September 23rd arrival of the king. In two years a great sign will appear in the sky
On the issue of “the appearance of the Russian Tsar on September 23, 2017.”
[article from a series on the history of prophecies].
One of the greatest troubles of modern Russian society is the mixing of theological and moral concepts into a “vinaigrette”. Chaos in consciousness is beneficial to “radicals” and “highly qualified managers”: when there are no firm moral guidelines, when neither in the soul nor in the mind there is order and the ability to distinguish between good and evil, there is no spiritual gift to see the Signs of the times, the population is easy to master, and the “people’s the will" of the masses can easily be made pliable and manageable for "permanent" reforms. Large-scale media propaganda of “eastern” mysticism, “medieval” astrology and “secret” magic, as well as large-scale debauchery, in which our entire society, young and old, is involved, has the goal of weakening and shaking the internal structure of the population, stratifying the titular nation of Russians into groups according to interests and subgroups according to property qualifications, to equate truth and untruth, belief in the existence of God and Divine Providence and atheism.
Under these conditions, two sayings come to mind.
“Today in our Orthodox Church there are no living sources - prophecies, but Signs remain,” said the Rev. Father Barsanuphius of Optina (P.I. Plikhankov, 1845-1912) (“Biography of Hieromonk Nikon”, Optina Pustyn, pp. 126-127) , addressing the monastery brethren and numerous spiritual children. – And they are given to us for the knowledge of time. They are clearly visible to people who have spiritual intelligence and to those who want to see […].”
Another Optina Elder Nektariy (Tikhonov, 1857-1928), revered today by the Russian Orthodox Church as a seer of the times of the revolution, at the beginning of 1916 constantly told his spiritual children, who came in large numbers to Optina Pustyn: “If at least a few faithful Orthodox righteous remain in Russia “The Lord will definitely have mercy on her” - and with a smile, encouragingly, he added: “And today we have such righteous people [...]” (Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov), “God’s People”, p. 147).
Today, it is the seers and elders that the gaze of Russian society, exhausted by the untruths of the media and the Internet, constantly turns to, but cannot distinguish truth from lies.
It seemed to me that I had sufficiently and clearly covered in my articles the topic of the mystification of the arrival of the “Future Orthodox Tsar”, however, the falsifiers of prophecies are not going to simply give up their positions and continue to reveal the same chaos of concepts, the same lack of distinction between good and evil that prevail behind the monastery walls. Truly, the existence of a sequence of prophecies - the denunciation of all “spiritual” darkness, is unbearable to the falsifiers of prophecies (the forces of darkness)!!!
Someone, Yuri P., sent me an article, as he claims, “of his own composition”: “Who is he, the last Orthodox Tsar?”
The article says:
“Recently, the topic of the soon to come Orthodox Tsar has become increasingly widespread, involving the public idly wandering around the Internet in discussions, and at the same time, giving rise to an increasing number of future kings. More and more notes and articles are appearing on websites and social networks, where from various kinds of prophecies and predictions a certain common position has already crystallized, which boils down to the fact that the gift of the Tsar will have a special providence of God - to create an alternative to the kingdom of the beast, by preaching worldwide conciliar repentance, prepare and lead the people to the Second Coming, which will happen a little later. There is also an opinion that the king must fight with the united forces of evil, symbolizing the new world order and the kingdom of the Antichrist, in order to ultimately defeat them, which is why he is called the victorious king. However, in relation to the events preceding the moment of the appearance of the Chosen One of God, opinions differed.
Standing apart among those who post this controversial topic are those who, in all seriousness, see the imminent appearance of the King as the Second Coming, and the King himself, in their opinion, will be the Son of God, to which various arguments and reasons are given. I am not trying to persuade anyone to what -opinion, but only decided to bring up arguments that confuse my soul and mind in order to ask the opinions of people who know and understand theological subtleties. To be honest, I did not have the determination to discuss this controversial issue, however, I was prompted to do so by one very strange coincidence of circumstances.
If I happened to re-read Dostoevsky’s novel by F.M. not so long ago. "Demons." Having reached the dispute between the Slavophile Shatov and the atheist and freemason Stavrogin, I unexpectedly came across interesting thoughts that struck me due to my special attitude to the issue under consideration. While reading, I got the unambiguous impression that through the remarks of the Slavophile Shatov, Dostoevsky articulates his own vision of some religious and philosophical issues.
And this is what Dostoevsky tells us in the words of Shatov:
“Do you know,” he (Shatov) began almost menacingly, bending down in his chair, flashing his gaze and raising the finger of his right hand up in front of him (obviously without noticing it himself), “do you know who is now the only people on the whole earth - “God-bearer”, who is coming to renew and save the world in the name of the new God, and to whom alone the keys of life and the new word have been given... Do you know who these people are and what their name is?” This is a question about atheism: “Do you remember your expression: “An atheist cannot be Russian, an atheist immediately ceases to be Russian,” remember that?”
In these words of Shatov, the writer expressed the deep philosophy of Slavophilism about the pre-electedness of the Russian people and that the Russian people must renew this world and save it. But then I was even more struck by another phrase from Shatov, addressed to the same Stavrogin:
“... I believe in the body of Christ... I believe that the new coming will take place in Russia... I... I will believe in God.”
Dostoevsky, in the words of Shatov, emphasizes the idea that the Second Coming will take place and it will certainly take place in Russia, because it is no coincidence that Dostoevsky calls the Russian people a God-bearing people in the words of Shatov!
From the numerous articles and posts within the framework of the topic under consideration, based on the very understanding of the subject of the issue, on the content of the prophecies, the opinion was somehow born that the coming Russian Tsar will appear in Russia to lead the Russian army in the last battle of good and evil for Glory God! This, perhaps, expresses the secret of the Russian soul, turned to God and expecting the imminent coming of its Russian messiah in Russia! In anticipation of the Russian Tsar, as in Shatov’s expectation of the Second Coming, a common philosophical basis is revealed, born in the depths of the people’s religious consciousness, in the depths of the Russian soul, associated with the sovereignty and missionary work of the Russian people. It is precisely this underlying basis that has always been inclined to endow the image of the future Russian Tsar with unusual, and often simply uncharacteristic properties for simple human nature. The king must certainly have a brilliant mind, an iron will, and possess secret knowledge and superpowers. One of the forms of expression of this underlying basis was the opinion that the coming Orthodox king is none other than the “Rider on a white horse” described in the “Revelation” of John the Theologian, that is, the same “Lamb of the Apocalypse”, which is one of the central images "Revelations".
It turns out that the biblical Horseman on a white horse, even before the restoration of the monarchy in Russia, had already become a kind of prototype of the future Russian Sovereign. The description of the Horseman is found in chapters 6, 12 and 19 of Revelation. The very content and meaning of Revelation logically indicates to us that the image of the Horseman is an indispensable attribute of large-scale and dramatic events, which formed the basis of the Revelation of John and which in everyday understanding are commonly called the Apocalypse.
Turning over the pages of the prophetic book, in chapter 6 we find the following lines:
"1. And I saw that the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder: Come and see.
2. I looked, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him; and he came out victorious, and to conquer” (Rev. 6: 1,2).
The next mention of the Horseman comes to us already in the 12th chapter of Revelation, as if returning us to the moment of the “birth” of the Horseman, who is supposed to shepherd the nations with a rod of iron, by which, most likely, we should understand the spiritual birth, as a person, as a spiritual leader:
"1. And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun; under her feet is the moon, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars.
2. She was pregnant, and screamed from pain and pangs of birth.
3. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.
4. His tail carried away a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the ground. This dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth, he would devour her baby.
5. And she gave birth to a male child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne” (Rev. 12:1-5).
The appearance of the Russian Tsar, therefore, exactly corresponds to the astronomical event when soon the constellation Virgo will appear in the sky, clothed in the sun, at whose feet will be the moon, and above our heads will be 12 stars visible to the human eye. The date of this astronomical event falls on September 23, 2017, which, most likely, will become a harbinger of the appearance of the Russian Messiah in Russia.
When carefully reading the lines of chapter 12, it is difficult not to notice that the dragon begins to persecute the chosen one turned to God even before the moment of his “birth” (appearance), i.e. until September 23, 2017, which may indirectly indicate the beginning of some terrible events even before September 2017. After his “birth” a battle occurs, where Michael and his Angels fight with the dragon and his angels, at the end of which the prophet points to the onset of the kingdom of God and the power of Christ:
“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven: Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brethren is cast out, who slandered them before our God day and night” (Rev. 12:10).
Further, the description of the Rider on a white horse comes to us in the 19th chapter of Revelation, in which the prophet calls him “the Word of God” and in which, in addition to the iron rod, a sword is added to his attributes, coming from his mouth:
"eleven. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sat on it was called Faithful and True, Who judges righteously and makes war.
12. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems. He had a written name that no one knew except Himself.
13. He was clothed in clothes stained with blood. His name is: “The Word of God.”
14 And the armies of heaven followed Him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, to smite the nations. He shepherds them with a rod of iron; He tramples the winepress of the wrath and wrath of God Almighty.
16. On His robe and on His thigh is written the name: “King of kings and Lord of lords” (Rev. 19:11-16).
As we see, the prophet not only endows the Horseman with the attributes of God’s chosen one, but also calls him “Lord of lords,” i.e. calls him Lord. Chapter 19 ends with a description of a terrible war between the Horseman and the army of the kings of the earth, gathered to fight with him, in which the Horseman defeats the enemies of the Lord with a sword coming from his mouth:
"19. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to fight against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
20. And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet, who performed miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image: both were thrown alive into the lake of fire, burning with brimstone;
21. And the rest were killed by the sword of Him who sat on the horse, which proceeded from His mouth, and all the birds fed on their carcasses” (Rev. 19:19-21).
In addition to the Apocalypse, many researchers see the image of the coming Russian Tsar in the descriptions of chapters 12-13 of the 3rd book of the prophet Ezra, which, like Revelation, belongs to the apocalyptic genre and is dedicated to the events of the last days. And what's interesting here. There are many similarities between the events given in Revelation and the 3rd book of Ezra, as if two books were written from the same source. Just like John the Theologian, Ezra, who lived around the 6th century BC, describes the confrontation between God’s chosen one and the apocalyptic forces of evil, which unite to overcome him. At the same time, the chosen one of God defeats the nations gathered for battle not with weapons, but precisely with the voice coming from his mouth (12.1-11).
Further, in chapter 13 of the book of the Jewish high priest, an explanation is given of what he saw in his dream. As in the 19th chapter of Revelation, Ezra gives a description of the battle between the “countless multitude” and the righteous man, in which the latter will defeat his enemies neither with a spear nor with military weapons, but with wind, fire and storm, as if emanating from his mouth, which is metaphorically very reminiscent of the sword described in the Revelation of John coming from the mouth of the Rider on a white horse. It is also a coincidence that the prophet, speaking on behalf of the Most High, calls the strong man who defeats countless enemy troops My Son, i.e. The Son of God, connecting the moment of his appearance with a sign.
In discussions about the origin of the coming king, or more precisely, in disputes about the divine nature of his, the icon painted in the 18th century according to the prophecies of the monk Abel, or more precisely, the inscriptions placed on its margins, deserves special attention:
“In the summer of 5035 (1796) the rise of your child on the throne was greater than the summer of 4 and 4 months and days of 4 years.”
The second part of the prophecy, located on the right, is dedicated to the accession to the royal throne of the “born Imasha,” the blessed king “after a very terrible war”:
“On the DAYS of the feast of this Holy Icon (September 20-25), I came before the gift of the saints, like a king, twice his name, before the gift of the saints.”
At the bottom of the icon there is a continuation:
“In the year 5256 (2017), the blessed father ascended to the throne after a very terrible war.”
Thus, the day of the appearance of the Rider on a white horse turned to God and his throne, indicated by the heavenly sign of the 12th chapter of the Apocalypse (September 23, 2017), miraculously overlaps with the days of the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God, during which period, according to the prophetic inscriptions on the icon of Abel, Imache should appear dear king after a very terrible war (September 20-25, 2017).
In this regard, how can one not recall the prophecies of the pious Orthodox elders about the return of Russia to the monarchy and about the coming Russian Tsar. If you carefully and thoughtfully read these messages of the past, their texts, like puzzles, fit into a single logical chain, like several streams merging into one swift harmonious stream, in some ways repeating each other and preaching to the people about the imminent appearance in Russia of God’s anointed one, who should to become a spiritual shepherd of no less than the entire “greatly sinful world.” For the Orthodox consciousness, the fact is clear that the return of Russia to Russian royal power among the dominant liberal elites, in a system of total internal political control of well-veiled cosmopolitan forces, is impossible. Neither monarchist parties, nor zemstvo councils, nor other nationally oriented movements are capable of overcoming the aggressive totalitarian system of suppressing Russian national consciousness. Any candidates from one or another political party who appear in the political firmament will inevitably be absorbed by this system, or will be eliminated as posing at least some kind of threat. In such a situation, any human attempts turn out to be powerless in the face of the complexly constructed mechanism of neoliberal shackles. Only the providence of God can overcome it, in order to miraculously elevate a worthy husband to the All-Russian throne. From the contents of the prophecies, it becomes clear that the elevation to the royal throne will not be associated with elections, referendums, or other so-called democratic procedures that imitate the free expression of the will of citizens. The head of the king will be blessed from above and he will be enthroned not by the Central Election Commission, but by God's will! The anointed one is only waiting in the wings and will appear “soon in the radiance of light and signs.”
As Saint Theophan of Poltava testified, in the world Vasily Dmitrievich Bystrov (1872-1940), known as Archbishop of Poltava and Pereyaslavl:
“The coming of the Antichrist is approaching and is already very close. But before his arrival, Russia must be reborn, albeit for a short time. There will be a king there, chosen by the Lord himself. And he will be a man of fiery faith, deep intelligence and iron will. He, first of all, will restore order in the Orthodox Church, removing all untrue, heretical and lukewarm bishops. And many, very many, with few exceptions, almost all will be eliminated, and new, true, unshakable bishops will take their place... Something that no one expects will happen. Russia will rise from the dead, and the whole world will be surprised. Orthodoxy in Russia will be reborn and triumph.”
As if in unison with him, other saints of God also prophesied about the unprecedented revival of Russia and the unification of all Slavic lands under the rule of the new king.
“Before the end of times, Russia will merge into one great sea with other Slavic lands and tribes,” said St. Seraphim of Sarov. - It will form one sea or that huge universal ocean of the people, about which the Lord God spoke from ancient times through the mouth of all the saints: “The formidable and invincible kingdom of all-Russian, all-Slavic - Gog and Magog, before which all nations will be in awe.”
We find confirmation of this in the words of St. Lawrence of Chernigov (1868-1950):
“There will be a spiritual explosion in Russia! Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a powerful Kingdom. The Orthodox Tsar, God's anointed one, will look after him. Thanks to him, all schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia.”
It is difficult now to judge what exactly in these and similar “prophecies” really came from the visionary elders, and what was invented and attributed to “anonymous monarchists”, however, the theme of the unification of all Slavic lands and the future religious and economic rise of Russia under the cover God's protege excited the minds of not only domestic but also foreign soothsayers. Vanga, Edgar Cayce, Ragno Nero (XIV century), Jane Dixon, Oswald Spengler, Dennion Brinkley, Hudson Taylor also predicted the emergence of a new leader in Russia and a special religious mission of Russia, which would be revived and become a spiritual center for the whole world. This appearance to the world of a new spiritual leader on the Russian throne and the subsequent transformation of Russia in the global historical context probably has such a comprehensive significance that we find prophetic echoes of the events described above not only in various countries, but also in ancient predictions.
So, is it really possible that the Russian people, whose consciousness has been consistently polished and distorted for almost 100 years by communist and neoliberal ideologies, in whose genetic memory the Orthodox worldview laid down by their ancestors, the ideas of autocracy and monarchy, have been erased, will suddenly “rush with lamps and olive branches to place" and fall prostrate before God's anointed? What needs to happen for the hardened and impoverished soul of a Russian to waver and open up to God’s providence, so that nationwide religious and national sobering can finally come? Most likely, it should be something extraordinary, breaking out of the usual potassium and forcing the lost person to remember both God and that he is Russian. Alas, today people, due to their lack of faith, are accustomed to remembering God only in the most difficult “fateful hour” for them. Perhaps this very “fateful hour” will be a “shock therapy” allowed by the Lord, sobering and leading people out of a state of moral stagnation and spiritual vacuum.
On the issues of the speedy restoration of the monarchy in Russia, many prophets showed amazing unanimity.
Now, based on our research, with a certain degree of confidence we can assume that September 23, 2017 will mark a turning point in the destinies of not only Russians, but also the entire sinful world, in which Russia will have to stand alone against all the world’s evil. And by the standards of those who are at the top of the pyramid of world evil, Russia’s fate is predetermined, because even those who seemed to be Russia’s ally will meanly betray it at the last moment. But even in this seemingly hopeless situation, Russia is not destined to perish, because the Russian people have the truth, and therefore God!
At the fateful hour for the Fatherland, the last Orthodox Tsar will appear to Russia - the anointed one, preserved by the Almighty at the end of days. And it is no coincidence that he will be installed as king in Russia in order to lead the Russian army. This is God’s greatest providence, this is God’s chosenness of the Russian people. His appearance in Russia will be that long-awaited turning point at the peak of the unequal confrontation between the entire “new world order” and Russia, as monk Abel said back in the 18th century:
“God is slow to give help, but it is said that he will give it soon and erect a horn of Russian salvation. And a great prince will arise in exile from your house, standing for the children of his people. This will be God's chosen one, and on his head will be a blessing. It will be united and understandable to everyone; the very Russian heart will sense it. His appearance will be powerful and bright, and no one will say: “The king is here or there,” but “This is him.” The will of the people will submit to the mercy of God, and he himself will confirm his calling... His name is destined three times in Russian history. There would be different paths to the Russian mountain again...”
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In the article, Yuri P., alas, there is too much that seduces the modern reader:
firstly, a fantastically twisted plot: “In the fatal hour for the Fatherland, the last Orthodox Tsar will appear to Russia - the anointed one, preserved by the Almighty at the end of days”;
secondly, there is an Orthodox idea and the name of God is remembered: “This is God’s greatest providence, this is God’s chosenness of the Russian people”;
thirdly, the “Tavor Light” illuminates the hero: “There will be a spiritual explosion in Russia! Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a powerful Kingdom. The Orthodox Tsar, God's anointed one, will look after him. Thanks to him, all schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia”;
fourthly: the “accidentally found” icon in the course of the story reveals “miracles of prophecy.”
As we see, in the article of the “aesthetic zealot of piety” there is everything that can please the ear of a “patriotic” reader, there is only one thing missing - the truth!!!
There cannot be good neighborliness and equality between prophecies and mystifications “under prophecies”; they cannot peacefully grow into each other. Here, it’s not just that the Orthodox history of prophecies is “decorated” with false mystical accessories - there’s something else here: this is precisely the “belief in lies” of the author-mystifier, the Orthodox faith for him is filled with the poison of various false teachings and he deliberately does not distinguish between light and darkness.
To illustrate what we are talking about, we will have to resort to citations.
The author writes:
“As Saint Theophan of Poltava testified, in the world Vasily Dmitrievich Bystrov (1872-1940), known as Archbishop of Poltava and Pereyaslavl:
“The coming of the Antichrist is approaching and is already very close. But before his arrival, Russia must be reborn, albeit for a short time. There will be a king there, chosen by the Lord himself. And he will be a man of fiery faith, deep intelligence and iron will. He, first of all, will restore order in the Orthodox Church, removing all untrue, heretical and lukewarm bishops. And many, very many, with few exceptions, almost all will be eliminated, and new, true, unshakable bishops will take their place... Something that no one expects will happen. Russia will rise from the dead, and the whole world will be surprised. Orthodoxy in Russia will be reborn and triumph.”...
Feofan of Poltava never said anything like this (see the article “Archbishop Feofan [V.D. Bystrov, 1872-1940]).
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Further:
“We find confirmation of this in the words of St. Lawrence of Chernigov (1868-1950):
“There will be a spiritual explosion in Russia! Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a powerful Kingdom. The Orthodox Tsar, God's anointed one, will look after him. Thanks to him, all schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia."
Again, the Venerable Lawrence of Chernigov (Luka Evseevich Proskura) never said anything like this (see articles by priest Stefan Krasovitsky “Review of the book “Teachings, prophecies relating to the end times not only of Russia, but of the whole world” (“Orthodox Russia”, no. 4, pp. 14-15, 1995) and priest Timothy, hieromonk Dionysius “On the Church, the Orthodox Kingdom and the Last Time” (“Russian Idea”, M., pp. 102-104, 1998).
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After:
“Monk Abel said:
“God is slow to give help, but it is said that he will give it soon and erect a horn of Russian salvation. And a great prince will arise in exile from your house, standing for the children of his people. This will be God's chosen one, and on his head will be a blessing. It will be united and understandable to everyone; the very Russian heart will sense it. His appearance will be powerful and bright, and no one will say: “The king is here or there,” but “This is him.” The will of the people will submit to the mercy of God, and he himself will confirm his calling... His name is destined three times in Russian history. There would be different paths to the Russian mountain again.”...
Again, Hieromonk Abel did not say anything like this.
The only prophecy that has reached us, S.A. Nilus (1862-1929) wrote a letter to the writer E.N. Trubetskova (1863-1920) for 1914 [copy taken by N. Kochnev (1905-1977)]:
“... I personally held in my hands Abel’s letter to Paraskeva Andreevna Potemkina, in which Abel informed her that he had composed several books for her, which he promised to send soon.
“These books,” writes Abel, “are not with me. They are kept in a secret place. These books of mine are amazing and amazing, and those books of mine are worthy of surprise and horror. And they should be read only by those who trust in the Lord God, for in them there is His Name, which is destined to thunder three times over in Russian history. But his paths will lead again to Russian Mountain. She will be filled with the smoke of incense and prayers, and that is why she will suffer. Poor Rus'."
As for “The Life and Sufferings of Father and Monk Abel,” I found it in the Optina archive, it was published somewhere in a timely edition, but due to censorship conditions in such an abbreviated form that everything related to high-ranking officials was crossed out […]
According to this “Life”, monk Abel was born in 1755 in the Alexinsky district of the Tula province, went to monasteries until, during the reign of Nikolai Pavlovich, he was caught by order of the authorities and imprisoned in the Spaso-Evfimievsky Monastery in Suzdal, where, in all likelihood, , and died […]" [archive of the writer and Church historian M.E. Gubonin (1907-1971), typewritten text].
From the letter it follows that in the Optina Hermitage in the archive there were letters from Abel to Paraskeva Andreevna Potemkina and a certain document “The Life and Sufferings of Father and Monk Abel”, which have not survived to this day, but which Saint Ignatius could also read (D.A. Brianchaninov ), and theological writer S.A. Nilus. It also follows from the letter that in the first “The Life and Sufferings of Father and Monk Abel” there were no prophecies concerning high-ranking officials due to “censorship conditions” (see the article “The Prophecy of Hieromonk Abel (1757-1831)”).
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When you read Yuri P.’s article, your grief increases to the limit when you understand in what self-delusion and self-deception this person apparently is, how dark and false the sources of his literary inspiration are.
Of course, no Orthodox and Sovereign Tsar will appear in the Russian Federation on September 23, 2017, and another “aesthetic zealot of piety and mystifier of prophecies” will become a thing of the past, but the trouble is that he will immediately be replaced by new “aesthetic zealots of piety and mystifiers of prophecies,” which will postpone the coming of the Orthodox and Sovereign Tsar in the Russian Federation to 2018, then to 2019, etc. And again they will lie, lie and lie to Russian society!!!
How can the wavering masses, who do not know where the truth is and cannot take the decisive step towards the Providence of God, understand this?
How can these deprived people learn to believe in the existence of a sequence of prophecies, if in return they are offered “mystical articles of patriotic content”, pushing people “into outer darkness [where] weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 25:30).
Think about it, dear readers, if not now, then at least after September 23, 2017.
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For a week now, various news portals have been grinding out yet another “terrible” news. Next End of the world- another from another great prophet of the past. There is really no information about him. But we were not lazy and dug deep into these “reliable facts”. So.
If we discard the identity of the little-known Benedictine monk Gipedan, or Gepidan... Seriously, we couldn’t find any reliable information about him at all, not only in the Russian segment of the Internet, but also in foreign countries . But there were a bunch of other “prophets” who also prophesied all sorts of things for September. So, if we discard the personality of the prophet, and focus solely on the prediction of End of the World, then we get the following.
Revelation 12:1-2. “A great sign will light up the heavens. A woman illuminated by the Sun, with the moon under her feet, crowned with a crown of 12 stars.”
(free translation, our own).
Nothing new, in short. Biblical texts, signs, “incredible mysteries of the universe” and answers to “all the questions of the universe.” You just need to interpret them correctly. Which, in fact, is what numerous monks of the Middle Ages did. And Comrade Gipedan, most likely, was among them. He finally realized that these strange lines could describe not a specific woman with the moon and stars, but the position of the heavenly bodies. That is, the constellation Virgo and the stars surrounding it.
Having looked at the astrological tables (and the monks of those times had them, and quite detailed ones at that), he established that yes, on September 23, 2017, such a combination was quite possible. The Moon will be near the constellation Virgo, and the constellation Leo (9 stars), as well as Venus, Mars and Mercury, will form something like a “crown”. Well, how will they form it... You need to have a remarkable imagination to imagine all this exactly as described in Revelation. However, yes, from a formal point of view, the conditions of the prophecy are met. And of course, such an astronomical phenomenon MUST mean something. End of the world At the very least, it is very rare. Happens once every 7000 years.
Well, then came the fantasy. What can cause us End of the world? Some kind of global war. And climate catastrophe. Hurricanes, for example. Well, earthquakes are already boring, volcanic eruptions too. But we haven’t seen terrible winds in Europe for a long time. So let them be responsible for the “next” death of humanity. The monks had a good imagination, very good.
So, if we put aside speculation and religious nonsense. Yes, on September 23, 2017 it will be possible to observe a unique astronomical phenomenon. As on any other day, you will be able to observe absolutely unique combinations of stars in the sky, which will be repeated in who knows how many years. And, in fact, that’s all. As for the Third World War, even according to Nostradamus ( if we really want to listen to famous prophets) the nearest one should be no earlier than 2038.
So, dear readers, stop listening to various prophecies. If the prophets were hit in the face for every unfulfilled prediction (and the same would be done with weather forecasters, stock analysts, political scientists and “economic development strategists”), then they would very soon stop carrying out their subversive activities. However, no, we will not wait for such happiness.
After the autumn equinox on September 23, 2017, a parade of planets and luminaries is lined up in the heavens with the participation of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus and Jupiter in the constellations Virgo and Leo. That is, in one visually observable area of the starry sky, six “star planets” will be collected from all the visible seven that are present in the Solar System.
“And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the Sun; The moon is under her feet, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars.”
This phenomenon, according to biblical theorists, as well as according to some Internet sources, corresponds to the text of the Prophetic book in the New Testament - the Revelation of John, chapter 12:
“And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the Sun; The Moon is under her feet, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars.
She was pregnant, and screamed from the pain and pangs of birth.
The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth, he would devour her baby.
And she gave birth to a male child, who is to rule all nations with a rod of iron.”
The events of September 23 will take place exactly on the hundredth anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin Mary in the Portuguese city of Fatima. September 23 also coincides with the celebration of the Jewish New Year, in this case marking the end of the year 5777 (abbreviated as 777), and with the Feast of Trumpets of Rosh Hashanah. In Jewish tradition, it is considered the day when the dead will be raised and the Judgment will begin, while Christians believe it will be the period of tribulation described in the Book of Revelation and foreshadowing events comparable in importance to Easter and Pentecost.
And the Dragon is always watching nearby. To the left of the Virgo is the Hydra, to the right is the Dragon. “The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth, he would devour her baby.”
What can astronomers say about this?
Christpher M. Grani, professor of physics and astronomer, responds: “I was working in my office last fall when my work phone rang. A Catholic Astronomer reader asked why the Vatican Observatory blog is full of discussions about black holes or something else when it is much more important to talk about the events of September 23, 2017. My caller was familiar with the Sky Stellarium software. He could look at the configuration of the stars and planets on September 23, 2017 at Stellarium and be convinced that such a celestial arrangement, similar to the biblical descriptions, was a reality. It was a reasonable question."
Next, the professor gives his reasoning.
Indeed, on September 23, 2017, the Sun will be in the zodiac constellation Virgo - “the woman clothed in the Sun.” The Moon will be at Virgo's feet - "with the Moon under her feet." The nine bright stars of the zodiac constellation Leo plus three planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars) will be at the head of Virgo - “on her head is a crown of twelve stars.” The planet Jupiter will be in the center of Virgo - “she was in the womb, and screamed from the pains and pangs of birth.”
But is this position of the Sun, Moon and the above planets really unique?
Firstly, every year, thanks to the Earth's orbit, in its apparent movement along the ecliptic, the Sun passes through each of the 12 constellations of the Zodiac. And every year it happens in the constellation Virgo.
Secondly, during the month the Moon goes through its cycle of phases and, since its orbit practically lies in the ecliptic plane, visits each constellation of the Zodiac once a month.
It is clear that once a year there is a day when the Sun is in Virgo, and the Moon is to the east of Virgo, at her “feet”.
So, the appearance of the celestial “woman clothed with the Sun with the Moon at her feet” is as predictable in September as the US holiday on Labor Day.
Thirdly, Jupiter will be in Virgo (with the Sun and the Moon in the same place) once every 11 or 12 years, because Jupiter makes a full revolution around the Sun in 11.9 years, and will be in the sign of Virgo for more than nine months, just like in any other sign.
Depiction of the constellation Leo in a 10th-century Western manuscript.
As for the crown of twelve “stars”, consisting of three planets and nine stars of Leo, there are many more stars in the latter than nine.
Two images of Leo, indicated by ten stars rather than nine. The image on the left is from an astronomy book for children; the image on the right is from an old National Geographic atlas.
The constellation Leo has nine main visible stars that form it, and they are brighter than others. Those. conditionally visually, you can constantly see this crown of nine stars, as it were, adorning Virgo. In fact, in the constellation Leo there are many stars surrounding the “head” of Virgo.
So, the celestial picture, with several planets located at the head of the constellation Virgo with Jupiter located in the center of Virgo and the Moon at its feet, is somewhat unusual.
And yet, the parade of planets on September 23 is not unique, if only because the same configuration of planets, the Sun and the Moon was observed in the constellation Virgo on September 24, 1827, September 6, 1483, September 5, 1293, September 14, 1056 and September 11, 3. BC.
Regarding the latter date, biblical theorists believe that it indicates the exact birthday of Jesus Christ.
The texts of the Bible not only do not indicate the day and hour of the second coming of Jesus Christ, but even directly say that it is impossible for a person to know this.
St. John Chrysostom in his Commentary on Matthew writes: “But no one knows about that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but only My Father alone...” And all sorts of predictors of the Apocalypse should know about this.
All things considered, it makes sense why astronomers are ignoring the seemingly majestic celestial event of September 23, 2017, and instead talking about black holes or something else.
On September 23, 2017 we will see the constellation Virgo, in which the Sun will emerge. The Bible speaks of the same phenomenon in the Apocalypse, and describes “a woman clothed in the sun” - the Virgin Mary. In addition, these events will unfold exactly on the hundredth anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin Mary in the Portuguese city of Fatima. At the same time, we know that the hundredth anniversary is an important milestone. The emergence of the sun, which, by the way, occurs every year, is not the only heavenly sign that awaits us in a year. What else needs to happen?
First, one short note: in the article below, I present a number of facts and observations from which I do not draw a clear conclusion. However, the phenomena I describe are such that they directly lead to false interpretations. Therefore, I would like to state that absolutely nothing is predicted. I am only offering my thoughts on upcoming events both on earth and in heaven. These events are potentially very significant. Therefore we must take them into account. No more, no less.
God's sign
I wonder what if God, as He has done so many times before, gave us a sign from above. Would we have noticed it? And if it drew attention to great and terrible events, would we be able to understand it? Or are we so busy with our daily worries that we no longer bother to look at the heavens, or, even having noticed something, call it nonsense for the superstitious?
What if I told you that an astronomical event is approaching, which is completely consistent with the Revelation of John the Theologian (the so-called Apocalypse - approx. Countermovement) and literally incredibly coincides in time and context. Will you look at the sky?
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun; the moon is under her feet, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and screamed from the pain and pangs of birth.
And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. His tail carried away a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the ground.
This dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth, he would devour her baby. And she gave birth to a male child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and His throne.
Revelation 12:1-5
Star of Bethlehem
Before we begin, I think the most important thing is to understand the context. As Christians, it is an integral and irrefutable part of our faith that two thousand years ago God used an astronomical event to communicate with humanity. We are talking about the Star of Bethlehem. But if someone imagines it at all, then he imagines it, as a rule, in the form of a strong and bright light in the sky, which cannot be ignored: supposedly it was so bright that it was able to raise the three wise men from their seats (or from their thrones) and send them on a long journey for the predicted King.
But these are misconceptions. After all, we also know that when the Magi got to Jerusalem, and it is only eight kilometers from Bethlehem, they had to explain what they actually saw, and why what they saw was interpreted in this way. King Herod, his court and the rest of Jerusalem knew nothing about the Star at all. After all, the people of Jerusalem were engaged in searching for food for their families and daily responsibilities, just like we are today. And although a great sign shone over their heads, announcing the coming of the Savior, the Son of God, they not only did not know about it, but they were not interested in it at all.
To help us understand the context in which we can better understand Revelation 12, it is helpful to look a little closer at the Star of Bethlehem. What was she really like, and why did the Magi see her when everyone else didn’t notice her? The simple answer is: because they were paying attention.
There is a fairly compelling theory that the Star of Bethlehem was actually a series of completely “ordinary” astronomical phenomena that included a series of rare planetary conjunctions that marked the birth of the King. First of all, it is important to remind that observing these signs is not astrology. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines astrology as follows:
“...A type of divination that involves predicting earthly and human events through observations and interpretations of the stars, the Sun, the Moon, and the planets. Its adherents are confident that understanding the influence of planets and stars on earthly events allows them to predict and influence the destinies of people, groups and nations.”
God communicates with man
The Catholic Church unequivocally and clearly condemns astrology, as well as all other types of predictions (CCC 2116). But interpreting signs such as the Star of Bethlehem is not the same as telling fortunes. This is simply ordinary astronomy and symbolism associated with the idea that God, the Creator of the Universe, sometimes uses his creatures to communicate with man. The Bible is full of examples that support this conclusion. For example, Psalm 19 says:
The heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.
Day communicates speech to day, and night reveals knowledge to night.
There is no language and no dialect where their voice is not heard.
Psalm 19:1-4
Saint Paul quotes this very Psalm in his Epistle to the Romans, where he explains that the Jews had information about the coming of the Mission:
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But I ask: didn’t they hear?
On the contrary, their voice went throughout the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Romans 10:17-18
Paul clearly says that the Jews knew about the coming of the Mission because heaven told them so. Clearly, Paul is not encouraging astrology, but is saying that God sometimes uses the heavens as a warning sign to communicate His plans. Of course, much more could be said about the difference between astrology and the understanding of heavenly signs, but for now suffice it to say that a Christian has every right to look to the heavens and expect confirmation or communication of God's plans in the right context and when correctly applied.
So what was the Star of Bethlehem? As we have already mentioned, there is every reason to believe that this was a series of astronomical phenomena with important symbolic content. A detailed description can be found on BethlehemStar.net, but I will try to summarize briefly.
Astronomical phenomena
In the third and second centuries BC, given the apparent retrograde motion of Jupiter, a rare conjunction of Jupiter (the "royal" planet) and Regulus (the "royal" star) arose. The Three Magi very likely interpreted this conjunction as a strong light in the heavens that flashes “king-king-king.” This whole show started on the Jewish New Year in the constellation Leo (which symbolizes the “tribe” of Judah). So this connection clearly symbolized the coming of the Jewish King from the family of Judah, which was not difficult for those who were aware of the fact of the coming of the Messiah to interpret. It is also necessary to add that immediately behind Leo there was the constellation Virgo with the Sun and Moon “at its feet”.
After this unusual conjunction, Jupiter began to move in a westerly direction and connected with Venus, the planet that particularly symbolizes motherhood. The connection of the “royal” and “mother” planets was so close that none of the people living at that time had seen anything like this before, and together they formed the brightest object in the sky.
After all these signs about the birth of the Jewish King from the clan of Judah, it is clear why it was not difficult for the three educated wise men to set off on the road to Jerusalem, and also why the common people of Jerusalem “missed everything.”
After this, Jupiter constantly moved westward until it finally stopped. When this happened, when looking from Jerusalem, he stopped exactly in the south, exactly above the small village of Bethlehem on December 25 of the second year before Christ.
All this is easy to see in any computer popular science program, because such programs show the night sky in any historical period from anywhere on Earth. And it is thanks to such programs that we can look at the sky not only in the past, but also in the future.
If, in the context of all of the above, we turn to the future view of the sky, we will again see heavenly signs of great importance.
Consider the beginning of Revelation 12:
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun; under her feet is the moon, and on her head is a crown of twelve stars.
She was pregnant, and screamed from the pain and pangs of birth.
Near future
On November 20, 2016, an astronomical event will begin that will last nine and a half months, and which, disturbingly, will culminate in exactly another event from Revelation. And although I am not an astronomer, all the research I have conducted suggests that this phenomenon is unique of its kind in the observable history of mankind.
On November 20, 2016, Jupiter (the King) will enter the body (womb) of the constellation Virgo (that is, the Holy Virgin). Jupiter, given its retrograde motion, will remain in the “womb” of Virgo for nine and a half months. This period corresponds to the duration of pregnancy for a normal, slightly post-term baby.
After nine and a half months, Jupiter will again leave the womb of the constellation Virgo. During his birth (birth), on September 23, 2017, we see the constellation Virgo, followed immediately by the Sun (“the woman clothed in the sun”). At Virgo's feet we see the Moon. And on her head we find a crown of twelve stars: it is formed by nine stars of the constellation Leo, as well as three planets - Mercury, Venus and Mars.
This is an extremely remarkable, at least from my perspective, and somewhat disturbing similarity to Revelation 12. What does this mean, if anything? The only truthful answer that suggests itself is “we don’t know.” But even without knowing, we can make assumptions.
“By coincidence,” these apparitions will coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the apparition of the “woman clothed with the sun,” that is, the Virgin Mary at Fatima, which occurred in 1917. The described star parade will culminate just three weeks before the anniversary of the miracle, when the sun “danced” (another sign in the sky) and was watched by thousands of people.
And for almost a hundred years that followed, we were able to watch as Our Lady’s warnings were fulfilled with amazing accuracy. Humanity has not stopped trampling on God, and we have experienced terrible wars, the extermination of entire nations, we have seen “Russia, which spreads its mistakes throughout the world” and, to be frank, even to the Church itself. And we still have to fulfill Her promises, the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart and the advent of peace on earth.
The meaning of the centenary
What you may not know is that the Fatima prophecy itself suggests that the hundredth anniversary is important. In 1931, Sister Lucia, the most important witness to the apparition, was visiting friends in Rianjo, Spain. There God appeared to her and complained that His Mother’s advice was not followed. He said: “Tell my servants that if they, like the King of France, delay the execution of my orders, they will suffer the same misfortune as the King of France. It’s never too late to turn to Jesus and Mary.”
In the following text from Sister Lucia, you can read the words of the Lord: “They did not want to obey my wishes! Like the King of France, they will regret and finally listen, but it will be too late. Meanwhile, Russia will spread its mistakes throughout the world, provoke wars and persecution of the Church. The Holy Father will suffer a lot."
The reference to the French king is very interesting to us because it is a direct reference to the demands of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which the Lord expressed through Margaret Maria Alacoque on June 17, 1689. King Louis XIV and his successors, however, disobeyed the order to solemnly consecrate France to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As a result, June 17, 1789 in a hundred years, day by day, The Popular Assembly of the French Revolution rebelled against the king, declared itself ruler of France, and overthrew the monarch. Subsequently, the king, as we know, was executed.
We cannot accurately assess the significance of the hundredth anniversary of the Fatima events, but it is definitely an interesting confirmation.
Many also know the words of Pope Leo XIII's sermon that Satan has a hundred years to achieve the destruction of the Church. Immediately after this opinion was expressed, the Pope wrote a prayer to St. Archangel Michael, in which he asks the archangel to protect us in the struggle and become our protection from malice and devilish practices. The Pope added these so-called Leonine prayers at the end of the mass. But the Second Vatican Congress made sure that this practice was abolished.
Restless waiting
Today the Church is going through troubled times. The very foundations of faith, even the commandments of our Savior, are relativized and ignored. And one cannot help but remember the words of the Pope.
And since we are talking about the modern crisis in the Church, we must also recall that the date when the astronomical phenomenon that we spoke about will happen, that is, November 20, 2016, is also the day when the “Year of Jubilee” announced Pope Francis. On the same day the day of Christ the King is celebrated.
Again, I will emphasize that I am not trying to claim that the astronomical phenomenon described here has any significance. I do not claim to know the future or any events in it related to the fulfillment of the entire Fatima prophecy.
I'm just saying that we are in the same situation that the three wise men were in two thousand years ago.
And I look up to the sky and say, “Okay, Lord! I am listening to you".
The Chinese horoscope is inextricably linked with the Chinese calendar, which consists of twelve-year cycles. Each year of the cycle corresponds to a specific animal, one of 12.- The symbol of 2020 is the Rat (or Mouse).
According to the Chinese horoscope, what is the color, element and binary cycle of “Yin”/”Yang” for the symbol of 2020:
In the binary cycle "Yin" and "Yang" The rat is always "Yang", occurring exclusively in even years.The element that the Rat corresponds to in 2020 is metal.
Colors of the symbol of 2020 - white.
That is, the symbol of 2020 according to the Chinese horoscope is metal rat white .
Characteristics of the Rat - the symbol of 2020 according to the Chinese calendar:
Since ancient times, the rat has been considered an animal in the Chinese horoscope. bringing material well-being and providing protection.The rat is associated with intelligence, activity, cunning, order, wealth and charisma.
Unlike Western culture, where a person may be called a "rat" in a negative sense, in China and India The rat is considered an extremely respected animal. As an example, we can recall the famous story about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, whose great and wise mentor was Master Splinter, who is the Rat.
The Rat is considered to be most compatible with another Rat, the Dragon, in whom it values intelligence and attractiveness, and the Monkey, which charms it with its irresistible charm. The opposite sign with which the Rat finds it most difficult to find a common language is the “too independent” Horse. The Rat has satisfactory compatibility with other animals of the Chinese horoscope.
