I read this article by Monsignor Pope,
www.theLightisON.org, from the Archdiocese of Washington (DC). It is dated Nov 25, 2012…‘Why the Modern View of Revelation May Be Flawed’.
This view is reflected in a course my friends were able to continue on, the Book of Revelations, by Dr Scott Hahn. I asked about it at the end of their course, college level, and they told me that in this study Revelation is already completed in Christ’s earthly mission, and that He continues His divine mission in the Church through the Mass and sacraments.
What Monsignor says here is that what has not been completed in his understanding of revelations at this time…is Christ returning in glory on the clouds.
This article seems to repeat the perception of Israel more as entity of people not apostasizing, people who have remained devout to God through salvation history.
I read somewhere that Israel means ‘those who seek the Truth’.
Zionists are seculars. And yes, they have allowed Muslims to build mosques in front of the Church of the Nativity. One Christmas day, the Christians came out of Mass to find Muslims prostrate as they pray with the mineret blaring across the street…right in front of the church door and had to walk around them.
The Church is the fulfilled temple based on the very life and nourishment of Christ Himself to us in the Word and Eucharist.
Likewise, the Catholic Church in essence is mystical, not geographical or defined by church buildings or the buildings at the Vatican.
