Prophecies from all over
Prophecies from all over
One has to admit that prophecies in recent months and weeks have become different in some fashion, decidedly intense, perhaps, because of the similarities -- whether in Catholic circles (where the Blessed Mother usually delivers messages) or with those reporting near-death experiences in non-Catholic settings (who claim Christ and angels speak to them).
Sometimes
it's truly gripping: the similarities and the simple air about them.
From
Itaparinga,
Brazil, where an apparition has local Church approval (for its early
but not recent messages, upon which no verdict has been issued), the
seer, Edson Glauber, who in March claimed to have received a message:
"Behold
your Immaculate Mother who comes from Heaven to tell you that the
hour has arrived for the immediate conversion of humanity, which will
be shaken by great and painful events. My maternal heart is
apprehensive and embittered by swords of pain. My children, many of
you are doing little and laugh at my messages, scorning them and
leaving them aside. What will become of you when the great
chastisement comes from the sky and befalls you? Who will be able to
defend you when divine justice touches humanity with such force?
"Very soon Italy and the United States will be punished in a way never seen [before]. A great light, like fire, will be visible in the sky of Italy. Pain and sorrow will be great, and when this happens only the Rosary and my maternal heart will provide hope, refuge, and protection for many. Italy will be shaken because men did not respect what is owed to God, did not honor His Holy Name, did not obey his Holy Laws. Enormous pain will also come quickly in the United States, causing a particular region to be practically destroyed."
A
volcano? (Italy is home to Etna and Vesuvius). How much is actually
Mary? We hear much about fire from such putative seers; it was
mentioned prominently at Kibeho (which also has Church-approbation,
for three of the visionaries). Quakes? Does the commotion in the
geophysics of Japan and now Ecuador portend something?
Every
year, the "quickening" gets a bit quicker.
How
much stock to put in seers?
During
his homily today (4/18/16), the Pope admonishes us to "follow
Jesus, not fortune tellers and alleged visionaries." It's
unclear what he meant; immediately after, he used "seer" in
regard to a "fortuneteller" who "turned the cards to
me" (an apparent reference to the occult practice of Tarot).
Striking
is the stridency: how drastic many prophecies are, from sources that
are impressively varied and widespread as to all but guarantee they
have not heard of each other.
In
Hartesbeespoort, South Africa, a young boy who is said to have
encountered Jesus when he lost consciousness and virtually died,
suffering brain damage during a serious accident, says, "Jesus
loves you so much, believe me. You are the reason why He sent me
back. I didn't want to come back, but He sent me back so that you can
be ready for His return."
"Together
we will proclaim God's Word because He has chosen us for the end
time," the boy, Aldo, said to his mother, Retha McPherson, who
wrote a book about him. "I have to be a prophet who warns people
that Jesus is coming back for us. We will experience the Power of the
God we serve through floods and earthquakes. Mom, will you warn
everyone that the floods are coming?"
Truly
disparate regions and situations.
Mother
Angelica used to say the same thing -- about Jesus returning. A
Catholic from Louisiana named Sondra Abrahams long ago was featured
in a video during which she discussed her death crossover and the
future she had beheld (replete again with a series of unfortunate
earthly events).
In
Utah, Sarah Menet, who "died" and returned after an attempt
at suicide, claims much the same. According
to visions during her supposed experiences, detailed in a book called
There
is No Death, "There
will be chaos in every part of the world. Many people ask me, 'Where
will it be safe?' but I also give them great hope. I saw pockets of
light on the earth. I know the power of God is greater than any army
of the earth."
Still,
she saw invasions and nuclear and natural disasters ahead for the
West -- visions that remind us of another who died (also as a
child) and returned with prophecies, James Chauncey of Georgia, who
recently revised his book Eyewitness to Heaven with more
detail on his claimed prophecies.
Among
those details:
uprisings in South America and tremendous destruction in the middle
and Western parts of the U.S., as well as in Australia -- where a
Catholic seer named Valentina Papagna has been warning of very
similar events. We
had a "special report" recently on the predictions relayed
via Valentina, who claims to see Mary and to have been told of many
and diverse and at times drastic events -- for our cautious
discernment.
"It
will probably be the economy and then natural disasters," she
alleged to us. "One time the Lord took me into a supermarket and
said, 'Take a close look, my child.' The next minute it was
completely empty -- nothing on the shelves. He said, 'This is what
will happen.' "Some parts [of the world looked] like desert,
others flooded."
"It
certainly looks like the elite know something the rest of us don't,
as many are fleeing cities and even entire countries," notes
WorldNetDaily.
"'The things about which the world's wealthiest people are
reportedly most worried... are civil unrest, revolution, rampant
crime, and natural disasters,' observed Carl Gallups [an evangelical
pastor]. 'Many of them believe these things may be more dangerously
possible than ever before. With the rise of the Islamic State and its
atrocities, massive refugee movements, sword-rattling nuclear
superpowers, Ferguson-like civil unrest spreading, and continual
mainstream media predictions of economic meltdowns and potential
natural disasters like Yellowstone erupting, who could blame them?"
Menet
details
what she says will be small "cities" of refuge, where
people pray, share with each other, and protect themselves from those
marauders who will all but take over the land. We'll be having a
special report on this idea of "refuges."
This
is remarkably similar to a book by Julie Rowe of California, whom we
spoke with recently and who has also written books about her
experience. She "saw" a number of places where Christians
would congregate to protect each other and live through events in
mutual prayer for one another.
"I
saw that we must not delay getting our lives in order," Julie
wrote. "The time has come to get our houses in order and prepare
for the days ahead. Time is short and we must do all in our power to
prepare for every needful way.
"I
was shown upcoming natural disasters on a scale unlike
anything the earth has ever experienced. Earthquakes, hurricanes,
tornados, tsunamis, plagues, droughts, famines, pestilence, and all
manner of disease will be upon the earth in such a deep and broadened
scale that mankind cannot even imagine what it will be like."
She
emphasizes problems along the "Ring of Fire," where she
believes one big quake will be like the first "firecracker"
in a series of them, as the world beneath our feet (at least near the
Pacific) is "jostled." This will trigger volcanoes in many
places, she believes.
Take
heed, she says, when an event occurs along the Wasatch Range (near
Idaho and Utah).
It
must be admitted that Julie, whose husband is an attorney, and who is
Mormon (they are very big on preparation; a number of those reporting
such prophecies during death experiences have been Mormon) sees
virtually every major negative effect as occurring, in sort of an
amalgam of so many predictions from elsewhere through the years that
the mind reels: besides the natural occurrences, nuclear
contamination from Japan's power plant, micro-chipping when evil men
assume control, biological weapons used on citizenry, military
conflicts (one started when Iran launches missiles from Libya
directed at Israel), tremendous food shortages (she is big in
"prepping," and even list what she believes every family
should have), and so forth.
She
also sees a Pope being killed, the Vatican destroyed (Chauncey saw
people fleeing from the Vatican), and an anti-christ type arising as
a peacemaker in the Middle East -- something that was mentioned long
ago by a Marian seer in Ireland.
Is
this simply what is meant by "tickling the ears" (2
Timothy 4:3) or does that passage refer not to mysticism but to
false theological teachings?
Worth
our cerebration?
"I
have been contacted by several people who have seen many of the same
things that I saw concerning the future," writes Julie. "Some
were shown these things during their own near-death experiences,
while others have been shown in dreams and visions. Many people have
been given some of this knowledge through other forms of personal
revelation, such as thoughts and impressions that have come to their
minds. People from all walks of life have felt prompted to prepare
both spiritually and temporally. The Lord is warning in many ways."
To
whatever extent, and in whatever way, events do seem to be
coalescing; this concatenation has been occurring for a long while
now and obviously still has a ways to go, but it moves in a way that
might be described, if not as a "quickening," as "slowly
but surely."
--
MHB
[resources:
There Is
No Death, Eyewitness
to Heaven, The
Message and Sent
To Earth]
[Footnote:
2 Timothy 4:3: "For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they
will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own
desires."]
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