Prophecies of St Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Bishop Of Tobolsk
“During the times of Antichrist the place of idols will be taken by those in power through the promotion of worldly wisdom, and will demand worship for themselves; anyone who will obey the laws of civil society of those times, although without directly clashing with the faith, he/she will be a partaker into the dominion of Antichrist. This is when the separation of the good from the bad will begin, the separation of those who do the will of God from the servants of Antichrist.
The true believers, in the kingdom of Antichrist – the end time society, will live in solitude, away from the world. They will not obey any laws of the civic society. Those who recognize and obey the laws of society, even unwillingly, they shall be sharers in the kingdom of antichrist and be cast off from God.
During the reign of Antichrist the evil mind will act politically, without touching people’s faith brutally. They will be given equal rights, all the sects will have full freedom, even though eventually the antichrist will dismiss all sects and religions. The Antichrist will act with morality and seek to persuade and hurt souls towards spiritual death.
The right to preach and to “legally” perform the church services will be given only to those who obey the laws and do not violate the “discipline” (reference to laws of the coming “canonical” Pan-Orthodox Synod?). Places of worship will be under strict supervision by the same earthly authority that has placed itself as the head of The Church instead of Christ, and will not serve Christ, but the Antichrist. But blinded Christians will not notice anything, although this could be understood even by a little child.
The dominion of Antichrist will therefore take all under strict control, to know who is obedient and who is not; as Father Laurence of Chernigov wrote, “then they will get you to the church by force.” However some will not be persecuted from the beginning, to keep the appearances of freedom of conscience. Only toward the end, in those fallen days, when all will find themselves annihilated into the kingdom of Babylon and the wrath of God will be close, orders will be given out that all those who “rebel against humanity” and “against authority” be eliminated, just like they were ordinary criminals, and all other people shall receive these “measures” with enthusiasm.”
Translation from Romanian:
http://traditiaortodoxa.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/din-talcuirea-la-apocalipsa-a-sfantului-ierarh-nou-mucenic-ermoghen-al-tobolskului-si-siberiei/
