SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
Don Stefano Gobbi
June 24, 1996 in San Marino


At this year's International Meeting of Priests about 300 priests and 25 bishops took part as well as Cardinal Echeverria from Ecuador, who likes to call himself "Cardinal of the Marian Movement of Priests".

Dear Brothers! We have been chosen for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.   For this reason, Our Lady has initiated The Marian Movement of Priests within the church and She has chosen us priests to be part of this movement, so we can act as tools for the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart in the world.

But how can we be Tools of the Triumph?

Our Lady must triumph in our lives.   In order to be able to do this, She wishes that we consecrate ourselves to Her Immaculate Heart, so she can enter into our priestly lives as mother.   Now She begins to transform us in order to make us more and more priests, according to the most Holy Heart of Jesus.   When She sees that we have become similar to Her son Jesus, then Her Immaculate Heart triumphs within us.

In order to support us on this journey, She asks of us to gather in Cenacales , so that the Holy Spirit can transform us.   She transforms us through Her messages.   With these messages Our Lady helps us so that we can live our consecration to Her Immaculate Heart and so that this heart will triumph within our lives.   Then, when it triumphs within our life, we will be able to become tools for the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart in the world.  These thoughts lead us to the main topic regarding the Second Coming of Christ in Glory.

Where does the Immaculate Heart of Mary triumph?

Her Immaculate Heart triumphs only in the glorious triumph of Christ. This is a topic, a meditation, about which I can only talk with apprehension.  Because it is a new topic, which I, myself was surprised to discover in the messages Our Lady has given me. Naturally, I was not prepared for this aspect.   Because this aspect was not part of my theological studies: the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary comes through the Second Coming of Christ in Glory.

Dear brothers, this is clearly and strongly expressed in the messages of Our Lady.   I looked through the first messages in order to find out when Our Lady first mentioned this topic and noticed that Mary touched this subject already in Her first messages.

Already on December 24, 1975, that is 21 years ago (!), She said (p. 190): "Don't be afraid!   As my Heart has given you the Redeemer, so it is giving you the joy of His redemption today."   Soon the entire world, which is enwrapped in darkness was snatched away from my Son, will enjoy the fruits of this Holy Night.    The triumph of my Immaculate Heart will be fulfilled in the rebirth of Jesus in the hearts and the souls of my poor children, who have gone astray.   Be confident! Don't let either fear or despondency overwhelm you!   The future, which is awaiting you, will be a new rising of the Divine Light. The entire world will then be cleansed and purged."

The topic of the Rebirth of Christ within the hearts of men is specifically dealt with and explained in the locution of December 24, 1978 (p.332).

And this topic is repeatedly referred to.   The last messages continuously repeat this reality.  Therefore, we cannot deny them, but we must deal with them, but we must deal with them in depth, that is, search for the reasons behind it and explain these reasons to those, who ask us for them as far as the hope within us is concerned, as the Pope says.

Let us go back to the message of December 24, 1978, which is entitled "His Second Coming:"   My beloved sons, His Second Coming will be like His first. As His birth occurred in this night, so the Second Coming of Jesus in Glory will be prior His last coming for the Last Judgement. However, this hour is still hidden in the mysteries of the Father.   The world will be totally enwrapped in the darkness of atheism, the rejection of God and the rebellion against the diving laws of His love.  The ice of hatred will make the streets of the world barren.   So almost no one will be ready to accept Him.   The mighty will not even remember Him, the rich will close their doors to him, while His disciples will be busy looking for themselves and praising their own deeds.   When the Son of Man comes: Will He still find faith on earth?   He will come without warning and the world will not be prepared for His coming, He will come for a judgement, for which men will not be prepared.   After He as subdued and destroyed His enemies, He will come in order to build His Kingdom in this world.   Also in this Second Coming, the Son will come to you through His Mother.   Just as the Word of the Father made use of my virginal womb to come to you, so Jesus will make use of my Immaculate Heart to reign among you.

What does triumph Mean?

At this point, I ask myself the following: The Mother of God has spoken about the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart.   She has clearly used the term "Triumph" in this century, in which everything will be undertaken against the triumph of the Church.   The Mother of God uses the term  triumph, She does not use the word "Joy" or "consolation", but  "Triumph".   Triumph is not only the fulfillment of joy, which comes from  a great victory.   The triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary presupposes  a great victory.

Now I ask myself the following question: Where can the Immaculate Heart, the heart of a mother, reach its triumph? - Only in the triumph of the  Son!   If the Son does not triumph, the heart of the mother also does not  triumph.   And what is this triumph?   It is the culmination of a great Victory.   Only when the Son obtains His great victory will the Immaculate  Heart of Mary triumph also.   And Christ will obtain his final victory  when He returns in Glory.   That is why I now understand when Mary says in Her messages that the Triumph of Her Immaculate Heart will coincide with the Coming of Christ in Glory.

How are we to interpret this Coming of Christ in Glory?

I will first read you a few words from the Introduction to our book  (S.47) and here we can rely on Mons. Don Cabrejos Vidarte Miguel  (doctorate in exegesis and Suffragan Bishop of Lima, Peru), who is  present today and is an expert on the Holy Scriptures and who endorses this introduction: A further example are the sentences, which are  frequently repeated at first glance may seem confusing, which state that  the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary coincides with the Glorious  Coming of the Kingdom of Christ.  These sentences are of course, being  interpreted in light of the Holy Scriptures (Rv. 20, 1-7) and in  conformity with the authentic teachings of the Church.   Please note how often Pope John Paul II refers to this subject.   He does so in his first  encyclical "Redemptor Hominis" and in other important documents, in which he speaks of the Second Advent of the church, which awaits the Second Coming of Jesus.

Based on our usual mode of thinking, we have always thought the Second  Coming of Christ was identical with His Coming for the Last  Judgement---There exists no in-depth theological study about this topic.   This is also true for other truths, which one believes, without their  ever having been made an in-depth study on the subject. Lately, after some of these messages mentioned that Christ will 
return in glory into this world, an in-depth theological study has been made on this subject.

What do the Holy Scriptures as about the Second Coming Christ?

Several years ago in Spain, a theologian gave me a book, in order for me to have it translated into Italian, unfortunately I lost the 
book  somewhere along the way.   In this book he explains that from the Holy  Scriptures and the early Fathers of the Church it is clearly evident  that Christ will return in glory into this world in order to build His  kingdom and that at the end He will return as Judge.

Some of the passages of the Holy Scriptures are clearly of an  eschatological nature, these are passages, which speak of the Last  Judgement.   When, for example, Our Lord says: "For I was hungry and you  gave me food, this you have done unto me (Mt.25), you who are at my  right side.   And you, who are at my left side, have not does this unto me depart from Me, you accursed, into the eternal fire (Mt 25, 41).   Time  exists no more; the world exists no more.

But some passages of the Holy Scriptures specifically mention the Second  Coming of Christ into this world.   I want to point out the following:  First, I refer back to the locution of December 24, 1978, I mentioned  above: "But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"  (LK. 18,8)   If He wants to find faith on earth, then He must return to this earth, my dear brothers!   Since, when the Last Judgement occurs, earth will not exist any more.  There will be the Last Judgement,  Paradise or Hell, but the earth will have disappeared.   When the Son of  God returns to find faith on earth, then He must return to this earth.  Further, the passage where Jesus stands before the High Priest: "From  now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power  and coming on the clouds of heaven" (Mt.26), here I also quote the  passage, which speaks of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven: "Men of  Galilee, why are you standing here looking at the sky?   This Jesus who  has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as  you have seen him going into Heaven (Acts. 1,11).   But they did see Him  He was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.   Just as He will  also return with a cloud.   Therefore, as long as there are clouds, the Last Judgement has not come----so Christ is returning with the clouds of this earth.

And then, dear brothers, it is important that the passage mentioned  above in the Book of Revelation (Rv.20) mentions a persecution. During  this persecution many will be killed.   But at the end the power of Satan  will be destroyed, because Satan will be chained and thrown down an  abyss.   Then the Holy Scriptures say: "The angel sealed it, so that it  could no longer lead nations astray (Rv. 20,3). So the power of Satan  will be destroyed.   Those, who have not worshiped the Beast and his image and who have been killed, will rise from the dead to reign with Christ.

This is not fabricated theology, but from the Holy Scriptures! And this will be the first resurrection.   Why the first?   Because the second refers  to all humans.   The first resurrection only concerns some humans, those who have died as martyrs and the will rise from the dead in order to partake in the reign.   The second concerns all humans, for some so they can partake in the, for the others to be dammed  after the Last Judgement.

Of course, the number 1000 could have been used as a symbol. However, aside from this chronology there remains the reality, which is clearly described: Christ will reign after Satan's power has been destroyed,  after has been rendered powerless. These are the Holy Scriptures! 

In the footnote of Rv. 13,11-18 we read: 
The  second beast is described in terms of the false prophets (RV 16, 13;  19,20; 20,10) who accompany the false messiahs (the first beast); MT  24,24; Mk 13,22; 2 Thes 2,9; also Dt 13, 2-4. Christians had either to  worship the emperor and his image or to suffer martyrdom. Hence it  follows that the false prophet will not be thrown into the sea of  burning sulfur only at the end of the world. His power will be taken  from him before and not at the end of the world by a coming of the Lord.  Because we read in 2 Thes. 2,8: whom the Lord (Jesus) will kill through  the breath of His mouth and render powerless by the manifestation of His coming. Therefore, the Lord will appear and return already before the  end of the world.

How are the Teachings of the Church?

Dear Brothers, I want to read you some passages of what our present Pope  says. We shall then see that we not only concur with the Holy  Scriptures, but also with the teachings of the church:

From a speech of the Pope in Edmonton, Canada, Sept 17, 1984: The God of  Peace be with us, here in Canada and everywhere! May justice and peace  embrace each other once more (comp. Ps. 84 (85), 10) at the end of the  second millennium, which is preparing us for the glorious Second Coming  of Christ.

At the large Youth Meeting in Denver, USA, in 1993, the Holy Father said  during the Vigil of Our Lady's Assumption into heaven: Lord Jesus  Christ we thank you for Your word: I came so that they might have life  and have it more abundantly (Jn. 10,10). The young people attending the  8th Youth Festival of the world thank You from their hearts. Maranatha!  From this gathering of youth from all over the world here in Cherry  Creek State Park in Denver, we cry: Maranatha! "Come, O Lord!" (RV  22,20)

The following day the Pope said to the 500,000 youths: This pilgrimage  must continue It must continue in the life of the church, while she is  awaiting the third Christian millennium. She must continue as a "new  advent," as a moment of hope and expectation until the Second coming of  our Lord in glory " If we had to wait another 10,000 years for the  Second Coming of Our Lord, then we would be stupid if we started already  now with preparations for this coming. This invitation of the Pope only  makes sense if the Lord comes soon..

And finally the last passage. At the Last Youth Festival in 1995 Manila,  the Pope said on January 1, 1995: "God, who has started this work with  you Filipinos 400 years ago  with others it is more or less centuries   may he continue to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ!  (compt. Phil. 1,6). Amen. This is my end and it is my heartfelt wish for  you all that this will also be the end on Day of Our Lord, Jesus Christ!  Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ! Amen! Dear Brothers, you understand what is meant with the words "Day of the Lord".

We are thus in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and the teachings of  the church when we believe that the Lord will return in glory on this  earth. Surely, we must open ourselves to this new perspective.

The following question was addressed to the Congregation of the Faith 

some time ago: How are we to understand the Second Coming of Christ in  Glory? The Second Coming for the Last Judgement or still on this earth?  The answer was as follows: The Church has never taken an official stand  on this subject. So one can interpret it one way or the other. I have shown you the reasons why we, according to the Holy Scriptures and the  teachings of the Church, believe in the second interpretation: The  Second Coming of Christ in Glory will take place still on this earth.

Here it is helpful to ask ourselves, which elements and they are so  many and very beautiful ones  The Second Coming of Christ brings with it. I will enumerate these elements. But first, let me say this:

The Second Coming of Christ, how will it be?

Christ lives in the glory of paradise. When He will return, it will be a  beautiful manifestation of His being  that is In Glory. Here we reject certain interpretations of some childish and exalted visionaries, who claim: When Jesus will return in glory, then He will appear there  (at a certain place), He will live in this or that person . Let us  reject that!

When Christ appears in glory, it will be a glorious manifestation of  Christ  Brothers, let us try to understand that! So what does the  Second Coming of Christ mean: Christ is in paradise. He returns because  He has already been here in the human nature. He comes again in a  relative way because Jesus  in His Divinity and, of course, also in  His Human nature  is already present in the Eucharist. He comes  again, as far as He wants to reveal Himself in glory to this world and  bring His kingdom upon this world.

In His Second Coming, Christ brings the following elements, which  inspire Hope, with Him.

And now Christ will come again in unison with elements, some of which are listed below: 

  1. Finally, the prayer will be entirely fulfilled, which Jesus taught us to pray the Our Father: Your will be done on earth  as it is in heaven. All creatures will do God's Will in a complete  way. That is why the kingdom of Divine Will will come on this earth. 
  2. It will coincide with the Second Pentecost. 
  3. It will be the greatest  miracle of Divine Mercy or, to say it differently, the triumph of the  Merciful Love of Jesus, who will open up a new era for this world, a new  civilization in order to finally get to know the civilization of love. 
  4. Especially, however, the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,  through the Second glorious Coming of Christ, will coincide with the  coming of the Eucharistic Kingdom of Jesus.


Complete fulfillment of the will of the Eternal Father

Jesus taught us the Our Father  sweet Jesus, already for 2000 years  we are repeating it! Jesus You taught us, but our prayer was still  too weak and has not born the right fruit  what have You really  taught us that we should as for? Our Father in Heaven, Your name be  hallowed  be glorified  Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done.

Dear brothers, the Father was glorified, when he created the universe.
The demon has blemished his creation through sin. Christ redeems us 
through His death on the cross and the way of suffering  that is the historical Christ.

The Mystical Christ has to undergo the same way of suffering in order to  participate personally with the great gift, which he has received through the redemption.

But I must still add the following: The final victory of Christ over Satan occurred through His resurrection, the final victory of Christ over Satan at his Second Coming in Glory will consist in the complete destruction of the power of Satan over this world, so that this world is  able to accept the Kingdom of Christ and will be able to again glorify  the Father in a complete way, as it was at the beginning of creation.

Therefore, the Second Coming of Christ will coincide with the greatest  possible glorification of the Heavenly Father.

Should the Kingdom of Christ, for which has been prayed for 2000 years  not come? It will come  for the complete glorification of the Father.  When this Kingdom of Christ will come, it will help all creatures to  fulfill the will of God in a complete manner

Because the first one, who prevented the complete fulfillment of the  Will of God, was satan. What did his victory in this earthly paradise consist of? He seduced our first parents into making a decision, which  was against the Will of the Heavenly Father.

You may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, it is only the  fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, which you may not  eat ..(Gn. 3,2 and 3). But look, this damned serpent has seduced our  first parents. But remain calm, its head will be crushed  the  Heavenly Father has said, this will happen through their offspring that  is Christ in Her, Mary in Christ, the Mother united with Her Son, the  Son united with His Mother, therefore, it will also be the Mother, who  will crush the head.

Dear Mother (Don Gobbi turns to the statue of Our Lady next to Him), forgive me, I am not pleased that the serpent is here but I am pleased  that You crush its head crush it!

Finally, the power of the serpent will be broken, it will be powerless,  it will no longer be able to seduce creatures to say no to the Divine  Will. The creatures will say YES to the Divine Will of God.

In this complete fulfillment of the Divine Will the creation will be  almost transposed into an original state, in a state of a new earthly paradise, in which all creatures say YES to the Divine Will of the  Heavenly Father.

Here in Italy, a certain woman named Picaretta, whose beatification is  in progress, wrote a great book about Divine Will. Once when I was in  Mexico, I was shown passages of the book, which related to so many of  the topics about which our book speaks. Let me cite a passage from the  book by Picaretta. She says that 2000 years after creation came the  Great Flood so that the water would cleanse mankind; and 2000 years  later, came the flood of the blood: the redemption; and still 2000 years  hence, there will be a flood of fire  a spiritual fire, I believe  and finally the kingdom of Divine Will will come upon this world,  because every creature will fulfill the Divine Will of God in a complete  way.

This is what I think, that the Second Coming of Christ in glory will  bring this kingdom of Divine Will.

Every creature will fulfill the will of the Father completely and the heavenly Father will be glorified by his children, who will say YES to  His Divine Will. Christ will bring His Kingdom, the kingdom of holiness  and of humble obedience to the will of the heavenly Father.

The power of satan will be destroyed, although the weakness of the  fallen human nature will remain.

It is clear that we will retain our weakened nature even after the  Second Coming of Christ in Glory: It is not the weakness of human  nature, which is being destroyed, but the power of satan. Until now, he has a strong influence on the weakness of our fallen nature. It is by  nature that we being tempted to sin. But today everything is forcing us  to sin; the atheistic and pagan environment in which we live, the  influence of the mass media, which are almost all centers of evil. 

Today  the world is the center of evil. The evil has an extremely strong  influence, and this is where you have the temptations, seductions and  the bad examples, they all want to bring you to a fall. Today the evil  enemy is all-powerful. But tomorrow, when his power will be destroyed  everything will lead you to do good deeds. So the weakness of human  nature remains, but it will be supported to do good; this will be the  exact opposite of what is happening today, the opposite of every  temptation to do evil.
 

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