(??) BERNARD REMBOLD / BERNHARDT REMBOLT “Spielbahn” (1689-1793)
(Image: woodcut of Rembold 'Spielbahn' - cover image of Wilhem Schrattenholz's book, 1849 edition.)
His full name is Johann
Bernhard Rembold, his last name also called Rembordt in some editions or translation, and is not to be confused with the medieval French book
printer, Berhardt Rembold / Berhtold Rembolt, (d. 1518).
Also, he has been called 'Blessed Rembold or 'Blessed Rembordt', but he is not blessed at all. He is often
called a 'monk' in prophecies published on the internet, but
German accounts show he was married. He made many connections with
monasteries, hence there could have been confusion as to his state in
life due to his prophecies as it is apparent he was a married travelling
minstrel, not a brother or a monk. What may have also add to the confusion is his earliest biographer, Wilhelm Schrattenholz described him as 'Father Bernard' as in beloved old man, not a venerable priest. Hence, the possible reason why he was assumed to tbe a blessed monk, which was not the case.
Also known as Bernhardt
Rembolt, he is another interesting German 'folk' prophet who made a
'Birch Tree Prophecy', and whose life bears a remarkable similarity
to Alois Irlmaier in that his prophecies got him involved with the
courts.
According to what
information we have of him, Rembold was born in December 1689 to an
old linen weaver in the village of Eschmar, not far from Siegburg.
From an early age he accompanied his father on numerous business
trips, and since his father sold a large part of his wares at
Siegburg Abbey, the abbot often used him as a messenger to the
subordinate monasteries Oberpleis, Heisterbach and elsewhere, so that
he and his son came into contact with the clergymen many times, so it
must be through Rembold's piety and connection with the monasteries
he was mistakenly described as a monk in latter accounts of his
biography and prophecies.
He was pious but
completely illiterate. Equipped only with his staff, a rosary and a
violin, he continued to walk through the villages and towns of the
Bergisches, Sieg and Rhine regions even after his marriage. He
attended the church consecration festivals where he gave the people
lectures and simple moral songs and narratives. On every farm estate
and also in every monastery he would be requested to come to play the
violin. He was a welcome guest who willingly performed every
permitted service and, even in old age, embarked on a journey by
himself to Rome.
On his return from the Eternal City Rembold made his first known recorded prophecy, declaring on the Eschmar Bauergeding:
On his return from the Eternal City Rembold made his first known recorded prophecy, declaring on the Eschmar Bauergeding:
"In the future we
will not be building things, because then the whole local area will
be flooded with foreign warriors.”
Despite the fact that this
prophecy was actually fulfilled in the same way as many later ones,
there was usually little faith in his visions. He was the called
'Spielbahn' -loosely translated 'gamester track', or 'lie-track', i.e. 'game player',
'spielbahn' being a cruel play on the word 'spielmann' meaning 'minstrel'. If a mocker
asked him for a prophecy, he replied calmly that it was not in his
power to arbitrarily announce future happenings, but that God only
gave him a glimpse into the future at times.
Once a neighbour asked him
to pray for a certain person, but Rembold said the man 'would be
going away'. That certain person died two days later.
He also made a prophecy
regarding several people who would never see their homes again and
were indeed killed on the way to their homes: a Count's rent master
succumbed to a river surge, a servant from near Sieglar was run over,
a peasant girl from the same area drowned, also the sexton Haupt in
Geistingen, a child in Sieglar, and two people named Amtmann D. and
Schöffe T. in Honnef died exactly at the time specified by Rembold.
Rembold also announced
that a court judge would lose his property and would end up destitute
by the pronouncement: “half eaten by vermin, on the straw in
Troisdorf". It turned out to be true according to witnesses at
the time.
Rembold's father also used
to tease him due to his prophecies, but one day Rembold announced:
"Although you laugh
at my words, I wish to be able to prophesy something good to you;
unfortunately, it is only bad what I have to say to you: you are a
good man, devoted to church and prayer, and to benevolence, but you
will not die in your bed!”
However, his father also
disbelieved this prophecy, but was found frozen to death on January
5, 1792. He had succumbed to a drunken stupor and the freezing cold
on his way home after a baptism feast.
One prophecy got him into trouble. On the evening of January 1, 1772, Rembold told the guests at an inn near Eschmar to put their playing cards away and hurry to the Siegburger Berg, where a great fire would soon destroy the entire abbey, with the exception of the church. The fire started an hour later, and therefore Rembold was suspected of having been the arsonist in order to make up a successful prophecy. On the orders of the Düsseldorf government, he was taken to Honnef as a prisoner to be investigated.
After spending more than
a year in prison and finally being released due to lack of evidence,
he resumed his hikes between Honnef and Cologne, where he stayed
often and for long times with the Carthusians. He died at Cologne on
February 20, 1783 and was buried in the churchyard at St.
Marien-Ablaß, but later - as he predicted shortly before his death –
his body was exhumed and brought to the new cemetery of Melaten,
which was inaugurated on June 29, 1810.
(Source of his
biography: “Rheinische Seher und Propheten: Ein Beitrag zur
Kulturgeschichte von Dr. P.(aul) Bahlmann”, Verlag von H.
Mitsdörffer Hans Ertl. Münster-Westf. (1901), pp. 34-44)
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The Prophecies
Apparently, Rembold was
not investigated by the Church, and while some people mocked him,
hence his nickname 'Spielbahn', many said his prophecies came true.
Also, he seemed to be a welcome guest at monasteries, so there does
not seem to be any suggestion of him having a bad reputation with regards to any lack of virtue despite
the mockery he received, for he was known to be very pious. Also, there is no heresies recorded in his
surviving prophecies, and, his prophecies have elements that are very close to the prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny, so, for the sake of not excluding someone who
could have had a prophetic gift, I've included him in the Timeline
with a double (??), meaning to read with discernment as he is
not a blessed, venerable, saint, nor is he a Church-approved mystic.
The other prophecies that
have survived were recorded in 1759 by an old Catholic clergyman who
it is said heard them from Rembold himself, which were lost to
obscurity and then found again in 1840 by
Wilhelm Schrattenholz and first published in 1846. The book proved so popular it was quickly pirated - Schrattenholz qucikly issued another edition in 1849, proving his authorship and warning others against pirating his work!
The popular version of Rembold
prophecies were published in 122 lines or refrains. It is believed
that the first 83 lines are prophecies of the fire of the Siegburg
Abbey (1772), the swelling of the Sieg (1784). The French Revolution
with arrival of the guillotine, then the reign of Napoleon
(1799-1814), the abolition of the Rhenish monasteries (1803), the
capture of Pope Pius VII. (1809) and the Archbishop of Cologne
Clemens August (1837), the establishment of an asylum at Siegburg
(1824), the construction of several country roads, the introduction
of railways and steamers, wagons and machines that need no wind or
living creature to pull them, and they have already been fulfilled.
The First 83 Lines:
1. What I see, I want to speak, as it revealed to me
the omniscient and the Almighty, who has pity on the lowliness of his
servant and the drive to my breast with compassion, to sing and to
tell their fate and fate to future generations.
2. Adornment of the land, lovely place of St.
Annonius, as I mourn you! The fire will consume you down to the house
of God, which is spared from the flames. (Fire of Siegburg Abbey,
1772 ).
3. You will come back from the rubble and enjoy your
previous shine for a short time.
4. But look down on the city! When many hands move to
clear the mountains of the market;
5. When you plant trees on the levelled market.
6. Then woe to you! Because a foreign band of war
will tie their horses to these trees as soon as they are strong
enough.
7. Then the abbey is supposed to take care of a
people who take their own heads. (I.e. the French Revolution).
8. For this headless people, who washed their hands
in heretic blood two centuries ago, will now rise against the kingdom
of Christ and against God- (i.e. Catholic France that killed the
Protestant heretics during the St. Bartholomew Day Massacre two
centuries ago will turn against God now - i.e. the Masonic French Revolution).
9. So that it will infect the whole earth with the
mud of blasphemy. (The Masonic French Revolution has spread
blasphemy and rebellion against the Church.)
10. The same empire will also seize German land rule
and drive much warfare and persecution. (I.e. an French Empire will
rise after this – i.e. the rise of Napoleon).
11. The servants of the church will hide from him and
the monks will flee from their monasteries when the voice of
blasphemy resounds from the Rhine.
12. O proud Siegburg, bad times and heavy war
tribulations will pass you.
13. You will stand deserted, and the ravens and foxes
will be there; and Heisterbach will be in a mess during this time.
14. With such deeds one will see a powerful man who
is not a king, but an emperor is named. (Napoleon).
15. He will tear down and build up the dominions in
all ways and destroy the German empire to the ground.
16. He will be a scourge of God to the world and lead
the king of animals in his name.
17. The kings will bow their heads to him, and the
German emperor will listen to his might and commandments. (i.e.
Napoleon)
18. And he will overthrow the Holy See in Rome,
dragging the governor of Christ in captivity. (Capture of Pope Pius
VII.)
19. Nevertheless, the revenge of God follows his
heel.
20. Then he will die as a beaten man who has no
friend and is exiled and abandoned in the vast sea. (Napoleon's
exile to St. Helena.)
21. Then the Bergisches Land must gather under a new
king.
22. The clergy will suffer a lot from the new world
domination. (I.e. the French Revolution and Napoleon's Empire is
responsible for spreading modern day Masonic democracies and
separation of Church and State.)
23. It will be the turn of famine and terrible
diseases.
24. The Bergian king, who is not a Bergian king, will
rebuild the deserted Siegburg.
25. And will create a miraculous thing out of it that
is a monastery and yet not a monastery. (i.e. it was opened as an
asylum in 1825, but then was used for a variety of purposes over the
years, from a slaughter house to a barracks, its future is still
uncertain, although there are attempts to make it a monastery again,
which probably explains the next line).
26. And I get really upset when I remember that no
sensible person could find reason out of it.
27. O you proud Annonius! You will be desecrated for
a long time!
28. As you look so proudly into the distance, a peep
house will be built on the heath that looks farther than you.
29. And one will plant a vine at this house.
30. When the vines on this house begin to bear fruit,
it will be strange times.
31. A man is sitting on the bishop's chair, many of
whom will be reflected.
32. So the clergymen will also wear proud clothes and
no longer want to walk, as their master and master did to them. (I.e.
the clergy will grow luxurious, cast off thier humble clothing, and no longer follow Christ's
example.)
33. And because the shepherd is careless, the flock
will perish. (I.e. the fiathful will be led to damnation through corrupt clergy.)
34. At the same time one cannot distinguish a peasant
from a count. (I.e. the quality of life will come up for the lower
classes like never before, they too will know what it's like to live
with luxuries, but it will not do them any good.)
35. The court ride and world vanity will not be
known. (odd translation, probably means vanity will rise in the world
in a way never known or seen before.)
36. Yes it comes to the point that one will no longer
thank God for their food.
37. But that should be a sign to you: when the
heaviest ships run up the Rhine without horse and wind,
38. If the Frankfurter Strasse becomes level with the
Käsberg,
39. Then the head of the church will be captured.
40. Though this act is followed by punishment on the
heels.
41 - And human wit will create miracles, (i.e. human
ingenuity will create advanced technology) which is why they will
forget God more and more.)
(NOTE: it seems from the few lines before and what
comes after, these are prophecies of the world growing more corrupt,
becoming distracted and puffed up with pride through technology and
forgets God, even not wishing to recognises signs given by Heaven.
We see prophecies that refer more to modern times, such as the rise
of wars and the earth becoming poisoned, possible pollution? This
could be a lead up to the age of WW I and WW II, and then, we also
see possible references beyond WW II.)
42. They will scoff at God because they think they
are almighty.
43. Because of the wagons, so run around the world
without being pulled by living creatures.
44. So if you calculate the distances after the birds
flight.
45. It is the pride of the earth that they laugh at
the signs that heaven gives them.
46. One will see these signs in the air and on earth
and will not want to see them. (i.e Heaven will send signs to warn mankind, but they will be ignored. Think of Fatima and the miracle of the sun as an example!)
47. A man will rise who will wake the world from her
sleep.
48. As he strikes the proud with a strong voice and
the scoffers fall.
- And because the court ride, lust and clothes are so great, God will punish the world.
50. It will rain poison on the field, causing great
hunger in the country.
- That many thousands are looking for a better home above the water. (i.e. across the ocean? People will want to immigrate to the United States across the ocean?)
- People will imitate birds and want to fly in the air.
- But God will confuse her proud mind just as in Babylon.
- And there will be a big complaint in the Bergisches Land at that time, (i.e. a region in North Rhine-Westphalia that was named of the Duchy of Berg.)
55. A small people will stand up and bring the war into the country.
- When they will build a bridge at Mondorf over the Rhine,
- Then it will be advisable to go over to the other bank with the first.
(i.e. is this Mondorf north Bonn and south of
Niederkassel and Cologne? Since Rembold's prophecies are also part
of the 'Birch Tree Prophecies, this has to be Mondorf of Bonn near
Cologne, as Cologne is often the city the Birch Tree Prophecies say
will suffer during wars that come before the rise of the Great
Monarch.
The closest bridge to this Mondorf, by about 100
metres or so, is the
Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke , locally known as the Nordbrücke. It was
opened in June 28, 1967.
Also, this may be a prophecy yet to be fulfilled, if there is in the
future a bridge that literally connects into Mondorf. However, if
this observation about the Friedrich-Ebert Bridge is correct, then
we're entering into the modern age here with the rise of a 'Devil's
Age' when the pretended to serve God but make a Satanic kingdom
instead. People of this time will be thought of as 'angels' but will
be evil at heart, and the devil will be in them. Sounds eerily like
a prophecy of 'Satan's Century'.)
58. But you should only stay there until you eat a seven-pound bread, then it will be time to turn back.
59. And
thousands will hide in a meadow between the seven mountains.
60. Wherever she will spare the gagging sword.
61. I see mothers wailing.
62. I hear the whimper
of orphans.
63. I hear the complaining of the hungry.
64. So
I also see the mockery of the abusers of God.
65. And recognize
the demise of the heretics with harsh punishment.
66. Who dared to go to God with courage.
67. And
then believed that their tiny minds wanted to fathom the advice of
the highest God.
68. Because while they carried God on their
lips,
69. Get the devil in their heart.
70. Though people
called them angels, the devil soon came up.
71. They wanted to found a new kingdom of Christ.
72. And founded a nursery for all acts of vice.
73. They
called themselves servants and were belly servants.
74. They
served lust and made a religion for their evil lust for meat. (NOTE:
I.e. sounds like the invention of a false religion – eerily similar
to other prophecies which state an apostate religion will rise up
just before the wars strike. Marie-Julie Jahenny foretold it would
resemble Islam. Islam allows men to have more than one wife. Note
the next lines.)
75. Meanwhile they released and took a woman.
76. And then two women ...
77. Speaking: Our
class deserves three women. (i.e. people will no longer believe in
monogamous marriages but demand three wives, polygamy, more than one
partner, etc. basically, the sanctity of Christian marriage will no
longer be respected.)
78. One must look after the house, the other
teach the children, the third care for the sick.
79. But Peter
will finally be outraged. (i.e St. Peter).
80. Because the
long-suffering of Heaven comes to an end. (I.e. Heaven's' patience with
mankind will now come to an end.)
81 The marks of their malice go no further.
82.
[missing - a typo - numbers skip from 81 to 83]
(NOTE: It is believed the
remaining lines refer to the punishment of the earth and via wars and
the last decisive battle, i.e. WW III to cleanse the earth before the
Holy Roman Emperor reigns.)
83. You mountainous countries, notice! Your regent's
house, which comes from a margrave
84. Will suddenly drop from
its height.
85. And will be smaller than a margrave.
86. The believers bleed in a foreign country.
87.
Therefore a great barbarian empire will perish.
88. Because it
allowed such outrage.
89. And the Church of Christ did not
protect.
90. And did not honour their servants.
91. The false prophets sink with him.
92. Many of
whom will burn themselves with women and children.
93. And one
will strangle four hundred with the bowels.
94. And the rest of
them fall from a rock on the Rhine.
95. This is the beginning of
the blood age.
96. The city of Cologne will then see a terrible
battle.
97. A lot of foreign people are murdered here, and men
and women fight for their faith.
98. And Cologne, which until
then was still a virgin, will not be able to avoid a terrible
devastation. (NOTE: Cologne was a 'virgin' until then because it had
never known pillage or invasion from an infidel hoard before.)
99.
And there you will wade to the ankle in the blood.
100. But in
the end a foreign king will stand up and fight for victory for the
just cause. (NOTE: this could also mean he will fight up to the Seig
river, as 'Seig' also translates as 'victory'.)
101. The rest of the enemy escapes to the birch tree
(country).
102. Here the last great battle is fought for the good
cause.
103. The foreigners brought black death into the country.
104. What is spared the sword will be eaten by the plague.
105.
The mountainous country will be deserted and the fields abandoned.
106. So that one can plough undisturbed from the Sieg
river to the Oelberg.
107. The fields hidden in the mountains
will be cultivated again.
108. At this time France will be
divided.
109. The German Kingdom will elect a simple man (i.e
'Bauer') as Emperor – (NOTE: some texts translate Bauer as
'peasant / farmer'. But Bauer is also the word for 'pawn', a
footsoldier, as in the Chess piece. He may also be a simple soldier
who is raised up to be king, but he won't rule long.)
110. He will
rule Germany for a year and a day.
111. He who wears the imperial crown after him will
be a man the world has long hoped for.
112. He will be called a
Roman emperor and will give peace to mankind.
113. He will set up
Siegberg and Heisterbach again, (i.e restore those monasteries) as it
was there and was determined from the beginning.
114. At this
time there will be no more Jews in Germany and the heretics will beat
their chests.
115. And after that there will be a good and happy
time.
116. And the praise of God will dwell on the earth.
117. And then there is no war over the water.
118. Therefore
the escaped brothers will return from there with their children.
119. And they will dwell in peace in their homeland.
120.
People should be careful of what I said.
121. For many adversities can be turned through
prayer to God, the merciful father of men and Jesus Christ, praised
forever.
122. Even if people ridicule me by saying that I am
just a simple minstrel, there will still come a time when they will
find my words true.
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Additional Details:
In his book, Dr.
P. Bahlmann says that Rembold also gave more details about the
troubles that would come, about the time when the bloody battle was
to be fought. Apparently, Dr. Bahlmann discovered these details from
German locals concerning Rembold:
Rembold: "Die
Schnell will become an island. Then a large work that was started in
Cologne will be disrupted by the great war. The inhabitants of this
area will hide their belongings on that island, even where they will
be protected from the warriors' greed.”
Dr.
Bahlmann says 'Die Schnell' refers to a forest near the Sieg river
close to Müllekoven. He notes that this seemed an unlikely prophecy
except that the Seig once became raging with floods that it swept
away stretches of land that in 1848 (two years after the prophecies
were published), it was evident that the formation of an island was
happening. However, Dr. Bahlmann says the people of Müllekoven,
who were aware of the Schnell Forest prophecy before this happened,
thought the war foretold was the Wars of Liberty (War of Liberation,
1813) and moved all their belongings to the forest there for safety,
but the island had not yet formed, and, all their property was
stolen. So, we can assume this prophecy means to a future time.
Also, this is proof that the people were aware of Rembold's
prophecies before they were published.
In another prophecy
Rembold revealed to his cousin Benrodt, a former horse dealer who had
supported him in the last years of his life, that there would be a
civil uprising in Germany, then, a religious war will happen when the
Turks (Muslims) invade:
"If they rise up
against the authorities in all places in Germany, then the religious
war will break out. The Turks as the enemies of Christendom will
advance to Cologne, but will be defeated here in a murderous battle
between Cologne and Rodenkirchen. On the Miel you will see several
tall people hanged on trees, and it will be so murderous that after
the end of the war a neighbour will fall around his neck with the
exclamation: Brother, where did you get yourself? (I.e. where did
you hide?) Then the Bergisches Land will be so poor that no potentate
would have asked for it. ”
When Rembold had once
rested at Deutz, he explained that he had not been able to see the
end of the long masses of soldiers uniformed, crooked sabres and a
cloth around their heads. He also said about Cologne:
“A bombardment with
glowing bullets would burn Cologne to the creek (river?); however, it
will not come to the picture of grace in Schnurgasse. ** The bullets
would also fly over the cathedral, but would not ignite there. The
advancing soldiers will have crosses on their headgear and, from the
Augustinian square, down Marspforten, will hurry to the bridge so
that the comrade rushes his comrade into the Rhine to get away. In
general, the escape is presented here in such a hurry as in
Westphalia, so that you can confidently hang the ham on the fences
because the refugees are not given the time to take them off, they
should eat the meat of the mountain cows there because they don’t
have time to cook it under the saddles.”***
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(** NOTE - 'the picture
of grace in Schnurgasse' - this is in reference to the miraculous
image of Mary, the 'Regina Pacis', presented in 1642 by Mary of
Medicis, Queen of Henri IV of France to the Church of St. Mary in the
Schnurgasse, the Carmelite monastery also known as St. Maria vom
Frieden.
According to local
tradition that dates back from the 16th century, an old oak tree was
adorned with a picture of Mary that was said to have been in the
hallway of Scherpenheuvels. People would come to venerate the image,
and, as may prayers were answered, the place of the oak became a
place of pilgrimage. Some visitors started taking branches of the
tree with them, and they also became miraculous relics. Over time,
the oak withered and was felled, but in its place a chapel was built
to house the image. The trunk of the old oak came into the possession
of the governor of the Netherlands, Archduke Albert, who stored it in
his treasury for several decades. It was eventually given as a gift
to Mary of Medicis, and she had a large statue of Our Lady carved out
of the wood, the 'Regina Pacis' which was placed in the Queen's court
chapel. She later gave donated it to St. Mary in the Schnurgasse.)
(NOTE ***– 'cook it
(meat) under the saddles': this does not seem to make any sense at
first, but, there is an old myth that Europeans once believed that
Genghis Khan and his Mongolian hoards used to transport meat under
their saddles, which they thought was their technique to tenderise
tough meat, and that his tradition passed to the Russians – but,
this must have been confused with the old remedy the soldiers had of
sticking thinly sliced meat under saddles to protect saddle sores
from further friction. The confusion arose when Europeans were
introduced to the Slavic and Russian custom of eating raw meat in
Steak Tartar, which was actually influenced by Mongolian
encroachments. Of interest, Russian ships brought recipes for raw
meat to the port of Hamburg during the 17th century, a time when
there was such a great presence of Russian residents there that it
was nicknamed "the Russian port."
What Rembold was
apparently foretelling with his odd culinary reference is that the
fleeing solders will have to escape so fast, they would have no time
to make provisions, even to simply slice raw meat and place it under
their saddles to tenderise it –they will have to butcher the cows
in the mountains for food. Considering the Russian connection to this
steak Tartar link, it seems the Russians will be an invading force,
and will be forced to flee so fast, they won't have to time to pack
or make their usual provisions for their army.)
Observations: Since the
flames and bombardment will not ignite the Cologne Cathedral, (north
on the map) and the flames and destruction won't go past the
miraculous image at St. Marie von Frieden (south on the map), the
Russians will be pushed back, they will not be allowed to cross the
Rhine at this point. The soldiers with the crosses on their headgear
will rapidly push the Russians back that they won't have time to even
provide for themselves.
Taking a look at the map –
it appears the enemy will be forced northward to the Hohenzollern
Bridge. The star marks an 'Augustinian Plaza' or what apparently used
to be the Augustinian square as there is a 'Hotel in the Augustinian
Platz' there. (However, I've marked the 'Augustinian Street' in case
that was meant, that is the horizontal red line in the middle next to
the star. The Marspforten Street is the vertical line above that.
As they will run from the Augustinian square or street first, then
from the Marspforten to the bridge, this has to be the Hohenzollern
bridge next to the Cologne Cathedral at the top. he Hohenzollern Bridge is on the site of the former the Cathedral Bridge,
and, that was not built until 1859. Of interest, the river did not
have a permanent bridge there, crossings were accomplished by
ferries, 'flying bridges', or pontoon bridges until then, a permanent
construction did not exist in Rembold's time, as far as I can see -
proof that once again this was not a made up prophecy for the
printing press.
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OBSERVATIONS Concerning
the Numbered Prophecies #83-122:
We see a time of bloodshed
hit Cologne, it will be an 'Age of Blood', then in line #100, we see
a 'foreign king' will fight for the just side and beat back what is
left of the evil enemy. This has to be a non-German king as Rembold
is obviously thinking of things from his German point of view. So it
has to be a non-German king that comes to the rescue. Rembold also
notes that at this time, line #108, France will be divided – that
has to be a reference to the French civil war that will break out as
we have seen in other prophecies on the Timeline.
We then have a mention of
the German Kingdom, putting a 'simple man', or 'farmer' on the throne
(#109) who will rule as the German Emperor. But, as noted above,
'Bauer' could also translate as 'pawn' – therefore a simple
footsoldier could also be raised up. (He may also be raised up from
farming – it's quite possible some insignificant pretender who is
forced to earn his living from farming or by joining the military
will be raised up?) However, it is the man that will wear the crown
after him that will be the true Great Monarch, be called the Roman
Emperor and bring the Great Peace to mankind, (#111-112).
Note, the commentary does
not say that he who wears the crown after the 'simple man' is a blood
line heir. A successor can also be anybody that takes the throne
after him. The 'simple king' won't rule long anyway according to
Rembold – a day over a year, (#110).
Of interest, this is
similar to the prophecies for France. Considering the prophecies of
Marie-Julie Jahenny, she says the evil government will seek aid from
invaders to put a king on the French throne, they will try to put an
Orleans on the throne but won't succeed. His rule will be very
short-lived. The Great Monarch of France will at last claim his
rightful throne.
So, it is possible that
Rembold was predicting the same for Germany, the kingdom will attempt
to restore its throne during the great war and elect farmer or
footsoldier to be king, (depending on the translation), but his rule
will be short lived. However, Rembold says a 'foreign king' will
come and “fight for the just side” – from Rembold's German
point of view that would mean the king who fights the just cause
against the Russian invaders will NOT be from Germany. It is this
King that comes after and who will be proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor
will be the one the world has waited for. He will come after the
'simple man'.
While, Rembold does not
mention the Great Emperor will be of France, this is in agreement
with a few other prophecies that say the Great Monarch will also
seize the German crown as well as restoring his own rightful crown in
France.
So, what we can can glean
from Rembold's commentary with discernment:
*) There will be an
uprising in Germany, then a religious war will break as invading
Turks (Muslims) will invade.
*) War will break out in
Cologne. Russians will invade. Cologne will burn to the creek /
river, but will not touch the miraculous statue of the 'Regina Pacis'
at the Church of St. Mary in the Schnurgasse, also known as St.
Maria vom Frieden. Artillery fire will fly over the cathedral of
Cologne, but will not ignite on the roof.
*) The bloodshed will be
so bad people will wade in blood up to their ankles.
*) France will be divided
(civil war) around the same time.
*) Pestilence, plague and
famine will occur. (NOTE: A 'black plague' is mentioned, around the
time the worst battle is fought, which means a plague worse than the
others. Rembold says 'the foreigners' will have brought it in. The
Russians? He says those who don't die by the sword, i.e. in battle,
will be taken by the plague. This is in keeping with prophecies that
a 'Burning Plague' will break out in the midst of the wars.)
*) The Germans will try to
elect a king, but he will be a farmer, or a common solider or low rank,
(depending on the translation of the word 'Bauer'.) He will reign a
very short time in Germany and will not be the promised Great
Monarch.
*) The king who will fight
for the side of the just will be a foreign King, aka, not a German
one, so the Monarch who fights for the just cause obviously will not be a German.
*) Rembold notes soldiers
with crosses on their helmets will cast out the Russian invaders and
make them flee, they won't be allowed to cross the Rhine – (we can
only assume he meant the Just Monarch's armies, as other mystics
have said the King will establish the military order of the
Cruciferi, the 'Cross Bearers' and their emblem will be a cross.)
*) The it is this 'Just Monarch' that will
be called the (Holy) Roman Emperor and bring peace to the world.
*) There will be very few
Jews in Germany at the time. (This seems to indicate the aftermath
of the Holocaust that occurred in WWII. Germany's Jewish population
was practically decimated.)
*) Heretics will convert.
*) The Great Monarch will
restore Siegberg (east of Cologne), or Rembold means Siegburg (north
east of Bonn). To 'restore Seigberg' probably means the restoration
of the Franciscan monastery of the Lower Castle in Siegen, the
building became the residence of the Protestant line of the
Nassau-Siegen family in the 17th century, and afterwards, went
through various changes and served various administrative purposes.
Currently, the Law and the University Library of the University of
Siegen have been using the building since 2016.
*) The Great Monarch will
restore Heisterbach, probably a reference of the Heisterbach Abbey to
the south east of Bonn. (NOTE: This is an interesting prophecy as
the Cistercian abbey was suppressed and subsequently left go to ruin
after 1897, long after Rembold's prophecies were first printed in
1848, meaning it was not made up for the printing press.)
*) There will be no more
war and a 'happy age' will follow – aka the age of peace.
(March 26, 2020)
