02-28-2021, 05:05 PM
II. PUNISHMENTS WHICH MAN INFLICTS ON HIMSELF,
i.e., which result without special divine intervention-
A. Some General Principles: False prophets preach peace but wage war if they don't get their way
(16). Darkness and destruction is the lot of sinners. While God proves the good with trials, he
judges therewith the wicked. Falsehood and its consequences fall and ill-gotten goods vanish
under God's lash (5, 9h, 15, 16, 25, 45, 59b, 61, 70). When a land, but especially when the
nations generally rise up against God, he visits them in his anger with famine, war, and pestilence
on man and beast (4, 11 c, 57, 150).
B. Time for special chastisement: Same as above in I A, with the additional note that it will be in the
3rd age and before the comet (3, 4, 9h, 11c, 14a, c, 20c, 38,41,45, 47c, d, 57, 59, 60, 65, 70,
84b, c, 95, 116, 159).
C. Sufferings to occur over some period of time and in various places: There will be affliction, terror,
tumult, confusion, commotion, rumor, and carnage. Man will cause wars, revolutions,
persecutions, and upsets in rulers and governments; and God will add earthquake, flood, drought,
fire, bad seasons and consequent famine, pestilence and disease (3, 5, 19, 20, 32, 34, 38, 41, 45,
47, 57, 59, 60, 63, 65, 69, 70, 72, 81, 84, 92, 95, 98, 111, 116, 122, 129, 138, 153, 155, 156,
157, 168). There will be discord even in the Church (173).
D. A very particular war or series of wars:
a. Time: Same as above in II B, with these changes and additions; After the Comet, (some time
after 1800, in the 20th century). specifically, after 1938 (84c, 98, 112, 147. 155); after the
invention of moving pictures, submarine. airplane, telegraph. etc. (85, 122b, 126) ; after an
English King resigns and George son of George rules, more than 700 years after England takes
Ireland, and when various English buildings are destroyed and British power wanes (69b, 82,
85b, 70d, 137).
b. Preliminaries to the conflict: One war ends in a false peace (75,86,115,149), The Kaiser leaves
Germany; troubled peace follows; a low born leader replaces royalty, makes Germany strong,
persecutes Jews and Christians and starts the war (76, 88). The conflict in Europe starts in
Poland (81b. 123a, b) but has come out of Asia (200, 201). When France has been ravaged by
one five year's war (1914-1918) she still has two blood purges to endure (102, 122c. 163. 167,
173).
c. General notions and extent: This conflict is described as Universal or near!y so; as a
combination of war, revolution and persecution: as an era of no peace on earth, no trust or
security with nation against nation, person against person; confusion, misery, terrible taxes, a
dispoiled earth is seen on all sides and war is kindled on war (3, 8, 11, 14, 20, 23, 33, 38, 41,
47, 49, 57, 59, 60, 65, 88,95, 98, 101, 122, 126, 137, 149, 150, 153, 159, 168c).
d. Duration: Five years (32b, 86, 102, 168, a, e).
e. Some particular features:
1. The South and West is against the North and East. Jews are involved and loose. The North
is victor. but on dividing the South it is decisively defeated. The last battle continues three
days; two armies of the North-East are wiped out, the third flies to the far east (12b, 89, 98,
122c, 133, 139, 162, 173, 174). Yellow and Red warriors are against Europe (184).
2. Of three evil rulers who oppress the earth. one dies in bed, a second is killed by the third,
and the third falls by the sword. They who raise the armies perish with them. A whole
eastern nation fights for an evil man. Ten kings are involved. These nations have mighty
fleets (9i, 41c, 47f, 60b, 92, 126, 155).
3. The battlefield is half the earth. Death from the sky. poison gas, cities evacuated, cities and
even whole provinces and nations destroyed; a northern nation has great air power; great
battles on sea and in the air; blockades, injured food resources, etc. All are featured in this
conflict. The Godless governments of Europe tear each other and the continent to pieces
(59, 65, 85a, b, 86c, 88b, 92, 98, 116, 157, 171, 176).
4. In 70d is what appears to be a description of a modern fleet and combined sea and air
bombardment. This is a war where the weak must be strong (14c). Emblems and
atmosphere are described thus: a headless, disgraced or hooked cross (85b, 175, 184); a
hammer, red destroyers of the wealthy, yellow warriors (146, 168, 175, 184). It is a war of
falsehood and enforced caution of speech (60b, 86, 102).
f. Various nations involved:
1. The German leader is at first victorious, then for half as long. while twenty nations clash. he
holds his own. but in far less time, having been weakened in the East. his country is
invaded, completely defeated, and the ruler crushed. Soldiers of seven nations are in the
last battle which is in Westphalia. Russia seems to fall at the same time. It will take seven
generations for Russia and Prussia to recoup the losses (65. 71, 76, 89b. 104, 108, 125,
140, 155, 162, 167, 175).
2. England in alliance with France is helped by a nation and fleet from the west but defeated at
sea by a fleet from the east (this may refer to a later date). London is destroyed. France will
aid when revolt breaks in England. Many lords and the king perish. The English casualties
will be nearly as great as the Prussian. In Europe England "pays the piper."1 (69b, 70d, 84c,
85, 86c, 87, 98, 122, 128, 129, 137, 155, 201.)
3. France falls as a result of her alliance with England. She will have a triple blood purge (two
wars and a revolt?) (87, 98, 122, 137, 173). Her leader will be destroyed (98). Paris,
Marseilles, and many other cities will be destroyed. but the good will escape death in Paris.
There will be civil war in which the communists control three-fourths of France. The result,
however, is quelled, and France aids England suppress a similar uprising there (65, 67b,
100, 102, 112, 137, 144, 156b, 163, 167, 173, 176, 201). Paris will be oppressed for a little
more than three years (158) (This may refer to time of Anti-Christ). It is France that will
have started all this antireligion trouble (141).
4. Italy suffers terribly, chiefly during the persecution noted below. Many cities are ruined in
northern Italy, but also Naples and Palermo. Her islands are evacuated. Lombardy is laid
waste. Armies of the North, West, and East fight there. Rome is probably pillaged but not
destroyed (65, 93b, 111, 123i, 139, I68e, 173, 184).
5. Russia outrages and murders nobles, wealthy, and the clergy (157, 188). She seems to be
on the side of Prussia in the Battle of Westphalia with France. Spain. Poland. Italy. and
apparently Austria on the opposite side (l04b, 106, 163, 167, 175). She causes many exiles
and fugitives (149).
6. Greece will not be secure till she returns to Christian Unity (l06b). Spain survives civil war
and trouble from the Godless (85.87. ]47. 184). Vienna is destroyed (] 57) .
g. The Persecution:2
1. In the fourth year of the war it becomes a religious conflict, with men and women fighting
for the faith. The church will lack a protector for 25 months but the actual persecution lasts
400 days (8Sb. 100. 101, 123h. 140. 173) (This may refer to time of AntiChrist) . The
persecution will be terrible and directed chiefly against priests and religious. Many priests
die not only for the faith but also for the country (19, 59b, 72, 84, 97, 111, 129, 134, 147a,
b, 157b, 161, 164, I69b, 170).
2. The persecution will be widespread. In France it is connected with civil war. In Italy it is
especially severe and Russia and Prussia are responsible. The martyrs there are numerous
(65, 111, 159, 16 8e), but the terror will spread even to where it is thought impossible
(141). While a few Catholics. even some bishops. fall away. the clergy on the whole stand
firm. Church and other Catholic property will be confiscated (67b, 139. 141, 153, 159).
3. Because of three powers the pope will have to leave Rome. He will depart with four
Cardinals. suffer much. and die in exile (65, 88, 100,101, 104, 124, 139, 142, 143, 147,
153, 156c, 164). He will leave Rome 200 days after the persecution starts (173b) .
Confusion and schism result (100, 124, 153), with German, Italian, and Greek Anti-popes
(65, 72, 139).
4. This persecution rather becomes acute and starts in the fourth year of the war. It started
long before in France and is stepped up in 1931 (141, 147b). The pest foretold for Russia,
Italy, Spain, Prussia, and Westphalia may mean a persecution (172 and cf, 173a for
communism).
h. Evils concomitant with the War: drought, floods. tidal waves. famine, and plague with terrible
mortality (41a, e, 59, 76, 84c, 128, 138, 167, 168e).
1 Tidal waves real or typical are spoken of as one of England's punishments.
2 This is often equivalent to civil war (147b, 157, 159, 159, 170).
i.e., which result without special divine intervention-
A. Some General Principles: False prophets preach peace but wage war if they don't get their way
(16). Darkness and destruction is the lot of sinners. While God proves the good with trials, he
judges therewith the wicked. Falsehood and its consequences fall and ill-gotten goods vanish
under God's lash (5, 9h, 15, 16, 25, 45, 59b, 61, 70). When a land, but especially when the
nations generally rise up against God, he visits them in his anger with famine, war, and pestilence
on man and beast (4, 11 c, 57, 150).
B. Time for special chastisement: Same as above in I A, with the additional note that it will be in the
3rd age and before the comet (3, 4, 9h, 11c, 14a, c, 20c, 38,41,45, 47c, d, 57, 59, 60, 65, 70,
84b, c, 95, 116, 159).
C. Sufferings to occur over some period of time and in various places: There will be affliction, terror,
tumult, confusion, commotion, rumor, and carnage. Man will cause wars, revolutions,
persecutions, and upsets in rulers and governments; and God will add earthquake, flood, drought,
fire, bad seasons and consequent famine, pestilence and disease (3, 5, 19, 20, 32, 34, 38, 41, 45,
47, 57, 59, 60, 63, 65, 69, 70, 72, 81, 84, 92, 95, 98, 111, 116, 122, 129, 138, 153, 155, 156,
157, 168). There will be discord even in the Church (173).
D. A very particular war or series of wars:
a. Time: Same as above in II B, with these changes and additions; After the Comet, (some time
after 1800, in the 20th century). specifically, after 1938 (84c, 98, 112, 147. 155); after the
invention of moving pictures, submarine. airplane, telegraph. etc. (85, 122b, 126) ; after an
English King resigns and George son of George rules, more than 700 years after England takes
Ireland, and when various English buildings are destroyed and British power wanes (69b, 82,
85b, 70d, 137).
b. Preliminaries to the conflict: One war ends in a false peace (75,86,115,149), The Kaiser leaves
Germany; troubled peace follows; a low born leader replaces royalty, makes Germany strong,
persecutes Jews and Christians and starts the war (76, 88). The conflict in Europe starts in
Poland (81b. 123a, b) but has come out of Asia (200, 201). When France has been ravaged by
one five year's war (1914-1918) she still has two blood purges to endure (102, 122c. 163. 167,
173).
c. General notions and extent: This conflict is described as Universal or near!y so; as a
combination of war, revolution and persecution: as an era of no peace on earth, no trust or
security with nation against nation, person against person; confusion, misery, terrible taxes, a
dispoiled earth is seen on all sides and war is kindled on war (3, 8, 11, 14, 20, 23, 33, 38, 41,
47, 49, 57, 59, 60, 65, 88,95, 98, 101, 122, 126, 137, 149, 150, 153, 159, 168c).
d. Duration: Five years (32b, 86, 102, 168, a, e).
e. Some particular features:
1. The South and West is against the North and East. Jews are involved and loose. The North
is victor. but on dividing the South it is decisively defeated. The last battle continues three
days; two armies of the North-East are wiped out, the third flies to the far east (12b, 89, 98,
122c, 133, 139, 162, 173, 174). Yellow and Red warriors are against Europe (184).
2. Of three evil rulers who oppress the earth. one dies in bed, a second is killed by the third,
and the third falls by the sword. They who raise the armies perish with them. A whole
eastern nation fights for an evil man. Ten kings are involved. These nations have mighty
fleets (9i, 41c, 47f, 60b, 92, 126, 155).
3. The battlefield is half the earth. Death from the sky. poison gas, cities evacuated, cities and
even whole provinces and nations destroyed; a northern nation has great air power; great
battles on sea and in the air; blockades, injured food resources, etc. All are featured in this
conflict. The Godless governments of Europe tear each other and the continent to pieces
(59, 65, 85a, b, 86c, 88b, 92, 98, 116, 157, 171, 176).
4. In 70d is what appears to be a description of a modern fleet and combined sea and air
bombardment. This is a war where the weak must be strong (14c). Emblems and
atmosphere are described thus: a headless, disgraced or hooked cross (85b, 175, 184); a
hammer, red destroyers of the wealthy, yellow warriors (146, 168, 175, 184). It is a war of
falsehood and enforced caution of speech (60b, 86, 102).
f. Various nations involved:
1. The German leader is at first victorious, then for half as long. while twenty nations clash. he
holds his own. but in far less time, having been weakened in the East. his country is
invaded, completely defeated, and the ruler crushed. Soldiers of seven nations are in the
last battle which is in Westphalia. Russia seems to fall at the same time. It will take seven
generations for Russia and Prussia to recoup the losses (65. 71, 76, 89b. 104, 108, 125,
140, 155, 162, 167, 175).
2. England in alliance with France is helped by a nation and fleet from the west but defeated at
sea by a fleet from the east (this may refer to a later date). London is destroyed. France will
aid when revolt breaks in England. Many lords and the king perish. The English casualties
will be nearly as great as the Prussian. In Europe England "pays the piper."1 (69b, 70d, 84c,
85, 86c, 87, 98, 122, 128, 129, 137, 155, 201.)
3. France falls as a result of her alliance with England. She will have a triple blood purge (two
wars and a revolt?) (87, 98, 122, 137, 173). Her leader will be destroyed (98). Paris,
Marseilles, and many other cities will be destroyed. but the good will escape death in Paris.
There will be civil war in which the communists control three-fourths of France. The result,
however, is quelled, and France aids England suppress a similar uprising there (65, 67b,
100, 102, 112, 137, 144, 156b, 163, 167, 173, 176, 201). Paris will be oppressed for a little
more than three years (158) (This may refer to time of Anti-Christ). It is France that will
have started all this antireligion trouble (141).
4. Italy suffers terribly, chiefly during the persecution noted below. Many cities are ruined in
northern Italy, but also Naples and Palermo. Her islands are evacuated. Lombardy is laid
waste. Armies of the North, West, and East fight there. Rome is probably pillaged but not
destroyed (65, 93b, 111, 123i, 139, I68e, 173, 184).
5. Russia outrages and murders nobles, wealthy, and the clergy (157, 188). She seems to be
on the side of Prussia in the Battle of Westphalia with France. Spain. Poland. Italy. and
apparently Austria on the opposite side (l04b, 106, 163, 167, 175). She causes many exiles
and fugitives (149).
6. Greece will not be secure till she returns to Christian Unity (l06b). Spain survives civil war
and trouble from the Godless (85.87. ]47. 184). Vienna is destroyed (] 57) .
g. The Persecution:2
1. In the fourth year of the war it becomes a religious conflict, with men and women fighting
for the faith. The church will lack a protector for 25 months but the actual persecution lasts
400 days (8Sb. 100. 101, 123h. 140. 173) (This may refer to time of AntiChrist) . The
persecution will be terrible and directed chiefly against priests and religious. Many priests
die not only for the faith but also for the country (19, 59b, 72, 84, 97, 111, 129, 134, 147a,
b, 157b, 161, 164, I69b, 170).
2. The persecution will be widespread. In France it is connected with civil war. In Italy it is
especially severe and Russia and Prussia are responsible. The martyrs there are numerous
(65, 111, 159, 16 8e), but the terror will spread even to where it is thought impossible
(141). While a few Catholics. even some bishops. fall away. the clergy on the whole stand
firm. Church and other Catholic property will be confiscated (67b, 139. 141, 153, 159).
3. Because of three powers the pope will have to leave Rome. He will depart with four
Cardinals. suffer much. and die in exile (65, 88, 100,101, 104, 124, 139, 142, 143, 147,
153, 156c, 164). He will leave Rome 200 days after the persecution starts (173b) .
Confusion and schism result (100, 124, 153), with German, Italian, and Greek Anti-popes
(65, 72, 139).
4. This persecution rather becomes acute and starts in the fourth year of the war. It started
long before in France and is stepped up in 1931 (141, 147b). The pest foretold for Russia,
Italy, Spain, Prussia, and Westphalia may mean a persecution (172 and cf, 173a for
communism).
h. Evils concomitant with the War: drought, floods. tidal waves. famine, and plague with terrible
mortality (41a, e, 59, 76, 84c, 128, 138, 167, 168e).
1 Tidal waves real or typical are spoken of as one of England's punishments.
2 This is often equivalent to civil war (147b, 157, 159, 159, 170).