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Letter to the Editor:My ex-wife married me in the Catholic Church, but soon had enough of some Catholics asking Mary’s help rather than prayers directly to Jesus only. She added that God shows no partiality, therefore Mary is in her grave until resurrection time like the rest of us humans. What about Elijah and Moses, who were apparently present with Jesus at the Transfiguration? And not that advance blessing for Mother Mary? What of Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, and so on?Likewise, there is disagreement regarding Holy Communion in our Catholic Mass. When God said, “Let there be light,” I trust we agree that it happened! When Jesus at the Last Supper said, as He distributed the bread and wine, “This is my body…this is my blood…take and eat and drink, all of you,” what happened? And in other Holy Scripture, “Unless you do, you will not have life in you.” Pretty clear and heavy, wouldn’t you agree? So when our priest at Mass asks the Holy Spirit to repeat that change for the ongoing spiritual food of each current generation, what happens?Your thoughts on these divisive issues are appreciated, while we await His full revelation.-L. Conrad, WI


Arno's Answer:


“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). That eliminates all others.
 
Moses and Elijah appeared in their spiritual identity. That’s why Peter recognized them, although he had never seen them.

Regarding the Lord’s resurrection, we read in Matthew 27:52, “…the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose.” Where did these saints go? Ephesians 4:8 answers, “…When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.” That means some of the saints arose physically and literally, and when Jesus ascended to heaven, He took them with Him.

Regarding Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, etc., they are based on visions of certain people and have no relationship to Holy Scripture.

Jesus said, “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him” (John 6:56). He explains it in verse 63, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.”

The rebirth, the result of real faith, makes me part of His body spiritually. Physically, however, my flesh and blood remains sinful; subsequently, it will die as written in Hebrews 9:27.

Midnight Call - 05/2016

Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.

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