"There's been a big break for those who have any connection with health care who might have faced troubles because of moral or religious objections they had against something they were asked to do. They'll have a big, powerful friend in the new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division set up by the federal government's Health and Human Services ... On May 4th, 2017, we reached a turning point in America, Severino explained. On that day, President Trump issued a religious liberty executive order and changed the course of the federal government on the issue of religious freedom."
FLASHBACK! - Trump said ... If I'm president, 'Christianity will have power' in America
Mark this well friends ... It is apostasy that leads professed Christians to seek the aid of the secular power. And this will result in the forming of the image of the beast!
"The mingling of churchcraft and statecraft is represented by the iron and the clay. This union is weakening all the power of the churches. This investing the church with the power of the state will bring evil results. Men have almost passed the point of God's forbearance. They have invested their strength in politics, and have united with the papacy. But the time will come when God will punish those who have made void His law, and their evil work will recoil upon themselves." (Manuscript Releases, Vol.15, pgr.39)
This news article may sound good to professed Christians, but this is just the beginning of something much bigger that Satan is planning. You see, in Revelation 13 we are told that America (the second beast), would form an 'image to the first beast' (the first beast being the Papal Church of Rome). So what will the image of the beast in America be? It will be a UNITING of church and state, with the 'church' dictating to the state, as to what laws to enforce. The problem is, the 'church' in this partnership is not God's true church, but consists of the fallen churches of Babylon. And you only need to look at history to see where unity between church and state ends up - persecution!
This 'religious freedom' phrase keeps being thrown about today. But it is a false religious freedom, as it will only apply to those who join in with this ecumenical movement with the Pope and fallen churches. Those of us who preach the truth about the fallen churches will not receive any kind of 'freedom', but will be persecuted by this 'new power'.
"When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of 'heresy.' In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends." (The Great Controversy, p.443)