Raoul76
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I apologize if that is not what you're saying Hobbledehoy, but the two ideas are often tied together -- that the Great Monarch is merely allegorical, and that to take them literally would be somehow Pharisee and unspiritual.
There is another extremely good reason to believe in the Great Monarch. This is that we have reached a clear point in history where one of two things happens -- there is a return to the faith, or Antichrist comes. But if Antichrist came today, and I believe the devil has been trying to produce him, here's the problem; he really would be able to easily wipe out the Church. It is far too small and weak to resist the power of a world dictator with spies in every town ( unless you believe that most Novus Ordo priests are either real, or any threat to Antichrist ).
If you think back to the Leo XIII vision, with the devil saying "I can destroy your Church," I don't think people understand just how close he has come. If he was able to produce Antichrist on top of what he has already done, it would be game over. Even if you don't agree with that, it doesn't really make sense for Antichrist to come now, because the Church already lies in ashes. Who would Antichrist even fool -- a handful of trads? He would be like a dinosaur stomping out a nest of sparrows. The devil NEEDS him to wipe out the Church once and for all. To stomp out the last embers. If not, those embers are dangerous; they not only could, but will, re-ignite the whole fire.
Antichrist comes to fool the world; but how can he fool what has already been fooled? That doesn't make any sense. I have no doubt the devil wants to produce Antichrist, but it is not the time. To me, and this always struck me as self-evident before my recent doubts, there has to be a massive conversion of humanity to the faith before the stage is even set for Antichrist. And does anyone see any other scenario for how a massive conversion would play out besides that of the Great Monarch? It is totally plausible, anyone who denies it could happen is deluding themselves. The Republics have feet of clay; they are impoverishing their people more and more every day, and losing any and all credibility, with the leaders becoming nothing more than jokes, all claiming to have the solution, and all playing the same globalist game.
It is up to someone who understands the giant gap that is opening, to seize the power and rally the people. This is all very clear. That person is either the Great Monarch or Antichrist. There is no other way it can go. And as I just explained, it is not too plausible that Antichrist could come now, as there is barely anything left of a Church for him to destroy.
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A general rule is that all my posts before 2011 are dangerous to read. At the time I was nothing short of a frothing Pharisee. Please ignore my old posts against NFP and implicit faith, both of which are true teachings, as well as Fatima and Lucy's later revelations, which I now see are of continuing paramount importance in the history of the Church.
I also apologize for my lack of prudence when speaking about clergy in the past, I didn't know where the line was and often judged intentions instead of actions and words. My deepest apologies to Pius XII especially, who I judged in the harshest light and accused of being a communist infiltrator. This was not intentional slander but my true belief at the time. I still have problems with his pontificate, but no proof of any intentional malice. I even insulted the Church itself by questioning his Holy Week reforms, for which I am, again, bitterly sorry. I also spoke unforgivably about Pius XI, suggesting or saying outright that he was also an infiltrator who was in effect working towards Vatican II.
I also apologize with profoundest regret to Abp. Lefebvre and Bp. Fellay, the nuns who left CMRI, for assuming malign intentions about all or some of them, and for saying the nuns were witches; Father Cekada and the SSPX priest Fr. Boulet for suggesting or saying they were deliberately intellectually dishonest, Bp. Vezelis for spreading a rumor about him that is not verified; I also apologize to Fr. Martin Stepanich, Mgr. Fenton, Father Brian Harrison, Cardinal Newman, De Lugo, Suarez, Erasmus, and anyone else I have forgotten, for saying or suggesting they were heretics and/or infiltrators due to my former errors. I was also very harsh on Dietrich von Hildebrand and Cardinal Gibbons due to my beliefs at the time, however, in their case, there was reason for concern, I just would not call them heretics, perhaps some of their ideas would have the theological note of "ill-sounding." During all this time, I was under the influence of major scruples, probably without even knowing what that meant, and had a distorted, extreme view of the Crisis.
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| Posted Aug 12, 2012, 1:34 pm |
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