Dirk B. wrote:If someone is part of the Charismatic Renewal, Pentacostal Movement, and others, then they can have prophecies (rhema).
It's an interesting concept, but the target for book one is the Catholic Church, the members of which are my target audience for book one. The Unholy Trinity won't go after other denominations until book two onward. Also, the dual timelines explain the discrepancies between an inerrant Bible and the story's timeline. Also, if someone comes along doing miracles and spouts explanations that appear to contradict the Bible, then that individual is an obvious antichrist, predicted by Christ in the New Testament, which shouldn't be believed. I don't think the Catholic Church would ever approve his words if they contradict the Bible without extraordinary proof such as provided by events in Rome, the Vatican, and the Holy Land related to the conspiracy surrounding Connor.
Also, I can't think of a realistic explanation in the new timeline that would allow prophets to interpret Revelation such that Christ will return as a boy, at the center of the conspiracy that will kill either Christ or Satan.
1. There is a Catholic Charismatic Renewal going on. I belong to one of their groups even though I'm a protestant.
2. Correct. It would be tricky to blatantly contradict the Bible. Cardinals in strategic locations are needed to twist, distort, etc.
3. A weak example is when you had actual dragonflies attack Conner in Israel. I thought those REPRESENTED helicopters or something. I thought they would be big not bug like.
4. This is REALLY weak but Revelation 12 figurative talks about the birth of Jesus. You would have to construct it to point to Connor.
Revelation 12 And then a great wonder appeared in heaven: There was a woman who was clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet. She had a crown of twelve stars on her head (Spiritually speaking, Campagna was incredible). 2 She was pregnant and cried out with pain because she was about to give birth (Just like it happened to Campagna).
3 Then another wonder appeared in heaven: There was a giant red dragon there. The dragon had seven heads with a crown on each head. It also had ten horns. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth (They were ready to wage war and kill Conner). It stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth to the baby. It wanted to eat the woman’s baby as soon as it was born. (Satan wanted her to abort the baby! He was ready to kill it. But she said no!)
5 The woman gave birth to a son, who would rule all the nations with an iron rod (look at Connor's power! He should rule all nations). And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. 6 The woman ran away into the desert to a place that God had prepared for her (Campagna was in the police department for years separated from her son. It was like being in the desert for her). There she would be taken care of for 1260 days (this somehow has to be twisted but I'm not sure). (There are more verses but it complicates what I would like to see.)
There might be other verses in other chapters, but I can't think of them right now.