they could not be made, till the time for their use
arrived. Besides me, all the 144 were also under
so strict a control of invisible agents, that all
happened in due time. After all other things
regarding the mystery have been disclosed and also
the number of the beast has been counted, I received
the information, that the man who has brought the
name, was a single man, quite suitable that he became
a medium of Pope Leo xii. The first name of that
medium was not Leo, but he was known under the French
name Louis, although his German name was Ludwig; and
his family name was Hefner. But Leo Hefner was
not his name. He was brought as a medium of the
departed Pope Leo XII. and he gave the name which
we needed. His family name corresponded with
the whole mystery of the fruits of the family or succession
of the Popes, but he was only a medium, and instead
of his proper name a name was to be given which suited
the mystery, and the Pope amongst the departed who
represented the succession of the Popes, had to give
his own name. Here is no room to repeat the explanation
from my often mentioned volumes, how tangibly it was
shown by signs, that Pope Leo XII. was the leader
who had brought that medium for the most astonishing
excommunication of popery. The name Leo has given
also the stopping place, from which we count in different
directions the epochs of the duration of the Papal
monarchy. We have done so in the third German
volume and in the work which exists in Latin, German
and English for our monthly theological course and
for the Latin convention, if the Emperors of France
and Austria comprehend us and call their bishops together,
to learn the great things which are disclosed for
the pacification of the world. Bible Students
may explain many things by the hints, given in this
book, for instance, how the three verses of the 18th
chapter of the Revelation have been fulfilled on Easter
Sunday, April, 15, 1838, by the excommunication of
the Beast and its image or its ten Horns from Christ’s
Church. We could name here the powerful Angel,
Revelation, xviii: 1. But here is no room
to explain, why that martyr was found most qualified
for that office, that he delivered to me three times
the command to perform that excommunication[AA], in
which the proclamation is included: “Babylon
the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of demons, and the hold of every foul beast,
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”
Revelation, xviii: 2. Interpreters did not
know, how to read the text, because some manuscripts
have the word “beast” and others have
instead of that word “spirit.” But
the powerful Angel who had the superintendency in
these affairs, has shown, that you have to read the
word “Beast,” because he has given to Pope
Leo XII. the order to inspire his medium, to give
for our use the name “Leo,” or Lion who
is the king amongst the Beasts, for our use in the
excommunication of the Papal monarchy from Christ’s
Church, and the medium, although of German parents,
was secreted under the French name Louis, in reference
to the French Kings, who were for a great support,
and at length for a great fall of popery.