218    The Bible and the Future of the World 

27.   The seasons will be changed, the earth will produce only bad fruits, the 

stars will lose their regular movements, the moon will reflect only a feeble 

reddish light; water and fire will give to the globe of the earth convulsive 

movements and horrible earthquakes which will cause to be engulfed 

mountains, cities [etc.].  

    The editor of the 1904 edition adds the following note concerning this 

paragraph:  I have from Melanie that this `etc.' is not made part of the text. 

The Blessed Virgin showed her other cataclysms without naming them and 

without pronouncing the word `etc.'   

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    The seasons, the changes in weather from one part of the year to another, 

are caused by the tilt of the earth, relative to the sun, as the earth spins on its 

axis. The seasons will be altered at this time, the time of the reign of 

Antichrist, because the earth will wobble on its axis (Isaiah 24:20). 

According to astronomers, the earth does wobble on its axis to a small 

degree. This prophecy of the Virgin Mary (a prophecy also found in Holy 

Scripture) foretells a much greater disturbance in the spin of the earth. 

    For thousands of years, when people have looked up at the night sky, they 

have seen the stars moving in a slow arc across the sky. This movement is 

due to the fairly even spin of the earth on its axis. When the spin of the earth 

becomes uneven, the stars will be seen to move in an uneven path across the 

sky (cf. Luke 21:25). 

    This change in the spin of the earth will have a profound effect on nature. 

It will cause drastic changes in weather patterns, so that the seasons will no 

longer be regular and predictable. The stress on the earth's crust will be 

tremendous. Earthquakes will reach a magnitude previously unheard of and 

unimagined (Isaiah 24:1, 19). 

    This change in the spin of the earth will cause the oceans to shift their 

boundaries (Luke 21:25). Huge quantities of water will flood whole 

countries. This flood (and the other changes due to the uneven spin of the 

earth) will occur near the beginning of the reign of Antichrist, shortly before 

or at about the time that he takes power over the whole world (Dan 9:26; 

Rev 12:15 16). 

    This flood is the very same flood which St. Patrick predicted would cover 

the land of Ireland from coast to coast to prevent the devil from having 

power over Ireland.

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 He said that this would happen seven years before the 

end, meaning at the beginning of the reign of Antichrist, which is seven 

years before the end of the reign of sin on earth. Most of Ireland is not far 

above sea level, so it is easy to see how nearly the whole country could be 

submerged by a change in the oceans.