Signs In The Sky

"All sorts of signs in the sky this past week," Dracul Van Helsing stared out the window.

"Was that something else your dad mentioned to you in your disturbing dream?" Hyung Grace Kwan asked.

"Yes, he said in the week of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation due to his failing health (which then occurred immediately the day after my dream), there would appear all sorts of signs in the sky," Dracul said, "I thought he was talking about UFOs given what he talked about later but he didn't say UFOs, he just said signs in the sky.  And the day of the Pope's resignation, we have lightning strike Saint Peter's Dome... twice. Then today we have Asteroid 2012 D 14 passing over the Earth in a record breaking Earth pass. And on the same day, we have a meteor hitting Central Russia injuring almost 1000 people."

"Didn't the Blessed Virgin Mary say something about Russia in her messages to the 3 shepherd children at Fatima?" Hyung asked.

"Yes, she said Russia would spread her errors throughout the world," Dracul nodded, "and most people thought this was just referring to Communism. Communism was certainly one of Russia's errors and it did spread throughout the world covering almost half the globe at one point in history but since the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Communism has been in retreat throughout the globe. And it was always my personal opinion that the New Age Movement is another one of Russia's errors that has spread throughout the world. Most people forget that Helena Petrovna Blavatsky the founder of Theosophy (and the woman who's considered the founder of what has come to be called the New Age Movement) was Russian. And the New Age Movement is still spreading across the globe (with no signs of retreat) especially thanks to one woman called Oprah Winfrey who I always used to jokingly refer to as the Anti-John the Baptist preceding the Antichrist but given what my dad said in my dream, it may not be so much of a joke anymore."

"You think that the New Age Movement founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky is one of Russia's errors that the Blessed Virgin Mary was warning about at Fatima?",

Hyung asked.

"Yes, given what my dad said the AntiPope False Prophet would say when he proclaims as Christ the individual who is actually the Antichrist," Dracul noted, "the Antipope will say that this coming Saviour of the World is actually the embodiment of the Christ Consciousness for this age in the same way that Jesus of Nazareth was the embodiment of the Christ Consciousness for the age that is now passing away.  The term Christ Consciousness has always been a term used by many New Age groups. The AntiPope False Prophet will say that Christ is a consciousness not an individual person.  As the Apostle Saint John put it in his Epistle 1 John 2:22, 'Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?  He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son.'   Which is interesting because this same AntiPope False Prophet will deny the Trinity and the Incarnate Deity of Jesus Christ."

"Is there just an Antipope to come or will there be a true Pope as well?" Hyung asked.

"Well if what my dad said in the dream is really true and prophetic, there will be both a true Pope and an Antipope," Dracul answered, "at the next Conclave the College of Cardinals will be hopelessly split into differing factions and one faction will elect one man Pope and the other faction will elect another man Pope. Now whether this will occur all at once at the next Conclave or whether the losing faction at the next Conclave will decide a few weeks or a few months later that they will hold a Conclave of their own and elect another man Pope, my dad didn't specify. But it's interesting that some interpretations of the text of the Third Secret of Fatima did say that "bishop will be against bishop and cardinal will be against cardinal" as if there is some sort of civil war being fought in the Church. And it's interesting that one BBC news analyst and commentator said that Pope Benedict XVI seems to be a King Lear style figure.  An interesting choice of words because civil war does break out in the land after King Lear abdicates.  And Pope Benedict XVI in his last homily at his last public Mass this past Ash Wednesday did issue a plea for an end to infighting among clerics in the Church.  He said that the face of the Church has been marred by divisions and rivalry among the clergy. As if the Pope himself realizes what will happen if there isn't unity and charity among the bishops and Cardinals."

"Wow, so how will we know which man is the true Pope and which man is the Antipope False Prophet?" Hyung inquired.

"Well, my dad did say before the AntiPope False Prophet makes his public blasphemy against the Trinity and the Incarnate Deity of Christ, it will be the man claiming to be Pope, that is the papal claimant most admired and approved of by the vast majority of political leaders of the Western world, who will be the AntiPope and False Prophet," Dracul replied.

"Well, given the types of people who are the political leaders of the Western world, that really comes as no surprise," Hyung remarked.

To be continued.