Christus dicit sponse, quod mundus iste est similis naui habenti tres partes, scilicet proram, medium et puppim. Sic mundus iste concludetur tribus etatibus hic contentis, et in fine tercie etatis, in qua iam sumus, nascetur de maledictis femina et homine ille horribilis Antichristus.
The Three Ages of the World
The world is likened to a ship with three ages, moving from the strength of the law through the humility of the Incarnation toward the final age of judgment.
The Son says: "This world is like a ship." It's full of worries and tossed by the storms of temptation, and it never lets a person feel secure until they've reached the harbor of rest. Just as a ship has three parts—the bow, the middle, and the stern—so I describe the world as having three ages. The first age was from Adam until my incarnation. This is represented by the bow, which was high, wonderful, and strong: high in the piety of the patriarchs, wonderful in the knowledge of the prophets, and strong in the observance of the law. But this part began to decline little by little when the Jewish people, having scorned my commandments, got mixed up in crimes and acts of impiety. Because of this, they were cast out from their honor and their inheritance. The middle part of the ship—that is, of the world—began to appear when I, the Son of the living God, chose to become incarnate. Just as the middle of a ship sits lower and more humbly than the rest, so at my coming, humility began to be preached, along with every form of integrity, and for a long time many followed this path. But now, because wickedness and pride are growing, and my passion is all but forgotten and neglected, the third part is beginning to rise, which will last until the judgment.
Blessedness in the Final Age
Christ promises eternal happiness to those who hear and follow the words revealed in this final age.
In this age, I have sent the words of my mouth to the world through you; whoever hears them and follows them will be happy. Just as John says in the Gospel—not his own, but mine—'Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed,' so I say now: 'Blessed indeed, with eternal happiness, will be those who hear these words and follow them.'✦
The Coming of the Antichrist
The Antichrist will emerge at the height of human wickedness, preceded by the expansion of faith and the corruption of the Church.
At the end of this age, however, the Antichrist will be born. Just as children of God are born from a spiritual marriage, so the Antichrist will be born from a cursed woman who pretends to understand spiritual things, and from a cursed man. From their seeds, by my permission, the devil will form his work. But the time for this Antichrist won't be as that brother whose books you've seen described it; rather, it will be at a time known to me, when iniquity has overflowed all bounds and wickedness has grown beyond measure. You should know, therefore, that before the Antichrist arrives, the door of faith will be opened to some nations. Furthermore, when Christians embrace heresies and the wicked trample upon the clergy and justice, it's a clear sign that the Antichrist will come soon.
Read the original Latin
Filius loquitur: "Mundus iste est quasi nauis. Qui sollicitudinibus plenus est et procellis temptacionum agitatur nec aliquando dimittit hominem securum, antequam homo peruenerit ad portum quietis.
Sicut autem nauis habet tres partes, scilicet proram, medium et puppim, sic tres etates tibi describo esse in mundo. Prima erat ab Adam vsque ad incarnacionem meam.
Hec significatur in prora, que alta erat et mirabilis et fortis: alta in patriarcharum pietate, mirabilis in prophetarum sciencia, fortis in legis obseruacione.
Sed hec pars tunc paulatim descendere cepit, quando populus Iudaicus contemptis mandatis meis miscuit se sceleribus et impietatibus. Propterea abiectus est ab honore et possessione.
Media vero pars nauis, idest mundi, tunc apparere cepit, quando ego ipse, filius Dei viui, incarnari volui.
Quia sicut media pars nauis depressior et humilior est parte reliqua, sic in aduentu meo humilitas predicari cepit et omnis honestas, et multi longo tempore ea sunt secuti.
Nunc autem, quia impietas et superbia inualescit et passio mea quasi oblita et neglecta est, ideo tercia pars incipit ascendere, que durabit vsque ad iudicium.
Et in hac etate misi per te verba oris mei mundo, que quicumque audierint et secuti fuerint, felices erunt.
Sicut enim Iohannes dicit in euangelio non suo sed meo: 'Beati', inquit, 'qui non viderunt et crediderunt', sic dico nunc: 'Beati vtique erunt eterna beatitudine, qui hec verba audierint et sequentur.'
In fine vero etatis huius nascetur Antichristus. Sicut enim de coniugio spirituali nascuntur filii Dei, sic Antichristus nascetur de maledicta femina simulante se sapere spiritualia et de maledicto homine. De quorum seminibus permissione mea dyabolus formabit opus suum.
Sed tempus istius Antichristi non erit, sicut frater ille, cuius libros vidisti, descripsit, sed in tempore michi cognito, quando iniquitas vltra modum habundauerit et impietas excreuerit in immensum.
Ideo scito, quod, priusquam Antichristus venerit, gentibus aliquibus aperietur porta fidei. Deinde christianis diligentibus hereses et iniquis conculcantibus clerum et iusticiam signum est euidens, quod cito veniet Antichristus."
Scripture echoes
- ↩John.20.29 — Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
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