Saw the Church devastated by prideful, arrogant clergy, “no longer worthy to speak in God’s name”; a great power arises in the Church that devastates order, confiscates property, then later discipline and faith are restored in great renewal after divine chastisement.
France compared to a false Christian doomed for rejecting true faith. Vision of a revolution symbolized by a dragon/crescent devastating France, great storm of irreligion and foreign invasion, leading to revolution and end of Catholic nationhood.
Saw after great tribulation: “Church must one day defeat and destroy the criminal revolution and constitution,” old usages reinstated, religion flourishing, Church restored by a large assembly of ministers led by two great figures distinguished by Holy Spirit’s zeal.
World shown as having “about two centuries left” from ca. 1798, with God knowing the exact time. Restoration of Church/peaceful age precedes reign of Antichrist and final tribulation/end.
Predicted “bloody wars,” earthquakes, and devastation before coming of the Antichrist; only those armed with faith and courage will persevere—martyrdom, apostasy, and a critical decline of true Christians before final renewal.