I read the Dimond's website on a regular basis, and when I saw the video about Fatima, I saw many interesting and different observations in it, however, it is full of holes. The one that stuck out was their "period of piece" when there was no period of peace.
My conclusion was that they believe this is the great chastisement and the end of times, that we are living in. From there they interpret Fatima. That is the bottom line.
It is tough to argue that this is not the great chastisement, I mean, how can the hierarchy apostatize more than today at some time after Fatima's real period of peace and conversion of Russia and the World? The Dimond's might just be on the right conclusion, however, how they get there. the details, are not correct.
It all hinges on whether this is the the great chastisement or not. No?
Many of the Church Fathers say that the chastisement precedes the period of peace, then after the peace is over, the time of the anti-christ comes. The chastisement is NOT during the anti-christ's time, this is for sure. Our Lady of Fatima does not talk about the anti-christ, but she does talk about a chastisement in the form of revolutions, martydoms and social upheavals (culminating in the 3 days of darkness, which is prophesized elsewhere). The 3 days of darkness is NOT connected to the time of the anti-christ in any prophecy that i've ever read, so this is another sign that the time of the chastisement precedes the anti-christ.
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Some confusion arises when we hear of the "end times" and many people correlate this phrase to the time of the anti-christ only. But many of the Church Fathers talk of these 3 time periods - the chastisement, the peace and the anti-christ - as the 'end times", because all together, they are connected.
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One thing that the Church Fathers are unanimous on, is that the Great Apostasy is not happening now because before the anti-christ comes, there are 6-7 different things that must happen to the world before his arrival. One being that the whole world will be Catholic, which has not happened yet in all of history. The USA has never been a catholic country. Same with China, Japan, Thailand, etc. The period of peace will be the time when the whole world will follow Christ and his Church like never before. This is why when the anti-christ comes and seduces the world, it is called the "Great Apostasy" because all those who follow him into error actively reject catholicism.
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The Chastisement that we have seen since V2 and which may or may not culminate in persecutions, and possibly an outlawing of the mass for a time, is not the same as will happen under the anti-christ. In our period, the trials we may face will be a precursor to those of the anti-christ, but not be as long or as encompassing. In our period, Our Lady will triumph over satan's forces (i.e. Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ), while in the future, Christ will triumph over the anti-christ and satan himself. In our period, Our Lady will save those countries and people who are catholic and then convert the world as a result of Her triumph. In the future, Christ will save all countries and peoples and the world will end. In our period, the mass may be outlawed in certain countries but not all (since it's not said everywhere). In the future, the anti-christ will outlaw the mass for the entire world.
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The best explanation for all of this is that the Chastisement is the end of the 5th age of the Church, with the 6th age being the period of peace and the Age of Mary, and this peace followed by the rise of the anti-christ in the 7th and final age of the Church. This is Ven Holzhauzer's explanation and it agrees very well with many prophecies and with the volumes written by the Church Fathers.
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