THE 3 DAYS OF DARKNESS (Revelation 11:11)

THE 3 DAYS OF DARKNESS (Revelation 11:11)
Soon afterwards, the whole earth will endure an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights, during which the Light of Christ will disappear in the world for 3 days

Just as Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, so too will He reveal Himself after three days of darkness, on the Day of His Second Coming

On the day after the 3 days of darkness, when Jesus comes in His glory, the weeds now being separated from the wheat, the world will be purified of all evil when all the enemies of the Church will be struck down by God’s angels and perish, and the earth will be cleansed and renewed

“Although men be terrified by the signs appearing about the judgment day, yet before those signs begin to appear the wicked will think themselves to be in peace and security after the death of Antichrist and before the coming of Christ, seeing that the world is not at once destroyed as they thought hitherto.” (St. Thomas Aquinas, STh, Sup. 73:1)

THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHURCH — The faithful should not fear the three days of darkness. Holy candles will provide the only light permitted by God, to allow those who love Him to see, to unite in prayer, and to await with joy the Church’s moment of resurrection

Then on the day after the three days of darkness, Jesus Christ will return to Earth, exactly the way in which He ascended into Heaven. On that day, He will come in the clouds, surrounded by all the angels and saints in Heaven in Great Glory to Reign over the Earth. This will be the Day He comes to Judge, and He will divide the people into those who love Him and those who hate Him. Those who rejected Him and paid homage to all things evil, will be banished in the eternal fires of Hell. The rest will come and live with Him, in Paradise, along with the resurrected righteous.

THE SECOND PENTECOST – So that the world may be transformed from a desert into a garden, Jesus now returns to restore His glorious new reign of love. By the divine fire of the Holy Spirit, the world will be completely purified, that it may again become that new garden where the Most Holy Trinity dwells in unity with humanity. At this time, the Holy Spirit will open the hearts and souls of all people of good will who remain on earth to welcome Christ, who will now return in the splendor of His divine glory.

After the bowls of fire and lightning are poured out over the world to punish the wicked, the Church will rise again, into her full glorious perfection, and the world will experience the New Pentecost of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of truth, renewal, and love so all are made ready to welcome Christ’s Return