The Prophecies of Nostradamus – Part Three

Nostradamus did not always speak in riddles. We still have copies of several of his letters, in which he wrote explicitly in prose about the events he predicted would occur in the “latter days” spoken of in the Bible.

In a letter to his son César, dated March 1st, 1555, Nostradamus wrote:

“But my son, lest I venture too far for your future perception, be aware that men of letters shall make grand and usually boastful claims about the way I interpreted the world, before the worldwide conflagration which is to bring so many catastrophes and such revolutions, that scarcely any lands will not be covered with water, and this will last until all has perished save history and geography themselves.”                           

“This is why, before and after these revolutions in various countries, the rains will be so diminished and such abundance of fire, and fiery missiles shall fall from the heavens, and nothing shall escape the holocaust. And this will occur before the last conflagration.”   

“For before the war ends the century, and in its final stages it will hold the century under its sway. Some countries will be in the grip of revolution for several years, and others ruined for a still longer period. And now that we are in a Republican period, with Almighty God’s aid, and before completing its full cycle, the Monarchy will return, then the Golden Age.” 

“For according to the celestial signs, the Golden Age shall return. This will be after the visible judgment of Heaven, before we reach the millennium that shall complete all.”

In the above letter Nostradamus makes reference to the Republic (now that we are in a Republican period). This was his method of referring to rule by the people – as in the days of Rome. This is also characteristic of the democratic ideals of the modern world. He then goes on to refer to the Monarchy (the Monarchy will return).

This is a reference to the return of Christ – the future King of the world during the thousand years of peace. Nostradamus wrote another letter dealing with the events that would lead up to the return of the Christ. This letter was written on 27th June 1558. It was addressed to “Henry, Second King of France”. In this letter he wrote:

“Then the great empire of the Anti-Christ will begin in the Altai Mountains, and at Sevrej, whence he shall descend with innumerable troops, so that the coming of the Holy Spirit that advances along the 48° longitude shall change place, pursued by the Abomination of the Anti-Christ, waging war with the great King who will be the vicar of Jesus Christ at the right and proper time.” 

“This event will precede the obscurest and darkest eclipse of the sun seen since the creation of the world, and the passion and death of Jesus Christ until then. Then, in the month of October, there will be a great translatory movement, so much so, that it will be thought the earth has lost its natural motion and is plunged into perpetual darkness. Before this, there shall have been signs in the spring equinox.” 

“Thus, there will be a universal peace among men and the Church of Jesus Christ be delivered from all tribulation, and that shall be close to the seventh millennium (the year 2000), so that Jesus Christ’s sanctuary will no longer be trampled by the feet of the unfaithful ones coming from Russia, the world approaching a great conflagration, although my calculations in my prophecies do not cover the whole course of time, – which goes far further.” 

Of the days prior to the millennium of peace, Nostradamus writes as follows: “The Old and New Testaments shall be forbidden and burned, after which the Antichrist shall be the infernal prince; and for the last time all the Christian countries shall tremble and also because of the unfaithful ones.” 

“For twenty-five years there shall be wars and battles still more ruinous, and towns, villages, castles and other buildings shall be burned, laid waste or destroyed, with a great flood of the blood of young girls, married women, violated widows, suckling infants thrown against the walls of towns, dashed thus and bruised.”

“And so many misfortunes will be provoked by Satan, Prince of Darkness, that almost all the planet will be in chaos and laid waste.”

Finally, writes Nostradamus, the long-awaited moment of salvation will come.

“After this time, which men will find long, the peace of the earth will be renewed through the coming of the Golden Age. God the creator, hearing the affliction of his people, shall order Satan to be bound and cast into the abyss of Hell, into the deepest pit.” 

“Thus shall commence a universal peace with God and men, and Satan shall remain bound for about a thousand years, which will bring greater strength to the power of the Church; and then he will once again be released.”

Given Nostradamus’ unique prophetic gift, it is hardly surprising that he forecast that his writings would continue to be published, and would continue to fascinate and tantalize the minds of future generations. In his letter to Henri, he wrote: “After my death my writing will be better known than during my lifetime.”

He also sensed that his prophecies would only come to be understood by the generation that was living through the times that he described. We who are alive today are acutely aware that we live in a world beset with violence and war, and subject to increasingly drastic changes in the weather that threaten the existence of all life on the planet.

Truly, these are apocalyptic times. Perceptive students of history recognize that we have reached a climactic point in the history of the earth. This is how Jean de Fontbrune, one of the great interpreters of the prophecies of Nostradamus in the twentieth century, sums up the present state of the world:

“We are living through the end of a world, not the end of the world, as some exploiters of the morbid are claiming. The death of one civilization among so many others will herald the birth of a new civilization freed from the aberrations of its predecessor. This is what Henry Miller sensed, when he wrote in 1945:

“A new world is being born; a new kind of man is springing up today. The great mass of mankind, destined in our time to suffer more cruelly than ever before, ends by being paralysed with fear, becoming introspective, shaken to the very core, and does not hear, see or feel anything more than everyday physical needs. It is thus that worlds die. First and foremost, the flesh dies. But although few clearly recognize it, the flesh would not have died if the spirit had not been killed already.”

Jean de Fontbrune goes on to add:

“Every civilization thinks itself immortal: I am certain that the Romans of AD 200-250 could not imagine, according to their own prophets, that a few centuries later the ruins of their once immense and brilliant empire would be visited by tourists.”

The purpose of the prophecies of Nostradamus was to bring hope to mankind. Despite the litany of disasters that have already occurred, and the calamities that still await, mankind is on the threshold of the most enlightened age in the history of the earth.

Out of the ruins of the old will arise a shining new beginning filled with peace, prosperity and joy. The words of Nostradamus remain a beacon of hope in the dark days that lie ahead. He speaks to all humanity, and bids them open their eyes to the unfolding glory that is their destiny. His words echo down the centuries.

“The peace of the earth shall be renewed…. For according to the celestial signs the Golden Age shall return…. There will be a universal peace among men and the Church of Jesus Christ be delivered from all tribulation.”

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