Not Believe That A Rapture Will Take Place Prior To That Time. This belief is a form of Millennialism, Which The Church Strongly Condemns. The Catholic Church is “amillennial,” meaning that it believes that Christ’s second coming and the last judgment will happen at the same time [with no millennium between].”

Let’s now look at words of just part of Revelation 20 [Apocalypse 20], which the RCC opposes with regard to a ‘literal Millennial [thousand years] Reign of Christ on the physical earth.’ Note here in the text below the many references to the words “Thousand Years,” meaning ‘a millennium in time.’

- Following the Tribulation, the Devil is chained for a Thousand Years during Christ Millennial reign.

“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a Thousand Years, ³ And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the Thousand Years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

 ⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast Antichrist], neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;

and they [these martyrs] lived and reigned with Christ a Thousand Years. ^5a But the rest of the dead [the lost] lived not again until the Thousand Years were finished [to be judged] …

- The resurrected O.T. saints of Israel will join the martyrs at the close of the Tribulation at the beginning of the Millennium. when they will co-reign with Christ for a Thousand Years

^5b This [v4, resurrection of those who will reign] is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection [of the dead faithful of Israel]: on such the second death hath no power, but they [of Israel] shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a Thousand Years.” (Revelation 20:1-6 (KJV)

Thus, the RCC opposes belief in the ‘Pre-Tribulational Rapture’ or any form of the ‘Millennial Reign of Christ,’ which follows the Tribulation period.

Jesus said the following to His faithful Jewish Apostles and disciples concerning their reigning with Him in “the regeneration,” meaning “the kingdom of heaven to come on earth.

“And Jesus said unto them [His faithful Jewish Apostles and disciples], Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration [of the ‘Kingdom of heaven’ on the new earth] when the Son of man [Jesus] shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye [the 12 Apostles] also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging [ruling] the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Matthew 19:28 (KJV)

This parable of Jesus conveys the truth of Israel’s believers co-reigning with Christ, “And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. ¹⁹ And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities."  (Luke 19:17-19 (KJV)

Summarizing: The RCC ‘opposes’ and condemns;

• The Rapture of the members of “the body of Christ” to heaven (1Thes 4:13-18, 1Cor. 15:51-55),
• Which then is followed by the 7-year Tribulation period of judgments to come upon the earth…
• Which ends with the Lord Jesus Christ’s 2^nd coming to earth,
• to set up and reign in His Millennial (meaning, ‘one thousand year’) Kingdom on earth with Israel ‘co-reigning’ (Rev. 5:10, 20:6).

According to Satan’s Plan:

The Catholic ‘amillennial position,’ means, the RCC’s ‘condemns’ the Biblical account of the Millennial reign of Christ on earth that is to be preceded by the Rapture first and then the subsequent 7-year Tribulation in between.

This deception of the RCC plays into Satan’s plan perfectly because these deceived Catholics will not be troubled when they see that millions of the true church, “the body of Christ,” are Raptured off planet earth while the RCC Catholics are ‘left behind’ to support the reign of ‘Scarlet Harlot’ religion and ‘the Antichrist.’ But God’s “wrath” will be their portion.

Another thing that will happen after the Rapture is that the “two witnesses” will appear in Jerusalem and begin prophesying [preaching] for 1260 days. (Rev. 11:1-14) Notice in the chart that this will take place near the middle of the ‘Tribulation’ period. Many people will flock to Jerusalem to see the “two witnesses” but their message will not be comforting to people as they desire. On the contrary, the “two witnesses” will “torment” those who live on the earth with the truth just as Noah preaching did. In fact, they will celebrate and send each other gifts, when the beast kills the “two witnesses,” at the end of 1260 days. This hateful antichrist mob mentality, as we see today, no doubt will be the prevailing mindset of ‘those left behind’ toward the Rapture grace believers… essentially saying “Good Riddance!”

But after 3-1/2 days, the “two witnesses” will stand up and ascend to heaven, as their enemies watch, and the world’s largest ever earthquake strikes Israel. (Revelation 11:1-13) 

“⁷And when they [the two witnesses] shall have finished their testimony [preaching], the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city [Jerusalem], which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

⁹ And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

¹⁰ And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them [the dead two witnesses], and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

¹¹ And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. ¹² And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they [the two witnesses] ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

¹³ And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant [of believers] were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.” (Revelation 11:7-13 (KJV)

The RCC’s Utter Rejection of the Truth of the word of God concerning Pretribulation Rapture and the Post-Tribulation 2^nd coming of Christ in wrath to judge and to set up His righteous Millennial Kingdom with Jesus Christ UPON the literal earth.

The RCC’s rejection of these truths is KEY to this prophecy so that the RCC will NOT Be Dismayed when they are ‘Left Behind’ at the Rapture of the genuine church, which today is “the body of Christ.”  

Why won’t the RCC lament having ‘missed the Rapture’?

• This is because, eschatologically speaking, The RCC Needs to Remain On Earth AFTER The Rapture.

WHY is this?

The false doctrinal position of the RCC must stay intact so as to Continue the RCC’s Work In Concert With Satan’s Plan for the enslavement of the population of planet earth. The RCC, as ‘the root’ of the “Scarlet Harlot’s” early Tribulation religion … works in Support of the Antichrist, helping to bring Antichrist to power… Worldwide.

• Thus, The RCC’s doctrinal Opposition to the Truth of a ‘Pre-millennial Rapture’ of the real “church, which is His body” and the Post-Tribulation ‘One Thousand-year (millennial) Kingdom’ of Jesus Christ to literally come on the physical earth. This then fits perfectly with Satan’s plan for the RCC’s roll in the rise of the ‘Scarlet Harlot” and thereby the Antichrist also.