The Great Monarch cannot be fully understood without being aware that the real sword in the stone is in Tuscany, Italy. The sword of St. Galgano is the legendary Excalibur on Earth. It is the fulfillment of two biblical passages....I did not come to bring peace, but a sword....I will turn their swords into plowshares... Sister Lucia of Fatima said that the secrets of Fatima had to do with the book of Revelations chapters 8-12. Chapter 10 is about the Great Monarch.
You really think so? The St. Galgano's sword is pretty cool, but I don't think it is an absolutely necessary component of GCM lore compared to his role in the restoration/era of peace. The Revelation 10 remark is an interesting one, though I'm not sure how you are applying it. Are you saying he
is the unnamed angel? Because if you say that, there is a slight problem of
how. I suppose God could grant certain angels some form of hypostatic union of angelic/human natures, but that's well beyond my pay grade. I've thought there might be a precedent set with saints like St. Vincent "Angel of the Last Judgement" Ferrer or with old testament entities such as the sons of God who fell in Genesis: though the traditional idea that these were born holy sons of Seth does not exactly contradict this notion either. Interesting topic, but a bit over the top and far afield for this subject.
This unnamed angel holds a number of similarities to other angelic beings: particularly the ones from Daniel 10 and Ezekiel 9. Then compare the terrible angelic rider from 2 Maccabees 3:25 to the first horseman in Revelation 6, to the mounted angel who appeared in 1900 to defend Donglu, China's most Catholic city and later the site of yet another miracle of the Sun in 1995.
Back to the GCM, I believe Chapter 12 is a much easier fit. Maybe the Angelic Shepherd is an even better choice on all counts. At least that's what I'm hoping next year's astronomical sign points to in some way.
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