When the Samaritans saw the Jews under these sufferings, they no longer confessed that they were of their kindred, nor that the temple on Mount Gerizzim belonged to Almighty God. This was according to their nature, as we have already shown. And they now said that they were a colony of Medes and Persians; and indeed they were a colony of theirs. So they sent ambassadors to Antiochus, and an epistle, whose contents are these: “To king Antiochus the god, Epiphanes, a memorial from the Sidonians, who live at Shechem. Our forefathers, upon certain frequent plagues, and as following a certain ancient superstition, had a custom of observing that day which by the Jews is called the Sabbath. And when they had erected a temple at the mountain called Gerrizzim, though without a name, they offered upon it the proper sacrifices. Now, upon the just treatment of these wicked Jews, those that manage their affairs, supposing that we were of kin to them, and practiced as they do, make us liable to the same accusations, although we be originally Sidonians, as is evident from the public records. We therefore beseech thee, our benefactor and Savior, to give order to Apollonius, the governor of this part of the country, and to Nicanor, the procurator of thy affairs, to give us no disturbance, nor to lay to our charge what the Jews are accused for, since we are aliens from their nation, and from their customs; but let our temple, which at present hath no name at all be named the Temple of Jupiter Hellenius. If this were once done, we should be no longer disturbed, but should be more intent on our own occupation with quietness, and so bring in a greater revenue to thee.” When the Samaritans had petitioned for this, the king sent them back the following answer, in an epistle: “King Antiochus to Nicanor. The Sidonians, who live at Shechem, have sent me the memorial enclosed. When therefore we were advising with our friends about it, the messengers sent by them represented to us that they are no way concerned with accusations which belong to the Jews, but choose to live after the customs of the Greeks. Accordingly, we declare them free from such accusations, and order that, agreeable to their petition, their temple be named the Temple of Jupiter Hellenius.” He also sent the like epistle to Apollonius, the governor of that part of the country, in the forty-sixth year, and the eighteenth day of the month Hecatombeon.
-Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 12.257-264 (trans. William Whiston)
The story above, recounted by Josephus, is a tragic one. Looking upon the matter historically, we must make account for authorial bias and other factors. However, even if this particular set of events is not true, there are many other similar examples in history. There is a lesson in this for us as Christians: whatever our differences, we must stand by each other in the day of trial. God desires that we love one another and dwell in unity. What kind of love is it that makes one denounce one’s brothers and sisters?
Christ and Paul the Apostle warned us that similar betrayals would happen in the days of the Antichrist:
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
-Matthew 24:10-13
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
-2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
In WWII there were righteous Christians who extended their protective efforts to the Jews, hiding them from the Nazis, even though Christianity and Judaism are sundered by their respective attitudes towards Jesus of Nazareth. Corrie ten Boom is a famous example of a Christian who was a doer, and not just a hearer, of God’s word.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
-Matthew 25:40
All Along the Watchtower 
While there is some confusion about whether Churchill precisely said in January of the same year of 1940, as First Lord of the Admiralty, that an appeaser hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, he will be the last to be eaten, he did say verbatim: “Appeasement in itself may be good or bad according to the circumstances. Appeasement from weakness and fear is alike futile and fatal.” It was a trope on divine words: “For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them…” (Proverbs 1:32).
This recent article by Fr. George Butler is a little out of the wheelhouse of your post but it is connected in a sense which I’m sure you will see immediately. The article can be read here:
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/a-nursery-rhyme-pope-francis-would-do-well-to-read?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrisisMagazine+%28Crisis+Magazine%29
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You may like the earlier post I wrote on Hanukkah if you haven’t read it already. Fatima gets a mention.
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Yes, I read it and I guess you can count me amongst those who think that the whole Third Secret has not yet been revealed.
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I’m in that camp to. The assassination scenario just doesn’t seem to fit perfectly. I’m not convinced Russia has been properly consecrated either. Consecrating the world just sounds like what you’d do if you wanted to hedge your bets. If you were confident, you’d do it specifically. Unless I’m missing something…
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If you haven’t had a chance to read his book, this pretty well explains the problems of what has been partially revealed: https://fatima.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Secret-Still-Hidden.pdf
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Page 246 of the book says that JPII implied that the consecration of the world was not the consecration of Russia required by the vision of Fatima. I did not know he had gone so far as to presuppose that in a public word.
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Indeed. Many good points in the book and if the Secret as revealed was all there was, it seems trivial for such a special vision that has seen all the seers made saints. It almost makes us think that they are not willing to speak of the corruption that enters into the Church and want to protect their own reputations etc.
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It seems to me that Fatima also has an end times connection. In which case, there is arguably negligence/dereliction of duty if people who know the hidden details are not sharing them: the laity (and clergy) should have all kinds of warning placed before their attention.
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Indeed so. This is the most important prophecy that the Church has ever received through such a vision and were waiting anxiously for the Secret until 1960 and then we kept waiting for years and years to get an anti-climatical Secret that wouldn’t be worth the interference of God and History. It doesn’t make sense. There is more there and they simply will not entrust the message to the laity.
I agree, this has much to do with end times and should have served as a warning and to all to prepare yourself and your family for your own personal judgements.
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