“Fire shall come out of their mouths, and shall devour their enemies.” Apocalypse 11
Once again when Christ established the Papacy, the Popes became the number one High Priest, Prophet of Prophets and Doctor of Doctors. This means there is no human placed above the Pope. One must never forget that prior to being Pope, and in order to be Pope, he must first of all be a believer, one who himself has the faith. As a result of this the Pope adheres to the teaching of all his predecessors. He is taught by them.
As long as we have a true Pope in the world there can not be any major prophets and as for the two witnesses which come into the world during the Great Apostasy, (Schism) we will be without a true Pope as the Antichrists will control the apostate church while the faithful seek refuge in the wilderness. Apocalypse. 12.
Elias and Enoch do not come back but are represented by the current two witnesses. In Christ’s time we had two witnesses: St. John the Baptist, who represented Elias 4, and Jesus who represented Enoch. Enoch was married and represents the married state in the mystical body of Christ. Christ also represents the married state as the Groom of His Church. Isaias 7:15. Elias and St. John the Baptist represents the single or chaste state. It’s my understanding of why we say the Confiteor twice, each time at Mass, as it is said once for the married state and once for the single state. Or you could apply it as well to saying the Confiteor once for Enoch and the other for Elias.
The two witnesses in the end times cannot be of the Religious simply because Enoch was married and his replacement would represent the married state. Also, both witnesses would have to be free of any control of the religious nature, as they would be speaking in the place of the Pope. They will explain the status of Church, prepare the faithful for the battle of Armageddon (the last battle), the great chastisement (fire from heaven), and the Second Coming of Christ.
Those thousand two hundred sixty days can be a figurative number or the Two will be more obviously recognizable by the faithful. As a result of the Vatican II Council and Paul VI excommunication God had need of them at this time, not 50 years later. What’s important is if, as a Catholic if you can’t see these V-2 Popes as the AntiChrists and Christ’s impending return, your not going to recognize the or any of the Two (Or Three) witnesses either. Yes, the same book mentions Three. The third person plays a different role.
Also it is very imperative that you understand the authority and power of the two witnesses. As you will see in the enclosed text. ( And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths, and shall devour their enemies. And if any man will hurt them, in this manner must he be slain.)
To understand what this means is that out of their mouths will come the truth, (fire) and those who resists these truths will be guilty of Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost and will be damned. (Slain-ed=Hell) Also as the Two witnesses to these Heretics, they become judged by them, again as God’s witness.
“These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues as often as they will.”
This has a double meaning. The spiritual part is the lack of Grace that is given to us because of the lack of Faith among Catholics. (God does not hear the prayers of the Proud) The physical part is accommodated by the three main Angels of Death, Destruction, Disease and all of the other calamities that will befall us during the Great Apostasy being climaxed by the Great Chastisement of Fire from Heaven and then the Return of Our Lord.
It’s my belief that the Great Chastisement should take place during Lent and that the Faithful will witness a Cross in the Heavens before this event.
Hopefully I have made you more aware of the reality of what we are to expect and be aware of in the days ahead. Once, more, those who think that these event can be reversed and obtain another true Pope are dreamers. What’s needed among the faithful is to try and bring as many as we can into the faith and preach the Coming of the Lord.
Grace be with you, In Christ, the prophet, Joseph
The Apocalypse Of Saint John (Revelation) |
<Chapter 11 |
He is ordered to measure the temple. The two witnesses.
[1] And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and it was said to me: Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar and them that adore therein. [2] But the court, which is without the temple, cast out, and measure it not: because it is given unto the Gentiles, and the holy city they shall tread under foot two and forty months: [3] And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. [4] These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, that stand before the Lord of the earth. [5] And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths, and shall devour their enemies. And if any man will hurt them, in this manner must he be slain.
[3] My two witnesses: It is commonly understood of Henoch and Elias.
[6] These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues as often as they will. [7] And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast, that ascendeth out of the abyss, shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. [8] And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually, Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified. [9] And they of the tribes, and peoples, and tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres. [10] And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry: and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth.
1. St. Andrew Bible Missal 1962
2. Fortes in Fide.# 1, Father Noel Barbara
3. Catholic Encyclopedia
4. Ott, Fund. of Catholic Dogma, pg.487