When Will the Antichrist Come?

Over the course of History God has sent mankind many Prophets and Saints to
help save souls. If I had the authority, I would add Rev. E. Silvester Berry to that
list. In 1921, he did a marvelous job writing The Apocalypse of St. John to help
readers better understand The Apocalypse.

The Apocalypse, which St. Jerome aptly describes as "having as many

mysteries as words or rather mysteries in every word," is written as a series of
symbolic visions, rather than recounting purely historical events. In a few pages
it presents a resumé of many centuries, thus embracing the entire History of the
Church from the time of Christ until the consummation of the world.

Catholics who have been exposed to The Apocalypse often become

discouraged because they do not understand its mysterious words. Through the
years, even scholars of the Apocalypse have disagreed about its content. Some
believe that the Apocalypse was written for the early centuries and that in 64 AD
Nero was the Antichrist.

On the other hand, other scholars believe that it was written for the end times
and they place almost everything a little before the end of the world. This school
believe that the the battle with Antichrist will take at the close of History.

We believe that Fr. Berry’s book is enlightening and worthy of study for our
epoch, the most dangerous time of Church History. He proposes that the
Antichrist will come in the Latter Times, before the great victory and miraculous
intervention of Heaven that will lead to a long period of peace where God will be
duly glorified.

As the 20th century progressed, it has been noted how true many of Fr. Berry’s
interpretations of the Apocalypse were coming true:

That Satan would seek the Pope’s destruction at any cost: “The Papacy
will be attacked by all the powers of Hell.“
That the final battle against the Church and the Papacy would be
inaugurated by “apostate bishops, priests and peoples.”

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 That neither the magnitude of the Arian crisis nor that of the Protestant
Revolution could hold water to “the numbers seduced by Satan in the days
of the Antichrist.”
That Chapter 13 of the Apocalypse affirms that the Antichrist and his
False Prophet will introduce ceremonies to imitate the Sacraments of the
Church. In fact, there will be a whole organization, a "Church of Satan," set
up in opposition to the true Church of Christ.
Indeed, for those who can remember the ceremonies and rituals in the Catholic
Church previous to Vatican II, it certainly appears that an opposite Church has
been constructed.

This observation is confirmed by other mystics.

Anne Catherine Emmerick, who bore the stigmata of Our Lord, recounted this
vision of the future in 1820:

“I saw a strange church being built against every rule. No Angels were
supervising the building operations. In that church, nothing came from high
above. I saw the secret sect relentlessly undermining the great Church. Near
them I saw a horrible beast coming up from the sea.”

Jeanne de Royer, a holy Sister of the Nativity, made the following prediction in

the 18th century:

“When the reign of Antichrist draws near, a false religion will appear which will
deny the unity of God and will oppose the Church. Errors will cause ravages as
never before.”

Three periods in the History of the Church

It is customary to divide the Apocalypse into seven visions with a prologue and

epilogue. Instead, Fr. Berry breaks the Apocalypse into three parts which
correspond to the three successive periods in the History of the Church: The
time of the Church, the time of the Antichrist and the Universal Reign of Jesus
Christ and Mary.

We believe we are quickly approaching the end of the period of the Antichrist,
which will terminate with the destruction of Rome, and other cities and a final
battle between the Church and the powers of darkness.

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This seems plausible to us because it appears that, with Vatican Countil II and
the Popes who have implemented it, we have seen the arrival of the Antichrist
and his False Prophet, the “abomination of desolation,” the return of Paganism
and the deception of nations.

Did you miss the Antichrist?

Fr. Berry questions how so many scholars can accept that the reign of the
Antichrist would be a prelude to the Last Judgment at the end of the world.
According to Fr. Berry, a careful reading of the Apocalypse shows clearly that
Antichrist will appear long centuries before the Last Judgment and the end of
the world.

For example, in Chapter 20, article 4, of the Apocalypse, St. John writes: “And I
saw seats; and they sat upon them; and judgment was given to them; and the
souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and the word of
God, and who had not adored the beast nor his image, nor received his
character on their forehead, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.”

St. John sees the souls of those who will participate with Christ in the
government of His Church during the thousand years of His Reign and who
rejected the Beast from the Sea and his False Prophet.

An Angel exhorts all to turn to the God of Heaven and Earth because the Day of
Judgment is at hand. This is not a reference to the general Final Judgment at
the last day, but the Judgment of Nations that is about the fall upon the Antichrist
and his followers, as predicted.

A second Angel announces the approaching fall of Babylon (Rome). Under the
leadership of the False Prophet, Rome will seduce other Gentile nations to
worship the Antichrist. For the infidelity of the Popes who implemented Vatican
II, the See of Peter – Rome – will be destroyed.

A third Angel threatens all of the followers of the Antichrist with eternal
damnation. They shall be punished with all the rigors of God’s infinite justice
untampered by mercy.

Thus, many Catholics who may not even realize the Antichrist has come may
follow him and the false opposite Church that is established.

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Are you a follower of the Antichrist?

Do you believe all souls go to Heaven after their deaths? You have heard people
say such things in our days: "Now so-and-so is looking down on us," or "We
should be happy she's in a better place now." This is the message of Antichrist!

Progressivism says that Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are not actual places. Do
you believe this?

Do you believe that man is god, that is, that divinity exists in mankind? This is a
teaching of Progressivism.

Progressivism also teaches that non-Catholic sects are a means of salvation.

Do you believe this?

Progressivism affirms as well that non-Catholic sects have saints and martyrs.
Do you believe this?

Progressivism also holds that non-Catholics can receive Communion. Do you

believe this?

Now then, since the St. Paul affirms that one of the characteristics of the
Antichrist is to figth against everyhting that is from God (2 Phil 2:3-4) , that is,
His Church, His Doctrine and Sacraments, it seems that the Antichrist will be a
promoter of Progressivism.

If your answers to the previous questions are positive you also are characterized
as a progressivist and a follower of the Antichrist. In this case please consider
what was clearly stated by the third Angel.

Let us recall that Our Lord communicated to Sister Lucy of Fatima, “It will never
be too late to have recourse to Jesus and Mary.”

Let us do what Our Lady instructed us to do at all the apparitions of Fatima: that
is, to say the Holy Rosary daily.

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 Worthy of study for our epoch

Sister Jeanne de Royer: 'A false religion will appear that will deny the unity of God'

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A Church of Satan will emerge in Rome

Catholics praying with heretics