"My name is Legion: for we are many" - La Salette in 1846 through Fatima in 1917, Garabandal in 1961, Akita in 1973, and Medjugorje in 1981 to date

 

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La Salette in 1846 through Fatima in 1917, Garabandal in 1961, Akita in 1973, and Medjugorje in 1981 to date

In 1917 toward the end of WWI, Virgin Mary appeared to Lucia and other two children in Fatima, Portugal.  It was the era of Pope Benedict XV about whom Malachi's prophecy described "Religion destroyed." 

The popes in the era before and after WWII were described in Malachi's prophecy as "Intrepid faith" and "Angelic faith."  Then, when Pope John XXII died in 1963, Conchita in Garabandal, Spain, heard a voice of Virgin Mary:

“After this pope, there are only three left. Then [it will be] the end of times.” Soon after, the Virgin Mary specifies that even though she says that only three are left, there will be another that will “govern the Church for a very short time,” which is why She does not include him on the list. (https://www.garabandal.it/en/documentation/going-deeper/1290-the-three-popes-and-the-end-of-times-in-garabandal)    

In Malachi's prophecy, Pope John XXII (1958-1963) is described as "Shepherd and sailor; Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) as "Flower of flowers"; and John Paul I (1978.8.26ー1978.9.28) as "Of the half moon."   

And, more importantly, Virgin Mary also told Conchita at the time that there were only three popes left and then it would be the end of times.  As John Paul I was omitted for the above reason, only Paul VI, John Paul II (1978-2005) and Benedict XVI (2005-2013) should take the papacy before the start of the end of times, which means that the end of times should start during the papacy of incumbent Pope Francis (2013-). 

Indeed, the descriptions in Malachi's prophecy are vague after John Paul II (From the labour of the sun / Of the eclipse of the sun) and Benedict XVI (Glory of the olive):

In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.

Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes)

However, in one interpretation the descriptions in Malachi's prophecy about popes have changed after John Paul I (1978.8.26ー1978.9.28) as "Of the half moon" from direct attributions to popes to global circumstances around popes.  The era of John Paul II (1978-2005) was also an era of Japan's advancement after WWII from a defeated nation to the status of No.2 country in the world in terms of GDP and its economic doldrums through the end of the 20th century to be superseded by China around 2010.  In deed, John Paul II visited Japan in 1981 as the first pope who has ever visited Japan whose national flag symbolizes the red sun.

As for Benedict XVI (2005-2013; Glory of the olive), during his papacy, Obama became the U.S. President as the first black American, whose color of the skin can be described as "the olive" since his mother was Swede.  

In this context, the descriptions about Peter the Roman, supposed to be the last pope, should be interpreted as that when these things are finished, G7 will be destroyed.  It should mean that the current global system centered around G7 (the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan) should be destroyed, which suggests the World War 3 should occur in the era of the last pope, Peter the Roman.

Or, more specifically, autocratic countries such as Russia and China suppressing Christians should fight a global war against democratic G7 where people can freely believe and practice Christianity.  And, it will be when Peter the Roman is the papacy.   Indeed, this must have been prophesized in various warnings given by Virgin Mary from La Salette (France), Fatima, Garabndal, Akita (Japan) to Medjugorje (Bosnia and Herzegovina).  Specifically, in La Salette in 1846, Virgin Mary predicted that the last war would be fought by ten kings in the world, which should mean that G7, Russia, China, etc. should be involved.

Therefore, our concern should be whether Pope Francis is the last pope, Peter the Roman.  Pope Francis is from Argentina but of Italian origin, first since John Paul I who was omitted in the early warning by Virgin Mary given to Conchita.  But, he was old at 85 now, since he was born in 1936.  It is expected that his papacy would continue for the next decade at most.  Nevertheless, the current war in Ukraine might lead to WWIII during the papacy of Pope Francis.  In this case, the "end of times," thought to be the end of the era since the middle of the 19th century through WWI and WWII to the last world war WWIII, looks so imminent.

From the beginning, Swedenborg, an eminent psychic in the 18th century, wrote that he had observed the last judgment being performed in the spirit world around 1760 and its effect should appear in the human world 2 to 3 centuries later, meaning the middle of the 21st century.  Also, Newton, an eminent scientist around the 18th century, predicted that the end of the world would start around 2060 based on his intense study of the Bible.  And then, Virgin Mary started to appear in various places such as La Salette and Fatima, delivering warnings about the crucial moment in the fate of the mankind.  So, everything spiritually meaningful in terms of the fate of the mankind and the last judgment converges on the current ear of the early 21st century. 

However, as the "end of times" can be thought to be the end of the era since the middle of the 19th century through WWI and WWII to the last world war WWIII, it should not necessarily mean the end of the mankind or the human civilization.  The human civilization should further continue for at least next 10,000 years, as a Japanese psychic saw spiritually in Giza, Egypt, in 1990s, in front of the Great Pyramid built about 5,000 years before, thinking about the future of the mankind in comparison of ancient Egyptians, although she told that human beings living 10,000 years later looked so different from the current ones.  

Therefore, all we should hope is that the mankind will be forgiven their sins by the God, Christ Jesus, and Virgin Mary through the "end of times" in this 21st century and allowed to continue their civilization with new faith after their repentance.  Regardless of whether or not Pope Francis can be regarded as Peter the Roman, we had better be prepared for WWIII and the subsequent era for repentance and establishment of new religion or introduction of more spiritual Christianity.    

Anyway, we should not neglect the extraordinary appearances of Virgin Mary and her warnings since her apparition in La Salette in 1846 through Fatima in 1917, Garabandal in 1961, Akita in 1973, and Medjugorje in 1981 to date.     

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Mark 5, King James Version

7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.