From Creation to the Second Coming of Christ
Wisdom is Justified by Her Children: The Great Apostasy Prophesied by the Lord Jesus Christ
Wisdom is Justified by Her Children: The Great Apostasy Prophesied by the Lord Jesus Christ
According to St. Augustine the Sixth Age of the World lasts until the Second Coming of Christ.
Our
Lord Jesus Christ's Second Coming is, according to St. Augustine, the
Seventh Day. (Ages and Days are the same. They are not of equal length
from one to the next.) The Eighth Day is the eternal age in the
recreated universe when Christ has returned and reigns visibly
forevermore.
Parallel passage references are from the full consensus of the Church Fathers according to the Council of Trent.
Mt:24:
1 ¶ And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2
And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say
to you, there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall
not be destroyed.
Haydock Commentary
Haydock Commentary
Ver.
2. Do
you see all these things?
Examine again and again all this magnificence, that the sentence of
heaven may appear more striking. — A
stone upon a stone.
We need not look on this as an hyperbole. The temple burnt by the
Romans, and afterwards even ploughed up. See Greg. Naz. orat. ii.
cont. Julianum, Theodoret l. iii. Histor. c. xx. &c. Wi. —
Julian the apostate, wishing to falsify the predictions of Daniel and
of Jesus Christ, attempted to rebuild the temple. For this purpose,
he assembled the chief among the Jews, and asking them why they
neglected the prescribed sacrifices, was answered, that they could
not offer any where else but in the temple of Jerusalem. Upon this
he ordered them to repair to Jerusalem, to rebuild their temple, and
restore their ancient worship, promising them his concurrence in
carrying on the work. This filled the Jews with inexpressible joy.
Hence flocking to Jerusalem, they began with scorn and triumph to
insult over the Christians. Contributions came in from all parts.
The Jewish women stripped themselves of their most costly ornaments.
The emperor opened his treasures to furnish every thing necessary for
the building. The most able workmen were convened from all parts;
persons of the greatest distinction were appointed to direct the
work; and the emperor's friend, Alipius, was set over the whole, with
orders to carry on the work without ceasing, and to spare no expense.
All materials were laid in to an immense quantity. The Jews of both
sexes bore a share in the labour; the women helping to dig the
ground, and carry away the rubbish in their aprons and gowns. It is
even said that the Jews appointed some pick-axes, spades, and
baskets, to be made of silver, for the honour of the work. Till this
time the foundations and some ruins of the walls had remained, as
appears from S. Cyril, in his catechism xv. n. 15. and Euseb. Dem.
Evang. l. viii. p. 406. These ruins the Jews first demolished with
their own hands, thus concurring to the accomplishment of our
Saviour's prediction. They next began to dig a new foundation, in
which many thousands were employed. But what they had thrown up in
the day, was, by repeated earthquakes, the night following cast back
again into the trench. When Alipius the next day was earnestly
pressing on the work, with the assistance of the governor of the
province, there issued, says Ammianus Marcellinus, such horrible
balls of fire out of the earth near the foundations, as to render the
place inaccessible from time to time to the scorched workmen. And
the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately bent, as
it were, to drive them to a distance, Alipius, thought proper to
abandon, though reluctantly, the enterprise. This great event
happened in the beginning of the year 363, and with many very
astonishing circumstances is recorded both by Jews and Christians.
See the proofs and a much fuller account of this astonishing event,
which all the ancient fathers describe as indubitable, in Alban
Butler's life of S. Cyril of Jerusalem, March 18th. Thus they so
completely destroyed whatever remained of the ancient temple, that
there was not left one stone upon another; nor were they permitted by
heaven even to begin the new one. Maldonatus.
[Lk:19:44:
44
And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee. And
they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast
not known the time of thy visitation. (DRV)
The temple destruction was in 70 A.D. See Luke chapter 21.]
3
aAnd when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him
privately, saying: bTell us when shall these things be? cAnd what shall
be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world?
[v.
3 This dates this as basically end time prophecy from this point on -
first the end of the former age which finds its fulfilment in the first
appearance, the Incarnation and Life and Ministry and Teaching and
Sacrificial Crucifixion and Death and the Resurrection and Ascension in
the Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the fulfilment of His prophecy of
the Destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. and the subsequent
reaffirmation of that, see above: Haydock Commentary ver. 2 -
which begins the present age in which and never again will the
Tabernacle nor the Temple have any validity before God; then the present
age which will end with the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ -
Our Lord will have us know throughout His New Testament that He is the
fulfilment of all in the Old Testament that was prefigured by the
Tabernacle (much preferred by God to the Temple) and the Temple in the
Old Testament. Neither the Tabernacle nor the Temple will ever again
have any other meaning than to have already pointed to Our Lord Jesus
Christ since Christ has come - any rebuilding of these is a blasphemy
against God and His Christ and His Gospel.]
Haydock Commentary
Haydock Commentary
Ver.
3. Tell
us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the consummation of the world?[1]
We must take good notice with S. Jerom, that three questions are
here joined together. 1. Concerning the destruction of Jerusalem; 2.
of the coming of Christ; 3. of the end of the world. Christ's
answers and predictions in this chapter, are to be expounded with a
reference to the three questions. This hath not been considered by
those interpreters; who expound every thing here spoken by Christ of
the destruction of Jerusalem; nor by others, who will have all
understood of his coming to judgment, and of the end of the world.
Wi. — It is probable the apostles themselves did not understand
that they were asking about two distinct events. Being filled with
the idea of a temporal kingdom, they thought that Christ's second
coming would take place soon; and that Jerusalem, once destroyed, the
Messias would begin his reign on earth.
4 ¶ And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you.
[Jer:29:8:
8
¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your
prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you:
and give no heed to your dreams which you dream: (DRV)
Eph:5:6, 11, 24:
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.
24a Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: (DRV)
Jer:14:14:
14
And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I
sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them:
they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and
the seduction of their own heart. (DRV)]
5 For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will seduce many.
6
And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not
troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet.
7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And
there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places.
8 Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.
9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to
death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many.
12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world,
for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.
[This
dates this from here on as the end of the eschaton. The eschaton is the
consummation of this age of grace which began with Our Lord Jesus
Christ’s Incarnation by the Holy Spirit, conceived and born of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. The eschaton or the ending events, began with v. 3c
"And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of
the world?" From here on it is the very final events leading up to Our
Lord’s Second Coming. See article directly below for continuation.]
Wisdom is Justified by Her Children: The Great Tribulation and the End of this Age
15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.
Wisdom is Justified by Her Children: The Great Tribulation and the End of this Age
15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.
[Dn:9:27:
27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the
half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fail: and there
shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation
shall continue even to the consummation, and to the end. (DRV)
and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fail - literally 3 1/2 years - figuratively any indeterminate length of time - the 1958 Conclave and the false councils of Vatican I (never closed and never promulgated and therefore never made any kind of church law nor teaching) reconvened unlawfully and illicitly and invalidly at the utterly false so-called council of Vatican II which was "called" by the Satanist antichrist and impostor, the Antipope John XXIII AND THE SATANIST SACRIFICE PUT IN THE FACE OF THE FAITHFUL WITH A SNEER OF REFERRING TO THE SMOKE OF SATAN ENTERING THE SANCTUARY by the antichrist Antipope Paul VI when referring to the child murder sacrifice to Satan of June 29, 1963 in the Vatican - which Satanist Antipope Paul VI was part of. Amongst other Diabolic activities that Satanist antichrist Antipope Paul VI was part of in the Vatican was his
meeting with marrano-cypto-Jew Lyndon Baines Johnson
there who was part of the assassination of lawful President John F. Kennedy, who opposed "Israel" and any/all nuclear weapons for them and Opium production and many other evils, and then Johnson embarked on his Opium war in the Pacific rim to flood the world with drugs and amongst the rest of his evils gave the "Israelis" nuclear weapons and then in 1967 in yet another act of barbaric treason and total transgression of international law betrayed the USS Liberty to the antichrist "Israelis" to further their Satanic and unlawful war against Syria and Egypt at that time. All terrorist activities on the part of so called resistance fighters are just part of the sham put on by the underlying antichrist assassin espionage saboteur agencies; Christ's faithful are to have nothing to do with any of it.
All of that absolutely makes it imperative that Christ's faithful have nothing to do with the Vatican every since then and invalidates any obedience by Christ's faithful to such abominable unlawful imposters in church and state. It leads directly to the abomination of desolation in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem in absolute Satanic blasphemy of God and His Christ.
in the temple the abomination of desolation - in New Testament terms, which utterly prevail completely and absolutely - any rebuilding of the Temple is the Abomination of Desolation - anything at all that goes on in connection with that is part of the Abomination of Desolation and is equally damned with the Abomination of Desolation.]
and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fail - literally 3 1/2 years - figuratively any indeterminate length of time - the 1958 Conclave and the false councils of Vatican I (never closed and never promulgated and therefore never made any kind of church law nor teaching) reconvened unlawfully and illicitly and invalidly at the utterly false so-called council of Vatican II which was "called" by the Satanist antichrist and impostor, the Antipope John XXIII AND THE SATANIST SACRIFICE PUT IN THE FACE OF THE FAITHFUL WITH A SNEER OF REFERRING TO THE SMOKE OF SATAN ENTERING THE SANCTUARY by the antichrist Antipope Paul VI when referring to the child murder sacrifice to Satan of June 29, 1963 in the Vatican - which Satanist Antipope Paul VI was part of. Amongst other Diabolic activities that Satanist antichrist Antipope Paul VI was part of in the Vatican was his
meeting with marrano-cypto-Jew Lyndon Baines Johnson
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| President Lyndon Baines Johnson met with Pope Paul VI in Vatican City Dec 23 1967 |
Marrano Crypto Jew President Lyndon Johnson meets Satanist AntiPope Paul VI in Vatican City 23 Dec 1967 - notice the bent broken cross of the Satanic sorcerers in the background
there who was part of the assassination of lawful President John F. Kennedy, who opposed "Israel" and any/all nuclear weapons for them and Opium production and many other evils, and then Johnson embarked on his Opium war in the Pacific rim to flood the world with drugs and amongst the rest of his evils gave the "Israelis" nuclear weapons and then in 1967 in yet another act of barbaric treason and total transgression of international law betrayed the USS Liberty to the antichrist "Israelis" to further their Satanic and unlawful war against Syria and Egypt at that time. All terrorist activities on the part of so called resistance fighters are just part of the sham put on by the underlying antichrist assassin espionage saboteur agencies; Christ's faithful are to have nothing to do with any of it.
All of that absolutely makes it imperative that Christ's faithful have nothing to do with the Vatican every since then and invalidates any obedience by Christ's faithful to such abominable unlawful imposters in church and state. It leads directly to the abomination of desolation in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem in absolute Satanic blasphemy of God and His Christ.
in the temple the abomination of desolation - in New Testament terms, which utterly prevail completely and absolutely - any rebuilding of the Temple is the Abomination of Desolation - anything at all that goes on in connection with that is part of the Abomination of Desolation and is equally damned with the Abomination of Desolation.]
16 Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:
[Means to utterly flee from any involvement with those things contrary to the Gospel.]
17 And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.
19 And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those days.
20 But pray that your flight be not in the winter or on the sabbath.
21
For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from
the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
22
And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but
for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.
[This refers to the short duration, by God’s Sovereign command, of the persecution.]
23 Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him.
24
For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew
great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the
elect.
25 Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.
26 If therefore they shall say to you, Behold he is in the desert: go ye not out. Behold he is in the closets: believe it not.
[From
v. 27 on down is the Second Coming of Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ and the general resurrection of all men and the final judgement
by Jesus Christ Himself.]
27 For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.
29
And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be
darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall
from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved.
30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then
shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.
31
And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice: and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest
parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them.
32
¶ And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now
tender and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.
33 So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.
34 Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.
36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth: no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.
37 And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered
into the ark:
39 And they knew not till the flood came and took them all away: so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then two shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one shall be left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and one shall be left.
[vs.
40 and 41 According to the Church Fathers and Doctors this refers to
the binding of the cockle to be burnt with eternal fire. The cockle are
the damned and the ones who do the binding are God’s angels. This does
not refer to any “secret rapture”. There is no “secret rapture”. The
so-called “secret rapture” is heretical docetic denial of the
resurrection.]
42 Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will come.
43
But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour
the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his
house to be broken open.
44 Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.
45
Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath
appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.
47 Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods.
48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:
49 And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with drunkards:
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not and at an hour that he knoweth not:
51 And shall separate him and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(DRV)
Set NO dates.
Matthew 24:15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation...
The Apocalypse, the Book of the Revelation: Abomination of Desolation
The Apocalypse, Chapter 17
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Matthew 24:15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation...
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| Pharisee Antichrist unlawful "world court" of Jews in Jerusalem |
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| The Noble Sanctuary in Jerusalem - which the antichrist Jews plan to demolish to build their temple to Satan in place of |
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| The heirophant, represents the False Prophet who goes before the Antichrist |
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| The rebuilt Temple of the blasphemous abomination of desolation in Jerusalem |
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| Ancient human sacrifice to Satan; the Judeo-Masonic OTO human sacrifice which has occurred in the Vatican since June 29, 1963, and will be done in the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem |
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| The crown of hell which the Antichrist sitting in the temple will wear proclaiming he is god over all gods - human sacrifice will be performed to the Antichrist in the temple as the final worship of Satan by the damned - marked thereby and even beforehand by their allegiance to the Antichrist and the False Prophet and the Abomination of Desolation with the Mark of the Beast and therefore damned for eternity by God, this is the final Abomination of Desolation |
The Apocalypse, the Book of the Revelation: Abomination of Desolation
The Apocalypse, Chapter 17
17.
1 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
15:1,6; 21:9; 19:2
2 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
18:3, 9; Isaiah: 23:17; Rev.: 14:8
3 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
12:3; 13:1
4 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
18:16
5 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
19:2
6 … Scripture reference –
7 … Scripture reference –
8 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
17:11; 11:7!; 13:3, 8!
9 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
13:18
10 … Scripture reference –
11 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
17:8
12 … Scripture reference – Dan.:
7:24
13 … Scripture reference –
14 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
19:16; 1Tim.: 6:15!
15 … Scripture reference –
16 … Scripture reference – Rev.:
19:20; Dan.:7:11
17 … Scripture reference – Prv.:
21:1
18 … Scripture reference –
VI: BABYLON THE GREAT
The Woman on the Scarlet Beast
Rv:17:
1 ¶ And there came one of the seven
angels who had the seven vials and spoke with me, saying: Come, I
will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon
many waters: … Scripture reference – Rev.: 15:1,6; 21:9; 19:2
2 With whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication. And they who inhabit the earth have been made
drunk with the wine of her whoredom. … Scripture reference –
Rev.: 18:3, 9; Isaiah: 23:17; Rev.: 14:8
3 And he took me away in spirit into
the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet coloured beast,
full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. …
Scripture reference – Rev.: 12:3; 13:1
4 And the woman was clothed round about
with purple and scarlet, and gilt with gold and precious stones and
pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and
filthiness of her fornication. … Scripture reference – Rev.:
18:16
5 And on her forehead a name was
written: A mystery: [1] Babylon the great, the mother of the
fornications and the abominations of the earth. … Scripture
reference – Rev.: 19:2
6 And I saw the woman drunk with the
blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I
wondered, when I had seen her, with great admiration.
The Angel’s Explanation
7 ¶ And the angel said to me: Why dost
thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the
beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast which thou sawest, was, and
is not, and shall come up out of the bottomless pit and go into
destruction. And the inhabitants on the earth (whose names are not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall
wonder, seeing the beast that was and is not. … Scripture reference
– Rev.: 17:11; 11:7!; 13:3, 8!
9 And here is the understanding that
hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the
woman sitteth: and they are seven kings. … Scripture reference –
Rev.: 13:18
10 Five are fallen, one is, and the
other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short
time. … Scripture reference –
11 And the beast [2] which was and is
not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into
destruction. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 17:8
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest
are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom: but shall receive
power as kings, one hour [3] after [with] the beast. … Scripture
reference – Dan.: 7:24
13 These have one design: and their
strength and power they shall deliver to the beast.
14 ¶ These shall fight with the Lamb.
And the Lamb shall overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King
of kings: and they that are with him are called and elect and
faithful. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 19:16; 1Tim.: 6:15!
15 And he said to me: The waters which
thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples and nations and
tongues. … Scripture reference –
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest
in the beast: These shall hate the harlot and shall make her desolate
and naked and shall eat her flesh and shall burn her with fire. …
Scripture reference – Rev.: 19:20; Dan.:7:11
17 For God hath given into their hearts
to do that which pleaseth him: that they give their kingdom [4] to
the beast, till the words of God be fulfilled. … Scripture
reference – Prv.: 21:1
18 And the woman which thou sawest is
the great city which hath kingdom over the kings of the earth. [5] …
Scripture reference –
(DRV)
[1] -Ver:-5. A mystery: the name is not
literal but symbolical and its meaning is that it will be revealed in
due time. (mystery in Greek is musterion, that is “revealed”). In
the final ‘universal recapitulation of evil’ (St. Irenaeus’
expression) the “woman” who is the “great harlot” will be the
recapitulation of all the diabolic, demonic, gnostic, infidel, false
religion of the world since Adam. In short, today it is the
Pan-heresy of the Ecumenical movement (utterly opposed by Mortalium
Animus, Pius XI, 1928), which is the culmination of modernist
Judeo-Mason blasphemy of: the True God and His Christ and the Holy
Spirit. This Pan-heresy is centered at Rome in the Vatican since 1958
especially, and has permeated all churches; this is the great
apostasy that St. Paul the Apostle warned us about (see: 2 Thess.2:3,
6, 7). He who holds the great apostasy back (2 Thess: 2:6, 7) until
the appointed time is Jesus Christ Himself, according to St. Justin
Martyr. The beast that the woman rides is the world’s
political-religious systems opposed to the True God, the Trinity, Who
is the Creator and Ruler over all. These taken together are the
precursor of the final beast of verse 11 which includes all the
former systems within it.
[2] -Ver. 11. The beast spoken of here
seems to be the Roman Empire, as in chapter 13. At the end of days it
will be the final world system opposing Christ and His Church. This
world system will be, according to the Church Fathers and Doctors of
the Church, the one world empire of the Antichrist who is the son of
perdition, headquartered in the rebuilt Solomonic temple in
Jerusalem. See 2 Thessalonians 2nd chapter. This is the ultimate
Babylon and is utterly damned by Christ and His Church. “Such a
secular, earthbound state [Israel] could easily become the political
and military power base for the Antichrist when he comes. For the
Antichrist will be in perfect accord with the ideals of such a
Zionist state. Moreover, the State of Israel has demonstrated that it
has the will and ability to go to war and win the secular goals to
which its heart is attached. Thus when the Antichrist comes to power
as head of such an efficient, superbly equipped, scientific State,
founded on nationalism, race and blood, he will be able to conquer
the rest of the world. He will be the first, the only Jew to reign
with political, economic, military power over the whole world from
his capital city, Jerusalem, the city in which Our Lord was
crucified” (Fr. Vincent Miceli, S.J., The Antichrist, p. 152).
[3] -Ver. 12. One hour: ten other
kingdoms are allies of the beast and battle against the Church. But
their dominion is short; typified as an hour. These occur at the same
time and not in succession.
[4] -Ver. 17. The Greek text reads: “.
. . to
do his purpose and to make common cause
and to give their kingdom. . . :”
[5] –Ver. 18. …great city which
hath kingdom over the kings of the earth.: at the time that the
Apocalypse was seen and recorded by St. John the Apostle, that city
was Rome, Italy, of the seven hills (1 – Janiculum with the Vatican
on the lower slope today, 2 – Aventine, 3 – Palatine with the
Capitoline and the Tiburtine oracle, 4 – Caelian, 5 – Esquiline,
6 – Viminal, 7 – Quirinal), in the future it will be Jerusalem of
the seven hills (1 – The Citadel, 2 – Acra, 3 – Temple Mount, 4
– Mount of Olives, 5 – Mt. Scopus, 6 – Mt Zion, 7 – Golgotha)
when the Antichrist rules from there. The eighth head which is a king
and has dominion over the kingdoms of the earth and therefore is
identified with that world wide (ecumenical in the narrow sense)
kingdom as well, was Caesar, in the days of ancient Rome. Caesar was
ruler over Rome, the Pontifex Maximus (head of all Roman religion)
and Princeps Senatus – first member by precedence of the Roman
Senate (therefore functional dictator without the title); and also
the Emperor (Imperator) over the Roman Empire. In the future the
eighth head ruling over Jerusalem and having world wide dominion for
a short space will be the Antichrist. The exact arrangement of how
that will be enacted is known to God.
See above for what we can expect to be part of it based of the Church Fathers' commentaries and events that are now occurring.
