Large-scale wars, especially in the Middle East, tend to call forth thoughts of the End
Times. It is right to be on our guard,
to know the ‘signs of the times’, as Christ our God taught us. With this in mind (but also remembering that
how prophecy is fulfilled or not fulfilled depends on the free will of man), following
are some prophecies of the Holy, God-bearing Elder Paisios of Mt Athos (+1994).
. . . It’s possible that you’ll live through
much which is described in the Book of Revelations. Much is coming to the
surface, little by little. The situation is horrible. Madness has gone beyond
all bounds. Apostasy is upon us, and now the only thing left is for the ‘son of
perdition’ (2 Thess. 2:3) to come.
The
world has turned into a madhouse A great confusion will reign, in which each
government will begin to do whatever comes into its head. We’ll see how the
most unlikely, the most insane, events will happen. The only good thing is that
these events will happen in very quick succession.
Ecumenism,
common markets, a one-world government, a single made-to-order religion: such
is the plan of these devils. The Zionists are already preparing their messiah.
For them the false-messiah will be king, will rule here, on earth.
A
great discord will arise. In this discord everyone will clamor for a king to
save them. At that moment they’ll offer up their man, who’ll say: “I’m the
Imam, I’m the fifth Buddha, I’m the Christ whom Christians are awaiting. I’m
the one whom the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been waiting for. I’m the Jewish
messiah.”
*
* *
Difficult
times are ahead. Great trials await us. Christians will suffer great
persecutions. Meanwhile, it’s obvious that people don’t understand that we’re
on the verge of the end times, that the seal of the Antichrist is becoming a
reality. As if nothing’s happening. That’s why Holy Scripture says that even
the chosen will be deceived.
The
Zionists want to rule the earth. To achieve their ends they use black magic and satanism. They regard satan-worship as a means to
gain the strength they need to carry out their plans. They want to rule the
earth using satanic power. God is not something they take into account.
One sign that the fulfillment of prophecy is near will be the
destruction of the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem.
They’ll destroy it in order to restore the Temple of Solomon
which used to be on the same place. In the end the Jews will pronounce the
Antichrist messiah in this rebuilt temple.
The rabbis know that the true Messiah has already come and that
they crucified Him. They know this,
and yet they are blinded by egoism and fanaticism.
* *
*
Two
thousand years ago it was written in the Book of Revelations that people will
be marked with the number ‘666’. As Holy Scripture says, the ancient Hebrews
laid a tax on the peoples they conquered in various wars. The yearly tax was
equal to 666 talents of gold. (3 Kings 10:14, 2 Chronicles 9:13.) Today, in
order to subjugate the whole world they’ll once again introduce the old tax
number linked to their glorious past. That is, ‘666’ is the number of mammon.
Everything
is going as planned. They put the number a long time ago on credit cards. As a
result, he who is not marked with the number ‘666’ will be unable to buy, sell,
get a loan, or find work.
* *
*
Providence tells me that the Antichrist wants to subjugate
the world using this system. It will be foisted upon people with the help of
the mechanisms which control the world economy, for only those who receive the
mark, an image with the number ‘666’, will be able to take part in economic
life.
The
mark will be an image which will first be placed on all products, and then
people will be compelled to wear it on their hand or forehead. Little by
little, after the introduction of ID cards with the three sixes, after the
creation of a personal dossier, they’ll use cunning to introduce the mark.
In Brussels a whole palace
with three sixes has been built to house a central computer. This computer can
keep track of billions of people. And we Orthodox are resisting this because we
don’t want the Antichrist and we don’t want dictatorship either.
There
will be three and a half hard years. Those who don’t agree with the system will
have a rough time. They’ll constantly be trying to imprison them, using any
pretext they can find. They won’t torture anyone, but without the mark it will
simply be impossible for a person to live. “You’re suffering without the mark”,
they’ll say. “And if you had just accepted it you would have had no
difficulties.”
For
this reason, by learning to life a simple, moderate life here and now you’ll be
able to get through those years. By getting a little bit of land, raising a
little wheat and some potatoes, planting some olive trees, and keeping animals
of some sort, a goat or chickens, the Christian will be able to feed his
family. Stockpiling is of little use: Food doesn’t keep for long before spoiling.
But
these oppressions will not last for long: three, three and a half years. For
the sake of the chosen the days will be hastened. God won’t leave a person
without help. Tomorrow thunder will strike, and the brief dictatorship of the
Antichrist-satan will come. Then Christ will intervene, will give the whole
anti-Christian system a good shaking up. He’ll trample upon evil and turn
everything to good use in the end.
–
And if someone receives the mark unknowingly?
It’d
be better to say “uncaringly”. How can one be unknowing, when everything is
crystal clear? And if a person doesn’t know, then he should become interested
and find out. By accepting the mark, even unknowingly, a person loses Divine
Grace and gives himself up to demonic influence. When a priest immerses the
infant in the baptismal font, the infant receives the Holy Spirit without
knowing it, and Divine Grace begins to abide in him.
Some
people say: “What’s destined by God to be will be. What business is it of
ours?”
They
can say whatever they want, but in reality it’s not like that! Unfortunately,
some modern priests diaper their flock like infants, to keep them from getting
upset. “What’s going on today isn’t important”, they say. “Don’t be alarmed.
All you need is to have faith in your hearts.” Or they scold: “Don’t speak on
that topic, about ID cards or the mark of the beast. It will just upset
people.” If they were to say instead: “Let’s try to live more spiritually, to
be nearer to Christ and not to be afraid of anything. You see, the most we can
suffer is martyrdom,” then they’d at least be preparing their flock for the
coming tribulations.
Knowing
the truth, a person will begin to mull things over and shake himself out of his
sleep. What’s going on will begin to cause him pain. He’ll begin to pray and to
be on his guard, so as to not fall into that trap.
* *
*
What
do we see now? It’s bad enough that cunning ‘interpreters of Scripture’ are
commenting prophecy after their own fashion. They’re representatives of the
clergy, but they’re more cowardly than lay people. And it would behoove them to
exhibit a healthy spiritual unease and help Christians by sowing beneficial
concern so they’ll be strengthened in their faith and receive divine
consolation.
I’m
amazed: Doesn’t what’s happening give them any cause for concern? And why don’t
they at least add a question mark to the interpretations they come up with? And
if they help the Antichrist and the mark, lead other souls to perdition?
No,
behind the “perfected credit card system”, behind “computerized security” lurks
worldwide dictatorship and the yoke of the Antichrist.
“And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive
a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.
“And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name.
“Here
is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
(Rev.
13:16-18)
. . .
The
Russians will take Turkey.
The Chinese will cross the Euphrates.
Providence tells me that many events will happen: The
Russians will take Turkey
and Turkey will disappear
from the world map because a third of the Turks will become Christians, another
third will die in the war and another third will leave for Mesopotamia.
The
Mid-East will become a theater of a war in which the Russians will take place.
Much blood will be spilled. The Chinese, with an army of 200 million, will
cross the Euphrates and go all the way to Jerusalem.
The sign that this event is approaching will be the destruction of the Mosque
of Omar, for its destruction will mark the beginning of work by the Jews to
rebuild the Temple
of Solomon, which was
built on the same spot.
There
will be a great war between Russians and Europeans, and much blood will be
spilled. Greece won’t play a
leading role in that war, but they’ll give her Constantinople.
Not because the Russians adore the Greeks, but because no better solution will
be found. The city will be handed over to the Greek Army even before it has a
chance to get there.
The
Jews, inasmuch as they’ll have great power and the help of the European
leadership, will become proud and insolent beyond measure and conduct themselves
shamelessly. They’ll try to rule Europe.
They’ll
play all sorts of tricks, but the resulting persecutions will lead Christians
to unite completely. However, they won’t unite in the way desired by those who
are now engaging in various machinations to create a single church united under
a single religious leadership. Christians will unite because the unfolding
situation will naturally separate the sheep from the goats. Then the prophecy:
“one flock and one shepherd” will actually come to pass.
. . .
Source: ‘Elder Paisios of the Holy Mount Athos: On
the End Times’, https://orthodoxword.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/elder-paissios-holy-mount-athos-on-the-end-times/,
posted 18 March 2010, accessed 1 Oct. 2015
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