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Warning in the Sky 1938

Mary’s warning that if the worse war (WWII) was to come to be that there would be a light in the sky from an unknown source.  And this came to pass on January 25, 1938.  This message was given to the children on July 13, 1917.  [See the letter written by Sister Lucia when ordered to do so by the Bishop of Leiria, and published in August 31, 1941.]

While some scientist have speculated that this spectacle of light was caused by the Aurora Borealis, it was such a bizarre phenomena that the reaction of most the people showed that for them it did come from an unknown source. This was true for most of the people in the world, and obviously true for the children to whom Mary was speaking.

Below are excerpts from an article in The New York Times
 

 

The New York Times
Wednesday January 26, 1938, 
L + (Late City Edition) Page 25

 
 

“Aurora Borealis Startles Europe,
People Flee in Fear, Call Firemen
Britons Thought Windsor Castle Ablaze.
Scots See Ill Omen
Snow-Clad Swiss Alps Glow …

“From 6:30 to 8:30 P. M. the people of London watched two magnificent arcs rising in the east and west, from which radiated pulsating beams like searchlights in dark red, greenish blue and pur­ple. …
From an airplane the dis­play looked like "a shimmering cur­tain of fire." …
Police stations, fine brigades and newspaper offices all over the country were inundated by calls tonight asking, "Where is the fire?" The phenomenon was seen as far south as Vienna, …
 

“[The phenomenon]  spread fear in parts of Portugal and Lower Austria tonight, while thousands of Britons were brought running into the streets in wonderment. The ruddy glow led many to think half the city was ablaze. The Windsor Fire Department was called out in the belief that Windsor Castle was afire. …
an ill-omen for Scotland. 

“The lights were clearly seen in Italy, Spain and even Gibraltar. …
firemen turned out to chase non-existent fires.   Portuguese villagers rushed in fright from their homes, fearing the end of the world. …

“France, Jan. 25.—
A huge blood-red beam of light … spread anxiety in numerous Swiss Alpine villages.  Emblazoned in the northern sky the light brought thousands of telephone calls to Swiss and French authorities asking whether it was a fire, war or the end of the world. …

“HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 25.—  …
The sky was brilliantly lighted with dark red streamers, flashing like searchlights.”

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Vision of War

 

And shortly thereafter World War II began. 

Although, please consider that most historians will date the beginning of World War II as September in 1939.  Hitler began his invasion into Poland on September 1.   And Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.

So, when looking at the outward manifestation when several countries are in a declared war one can see why that date is chosen. However, if we make a deeper study of what set things in motion that resulted in those events I believe we can trace the true beginning of the war to March of 1938. 

On March 14, 1938 Hitler road into Austria and absorbed it into Germany.

The importance of this is that Hitler’s realm (Reich)  now included Vienna.

Vienna had become the capital of the Holy Roman Empire in about AD 1440. And for the most part remain so until AD 1806.

And it was then in 1938 that this little corporal who dropped out of high school at age 16 decided he should be thought of as being a great world leader.  The absorption of Austria into his Third Reich was the seed that evolved into his plan to capture all of Europe.
(see Third Reich below)

War is a spiritual evil that actually begins in the heart that turns from God.

There are three main desires that can consume a man's heart and turn it toward evil. 

He can be consumed by money, sex, or power.

The third, power, is the worst. A dictator or tyrant is so set on evil he will be the worst possible type of ruler.  He will cause death and suffering to many.  He will look for the opportunity to crush small numbers of members to send a message to the rest that they must obey.  The more cruelly they are crushed the better from the tyrants perspective because that sends a stronger message.  He will paint his opponents as the real evil ones, the enemy of the whole.

It was the invasion of Austria that set Hitler on a path toward dictatorship.  And when a person's heart is consumed with the desire for power, there is never enough.  It becomes an evil obsession even more consuming than a greed for money, or an addicts desire for pornography, sex, or drugs.

And the evil he will do has no limits.  The desire for power is the worst of the vices.

And so the true beginning of  World War II was March 14, 1938, the beginning of the new dictator.

 

 

 

An article in the Los Angeles Times,
dated March 15, 1938
reported as follows:
 

 
 

 

Vienna, March 14. (AP)—Adolf Hitler returned to Vienna today the master of all he surveyed. … 

No ancient despot could have exercised more control over a people than did Hitler when he stood on the balcony of the Imperial Hotel and proclaimed of his new Pan-Germany:  

“No force on earth can shake us!” … 

His words were a challenge and a warning to the wide world which a fanatically enthusiastic crowd acclaimed with deafening roars. … 

“The German Reich as it stands today is inviolable,” he shouted, “no one can shatter it!” … 

“I am deeply stirred by this historic change. … 

Hitler entered Vienna, once the seat of the mighty Hapsburgs and now just a provincial capital in a Germany

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And just as Mary foretold, so began World War II.  Hitler and his Third Reich began their lust for global domination of foreign countries.

 

THIRD REICH   (Third Reign)

 
 

“THIRD REICH [rīkh], in German history, name applied by the National Socialists (Nazis) to their own regime (1933­-1945). The term was used to indicate the continuity of Nazi Germany with previous periods of German greatness. The First Reich, representing the German (Holy Roman) Empire of the Middle Ages, was founded in 962 and survived at least in name until 1806. The Second Reich was instituted by Otto von Bismarck in 1871 and overthrown in 1918. Like the First Reich, the Third was expected, according to Nazi pronouncements, to last 1,000 years.”

Source : Grolier Universal Encyclopedia © 1965

 

 
 
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