Amazingly, the whole history of Israel in
the Old Testament is a complete
prefigurement for the entire history of the
Catholic Church, right up
to our present day, in great detail and in
chronological order. For a short 9 minute
summary video that
demonstrates this amazing Act of God, watch
this video.
For a deeper look into these parallels, see
our YouTube channel, Maccabean Uprising
and also visit our webpage at www.maccabeanuprising.com.
Before we examine the Two Witnesses found
in the
11th chapter of the Book of the Apocalypse,
I would like to offer an idea
The Old Testament contains the entire
history of the Israelites. The Israelites
were the Old Testament people of
God. Their entire history, from start to finish
is completely contained in the Old Testament.
Similarly, the New Testament is the entire
history of the new people of God,
the Catholic Church.
We are still in the New Testament, even though
our history is not recorded entirely in the
Bible.
If the old prefigures the new, then it makes
sense that the entire history of
the Catholic Church would be prefigured by
the Old Testament.
Would this prefigurement continue all way
to the end of
Church history?
This video will build on our last video " Beast
Out of the Sea - Apocalypse 17: 7-10"
which in turn was built upon a previous video
entitled "Prophecy of the 70 Weeks of Years
- Daniel 9: 1-27"
That video was based on our pivotal video
"Vatican II & Novus Ordo Prefigured in the
Old Testament"
The central concept, and the keystone on which
this video will base its conclusions
is the understanding that the abomination
of desolation in the Books of the Maccabees,
is a prefigurement for the Novus ordo rite.
To see how the abomination of desolation is
a prefigurement of Novus ordo, refer
to our full length video "Vatican II & Novus
Ordo Prefigured in the Old Testament"
or refer to our video "Vatican II & Novus
Ordo Prefigured by the Books of the Maccabees
- Short Summary".
The Maccabean Uprising project is dedicated
to showing how the entire history of Israel
in the Old
Testament is a chronological and detailed
prefigurement of the history of the Catholic
Church, all
the way up unto our present day. If this is
true, then these parallels can be very useful
and instructive for us.
In our previous videos, we used the parallels
between Novus Ordo and the abomination of
desolation from the Old Testament Book of
Maccabees,
in order to shed light on the prophecy of
the 70 weeks of years found in the Book of
Daniel, which in turn sheds light
on the 7 Headed Beast out of the Sea, from
the 17th chapter of the Book of the Apocalypse.
if you haven't already done so, we highly
recommend you first watch our video Prophecy
of the 70 Weeks of Years - Daniel 9: 1-27
then watch our video "Beast Out of the Sea
- Apocalypse 17: 7-10" before
you continue with this video. From the foundation
laid in those videos, we can move on to see
how the Two Witnesses from the 11th
chapter of the Book of the Apocalypse can
be understood using the identification of
the 7 headed beast out of the sea,
and how he gained power over God's people.
In this video, we will identify the two witnesses,
show how they gave witness, show how the
beast killed them, show how the people of
the earth were happy that they were dead,
show
how they were brought back to life and show
how the people of the Earth were filled with
great dread at seeing them come back to life
again in the streets of the great city.
Like the prophecies found in the Book of Daniel,
the visions of St. John
in the Book of the Apocalypse very likely
have multiple meanings as well.
One of the most common understandings of the
symbolisms in the Book of the
Apocalypse is how they relate to the end of
the world, and the final passion of
the Catholic Church.
Traditional Catholics use the name "Book of
the Apocalypse" Another name for this
book is the book of Revelation.
Here is a very basic and general description
of the concept of Apocalypse
from Wikipedia.
An apocalypse (Ancient Greek apokálypsis),
literally meaning an uncovering, is a
disclosure of knowledge or revelation. In
religious contexts it is usually a disclosure
of something hidden, a vision of heavenly
secrets that
can make sense of earthly realities
In the Book of Revelation (Greek, Apokalypsis
Ioannou, literally, John's Revelation), the
last book of the New Testament,
the revelation which John receives is that
of the ultimate victory of good over evil
and the end of the present age
The following verses from the Book of the
Apocalypse are taken from the Douay Rheims
Bible.
The verses pertaining to the Two Witnesses
come from the 11th chapter of the Book of
the Apocalypse, verses one through thirteen.
1 And there was given me a reed like unto
a rod: and it was said to me: Arise, and measure
the temple of God, and the altar and them
that adore therein.
2 But the court, which is without the temple,
cast out, and measure it not: because it is
given unto the Gentiles, and the holy city
they shall tread under foot two and forty
months:
3 And I will give unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the
two candlesticks, that stand before the Lord
of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire shall
come out of their mouths, and shall devour
their enemies. And if any man will hurt them,
in this manner must he be slain.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it
rain not in the days of their prophecy: and
they have power over waters to turn them into
blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues
as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their
testimony, the beast, that ascendeth out of
the abyss, shall make war against them, and
shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their bodies shall lie in the streets
of the great city, which is called spiritually,
Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was
crucified.
9 And they of the tribes, and peoples, and
tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies
for three days and a half: and they shall
not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them, and make merry: and shall
send gifts one to another, because these two
prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the
earth.
11 And after three days and a half, the spirit
of life from God entered into them. And they
stood upon their feet, and great fear fell
upon them that saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven,
saying to them: Come up hither. And they went
up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies
saw them.
13 And at that hour there was made a great
earthquake, and the tenth part of the city
fell: and there were slain in the earthquake
names of men seven thousand:
and the rest were cast into a fear, and gave
glory to the God of heaven.
Before we examine these verses, it would be
very helpful to briefly recap our previous
videos.
The concepts from our past videos are crucial
for identifying the Two Witnesses.
In the video " Vatican II & Novus Ordo Prefigured
in the Old Testament" we examined how the
Books of the Maccabees are a prefigurement
for the events leading up to and surrounding
Vatican II
and Novus Ordo. Not only are the Old Testament
books of the Maccabees a prefigurement for
recent Church history, but the whole history
of Israel in the Old Testament is a seamless,
chronological
prefigurement for the whole history of the
Catholic Church.
Near the end of this complete, chronological
prefigurement is the striking parallel between
the Abomination of Desolation
from the Books of the Maccabees, and the Novus
Ordo Rite.
Once the Novus Ordo Rite is identified as
the Abomination of Desolation, then the universal
implementation date
of the Novus Ordo on Nov. 28th, 1971 can be
applied to the prophecy of the 70 weeks of
years from the Book of Daniel.
This date allows us to identify the time period
of the final week in that prophecy. This,
in turn gives us a key to
interpret the 7 headed beast out of the sea
from the Book of the Apocalypse, because it
can be shown that the
time period and events in the final week of
Daniel's prophecy are the same period of time
and same events
that transpire when the Beast out of the Sea
gains power over God's people.
So now we are ready to examine the verses
concerning the Two Witnesses from Chapter
eleven of the Book of the Apocalypse.
In those verses are various periods of time
that transpire in which
1….."the holy city they shall tread under
foot two and forty months" Apocalypse 11:2
2. "And I will give unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." Apocalypse
11:3
It is immediately recognizable that those
periods of time are the same as other periods
of time mentioned in chapter 12 and 13 of
the Apocalypse.
1. The woman is fed in the desert. This is
done for one thousand, two hundred and sixty
days. Apocalypse 12:5
2. The woman is given eagles wings, and she
flees to the desert where she is fed for a
time, times and a half time. Apocalypse 12:14
3. The beast out of the sea with 7 heads,
whom is given power to overcome the saints,
and power was given to him for 42 months.
Apocalypse 13:5
Upon examination, we can determine that all
three of these various periods of time describe
the same amount of time, but just in different
ways.
1,260 days is the same as 42 months, which
is the same as a time, times and a half time…
or 3 and 1/2 years.
Thus, when we compare the actions of the Beast
from the abyss in Chapter 11 with the actions
of the beast from the abyss in chapters 12
and 13,
it appears that it is the same event that
gives the Beast power in both instances, namely
the universal implementation of Novus Ordo
on Nov. 28th, 1971.
Let's re-read the verse about the testimony
and death of the two witnesses, and how they
will be brought back to life again after 3
and 1/2 days.
3 And I will give unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
7 And when they shall have finished their
testimony, the beast, that ascendeth out of
the abyss, shall make war against them, and
shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their bodies shall lie in the streets
of the great city, which is called spiritually,
Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was
crucified.
9 And they of the tribes, and peoples, and
tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies
for three days and a half: and they shall
not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres.
11 And after three days and a half, the spirit
of life from God entered into them. And they
stood upon their feet, and great fear fell
upon them that saw them.
If we see the two witnesses as having been
killed by the universal implementation of
Novus ordo on Nov 28th, 1971, and we then
go forward
a period of 3 and 1/2 days (years) from that
date, we come to a very significant event
that occurred in Rome. On May 25th and 26th,
1975 (which is 2 days short of being exactly
3 and 1/2 years after
November 28th, 1971) Archbishop Lefebvre led
a Traditional Catholic pilgrimage to Rome.
This event is not very well known, but it
was very
significant. Here is a our summary of an article
that appeared in the June 23rd, 1975 edition
of the Remnant Newspaper from an eyewitness.
A link to the text of the whole and original
article will be provided in the description
section of this video. We highly recommend
that you follow that link and read the article
for yourselves.
On May 25th and 26th,Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
led his seminarians and other devout Catholics
to Rome for the Jubilee year of 1975, on a
pilgrimage known
as the Credo pilgrimage.
The four major basilicas in Rome needed to
be visited in order for the pilgrims to gain
their indulgence for the pilgrimage, these
being
St. Peter's Basilica, St. John Lateran, St.
Paul Outside the walls and St. Mary Major.
The Credo pilgrimage visited these 4 Basilicas
and three others, the Basilica of
St. Lawrence, St. Sebastian and the ancient
ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius.
Pilgrims from all over the world who came
for the Jubilee Year were astounded to see
in each of these Basilica's, the Traditional
Catholic Faith and Liturgy was on full display,
and was alive and well.
At each of these Basilica's, a devout and
majestic procession was made while singing
Traditional Catholic Hymns. The Tridentine
Mass was said in each Basilica, and the Archbishop
gave addresses to the vast crowds, sometimes
numbering into the thousands.
It is estimated that over the course of this
Credo pilgrimage, and among the 4 major Basilicas
and other minor Basilicas,
that over one hundred Tridentine Masses were
sung.
Pilgrims with other groups and some Roman
clergy as well were quite overwhelmed by the
scale and fervor of this Pilgrimage.
The Credo pilgrimage demonstrated to all those
in the streets of Rome that Traditional Catholic
Faith and Liturgy were alive, after the their
destruction by the Novus Ordo.
The pilgrimage was not viewed positively by
the Vatican, who communicated a message of
regret in their newspaper, The Observatore
Romano
Thus, in the city of Rome, after having been
absent for 3 and 1/2 years, the Traditional
Catholic Faith and Traditional Catholic
Worship (the Mass and other Traditional pious
devotions) were on full display, vigorous
and alive.
These two witnesses to the Lord, are connected
and go hand in hand with each other.
Pope Pius XII tells us in his encyclical on
Sacred Liturgy, "Mediator Dei", “Legem credendi
lex statuat supplicandi”, which means that
the law of
prayer determines the law of belief. Therefor,
if either Faith or Liturgy is affected, then
so is the other as a result.
Pope Pius XII, in that same encyclical, refers
to how Faith and Liturgy give witness.
He says, in paragraph 47, "The entire liturgy,
therefore, has the Catholic faith for its
content, inasmuch as it bears public witness
to the faith of the Church."
Here is a more lengthy quote from paragraph
48 "since the liturgy is also a profession
of eternal truths, and subject, as such, to
the supreme teaching authority of the
Church, it can supply proofs and testimony,
quite clearly, of no little value, towards
the determination of a particular point of
Christian doctrine. But if one desires
to differentiate and describe the relationship
between faith and the sacred liturgy in absolute
and general terms, it is perfectly correct
to say, “Lex credendi
legem statuat supplicandi” — let the rule
of belief determine the rule of prayer"
Thus, we can see how the liturgy is connected
to our profession of beliefs, and how they
give witness and testimony to God and His
Church.
That is why these two witnesses died with
the introduction and implementation of Novus
Ordo Rite, which changed the Sacred Liturgy
of the Church.
During the pilgrimage, Archbishop Lefebvre
addressed the pilgrims on multiple occasions.
He also spoke of the witness of our Faith
and the Liturgy. Here are some quotes from
his sermon
that he gave on May 25th at the Basilica of
Maxentius, in the heart of the Roman Forum,
in the very heart of Rome.
"If there is one day on which the Church's
liturgy affirms our Faith, that day is the
Feast of the Blessed Trinity."
Thus the martyrs believed who lie buried everywhere
in this basilica, and in all the churches
of Rome, who suffered here in this forum…
...And shall we be afraid to affirm our faith?
We would not in that case be the true descendants
of the martyrs, the true descendants of those
Christians who shed their
blood for Our Lord Jesus Christ in affirmation
of their faith in Him.
So, may our presence here in Rome be an occasion
for us to strengthen our faith, to have, if
necessary, the souls of martyrs, the souls
of witnesses
(for a martyr is a witness), the souls of
witnesses of Our Lord Jesus Christ, witnesses
of the Church…
...when you return to your homes you may have
the courage, the strength, despite difficulties,
despite trials, to remain true to your Faith,
come what may,
to uphold it for yourselves, your children
and future generations, the Faith which Our
Lord Jesus Christ gave to us; so that the
pathway to heaven may still have many
pilgrims, that it may still be crowded with
people on their journey upwards…"
The two witnesses testified for 1,260 months
before they were killed by the Beast. On Feb
11th, 1929, the Catholic Religion
became the State religion of Italy. Traditional
Catholic Faith and Worship could and were
freely and openly professed in Rome, and in
Italy in general.
Thus, the two witnesses were able to give
their public testimony, unobstructed. 42 years
later, they were both destroyed by the Novus
Ordo.
They were publicly absent from Rome for 3
and 1/2 years until Archbishop Lefebvre brought
them back to Rome on May 25th and 26th, 1975.
All the modernists in the Vatican were horrified
to see the Traditional Catholic Faith alive
and well, and drawing such huge crowds in
Rome.
With the implementation of Novus Ordo, the
Modernists were very happy indeed, at having
achieved their goal of eliminating the Traditional
Catholic Liturgy and Faith,
and one can imagine that they were making
merry and giving gifts to each other after
their success.
The Traditional Catholic Liturgy and Faith
tormented the Modernists, because it convicted
them of their errors and heresies. Likewise,
we
then can imagine the dread that must have
come over them, when during the Credo Pilgrimage
that occurred all over the city of Rome, the
Traditional Catholic Liturgy and Faith came
back to life again in the streets of Rome,
drawing huge crowds.
In the last verse in the narrative of the
Two Witnesses, it states that at the hour
in which the two witnesses were brought back
to live in the streets of the Great City,
an great Earthquake struck the city. It is
our opinion, that the reference to this earthquake
is a metaphor. Here is a portion of verse
13 concerning the earthquake.
13 And at that hour there was made a great
earthquake, and the tenth part of the city
fell….
It is extremely interesting to note, that
on the last day of the Credo Pilgrimage, the
largest earthquake of 1975 struck off the
coast of Europe. It was
an extremely powerful earthquake, reaching
8.1 on the Richter scale. We don't think this
earthquake in 1975 is what the Book of Apocalypse
is referring to, because the earthquake in
the Apocalypse is most likely a metaphor.
However, it appears that God allowed this
earthquake to occur
on the last day of the Credo pilgrimage to
more completely show that the Credo pilgrimage
of 1975 is connected with the Biblical text
of the
Two witnesses.
Here is a quote from Wikipedia
The 1975 North Atlantic earthquake occurred
on May 26. The epicenter was located in the
North Atlantic, in an area between the Azores,
Iberian Peninsula, and Morocco. It had a magnitude
of Mw 7.9, or Ms 8.1.
Here is that same earthquake appearing at
the top of the magnitude chart for that year.
It was the strongest earthquake of 1975, and
it
occurred on the last day of the Credo pilgrimage.
One of the biggest objections to this interpretation
of the two witnesses is that Elijah and Enoch
are widely accepted
and anticipated as the fulfillment of this
vision of St. John. We will examine the parallels
between Archbishop Lefebvre, the Credo pilgrimage
and the prophet Elijah. Also, we will examine
the metaphorical connection between Elijah
and Enoch, and of Traditional Catholic Liturgy
and Belief.
Further, we will show how other Old Testament
stories and passages are also related to this
passage about the Two witnesses. In particular,
we can look at:
The re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees
The Book of Zechariah
Before we examine the parallels between Elijah
the prophet, and Archbishop Lefebvre and the
Credo pilgrimage,
here are the footnotes concerning Elijah and
Enoch from the well reputed Catholic Haydock
Bible. The reason
why we chose this Bible, is that the Douay
Rheims gives very little footnote information
concerning this,
and the Haydock Bible gives copious amounts
of useful footnotes.
Ver. 3. My two witnesses....shall prophesy
twelve hundred and sixty days. It is a very
common interpretation, that by these two witnesses
must be understood Henoch
[Enoch] and Elias[Elijah], who are to come
before the end of the world. It is true this
is what we read in several of the ancient
Fathers, insomuch, that Dr. Wells,
in his paraphrase, calls it the "consent of
the primitive fathers," and in his notes says,
it is of "unexceptionable authority." This
opinion (at least as to Elias) is grounded
on those words of the prophet Malachy, (Malachias
iv. 5.) behold, I will send you Elias, the
prophet, before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the Lord; and also
on the words of our Saviour, Christ, (Matthew
xvii. 11.) where he tells his disciples: Elias
indeed shall come, and restore all things.
But I cannot say that the consent of
the fathers is so unanimous as to Henoch:
for we find by St. Hilary, that some thought
Jeremy[Jeremiah] was to come with Elias, and
he himself thought that with Elias
would come Moses. See his commentary on Matt.,
p. 710, Nov. edit. Secondly, allowing it a
received opinion that Henoch and Elias are
again to come before the day
of judgment, yet it is not the constant doctrine
of the ancient fathers, that by these two
witnesses in this place of the Apocalypse,
must be understood Henoch and Elias.
St. Cyprian expounds it of two sorts of martyrs
for the Catholic faith; to wit, they who suffer
death, and others who only suffered imprisonment,
loss of goods, and the
like. Others expound it of the testimonies
concerning Christ and his Church, of which
some are in the Old Testament, some in the
New. To these we must join all
those interpreters who expound all the visions
and predictions in the Apocalypse, till the
20th chapter, of the persecutions raised by
the Jews: or by the heathens
against the Church, which have already happened.
Of these, both as to ancient fathers and later
interpreters, see Alcazar in his Prologomena,
note 6, p. 33,
and note 12, p. 48. (Witham) --- Two witnesses.
It is commonly understood of Henoch and Elias.
(Challoner)
From this footnote, we can see that certain
Saints of the Catholic Church believed that
the two witnesses don't necessarily have to
be Enoch or Elijah,
and others believe that Enoch and Elijah could
also be viewed in a metaphorical sense, instead
of a literal sense. With that in mind, let's
look at the
parallels between Elijah and Archbishop Lefebvre.
In the Old Testament, the apostate Jewish
King Ahab, and his wife Jezebel, the daughter
of the high priest of Baal,
had all the prophets of the True God killed.
Elijah alone escaped. He was the last true
prophet in all Israel.
After Vatican II and the implementation of
Novus Ordo, all the bishops of the Catholic
Church either went along with the changes
or quietly went their own way. Archbishop
Lefebvre was the only Bishop to fight, and
to openly refuse the changes.
The Lord shut up the Heavens for 3 and 1/2
years, during which time there was no rain.
This was done because King Ahab, and
Israel following him, started to worship Baal.
Elijah fled to the land of Sidon, a pagan
land, where he fed a widow there during the
drought and famine.
After the implementation of Novus Ordo, there
was no more grace rained down from the Tridentine
Mass. This was because Paul VI, and the Catholics
following him, only used the Novus Ordo rite.
Archbishop Lefebvre fled to Switzerland, a
Protestant country, where he fed Catholics
around him with
the Holy Eucharist during the draught and
famine caused by the extinguishment of the
Tridentine Mass.
After 3 and 1/2 years of famine and draught,
Elijah met his adversaries on Mount Carmel.
Here, he proved that the God of Israel was
the true God.
He also gained the support of the people,
and led them back to the true God. On that
day, rain finally fell again on Israel after
3 and 1/2 years.
After 3 and 1/2 years without the Tridentine
Mass, Archbishop Lefebvre led a pilgrimage
to Rome, face to face with the Vatican, his
adversary. Here, he said the
Tridentine Mass all over Rome, and gained
the support of so many pilgrims who were so
thirsty for the Tridentine Mass. After 3 and
1/2 years,
Catholics were given hope knowing that their
Holy Religion wasn't dead.
On Mount Carmel, Elijah had to rebuild the
altar of God. He was the only prophet for
the true God of Israel, however, the prophets
of Baal were many.
During the Credo pilgrimage, when Archbishop
Lefebvre said Mass, he used the Traditional
Catholic altars, which apparently were unused
since the implementation of Novus Ordo.
He was the only Traditional Catholic Bishop,
however, the Novus Ordo adhering Bishops were
many.
Here is a quote from the third Book of Kings,
spoken by Elijah.
The words can easily be imagined to have been
thought by Archbishop Lefebvre.
And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous
for the Lord God of hosts: for the children
of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they
have thrown down thy altars,
they have slain thy prophets with the sword,
and I alone am left, and they seek my life
to take it away.
Separate from the parallels between Archbishop
Lefebvre and Elijah, there are also general
parallels between Sacred Liturgy and Catholic
Faith and Enoch and Elijah.
The two witnesses of Traditional Catholic
Liturgy and Belief can also be seen as Enoch
and Elijah in a metaphorical sense. Elijah
was ardent in his belief and
worship of the True God. Traditional Catholic
Liturgy expresses an ardent Faith, and is
zealous in the profession of that Faith.,
just like Elijah.. The Traditional Catholic
Mass has the
power to shut up the Heavens, like Elijah,
in so much that the Tridentine Mass, far more
than anything else, draws down grace from
Heaven.
If the Tridentine Mass is not said, then the
grace doesn't rain down.
As for Enoch, there is very little written
about him in Sacred Scripture. All we know
is that he walked with God, and God took him.
He was pleasing to God which is
why he was taken. Similarly, we can say that
"without Faith, it is impossible to please
God." Hebrews 11:16
And finally, and very briefly, we can see
Archbishop Lefebvre's Credo pilgrimage as
paralleled by the Rededication of the Temple
by the Maccabees and in the Book of Zachariah.
In other videos, we have demonstrated many
parallels between Archbishop Lefebvre and
Mathathias, the founder of the Maccabean Revolt.
The Maccabees succeed in taking back Jerusalem,
and the Temple, after it was desecrated by
the Greeks for 3 years.
They re-dedicated the altar and performed
the true Old Testament Sacrifice for the first
time since Antiochus set up the second altar,
and mandated a new pagan sacrifice instead.
During the re-dedication of the Temple, they
lit a 7 branched candle which has become the
symbol of their success.
Like the Maccabees, Archbishop Lefebvre marched
back into his Holy City, Rome, with a large
army of priests, seminarians and faithful.
During the Credo pilgrimage,
he took back the city of Rome. He visited
7 basilicas, and he re-lit the candles on
the Traditional Catholic altars. He performed
the Traditional Catholic Sacrifice, which
wasn't seen in Rome since the implementation
of Novus Ordo, a new rite on a new second
altar, just like Antiochus had done in the
Old Testament.
From the Old Testament Book of Zachariah,
there is a verse that mirrors the Book of
the Apocalypse, almost verbatim.
Zachariah 4: 2-3
2 And he said to me: What seest thou? And
I said: I have looked, and behold a candlestick
all of gold, and its
lamp upon the top of it: and the seven funnels
for the lights that were upon the top thereof.
3 And two olive trees over it: one upon the
right side of the lamp, and the other upon
the left side thereof.
We can see that in this Old Testament passage,
the candlesticks and olive trees,
just like in the Book of the Apocalypse. The
difference, however it that this passage states
the
candlesticks have 7 funnels.
Thus we can make a loose connection, that
isn't as concrete as others, but it still
is interesting.
Archbishop Lefebvre is paralleled with Mathathias
and the Maccabees.
The Maccabees lit a 7 branched candle when
they conquered back Jerusalem and the Temple
The passage in Zachariah uses the same language
as the Book of the Apocalypse concerning the
two witnesses
In the Book of Zachariah, the candle has 7
branches
During the Credo pilgrimage, Archbishop Lefebvre
visited and said Holy Mass in 7 major Basilicas
in Rome.
He relit the candles on the Traditional altar,
perhaps for the first time in 3 and 1/2 years.
The credo pilgrimage is arguably connected
to the passage about the Two witnesses who
are called
olive trees and candlesticks in the Book of
the Apocalypse.
We would just like to point out that this
interpretation of the vision of the Two Witnesses
is
distinctively Catholic. It exposes the Novus
Ordo, and points to the Tridentine Mass and
the
Traditional Catholic Faith. Since the Bible
is really a Catholic book, it would make sense
that possible meanings of the symbols in the
Book of the Apocalypse
directly relate to the Traditional Catholic
Faith of the ages.
Please stay tuned, for there is much more
to come.
