The Presentation of Question 27 Chapter 17 : 4/5

How does In God's Love 
written by Janet Hurlow
relate to 
the Catholic Faith ?

  Chapter 17 The Messengers' Observations About
                       Things that are Going to Happen
                       Before Judgment Day (continued) 4/5

            Part 2 The Seven Woes

                        Section 1  The First Woe

803         As mentioned in the Introduction, Passages # 227 through #243 can be seen as a very organized unit presenting what the messengers call The Seven Woes.  Furthermore, Passages # 225-226 could be seen as an introduction.  Unlike Part 1 of this Chapter, according to the messengers, the Seven Woes do go in chronological order, although they flow into each other.  Almost all of the observations about the First Woe are contained in passage # 227.  The messengers write and speak of a battle of love.  They write, “So kind is our concern in God’s Spirit.  Such instructions in this journey are from God.  His orders we obey and do not speak back.  So wise is this song in our spirits.  Kind is our God and ruler of our spirits.”(120)    “This King of such splendor rests the spirit with sweet music…This is why many must know of such beauty in our hearts.  This is the sign of life.”(121)   “We must warn the Earth of its great sorrow.”(122)   “What shall be our weapons?  … it is called love.  Put on the breast plated righteousness and justice.  Take the shield of God’s Spirit and come into this army.”(123)  “Wage battle in this strange world.  On this world is an evil force that has entered the people of Earth.  …Such an evil force must be destroyed.  Signs of death is the symbol.  This is the evil spirit who is using Earth spirits to destroy God so this evil spirit can be King.”(124)

804           The messengers observe the taking of our children.  They write, “Song of sorrow, reach out, take and do not leave.”(125)   “Take, this is the first woe, and, in this sorrow, the children shall be drawn up to God.  In this is much misery, for many who are close shall be taken….They are chosen first out of the Earth.”(126)   “There shall be much mourning in this departure.”(127)    “Never on the Earth was there such sadness. They wailed for their young, and they were not seen.”(128)  

805           I imagine, like parents giving up their young to the lifeboats on a sinking ship, the messengers advise us that it is wise to let the children go.  They write, “Take is the first woe.  She takes the spirits of the Earth.  Do not stop her.”(129)   “Wise are those who let them go.”(130)   “In such times, man shall sing in sorrow….  Do not weep for your little ones who are with God.”(131)

806           The messengers observe a time of physical misery in the First Woe.  They write, “In such agony, woe sang her song of wailing, starvation and agony, sickness and the smell of death.  Some who sought God’s mercy were taken quickly, but those who did not come wailed to die and could not find comfort.”(132)

807           If there is a silver lining in the First Woe, it is that our children are spared this agony, and, as the messengers observe, as the result of the first woe some people “saw wisdom and accepted her spirit in God’s love. This is wisdom’s song of victory.”(133) 
 
                      Section 2 The Second Woe

808           Almost all of the observations about the Second Woe are contained in passages 229, 232, 233 and 235.  One observation that they make is that the sorrows are not distinct, but flow into one another.  They write, “She (the Earth) is in her second sorrow…. This is the second sorrow. This is not the last.  The first goes into the second, and the second into the third.  Sorrow into sorrow.”(134)   There are five major themes in the Second Woe.

809           The first theme of the Second Woe is that the spirit of Earth’s Spirit leaves.  They write, “Such sadness is the sign of Earth’s end.  She has been a mother to her children, and, when this kind and gentle mother leaves, much sorrow comes to her children….These small, foolish ones cling to Earth’s lifeless body, crying in her ear.  She hears not. In her body, there is no spirit….She gives no sign of life to her little ones…. In a body whose spirit is gone, there is no beauty.”(135)   “Her life is with God.  She sings in God’s Spirit.  This is her new life of rest.”(136)  “God sends her spirit where He pleases.”(137)   Later outside of the Seven Woe presentation (Passages # 227 - # 243), as if telling of the story of the Earth to their children, they write, “Yes, saints of our world.  This is true, so true.  Many are alive to tell of their toil and trials on Earth.  She is God’s saint, and who can deny it?  She came and went in a measurement called time.  This is the song.  It is sung, and its story is recorded and inscribed in Heaven.”(138)
 
810           A second theme of the Second Woe is that because the spirit of Earth leaves, we become orphans.  We become children without a home.  We should get ready to leave.  They write, “She (Earth’s Spirit) shall go where His Spirit sends her and her children shall follow in this rising up.”(139)  “You start preparing to leave”(140)   Outside of the Seven Woe presentation passages they write, “Earth is gone.  You are being moved as soon as God reaches us….In such music, Earth is called in.  She makes wisdom grieve.  Her coming raises saints.  Such sorrow is seen in Earth people.  It is done.  Earth is not seen anymore.  She came and went in such glory.  So, saints of our world, many orphans she leaves in her coming.  This is God’s wisdom that takes her small ones in God’s love.”(141)

811           A third theme of the Second Woe is that they have come to gather the elect.  They write, “Second sorrow takes in saints who are in the Earth.”(142)   They write, “Such is written: ‘The saints are signed in God’s Spirit in every tribe and race.’   Right.  Let us go down and gather the elect in God’s Spirit…. Saints of God’s Spirit, come, let us go now.  This is the time to take the saints…. This is God’s sign in the taking of saints.”(143)    They also write, “Signs of our world are in God’s Earth.  She is gone.  We have come to gather fragments.  Such a gathering is reached in this spiritual coming.  This is the first gathering and the second woe.  In this sorrow are seen the saints who in the first sorrow saw wisdom and accepted her spirit in God’s love. This is wisdom’s song of victory. On Earth, she is pleased with you all…. Reach out, all you on the Earth.  Each one who is in Christ.  This is the first cleansing.”(144)  

812           A fourth theme of the Second Woe is that saints who have died have their physical bodies of flesh return to life.  They proclaim, “Rise out of the Earth, saints of God whose bodies sleep.  In this time, O such children who stand not on God’s Earth, those chosen ones whose flesh returns and whose hearts start to beat with the flow of blood long dried and blown away.  Come, gather this, your gift.  This is your reward for being such good Earth children.  This is the second sorrow and the second rising. The first was the small infants of Earth.”(145)   The resurrection of the body of the dead has already been mentioned in Chapter 7(146)  for it is a part of our deposit of faith.  It is interesting to note that at this point it appears to only be the resurrection of the righteous.  Our Catholic Theology holds that there is no distinction between the spirit and the body, which is why we honor the bodily remains in a funeral.  If a person is holy, the person is holy in body and in spirit.  Therefore, I surmise that it seems to be important that the physical remains of the holy are raised up and removed from the Earth before the third woe, just as the rest of the righteous are removed from the Earth body and spirit.

813           A fifth theme of the Second Woe is that there is a wish for death.  The messengers observe that the second woe comes quickly after the first woe and “In this sign is the wish for death.”(147)    I surmise that this desire for death is coming from people who have seen the Earthly saints leave and the bodies of the Earthly saints of old come back to life and presumably leave. They are the ones who are not the elect and did not get to leave. They are the ones who are in woe and wish for death.(148) 

                      Section 3 The Third Woe

814           Almost all of the observations about the Third Woe are contained in the passages 236, and 237.  There are eight major themes of the Third Woe.  First, the saints are gone when this woe takes place.  They write, “In such woe, the saints are gone…. the righteous ones are far off in this plan.”(149)

815           A second theme of the Third Woe is that Earth time and death no longer exist.(150)   It has been mentioned in the different “time of times” that there will be a “time of time” when time is no more.  They write, “In this sickness is no death.  This is the time when time is no more.  It is a thing of the past.”(151)

816           A third theme of the Third Woe is that the planets come close.  They write, “She (woe) reaches the sun in this sign.  She does not shine in this sign.  See such bodies of creation as the planets come in close, very close.  This is sun, day and night, as your neighbors swing away.  Signs of sorrow rises, not the sun, but Venus, and she gives no warmth in her signs.”(152) 

817           A fourth theme of the Third Woe is the sinful condition of the Earth.  They observe that during the third woe “The sins of Earth are vicious.  One sinner preying on another…. The human race is like a vicious prison where kindness is gone.”(153)    Yet, even in the midst of this evil, is there any kindness left on the Earth?  If there is the presence of kindness, there is the presence of God.  They submit the question, “Is she (kindness) in any part of the Earth?  She does not leave.  Some who reach His hand are blessed. It reaches still. This rising comes after the third woe.”(154)

818           A fifth theme of the Third Woe is that Satan’s wrath comes upon the Earth.  They observe in the third sorrow that “Satan is on the Earth.  His signs are seen.  This is Satan’s sorrow.  He has not succeeded in his kingdom over creation.  In such rage is this bad one.  His sorrow is much worse than God’s.  He has no mercy.  His hand does not reach in kindness.  This is why his hand rises up; he is not just, and, in his rage, he comes on such as are left.  In Sodom was never such sadness.  Viciousness was never seen so well.  This is Satan’s song, ‘As he was in Hell, so is he on Earth.’”(155)  

819           A sixth theme of the Third Woe is that the third part of the Earth is gone.  As they write, “This is the third sorrow.  This is inscribed: ‘The third part of the Earth is gone.’ The Heavens are rolled back in this sorrow, and Satan falls to the Earth to pillage and destroy.  This is his way.  He drags off many and casts them in the pit, body and soul.  This is his kingdom, and his key fits the lock.”(156)   What is the third part of the Earth?  Is it the atmosphere, the seas, or Antarctica?   Is it some barrier of God that kept Satan from coming down upon the Earth in full force?  Or does it mean one third of the people, or living land is gone?(157)  

820           A seventh theme of the Third Woe is the observation that God is still reaching out in mercy.  The messengers observe, “God’s hand is still reaching.  Sons of man, come, His mercy is not withdrawn.  Rise up in this third rising.”(158)  

821           An eighth theme of the Third Woe is that there will be another rising of people at the end of the third sorrow.  They write, “Are there any left on the Earth who are in God’s Spirit? Sirts are searching, so please reach out.  All who are in God’s Spirit, His hand is stretched out.  Come, this is the end of the third sorrow….It is finished. Sounds of God’s sorrow are past.  His saints are in.  His hand is still reaching.  Come very quickly so you will not see the fourth sorrow.”(159)

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