(Sometime in 2007 during Adoration) I heard within my interior, “You are in the third watch.”
(Ron L. told me, “The
third watch is the midnight watch – it is before the dawn. Most of the time the enemy would attack then
because most are asleep.”)
Shortly after this I was lead to read:
Exodus 14:
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord swept the sea
with a strong east wind….
The Egyptians followed in pursuit: all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and
charioteers went after them right into the midst of the sea. In the night
watch just before dawn, the Lord cast through the column of the
fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a
glance that threw it into a panic; and he so clogged their chariot wheels that
they could hardly drive. With that, the Egyptians sounded the retreat before
Israel, because the Lord was fighting for them against the Egyptians. Then the Lord told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea that the water may flow back upon
the Egyptians, upon their chariots and their charioteers.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and at
dawn the sea flowed back to its
normal depth. The Egyptians were fleeing head on toward the sea, when the
Lord hurled them into its midst. As the
water flowed back, it covered the chariots and the charioteers of Pharaoh’s
whole army which had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not a single one of them escaped. But the Israelites had marched on dry land
through the midst of the sea, with the water like a wall
to their right and to their left.
The Dawn
“To the Priests” from the Marian Movement of
Priests, Our Lady says:
“I am the dawn which precedes the day.” (#252)
“I
am the dawn which is arising to announce the great day of the Lord.”
(#344)
“I am the daybreak which precedes the sun; I am the dawn which begins the new
day.” (20)
From the Book of Heaven, The Divine King Appeals
to His Children: “She (Our Lady) is traveling amongst the people of the Nations
disposing and preparing them to receive the dominion of the Kingdom of My
Will. It was She who prepared the people
for Me so that I could descend from Heaven to earth. And now, I
am entrusting to Her the task of disposing the souls of our people to receive a
Gift so great.” (The Gift of living in the Divine Will)
Vol. 24 – May 26,
1928: “And just as the Holy Virgin put
an end to the night hours of the patriarchs and prophets and formed the dawn to
make the Sun of the Eternal Word rise,
so will this one form the Dawn to make rise the Sun of the Fiat Voluntas
Tua on earth as It is in Heaven.”
Vol. 35 – Sept. 26, 1937: “…just
as nature has its day in human life, during which all the actions of life are
performed, in the same way my Divine Will forms Its Day in the depth of the
creature who lives in my Will. As the
creature begins to form her acts in It, calling It to her as her own Life, she
starts her day, forming a most shining
Dawn in the depth of her soul. This Dawn
gathers its Power, renewing in the creature the Power of the Father, the Wisdom
of the Son, the Virtue and Love of the Holy Spirit. So she starts her Day together with the
Most Holy Trinity, which descends in the most tiny acts and hiding places of
the creature in order to live together with her, and to do whatever she
does. This Dawn is the first rest of God within the room of the soul –
it is the beginning of the eternal Day in which the Life of the Supreme Being
starts together with the creature.”
The Sea and the Wall
Vol. 13 – July 20, 1921: “…when
my love will make arise the Era of my Will – the new Era of maximum benefit for
creatures – then will the seas and
rivers of my Volition overflow; and
as their gigantic waves rise, they will sweep everything into My Will – but
no longer hiddenly; rather, Its roaring waves will make themselves seen by
everyone and will touch everyone. And
those who want to resist the current will
run the risk of losing their lives.”
Vol. 7 – Feb. 12, 1906: “…but the wall of the soul who lives in the Will of God is a wall so high and deep that neither its depth nor its height can be
found… since this wall is in the Divine Volition – that is, in God – God
Himself keeps it, and there is no power that can defy God.”
Vol. 19 – Aug. 8, 1926:
“It happens as between the sea and a little stream which is separated from the sea only by a wall;
so much so, that if the wall were removed, the sea and the little stream would become one single sea… My
daughter, the sea is God…the wall
that separates them is the human nature, which makes one distinguish
God and the creature, the overflowings, the waves which rise continuously to
unload themselves into the little stream, are my Divine Will that wants to give
so much to the creature, that the little stream, being filled and swelled up,
may overflow, may form its waves, swollen
by the wind of the Supreme Will, and may pour back into the Divine Sea, only
to be filled again.”
Vol. 19 – Aug. 14, 1926: These knowledge’s will be an immensely high
and strong wall, more than
the terrestrial Eden, which will prevent
the enemy from entering in order to molest those who, conquered by It, will
pass to live in the Kingdom of My Will.”
Rev. 15:2: “And I
saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its
image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. And they
sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb…
Rev. 16:15: “Lo, I am coming like a thief! Blessed
is he who is awake, keeping his garments that he may not go naked
and be seen exposed!”
THE FOURTH WATCH (The new era – the era of
peace)
MT 14:[21]
And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men, besides women and
children. [22] And
forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to
go up into the boat, and to go
before him over the water, till he dismissed the people. [23] And having
dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone to pray. And when it was
evening, he was there alone. [24] But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed
with the waves: for the wind was contrary. [25] And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them
walking upon the sea.
[26] And they seeing him walk upon the sea,
were troubled, saying: It is an
apparition. And they cried out
for fear. [27] And
immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye
not. [28] And Peter
making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters. [29] And he
said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come
to Jesus. [30] But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid:
and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.
[31] And
immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him:
O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? [32] And when
they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased. [33] And they
that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of
God.
The fourth watch – (the time
following the third watch)
“Seeing Him…” “they cried out in fear…”
- “It is an apparition”
“…when they
were come up into the boat, the wind
ceased. [33] And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art
the Son of God. (The
boat – the Catholic Church John Bosco’s dream, the wind - persecution) Those who enter into the Catholic Church
after the warning will come to believe and those who remain in the Church will
adore Him.
“…seeing the wind
strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: ‘Lord,
save me.’” (persecution of the Church)
[31] And immediately Jesus stretching forth his
hand took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst
thou doubt? [32] And when
they were come up into the boat, the
wind ceased. [33] And they
that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of
God.
Book of Heaven, Vol. 13 – July 20, 1921: “…when my love will
make arise the Era of my Will – the new Era of maximum benefit for creatures –
then will the seas and rivers of my Volition overflow; and as their gigantic
waves rise, they will sweep everything into My Will – but no longer hiddenly;
rather, Its roaring waves will make themselves seen by everyone and will touch
everyone. And those who want to resist
the current will run the risk of losing their lives.”
Twelve-hour night time division
(Roman night watch division was adopted after Roman occupation began in 63 BC)
(Roman night watch division was adopted after Roman occupation began in 63 BC)
THE NIGHT WATCH IN THE 1ST
CENTURY AD
|
Sundown to 9PM
|
First watch
|
|
9PM to midnight
|
Second watch
|
|
Midnight
to 3AM
|
|
|
3AM
to sun rise
|
Fourth
watch
|
So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming: evening, midnight, cockcrow or dawn. Mark 13:35
Above taken from:
http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/charts/jewishtimedivision.htm
Above added 10/20/15
Lynne Bauer
More
on the Fourth Watch from Msgr. Charles Pope:
Jan
09, 2014
Why
Did Jesus “mean to pass by” his Disciples when He was walking on the water?
In
the Gospel for daily Mass on this past Wednesday we read from Mark Chapter 6.
It is the familiar story of Jesus walking on the water after having multiplied
to loaves and fishes earlier that day.
There
is to our modern ears an odd turn of phrase
that takes place about midway through the gospel. It says: About the fourth watch of the night, [Jesus] came toward them, walking on the sea. He meant
to pass by them… (Mark 6:48)
This
seems odd. Why would Jesus approach them
walking on the water, (astounding miracle that it is), and simply mean to pass
on by?
The
problem is, we think that it means
that he will not to stop, but will keep walking passed them. But actually this
is not what it means.
This
expression of God “passing by” is common in the Theophanies of the Old
Testament. For example, when Moses was up on
the mountaintop, The text teaches us in Exodus, that he revealed himself to
Moses by “passing by.” The text says:
Then
Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” And the Lord said, “I will cause all my
goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in
your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my
face, for no one may see me and live.” Then the Lord said, “There is a place
near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you
in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then
I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.” (Exodus 33: 18-23)
Another
example of this is in the appearance he made to Elijah
who was hiding in a cave after his flight from Jezebel. At one point, God
called him out of the cave so that he could “pass by” The text says,
The
Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for
the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the
mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not
in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in
the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the
fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled
his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. (1 kings 19:11-13)
Some
other example of this “passing by are:
- When John the Baptist saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” (Jn 1:36)
- Now hearing a crowd going by, [the Blind Man] began to inquire what this was. They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he called out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”… (Lk 18:37-38)
Hence, for Jesus to “pass by” is not for him to walk past us in
hiding. Rather, it is just the opposite, it is for him to
reveal himself to us and summon us to Faith. This
is also the case in the Old Testament texts where God “passes by” not to hide,
but reveal himself and summon us to faith.
Some
may argue that these phrases should be translated differently so that we can
better grasp their meaning. Why not
just say “He came toward them to reveal himself to them” ??
Perhaps
there is some merit in this. But I would counter that more mileage is sometimes gained by the text causing
us to ponder, and pray. Consider that in “decoding” this text we have looked at
four other passages. Further, we have deepened our appreciation of what it
means for God to “pass by.”
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