I apologize if this has been mentioned earlier. I’m too lazy to read all the posts. HA!
Is the Antichrist afoot? NO.
Why?
This idea does not fit with approved Catholic prophecy, that is the extra-biblical stuff given by the mystics and Church Fathers.
What needs to happen first?
- The Minor Chastisement.
- The Era of Peace or the “New Springtime.” (a complete restoration of the Catholic Church on a world-wide scale)
- The Reign of the Great Monarch and the Holy Pope. (2 and 3 coincide).
- When the Great Monarch DIES, the Reign of Antichrist comes immediately after, as his kingdom is ursurped by the AC.
- Then when AC dies, it is likely the Parousia will occur shortly after.
Will the Man of Sin come during our lifetime?
Maybe, depending on your age and depending on how long the era of peace lasts. The Era of Peace will last anywhere between 50 to 500 years. If the former, then you could live to see the Reign of AC. The Era of Peace will not come until Russia is converted.
I don’t care much about the AC. I’m worried about the Minor Chastisement! It will seem like the end of the world. Will take seven years to bury the dead. Possibility of a comet? Nuclear war? Or both? The level of severity is conditional, depending on prayer, penance and conversion.
The Era of Peace comes after the Minor Chastisement. The world of mass production and consumption crumble because there just aren’t that many people left (survivors) to support it. People return to the land and live simply.
It is said during the Minor Chastisement, many nations will sink, while the ocean floors rise. This new land will be very fertile and clean. What gives me the willies is the CAUSE of this rising and sinking!
The one big sign of the beginning of the Minor Chastisement is a civil war in France and Italy. That’s the really big sign.
Anyway, my concern is the Minor Chastisement, not the AC.
Don’t mean to scare anyone.
The source of my information is Trial, Tribulation and Triumph, Before, During and After Antichrist by Desmond Birch. You can get it from Queenship Publishing. This book uses ONLY approved prophetic sources.
And they’re scary in and of themselves! Yikes.
God Bless!
Mary Ann