The
Prophecy Of The Popes: The Next Pope (Petrus Romanus) Will Be The Final Pope
According To A 900 Year Old Prophecy By St. Malachy
http://albertpeia.com/900yearoldprophecy.htm
‘The shocking resignation of Pope Benedict
XVI has turned the eyes of the world to a 900 year old prophecy by St. Malachy
known as "the Prophecy of the Popes". According to tradition,
this prophecy was given to St. Malachy when he was summoned to Rome in
1139. The prophecy is a list that gives a description of 112 popes,
culminating with "Petrus Romanus" (Peter the Roman) who will be the
final pope according to the prophecy. So why are so many people taking
this prophecy so seriously? Well, as you will see below, it is because so
many of the descriptions of the previous popes have turned out to be so
accurate. So what does the prophecy say is coming next? Well,
according to the prophecy Peter the Roman will rule during a period of great tribulation,
and following that "the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the
terrible judge will judge his people". This seems to fit in very
well with what the apostle John wrote in the book of Revelation nearly 2000
years ago. In Revelation
chapter 17, John is told that "the woman which thou sawest is that
great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth", and that the
seven heads that he saw in his vision "are seven mountains, on which the
woman sitteth." Of course we all know that Rome is the
city of seven hills, and that it ruled over the kings of the earth during
the time that John wrote the book of Revelation. Later on, in Revelation
chapter 18, we read that "her plagues come in one day, death, and
mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is
the Lord God who judgeth her." So are we rapidly approaching that
time? If the Prophecy of the Popes is accurate, it looks as though we may
be.
It really did shake up the
Catholic world when Pope Benedict XVI suddenly resigned. He was the first
pope in nearly 600 years to step down. In fact, the last pope to resign
was Pope Gregory XII all the way back in 1415.
Just hours after Pope Benedict
resigned, lightning struck
the roof of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Was someone trying to tell us
something?
One thing is for sure - there
will be a whole lot of attention given to the Prophecy of the Popes over the
next few months.
It is important to note,
however, that many scholars do have some doubts about the authenticity of the
prophecy. The following is from Wikipedia...
The
list of alleged prophecies was first published in 1595 by Arnold de Wyon, a Benedictine
historian, as part of his book Lignum Vitæ. Wyon attributed the list to Saint
Malachy, the 12th‑century bishop
of Armagh in Ireland.
According
to the traditional account, Malachy was summoned to Rome in 1139 by Pope
Innocent II. While in Rome, Malachy purportedly experienced a vision of
future popes, which he recorded as a sequence of cryptic phrases. This
manuscript was then deposited in the Roman Archive, and thereafter forgotten
about until its rediscovery in 1590.
Saint
Bernard of Clairvaux's biography of Malachy makes no mention of the
prophecy, nor is it mentioned in any record prior to its 1595 publication.
But whether the Prophecy of the
Popes is correctly attributed to St. Malachy or not, it is still remarkable how
accurate the list has been over the centuries. The following examples
come from a recent MarketWatch
article...
For
instance, John Paul I is listed as “de medietate lunae,” meaning “of the middle
of the moon.” Modern interpreters say this predicted that John Paul I’s reign
would begin during a half-moon and last just one month, which it did.
His
successor, John Paul II, is described by St. Malachy as “de labore solis” or
“of the sun’s labor,” supposedly because he was born during a solar eclipse.
Benedict
XVI, who announced his resignation Monday, is “gloria olivae” or “glory of the
olive,” allegedly because his name “Benedict” is taken from St. Benedict, whose
monastic order uses the olive branch as a symbol.
Here are some other examples of
the accuracy of this prophecy that were shared by
my friend Ray Gano...
#171
Pope Adrian IV (1154-1159) Prophecy -De rure albo (field of Albe). Born in the
town of Saint-Alban
#180
Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241) Prophecy - Avis Ostiensis. (Bird of Ostia). Before
his election he was Cardinal of Ostia
#194
Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292) Prophecy - Ex eremo celsus (elevated from a
hermit). Prior to his election he was a hermit in the monastery of Pouilles
According to the prophecy, Pope
Benedict XVI was the next to last pope.
That means that the final pope
comes next.
So what should we expect?
Well, the
following is what the prophecy says about the last pope...
"In
the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the
Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these things
are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the terrible judge
will judge his people. The End."
So are there any potential
candidates that could potentially fit the bill as "Peter the Roman"?
Well, the name of Cardinal Peter
Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana is already being widely floated. In fact,
the Daily
Mail is describing him as "a front-runner to become the first black
Pope."
According to
Dr. Jerome Corsi, author Tom Horn has identified another candidate that
would seem to fit the prophecy very nicely...
Interestingly,
a leading candidate is Cardinal Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, the Cardinal
secretary of state, who was born in Romano, Italy. His name could, therefore,
be rendered Peter the Roman.
It sure will be interesting to
see how things play out over the next few months.
Many of you that are reading
this may be skeptical about "prophecies", but the truth is that
prophecy has always been one of the ways that God self-authenticates Himself.
In other words, God tells us the
end from the beginning and that is one of the ways that we know who the one
true God is.
In Isaiah 46:9-10 God says
this...
Remember
the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and
there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure
Now, if you are a hardcore
atheist or you do not want to be confronted with solid evidence that the
Christian faith is real, then you better stop reading now. Because if you
keep reading there is a good chance that your core beliefs will be shaken.
Throughout the Bible, very
specific prophecies were given that were very specifically fulfilled hundreds
of years or even thousands of years later.
For example, just check out
Psalm 22.
Psalm 22 begins with the
following words...
My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Do those words sound like
something you have heard before?
Of course they do. Jesus
said those words from the cross.
When he said those words, he
wasn't just saying them because He was in pain. He was actually telling
people to go look at Psalm 22.
And in Psalm 22, we find a
graphic description of crucifixion. Just check out what Psalm 22:16-18
says...
Dogs
have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my
hands and my feet. I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
As I noted in an article I wrote
a
few years ago, this passage is essentially a first person account of being
crucified on a cross. Note the similarities between Psalm 22 and the
crucifixion of Jesus...
Hands
and feet pierced
Surrounded
by evil men.
People
are staring and gloating.
He
can count his bones which implies that He has been stripped down.
They
divided His garments and cast lots for His clothing which is exactly what
happened.
Psalm 22 was written about 1000
years before Jesus came, and at the time it was written crucifixion had not
even been invented yet. The following is from Wikipedia...
Crucifixion
was used among the Seleucids,
Carthaginians,
and Romans
from about the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD.
So while Jesus was hanging on
the cross, he was pointing to a prophecy that had been written 1000 years
earlier that spoke of Him dying in a way that had not even been invented yet.
Another amazing prophecy can be
found in Isaiah
chapter 53. It was written about 700 years before the time of Jesus,
and in that chapter we are told about a future Messiah who will come and die
for our sins.
In fact, we are told seven
different times in Isaiah 53 that the Messiah will pay the penalty for our
sins...
Isaiah
53:4 - Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows
Isaiah
53:5 - But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our
iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his
wounds we are healed.
Isaiah
53:6 - ...the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah
53:8 - ...for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
Isaiah
53:10 - Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and
though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering
Isaiah
53:11 - ...he will bear their iniquities
Isaiah
53:12 - For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.
In
that chapter we are also told that the future Messiah would die, be assigned a
grave with the wicked (Jesus was crucified with thieves), and be with the rich
in His death (He was buried in a rich man's tomb)...
Isaiah
53:12 - ...he poured out his life unto death
Isaiah
53:9 - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death
Also,
in verse eleven we are told that the Messiah would would be resurrected after
the suffering of his soul...
Isaiah
53:11 - After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be
satisfied
Even more amazing is what Bible
Code researchers have found buried in the text of Isaiah 53. In just
those 12 verses, Bible Code researchers found the name of Jesus, the names of
all the disciples except for Judas Iscariot, and a whole bunch of other words
related to the ministry of Jesus...
Y'shua
(Jesus) 53:10
Nazarene
53:6
Messiah
53:11
Shiloh
53:12
Passover
53:10
Galilee
53:7
Herod
53:6
Caiaphas,
High Priest 52:15
Annas,
High Priest 53:3
Mary
53:11
Mary
53:10
Mary
53:9
The
Disciples 53:12
Peter
53:10
Matthew
53:8
John
53:10
Andrew
53:4
Philip
53:5
Thomas
53:2
James
52:2
James
52:2
Simon
52:14
Thaddaeus
53:12
Matthias
53:5
Let
Him be crucified 53:8
His
Cross 53:6
Lamp
of the Lord 53:5
His
signature 52:7
Bread
53:12
Wine
53:5
From
Zion 52:14
Moriah
52:7
Obed
(servant) 53:7
Jesse
52:9
Seed
52:5
Water
52:7
Levites
54:3
From
the Atonement Lamb 52:12
Joseph
53:2
But of course all of that is
just one giant coincidence, right?
And did you know that the Bible
even tells us the year that Jesus would die?
In Daniel 9:24-27, we are told
the amount of time that would pass from the order "to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem" until the Messiah would come. It also tells us that
"the Anointed One will be put to death" and that it would happen
before the temple was destroyed.
Well, the temple was destroyed
in 70 A.D., so it had to have happened prior to that.
Only one man fits the bill -
Jesus Christ.
You can find out much more about
that amazing prophecy right
here.
The Bible also has a ton of
stuff to say about the times that we are currently living in. If you are
interested, just check out the book of Revelation, the book of Daniel, Matthew
chapter 24, Mark chapter 13 and Luke chapter 21 for starters.
The Bible has hundreds of very
specific prophecies that have been precisely fulfilled.
So I trust it.
Do you trust it?
In the end, everyone gets to
make their own choices.
Choose wisely.
