The Holy Roman Empire Is Back!
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The Holy Roman Empire Is Back!
A foundational prophecy of your Bible has just been fulfilled. The perfect military storm is about to explode. Let the world beware!
related: The Rocking Baron Guttenberg gees up Germany
February 2010
By Gerald Flurry
The Trumpet
The Holy Roman Empire became official January 1, 2010. On that date, the European Union implemented its diplomatic service and appointed other officials. That made the Holy Roman Empire official.
Photo: GERMAN politicians have never been known for their sex appeal. Then along came Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the aristocratic finance minister, who is inspiring a level of public excitement normally reserved for rock stars and Hollywood actors. (Matthew Campbell)
Now they have already begun to build their own military, which is destined to become a world-shaking superpower!
The EU constitution was signed in November 2009. It is far from being a democratic constitution. The EU is absolutely domineered by Germany—a nation that started World Wars i and ii!
The empire is to be guided by the Vatican. That makes it a church-state combine—hence, the name Holy Roman Empire. But if you look at the previous six heads of that empire, you will see that it was the opposite of holy!
The Holy Roman Empire has seven heads. The seventh is now on the scene. The first head began in a.d. 554 and was ruled by Justinian. The sixth head ended at the conclusion of World War ii in 1945. It was ruled by madman Adolf Hitler, one of the bloodiest tyrants in the history of man.
According to your Bible, the seventh head will be the bloodiest one of all—by far!
We have been prophesying this for 65 years! Now it is here.
The world is so ignorant about the Holy Roman Empire that people don’t see what is happening. Even most Europeans don’t understand.
Otto von Habsburg was a member of the European Parliament only a few years ago. Here is what he said: “The [European] Community is living largely by the heritage of the Holy Roman Empire, though the great majority of the people who live by it don’t know by what heritage they live.â€
The undemocratic constitution the EU signed was called the Lisbon Treaty. Few people even understand what this treaty is. Such deceitful tactics are why most people in Europe and the world are unaware of what is really happening. The EU has just created a constitution for the Holy Roman Empire.
The EU is now comprised of 27 nations. But your Bible says it will have 10 kings. That means this political-religious union is about to be radically reduced. Perhaps another financial crisis, or some other disaster, will produce that result.
Making the EU smaller will make it much less democratic, more unified, and more powerful—so powerful that it will start World War iii!
It is high time people understand what is happening in Europe!
The world is about to be bludgeoned into this reality. The Holy Roman Empire has risen six times in Europe. Each time, it has soaked the continent in blood. The seventh head is going to shed blood around the world. Its past strongly indicates what it will do in the future. Its history alone should make people tremble with fear today!
Thankfully, this will be the seventh and last head of this empire. Then this world is going to be filled with peace, joy and abundance forever! That too is prophesied in the Bible and must be fulfilled—just as the prophesied seven heads of the Holy Roman Empire have been.
History Has Been Forgotten
Here is what Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt stated in a document signed in February 1945, toward the end of World War ii: “It is our inflexible purpose to destroy German militarism and Nazism and to ensure Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world†(emphasis mine throughout).
Why were they determined to never let German militarism disturb the world’s peace again? Because that military had started two world wars! (It also started a war with France in 1870 and conquered one half of that country.)
Churchill and Roosevelt knew the history of Germany. But most of our leaders today have forgotten that history—if they ever knew it.
Here is what Herman Hoeh, a German, wrote in the Good News magazine of April 1952, seven years after the war: “The question that President Truman and Secretary Acheson and you face is causing careful observers to tremble!
“Does America dare arm Germany?
“Can we unite Europe and guide the colossal military machine we envision there by 1955? …
“Our leading generals in Europe adamantly warn that Germany is a calculated risk. What will a Germany, armed with American help, think of her new power?
“The hour of decision struck at Lisbon when it was decided to rearm Germany. Your future is at stake! How are you going to know what will happen in Europe? …
“Why will the diplomats think that TODAY the hearts of the people in Germany are different from yesterday? Every one of those undemocratic nations when once armed has turned upon us. We are the hated ‘have’ nations, the ‘capitalist’ nations, the ‘imperialistic’ nations.
“The heart of the German people, indoctrinated with Nazism, has not been converted to our way of life. If they really … have come to love us since their defeat, would they now be trying to bargain for domination in Europe, and threatening to withhold support from the cause of democracy against Russia? Is that the way love is manifested? Can we purchase love with money?â€
Remember, this was written 58 years ago!
As I mentioned, Dr. Hoeh was also a German and understood the German mind.
Even back in 1952, Germany was fighting for domination of Europe—and America didn’t understand what it meant, or chose not to understand. That has been Germany’s goal from the beginning!
German Industrialists’ Secret Plan
Was Germany really trying to dominate Europe in 1952? Let’s take a look at some evidence that proves it was.
In 1996, a shocking World War ii intelligence document was made public. The document, detailing an August 1944 meeting between top German industrialists, reveals a secret postwar plan to restore the Nazis to power. Several of Germany’s elite industries were represented, including Messerschmitt and Volkswagenwerks. These companies, the document asserts, were to “prepare themselves to finance the Nazi Party which would be forced to go underground.†When the U.S. declassified this document, it received only sparse news coverage. Yet even more disturbing than the deep stupor of the media is the fact that the U.S. government did not make it public until 1996—over 50 years later!
By 1944, the Germans knew they would lose World War ii and were already planning for the next round! “Existing financial reserves in foreign countries,†the document says, “must be placed at the disposal of the party so that a strong German Empire can be created after the defeat.â€
The U.S. government knew all about this treachery and shamefully kept quiet. How utterly condemning!
Those at the 1944 meeting understood that the most prominent members of the Nazi Party would be condemned as war criminals. “However,†the document maintains, “in cooperation with the industrialists it is arranging to place its less conspicuous but most important members in positions with various German factories as technical experts or members of its research and designing offices.â€
How alarming! Why was so little written about this in 1996? Why did it take so long for it to be declassified? Or better yet, why was it even declassified in the first place? America and Britain have fallen asleep—our people don’t understand what is happening behind the scenes!
That is why we at the Trumpet feel compelled to return to these issues again and again. Hardly anyone else will!
Historians have long debated whether or not a secret Nazi plan was made for a postwar, international network. Now that it has been confirmed, as Elan Steinberg of the World Jewish Congress said, “the central question is whether it has been carried out.â€
The obvious answer is, it has!
That Nazi intelligence document was written in 1944. Here is what Herbert W. Armstrong said on radio, May 9, 1945: “The war is over, in Europe—or is it? We need to wake up and realize that right now is the most dangerous moment in United States national history, instead of assuming we now have peace!
“Men plan, here, to preserve the peace of the world. What most do not know is that the Germans have their plans for winning the battle of the peace. Yes, I said battle of the peace. That’s a kind of battle we Americans don’t know. We know only one kind of war. We have never lost a war—that is, a military war; but we have never won a conference, where leaders of other nations outfox us in the battle for the peace.
“We don’t understand German thoroughness. From the very start of World War ii, they have considered the possibility of losing this second round, as they did the first—and they have carefully, methodically planned, in such eventuality, the third round—World War iii! Hitler has lost. This round of war, in Europe, is over. And the Nazis have now gone underground. In France and Norway they learned how effectively an organized underground can hamper occupation and control of a country. Paris was liberated by the French underground—and Allied armies. Now a Nazi underground is methodically planned. They plan to come back and to win on the third try.â€
That intensely galvanizing prophecy was proclaimed in 1945! It ought to stir us to action like a thousand volts of electricity. Our response must be immediate or it will be too late.
Mr. Armstrong sent that message around the world for over 30 years. He was on over 400 tv stations, often broadcast on radio and had a Plain Truth magazine circulation of over 8 million—more than Time and Newsweek combined at that time.
This world has been warned! There is no excuse for people to be ignorant. When we ignore God’s strong warning, we pay a dreadful price!
How many of our people can face the dangerous truth before it’s too late?
The Danger in a United Germany
Brian Connell, in his 1957 book A Watcher on the Rhine, offered abundant proof of that Nazi plan being carried out. He drew attention to a watershed event in 1947, just two years after the war, when Allied authorities foolishly handed over denazification responsibilities to, of all people, the Germans! After 1947, denazification in Germany, according to Connell, was a farce!
British newspapers jumped on the story when documents were released last September disclosing Margaret Thatcher’s vigorous opposition to German unification in 1989.
In one Kremlin transcript, the former prime minister was revealed as telling Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in off-the-record meetings in September 1989 that the “reunification of Germany is not in the interests of Britain and Western Europe.†While that might appear different from public pronouncements, she stated, Britain does “not want a united Germany.â€
The documents reveal French President François Mitterrand telling Thatcher that a united Germany could “make even more ground than had Hitler.†If Germany expanded, he said, then Europe would be in the same position that it had been in before World War i. He also said that reunification could turn Germans into the “bad†people they used to be.
The documents also show Nikolai Ryzhkov, the premier of the Soviet Union, telling Gorbachev that if Germany was allowed to reunify on its own terms, “then in 20 or 30 years Germany will start another world war.â€
Jacques Attali, adviser to the French president, was equally concerned. He told a Gorbachev aide that French leaders questioned whether Russia’s lack of interference in the fall of the Berlin Wall meant that “the ussr has made peace with the prospect of a united Germany and will not take any steps to prevent it.†He said, “This has caused a fear approaching panic.†Attali later told Mitterrand that he was so fearful of a united Germany that, should it come to pass, he would “fly off to live on Mars.â€
These documents reveal that Mrs. Thatcher was far from alone in her apprehensions; they actually justify her concerns as legitimate. It is true that these leaders mostly gave up their concerns after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Courageously, Britain’s Iron Lady didn’t. “You have not anchored Germany to Europe,†she warned America during a conference in Colorado Springs in October 1995. “You have anchored Europe to a newly dominant, unified Germany. In the end, my friends, you’ll find it will not work.â€
As the Trumpet has explained extensively in recent issues, the “end†that Mrs. Thatcher mentioned is very nearly here. Germany is united and strong. It has cemented itself as the most powerful and dominant force, politically, economically and militarily, on the Continent. It has used that power to bully the rest of Europe. And the European leaders know it!
Who Will Be the Next Charlemagne?
Otto von Habsburg once said, “We possess a European symbol which belongs to all nations of Europe equally; this is the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, which embodies the tradition of Charlemagne.â€
Charlemagne waded through rivers of blood to rule Europe and convert Europeans to Catholicism. His empire was called the First Reich (empire). Hitler and Mussolini led the Third Reich (the sixth head).
Will the seventh Holy Roman Empire also be in the “tradition†of Adolf Hitler and the sixth head? Yes it will—so states Bible prophecy! But that history is too recent for European leaders to discuss it coming in the tradition of Adolf Hitler!
In 1983, Pope John Paul ii was in Vienna—300 years after the city was attacked by the “barbarian Turks†and the Polish king rallied the European kings and drove out the barbarians. John Paul was saying, back in 1983, that Europe needed to get back to its Christian roots. He was referring to the “Christian roots†of the bloody Holy Roman Empire. The current pope will rally Europe into making this a reality.
The Vatican leaders understand their history—unlike most of the world. This is why many millions of people are so easily deceived.
The next Charlemagne will be much more sophisticated than Hitler—much more cultured. But he is going to fight Christ at His Second Coming!
In 1926, Hitler stated, “Christ was the greatest early fighter in the battle against the world enemy, the Jews …. The work that Christ started but could not finish, I—Adolf Hitler—will conclude.†He did not consider Jesus a Jew, but only a half-Jew because He was begotten by God.
Hitler was an extremely radical Catholic (just as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian leader, is a radical Muslim). Roman Catholicism plays a major role in the Holy Roman Empire.
The biggest problem that Hitler posed to the world was not being a fanatical anti-Semite. That is only part of the story. This is where many people are deceived. Much of the world looks upon the Jews as God’s chosen people. In Vienna, Hitler came to believe that God had replaced the Jews with the Germans and the Holy Roman Empire. He learned this in that cultured city—looking at and studying all about those crown jewels and the opulence of the Habsburgs.
He believed the Germans were God’s chosen people. This is why the crown jewels of that empire meant so much to him.
In 1938, Hitler had brought the insignia of Charlemagne’s First Reich—the imperial crown, the orb of empire, the scepter and the imperial sword—from Vienna to Nuremberg. At a rally, he vowed that they would remain there forever.
Soon the world will know who the modern Charlemagne is to be. You can be sure he will have Germany’s stamp of approval. His actions will shock the world far more than the original Charlemagne. He will lead the world into the greatest “sea of blood†that humanity has ever seen or even dreamed about! Whether we realize it or not, the Fourth Reich has arrived.
Who Is Baron Guttenberg?
The Bible prophesies of this European strongman (see our October 2009 issue, “Is Germany’s New Charlemagne About to Appear?â€). We have been watching for this individual to emerge.
Long-time Trumpet readers know that we have drawn particular attention to Edmund Stoiber. Because of the urgency of the time, I have strongly felt that this prophesied leader will come onto the scene shortly. In the May/June 2009 Trumpet magazine, for example, I wrote, “You need to watch the September 27 election this year in Germany. It could very well produce the political leader of the Holy Roman Empire.†Then again in that October issue, I said, “As I write this article, Germany is just weeks from electing a new chancellor. That election and events to unfold from it are going to bring devastating consequences to this world.â€
I believe we may have witnessed a fulfillment of that prediction.
An impressive man appeared in the front line of German politics when he was appointed as Germany’s minister of economics just February of last year. Then, right after Germany’s election, Angela Merkel rocketed his political stature overnight by giving him the senior portfolio of defense minister in her new coalition cabinet.
His name is Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
The Defense Ministry was Guttenberg’s portfolio of choice. “Following the success of the Merkel-led conservative political bloc at last month’s election, Baron Guttenberg has made little secret of his desire to switch from the Economics Ministry to the defense portfolio†(Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Oct. 23, 2009).
The timing of this appointment of the aristocratic Guttenberg could hardly be more significant. After the full implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union will now begin developing its long-awaited European military force, a force set to rival and even overtake the military power of the once mighty United States. Germany is going to forcefully lead that powerful church-state combine.
Guttenberg recently passed Chancellor Merkel in favor as the most popular politician in Germany.
Guttenberg was a bright young leader of the young set in Bavarian politics during Edmund Stoiber’s long reign as Bavaria’s prime minister. The two carry a mutual respect for each other’s political achievements. Recently Guttenberg strongly endorsed Stoiber’s efforts to cut European Union red tape to the tune of multiple billions of euros in savings.
This young, aristocratic Guttenberg is particularly interesting because of his family and political connections. His early development in political life was guided by Stoiber. He was appointed secretary general of the Bavarian Christian Social Union, Stoiber’s political party, when Stoiber was considered a prime candidate for the German chancellorship before he was just barely beaten by Angela Merkel in a national election. Stoiber’s political mentor was the Bavarian prime minister whom he succeeded, Franz Josef Strauss, who was known in his time as “the strongman of Europe.â€
Guttenberg is also connected through part of his family line to the house of Habsburg. Strauss and Otto von Habsburg shared a common dream of a united Catholic Europe. Both personally shared details of that vision with Herbert Armstrong during visits they made to the campus of Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. To Otto von Habsburg, the dream was of a revived Holy Roman Empire. To Herbert Armstrong, that dream would become the reality of the biblically prophesied seventh resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire.
Herbert Armstrong foresaw, and prophesied, that the European Union would fulfill that prophecy under German Roman Catholic dominion.
Take Guttenberg’s impeccable Frankish-Bavarian Roman Catholic connections into mind and add them to the thread of political thought that has pervaded Bavarian politics for decades under Strauss and Stoiber—the dream of a united Catholic Europe under German leadership. Then add to it something that neither Strauss nor Stoiber ever possessed—a striking family title that cements all of these connections together—and we have a man to watch in the shaky coalition of Chancellor Merkel’s government.
What is that family title?
The current Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg’s official title was granted to his forebears during the 18th century. His correct title is Reichsfreiherr, the English translation being, “Baron of the Holy Roman Empire.â€
A fascinating title when you consider what is happening in Europe!
Notice what Ulrich Rippert wrote about Guttenberg on the World Socialist Web Site, Nov. 7, 2009: “The appointment of the new defense minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (Christian Social Union, csu), unleashed a storm of enthusiasm in the German officer corps, according to Spiegel Online. …
“Guttenberg was welcomed by the assembled military as one of their own. His noble title and his aristocratic family’s 800-year-old tradition played a not insignificant role in their response.
“There is hardly another country in the world in which the influence of the aristocratic caste in the army—as well as in other areas of society—has remained as strong as in Germany. …
“The aristocratic elite has played a devastating role in German history. It dominated both the officer corps of the Reichswehr (Imperial Army) and the Wehrmacht. In the Weimar Republic, the Reichswehr formed a state within the state, having rejected the democratic foundations of the constitution and being implicated in numerous coup attempts. In Hitler’s Wehrmacht, it was the aristocratic generals who organized the war of extermination and conquest.
“The field marshals of the Nazi period were nearly all of noble birth. …
“Karl-Theodor—we will dispense with his eight other first names—Baron von und zu Guttenberg is part of this aristocratic caste and maintains its elitist habits. He lives in Burg (castle) Guttenberg near Kulmbach in Franken, which has been the family headquarters since 1482. Since February 2000, he has been married to Stephanie Countess von Bismarck-Schonhausen, who is directly descended from Otto von Bismarck, the iron chancellor. …
“Before taking his ministerial post, for several years Guttenberg led the csu executive committee’s Special Committee on Foreign Policy. …
“Guttenberg left no doubt that it was necessary to counter the widespread antiwar sentiments of the general public. …
“Guttenberg stressed, ‘There is no alternative to the German commitment in Afghanistan.’ … He justified the establishment of a special department for Afghanistan in the chancellery with these concluding words, ‘This measure could contribute crucially to optimizing Germany’s overall deployment in Afghanistan and to heightening acceptance of our [military] commitment within the population.’ …
“Under these conditions, Defense Minister zu Guttenberg has gone on the offensive. Just a few days after taking office, he stressed that it is indeed war that is being waged in Afghanistan. Under these conditions, he said, it would be wrong to use ‘euphemisms’ regarding the Bundeswehr’s mission. In a discussion with Bild Zeitung, he explained that it is a combat mission. Although international law was clear that wars could only take place between states, he did not believe that a soldier could relate to such ‘necessary legal, academic or semantic sensitivities.’â€
That means that Baron Guttenberg calls war and terrorism what they really are—not vague or deceptive “euphemisms.†That makes the German military ecstatic. At the same time, he is swinging the German population into a military mindset. That has to be extremely disturbing to those people who understand Germany’s history. The end result is going to be horrifying!
It also signals a dangerous turn in Germany’s foreign policy! And the whole world is going to be greatly impacted by that new direction.
Germany’s allies also have high expectations for Baron Guttenberg. Since Germany domineers Europe, that portends some extremely bad news for the world!
Watch Baron Guttenberg!
EU Access to U.S. Nukes
Let me relate some of the most shocking and frightening news I have read in years!
In an article titled “What to Do About Europe’s Secret Nukes,†Time wrote on Dec. 2, 2009: “Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dutch, Belgian, Italian and German pilots remain ready to engage in nuclear war.â€
nato, describing the characteristics of the nuclear forces based in Europe, says on its website: “Nuclear forces based in Europe and committed to nato provide an essential political and military link between the European and the North American members of the Alliance. The Alliance will therefore maintain adequate nuclear forces in Europe†(April 24, 1999).
An earlier Time article, written by the same author, Eben Harrell, said, “Although technically owned by the U.S., nuclear bombs stored at nato bases are designed to be delivered by planes from the host country†(June 19, 2008).
The December 2 Time article asked: “Is Italy capable of delivering a thermonuclear strike? Could the Belgians and the Dutch drop hydrogen bombs on enemy targets? … Germany’s air force couldn’t possibly be training to deliver bombs 13 times more powerful than the one that destroyed Hiroshima, could it?â€
Time continued, “It is Europe’s dirty secret that the list of nuclear-capable countries extends beyond those—Britain and France—who have built their own weapons. Nuclear bombs are stored on air force bases in Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands—and planes from each of those countries are capable of delivering them.â€
The June 2008 article reported that these four nato nations house an estimated 200 American b61 thermonuclear gravity bombs. Harrell said that, in fact, “The U.S. keeps an estimated 350 thermonuclear bombs in six nato countriesâ€â€”another of which is Turkey.
“Under a nato agreement struck during the Cold War, the bombs, which are technically owned by the U.S., can be transferred to the control of a host nation’s air force in times of conflict,†the 2009 Time article stated.
Even after the Cold War ended, over 20 years ago, these nato countries still are allowed to use U.S. nuclear weapons in case of “conflict.â€
What a mind-splitting alarm!
According to a survey released Dec. 11, 2009, nearly three quarters of the German people fear the spread of Islam. If the EU and Iran have a “conflict,†it could lead to the Holy Roman Empire countries loading U.S. nukes into their planes and flying off to war. Bible prophecy says these two powers are going to clash—and the EU, or Holy Roman Empire, is going to prevail.
If this empire’s air force were to have some nukes left from the conflict, they could be used on the U.S. That is exactly what Herbert W. Armstrong predicted!
The greatest nuclear crisis is not in the Middle East—it’s in Europe and the Holy Roman Empire!
Baron Guttenberg strongly desires aligning nato forces with the EU military—undoubtedly because they can use America’s nuclear bombs.
The U.S. ambassador recently called Germany America’s most important ally. Britain was our closest ally in two world wars. Germany was our number-one enemy, which started both wars!
Bible prophecy states that three Western nations will be double-crossed and attacked by their “lovers†(Ezekiel 16:33-34 and Ezekiel 23).
If people understood the Holy Roman Empire, our nukes in the hands of Germany and Italy would leave them aghast! It reads like the horror of all horrors!
It’s time for the world to wake up! Will you wake up in time? Very soon it will be too late.
A Great Prophecy Becomes History
“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space†(Revelation 17:10).
Revelation 17:10 is one of the greatest prophecies in the Bible. Contained within this one verse is the heart of prophecy for these latter days. Just during the period when “one is,†it encapsulates the fulfillment of several other major prophecies: Matthew 17:10-11, which talks about the end-time type of Elijah restoring all things; Malachi 3:1, which discusses an end-time messenger preparing the world for Christ’s return; and Matthew 24:14, which describes the gospel being preached around the world. Those prophecies were at the heart of the Philadelphian era work under Herbert W. Armstrong. He prophesied during the time when “one isâ€â€”when Hitler ruled over the sixth head of the Holy Roman Empire.
After the “one is†era, there’s just a short space left for “the other [that] is not yet come.†This statement is the most acute kind of emphasis for the seventh head. We are now witnessing the seventh head. It will continue a short time—and then we can forget about the beast! Wars, terrorism, weather disasters—these will all be gone forever! When “the other†comes and finishes its work, Christ is going to come and rule forever! That’s what we need to get excited about most of all, not some titillating prophecy about the beast.
We must remember not to blame the Holy Roman Empire for inflicting evil upon the nations of Israel. (If you don’t know who the nations of Israel are, request our book The United States and Britain in Prophecy.) “For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled†(Revelation 17:17). God has put it in the heart of this empire to fulfill His will. We are being punished because of “all our abominations.â€
God is calling upon so-called Christians in this world to repent. That is the only solution to our problems.
The sixth head has come and gone. Now the seventh head has come. Both of these electrifying prophecies have become history! This last head is destined to be the most infamous one of all. It is prophesied to wreak unparalleled destruction on this world.
This last head of the Holy Roman Empire is going to fight Jesus Christ at His Second Coming! Then the world will see how unholy the Holy Roman Empire is.
How can we not be moved and stirred intensely by this universe-shaking prophecy?
What an exciting time to be alive! Not because we understand the Holy Roman Empire, but because we understand the omnipotent God who revealed this prophecy to us!
The Best News Ever
The Plain Truth of September 1979 said this about Franz Josef Strauss: “In April 1970, on one of his many trips to the United States, Strauss visited the campus of Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. During his two-day visit, he addressed the student body (he speaks fluent English and French) and was interviewed for the World Tomorrow television program. He was the honored dinner guest of Plain Truth editor in chief Herbert W. Armstrong in Mr. Armstrong’s home. (Mr. Armstrong later said of Dr. Strauss’s visit: ‘At the close of the first day, he commented that he had just spent the happiest day of his life. The peace and happiness here are contagious. Dr. Strauss drank it in. Herr Strauss said, “We need an Ambassador College in Germany.â€â€˜)â€
Soon God’s colleges are going to fill this Earth.
What an amazing statement for a powerful world leader like Franz Josef Strauss to make—that he had just spent the happiest day of his life!
The inspiring truth is, he had just gotten an insight into the wonderful World Tomorrow. Mr. Armstrong and his supporters worked extremely hard to obey every word of the Bible. Ambassador College was like a beautiful Garden of Eden on Earth. It won the most beautiful campus in America award three different years. Soon the whole Earth is going to look like that! And people are going to be happy as never before. That time is almost here!
If Adam, Eve and the whole world had obeyed God, the Earth would look like Ambassador College did and be filled with happiness today.
The way of happiness has been rejected by mankind throughout history. They must suffer until they are willing to obey God—and be happy the way God is happy.
Winston Churchill said that men occasionally stumble onto the truth, but they quickly pick themselves up and hurry along.
How much suffering is it going to take to wake men up? Will it take the worst suffering ever before they finally turn to God?
“Three years later, on May 8, 1973, Dr. Strauss again emphasized before the World Tomorrow television cameras (this time in Germany) the same theme: ‘We must achieve, we must bring about and we must realize West European unity before the Soviet vision of the Europe of tomorrow comes into reality’†(ibid.).
Mr. Strauss had a vision of the Holy Roman Empire. He passed that on to his protégé, Edmund Stoiber. And now Stoiber has mentored Baron Guttenberg to nurture the same vision.
That vision has been alive for 1,500 years. But it always ends in catastrophe, even when it begins with good intentions.
The wrong people have hijacked the powerful European Union. That empire is about to clash with Jesus Christ Himself. Take a good look at this Holy Roman Empire; it’s going to be the last one you will ever see—forever!
That is the best news this world has ever heard. And you can prove it from your own Bible.
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The Holy Roman Empire Is Back!
A foundational prophecy of your Bible has just been fulfilled. The perfect military storm is about to explode. Let the world beware!
related: The Rocking Baron Guttenberg gees up Germany
February 2010
By Gerald Flurry
The Trumpet
The Holy Roman Empire became official January 1, 2010. On that date, the European Union implemented its diplomatic service and appointed other officials. That made the Holy Roman Empire official.
Photo: GERMAN politicians have never been known for their sex appeal. Then along came Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the aristocratic finance minister, who is inspiring a level of public excitement normally reserved for rock stars and Hollywood actors. (Matthew Campbell)
Now they have already begun to build their own military, which is destined to become a world-shaking superpower!
The EU constitution was signed in November 2009. It is far from being a democratic constitution. The EU is absolutely domineered by Germany—a nation that started World Wars i and ii!
The empire is to be guided by the Vatican. That makes it a church-state combine—hence, the name Holy Roman Empire. But if you look at the previous six heads of that empire, you will see that it was the opposite of holy!
The Holy Roman Empire has seven heads. The seventh is now on the scene. The first head began in a.d. 554 and was ruled by Justinian. The sixth head ended at the conclusion of World War ii in 1945. It was ruled by madman Adolf Hitler, one of the bloodiest tyrants in the history of man.
According to your Bible, the seventh head will be the bloodiest one of all—by far!
We have been prophesying this for 65 years! Now it is here.
The world is so ignorant about the Holy Roman Empire that people don’t see what is happening. Even most Europeans don’t understand.
Otto von Habsburg was a member of the European Parliament only a few years ago. Here is what he said: “The [European] Community is living largely by the heritage of the Holy Roman Empire, though the great majority of the people who live by it don’t know by what heritage they live.â€
The undemocratic constitution the EU signed was called the Lisbon Treaty. Few people even understand what this treaty is. Such deceitful tactics are why most people in Europe and the world are unaware of what is really happening. The EU has just created a constitution for the Holy Roman Empire.
The EU is now comprised of 27 nations. But your Bible says it will have 10 kings. That means this political-religious union is about to be radically reduced. Perhaps another financial crisis, or some other disaster, will produce that result.
Making the EU smaller will make it much less democratic, more unified, and more powerful—so powerful that it will start World War iii!
It is high time people understand what is happening in Europe!
The world is about to be bludgeoned into this reality. The Holy Roman Empire has risen six times in Europe. Each time, it has soaked the continent in blood. The seventh head is going to shed blood around the world. Its past strongly indicates what it will do in the future. Its history alone should make people tremble with fear today!
Thankfully, this will be the seventh and last head of this empire. Then this world is going to be filled with peace, joy and abundance forever! That too is prophesied in the Bible and must be fulfilled—just as the prophesied seven heads of the Holy Roman Empire have been.
History Has Been Forgotten
Here is what Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt stated in a document signed in February 1945, toward the end of World War ii: “It is our inflexible purpose to destroy German militarism and Nazism and to ensure Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world†(emphasis mine throughout).
Why were they determined to never let German militarism disturb the world’s peace again? Because that military had started two world wars! (It also started a war with France in 1870 and conquered one half of that country.)
Churchill and Roosevelt knew the history of Germany. But most of our leaders today have forgotten that history—if they ever knew it.
Here is what Herman Hoeh, a German, wrote in the Good News magazine of April 1952, seven years after the war: “The question that President Truman and Secretary Acheson and you face is causing careful observers to tremble!
“Does America dare arm Germany?
“Can we unite Europe and guide the colossal military machine we envision there by 1955? …
“Our leading generals in Europe adamantly warn that Germany is a calculated risk. What will a Germany, armed with American help, think of her new power?
“The hour of decision struck at Lisbon when it was decided to rearm Germany. Your future is at stake! How are you going to know what will happen in Europe? …
“Why will the diplomats think that TODAY the hearts of the people in Germany are different from yesterday? Every one of those undemocratic nations when once armed has turned upon us. We are the hated ‘have’ nations, the ‘capitalist’ nations, the ‘imperialistic’ nations.
“The heart of the German people, indoctrinated with Nazism, has not been converted to our way of life. If they really … have come to love us since their defeat, would they now be trying to bargain for domination in Europe, and threatening to withhold support from the cause of democracy against Russia? Is that the way love is manifested? Can we purchase love with money?â€
Remember, this was written 58 years ago!
As I mentioned, Dr. Hoeh was also a German and understood the German mind.
Even back in 1952, Germany was fighting for domination of Europe—and America didn’t understand what it meant, or chose not to understand. That has been Germany’s goal from the beginning!
German Industrialists’ Secret Plan
Was Germany really trying to dominate Europe in 1952? Let’s take a look at some evidence that proves it was.
In 1996, a shocking World War ii intelligence document was made public. The document, detailing an August 1944 meeting between top German industrialists, reveals a secret postwar plan to restore the Nazis to power. Several of Germany’s elite industries were represented, including Messerschmitt and Volkswagenwerks. These companies, the document asserts, were to “prepare themselves to finance the Nazi Party which would be forced to go underground.†When the U.S. declassified this document, it received only sparse news coverage. Yet even more disturbing than the deep stupor of the media is the fact that the U.S. government did not make it public until 1996—over 50 years later!
By 1944, the Germans knew they would lose World War ii and were already planning for the next round! “Existing financial reserves in foreign countries,†the document says, “must be placed at the disposal of the party so that a strong German Empire can be created after the defeat.â€
The U.S. government knew all about this treachery and shamefully kept quiet. How utterly condemning!
Those at the 1944 meeting understood that the most prominent members of the Nazi Party would be condemned as war criminals. “However,†the document maintains, “in cooperation with the industrialists it is arranging to place its less conspicuous but most important members in positions with various German factories as technical experts or members of its research and designing offices.â€
How alarming! Why was so little written about this in 1996? Why did it take so long for it to be declassified? Or better yet, why was it even declassified in the first place? America and Britain have fallen asleep—our people don’t understand what is happening behind the scenes!
That is why we at the Trumpet feel compelled to return to these issues again and again. Hardly anyone else will!
Historians have long debated whether or not a secret Nazi plan was made for a postwar, international network. Now that it has been confirmed, as Elan Steinberg of the World Jewish Congress said, “the central question is whether it has been carried out.â€
The obvious answer is, it has!
That Nazi intelligence document was written in 1944. Here is what Herbert W. Armstrong said on radio, May 9, 1945: “The war is over, in Europe—or is it? We need to wake up and realize that right now is the most dangerous moment in United States national history, instead of assuming we now have peace!
“Men plan, here, to preserve the peace of the world. What most do not know is that the Germans have their plans for winning the battle of the peace. Yes, I said battle of the peace. That’s a kind of battle we Americans don’t know. We know only one kind of war. We have never lost a war—that is, a military war; but we have never won a conference, where leaders of other nations outfox us in the battle for the peace.
“We don’t understand German thoroughness. From the very start of World War ii, they have considered the possibility of losing this second round, as they did the first—and they have carefully, methodically planned, in such eventuality, the third round—World War iii! Hitler has lost. This round of war, in Europe, is over. And the Nazis have now gone underground. In France and Norway they learned how effectively an organized underground can hamper occupation and control of a country. Paris was liberated by the French underground—and Allied armies. Now a Nazi underground is methodically planned. They plan to come back and to win on the third try.â€
That intensely galvanizing prophecy was proclaimed in 1945! It ought to stir us to action like a thousand volts of electricity. Our response must be immediate or it will be too late.
Mr. Armstrong sent that message around the world for over 30 years. He was on over 400 tv stations, often broadcast on radio and had a Plain Truth magazine circulation of over 8 million—more than Time and Newsweek combined at that time.
This world has been warned! There is no excuse for people to be ignorant. When we ignore God’s strong warning, we pay a dreadful price!
How many of our people can face the dangerous truth before it’s too late?
The Danger in a United Germany
Brian Connell, in his 1957 book A Watcher on the Rhine, offered abundant proof of that Nazi plan being carried out. He drew attention to a watershed event in 1947, just two years after the war, when Allied authorities foolishly handed over denazification responsibilities to, of all people, the Germans! After 1947, denazification in Germany, according to Connell, was a farce!
British newspapers jumped on the story when documents were released last September disclosing Margaret Thatcher’s vigorous opposition to German unification in 1989.
In one Kremlin transcript, the former prime minister was revealed as telling Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in off-the-record meetings in September 1989 that the “reunification of Germany is not in the interests of Britain and Western Europe.†While that might appear different from public pronouncements, she stated, Britain does “not want a united Germany.â€
The documents reveal French President François Mitterrand telling Thatcher that a united Germany could “make even more ground than had Hitler.†If Germany expanded, he said, then Europe would be in the same position that it had been in before World War i. He also said that reunification could turn Germans into the “bad†people they used to be.
The documents also show Nikolai Ryzhkov, the premier of the Soviet Union, telling Gorbachev that if Germany was allowed to reunify on its own terms, “then in 20 or 30 years Germany will start another world war.â€
Jacques Attali, adviser to the French president, was equally concerned. He told a Gorbachev aide that French leaders questioned whether Russia’s lack of interference in the fall of the Berlin Wall meant that “the ussr has made peace with the prospect of a united Germany and will not take any steps to prevent it.†He said, “This has caused a fear approaching panic.†Attali later told Mitterrand that he was so fearful of a united Germany that, should it come to pass, he would “fly off to live on Mars.â€
These documents reveal that Mrs. Thatcher was far from alone in her apprehensions; they actually justify her concerns as legitimate. It is true that these leaders mostly gave up their concerns after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Courageously, Britain’s Iron Lady didn’t. “You have not anchored Germany to Europe,†she warned America during a conference in Colorado Springs in October 1995. “You have anchored Europe to a newly dominant, unified Germany. In the end, my friends, you’ll find it will not work.â€
As the Trumpet has explained extensively in recent issues, the “end†that Mrs. Thatcher mentioned is very nearly here. Germany is united and strong. It has cemented itself as the most powerful and dominant force, politically, economically and militarily, on the Continent. It has used that power to bully the rest of Europe. And the European leaders know it!
Who Will Be the Next Charlemagne?
Otto von Habsburg once said, “We possess a European symbol which belongs to all nations of Europe equally; this is the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, which embodies the tradition of Charlemagne.â€
Charlemagne waded through rivers of blood to rule Europe and convert Europeans to Catholicism. His empire was called the First Reich (empire). Hitler and Mussolini led the Third Reich (the sixth head).
Will the seventh Holy Roman Empire also be in the “tradition†of Adolf Hitler and the sixth head? Yes it will—so states Bible prophecy! But that history is too recent for European leaders to discuss it coming in the tradition of Adolf Hitler!
In 1983, Pope John Paul ii was in Vienna—300 years after the city was attacked by the “barbarian Turks†and the Polish king rallied the European kings and drove out the barbarians. John Paul was saying, back in 1983, that Europe needed to get back to its Christian roots. He was referring to the “Christian roots†of the bloody Holy Roman Empire. The current pope will rally Europe into making this a reality.
The Vatican leaders understand their history—unlike most of the world. This is why many millions of people are so easily deceived.
The next Charlemagne will be much more sophisticated than Hitler—much more cultured. But he is going to fight Christ at His Second Coming!
In 1926, Hitler stated, “Christ was the greatest early fighter in the battle against the world enemy, the Jews …. The work that Christ started but could not finish, I—Adolf Hitler—will conclude.†He did not consider Jesus a Jew, but only a half-Jew because He was begotten by God.
Hitler was an extremely radical Catholic (just as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian leader, is a radical Muslim). Roman Catholicism plays a major role in the Holy Roman Empire.
The biggest problem that Hitler posed to the world was not being a fanatical anti-Semite. That is only part of the story. This is where many people are deceived. Much of the world looks upon the Jews as God’s chosen people. In Vienna, Hitler came to believe that God had replaced the Jews with the Germans and the Holy Roman Empire. He learned this in that cultured city—looking at and studying all about those crown jewels and the opulence of the Habsburgs.
He believed the Germans were God’s chosen people. This is why the crown jewels of that empire meant so much to him.
In 1938, Hitler had brought the insignia of Charlemagne’s First Reich—the imperial crown, the orb of empire, the scepter and the imperial sword—from Vienna to Nuremberg. At a rally, he vowed that they would remain there forever.
Soon the world will know who the modern Charlemagne is to be. You can be sure he will have Germany’s stamp of approval. His actions will shock the world far more than the original Charlemagne. He will lead the world into the greatest “sea of blood†that humanity has ever seen or even dreamed about! Whether we realize it or not, the Fourth Reich has arrived.
Who Is Baron Guttenberg?
The Bible prophesies of this European strongman (see our October 2009 issue, “Is Germany’s New Charlemagne About to Appear?â€). We have been watching for this individual to emerge.
Long-time Trumpet readers know that we have drawn particular attention to Edmund Stoiber. Because of the urgency of the time, I have strongly felt that this prophesied leader will come onto the scene shortly. In the May/June 2009 Trumpet magazine, for example, I wrote, “You need to watch the September 27 election this year in Germany. It could very well produce the political leader of the Holy Roman Empire.†Then again in that October issue, I said, “As I write this article, Germany is just weeks from electing a new chancellor. That election and events to unfold from it are going to bring devastating consequences to this world.â€
I believe we may have witnessed a fulfillment of that prediction.
An impressive man appeared in the front line of German politics when he was appointed as Germany’s minister of economics just February of last year. Then, right after Germany’s election, Angela Merkel rocketed his political stature overnight by giving him the senior portfolio of defense minister in her new coalition cabinet.
His name is Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
The Defense Ministry was Guttenberg’s portfolio of choice. “Following the success of the Merkel-led conservative political bloc at last month’s election, Baron Guttenberg has made little secret of his desire to switch from the Economics Ministry to the defense portfolio†(Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Oct. 23, 2009).
The timing of this appointment of the aristocratic Guttenberg could hardly be more significant. After the full implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union will now begin developing its long-awaited European military force, a force set to rival and even overtake the military power of the once mighty United States. Germany is going to forcefully lead that powerful church-state combine.
Guttenberg recently passed Chancellor Merkel in favor as the most popular politician in Germany.
Guttenberg was a bright young leader of the young set in Bavarian politics during Edmund Stoiber’s long reign as Bavaria’s prime minister. The two carry a mutual respect for each other’s political achievements. Recently Guttenberg strongly endorsed Stoiber’s efforts to cut European Union red tape to the tune of multiple billions of euros in savings.
This young, aristocratic Guttenberg is particularly interesting because of his family and political connections. His early development in political life was guided by Stoiber. He was appointed secretary general of the Bavarian Christian Social Union, Stoiber’s political party, when Stoiber was considered a prime candidate for the German chancellorship before he was just barely beaten by Angela Merkel in a national election. Stoiber’s political mentor was the Bavarian prime minister whom he succeeded, Franz Josef Strauss, who was known in his time as “the strongman of Europe.â€
Guttenberg is also connected through part of his family line to the house of Habsburg. Strauss and Otto von Habsburg shared a common dream of a united Catholic Europe. Both personally shared details of that vision with Herbert Armstrong during visits they made to the campus of Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. To Otto von Habsburg, the dream was of a revived Holy Roman Empire. To Herbert Armstrong, that dream would become the reality of the biblically prophesied seventh resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire.
Herbert Armstrong foresaw, and prophesied, that the European Union would fulfill that prophecy under German Roman Catholic dominion.
Take Guttenberg’s impeccable Frankish-Bavarian Roman Catholic connections into mind and add them to the thread of political thought that has pervaded Bavarian politics for decades under Strauss and Stoiber—the dream of a united Catholic Europe under German leadership. Then add to it something that neither Strauss nor Stoiber ever possessed—a striking family title that cements all of these connections together—and we have a man to watch in the shaky coalition of Chancellor Merkel’s government.
What is that family title?
The current Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg’s official title was granted to his forebears during the 18th century. His correct title is Reichsfreiherr, the English translation being, “Baron of the Holy Roman Empire.â€
A fascinating title when you consider what is happening in Europe!
Notice what Ulrich Rippert wrote about Guttenberg on the World Socialist Web Site, Nov. 7, 2009: “The appointment of the new defense minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (Christian Social Union, csu), unleashed a storm of enthusiasm in the German officer corps, according to Spiegel Online. …
“Guttenberg was welcomed by the assembled military as one of their own. His noble title and his aristocratic family’s 800-year-old tradition played a not insignificant role in their response.
“There is hardly another country in the world in which the influence of the aristocratic caste in the army—as well as in other areas of society—has remained as strong as in Germany. …
“The aristocratic elite has played a devastating role in German history. It dominated both the officer corps of the Reichswehr (Imperial Army) and the Wehrmacht. In the Weimar Republic, the Reichswehr formed a state within the state, having rejected the democratic foundations of the constitution and being implicated in numerous coup attempts. In Hitler’s Wehrmacht, it was the aristocratic generals who organized the war of extermination and conquest.
“The field marshals of the Nazi period were nearly all of noble birth. …
“Karl-Theodor—we will dispense with his eight other first names—Baron von und zu Guttenberg is part of this aristocratic caste and maintains its elitist habits. He lives in Burg (castle) Guttenberg near Kulmbach in Franken, which has been the family headquarters since 1482. Since February 2000, he has been married to Stephanie Countess von Bismarck-Schonhausen, who is directly descended from Otto von Bismarck, the iron chancellor. …
“Before taking his ministerial post, for several years Guttenberg led the csu executive committee’s Special Committee on Foreign Policy. …
“Guttenberg left no doubt that it was necessary to counter the widespread antiwar sentiments of the general public. …
“Guttenberg stressed, ‘There is no alternative to the German commitment in Afghanistan.’ … He justified the establishment of a special department for Afghanistan in the chancellery with these concluding words, ‘This measure could contribute crucially to optimizing Germany’s overall deployment in Afghanistan and to heightening acceptance of our [military] commitment within the population.’ …
“Under these conditions, Defense Minister zu Guttenberg has gone on the offensive. Just a few days after taking office, he stressed that it is indeed war that is being waged in Afghanistan. Under these conditions, he said, it would be wrong to use ‘euphemisms’ regarding the Bundeswehr’s mission. In a discussion with Bild Zeitung, he explained that it is a combat mission. Although international law was clear that wars could only take place between states, he did not believe that a soldier could relate to such ‘necessary legal, academic or semantic sensitivities.’â€
That means that Baron Guttenberg calls war and terrorism what they really are—not vague or deceptive “euphemisms.†That makes the German military ecstatic. At the same time, he is swinging the German population into a military mindset. That has to be extremely disturbing to those people who understand Germany’s history. The end result is going to be horrifying!
It also signals a dangerous turn in Germany’s foreign policy! And the whole world is going to be greatly impacted by that new direction.
Germany’s allies also have high expectations for Baron Guttenberg. Since Germany domineers Europe, that portends some extremely bad news for the world!
Watch Baron Guttenberg!
EU Access to U.S. Nukes
Let me relate some of the most shocking and frightening news I have read in years!
In an article titled “What to Do About Europe’s Secret Nukes,†Time wrote on Dec. 2, 2009: “Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dutch, Belgian, Italian and German pilots remain ready to engage in nuclear war.â€
nato, describing the characteristics of the nuclear forces based in Europe, says on its website: “Nuclear forces based in Europe and committed to nato provide an essential political and military link between the European and the North American members of the Alliance. The Alliance will therefore maintain adequate nuclear forces in Europe†(April 24, 1999).
An earlier Time article, written by the same author, Eben Harrell, said, “Although technically owned by the U.S., nuclear bombs stored at nato bases are designed to be delivered by planes from the host country†(June 19, 2008).
The December 2 Time article asked: “Is Italy capable of delivering a thermonuclear strike? Could the Belgians and the Dutch drop hydrogen bombs on enemy targets? … Germany’s air force couldn’t possibly be training to deliver bombs 13 times more powerful than the one that destroyed Hiroshima, could it?â€
Time continued, “It is Europe’s dirty secret that the list of nuclear-capable countries extends beyond those—Britain and France—who have built their own weapons. Nuclear bombs are stored on air force bases in Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands—and planes from each of those countries are capable of delivering them.â€
The June 2008 article reported that these four nato nations house an estimated 200 American b61 thermonuclear gravity bombs. Harrell said that, in fact, “The U.S. keeps an estimated 350 thermonuclear bombs in six nato countriesâ€â€”another of which is Turkey.
“Under a nato agreement struck during the Cold War, the bombs, which are technically owned by the U.S., can be transferred to the control of a host nation’s air force in times of conflict,†the 2009 Time article stated.
Even after the Cold War ended, over 20 years ago, these nato countries still are allowed to use U.S. nuclear weapons in case of “conflict.â€
What a mind-splitting alarm!
According to a survey released Dec. 11, 2009, nearly three quarters of the German people fear the spread of Islam. If the EU and Iran have a “conflict,†it could lead to the Holy Roman Empire countries loading U.S. nukes into their planes and flying off to war. Bible prophecy says these two powers are going to clash—and the EU, or Holy Roman Empire, is going to prevail.
If this empire’s air force were to have some nukes left from the conflict, they could be used on the U.S. That is exactly what Herbert W. Armstrong predicted!
The greatest nuclear crisis is not in the Middle East—it’s in Europe and the Holy Roman Empire!
Baron Guttenberg strongly desires aligning nato forces with the EU military—undoubtedly because they can use America’s nuclear bombs.
The U.S. ambassador recently called Germany America’s most important ally. Britain was our closest ally in two world wars. Germany was our number-one enemy, which started both wars!
Bible prophecy states that three Western nations will be double-crossed and attacked by their “lovers†(Ezekiel 16:33-34 and Ezekiel 23).
If people understood the Holy Roman Empire, our nukes in the hands of Germany and Italy would leave them aghast! It reads like the horror of all horrors!
It’s time for the world to wake up! Will you wake up in time? Very soon it will be too late.
A Great Prophecy Becomes History
“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space†(Revelation 17:10).
Revelation 17:10 is one of the greatest prophecies in the Bible. Contained within this one verse is the heart of prophecy for these latter days. Just during the period when “one is,†it encapsulates the fulfillment of several other major prophecies: Matthew 17:10-11, which talks about the end-time type of Elijah restoring all things; Malachi 3:1, which discusses an end-time messenger preparing the world for Christ’s return; and Matthew 24:14, which describes the gospel being preached around the world. Those prophecies were at the heart of the Philadelphian era work under Herbert W. Armstrong. He prophesied during the time when “one isâ€â€”when Hitler ruled over the sixth head of the Holy Roman Empire.
After the “one is†era, there’s just a short space left for “the other [that] is not yet come.†This statement is the most acute kind of emphasis for the seventh head. We are now witnessing the seventh head. It will continue a short time—and then we can forget about the beast! Wars, terrorism, weather disasters—these will all be gone forever! When “the other†comes and finishes its work, Christ is going to come and rule forever! That’s what we need to get excited about most of all, not some titillating prophecy about the beast.
We must remember not to blame the Holy Roman Empire for inflicting evil upon the nations of Israel. (If you don’t know who the nations of Israel are, request our book The United States and Britain in Prophecy.) “For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled†(Revelation 17:17). God has put it in the heart of this empire to fulfill His will. We are being punished because of “all our abominations.â€
God is calling upon so-called Christians in this world to repent. That is the only solution to our problems.
The sixth head has come and gone. Now the seventh head has come. Both of these electrifying prophecies have become history! This last head is destined to be the most infamous one of all. It is prophesied to wreak unparalleled destruction on this world.
This last head of the Holy Roman Empire is going to fight Jesus Christ at His Second Coming! Then the world will see how unholy the Holy Roman Empire is.
How can we not be moved and stirred intensely by this universe-shaking prophecy?
What an exciting time to be alive! Not because we understand the Holy Roman Empire, but because we understand the omnipotent God who revealed this prophecy to us!
The Best News Ever
The Plain Truth of September 1979 said this about Franz Josef Strauss: “In April 1970, on one of his many trips to the United States, Strauss visited the campus of Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. During his two-day visit, he addressed the student body (he speaks fluent English and French) and was interviewed for the World Tomorrow television program. He was the honored dinner guest of Plain Truth editor in chief Herbert W. Armstrong in Mr. Armstrong’s home. (Mr. Armstrong later said of Dr. Strauss’s visit: ‘At the close of the first day, he commented that he had just spent the happiest day of his life. The peace and happiness here are contagious. Dr. Strauss drank it in. Herr Strauss said, “We need an Ambassador College in Germany.â€â€˜)â€
Soon God’s colleges are going to fill this Earth.
What an amazing statement for a powerful world leader like Franz Josef Strauss to make—that he had just spent the happiest day of his life!
The inspiring truth is, he had just gotten an insight into the wonderful World Tomorrow. Mr. Armstrong and his supporters worked extremely hard to obey every word of the Bible. Ambassador College was like a beautiful Garden of Eden on Earth. It won the most beautiful campus in America award three different years. Soon the whole Earth is going to look like that! And people are going to be happy as never before. That time is almost here!
If Adam, Eve and the whole world had obeyed God, the Earth would look like Ambassador College did and be filled with happiness today.
The way of happiness has been rejected by mankind throughout history. They must suffer until they are willing to obey God—and be happy the way God is happy.
Winston Churchill said that men occasionally stumble onto the truth, but they quickly pick themselves up and hurry along.
How much suffering is it going to take to wake men up? Will it take the worst suffering ever before they finally turn to God?
“Three years later, on May 8, 1973, Dr. Strauss again emphasized before the World Tomorrow television cameras (this time in Germany) the same theme: ‘We must achieve, we must bring about and we must realize West European unity before the Soviet vision of the Europe of tomorrow comes into reality’†(ibid.).
Mr. Strauss had a vision of the Holy Roman Empire. He passed that on to his protégé, Edmund Stoiber. And now Stoiber has mentored Baron Guttenberg to nurture the same vision.
That vision has been alive for 1,500 years. But it always ends in catastrophe, even when it begins with good intentions.
The wrong people have hijacked the powerful European Union. That empire is about to clash with Jesus Christ Himself. Take a good look at this Holy Roman Empire; it’s going to be the last one you will ever see—forever!
That is the best news this world has ever heard. And you can prove it from your own Bible.
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