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Visions I have had - some for over forty years

all the following articles are personal meditations by

Dr. Stephen A. Rinehart

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Tower of Babel 04.21.03

The enigmatic story of the Tower of Babel is told by Moses in a paragraph in the Book of Genesis about a “great whirlwind” which destroyed a Tower in Babel and confused the language of the people. There are ruins of a large stone structure in which the stone has been blackened as if by some giant electrical discharge and the sand is silca from extreme heat.

I have seen a vision of the Tower of Babel but it is not what is commonly believed. I see an advanced culture of people [several thousand years ago] building some type of “power structure along a geomagnetic lines” to capture or tap into the Earth’s magnetic field as an unlimited power source. The dimensions and materials are critical to the operations and there is an underground complex to “distribute/transmit”  the energy source. These people are not simply trying to build some monolithic stone structure into the air but intend to use an “electromagnetic power source” for world domination and “be like God”. The location is known to them as the “Gateway to The Stars” [perhaps some type of portal].

However, I see an object [whitish comet/asteroid/cloud/wormhole?] passing/opening overhead as the huge project is completed and activated and something goes terribly wrong. A huge plasma discharge takes place with a thunderous clap of lightening which is deafening to those around. An emp-type pulse discharge destroys their hearing and their neural nets are disoriented from the huge magnetic field impulse. In an instant, the Tower of Babel is blackened and destroyed and the huge [vortex/whirlwind] discharge passes into the sand throwing up hot silica into the air for hundreds of miles. The air is so acrid and the soil useless so they must leave this region. Many cannot hear anything at all. For those close to the blast wave [who survive] their skin is discolored and their genetic structure is altered. They lose all sense of who they are and their knowledge of The Creator. The place is called Babylon which means “Gateway”.

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Damascus 04.15.03

I see the Damascus of the future on a very “hot” day of the Lord. The Sun seems to be a blazing, white hot heat.  I see the rubble everywhere and a small part of some kind of wall remaining with a few bricks in the foreground of the vision. A road seems to lead thru the center of the rubble but there are no people left. In the far distance are some hills. There is nobody for miles around and nothing left.

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FACE OF JESUS  04.04.2003

As I walked into the Chapel for morning Mass, I glanced briefly at a man sitting in a chair at the rear of the Chapel but he was a stranger to me. His clothes were casual but rumpled and he was about my age – in his early sixties. As I stepped past him, I noticed he was wearing loafers but no socks.  We often have many visitors this time of year (North Florida) from Canada and many more people are coming to Mass since the Iraq War started and people are often dresses very casually. I noticed the man did not get up to go to Communion and remained seated after Mass. Father Pete was suppose to say morning Mass but he had to go see the Bishop so another Vietnamese priest – Father Viet had said Mass. I knew Father Viet very well and he is a very spiritual priest.

After Mass, I walked (with another lady) into the main Church for a few minutes before rushing off to work. I was getting ready to go when this stranger came up to me and said: “You know I attended a beautiful Midnight Christmas Mass here last year and then met with Father Pete (now pastor) who helped me a lot. There was a singer who sang the Ave Maria and she had the most beautiful voice. (I knew the singer he was talking about and she has a gifted voice). The stranger told me he needed to see Father Pete again and he needed to go to Confession. I tried to get the man to walk over to the Rectory with me but he said he did not want to bother any priests at this time of the morning. The stranger had tears in his eyes and said he just wanted to talk to somebody. In a instant, I decided to suppress my urge to rush off for work ( now going to be very late) and sit down and “listen” to the stranger.

The man had served as an Altar Boy and we smiled together as we recited the Pater Nostra in Latin ( It has probably been over forty years since I said this prayer in Latin). The stranger recited his whole life to me explaining how he had graduated from flunked out of Niagra college and then served in Vietnam. Afterwards he had become an alcoholic but did not know how it had happened. The stranger had a hard life and ended up taking care of his favorite aunt for years when she was very ill and nobody else in the extended family would help. He had come to Christmas Mass last year and was contemplating suicide until he had talked with Father Pete. After telling me his story he seemed very much at ease and asked me if I was a priest!? I said no but I know where we can find one! The stranger and I walked together to the Rectory and I introduced him to Father Viet (who was getting ready to leave to go to another Parish).

Father Viet agreed to hear his Confession after I interceded for the stranger. It was then I remembered the words: “Lord when did I see your face and when did I not stop to say hello?”. As the stranger started to leave with Father Viet, he turned and smiled and thanked me. The man was a stranger no longer -  I saw the Face of Jesus smiling at me.

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The Ancient Prophet of Baghdad 03.24.03

The vision, which I see, is the Ancient Prophet of Baghdad with staff in hand slowly climbing a long series of steps up the Highest Mountain to a gleaming White City in the clouds. The New Jerusalem shines like gleaming alabaster in the Sun – so pure and white no man can look at it. It has been a long and hard journey for the Ancient Prophet. He will soon reach the top of the summit and stand before the Gates of The Gleaming City, which is guarded by two fiery Cherubim. There seem to be perhaps less than twenty steps remaining.

I see the Ancient Prophet turning as he reaches the summit and facing the East. Before him lies the two rivers (the Tigris and Euphrates) and between them the city of his birth called Ur. He stretches forth his hands over the all the land and one can see Baghdad, Ur, Babylon, and Nineveh.

As Abraham stretches forth his hands over this land, a Great Trumpet resounds over the world and everything begins shaking. There comes forth from every land a great multitude in snow white garments to assemble before the Gleaming City which is now coming out of the clouds. These will inherit the Kingdom of God. On Abraham’s right now stands Moses and on his left stands Jonah. They will lead the people into the New Jerusalem. As they enter the New Jerusalem, all drink the living water from “Jacob’s well” by the Terebinth (Tree of Life).

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The Lady in The Sun! 03.17.03

My father was a naval aviator on the Lexington in WWII. He saw me the day I was born at North Island NAS in Coronado and was never to see me again. The Lady Lex had been outfitted for war and sailed the next day for Pearl Harbor. We were living in a little house in Coronado until late 1942. My father was missing in action in the Battle of The Coral Sea and the Lexington was lost stopping the Japanese Fleet from invading Australia. A month later the Japanese fleet was destroyed at Midway, which was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

Mom moved back home with her parents in Pensacola and went to work at the NAS Pensacola. She later met another Annapolis graduate who after serving in WWII as a gunnery officer decided to become an aviator. They were married and he was transferred to a carrier (the Tarawa) in San Diego after getting his wings. I stayed with my Cajun grandparents in Pensacola until 1947 when I went to again live in Coronado with mom.

I did not like living with my stepfather and we never did anything together.  He gradually became physically abusive to me after the birth of his son. If I was playing outside and came in five minutes late for dinner I was hit with a hairbrush. I had never been hit in my life and was very quiet child and became afraid of him. It was much later when I gradually came to realize my stepfather was an abusive alcoholic. Liquor was cheap and readily available and squadron parties at least twice a month were commonplace. My mom sometimes came to my defense and it resulted in arguments between them.

I developed a major eating disorder within months of coming to Coronado. I would eat very little for dinner and throw it in the trash when mom left the kitchen. I often gave my sandwich away at school at lunchtime. I grew very weak and finally became very ill with double pneumonia. I could no longer stand up and my mother had to carry me to the bathroom and spoon-feed me meals. I was given penicillin for months but developed a resistance to it over several months and was slowly dying. My body was ravaged each day by fevers of 101 to 104. I had dropped out of the first grade four moths ago.  One sunny day, I asked mom to take me outside so I could sit in the sunlight. I was sitting in a chair and I remember looking at the Sun. It became very bright but it did not hurt my eyes to look at it. I thought I saw the figure of a beautiful Lady in the Sun – perhaps it was my mother standing over me! I had the feeling it was Saturday but time had no meaning any longer to me. I had dropped out of the first grade four months earlier. After seeing the brilliant Sun, I immediately started to feel better for the first time in months and my fever broke.

The next week my stepfather went to the Navy doctors to see if there was an experimental anti-biotic they could try because penicillin was no longer working. The Navy doctors had told him that I did not have long to live because I could not fight off the pneumonia.  He signed a release form and I became one of the first people to use “aeromycin”. The Navy doctors thought my “miraculous” recovery was due to the “wonder drug” but I knew it was The Lady In The Sun.

From this experience, I asked my mom who was the Lady in Blue and White?  I gradually began praying to Our Blessed Mother and would visit with her at big recess when I started back to school the next year by sneaking into church. From the time I was six years old, I have always placed my faith in Our Blessed Mother and she has always been there for me. One of my prayers was finally answered in 1965 when I saw my stepfather for the last time and we discovered each other. It was a beautiful time together. He had traveled across country to see me as I was living again with my grandparents in high school. A year later he died of a mysterious disease and was buried with full military honors in Rosecrans. Mom lives in Coronado today and is still going strong at 85. She gave two husbands to the military. We talk each week by phone and I love her dearly. Neither of mom nor I wish anything to do with war again – we pray the Rosary for Peace. So does the Lady In The Sun. 

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QUEEN ESTHER 03.13.03

 A very powerful vision occurs this morning after Mass while I was praying in the Chapel. I saw the face of Jesus during His Passion. Jesus was crying tears of Blood for our world as He looked at me. The Crown of Thorns cut deeply into the forehead and I could not bear His Look.  His Love, His Mercy and His Sacred Heart were beyond any human comprehension for me and for the entire world. Jesus did not speak verbally but in His Look I could see His Sorrow for the entire world. His Justice is coming. One glance from Jesus and you would never wish to offend Him in any way.  “Pray for Peace!” was the message in His Eyes.  Pray for all souls to be converted including all our “enemies”. “Esther represents the new bride [the Universal Church] who is now preparing to meet her Lord.” 

Remarks:

Today at Mass was the story of Esther who saved her Jewish people from the “ghettos” of the Persian Empire and the decree of the King of Persia to annihilate the Jews. Esther was chosen by the King of Persia as Queen. Esther had to hide the fact that she was Jewess from the King.  Esther later risked her life to save the Jews. She proclaimed a three-day fast for the Jews and told the King she was a Jewess and asked him to permit the Jews to defend themselves against any army, which may come against them. I believe the Blessed Mother is related to Esther. This message/vision directly relates to the plight of Israel today. There is an army coming against Israel and only “Queen Esther” can save her people.

Time is running short. Prayer, fasting and penance are the weapons against war. Prayer, fasting and penance are the pathway to His Sacred Heart.

click to read more on the story of Queen Esther from Holy Scripture:

http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=ESTH+1&language=english&version=ESV&showfn=on&showxref=on

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THE GREAT PONTIFF OF PROPHECY 02.05.03 

The following prophecy (excerpted from a longer version) was given to St. John Bosco by the Queen of Heaven:

     “In the midst of this endless sea, two solid columns, a short distance apart, soar high into the sky. One is surmounted by a statue of the Immaculate Virgin, at whose feet a large inscription reads Auxilium Christianorum (Help of Christians). The other, far loftier and sturdier, supports a Host of proportionate size, and bears beneath is the inscription Salus credentium (Salvation of believers).

     "The flagship commander – the Roman Pontiff – standing at the helm, strains every muscle to steer his ship between the two columns, from whose summits hang many anchors and strong hooks linked to chains. The entire enemy fleet closes in to intercept and sink the flagship at all costs. They bombard it with everything they have: books and pamphlets, incendiary bombs, firearms, cannons. The battle rages ever more furious. Beaked prows ram the flagship again and again, but to no avail, as unscathed and undaunted, it keeps on its course. At times, a formidable ram splinters a gaping hole in its hull, but immediately, a breeze from the two columns instantly seals the gash.

     “Meanwhile, enemy cannons blow up; firearms and beaks fall to pieces; ships crack up and sink to the bottom. In blind fury, the enemy takes to hand-to-hand combat, cursing and blaspheming. Suddenly the Pope falls, seriously wounded. He is instantly helped up, but struck a second time, dies. A shout of victory rises from the enemy, and wild rejoicing sweeps their ships. But no sooner is the Pope dead than another takes his place. The captains of the auxiliary ships elected him so quickly that the news of the Pope's death coincides with that of his successor’s election. The enemy's self-assurance wanes.

     “Breaking through all resistance, the new Pope steers his ship safely between the two columns; first, to the one surmounted by the Host, and then the other, topped by the statue of the Virgin. At this point, something unexpected happens. The enemy ships panic and disperse, colliding with and scuttling each other.

     “Some auxiliary ships, which had gallantly fought alongside their flagship, are the first to tie up at the two columns. Many others, which had fearfully kept far away from the fight, stand still, cautiously waiting until; the wrecked enemy ships vanish under the waves. Then they too head for the two columns, tie up at the swinging hooks and ride safe and tranquil beside their flagship. A great calm now covers the sea.”

      St. John Bosco reiterated his prediction in 1862:

      “There will be an Ecumenical Council in the next century, after which there will be chaos in the Church. Tranquility will not return until the Pope succeeds in anchoring the boat of Peter between the twin pillars of Eucharistic Devotion and Devotion to Our Lady. This will come about one year before the end of the century.”

My Vision of The Great Pontiff: I saw at Mass (following the Feast Day of St John Bosco), that a great and holy person, Pope John Paul II, has steered his ship (the boat of Peter) safely between the two columns: The first pillar is Eucharistic Devotion ( Pope JP II announces the Luminous Mysteries of Light – The Mystery of The Holy Eucharist) and the second pillar is Devotion to Our Lady (“Totus Tuus” or Totally Yours). There were beams of light coming from the upraised palms of Pope John Paul II, which illuminated (“or were the chains connecting the Ship of State”) the Two Pillars.

The sea rages around the Pontiff (i.e., multitudes of peoples in chaos and fear of the storm) as in the time of Christ when Peter “walked upon the waters” and Jesus lifted him up. The Great Pontiff indeed “walks upon the waters” and gone forth to the sea of people of all nations to bring the Light of Christ – the most active Papacy in the history of the Catholic Church. The people of God in each nation have been sealed during the visits of The Great Pontiff. When the Great Pontiff began to sink (i.e., close to death from the assassin’s bullet near his heart), Jesus lifted him up and carried him back into the ship of Peter.

The Ecumenical Council of St John Bosco’s prophecy was Vatican Council II which has resulted in the church’s chaos (culminating in the Apostasy of Priests) in the latter part of the Twentieth Century. The Roman Pontiff, the flagship commander, who initially was trying to steer the ship was Pope Paul VI (“Apostle of The Gentiles”). The ships which rammed gapping holes in the “flagship” were abortion issues/laws (1972), contraception/women’s’ rights, Vatican banking scandals and the liberal Vatican policies of the 1970s toward freemasonry/communism. The Roman Pontiff is trying to bring “the ship of Gentiles” home to God.

Pope John Paul 1 was the Pope who “falls seriously wounded” (possibly by scandals he may have uncovered) and suddenly dies (no death certificate has ever been made public). He may have penetrated the maze of Vatican banking connections involving freemasonry.

1978 was the year of the Three Popes (Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II). On Oct 16, 1978, Pope John Paul II was elected Pope. He has sent the enemy ships into panic (fall of Russian Communism and support of Polish Solidarity), disarray of satellite states of the Former Soviet Republic (opening of churches), his apology for past sins of the church to the Jews (WWII), and his open invitation to all people of God to come together including our Greek Orthodox brothers.

It has been said that only in Heaven shall we fully see the importance of the Oct 8th Act of Entrustment made by Pope John Paul II of whom the Gospa of Medjugore said of The Blessed Mother: “I have chosen [him] for this time.”

Pope John Paul II stood before Our Lady of Fatima’s statue and prayed: “ To you, Dawn of Salvation, we commit our journey through the New Millennium, so that with you as guide all people may know Christ, the Light of the World and its only Savior.”

Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart (The Dawn of Salvation) has triumphed over Satan – let us no longer carry evil in our hearts into the New Millennium but rather carry The Luminous Mystery of the Holy Eucharist. Each one of us is free to begin our great journey – take the first step upon the waters and go forth bringing His Light. Place all your trust in The Sacred Heart and where you go “the sea will no longer rage but grow calm”. Did not He show us when He was here but we did not understand? Let’s begin by welcoming not only each child born but also each person as a gift from God – that includes “all our enemies”. It is an Act of The Will. It is an Act of Entrustment. It is the New Pentecost that will arise from those hearts who now chose to take the first step of a New Millennium - to love Jesus and carry His Sacred Heart forever.

Blessed are The Peacemakers [who carry the Mystery of The Holy Eucharist – The Ark of The New Covenant] for they shall see God.

Stephen A Rinehart
Feb 2003

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The Crown Jewel of Heaven 02.03.03 

At the Wedding Banquet, I see myriads and myriads of Creation in growing concentric circles surrounding the Throne of God.It is as if each being represents one of the bright jewels in the concentric circles and each is set perfectly in its place. It is as if all know exactly there part and where each fits into “Creation”. These “concentric circles” or spherical “rings” are the Crown of Glory of New Jerusalem but difficult to describe in any human terms. There is a beautiful but simple Altar before the Throne of God. The Altar is the Ark of The Covenant. I think (the High Priest) Melchizedek is offering the Consecration at the Mass for the Bride and Groom and suddenly at the apex of the Crown of Glory there appears an unbelievable bright Shining Star (in the form of a Cross of Light) as the Crown Jewel of the New Jerusalem. A gleaming beacon of pure white light for all eternity above the Throne of The Lamb and extending in all directions. It is The Crown Jewel of Heaven - The Blessed Mother of God. The Angels are in awe as “Salvation” receives their glorified bodies. There are glories streaming from the Crown Jewel which reach (in a prophetic sense) to the East, West, North and South. There are unimaginable Glories of The Holy Spirit of God streaming from the Crown of Glory in every conceivable direction and all are bathed in Glory of God. The Glorified of Salvation now see the Beatific Vision face to face. Gabriel blows his Trumpet: “Let the Wedding Feast Begin”. It is The Luminescent Mystery of Most Holy Eucharist. It is for all Eternity! This vision occurred just before the Consecration of the Mass on Feb 02, 2003.

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Swirling Gigantic Dust Storms 02.03.03

I see massive dust storms coming from Asia all the way across the Pacific – originating out of Asia (much of Northern China’s soil is being carried away causing eventual famine in parts of China). These dust storms are blotting out the sun in large cities in both Asia and later in the northwestern part of US and Canada. The dust (and later volcanic ash) will be carried by the jet stream (i.e. southward into Arizona, New Mexico) and will cause havoc with grain production worldwide. These storms will lead to a coming great famine in parts of Asia in which Western countries will struggle to try and help feed Asian peoples and price of bread/grain will double and then triple within a matter of two or three years. Eventually, the dust storms will tower thousands of feet high in parts of the world and nothing like them has ever been seen. Men will curse the dust and many will die from breathing problems. The problem will grow worse with each succeeding winter and spring.

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Australia 01.24.03 

I have had a repeated vision of Australia in which the continent is outlined ALL in black against a yellowish-white background or “sea” (perhaps suggesting great contamination). As the vision repeats, the continent of Australia grows larger and native people are on the move with just the clothes on their back – many are barefoot and traveling on dirt roadways – very little food available. I hear the words plague, famine, fires, and a great fear. There is not a specific time but my feeling is part of this is now beginning. Australia will become a black, desolate continent with few living survivors and a warning to all the rest.

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China 11.21.02

China will rapidly become the next "military superpower" in the world in both industrial and military sectors. This will appear to happen "quickly" to the outside world after worldwide financial chaos (major US dollar devaluation) and a coming world depression. China will reverse engineer the US weapon systems for 3 cents on the dollar. The day will come when the United Nations symbol will be a "Red Dragon" and located in China as the model of the New World Order. China is secretly developing mega-weapons related to magnetic (emp) effects as well as anti-magnetic propulsion devices which China intends to operate against US forces in Asia and elsewhere in a future time.

China now seeks to control all major "chokepoints" in the world's shipping as a prelude to control of the flow of oil and other world's resources to China. Already China has made great progress in this regard with help of other politicians. At first, China will seem to be a model of the new economic development (peaceful co-existence) but world domination is the true goal of current and future leaders but its ruthless aggression has become a hidden agenda. China's people will again become exploited by expanding drug-related problems particularly by derivatives of cocaine from Afghanistan and Golden Triangle. In the future, its old people will be considered useless and secret programs of euthanasia will become "commonplace in the end". Taiwan will become part of the mainland after Taiwan's leaders fall to a planned coup. This will happen before or by 2015 and all religions will be effectively suppressed in China by this time.

Shanghai will become China's "pearl to the world" and its continuing development will eventually come thru displacement of millions of people. It will become the "Las Vegas" of China where East meets West when gambling again becomes legalized in China in conjunction with certain drugs controlled by the military. Beyond 2020, China will no longer respect any nation or military capability in the world but will seek to invade other lands including the US West Coast (after a series of natural disasters in the US) but will be defeated thru a" strange and unexpected event" in which both much of China will be destroyed and her "foreign" army annihilated in Western Hemisphere [not related to Armageddon]. This will occur in a time when the Great Wall shakes and falls, when the "Red Dragon" can no longer fly and Beijing is no longer the capital of China. "When the moon becomes veiled, Shanghai will no longer exist [this is not a reference to Three Days of Darkness]". The Great Dam shall gush forth and sweep all before it.

After that time of Great Woe in China, China's few remaining labor forces will feed part of a future world in which the monks of Tibet will again play a major role in Asia and be respected by all the people. New places of worship will be built on high (ancient) sites. Scrolls from an ancient time will come out of Tibet showing the origins of Chinese peoples and a new religious leader of the Asian people will arise who will seek to become one with all peoples in live in peace. The Red Dragon will be replaced by a New Sun and the Ming Dynasty Spirit will be reborn again when the "Peach Trees" bloom and China takes her place among the people of God.

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