Author Topic: The Smoke of the Antichrist (Read 31905 times)

Persto · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2026, 06:17:12 PM »

WITHOUT TRUTH THERE IS NO SALVATION
     It is a dangerous situation for the soul when millions of people accept the modernist error which says: There is no absolute truth; everything is relative, every individual has the right to see things from his own viewpoint, everybody is free to pick and choose what is suitable for his enjoyment. However, the fact remains that without truth there is no salvation. ". . . whoever does not believe, will be condemned" (Mk. 16, 16).
     St John the Apostle also had prophesied about the Antichrist. He said: "Dear children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard, the Antichrist is coming" (I Jn. 2, 18). "For many deceivers have gone forth into the world, who don't confess Jesus as the Christ coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist" (2 Jn. 7). In the Book of Revelations he said the following: "All the earth followed the beast in wonder" (Apoc. 13, 4). "And there was given to it authority over every tribe and people, and tongue, and nation. And all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life . . ." (Apoc. 13, 7-8).
     Throughout the history of the Church, these and other prophecies caused speculations regarding the time of the Antichrist. With the calamitous events in the world today, these speculations have been intensified. Lectures, books, films are appearing in our days dealing with the subject of Antichrist.

Persto · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2026, 06:18:09 PM »

THE ENEMY INSIDE
     Among others, there is the much publicized book of Fr. Vincent Miceli, S.J., The Antichrist. The author collected in his book the several prophecies of the Old and New Testaments which can give us enlightenment in the questions connected with the arch-opponent of Christ.
     Fr. Miceli, like a good doctor, gave us a detailed diagnosis of the sickness of the Church today, but - unlike a good doctor - he failed to prescribe the proper medicine for the cure. Roger McCaffrey, President of "Drama of Truth" (Fr. Miceli has a prominent role in it) said: "Our goal is to expose Christianity's enemies . . ." As I can observe, Fr. Miceli goes along with the statement as long as those enemies can be found outside of the Church. The enemies inside, however, are another matter for him. He demonstrated with many examples the prevailing doctrinal heresy and moral decay in the (Conciliar) Church; but he was very careful not to point out those persons who were responsible for the terrible destruction of the Church, and whose removal from their offices would be a pre-condition for recovery. For doing such a thing he would have to expose the bishops and popes of the Conciliar Church whom he still regards as his ecclesiastical superiors. Exposing them would be very hazardous to his well-established career in that same Church.
     His solution was, therefore, compromise; as it is always the solution of those in the Conciliar Church who love the truth, but not as much as they love their career. Fr. Miceli exposed the crime, but shielded the criminals. His covering-up toward his readers was the advice: Pray hard, and God will take care of everything - implying by this that you should not actively oppose the criminals. That is precisely what the criminals want: no opposition of any kind.
     It is part of the treason when a Catholic scholar is cognizant of the treason, knows the traitors, but does not wish to convey his knowledge to the people that they might defend themselves against the criminals.
     The present discourse does not intend to give aid or comfort to the enemy within the Church. Let the people know who are the traitors, where to direct their righteous indignation, and where to start the cleaning-up job.

Persto · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2026, 06:19:16 PM »

THE ANTICHRIST COMES IN DISGUISE
     The first question that many people put forward in this Apocalyptic age is: whether the time of the Antichrist is near, or we have already entered it.
     We cannot answer this question with a positive YES - only with a MAYBE.
     One thing is sure, however. When the Antichrist will appear on earth nobody, or almost nobody will recognize him as Antichrist. He himself will carefully conceal his identity. He won't certify himself saying, "I am the Antichrist. I am coming!"
     - Then, how would his coming be?
     Naturally, by deception. Under the protection of a satanic smoke-screen he will operate in the name of Christ. He will appear as a legitimate leader. "He gives himself out as if he were God" (2 Thess. 2, 5). He will enjoy great popularity, and a multitude will hail him as the greatest leader of mankind. "All the earth followed the beast in wonder" (Apoc. 13, 4).

Persto · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2026, 06:20:20 PM »

WHO WOULD BE THE ANTICHRIST?
     We cannot know it for sure until the "man of sin", "the son of perdition will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth" (2 Thess. 2, 8). It might be an illegitimate pope[1] or a series of such popes.
     One might think of the Antichrist as atheistic Communism, or Vatican II. However, since scriptures talk about the Antichrist as a person, we can regard Communism, or Vatican II as a gigantic satanic smoke-screen which in the hands of the Antichrist serves as a tool for deceiving mankind.
     - Is the trap of deception, then, inevitable to most of us?
     Not necessarily. Our Lord has given us enough grace and discerning power to recognize the traps of the Antichrist, and to avoid them.
     One of the marks that alert Christians can detect around the Antichrist is popularity. Since the Antichrist cannot please God, he must please people. An unpopular Antichrist cannot be successful. He must employ means which make him pleasing to the crowd. In contrast to this, all the Apostles of Christ wanted to please God, not men. St. Paul says: "If I want to please men, I cannot be a servant of Christ" (Gal. 1, 10). St. John the Apostle says: "Every spirit that severs Jesus, is not of God, but is of Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he is coming" (I Jn. 4, 3).
     - How can the Antichrist sever Jesus?
     By falsifying His doctrine, i.e., the traditional teaching of the Church, and by removing the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass from the Church.
     When Martin Luther severed himself from the Church, and he was to destroy the Church, he - certainly on the advice of the evil Spirit - knew what to do. He said: In order to destroy the Church, we have to destroy the Mass.
     When Paul VI removed the ancient Sacrifice of the Mass from the Church, he revealed himself as a tool in the hands of Satan.

Persto · « **Reply #9 on:** August 12, 2026, 06:21:06 PM »

DEFENSE AGAINST THE ANTICHRIST
Divine providence has provided Christians from the beginning with three invincible shields against the "fiery darts of the evil one." These are the Word of Christ, the Sacrifice of Christ and the Mother of Christ. Satan cannot fool people who keep these three shields.
The tragedy of our age is that most of the people have failed to keep these shields. Thus, they have allowed themselves to become victims of Satanic deception. Without this whole-scale deception, without popular support the Antichrist could not carry out his plans; he could not put himself in the temple of God; he could not put himself above all the doctrines of the Church, and above all worship, that previously was reserved for God.

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