The Word of God about the end of the world and the Day of the Lord
of those who lust , as also Chinops made a false resurrection and other things like that ; because deception has nothing to do with the Christians , but only with those who are darkened by passions ( as Macarius , the Great , used to see the woman in her nature , and the people saw her as a mare ). And he will become hypocrite by making use of gentleness for the nations to bow to his deception and that he may become a king .
Also , he will appear peaceful and humble , so that all people may worship him . His food will be the making of trouble to the people ; when the people get into trouble , he will rejoice over them . This is the denial of faith , of God ’ s fear , debauchery , adultery , sodomy , love of riches , love of silver , denigration , jealousy , lying , slander , condemnation , and all other evil things . He will be fed on all these and will reign over all the cities . Because there has been no other person worthy to have dominion over the cities , because of this , he will rule over the whole world and it will have this one as almighty . Then the more sins they do , the more they will consider that they work out their salvation . Then the Holy Gospel and the Church of Christ will be denigrated and there will be many shortcomings in the world , signs and visions from God in the midst of want , twofold famine : deliberate and felt .
It will be felt because the sky will be closed as in the time of Elijah , because of the people ’ s iniquities , and it will not rain ; the people will be hungry of the word of God , because there will be no righteous man with good works to teach them the word of salvation . God ’ s blessing will be taken away from eating and drinking , because , the more they eat the more hungry will they be . Then the rich will open their treasures ; gold and silver will be then denigrated and will be trampled like stones . Then the wickedness of the morning star will be conceived in the people ’ s hearts and paganism will live having the seal of antichrist . And the grace of God will be taken away from the people , as the Scripture says : the Spirit of God will not dwell in these people , because they are all flesh . The people will grew less in number ; they will grow weak and die on the roads like birds ; those who are sealed by antichrist will eat meat from dead people , not being able to undergo famine and faintness , and , by eating dead corpses , they will also die .
And the meaning of the seal of the antichrist is this : I am yours and you are mine and I come willingly and not by force . Woe to those who are sealed ! There will be great turmoil in the world and hearing of peace in some other parts , the people will go there , but they will find there even more poverty . And they will hear from the inhabitants : “ Oh , how did you come to this cursed place , where human compassion has not been left with us ?”
Then God , seeing the people ’ s turmoil , will give order to the sea to come to its first state . And it will go up the fire under the earth , by which the warm waters are getting hot and the seawater boils just as the water boils when heated by fire , and then the people will stop moving from place to place ; the face of the earth will burn by the boiling sea and the earth will be scorched ; there will no longer grow any grass and the trees will no longer spring forth little branches ; the springs of waters will go dry , the animals and birds will die from the steams of the sea and from brimstone . And behold , the time is coming near and you do not understand this !
So , God , taking care of the salvation of the people with a good will , will send then Enoch , Elijah and John , the Theologian , to preach and strengthen the testimony of those few who will be saved , and to learn that those who will not be sealed by the seal of the antichrist , will be saved ; and to be marked by the sign of the Holy Cross , because the sign of the Holy Cross saves the man from the damnation of the hell ; and the seal of the antichrist gives him over to the judgment of the hell .
If you go hungry , be patient , for the Lord sends you help from the highest . And the people will say : “ Behold , as many as are sealed are satisfied !” And he will speak to them : “ The people
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