Marie Julie Jahenny (1850-1941)

Marie's home in Blain

She was born on Feb12th in Blain, France.  She was the eldest of five children, a large peasant family, and later joined the Franciscan Third Order. She also reported apparitions through which she received prophecies about the end of the world, punishment for the sins of the people, the destruction of Paris through civil war, and the coming of Antichrist.

 At the age of twenty-three she fell ill and became closer to death, where she claimed to have been given a choice to live on, but only if she bore the stigmata sign, which from that moment appeared and stayed on her body as well as other signs until her death.  According to the testimony of witnesses, she experienced supernatural attacks from the devil, had the gift of prophecy and miracles, the miracles varied from being able to tell holy bread from normal bread, being able to see into the past of relics and even the ability to levitate.

Marie-Julie predicted numerous chastisements for sin that would fall first on France then spread to the rest of the world. These include: earthquakes, unprecedented destruction through storms, failed harvests, unknown plagues that would spread rapidly plus the cures for them, a "Blood Rain" that would fall for seven weeks, civil war in France that apparently would be started by conspirators in the government, the persecution of the Catholic Church with the total closure of all churches and religious houses(some could claim that this is currently in progress with the church being brought down by the behavior of its own priests), persection and slaughter of Christians, the destruction of Paris, a Two Day period of Darkness that would come circa a month before the Three Days of Darkness. The coming of the Great Monarch would also be announced by signs in the sky. She also had visions of the Angelic Pontiff who would reign at the same time of the Great Monarch, and that both these great leaders were destined to restore the Catholic Church 

Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566)

Michel de Nostredame or otherwise referred to as Nostradamus was born in the south of France and was part of a large family.  In his teens he enrolled in the University of Avignon where he stayed until it closed a year later due to an outbreak of the plague.  It is said that he traveled afterwards for about eight years where he gained a particular interest in herbal remedies, then he entered the University of Montepellier to become a doctor but was expelled for being associated with herbal remedies and for slandering procedures that some doctors were intent on using at the time such as 'draining the blood' to heal sickness.

In 1531 Nostradamus met Jules-Cesar Scaliger , a leading scholar of the time and this is where he is rumored to have gained access to ancient books and scrolls which were at the time banned in the general society.  It is said that he married and had two children but they were all lost to the plague and so he devoted many years to help fight outbreaks.  In 1547 he settled down again in Salon-de-Provence where he re-married and had six children.

His first almanac was written for 1550 and was so popular that he decided to produce one once a year, and by the end of his life he had written well over six thousand prophecies.  He was dragged into the limelight when he apparently foretold the death of the King of France with a very exactly prediction.  From then on he was asked by prominent people for assistance, not only as a seer but as a healer.

There has been incredible debates about whether he was a true seer, or whether he was severely influenced by the work of others such as Joachim of Fiore, the Tiburtine Sibyl and others.  Many people however point to the fact that in his letters he clearly says that he is not a prophet.  Yet in all my research I have not yet found a biblical prophet that ever referred to themselves as being a prophet.  Prophecy is seen as a gift from God, one that maybe can be stripped away if the gifted person claims any greatness on their own behalf.

The greatest difficulty in reviewing any of the prophecies by Nostradamus is that, the translations tend not to be very accurate.  This is because the original by Nostradamus was written in old French and many people have attempted to translate using modern french, or even slightly adapting it in a way to make the prophecies apply to certain circumstances in modern times.  I came across this myself after comparing the words of his prophecies claimed on a DVD Nostradamus documentary against the words in my copy of his complete collection, and there were so completely different it was crazy.  However it is still my belief that he was a true prophet, it is not his fault that we cannot translate his words properly.

Prophet Joel (est800-400BC?)

Prophet Information:

Joel son of Pethuel, of the tribe of Reuben, according to the Book of the Bee he died in peace in his own land

Mission/Message:

His overall mission was to foretell of punishment upon Israel and all nations, followed by restoration

Documentation:

The book of Joel, is believed to have been either written in the ninth century B.C. or the sixth century B.C., the only importance of the dates is that phrases in his book were used by other prophets, therefore if the early date is true then other prophets certainly read his work, and if the later date, then he had read the works of some of the other prophets

Occupation:

The occupation of Joel is unknown as there is very little mention of him elsewhere (only in the book of Acts) and the non-Biblical legends about him are not convincing, however he was concerned with Judah and Jerusalem so he probably resided in that area

Best known for:

-Not following the general belief that Israel would avoid a day of judgement

Attributes of his personality:

The whole book of Joel is in poetry format in proclamations and prophecies so there is no direct storylines about the man himself, I do not wish to comment on his character based solely upon those words, a more detailed psychoanalysis of the words would be needed.

Supernatural Aspects:

It says that “the word of the Lord came to Joel”, which is very similar to the claims of other prophet’s claims of prophetic authority. There is no mention of dreams or visions.

Examples of prophecies:

-Prediction of a massive locust plague, which some point out to represent empires invading but some believe it was just the plague.

-Prediction that the people of Israel will be scattered across all nations but after a war will return and be given a sanctuary which will never be invaded again

End Times Prophecies:

-The sun will turn to darkness

-The moon will turn the colour of blood

-Blood and fire and billows of smoke