Laurence England has now taken the plunge that few have the guts to admit; even if it is the most plausible explanation for these perilous times.
13 Monday May 2019
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If Francis is the False Prophet, which I neither admit nor deny, but we interpret the First Beast as the Antichrist, it follows that Francis will promote the Antichrist, since that is what the Second Beast / False Prophet does. It is the False Prophet who promotes and administers the Mark of the Beast system, which will lead to the martyrdom of Christians who refuse the Mark.
There are different interpretations of Revelation 13 and I do not think we can know a priori which one among the most reasonable is correct; we can only rank them by which seems to fit the text best. But we will be able to recognise, by the grace of God, what is happening when we see it: we will know a posteriori.
Here is a sample of interpretations on this point:
A) The First Beast = the Empire; the Second Beast = the Antichrist (Son of Perdition).
B) The First Beast = the Mahdi; the Second Beast = the Islamic Jesus.
C) The First Beast = the Islamic Jesus; the Second Beast = the Mahdi.
D) The First Beast = the Mahdi; the Second Beast = a Pope figure.
E) The First Beast = the Ruler of a revived Roman Empire; the Second Beast = a Pope figure.
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“It is the False Prophet who promotes and administers the Mark of the Beast . . .”
Well, I suppose if one follows the thinking of Dr. Scott Hahn regarding the Mark of the Beast this fellow, Bergoglio, might fill the bill. For, as you know, on the 6th day God created the “beasts” and the number 6 for them is a number that is incomplete. For the perfection of beast to become man is the the number 7 which occurs when one makes the time to worship God. Therefore, also a Jewish trait, they use repetition to do what we might do in forming degrees; like saying “good, better, best”. In this way the repetition of the number 6 might simply be the superlative of the “worst” type of beast . . . for they worship ‘man’ instead of God.
So it might be said that Bergoglio is far more interested in man than God and thereby might be a suitable candidate for the coming of the false prophet and the ascendency of the Beast.
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Indeed, it strikes me that as an influential man, he has to capacity to significantly steer Catholics and other Christians. My view of the end times sees the Antichrist’s empire as a revived caliphate and Europe as a sub-caliphal sphere of influence – though not in its entirety. I expect the UK to resist and Poland and Hungary.
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There certainly appears to be lines that are being drawn in the sand but the overall globalist view (which incorporates the ‘new caliphate’) leads us to wonder how well the UK, Poland and Hungary will fare as the globalist continue to dominate and increase in power. Small pockets of those who are not led into this man-centered secularism will remain perhaps but more likely in an underground way. I doubt that they will survive unscathed by the ascendency of the mind-police type of government that is evolving all around us. If we are plugged into the grid . . . then we are under surveillance and they know who we are and what we believe. So that is a frightening thought if they ever want to round up those who are leaders or rabble rousers that fit into their new telos. The stage is almost set . . . as to how long it will take before the hands on the levers are all of the same mindset and/or under the influence of a very powerful person with great personal appeal.
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Indeed – I am appalled at the number of cases in the UK alone of policemen investigating people for comments on the internet or face to face in public. The Caroline Farrow case is particularly galling. It seems to me, orthodox Catholics may have to go underground, along with Christians from other denominations, at some point.
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Yes, these are indeed frightening times. Confusion is rampant. The smoke of satan is present. Good people are silent or silenced. Evil people are extolled and quoted as though they are holier and smarter than God Himself.
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Nicholas, anything new that I missed in Caroline’s case? It is worrisome, indeed, as are the others.
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