210    The Bible and the Future of the World 

    The abomination heralds the coming to power of Antichrist, as is clear 

from the prophecy of Daniel,  upon the wing of abominations shall come 

one who makes desolate  (Dan 9:27). The abomination is set up just prior to 

Antichrist taking power over the whole world. After Antichrist  comes to 

power, about halfway through his reign, he uses the abomination and those 

false Christians who had devised it as a means to injure and attack the true 

holy Church. 

    Part of the reason that God allows Antichrist to take power is because 

many Christians reject the true Holy Eucharist and, later, they accept the 

abomination in its place. They abandon the true worship of Jesus Christ, the 

Son of God, fully present in the Holy Eucharist, for the worship of evil 

through the heresy and idolatry of the  abomination. Therefore, God 

punishes them with what they themselves have chosen, a replacement for 

Jesus Christ. Just as the Antichrist an evil imitation of Jesus the true Christ, 

so also is the abomination an evil imitation of the true Holy Eucharist. 

    To those who truly worship Jesus Christ in their hearts, the abomination 

is a horror beyond all the other crimes of humanity which precede it. When 

those who call themselves Christians (but are heretics and traitors to the 

Faith) devise and set up the abomination, that disgusting and idolatrous 

thing, in place of the Holy Eucharist, God is greatly offended. It is this 

immense sin, more than any other sin of humanity, that brings about the 

reign of terror of Antichrist's kingdom. 

    To the Christians of the 25th century, I say, watch and pray. When you 

see the abomination set up in place of the Holy Eucharist, then you will 

know that the nearly seven years of the Church's great suffering has arrived. 

Then you will know that the world is about to be given over into the power 

of Antichrist. Flee to the mountains, abandon the cities and towns, and 

never cease offering to God your prayers and sufferings. Antichrist's reign 

will last less than seven years, then God shall set all things right. 

19.   France, Italy, Spain and England will be in war; blood will flow in the 

streets; Frenchman will fight with Frenchman, Italian with Italian; 

subsequently there will be a general war which will be appalling. For a time, 

God will no longer be mindful of France or Italy, because the Gospel of 

Jesus Christ is no longer known. The wicked will deploy all their malice; 

they will kill themselves, they will massacre themselves mutually even in the 

houses.  

    These words apply to war and civil unrest which will occur during the 

Forty Years as well as to wars and violence during the time of the ten kings 

and Antichrist. During the Forty Years, there will be a general war between