{"id":43253,"date":"2021-01-01T15:55:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T21:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=43253"},"modified":"2021-01-08T21:59:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:59:30","slug":"2020-a-watchmans-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2020-a-watchmans-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"2020: A Watchman’s Perspective","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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AND<\/strong> so that was 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is interesting to read in the secular realm how glad people are to put the year behind them \u2014 as if 2021 will soon return to “normal.” But you, my readers, know this is not going to be the case. And not only because global leaders have already announced themselves<\/a> that we will never return to “normal,”\u00a0but, more importantly, Heaven has announced that the Triumph of Our Lord and Lady are well on their way \u2014 and Satan knows this, knows his time is short. So we are now entering the decisive Clash of the Kingdoms<\/a><\/em> \u2014 the satanic will vs. the Divine Will. What a glorious time to be alive!<\/p>\n

Still, even for me, this past year has been a true whirlwind. I was called to this writing apostolate some fifteen years ago. It has literally been my full-time “job” since a supernatural encounter many years ago before the Blessed Sacrament (read\u00a0Called to the Wall<\/em><\/a>). Since then, these writings have grown to an international audience that includes clergy and laity, theologians and housewives, philosophers and plumbers. I have had the opportunity to become a brother and hidden companion of so many of you around the world whom I’ve never seen or met… but also the bane and flashpoint for many others. It has been both Mount Tabor and Mount Calvary. I have wanted to flee to easier pastures many a time, and yet, since the day I said “yes” to this mysterious calling, I cannot. The “now word”, once it has burrowed into my soul, is like a pregnancy: it must come to birth whether I want it to or not!<\/p>\n

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You seduced me, LORD, and I let myself be seduced;\u00a0you were too strong for me, and you prevailed.\u00a0All day long I am an object of laughter;\u00a0everyone mocks me.\u00a0Whenever I speak, I must cry out,\u00a0violence and outrage I proclaim;\u00a0the word of the LORD has brought me\u00a0reproach and derision all day long.\u00a0I say I will not mention him, I\u00a0will no longer speak in his name.\u00a0But then it is as if fire is burning in my heart,\u00a0imprisoned in my bones;\u00a0I grow weary holding back,\u00a0I cannot! (Jer 20:7-9)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That pretty much summarizes 2020 from my perspective. You see, for years the Lord has inspired me to write about the big \"\"picture: the coming Triumph, the Era of Peace, and the fulfillment of the “Our Father” with the descent of the Kingdom of the Divine Will. As such, I have also written of the tribulations that will precede it: the present apostasy<\/a>, the spread of a\u00a0Global Communist Revolution<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the appearance of an Antichrist<\/a>, and the purification of the Church<\/a>. But it wasn’t until this past year that the “details” began to emerge \u2014 details I myself did not fully comprehend until I literally started typing. I have found myself more the student than anything else this past year, literally learning from sentence to sentence as unanticipated inspirations and words came to me that lead to greater revelations for all of us regarding the agenda unfolding. It’s been truly astonishing, even breathtaking to see. At the same time, it has been personally challenging. \u00a0For\u00a0when I say that the Lord “seduced” me in the beginning of this ministry, He did \u2014 with a gentle but firm warning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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If the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any one of them; that man is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand. (Ezekiel 33:6)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So while I often write with a burning love in my soul for each of you, as if you were my own daughter or son, I confess that at other times I am motivated by a healthy “fear of the Lord”: to remain silent would be an indictment. Indeed, at the end of the Book of Revelation, Jesus not only promises gifts to the victors but also warns that the “unfaithful” and “cowards” will have no share in them (Rev 21:7-8).<\/p>\n

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THE GREAT TRANSITION<\/p>\n

When the churches began to close last year, something changed in this ministry. For one thing, the Lord has never given me specific times other than to say frequently over the years that major events were coming “soon.” But what is “soon” to the \"\"Eternal One, right? But in March, the “now word” was powerful and emphatic that we have reached The Point of No Return<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and that The Labor Pains are Real<\/a><\/em>; that we are entering\u00a0The Great Transition<\/em><\/a> from this Era to the next:<\/p>\n

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\u2026we are entering a critical period in the course of human civilization. This can already be seen with the naked eye. You have to be blind not to notice the approaching awe-inspiring moments in history that the apostle and evangelist John was talking about in the Book of Revelation. <\/strong>\u2014<\/em>Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church,\u00a0Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow;\u00a0November 20th, 2017; rt.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is, said Pope Leo XIII\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026the spirit of revolutionary change <\/em>which has long been disturbing the nations of the world\u2026\u00a0The elements of the conflict now raging are unmistakable\u2026 The momentous gravity of the state of things now involved fills every mind with painful apprehension\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum,<\/em><\/a> n. 1, May 15th, 1891<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, there are always the naysayers and scoffers. They will point out, for example, that those words from Pope Leo were in 1891, and yet, here we are today. But I say, precisely<\/em>. His prophetic warning did not fail. Rather, this revolution has spread over the century like a cancer, infiltrating every institution and facet of world politics, science, education, and economics. As the prophet Isaiah said, it is “The web that is woven over all nations.”<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/a>Isaiah 25:7<\/span><\/span>