{"id":48580,"date":"2025-12-07T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=48580"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:14:06","slug":"the-iron-rod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-iron-rod\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iron Rod","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iron-Rod-BG-1002x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48581\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9800664451827242;width:574px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iron-Rod-BG-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iron-Rod-BG-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iron-Rod-BG-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Iron-Rod-BG.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>First published April 25th, 2023\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"drop-cap-3a73615c-4df9-46bb-96b5-8227285f1381\" class=\"paragraph-drop-cap\"><style><\/style><p class=\"wp-block-pack-drop-cap\">Reading<strong> <\/strong>the words of Jesus to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, you begin to understand that <em>the coming of the Kingdom of the Divine Will, <\/em>as we pray each day in the Our Father, is the single greatest objective of Heaven. <em>&#8220;I want to raise the creature back to her origin,&#8221;<\/em> Jesus said to Luisa, <em>&#8220;&#8230;that my Will be known, loved, and done on earth as It is in Heaven.&#8221;<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Vol. 19, June 6, 1926<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Jesus even says that the glory of the Angels and Saints in Heaven <em>&#8220;will not be complete if my Will does not have Its complete triumph on earth.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Everything was created for the total fulfillment of the Supreme Will, and until Heaven and earth return into this circle of the Eternal Volition, they feel their works, their glory and beatitude as though halved, because, not having found Its complete fulfillment in the Creation, the Divine Will cannot give what It had established to give \u2014 that is, the fullness of Its goods, of Its effects, joys and happinesses which It contains. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 Volume 19, May 23, 1926<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not just about fallen mankind being redeemed, but also reclaiming its <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/true-sonship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">True Sonship<\/a><\/em> in order <em>\u201cto receive the regeneration of the Divine Will in the human will.\u201d<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Vol. 17, June 18th, 1925<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> So, it is more than simply <em>doing<\/em> the will of God: it is <em>possessing<\/em> the Divine Will as Adam once did, along with all the rights, goods and effects that it contains in order to bring creation to perfection.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;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.&#8221; \u2014 <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>, 307<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> <em>Time and history will not close until this has been accomplished.<\/em> In fact, so significant is the advent of this hour that it is described by Christ as a new era or epoch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>I am preparing for you an era of love&#8230; these writings will be for My Church like a new sun which will rise in her midst&#8230; as the Church will be renewed, they will tranform the face of the earth&#8230; the Church will receive this celestial food, which will strengthen Her and make Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-resurrection-of-the-church\/\">rise again<\/a><\/em> <em>in her full triumph&#8230; the generations will not end until my Will reigns upon earth.<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>\u2014February 8, 1921, February 10, 1924, February 22, 1921<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This sounds like a pretty big deal. So, it would be in Scripture, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Great Sign<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said to Luisa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.<strong><em>..the sun is the symbol of my Will&#8230; &nbsp;It will spread Its divine rays to give the Life of my Will to all. This is the Prodigy of prodigies, which the whole of Heaven longs for.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 Volume 19, May 10, 23, 1926<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>&#8230;there is no Greater Prodigy than My Will Dwelling in the creature.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014Volume 15, December 8, 1922<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And then, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>She can be called the Queen, the Mother, the Foundress, the Base and the Mirror of my Will, in which all can reflect themselves to receive Its Life from Her. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 Volume 19, May 31, 1926<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OLGtilma.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46608\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:325px;height:485px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OLGtilma.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OLGtilma-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And so, there emerges within these revelations an echo from the Book of Revelation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars&#8230; She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.(Rev 12:1, 5)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As noted in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-woman-in-the-wilderness\/\">The Woman in the Wilderness,<\/a> <\/em>Benedict XVI concludes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>This Woman represents Mary, the Mother of the Redeemer, but&nbsp;<em>she represents at the same time the whole Church<\/em>, the People of God of all times, the Church that at all times, with great pain, again gives birth to Christ.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, August 23, 2006; Zenit; cf.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.org\/featured\/headline.php?ID=3579\">catholic.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, there is something deeper in this vision of the Woman that is further unpacked in the revelations to Luisa.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;\u2026no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yet even if Revelation is already complete, it has not been made completely explicit; it remains for Christian faith gradually to grasp its full significance over the course of the centuries.&#8221;&nbsp;\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church,&nbsp;<\/em>n. 67<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> As Jesus said to her: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>&#8230;in order to make my Will known, so that It might reign, I do not need to have a second mother according to the natural order, but rather, I need a second mother according to the order of grace&#8230; you too are the little queen in the Kingdom of My Will. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014 Vol 19, June 6, 20 1926,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luisa_piccarreta-cross.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38846\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0909090909090908;width:325px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luisa_piccarreta-cross.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luisa_piccarreta-cross-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Luisa was to be the first among <em>sinful creatures<\/em> to be clothed, as it were, in the sun of the Divine Will. Hence, in light of these revelations, the &#8220;woman clothed in the sun&#8221; \u2014 who is perfectly prefigured or mirrored in the Blessed Virgin Mary \u2014 appears as the Church in these times<em> being clothed in the Divine Will,<\/em> beginning with Luisa as the first among the &#8220;common stock,&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Vol. 19, June 6, 1926<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and giving birth to a &#8220;male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod.&#8221; It is the Church giving birth to the <em>whole <\/em>mystical Body of Christ, both in <em>number<\/em> and in <em>nature<\/em>. In terms of number&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">&#8230;a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in, and thus all Israel will be saved&#8230; (Rom 11:25-26)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and in terms of nature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">&#8230;until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ&#8230; that he might present to himself the Church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. (Ephesians 4:13, 5:27)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of the world will not come <em>until<\/em> Christ&#8217;s Bride is clothed in the &#8220;sun&#8221; of the Divine Will, the wedding garment of a &#8220;new and divine holiness&#8221;:<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <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_48580_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">The Lord has established his reign, our God, the almighty. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding day of the Lamb has come, his bride has made herself ready. She was allowed to wear a bright, clean linen garment. (Rev 19:6-8)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Iron Rod<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a beautiful prophecy given by Pope Pius XI in his Christmas address of 1922:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">\u201cAnd they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.\u201d May God\u2026 shortly bring to fulfillment His prophecy for transforming this consoling vision of the future into a present reality\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>It is God\u2019s task to bring about this happy hour and to make it known to all\u2026 When it does arrive, it will turn out to be a solemn hour, one big with consequences not only for the restoration of the Kingdom of Christ, but for the pacification of\u2026 the world. <\/strong>\u2014POPE PIUS XI,<em>&nbsp;Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi \u201cOn the Peace of Christ in his Kingdom\u201d<\/em>, December 23, 1922<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Of this universal reign of Christ, God the Father declares:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">You are my son; today I have begotten you. Ask it of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and, as your possession, the ends of the earth. With an iron rod you will shepherd them, like a potter\u2019s vessel you will shatter them. (Psalm 2:7-9)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jesusjudge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34051\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3363636363636364;width:325px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jesusjudge.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jesusjudge-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;shattering&#8221; of the wicked is an allusion to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/judgment-of-the-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Judgment of the Living<\/a><\/em> that <em>precedes<\/em> the &#8220;era of love&#8221; when the unrepentant and rebellious, including the Antichrist or &#8220;beast,&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 19:20<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> will be wiped from the face of the earth:<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 19:21<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_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\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u2026he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide fairly for the land\u2019s afflicted. He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips. Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat\u2026 (Isaiah 11:4-9) Out of his mouth came a sharp sword to strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he himself will tread out in the wine press the wine of the fury and wrath of God the almighty. (Rev 19:15)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then Jesus says in return to those who remain faithful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">To the victor, who keeps to my ways until the end, I will give authority over the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod\u2026 And to him I will give the morning star. (Rev 2:26-28)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The \u201ciron rod\u201d is the unbending, unshakeable, unchanging eternal \u201cDivine Will\u201d that governs the physical and spiritual laws of creation and reflects all the divine attributes of the Holy Trinity itself. The rule with an iron rod, then, is nothing other than\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u2026the perfect communion with the Lord enjoyed by those who persevere to the end: the symbolism of the power given to the victors\u2026 sharing in the&nbsp;<em>resurrection<\/em>&nbsp;and glory of Christ.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014<em>The Navarre Bible, Revelation;&nbsp;<\/em>footnote, p. 50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, Christ frequently alludes to the &#8220;restoration&#8221; of the Divine Will in the creature as a &#8220;resurrection.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-resurrection-of-the-church\/\"><em>The Resurrection of the Church<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Now, my Resurrection is the symbol of the souls who will form their Sanctity in my Will.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;\u2014Jesus to Luisa, April 15th, 1919, Vol. 12&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">They came to life and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over these; they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for the thousand years. (Revelation 20:4-6)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>For as he is our resurrection, since in him we rise, so he can also be understood as the Kingdom of God, for in him we shall reign.<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em>, n.&nbsp;2816<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They reign &#8220;with him&#8221; because He is&nbsp;<em>in&nbsp;<\/em>them. For the rising of the &#8220;morning star&#8221; and the &#8220;gift of living in the Divine Will&#8221; are one and the same thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">I am the root and offspring of David, the bright morning star. (Rev 22:16)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>&#8230;the prodigy of living in my Will is the prodigy of God Himself.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Jesus to Luisa, Vol. 19, May 27, 1926<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This rising of the morning star in the hearts of the faithful heralds <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-thousand-years\/\">The Thousand Years<\/a>, <\/em>or Day of the Lord.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/two-more-days\/\">Two More Days<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is altogether reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts&#8230; with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day. (2 Peter 1:19&#8230; 3:8)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">God&#8217;s Protection<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>In closing, a word on the mysterious divine providence God extends to both the &#8220;woman&#8221; and &#8220;male child&#8221; in Revelation 12. It goes without saying that Satan, the dragon, is in a rage against the coming of the Kindgom of the Divine Will. In fact, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-final-revolution\/\">The Final Revolution<\/a> <\/em>is precisely his attempt to mock and mimic God&#8217;s Kingdom through a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-false-unity\/\">False Unity<\/a> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-new-beast-rising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>False Love<\/em><\/a>. Hence, we are presently living through <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/clash-of-the-kingdoms\/\">The Clash of the Kingdoms<\/a>. <\/em>I have already elaborated on how Christ will preserve the Church in the times to come in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-woman-in-the-wilderness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Woman in the Wilderness<\/a>.<\/em> But there is also &#8220;protection&#8221; offered to the &#8220;male child&#8221; whom the dragon seeks to destroy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. (Rev 12:4-5)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/refugefire-1024x917.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37406\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:325px;height:261px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/refugefire-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/refugefire-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/refugefire-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/refugefire-640x573.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/refugefire.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many times in the discourse with Luisa, she is &#8220;caught up&#8221; to the throne of God for days on end in her mystical visions. She lived almost solely on the Holy Eucharist.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_48580_1('footnote_plugin_reference_48580_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/on-luisa-and-her-writings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On Luisa and Her Writings<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_48580_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_48580_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> And Jesus assures her at one point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>It is true that great will be the tragedy, but know that I will have regard for the souls who live from my Will, and for the places where these souls are&#8230; Know that I put the souls who live completely from my Will on earth in the same condition as the Blessed. Therefore, live in my Will and fear nothing. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014Jesus to Luisa, Volume 11, May 18, 1915<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Another time, Jesus said to her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>You must know that I always love My children, My beloved creatures, I would turn Myself inside out so as not to see them struck; so much so, that in the gloomy times that are coming, I have placed them all in the hands of my Celestial Mother \u2014 to Her have I entrusted them, that she may keep them for Me under her safe mantle.&nbsp; I will give her all those whom she will want; even death will have no power over those who will be in the custody of My Mother.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Now, while He was saying this, my dear Jesus showed me, with facts, how the Sovereign Queen descended from Heaven with an unspeakable majesty, and a tenderness fully maternal; and She went around in the midst of creatures, throughout all nations, and she marked her dear children and those who were not to be touched by the scourges. Whomever my Celestial Mother touched, the scourges had no power to touch those creatures. Sweet Jesus gave to His Mother the right to bring to safety whomever she pleased. How moving it was to see the Celestial Empress going around to all places of the world, taking creatures in her maternal hands, holding them close to her breast, hiding them under her mantle, so that no evil could harm those whom her maternal goodness kept in her custody, sheltered and defended. Oh! if all could see with how much love and tenderness the Celestial Queen performed this office, they would cry of consolation and would love she who so much loves us.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014Vol. 33, June 6th, 1935<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, those who reign with the &#8220;iron rod&#8221; are also those whom St. John sees as <em>&#8220;those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image nor had accepted its mark on their foreheads or hands.&#8221;<\/em> (Rev 20:4) And so, let us simply be attentive and faithful in everything &#8220;to the end,&#8221; whatever that end shall be. For&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord\u2019s. (Romans 14:8)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>O, iniquitous world, you are doing everything you can <br>to cast Me away from the face of the earth, <br>to banish Me from society, from schools, <br>from conversations \u2014 from everything. <br>You are plotting how to demolish temples and altars, <br>how to destroy my Church and kill my ministers; <br>while I am preparing for you an Era of Love \u2014 <br>the Era of my third FIAT. <br>You will make your own way in order to banish Me, <br>and I will confuse you by means of Love.<\/strong><\/em> <br>\u2014Jesus to Luisa, Vol. 12, February 8, 1921<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Reading<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Answers to your questions\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/on-luisa-and-her-writings\/\">On Luisa and Her Writings<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-final-confrontation-the-book\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-12567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TheFinalConfrontationBook-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\u201d height=\u201c324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TheFinalConfrontationBook-1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TheFinalConfrontationBook-1-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">with <em>Nihil Obstat<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To journey with Mark in\u00a0<strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word<\/strong><\/em>,<em><br \/>\n<\/em>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/>\nYour email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg 850w, 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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Now on Telegram. 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