{"id":9018,"date":"2020-09-02T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:30:03","slug":"abrahamic-faith-initiative-abraham-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=9018","title":{"rendered":"Abrahamic Faith Initiative &#038; Abraham Accord,"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=one-world-religion\" class=\"series-63\" title=\"One World Religion\">One World Religion<\/a><\/div><blockquote><p><span id=\"en-AKJV-28699\" class=\"text 1Cor-14-20\">Brethren, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">be not children<\/span> in understanding: howbeit<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> in malice be ye children<\/span>, but <strong>in understanding be men<\/strong>.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/classic.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=%201%20Corinthians%2014%3A20&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 Cor.14:20<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Abrahamic Faith Initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9071\" style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Shaikh_Mohammad_Bin_Zayed_with_Pope_Francis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9071\" class=\"wp-image-9071\" src=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Shaikh_Mohammad_Bin_Zayed_with_Pope_Francis-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Shaikh_Mohammad_Bin_Zayed_with_Pope_Francis-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Shaikh_Mohammad_Bin_Zayed_with_Pope_Francis-676x507.jpg 676w, http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Shaikh_Mohammad_Bin_Zayed_with_Pope_Francis.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Imam of Al Azhar , Pope Francis &amp; <strong>Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed<\/strong> Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi , Feb. 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There was a WORLD peace plan document signed on Feb. 4th 2019 by Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi, UAE, called &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Document_on_Human_Fraternity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Document on Human Fraternity for<strong> World Peace<\/strong>&#8216;<\/a> : &#8216;<em>The pope and the grand imam of al-Azhar have signed a historic declaration of fraternity, calling for peace between <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nations<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">religions<\/span> and races, in front of a global audience of religious leaders from <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Christianity<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/islam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islam<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Judaism<\/span><\/strong> and <strong>other<\/strong> <strong>faiths<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221; see more <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=6481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Three days after Pope signed the &#8216;Human Fraternity for<strong> World Peace<\/strong>&#8216;, document the <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/uae\/government\/abrahamic-house-a-strong-message-of-tolerance-from-uae-1.61910083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UAE news<\/a> announced the construction of a multi-faith &#8220;<strong>Abrahamic<\/strong> Family House&#8221; complex in Abu Dhabi. They unveiled more details of the plan on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSVo9NOqXE0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Sept.<\/a> of same year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abrahamic Family House Animation by Adjaye Associates\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEYflyNkWbA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this document of Human Fraternity for World Peace, they agree to form an <strong>interfaith council<\/strong> called &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/uae\/government\/uae-forms-committee-to-implement-human-fraternity-document-signed-by-pope-francis-1.900352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity<\/a>&#8216; (also responsible for supervising the <strong>Abrahamic Family House<\/strong>) &amp; urged <strong>political leaders and influencers<\/strong> to &#8220;<em><strong>work strenuously to <\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">spread<\/span> the culture of tolerance and of living together in peace<\/em>.&#8221; This document of World Peace (signed by Pope &amp; and the grand imam of al-Azhar) was <span style=\"color: #800000;\">the official beginning of the<strong> One World Religion<\/strong><\/span>, that now has as the back bone the 3 monotheistic religions.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In December 5, 2019 the elected &#8216;<strong>Higher Committee of Human Fraternity<\/strong>&#8216; (which was formed also with the help\u00a0 of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi), met in New York, with the United Nations Secretary-General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. Commenting on the meeting, Guterres said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>The Human Fraternity Document, signed by the Grand Imam and Pope Francis<\/strong>, represents the practical application of religious tolerance and respect, and a direct and intended <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">message to all believers<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">that diversity in religion is a divine wisdom<\/span>, just like difference in color, gender and language<\/em>.\u00a0 . . . &#8220;<em>The signing of this document by the world&#8217;s top religious figures reflects the universality of its message that involves necessity of respecting and protecting the principle of religious freedom. This <span style=\"color: #800000;\">couldn\u2019t have been possible without the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">support and efforts<\/span> of <\/span><strong>His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces<\/strong>, in getting this <strong>document signed and implemented<\/strong> to promote global coexistence and understanding. . . <\/em>&#8220;. See:\u00a0 https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/details\/1395302808328<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We cannot choose where are we born (nation &amp; language), nor our gender or race, but <strong>we can choose our beliefs or religion<\/strong>. For this reason diversity in religions is not comparable with diversity of gender, race, etc. There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">diversity<\/span> of religions in the world, but it has to do with earthly wisdom, they are man-made, it is not divine wisdom, since all these religions contradict each other! Truth cannot contradict itself or then it&#8217;s not truth. We know there is only <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>one true God<\/strong><\/span>, creator of all things, &amp; Jesus Christ His Son, the only way to the Father Jn.4:16, who die &amp; pay for our sins, so people of all nations, race &amp; languages could be together in Him (<a href=\"https:\/\/classic.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+7%3A9-12&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rev. 7:9-11<\/a>). That&#8217;s God&#8217;s plan or <strong>Divine wisdom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A month later after this Higher Committee meeting at the UN headquaters, the &#8220;<strong>Abrahamic<\/strong> Faiths Initiative&#8221; inspired by the signing of same document of World Peace (see<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230610184547\/http:\/\/www.christianunity.va\/content\/unitacristiani\/en\/news\/2020\/2020-01-31-abrahamic-faiths-initiative.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here<\/a>), had a gathering in Rome of 25 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jewish, Muslim and Christian<\/span> <strong>world leaders<\/strong> in January 14-16, 2020 at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Callista_Gingrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Callista Gingrich<\/a> (wife of Newt Gingrich) nominated by president Trump in 2017 as <strong>U.S. Ambassador for the Holy See<\/strong> said in a speech &#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The United States is proud to<strong> support<\/strong> this Initiative<\/span>, organized by the Multi-Faith Neighbors Network . . . <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Abrahamic Faiths Initiative<\/span> was inspired in part by the seminal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Document on <strong>Human Fraternity<\/strong> and Living Together, <strong>signed by Pope Francis<\/strong> and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi last year<\/span><\/em>. <em>Indeed, <strong>this Initiative responds <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">directly to their<\/span> invitation<\/strong> to reconciliation and fraternity among all believers and people of good will&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>-Same month on January 28, 2020, president Trump presented <span style=\"color: #800000;\">his vision<\/span> for <em><strong>Middle East Peace Plan<\/strong><\/em> in the White House, to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The White House briefings stated: &#8220;<em>President Donald J. Trump recognizes it is time for a new approach to achieve<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> peace, security<\/span><strong>, dignity, and opportunity <\/strong>for Israel and the Palestinian people.<\/em>&#8221; What I found later is UAE was also present in that meeting &#8220;<em>The United States and Israel recall with gratitude the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">appearance of the United Arab Emirates at the White House reception held on January 28, 2020<\/span>, at which President Trump presented his Vision for Peace, and express their appreciation for United Arab Emirates&#8217; related supportive statements.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Abraham Accord<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On August 13, 2020 there was an announcement of a historical <strong>peace accord<\/strong> between <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jews an Arabs<\/span> that proponents say it will bring <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Peace &amp; Security<\/span> in the Middle East. Many Christians haven&#8217;t realized yet that this <strong>&#8216;Abraham Accord&#8217; <\/strong>is part or <strong>a continuation<\/strong> of the same document signed by Pope Francis &amp; the Grand Iman of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi last year,<strong> which includes nations<\/strong> &amp; it was made possible because of the support and efforts of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/israel-uae-agree-normalize-ties-trump-calls-historic\/story?id=72350077&amp;cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_twopack_image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump announces<strong> historic peace agreement<\/strong> between Israel &amp; UAE<\/a>. He said that expects <strong>more Arab countries<\/strong> to &#8220;<em>follow the United Arab Emirates&#8217; lead<\/em>.&#8221; &amp; also stated &#8220;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I made clear<\/span> that the problems of the Middle East can only be solved <strong>when people of <\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>all faiths<\/strong><\/span> come together<\/em>&#8220;. (see also video of J. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1293965031558778880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1293965031558778880%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nowtheendbegins.com%2Fpresident-trump-brokers-deal-full-diplomatic-relations-israel-united-arab-emirates%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kushner<\/a><span id=\":7n.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/span>). In an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6181566717001#sp=show-clips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kushner said: Israel-UAE deal<\/a> is the culmination of <strong>three &amp; a half<\/strong> years of diplomacy, which included also talks with <strong>the Pope<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>-We know one of those talks was the closed-door meeting of VP Pence with the Pope, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2020\/01\/24\/mike-pence-and-pope-francis-meet-surprisingly-long-first-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Pence &amp; Pope Francis<\/strong> meet in a long first visit<\/a>, (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250425124038\/https:\/\/www.nowtheendbegins.com\/mike-pence-meets-pope-francis-closed-door-meeting-vatican-human-fraternity-chrislam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>). Pence once <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200720074507\/https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2016\/07\/14\/5-faith-facts-on-mike-pence-a-born-again-evangelical-catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, &#8220;<em>I made a commitment to Christ. I\u2019m a born-again, evangelical <strong>Catholic<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221; The Pope gave him a medallion depicting \u201cthe angel of peace,\u201d a copy of his message <strong>World Day of Peace 2020<\/strong>, as well as copies of some of Pope&#8217;s writings, including \u201cThe Joy of the Gospel\u201d and the environmental encyclical \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2015\/06\/18\/top-ten-takeaways-laudato-si\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Laudato Si<\/strong><\/a>\u201d inspired in the works of <strong>mystic St. Francis of Assisi <\/strong>(first stigmatic recorded, that did penances like long vigils, frequent flagellation, etc). That commitment was symbolically underscored by the presentation of a <b>green\u00a0Tau Cross<\/b> to all signatories.<\/p>\n<p>The Tau Cross is considered Saint Francis\u2019s \u201ctrademark\u201d. ( to see meaning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christian-restoration.com\/fmasonry\/witchcraft.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tau<\/a> scroll to the bottom of link). That&#8217;s also same cross that Constantine saw in his vision &#8216;<em>on this sign conquer&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I agree on being a good steward of God&#8217;s creation, but this encyclical is really an ecology movement <span style=\"color: #800000;\">taken to the extreme<\/span>, bringing people to worship mother earth. Please see some &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/novusordowatch.org\/2015\/07\/ravasi-earth-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laudato Si<\/a>&#8216; in action, which also includes talking, praying to animals &amp; spiritual <strong>salvation<\/strong> of <strong>animals,<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250619163120\/https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/pope-francis-says-theres-a-place-for-pets-in-heaven-while-conservative-catholics-preach-animals-have-no-souls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/commentary\/2016\/12\/animals-place-mass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/endorsing-the-salvation-of-animals-pope-warns-of-earths-end-43715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>, etc.). This &#8216;Laudato Si&#8217; is going on <span style=\"color: #800000;\">one direction<\/span>, which the Bible mentions about the last days in <a href=\"https:\/\/classic.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Timothy+4&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 Timothy 4:3<\/a> : &#8220;<span id=\"en-AKJV-29751\" class=\"text 1Tim-4-3\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">forbidding<\/span> to marry,<\/em> <i>and <strong>commanding<\/strong><\/i> <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">to abstain from<strong> meats<\/strong><\/span>, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 -Please see Update Jul. 11th 2022<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Abraham Accord<\/strong> will include establishing embassies and exchanging ambassadors, investments into the Israeli security, education, trade, economy, direct flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi, health care trade, including an <strong>investment<\/strong> in Israeli efforts to develop a <strong>coronavirus vaccine<\/strong>, visits of Arabs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20251008214320\/https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Dome-of-the-Rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dome of the Rock<\/a> , etc.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump announces peace deal between Israel, UAE\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lGLHwUCt-G8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. <strong>When they say \u201c<\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Peace and security<\/span><strong>,\u201d<\/strong> destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, <strong>are not in the darkness so that<\/strong> <strong>this day should overtake you like a thief For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day<\/strong>; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_thessalonians\/5-3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span id=\":7n.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">1 Thess.5:1-6<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These statements of &#8216;peace &amp; security&#8217; (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IGI541ovmtY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> , &amp; also on day of unveiling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j9MztVdwagk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peace plan<\/a>, etc.) <strong>are prophetic <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_thessalonians\/5-3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span id=\":7n.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">1 Thess.5:1-6 <\/span><\/a>&amp; very significant now that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel once again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=one-world-religion\" class=\"series-63\" title=\"One World Religion\">One World Religion<\/a><\/div><p>Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 1 Cor.14:20 &nbsp; Abrahamic Faith Initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9018"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14480,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions\/14480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=9018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}