SMOKE FROM THE VATICAN
SPIRITUAL GOVERNANCE
Sunday, April 27,2025, the Year of Our Lord
Pastor Carolyn Sissom
The winds of God are moving across the earth so fast, we must stay in the flow of the Holy Spirit to understand the times. I, for one, do not want to miss God and all the wonders of God now happening for all to witness who have spiritual ears to hear and spiritual eyes to see. I want to be like the “sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do” (1 Ch. 12:32). I want to know how to pray in agreement with the LORD and His Kingdom purposes.
This week, the funeral of Pope Frances and the Conclave to follow are all in God’s divine order and a set time. Amanda Grace states, “the new Pope will be a sign of the times. Be watching! Just as Pope Francis was a sign of the time. His appointment suddenly encompassed everything Obama stood for. It was a time of corruption and abomination.” It was so during both the Obama and Biden administrations as well as the atrocities of lawfare, impeachment and abuse during the first Trump term.
Amanda Grace gave a prophecy 2/13/2025: “Smoke from the Vatican, Revival in Italy is rumbling. Rumblings in Greece. Leadership is about to change suddenly. During Passover serious resignations. Serious announcements from the Vatican as well. (Pope’s death announced on Passover and Schwab, W.E.F. resigned – (simultaneously)… A very old wound about to be reopened in the Catholic church; In the Episcopal church, a wound that is about to be uncovered and is grave in nature that goes back over 30 years. That wound shall be exposed. Side of the church to be pierced and opened, including the Vatican. 4/21/2025: “Pope Francis died Schwab steps down – church very serious changing of the guard, including leadership in Europe. A very serious prophetic sign, an arrow of what we are about to enter from Passover to Pentecost.”
The Cardinals response to the leading of the Lord Jesus through the process of choosing the next Pope is consequential to 1.406 billion Catholics. Some of which will hold governmental and ruling civil offices in probably every nation and territory on earth. Therefore, the man chosen who will set the Catholic Church’s vision for the next two decades will have the power to affect the whole earth either spiritually or politically depending on how he rules and if He is indeed called and chosen by the Lord Jesus Christ. “Many are called, but few are chosen.” (Mt. 22:14).
Dan. 2:21: He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.
It speaks volumes without any embellishment that Royals and World leaders from all over the world attended the funeral of Pope Francis. That is a measuring rod of the importance of the Pontiff in world affairs. But because of the keen and exact prophecies given by Amanda Grace, I believe the LORD JESUS CHRIST is measuring and weighing in the balance. May the revival arise in the midst of the Cardinals.
Part of Amanda Grace’s prophecy is a revival in Italy. We have diligently prayed and sought the LORD to overturn the wicked rulers not only over the United States, but in all nations. We continue to pray for a revival in the United States. Let us come into agreement with Amanda Grace’s prophecy for a revival in Italy and that the Holy Spirit will sovereignly move on this conclave of Cardinals and they will choose a man called and chosen by the LORD JESUS CHRIST to lead and/or come along-side the leaders of a revival in the Catholic Church.
It is my faith statement for my life journey that if we follow Jesus all the days of our life, He will lead us victoriously through all that life throws at us. Depending on our response and obedience to His leading, we will fulfill our Kingdom purpose for being born. If we are unfaithful, disobedient, and rebellious, we can miss God for long seasons of our life, thus missing blessings. Our blessings individually and nationally are in the will and purpose of Almighty God.
This past week at Tuesday Morning Bible Study according to the kairos time of the Holy Spirit, we studied the rule of David from the time of his enthronement to just prior to his death. David represents spiritual leadership in a spiritual government. Yet, one of his hardest life-long battles from the time of his first anointing at the sheepcote was with the political government, i.e., the political spirit of Saul’s house.
“The political spirit is the mastermind that forges alliances with the religious and Jezebel spirits to forward its own hidden agenda. This is political propaganda masquerading as a quest for the greater good.
The Political spirit has been specifically assigned to block the establishment of the government of the Kingdom of God on the earth by instituting false government and corrupt political practices. It is the spirit behind the positioning and strife we see in earthly governments and behind divisions in the Church.
To be victorious in these last days, the Body of Christ will need to be carriers of the glory of God…When we go beyond a light visitation of God’s presence and move into a deeper habitation, our life must be divinely aligned.
Great moves of God have swept the earth, and it all ended within just a few decades. David and Solomon established a holy nation unto God, but after their deaths, it was split in two. Jesus came and the apostles went out, and a hundred years later, the miracles were gone. John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield started the Great Awakening and the Methodist church. William and Catherine Booth started the Salvation Army and swept the gospel around the world, but now the Army is merely a charitable organization that no longer holds the salvation of souls as its primary aim. The Charismatic renewal came through the Catholic and Episcopal Church.
Many years ago, too many for me to count, the LORD spoke to me about the Christian denominations. He said, “Carolyn I have kept my hand on certain denominations because they release a measure of my Kingdom through their ministry:”
Catholic Church – believe in miracles and have mercy.
Methodist Church – Gives Grace and graciousness.
Baptist Church – Salvation, teaches the word of God and teaches people to tithe.
Pentecost Church – Possess and operate in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Lutheran Church – Justification by Faith in Christ.
Presbyterian Church- steadfastness, perseverance, and single mindedness to follow core values of faith, wisdom and knowledge.
At the moment, other denominations do not come to my remembrance, but the main point of my mentioning this today is the LORD JESUS CHRIST has His measuring rod for His Church.
According to Amanda Grace’s exact-to-the-date prophecies, that angel with the measuring rod is active in the largest Christian church in the world. The LORD always starts at the top and comes down.
In Ez. 40: 3-6; 42: 16-19, The Measuring Man is the Lord (Eph. 4:13, Rev 11:1-2; Rev. 21:16). In Ezekiel, Jesus measures the outer court, but in New Jerusalem the outer court is not measured, only the altar. I believe that is because the Holy Ghost came at Pentecost and those who have not received Him, will not be measured.
Rev. 11: 1-2: I was given a reed like a measuring rod. The angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two moths.
Rev. 21:21: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
God has been preparing His church---equipping and training His people---to be filled to overflowing with His honor and glory. Yes, we are in a move of God because we are pressing in for more of the LORD. Those who diligently seek Him will find Him. We have not only found Jesus, but he has found us. Let us follow Him as He is leading His “called out ones,” into a new day. Let us follow the prophetic arrow that points us from Resurrection Sunday to Pentecost and go Beyond Pentecost into the portals of Glory.
Heb. 11:6: Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Psa. 119:2: Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!
“God’s living temple has gone through the fires of refinement, brick by brick, so that we can sustain His glory---because it is only the glory of God that can expel the gross darkness at work in the world today (Isa. 60: 1-3). The Church will need to rise up and walk in a greater degree of divine alignment---to overcome the enemy of her future, the political spirit operating in the Spirit of antichrist. The political spirit is the strong man working behind the scenes to gain power over spiritual and natural territories by controlling the world’s governing systems. This spiritual enemy manifests in the form of false government, which has reaped deception and destruction throughout the Church and the world. It is the cunning spirit behind every corrupt governing system---and it can only be displaced by the true government of God.”
In the next 15 days, prior to the Conclave there will be many political back-room meetings and many political deals made.
Tragically this spirit has operated within the body of Christ as easily as it has anywhere else. Because of this, God is calling us to dismantle the influence of this spirit first within our own lives, then in our churches, and then in our nations. This must not only be displaced through divine strategies of faith, knowledge, and prayer, but it must also be replaced with the government of God’s Kingdom. This strong man always raises its head as a government that ultimately is against God’s blessings flowing to its people, even though it looks like it has the best interests of the people at heart. In order to make sure the false doesn’t return you just replace it with the true.
The political spirit begins to operate within a Church or organization because members become territorial and protective of their positions.
Those who fear God will operate in the wisdom needed to bring alignment to the body of Christ that alignment will cause truth and justice to shine forth into every dark corner. Isa. 33:6: Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times… The fear of the Lord brings blessing and deliverance, for those who fear the Lord have nothing else to fear. When we have a reverence and awe for the majesty of God, we will begin to see God expose, remove, and exterminate all of our enemies. I think mine have been exterminated. As far as I know, I don’t have any enemies.
The Lord has given me a grace on my life (probably from my years in the Methodist Church) of not taking issue with the doctrines of the denominations. If you have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you have Jesus in your heart. We are all saved by His righteousness Blood. No matter what our beliefs are, all of our righteousness is as filthy rags. If you are still struggling to overcome weaknesses and failures, well look at your neighbor. They have this realm called “life” coming full force toward them. What we know is that through Jesus Christ, He has given us the grace to overcome and to love one another as he has loved us. It is great to not preach from “issues.”
Let us pray the Lord’s will be done in the Catholic Church for His Kingdom purposes.
Carolyn Sissom, Pastor
Eastgate Ministries Church, 10115 West Hidden Lakes Lane, Richmond, TX
Scripture from K.J.V. I entered into the labors of The Political Spirit by: Faisal Malick. (Sissom sermon notes5/11/2010) Comments and Conclusions are my own and not meant to reflect Brother Malick’s views. Prophecy given to Amanda Grace, Ark of Grace Ministry.