Unveiling the Apocalypse: The Final Passover of the Church

by Emmett O'Regan

Towards the end of the 19th century, Pope Leo XIII experienced a prophetic vision which foretold that Satan would soon be granted a period of greater power. A period which encompassed the horrors of the 20th century and subsequent decline of the influence of the Church. This book amasses a wealth of evidence from Scripture and Church approved private revelations to show how this vision can be equated with the short time given to Satan described in the Apocalypse. With the upcoming celebration of the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 2017, many Catholics believe that the time of Satan's greater power will now draw to a close. But what exactly happens to the Church at the end of this period of chaos? The author attempts to demonstrate that this is the fulfilment of the victory of the Archangel Michael over the Devil during the War in Heaven described in Rev 12, when the Dragon is thrown down to earth in great fury. An event which will allow for the restoration of the Church by the Two Witnesses before the rise to power of the Antichrist and the onslaught of the Great Chastisement. When St. Augustine of Hippo originally advance his deeply influential amillennial interpretation of the Apocalypse, he originally proposed that the unbinding of Satan would occur at the end of the "Sabbath Millennium" discussed by the Early Church Fathers. According to the biblical chronology established by St. Bede the Venerable in the 8th century AD, the end of the Sabbath Millennium occurs in the exact timeframe as the prophecy of Pope Leo XIII concerning the period of Satan's greater power. This insight has radical implications for the interpretation of the Apocalypse, and effectively means that we are currently living during the unbinding of Satan at the end of the Millennium described in Rev 20. It prompts us to develop an entirely new approach to the chronology of the Book of Revelation, in what can only be described as "past-millennialism". This period of history was dreaded by St. Augustine himself, since he knew that Satan would be able to severely inhibit the spread of the "If he [the devil] were during so long a period [i.e., from the coming of Christ to the period just before the end of the world] permitted to assail the weakness of men, very many persons, such as God would not wish to expose to such temptation, would have their faith overthrown, or would be prevented from believing; and that this might not happen, he is bound... And [God] binds [the devil] that he may not, in the free and eager exercise of his malice, hinder or destroy the faith of those countless weak persons, already believing or yet to believe, from whom the Church must be increased and completed; and he will in the end loose him, that the city of God may see how mighty an adversary it has conquered, to the great glory of its Redeemer, Helper, Deliverer. And what are we in comparison with those believers and saints who shall then exist, seeing that they shall be tested by the loosing of an enemy with whom we make war at the greatest peril even when he is bound." (St. Augustine of Hippo, City of God Chap 20:8-9). On the approach of the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 2017, it would appear that we are now nearing the end of this period of the unbinding of Satan, when the power of the Devil will once again be restricted to allow for the restoration which must take place before the persecution of the Antichrist foreseen in the Third "the Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection" (Catechism of the Catholic Church para 677).

829 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2016

Reviews

[Benjamin Wolaver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought-provoking and quite convincing

This book is well researched and well worth the read. This reader will be paying close attention the movements of the Spirit in the coming days!