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An Extremely Concise Overview of the Entire Future:

2009/2010 to 2039/2040: the first part of the tribulation, including the first Six Seals and the first Six Trumpets.
   2009: April 10th, The Warning of Garabandal = The First Secret of Medjugorje = The Day of Repentance
   2009: April 12th, The Second Secret of Medjugorje = The Day of Consolation
   2009: U.S. President Hillary Clinton becomes Prolife.
   2009: Pope Benedict XVI suggests building a Church, a Temple, and a Mosque in Jerusalem.
   2009: A small war among the Arab/Muslim nations consolidates power with extremist leaders. Iran and Iraq lead them.
   2009/2010: Pope Benedict XVI dies. The next Pope, Peter the Roman, enforces true doctrine and practice, resulting in the great apostasy.
   2010: May 13th, The Miracle of Garabandal = The Third Secret of Medjugorje = The Day of Healing
The First Seal and First Horseman of the Apocalypse: World War 3
   2010: New York City is struck by a nuclear bomb, sometime between June 1 and December 31; World War 3 begins.
   2012: The Pope, Peter the Roman, is captured during the war, tried, convicted, blinded, and imprisoned.
   2012: Rome is captured by the Arab forces; they devastate Vatican City and the churches of Rome.
   2012/2013: Two Popes are elected outside of Rome: one true Pope and one well-meaning antipope.
   2013: Allied forces recapture Rome; the true Pope and the antipope both go to Rome.
   July of 2013: Rome is struck by a nuclear missile; both the Pope and the antipope are killed.
   2010 to 2018/19: World War 3. The Arab forces conquer Europe, Scandinavia, parts of Eastern Europe, northern Africa.
The Second Seal and Second Horseman of the Apocalypse: Worldwide Civil Unrest and Violence
   2010/2011 to 2018/2019: the civil unrest is more widespread than World War 3, including rioting, street crimes, etc.
The Third Seal and Third Horseman of the Apocalypse: The Great Famine of the 21st Century
   2013 to 2020 or so: Most severe in Europe, the great famine affects developed nations more than poor nations.
   2013 to 2019: During the Famine, like the Prodigal Son, the Protestant Churches repent and seek unity with Catholicism.
The Fourth Seal and Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse: Death from a Variety of Causes
   2014 to 2020 or so: Many others die from a variety of other causes (not directly from war, civil violence, and famine).
The Inter-war Period between World Wars 3 and 4
   2020 to early 2030's: The Arab forces occupy and oppress a vast territory; Christians are persecuted.
   2020 to 2023: Unification: the Church is restructured into seven parts: 5 for the formerly Protestant Churches, which have repented and joined the Catholic Church; one for the Latin Rite; one for the Eastern Churches.
   2022: A Pope is elected who is not Roman Catholic; he is one of the converts from Protestantism.
   late 2020's: The persecution of Christians in the occupied territories increases more and more.
   2028 to 2032: An Ecumenical Council is held to deal with problems caused by Unification.
The Fifth Seal: The Great Martyrdom
   early 2030's: Christians are massacred in the occupied territories. It will be more severe than the Jewish Holocaust.
The Sixth Seal: World War 4 - an all-out nuclear war
   about 2033 to 2037: Spurred by the great massacre of Christians, with approval from the Angelic Shepherd, the U.S. and its Allies, and the great Catholic monarch, attack the occupied territories. The Allies call upon the help of Almighty God, and they win the war, but at great cost. Both sides use many nuclear weapons. Millions upon millions are killed.
   about 2037: The most faithful Servants of God are given a visible Seal on their foreheads. They are protected by God.
The Seveth Seal is divided into Seven Trumpets - only Six of the Seven Trumpets are for this generation
   First Trumpet (2038) Pieces of broken Comet Tempel 1 fall to earth and burn up 1/3 of the land.
   Second Trumpet (2038) One large piece of the same comet falls into the ocean causing great destruction.
   Third Trumpet (2038/2039) Nuclear fallout from the war, and ash from the fires of the comet, contaminate the waters.
   Fourth Trumpet (2038/2039) Nuclear Winter, due to World War and the effects of the comet pieces.
   Fifth Trumpet (5 months in 2039) Something like locusts, but not natural, afflicts anyone without the Seal.
   Sixth Trumpet (March 29, 30, 31 of 2040) Three Days of Darkness kills 1/3 of humanity, then the planet is healed by God.
2040's and 2050's: the reign of the great monarch and the Angelic Shepherd; a time of relative peace and holiness.
last part of the 21st century: the great monarch's kingdom is divided into four less holy kingdoms.
22nd century: The world continues to become more sinful. Russia becomes the dominent world power.
23rd century: Africa, India, and China become allies and the dominent world power, causing much harm.
24th century: The reign of the ten kings begins. Nine of the ten kingdoms reject Christianity very thoroughly. The one that includes Israel tolerates Christianity. There is very much sin in the world, and even in the Church.
25th century - the 2420's: The Antichrist rises to power in the kingdom of the North (Europe). He fights within that kingdom to increase his power to the point of dictatorship.
2430: The Antichrist defeats the Christian king of the South (Israel, Middle East, Northern Africa). The Pope of that time, the last true Pope before the return of Christ, is killed.
2430/2431: The Antichrist defeats the kings of Africa and of the East; he now controls two more kingdoms.
2431: The other six kingdoms submit to him. The symbolic beast with ten horns and seven heads is the ten kingdoms led by these seven leaders: the Antichrist plus the six remaining kings.
2431 to 2437: The nearly seven years of the reign of the Antichrist.
the first half of his reign: the Antichrist consolidates power worldwide by military force; he greatly exalts himself.
the second half of his reign: the Antichrist loses a battle to Christians. He then tries to destroy the Church by giving power and approval to apostates and heretics. The false prophet is a woman who is an antipope. The two prophets of Rev. 11 preach the truth. They are killed, raised from the dead, and assumed into Heaven.
2437: The Antichrist attempts a fake ascension into the sky. The Archangel Michael throws him down; he is broken but not dead. His reign ends. Faithful Christians go out and preach the Gospel, seeking repentant sinners.
2437: Jesus Christ returns with the Virgin Mary. More time for preaching and repentence is given.
2438/2439: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath (i.e. the Seventh Trumpet) is given to the unrepentent wicked of the world.
about 2439/2440: The first Resurrection, for those who died as martyrs (and perhaps some Saints who lived as marytrs)
Thereafter: Then Jesus ascends to Heaven (Second Ascension) and Mary is assumed into Heaven (Second Assumption).
Next: Jesus sends the Holy Spirit (Second Pentecost), this time on the whole world.
Then, beginning in the 2440's: The Millennium of peace and holiness, when Christ reigns, not in the flesh, but in the Eucharist, and through the other Sacraments, and through Tradition, Scripture, Magisterium.
* * * * * * * * * * * *   The Millennium continues for well over a thousand years   * * * * * * * * * * * *
And then: The events of Revelation 20:7-9 occur: a rebellion against all that is holy; but the rebels are destroyed by God.
And sometime after that: The General Resurrection of the just and unjust.
And at that time: God takes away Heaven and Purgatory and Earth and Hell. And God makes a new Heaven and a new Earth and a new Hell. But Purgatory is no longer needed "...and death shall be no more." (Rev. 21:4).
And after that who knows?


by Ronald L. Conte Jr.
last updated November 5, 2006


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