..In the SUN TAB- LOID of August 17, 1999 are these re- markable words of Pope John Paul II ..about "HEAVEN"

Hidden Bible Codes show Jesus is here speaking!

The article, which begins on page 20 of the SUN TABLOID is attributed

to someone named Beth Gimmel [who may or may not be a human person,

since "beth" and "gimel" are two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, also

standing for 2 and 3 or 23]..The title reads: VATICAN BOMBSHELL:

"Pope reveals: Shocking TRUTH about HEAVEN"..It's not the

PARADISE that you think!".....A subtitle under "Beth Gimmel" reads:

"THERE ARE NO PEARLY GATES!"..The SUN TABLOID continues:

......."That's the stunning announcement by Pope John Paul II, leader of

the world's largest Christian denomination.

........'The Heaven in which we will find ourselves is neither an abstraction

nor a physical place among the clouds,' the 79-year-old pontiff declared to

a crowd of pilgrims assembled in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

........'Paradise will be a state of being after death, a living and personal

relationship with the Holy Trinity."

........The Pope referred to a recent Jesuit magazine, Civila Cattolica

(Catholic Civilization), which officially redefined Hell not as a lake of

fire, but as a separation from God, earned by those sinners who have

consciously chosen not to do good.

........On the other hand, those who lead righteous lives will be rewarded,

the Pope says, with a close communion and full intimacy with God.

........'Heaven is a blessed community of those who remained faithful to

Jesus Christ in their lifetime and are now at one with glory,' he says."

The article by "Beth Gimmel" continues, and these are the published

words of the SUN TABLOID, not my own! .....Were I to say such things,

I might have my license to breath the air of freedom revoked!

........."This dramatic announcement flies in the face of traditional Catholic

teachings....For example, the doctrine of the Assumption of Mary, stated

as recently as 1950, directly implies the existence of a physical Heaven

somewhere above Earth - because Mary's physical body was supposed to

have been lifted to Heaven by God!

........Despite declaring Heaven and Hell as non-physical places, the Pope

has declared demons as literally real beings, 'spirits which rebelled against

God,' who exist as a warning of the real possibility of eternal damnation.

.........The Pope shocked millions of believers when he proclaimed God

was not the white-haired father-figure depicted in classic paintings through

history. .....God is not 'an old man with a white beard,' the pope said, but

a supreme being with male and female qualities.

........'Announcements like these do not show a change in basic beliefs, but

are a reflection of changing needs within the faith,' Vatican insider Father

Guilio Battista tells SUN....'In today's fast-paced, modern world, people

feel this need for a close relationship with God more than ever before....

It is the duty of the Church to bring the people to God...."

........"A recent poll finds over 70 percent of Americans believe in a

literal Heaven - compared with only 57 percent who believe in Hell."