Do the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary (1) have any bearing on the
Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ? Is there any Biblical and
historical support to expect all those apparitions?
The best way to seek for the answers to these questions is to
prayerfully consult the Holy Scriptures as the author of this work has
done.
The book of Revelations gives us confirmation to the mission that Mary,
Queen of Angels, must fulfill before the Second Coming of Our Lord. In
Chapter 22: 6-10 we can read:
"And
he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God
of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his
servants the things which must be done shortly."
"And I, John who have heard and seen
these things...... And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the
prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand". (2)
In addition, Malachi [3:1-2] also prophesies:
"Behold
I send my angel, and
he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom
you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come
to his temple. Behold he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts. And who shall
be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see
him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:"
Obviously Malachi is referring to the Second Coming of Jesus and not
the First.
Keeping in mind that "angel" means "messenger", it is also befitting
that the Virgin Mary, who is also considered Queen of Angels by the
Roman Catholic Church, be the appropriate messenger spoken about the
above readings.
The concrete Biblical evidence announcing Marian Apparitions toward the
End of These Times should be clear to those who have Eyes to see and
Ears to hear. But not only that....
We are encouraged through Rev. 22:10 to "proclaim the information / instructions
being given to us" and not
to seal them [hide them].
Our Lady has said in the apparitions of the second half of the 20th
century that those will be Her last messages and apparitions on earth.
This concurs with many other known Marian manifestations on earth (3).
It should then follow that the stage for the Marian Apparitions in the
19th and 20th Centuries was set over 2,000 years ago and that we are at
the gates of the End of These Times.
NOTES
Biblical Quotes: For
direct quotations in English: The Douay Rheims Version of The Holy
Bible; A.D. 1749-1752 with Imprimatur by James Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899. For commentaries and other
references: Translated to English from Spanish from The New Testament,
translated from the originals in Greek by and with commentaries by
Mons. Dr. Juan Straubinger, Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Munster
(Germany); May 12, 1969 with Imprimatur by Excmo. Sr. Fr. Felipe de
Jesus Cueto, O.F.M., Bishop of Tlalnepantla.
(1) If the reader does
not believe in the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary, for the sake of
establishing internal coherence, assume them to be a reality while
reviewing this document.
(2) "...time is at hand." is
not when St. John lived. It is the point in time he was witnessing, by
a Special Grace and reporting on. This time frame is made clear in
verse 6 of Chapter 22 of the Book of Revelations.
(3) See Chapter
4 - Key Marian
Apparitions.
En Español: Capítulo 8 - Apariciones Marianas y las
Sagradas Escrituras
A Book on Apparitions of the Virgin Mary
Rough draft completed during Easter Week in 1993 while in Fátima,
Portugal
Overall Revision on May 2018
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