The Ninth Secret
What: World War 4, which is the sixth seal, an all-out nuclear war between the U.S. (with its Allies), and the Arab/Muslim extremists in their nations and in the occupied territories (i.e. the vast territory conquered by them during World War 3 in the 2010's).
When: World War 4 begins in the mid 2030's (about 2033/2034) and lasts about three and one half to four years, until sometime in 2037.
Who and Where: The United States and Europe will be the most severely affected, along with the Arab/Muslim nations of the Middle East and northern Africa. But neither Russia nor China are involved in any substantial way in the nuclear exchange.
Why: The United States makes the first strike, because the extremists have gained control over a large number of nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, and they intend to use them (thinking to destroy all those who oppose their extremist version of Islam), and because the extremists are killing millions of Christians (the eighth secret) in the occupied territories, with the intention of killing all Christians who refuse to convert to Islam.
World War IV
This war is heavily influenced by the events of the past secrets. The Warning and the Miracle gave the unrepentant extremist Muslims (not the devout prayerful Muslims) a profound fear of Christianity and of its signs and wonders and prophecies and miracles and teachings. Their success in winning World War 3 (which was permitted by God to punish sinners) has given them an arrogance and elation such that they would presume to think that they could next assert themselves over the whole world. The Muslims have long had a prophecy that Islam would conquer Europe; this occurs in World War 3 during the 2010's. They also have a prophecy that Islam will conquer the world; so the extremists think that they can win this next war. (They cannot win; it is ordained by God that they will lose.)
The persecution of Christians in the 2010's and especially the 2020's showed the extremists that they cannot use oppression and persecution to force conversions to Islam away from Christianity. The unification of all Christians in one Catholic Church in the early 2020's and the resolve of faithful Christians to suffer and to die, rather than to abandon the Faith, and the success of the Great Ecumenical Council (2028 to 2032), again strike the extremists will a profound fear of Christianity. They therefore decide to massacre all Christians in the occupied territories who refuse to convert to Islam. This great martyrdom of Christians is the eighth secret. They undertake a pogrom, the systematic intended extinction of Christianity in the nations that they control. And although many Christians will have fallen away from the Faith, because of all of the afflictions and difficulties of the 2010's and 2020's, the number of faithful Christians will still, at that time, be a large number.
As the massacre begins (2028/2029 to mid 2030's), and increases in severity, the U.S. and its Allies are in a quandary as to what to do. They know that the extremists have now gained control of many nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles (fission/fusion type). They see no way to mount an effective conventional war. The extremists have heavily fortified their territory and have a very large number of troops. The U.S. and its Allies have the further disadvantage of being thousands of miles away from the occupied territories. Any conventional attack by the U.S. and its allies would be met with a nuclear missile attack in response. But the U.S. and its Allies are unwilling to use fission/fusion type nuclear weapons (based on plutonium or uranium) in a first strike; the resulting fall-out would kill millions of innocent persons, even if only military targets are struck. Yet the organized massacre of Christians in the occupied territories is increasing from an intolerable extent to an unimaginable extent. And the threat of a direct and unprovoked nuclear missile strike from the extremists is also very evident.
Furthermore, the Muslim extremists will intend to destroy Christianity worldwide, so that they can enforce their extremist version of Islam as the only religion in the world and so that they can have power over all nations (they think this is their destiny). Since they previously used nuclear weapons against major cities (New York in 2010; Rome in July of 2013), and they are massacring Christians by the millions, and they now have control over a large number of nuclear ICBMs, the threat is severe and undeniable. Their resolve is to completely destroy the Christian nations, especially the more powerful ones, such as the U.S.
If the U.S. does not act, millions of Christians will continue to be killed in the occupied territories. And next the extremists will happily make a massive nuclear strike against the U.S. and other nations, in order to destroy Christianity, so profound is their fear of the Faith and so extensive is their desire for power. Yes, they will be drunk with power, and they will think to conquer and control the whole world.
The only option is a nuclear first strike by the United States using a new weapon developed during the interwar period: the pure fusion weapon (PFW). This weapon achieves nuclear fusion without fission; no radioactive material is needed and the fall-out is almost zero. Also, such weapons can be made with a smaller yield (smaller explosive force), so the explosion can be limited to a smaller area. Using this weapon, the U.S. would be able to destroy a large number of the ICBMs of the extremists, but only if the U.S. makes a massive first strike with PFWs.
Now this decision, whether or not to go to war, is nothing other than a decision as to whether or not to make a massive nuclear first strike using the new (not well tested) PFWs. There is no other viable option. Any attack with conventional forces would be immediately met with a nuclear ICBM attack from the extremists to the U.S. and its Allies. But the morality of such a first strike by the U.S. is doubted by some. Fortunately, the very success of Catholic Christianity which terrifies the extremists is instead a shining beacon for the U.S. and its Allies. The U.S. decision is heavily influenced by the great Catholic monarch (GCM) and the Pope called the Angelic Shepherd (Pope Raphael), who rise to power about this time (during the mid 2020's). The Pope approves of the morality of this attack. The great Catholic monarch is a prominent political/military leader who also approves of the attack.
The nuclear first strike occurs in the mid 2030's; it begins in either 2033 or 2034. This first strike using PFWs is only partially successful. The extremists are able to launch a counterstrike. How effective it will be is uncertain. The U.S. and its Allies would be prudent to develop methods for intercepting such missiles and to deploy such capabilities on a massive scale; however, I don't know how prudent they will be. In any case, numerous nuclear missiles will be launched by the enemy.
World War 4 is very severe, the most severe war yet in the history of the world. Millions upon millions upon millions will be killed. Numerous cities will be entirely destroyed. The nuclear fall-out from the fission/fusion weapons of the enemy will be devastating. Survivors will flee the cities for the mountains and hills by the millions, without sufficient food, water, or shelter.
The description of this war in the Book of Revelation is fitting:
The Ninth Secret in Sacred Scripture
[Revelation]
{6:12} And when he had opened the sixth seal, I saw, and behold, a great earthquake occurred. And the sun became black, like a haircloth sack, and the entire moon became like blood.
{6:13} And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, just as when a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, drops its immature figs.
{6:14} And heaven receded, like a scroll being rolled up. And every mountain, and the islands, were moved from their places.
{6:15} And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the military leaders, and the wealthy, and the strong, and everyone, servant and free, hid themselves in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
{6:16} And they said to the mountains and the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One sitting upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
{6:17} For the great day of their wrath has arrived. And who will be able to stand?”
The great earthquake may be an actual earthquake, but it might also refer, figuratively, to the effect which nuclear bombs on the earth. The reference to the changing of color of the sun and moon means that there will be a nuclear winter: so much material will be tossed into the atmosphere by these nuclear explosions that the light from the sun and moon will be dimmed, and they will appear to change color. The figure of stars falling from heaven refers to the nuclear missiles, which are as hot as the surface of the sun when they explode. This image of a fig tree is like the image of a mushroom cloud, again referring to the nuclear explosions; the figs dropping represent the missiles.
Verse 14 figuratively indicates that the effects of this nuclear war will be global; the war itself is not global, only its effects. Then, because of the radioactive fall-out, the people of the earth will flee to the mountains and hills. Notice that they also acknowledge that this event is a punishment from God, the One sitting upon the throne in heaven, and from the Lamb, Jesus Christ.
As the war unfolds, many nuclear weapons are used. However, this is not a war between the U.S., Russia, and/or China (as many persons have incorrectly predicted). At Medjugorje, and also at Garabandal, the Virgin Mary said that there would not be a world war, meaning that there would not be a truly global war, where all major nations are involved, nor a war which brings all the superpowers against one another. This is a war between the U.S. and its Allies, and the extremists who previously conquered Europe during the previous war. Those two wars are called World Wars 3 and 4, however, they are world wars in one sense, but not in another.
The U.S. and its Allies are compelled by the threat of an imminent nuclear attack from the extremist Arab forces, and by the massacres of millions of Christians in the occupied territories, to go to war. The U.S. makes a nuclear first strike against the extremist Arab forces. This is followed by a conventional attack, by sea, air, and land. The Arab forces reply with a nuclear attack (using weapons that have much radioactive fallout). This war is the most devastating war that the human race will have ever seen. Many nuclear weapons are used by both sides. During the war, the extremists even use nuclear weapons within Europe, against one or more cities captured by the Allies.
The great monarch is the preeminent military leader among the Allies. He has the blessing of the holy Pope called the Angelic Shepherd (Pope Raphael/Zlatko Sudac). His troops are relatively few, but very devout. The soldiers of the Allies call upon the help of God and of His Angels and of the Virgin Mary. Otherwise, they would not succeed. They have great success through the help of prayer and self-denial. The War lasts about 3.5 to 4 years and occurs from about 2033/2034 to 2037. The Allies win the war, conquering the entire vast territory previously held by the Arab/Muslim extremists, conquering them even in their own nations, but at a great and terrible cost. The massacre of Christians ends, but the nuclear fall-out and nuclear winter begin.
The Seal of the Living God
Sometime in the mid to late 2030's, near the end or at the end of World War 4, the event described in chapter 7 of the Book of Revelation occurs:
{7:1} After these things, I saw four Angels standing above the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that they would not blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree.
{7:2} And I saw another Angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the Seal of the living God. And he cried out, in a great voice, to the four Angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
{7:3} saying: “Do no harm to the earth, nor to the sea, nor to the trees, until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
{7:4} And I heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.
The Seal of the Living God is not given out prior to this time (except to the Angelic Shepherd). (Some false prophets have claimed that the Seal was given out through them, but this is not the case.) The Seal is given out by Angels, not by human persons, not by priests, and not as a result of particular devotions, prayers, or pilgrimages. The Seal is a visible sign on the foreheads of those sealed. (Centuries later, the Antichrist will perversely imitate this seal by marking his followers on the forehead or the hand with his own sign.) The Seal will be, for most persons, the symbol of a Cross on the forehead. However, this will vary somewhat from one person to another, for we are all unique creations of God. Those who receive the Seal also receive spiritual gifts and graces, and God's providential, and even at times miraculous, protection from the subsequent afflictions, those of the six Trumpets of the Seventh Seal. The gifts given will vary somewhat from one person to another, according to what is fitting to them and according to God's will.
The only person who receives the Seal prior to this time is the Angelic Shepherd. Currently (2007), the Angelic Shepherd is a humble priest from the shores of Croatia, Fr. Zlatko Sudac. In the mid to late 2020's, he will become Pope Raphael, the Angelic Shepherd, who works with the great Catholic monarch to heal the Church and the world. He received the Seal in 1999; it is the visible sign of the Cross on his forehead. The Seal is accompanied by spiritual gifts and graces for the soul, and Providential protection for the person sealed.
The number of persons sealed is symbolic, not literal. Men, women, and children will be sealed. Some few devout Jews and Muslims will be sealed; the visible sign of the Seal is not always a cross. Not every faithful Catholic Christian, and not every faithful servant of God, will be sealed. Many who are generally faithful and in a state of grace will not be sealed. Only certain faithful souls receive the Seal. I do not know how they are chosen by God, but they will be mostly Catholic Christians. Those without the Seal can still be saved and go to Heaven.
After World War 4
Very many human lives are lost in this war and in the massacre of Christians which preceded the war. More lives are lost than in all previous wars combined. The Allies win the war at great cost. Many cities are utterly destroyed. The U.S. is reduced from a superpower to a miserable and pitiable nation in a state of utter chaos. Europe is freed, but death is everywhere around them. The whole world will cry out woe, woe, woe!
Those who are holy and wise want the great monarch to rule over the vast territory formerly occupied by the extremist Arab forces. But the foolish of the world argue against this idea and ridicule those who believe; the media (what's left of them) support the foolish and argue against the reign of the great monarch. It seems certain and clear that this idea, to have the great monarch reign over the vast territory formerly held by the extremists, will not happen. But then the first six Trumpets of the Seventh Seal (which are the events of the tenth secret) occur. After the last event of the tenth secret (the three days of darkness), then the people will consent to let the great Catholic monarch rule them, and to let the Angelic Shepherd lead them.
by Ronald L. Conte Jr.
published April 9th, 2007
May God give you grace and peace during the difficult years ahead.
