The Roaring Lion: Prophetic Decision on the Bohemian War

Preface to the Reader.

[Decorative initial 'C' with scrollwork ornamentation] Christian dear Reader / You will have heard sufficiently and of necessity / from the Second Part of my Prophetic decision of the Roman War The "Roman War" refers to the conflicts involving the Holy Roman Empire, specifically the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). / how things stand with one and the other / And such Bohemian affairs / as they are to be considered from the Scripture and the Prophets / I have clearly shown you through God's grace / especially also in the Second Part of the Mirror of the Times A "Mirror of the Times" (Zeitspiegel) was a popular literary genre used to examine contemporary events through moral or prophetic lenses. / concerning the abomination of desolation / which shall be published in the future. For it is indeed certain and true / that this present godless world / can no longer stand for long / nor also its most prominent Prince / namely / Satan / whom the Scripture calls a Prince of this world / he can no longer rule with his own / to whom he has granted his throne / power and strength / and bound to himself original: "zur ehen außgethan"—literally "given out in marriage," implying a binding legal or spiritual contract. / For the time / as long as the Beast with the Dragon / together with the Whore / was meant to rule Rome / is now out and at an end / as has been sufficiently proven in one part in the Second Part Prophetic Decision of the Bohemian War. original: "Decis. P. Bell: B." abbreviation for Decisio Prophetica Belli Bohemici. Therefore shall be fulfilled both what is in the Old and New Testament / that is / in Daniel and Revelation original: "Apocalypsi", as well as especially in Ezra, where specifically original: "in specie" it was prophesied concerning the Beast / the Eagle / as the Roman Empire The double-headed eagle was the heraldic symbol of the Holy Roman Empire; the author is linking this to the "Eagle" in the prophetic visions of 2 Esdras/4 Ezra. / namely / that it finally / when its time is out / must go under / and however Christ will begin His kingdom / as far as the world is / and rule therein in great glory / with all His saints. Because this now shall happen / and Satan sees / that it is now finally over with his / and his followers' regime / especially also because he lost the great struggle / and the General Battle with the Archangel and Prince Michael in Heaven / over which he also was cast down from Heaven / and thrown out / as I have said through God's grace in the First Part Prophetic Decision of the Bohemian War / So he is thus vehemently enraged and embittered / with such wrath and gruesome raging / the likes of which he has never been incensed with / from the beginning of the world until now...