Prophecy for Today - Softcover

Connor, Edward; Hermenegild TOSF, Brother

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492897876 ISBN 13: 9781492897873

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

The sequence of events as foretold is by no means certain. Public prophecy. ceased with the death of St. John the Apostle. Private prophecy, even if received from God, is not reliable because the prophet is fallible. He can forget, misunderstand or misinterpret. Even when he does not err those who hear him and who transmit the message can err. So when we state here that this seems to be the general sequence of things foretold, it is largely merely a private opinion. 1. Before the Gospel is preached and accepted in all the world, shall come world wars and insidious doctrines accompanied by widespread persecution. 2. This era shall be terminated by the direct interference of God destroying the evil system or persons responsible for the persecution and through the leadership of a great civil ruler and a great spiritual leader a period of peace will came during which the nations will hear and accept the true Faith. 3. A great apostacy will follow. 4. Antichrist will come and reign three and one half years. He will be destroyed by the direc.t intervention of Christ. 5. The Second Coming of Christ will follow but by how long a time is unknown. 6. The trumpet will sound, the dead will arise and be judged. 7. The world will be destroyed by fire. 8. There will be new heavens and a new earth. Prophecy is a word of many meanings but it is commonly understood to mean knowledge of the free future, i.e. how God will act in the future, how man will use his free will in the future, and the events resulting from both. It is in this sense that the word is used in this volume. The free future is known only to God and those to whom He chooses to reveal it. Neither the angels (faithful or fallen), the Saints, nor Our Lady herself, know future events contingent upon God or man's use of free will-unless it is made known to them. Because of its unique quality prophecy has always been linked with miracles as a sign from God that a certain revelation is true. Thus our Blessed Lord has made u

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1492897876
• ISBN 13: 9781492897873
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110