{"id":3549,"date":"2017-02-18T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/a-new-heavens-and-a-new-earth\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T21:16:09","slug":"creation-reborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/creation-reborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Creation Reborn","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-26220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/desertflower-935x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/desertflower-935x1024.jpg 935w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/desertflower-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/desertflower-768x842.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/desertflower.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/the-great-culling\/\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><strong>THE<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;culture of death&#8221;, that\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/the-great-culling\/\">Great Culling<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-poisoning\/\">The Great Poisoning<\/a>,<\/em> are\u00a0not the final word. The havoc wreaked upon the planet by man\u00a0is not the final say on human affairs. For neither the New nor the Old Testament speak of the end of the world after the influence and reign of the &#8220;beast.&#8221; Rather, they speak of a divine <em>renovation<\/em> of the earth where true peace and justice will reign for a time as the &#8220;knowledge of the Lord&#8221; spreads from sea to sea (cf.\u00a0Is 11:4-9; Jer 31:1-6; Ezek 36:10-11; Mic 4:1-7; Zech 9:10; Matt 24:14; Rev 20:4).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: courier new,courier;\"><em>All<\/em> the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the L<small>ORD<\/small>; <em>all<\/em> the families of nations will bow low before him. (Ps 22:28)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->The new era to come, according to the Scriptures, approved mystics like Servants of God Luisa Piccarreta, Marthe Robin, and Venerable Conchita\u2014and the popes themselves\u2014will be one of profound love and holiness that will subdue the nations (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/the-popes-and-a-dawning-new-age\/\"><em>The Popes and the Dawning Era<\/em><\/a>). But what about the<em> physical <\/em>dimensions of that era, especially given that, according to Scripture, the earth will have undergone great convulsions and destruction?<\/p>\n<p>Do we dare hope for such an Era of Peace?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS<\/p>\n<p>After the coming of the beast\u2014the Antichrist, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/antichrist-in-our-times\/\">Antichrist in Our Times<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-hour-of-lawlessness\/\"><em>The Hour of Lawlessness<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0St. John spoke of a &#8220;thousand year&#8221; reign of Christ in His saints. This is what the Early Church Fathers (called such because of their proximity to the times of the Apostles and the budding of Sacred Tradition) referred to as the &#8220;day of the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Behold, the Day of the Lord shall be a thousand years.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014Letter of Barnabas,\u00a0<em>The Fathers of the Church,\u00a0<\/em>Ch. 15<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As St. Justin Martyr said, <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;we understand that a period of one thousand years is indicated in symbolic language,&#8221;\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>necessarily a literal one thousand years. Rather,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u2026this day of ours, which is bounded by the rising and the setting of the sun, is a representation of that great day to which the circuit of a thousand years affixes its limits.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014Lactantius,\u00a0<em>Fathers of the Church:<\/em>\u00a0<em>The Divine Institutes, Book VII,\u00a0<\/em>Chapter 14,\u00a0<em>Catholic Encyclopedia;\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/fathers\/07017.htm\">www.newadvent.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Church Fathers elaborated on\u00a0this\u00a0period of peace\u2014the Day of the Lord\u2014as\u00a0one that is primarily a <em>spiritual<\/em> renewal or\u00a0&#8220;Sabbath rest&#8221; for the people of God precluded by a judgment: <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-last-judgments\/\">The Last Judgments<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/how-the-era-was-lost\/\"><em>How the Era was Lost<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Those who on the strength of this passage<\/strong> [Rev 20:1-6]<strong>, have suspected that the first resurrection is future and bodily, have been moved, among other things, specially by the number of a thousand years, as if it were a fit thing that the saints should thus enjoy a kind of Sabbath-rest during that period, a holy leisure after the labors of six thousand years since man was created\u2026 (and) there should follow on the completion of six thousand years, as of six days, a kind of seventh-day Sabbath in the succeeding thousand years\u2026 And this opinion would not be objectionable, if it were believed that the joys of the saints, in that Sabbath, shall be spiritual, and consequent on the presence of God\u2026 <\/strong>\u2014St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 A.D.; Church Doctor),<em> De Civitate Dei<\/em>, Bk. XX, Ch. 7, Catholic University of America Press<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is important to note that the Church very quickly rejected\u00a0a heresy known as &#8220;millenarianism&#8221; in which some began to interpret St. John&#8217;s vision\u00a0as Christ returning to <em>physically<\/em> reign on earth amidst carnal banquets and festivities. However, to this day, the Church rejects such notions as false: <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/millenarianism-what-it-is-and-is-not\/\"><em>Millenarianism\u2014What it is and is Not<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000066;\">The Antichrist\u2019s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the &#8220;intrinsically perverse&#8221; political form of a secular messianism.<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em> (<em>CCC<\/em>), n.676<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What the Church has not rejected is the building up of a &#8220;civilization of love&#8221; that extends to the ends of the earth, sustained and nurtured by the Sacramental Presence of Jesus:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>A new age in which love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty. A new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy, and self-absorption which deaden our souls and poison our relationships.<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Homily, World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia, July 20th, 2008 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To bring about such an age is, in fact,\u00a0your and my prophetic\u00a0mission:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #000066; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">By constantly evangelizing men, the Church works toward enabling them &#8220;to infuse the Christian spirit into the mentality and mores, laws and structures of the communities in which [they] live.&#8221; The social duty of Christians is to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the good. It requires them to make known the worship of the one true religion which subsists in the Catholic and apostolic Church. Christians are called to be the light of the world. Thus, the Church shows forth the kingship of Christ over all creation and in particular over human societies. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014<em>CCC<\/em>, 2105, (cf. John 13:34; Matt 28:19-20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In essence, our mission is to cooperate in establishing\u00a0the spiritual reign of Christ and His kingdom throughout the world <em>&#8220;until He comes again.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Matt 24:14<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Pope Benedict thus adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Dear young friends, the Lord is asking you to be prophets of this new age&#8230;<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Homily, World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia, July 20th, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But will such an Era of Peace be entirely\u00a0spiritual in dimension, or will it bear fruits in nature itself?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GOD&#8217;S REDEMPTION INCLUDES CREATION<\/p>\n<p>Presumably, God could have created Adam and Eve <em>without<\/em> the rest of creation. I mean, they\u00a0could have existed as free spirits simply dwelling in the &#8220;space&#8221; of love. However, in His infinite wisdom, God wished to communicate and express something of His goodness, beauty, and love <em>through<\/em> creation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000066; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">Creation is the foundation of &#8220;all God&#8217;s saving plans,&#8221;&#8230; God envisaged the glory of the new creation in Christ<\/span><\/strong>. \u2014<em>CCC,<\/em> 280<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Spaceearth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" \/>But creation did not spring forth <em>complete<\/em> from the hands of the Creator. The universe is &#8220;in a state of journeying&#8221; toward an ultimate perfection yet to be attained. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>CCC, <\/em>302<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> That&#8217;s where mankind comes in:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000066; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;\"><strong>To human beings God even gives the power of freely sharing in his providence by entrusting them with the responsibility of &#8220;subduing&#8221; the earth and having dominion over it. God thus enables men to be intelligent and free causes in order to complete the work of creation, to perfect its harmony for their own good and that of their neighbors.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> \u2014<em>CCC<\/em>, 307<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And so, the destiny of creation is <em>inextricably linked<\/em> to the destiny of man.\u00a0Man&#8217;s freedom, and thus creation&#8217;s, was purchased\u00a0on the Cross. Jesus became the &#8220;<em>firstborn of creation,<\/em>&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Col 1:15<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> or one could <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/easter-lily-cross_000.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"217\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/>say, the firstborn of a new or restored creation. <em>The pattern of His death and resurrection has become the path for all creation to be reborn.<\/em> This is why the Easter Vigil readings begin with the creation account.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>&#8230;in the work of salvation, Christ sets creation free from sin and death to consecrate it anew and make it return to the Father, for his glory<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u2014<em>CCC<\/em>, n. 2637<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>In the Risen Christ all creation rises to new life<\/strong>. \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II, <em>Urbi et Orbi Message, <\/em>Easter Sunday, April 15th, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But again, this hope has only been <em>conceived<\/em>\u00a0through the Cross<em>. <\/em>It remains for mankind and the rest of creation to experience its full liberation, to be &#8220;born again.&#8221; I quote again Fr. Walter Ciszek:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Christ\u2019s redemptive act did not of itself restore all things, it simply made the work of redemption possible, it began our redemption. Just as all men share in the disobedience of Adam, so all men must share in the obedience of Christ to the Father\u2019s will. Redemption will be complete only when all men share his obedience.<\/strong> \u2014<em>He Leadeth Me,<\/em> pg. 116-117; quoted in <em>The Splendor of Creation<\/em>, Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi, pg. 259<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus, it is precisely this &#8220;sharing&#8221; in the obedience of Christ, this\u00a0<em>living in the Divine Will\u00a0<\/em>that clothes and prepares the Bride of Christ <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/toward-paradise\/\">Toward Paradise<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-new-and-divine-holiness\/\">The Coming New and Divine Holiness<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0for His eventual return, that the rest of creation is waiting for:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now&#8230; (Rom 8:19-22)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In using the\u00a0metaphor of &#8220;labor pains,&#8221; St. Paul ties the<em> renewal of creation<\/em> to the<em> birthing <\/em>of the &#8220;children of God.&#8221; St. John sees this coming birth of the &#8220;whole Christ&#8221;\u2014Jew and Gentile, one flock under one Shepherd\u2014in a vision of the &#8220;woman clothed with the sun&#8221; who is in hard labor, wailing as she\u00a0gives birth to a &#8220;male child.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 12:1-2<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>This Woman represents Mary, the Mother of the Redeemer, but she represents at the same time the whole Church, the People of God of all times, the Church that at all times, with great pain, again gives birth to Christ.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, AUG. 23, 2006; Zenit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus also used this birthing\u00a0analogy to describe the end of this\u00a0age and the convulsions that would take place, not only spiritually, but physically:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">&#8230;there will be famines and earthquakes from place to place. All these are the beginning of the labor pains. (Matt 24:6-8)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The birth of this &#8220;male child,&#8221; according to St. John, culminates\u00a0in what he calls a &#8220;first resurrection&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 20:4-5<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> after the destruction of the &#8220;beast.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0That is, not the end of the world, but a period of peace:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>I and every other orthodox Christian feel certain that there will be a resurrection of the flesh followed by a thousand years in a rebuilt, embellished, and enlarged city of Jerusalem, as was announced by the Prophets Ezekiel, Isaias and others\u2026 A man among us named John, one of Christ\u2019s Apostles, received and foretold that the followers of Christ would dwell in Jerusalem for a thousand years, and that afterwards the universal and,\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/jesus-christ-resurrection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"176\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>in short, everlasting resurrection and judgment would take place.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014St. Justin Martyr,<em>Dialogue with Trypho<\/em>, Ch. 81,\u00a0<em>The Fathers of the Church<\/em>, Christian Heritage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If that is so, then wouldn&#8217;t creation also experience a resurrection of sorts?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Shall I bring a mother to the point of birth, and yet not let her child be born? says the LORD; or shall I who allow her to conceive, yet close her womb? (Isaiah 66:9)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE NEW PENTECOST<\/p>\n<p>We pray as a Church:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.<br \/>\nV. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created.<br \/>\nR. <em>And You shall renew the face of the earth.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the era to come will be the <a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/10\/the-three-ages\/\"><em>Age of Love<\/em><\/a>, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-three-ages\/\">Coming Age of Love<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0then it will come about <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/holyspiritwindow_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"336\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" \/>through the<a href=\"\/blog\/2008\/04\/the-coming-pentecost\/\"> outpouring of the third Person of the Holy Trinity<\/a> whom Scripture identifies as &#8220;the love of God&#8221;: <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/charismatic-part-vi\/\">Charismatic? Part VI<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;hope does not disappoint, because the <em>love<\/em> of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. (Rom 5:5)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>The time has come to exalt the Holy Spirit in the world\u2026 I desire that this last epoch be consecrated in a very special way to this Holy Spirit\u2026 It is His turn, it is His epoch, it is the triumph of love in My Church, in the whole universe.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014Jesus to Venerable Conchita Cabrera de Armida, <em>Conchita Marie Michel Philipon<\/em>, p. 195-196<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (the &#8220;woman clothed with the sun&#8221;) will usher in this &#8220;<a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/01\/the-day-of-difference\/\">new Pentecost<\/a>.&#8221; That is to say, the labor pains will also produce a &#8220;reborn&#8221; creation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Creation, reborn and freed from bondage, will yield an abundance of food of all kind from the heaven\u2019s dew and the fertility of the earth<\/strong>. \u2014St. Irenaeus,<em> Adversus Haereses<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A NEW CREATION<\/p>\n<p>The Book of Isaiah is a powerful prophecy that foretells the coming of a Messiah who will liberate His people. The prophet provides a vision that unfolds on <em>several<\/em> layers through <em>several<\/em> generations through <em>several<\/em> epochs, including eternity. Isaiah&#8217;s vision includes a coming time of peace, and in fact, a &#8220;new heavens and a new earth&#8221; <em>within<\/em> the boundaries of time.<\/p>\n<p>Now keep in mind that the Old Testament writers used highly metaphorical\u00a0words and allegorical descriptions at times, including their language to describe the Era of Peace. For instance, when God speaks of a &#8220;land flowing with milk and honey,&#8221; it indicated a land of prosperity, not literal streams of milk and honey.\u00a0The Early Church Fathers also cited and continued\u00a0the use of this figurative language, which is why some have accused them of millenarianism. But applying proper biblical\u00a0hermeneutics, we can recognize that they\u00a0are speaking allegorically\u00a0of a period of\u00a0<em>spiritual <\/em>prosperity<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They saw in Isaiah&#8217;s prophecy a coming Era of Peace, that\u00a0&#8220;thousand year&#8221; reign of the saints in Revelation 20:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>These are the words of Isaiah<em> concerning the millennium: <\/em> \u2018For there will be a new heaven and a new earth, and the former will not be remembered nor come into their heart, but they will be glad and rejoice in these things, which I create\u2026 There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old\u2026 For as the days of the tree of life, so shall be the days of My people, and the works of their hands shall be multiplied. My elect shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth children for a curse; for they shall be a righteous seed blessed by the Lord, and their posterity with them.&#8217;<\/strong> \u2014St. Justin Martyr,<em> Dialogue with Trypho<\/em>, Ch. 81, <em>The Fathers of the Church<\/em>, Christian Heritage; cf. Is 54:1 and chapters 65-66<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Church Fathers understood that the millennium would entail some kind of renewal of creation that would be a <em>sign <\/em>and <em>anticipation <\/em>of the New Heavens and New Earth to come <em>after<\/em> the Final Judgement (cf. Rev. 21:1).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The earth will open its fruitfulness and bring forth most abundant fruits of its own accord; the rocky mountains shall drip with honey; streams of wine shall run down, and rivers flow with milk; in short the world itself shall rejoice, and all nature exalt, being rescued and set free from the dominion of evil and impiety, and guilt and error.<\/strong> \u2014Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius,<em> The Divine Institutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/heavens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/>The <\/span>earth, reeling from the destruction wrought by the &#8220;beast&#8221;, will be rejuvenated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people, he will heal the bruises left by his blows. (Is 30:26)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>It is fitting, therefore, that creation itself, being restored to its primeval condition, should without restraint be under the dominion of the righteous&#8230; And it is right that when creation is restored, all the animals should obey and be in subjection to man, and revert to the food originally given by God\u2026 that is, the productions of the earth&#8230; <\/strong> \u2014St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Church Father (140\u2013202 A.D.);<em> Adversus Haereses<\/em>, Irenaeus of Lyons, passim Bk. 32, Ch. 1; 33, 4, <em>The Fathers of the Church<\/em>, CIMA Publishing Co.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And yet, this temporal period\u00a0will continue to be subject to the natural cycles within time, since\u00a0the Church\u2014and through her the world\u2014will not be perfected until Christ&#8217;s glorious return at the end of time: <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em>CCC, <\/em>769<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">As long as the earth lasts, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Gen 8:22)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But that does not exclude the establishment of a <a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/11\/the-coming-dominion-of-the-church\/\"><em>temporal spiritual kingdom<\/em><\/a> in the world nor extraordinary changes upon the planet, according to Scripture and Tradition:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">On the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall, the light of the moon will be like that of the sun and the light of the sun will be seven times greater (like the light of seven days). (Is 30:25)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The sun will become seven times brighter than it is now<\/strong>. \u2014Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, <em>The Divine Institutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Was<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/09\/debunking-the-sun-miracle-skeptics\/\"> <em>The Miracle of the Sun<\/em><\/a> at Fatima a foreshadowing of some kind <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fatimasun_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"241\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>of change in the earth&#8217;s orbit or rotation, or some other cosmic event that would be both a chastisement and a means of purifying creation? <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/fatima-and-the-great-shaking\/\"><em>Fatima, and the Great Shaking<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: courier new,courier;\">He stood and shook the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Ancient mountains were shattered, the age-old hills bowed low, age-old orbits collapsed. (Habb 3:11)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MAN AND CREATION, PURIFIED AND RENEWED<\/p>\n<p>In his encyclical, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.papalencyclicals.net\/Pius10\/p10supre.htm\">E Supremi<\/a>, <\/em>Pope Pius X said, &#8220;the enormous and <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">detestable wickedness so characteristic of our time [is] the <em>substitution of man for God<\/em>&#8230;&#8221; Indeed, in his pride, man is building another tower of Babel. He is reaching to the heavens for that power that belongs only to God: to change the very foundations of life\u2014the genetic codes that unravel creation according to an order set forth by Wisdom. That, and greed, have\u00a0made the groans of creation nearly unbearable. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-poisoning\/\">The Great Poisoning<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Ah, my daughter, the creature always races more into evil. How many machinations of ruin they are preparing! They will go so far as to exhaust themselves in evil. But while they occupy themselves in going their way, I will occupy Myself with the completion and fulfillment of M<\/em>y Fiat Voluntas Tua<em> (&#8220;Thy will be done&#8221;) so that My Will reign on earth\u2014but in an all-new manner. Ah yes, I want to confound man in Love! Therefore, be attentive. I want you with Me to prepare this Era of Celestial and divine Love\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> \u2014Servant of God,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Luisa Piccarreta,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Manuscripts<\/em>,<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Feb 8th, 1921; excerpt from<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>The Splendor of Creation<\/em>, Rev. Joseph Iannuzzi, p.80, with the permission of the Archbishop of Trani, overseer of Piccarreta\u2019s writings, which in 2010, received theological approval from Vatican theologians.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Indeed, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-three-ages\/\"><em>The Coming Age of Love<\/em><\/a>, creation will be renewed in part through a <em>humility<\/em> before God and the physical order.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The humility of God is heaven. And if we approach this humility, then we touch heaven. Then the earth too is made new..<\/strong>. \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, <em>Christmas Message<\/em>, December 26th, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt 5:5; cf. Ps 37)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fatima02_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"248\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" \/>Love<em>,<\/em> expressed in obedience to God&#8217;s will, will help renew and heal creation in cooperation with the creative power of the Holy Spirit. The humility of the People of God in the coming era will imitate that of the Blessed Mother with a profound impact upon the world. This will be the fruit of the Triumph of her heart that she promised at Fatima: a &#8220;period of peace&#8221; that will resound throughout all of creation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;\">&#8220;This desolate land has been made into a garden of Eden,&#8221; they shall say. (Ezekiel 36:35)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Yes, a miracle was promised at Fatima, the greatest miracle in the history of the world, second only to the Resurrection. And that miracle\u00a0will be an era of peace which has never really been granted before to the world<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">. \u2014Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi, papal theologian for Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II, October 9th, 1994; <em>Family Catechism,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0(Sept. 9th, 1993); p. 35<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nLongevity<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, the Church Fathers taught that this peace will bear the fruit of longevity:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">As the years of a tree, so the years of my people; and my chosen ones shall long enjoy the produce of their hands. They shall not toil in vain, nor beget children for sudden destruction; for a race blessed by the LORD are they and their offspring. (Is 65:22-23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Also there shall not be any immature one, nor an old man who does not fulfill his time; for the youth shall be of a hundred years old&#8230;<\/strong> \u2014 St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Church Father (140\u2013202 A.D.);<em> Adversus Haereses<\/em>, Bk. 34, Ch.4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">They who shall be alive in their bodies shall not die, but during those thousand years shall produce an infinite multitude, and their offspring shall be holy and beloved by God.. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius,<em> The Divine Institutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\"> I will settle crowds of men and beasts upon you, to multiply and be fruitful. I will repeople you as in the past, and be more generous to you than in the beginning; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. (Ez 36:11; cf. Zec 10:8)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Peace<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After God cleansed the earth by flood in Noah&#8217;s time, a temporary consequence\u00a0of original sin\u00a0remained in nature as a result of the loss of man&#8217;s union in the Divine Will: a tension between man and beast.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Fear and dread of you shall come upon all the animals of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon all the creatures that move about on the ground and all the fishes of the sea; into your power they are delivered. (Genesis 9:2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But according to Isaiah, man and beast will know a temporary truce\u00a0with another as the Gospel spreads to the ends of the earth:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion shall eat hay like the ox. The baby shall play by the cobra&#8217;s den, and the child lay his hand on the adder&#8217;s lair. There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the LORD, as water covers the sea. (Isaiah 11:6-9)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">All the animals who use the products of the soil will be at peace and in harmony with one another, completely at man&#8217;s beck and call. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> \u2014 St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Church Father (140\u2013202 A.D.); <em> Adversus Haereses<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Thus is the full action of the original plan of the Creator delineated: a creation in which God and man, man and woman, humanity and nature are in harmony, in dialogue, in communion. This plan, upset by sin, was taken up in a more wondrous way by Christ, Who is carrying it out mysteriously but effectively <em>in the present reality<\/em>, in the <em>expectation<\/em> of bringing it to fulfillment&#8230;<\/b><b>\u00a0 <\/b>\u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II, General Audience, February 14, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Simplified life<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Infrastructures, simplified or destroyed before the Era of Peace, will leave man to turn again to agriculture as his main form of sustenance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them, and drink the wine&#8230; and the works of their hands shall be multiplied. My elect shall not labor in vain. <\/strong>\u2014St. Justin Martyr, <em>Dialogue with Trypho <\/em>(cf. Is 65:21-23, Am 9:14)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With Satan chained away in the abyss for the &#8220;thousand years,&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 20:3<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> creation will &#8220;rest&#8221;\u00a0for a time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the end of the six thousandth year, all wickedness must be abolished from the earth, and righteousness reign for a thousand years; and there must be tranquility and rest from the labors which the world now long has endured&#8230; Throughout this time, beasts shall not be nourished by blood, nor birds by prey; but all things shall be peaceful and tranquil. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius,<em> The Divine Institutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Therefore, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God. (Hebrews 4:9)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TOWARD THE END OF THE ERA<\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;tranquility and rest&#8221; will come in large part because wickedness will have been abolished through a chastisement and, again, the powers of evil chained away for the &#8220;thousand years&#8221; awaiting their release. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3549_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-last-judgments\/\">The Last Judgments<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3549_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0Both Isaiah and St. John describe this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\"><em>On that day<\/em> the LORD will punish the host of the heavens in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on the earth. They will be gathered together like prisoners into a pit; they will be shut up in a dungeon, and <em>after many days they will be punished<\/em>&#8230;\u00a0He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or Satan, and tied it up for a thousand years and threw it into the abyss, which he locked over it and sealed, so that it could no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years are completed. (Isaiah 24:21-22; Rev 20:2-3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Eucharisticon_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"213\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/>And yet, during the Era, the will of men to freely choose good or evil will remain. Hence the continued need for the sacramental order. In fact, the Holy Eucharist will be the &#8220;source and summit&#8221; that sustains and nurtures the peace and harmony between nations in that period, the ultimate <a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-vindication-of-wisdom\/\"><em>Vindication of Wisdom<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The temporal kingdom, therefore, will have at its core, in the hearts and souls of all its faithful, the glorious Person of Christ Jesus who will shine forth above all in the triumph of His Eucharistic Person. The Eucharist will become the summit of all humanity, extending its rays of light to all the nations. The Eucharistic heart of Jesus, dwelling in their midst, will thus cultivate in the faithful a spirit of intense adoration and worship never before seen. Freed from the deceptions of the contriver, who will be enchained for a time, the faithful will gather around all the tabernacles of the earth to render homage to God\u2014their sustenance, their solace and their salvation.<\/strong> \u2014Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Triumph-Gods-Kingdom-Millennium-Times\/dp\/0967010209\"> <em>The Triumph of God&#8217;s Kingdom in the Millennium and End Time<\/em><\/a><em>s,<\/em> p. 127<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000066; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">Though already present in his Church, Christ&#8217;s reign is nevertheless yet to be fulfilled &#8220;with power and great glory&#8221; by the King&#8217;s return to earth. This reign is still under attack by the evil powers, even though they have been defeated definitively by Christ&#8217;s Passover. Until everything is subject to him, &#8220;until there be realized new heavens and a new earth in which justice dwells, the pilgrim Church, in her sacraments and institutions, which belong to this present age, carries the mark of this world which will pass, and she herself takes her place among the creatures which groan and travail yet and await the revelation of the sons of God.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> \u2014<em>CCC, 671<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;revelation&#8221; for which all of creation will still be groaning, is the definitive resurrection at the <em>end<\/em> of time when, transformed in the twinkling of an eye, the sons and daughters of God will be clothed in an <em>eternal body<\/em>, freed from the powers of sin and death. Creation will still be groaning in part until then, because man will still be subject to sin and temptation while in this present world, still subject to the &#8220;mystery of iniquity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison. He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. They invaded the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city&#8230; (Rev 20:7-9)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And then, in a great\u00a0conflagration, the entire cosmos will convulse one last time under the weight of that last rebellion. Fire will fall from heaven to destroy the enemies of the People of God. And with a trumpet blast, the dead shall be raised, and every single person will stand before the throne of God in the Last Judgement. This present order will be consumed by fire and a New Heavens and a New Earth will welcome the children of God, that purified Bride of Christ, who will dwell in its Heavenly City. The new and <em>everlasting<\/em> creation will be its crown and there will be no more death, no more tears, and no more pain. All of creation will at last be free for eternity..<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;for the former things have passed away. (Rev 21:4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>This is our great hope and our invocation, \u2018Your Kingdom come!\u2019\u2014a Kingdom of peace, justice and serenity, which will re-establish the original harmony of creation.<\/strong> \u2014ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II, General Audience, November 6th, 2002, Zenit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/stunning_mountains_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>First published October 9th, 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RELATED READING:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wedding-preparations\/\"><em><strong>Wedding Preparations<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"\" href=\"\/blog\/2010\/04\/toward-paradise\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Toward Paradise<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"\" href=\"\/blog\/2010\/04\/toward-paradise-%E2%80%94-part-ii\/\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Toward Paradise &#8211; Part II<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"\/blog\/2010\/04\/back-to-eden\/\">Back to Eden?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/how-the-era-was-lost\/\"><strong>How the Era was Lost<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/charismatic-part-vi\/\"><strong>Charismatic? Part VI<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/the-last-judgments\/\"><em>The Last Judgments<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/two-more-days\/\"><em>Two More Days<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gKNNTyUhujE\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Would you tithe to our apostolate?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thank you so much.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Supportbtnbeige\" 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https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-768x250.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3549_1();\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3549_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_3549_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_3549_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/antichrist-in-our-times\/\">Antichrist in Our Times<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-hour-of-lawlessness\/\"><em>The Hour of Lawlessness<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">see <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-last-judgments\/\">The Last Judgments<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/how-the-era-was-lost\/\"><em>How the Era was Lost<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/millenarianism-what-it-is-and-is-not\/\"><em>Millenarianism\u2014What it is and is Not<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Matt 24:14<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>CCC, <\/em>302<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Col 1:15<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/toward-paradise\/\">Toward Paradise<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-new-and-divine-holiness\/\">The Coming New and Divine Holiness<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Rev 12:1-2<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Rev 20:4-5<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-three-ages\/\">Coming Age of Love<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_11');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/charismatic-part-vi\/\">Charismatic? Part VI<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_12');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em>CCC, <\/em>769<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_13');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/fatima-and-the-great-shaking\/\"><em>Fatima, and the Great Shaking<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_14');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-poisoning\/\">The Great Poisoning<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3549_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3549_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3549_1_15');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. 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