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"Locusts" amidst mankind.

“Locusts” upon mankind.

Understanding how this is foretold in The Apocalypse. And also how it corresponds with the Secret of La Salette.

In The Apocalypse, St John writes of “the Lamb” opening the fourth seal and of the fourth horse and horseman of The Apocalypse; the pale green horse, as follows:
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And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come! ”
And I saw, and behold, a pale green horse, and
he who was sitting on it — his name is Death,
and hell was following him....(Apoc; 6:7-8)
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Traditional Catholic commmentary on the fourth horseman is as follows:
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Ver.8. Pale-green horse, i.e., olive-coloured; this horseman symbolizes death, or rather pestilence.....

It is what is “following him” that is shown in the Apocalypse; chapters eight and nine, and shown in paragraphs 11 and 12 of The Secret of La Salette.
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Chapter nine of the Apocalypse begins with St John writing:
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And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I
saw that a star had fallen from heaven upon the
earth, and there was given to him the key of the
bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit,
and there came up smoke out of the pit like the
smoke of a great furness, and the sun and the air
were darkened by the smoke of the pit. And out of
the smoke there came forth locusts upon the earth...
(Apoc. 9:1-3.)
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The release of the Locusts thus follows from the Abyss being opened by the fallen star. And just as the fallen star must be an individual; ie a living intelligent being (to have been given the key to open the bottomless pit with) so too the locusts are those whom live in the Abyss (to be released from) and from out of which they come. Locusts (the creature/insect) do not [as such] live in the Abyss, demons do (as do imprisoned human souls.)

Locusts are a descriptive term. Just as 'serpent' or 'snake' is the descriptive term used for Lucifer; the devil, in the garden of Eden. “Locusts upon the earth” means the demons in incarnate; human form. And volumous. And swarming.

The Apparition at La Salette in France in 1846: During the Apparition a warning was given in The Secret of La Salette (secret, as disclosed, in 1858) paragraphs 11 and 12 are:
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"In the year 1864, Lucifer with a great number of demons will be unleashed from hell; they will abolish the faith little by little and even in persons consecrated to God; they will blind them in such a way that barring a particular grace these persons will take on the spirit of these bad angels: several religious houses will lose the faith entirely and will lose many souls.. "[Secret:(11)]

The dead and the just will be made to revive [Secret:12]
[That is to say that these dead will take the appearance of just souls who had lived on earth, in order to lead men further astray: these so-called resurrected dead, who will be nothing other than the demon under these appearances, will preach another Gospel contrary to the one of the true Christ Jesus, denying the existence of heaven, or they may also be the souls of the damned. All these souls will appear as if united to their bodies.]
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These words [in brackets] are stated by Melanie (recipient of the apparition ,and this Secret), to have been according to the Vision she received whilst receiving the Secret.[Le Secret De Melanie p 29-30.]

This is mankind's last times predicament. Apostate angels exist on all levels of society and in all societal institutions. They are near and far.

We must pray that Our Lord's Second Coming will be soon, as anticipated. For these are ever worsening days for Church and mankind.

Chapters eight (beginning at verse 7) of The Apocalypse is as follows;

St John continues; he writes:
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And the first angel sounded the trumpet, and there
followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and it was
cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth
was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was
burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. ( Apoc:8:7)

St John continues:

And the second angel sounded the trumpet, and as
it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast
into the sea; and the third part of the sea became
blood, and there died the third part of those creatures
that have life in the sea, and the third part of the ships
was destroyed.(Apoc: 8-9)

St John continues:

And the third angel sounded the trumpet, and there
fell from heaven a great star, burning like a torch,
and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon
the fountains of waters. The name of the star is
called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters
became wormwood; and many people died of the
waters because they were made bitter. (Apoc: 8:10-11.)

This is now a focus on what is following the pale green horse, and his horseman.

St John continues:

And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and the
third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part
of the moon, and the third part of the stars, that the
third part of them might be darkened, and the day
for the third part of it might not shine, and the night
likewise. (Apoc.8:12.)
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Ver.12. The sense is that the light of the heavenly bodies was reduced by one-third its intensity. (HFB p 245)

My understanding is that the one third “the third part” accords with the fall of the apostate angels (one third of the angels are said to have fallen) that is that the affects of the fall of the angels are the affects of the one third upon the whole (all of) earth ( the apostate angels affect all of the earth not just a third of it.) But the affect are shown in the trumpets of the four Angels.

St John continues and tells of woes:
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And I beheld, and I heard the voice of an eagle flying
in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe,
woe, to the inhabitants of the earth!” because of the
rest of the trumpet-voices of the three angels who
were about to sound the trumpet. (Apoc.8:13)
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There is also chapter 20, as follows:

ch 20 tells us:
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And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be
released from his prison, and will go forth and deceive the
nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and
Magog, and will gather them together for the battle; the
number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went
up over the breadth of the earth and encompassed the
camp of the saints, and the beloved city. And fire from God
came down out of heaven and devoured them. [Apoc. 20:7-9.]
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The thousand years represents an indeterminable period between Our Lord's resurrection from the dead, and His Second Coming in Judgement.

My understanding is that this is a further showing to St John as to what will happen (and has happened at the point at which it is actually shown (late on)in the Apocalypse.)

The world is flooded “swarming” with apostate angels; “locusts;” (incarnate demons.) increasingly,
and for a long while now. This is really taking place, and is serious. They have become the final flood
upon wayward mankind.

I calculate that now (more condensed in some circumstances than others) humans are dispersed
intermittently amidst the apostate angels, and decreasing in numbers as we move towards the 2030's

See also the prophet Isaias's account of the last times (Is. ch's. 13-14)

Isaias writing is Biblical and it is applicable to these last times; both generally and specifically. It can be seen specifically as being applicable ( in parts) to these very last times.

Isaias' account of the last times is every bit as complex as the Apocalypse, but, for example, he gives an account of the habitations of the demons, and he states that “a man will be more precious than gold......”(Is. 13:12.)

The following question, (the question itself contained in the Booklet) is unique to these last times of the world as we know it; it can only make sense (and which it does make sense) in the circumstances of this era (the question has its own build up to it) and the question itself is for secularists/non-believers to answer. But it is of interest to both believers and non- believers, as reflected in the full Booklet's task, and which is: To help non-believers to believe, and to believe that these are the very last times of the world as we know it. And to help those who already believe to understand that these are the very last times of the world as we know it.

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