May 8, 1945: The Day the Beast Got a New Suit

How Victory in Europe Gave Birth to a New Empire—Dressed in Diplomacy, Powered by Deception

On this day in 1945, Europe marked Victory in Europe Day. Two treaties were signed—one the day prior, and another on May 8—to ensure the Soviet Union could participate in the ceremony. The war was over, at least on paper. But the long shadow of what came next had already begun to fall.

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World War II never should have happened. It was the consequence of decades of economic corruption, failed policies, and quiet alliances in dark places. In the 1920s and ’30s, fascist regimes rose not in a vacuum, but with the blessing—often formal—of institutions like the Vatican. Concordats were signed. Silence was kept. Eyes were averted. And Europe, blind and brutalized, plunged into a war that would leave millions exterminated—many forgotten.

Before the bombs fell, **Spain had already been tested**. Francisco Franco, Italy’s Mussolini, and Germany’s Hitler had their rehearsal: civil war, imperial invasion, ideological unity. Mussolini’s rise and conquest of Ethiopia was met with applause in Rome. And when he shook hands with Hitler, they dreamed aloud of **a united Europe**, a new empire, a “Third Reich” that would last 1,000 years. It was meant to be a new Rome. It ended in ruin.

The Great Depression—the result of reckless banking speculation—along with the disastrous Treaty of Versailles, the fall of the Russian Tsar, and the rise of Communism, all set the stage. But in the chaos that followed, **Rome remained untouched, sitting above it all**. The Pope, a monarch in white, had bishops and cardinals blessing both Nazi altars and Notre Dame pulpits, shaking hands in Berlin and Chicago alike. The Vatican watched as Europe burned—quiet, diplomatic, and calculating.

My own family bore the weight of that war. My grandfather’s brothers and my grandmother’s brothers served—most of them D-Day survivors. One uncle marched across Europe in General Patton’s army and was present at the liberation of **Buchenwald**. He told of the horror. He told of how, when the Nazi guards had vanished, the soldiers asked Patton what to do. According to my uncle, Patton sent word: “Shoot the fat prisoners.” A grim riddle. Perhaps he meant collaborators. Perhaps something darker.

They all came home good Irish Catholics. But they didn’t come home blind. They saw what had been done. Yet in the United States—in New York and Chicago—the media muted the Church’s complicity. The Vatican’s deals with Hitler and Mussolini were downplayed. Franco, once labeled the “ideal Catholic monarch,” was preserved, not purged. Rome emerged with clean hands, while blood still dried on Europe’s soil.

A Word from the Author – Patriotism, Not Papacy

I don’t want anyone to misunderstand what I’m sharing here. I count myself a patriot—a constitutional patriot. When I speak of patriotism, I don’t mean blind nationalism. I mean something rooted: something ancestral and accountable. I follow the Fathers—not the “Holy Father” in Rome, but my Heavenly Father.

I believe our country’s founding fathers did an extraordinary thing. They didn’t establish perfection—but they built a framework for liberty and justice that was meant to be preserved through vigilance and virtue. I am proud of my relatives who fought in World War II—some in the South Pacific, like my grandfather, and others, like his brother and my grandmother’s brothers, who fought across Europe. One of them helped liberate **Buchenwald**. I can’t imagine the horror they faced, or the courage it required.

They weren’t fighting for global finance or Vatican diplomacy or secret treaties. They were fighting evil. **Hitler was a bad guy. Mussolini was a bad guy. Lenin, Stalin, Mao—bad men doing wicked things.** But over time, I’ve come to see something deeper: there were worse forces not because they built camps, but because they financed them. Because they looked away. Because they profited in silence.

Behind the slogans and symbols, behind the flags and treaties, you find the same old cabals—**secret societies**, elite bankers, global councils, conclaves, and cloisters. Whether at the Vatican or Bohemian Grove, there are doors we aren’t allowed behind. Why do files on the assassination of RFK still remain sealed? Why are parts of the Lincoln, McKinley, and MLK investigations still classified? Why does the truth hide until every witness is dead and the consequences no longer matter?

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They call it “conspiracy” like it’s a curse word. But **if there’s nothing to hide, why is it still hidden?**

Maybe FDR said it best: “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.”

I believe in honoring those who fought, in loving this land God has allowed us to steward. But patriotism doesn’t mean silence. And discernment doesn’t make you a cynic. If anything, it calls you to shine a brighter light.

That’s all I’m trying to do here.

It’s Not the People—It’s the System

Let me be plain: I’m not talking about the Catholic church down the road, or your Muslim neighbor, or your Baptist cousin. I'm not pointing fingers at individuals, many of whom are faithful, kind, and deeply sincere. What I’m addressing is the system—the machinery behind the curtain that uses all of us, regardless of denomination, ethnicity, or sincerity, to push forward an agenda that is anti-Christ in its design and deception.

You can be Catholic, Muslim, Baptist, atheist, or agnostic and still be a patriotic American. But you can also, without knowing it, be used by systems of control that stretch far beyond ballots and borders. That’s the danger of Babylon—it doesn’t announce itself with horns and red robes. It whispers through diplomacy, media, currency, and culture.

That’s why the Word says: “Wisdom is profitable to direct.” (Ecclesiastes 10:10)

The time for ignorance is over. The days of casually dismissing history’s warnings have passed. Yet we live in a generation hypnotized by dance trends, selfie filters, and the fantasy that men can give birth. These are not just social quirks. They are **signposts**.

When people lose the ability to reason, to see what is plainly in front of them, we are close to the day when God says: “Fine, have it your way.” That’s when the **strong delusion** comes—not simply as punishment, but as confirmation. Because they loved not the truth.

“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:11

So this isn’t about blaming our neighbors. It’s about **warning our brothers**. It’s about recognizing the system—Rome, finance, global governance, false religion—and seeing how it is dressing itself in the robes of unity, peace, and progress. But underneath it all… the beast is still breathing.

In the aftermath, we occupied Japan and Germany. We rebuilt with Marshal Plans and hollow hope. But something else emerged—a new economic order. On European toys and plates, even in the antique shops today, you’ll find the imprint: “Made in Occupied Germany – 1946.” Beneath that, something more lasting was being minted.

In 1942, the Vatican founded a new kind of bank. Bretton Woods redefined global finance. And what Hitler and Mussolini could not do with tanks, the **European Union would begin to accomplish with treaties, bureaucracy, and fiat currency**. The Reich failed. The Beast got a new suit.

And now we live beneath its peace.

The Face on the Coin: How the Pope Became Europe’s Uncrowned King

From Occupation to Obedience: The Kings of the Earth and One Throne in Rome

When the guns fell silent in 1945, the world did not return to its senses—it simply **shifted its loyalties**. Within years, the **United Nations** was established, claiming to represent “the peoples of the world,” though no one elected its leaders. Soon after, **NATO** became the military spine of the Western order—an empire without a name, defended by weapons, guided by treaties, but ruled by no single flag.

Yet amid this carefully balanced tower of technocrats and presidents, monarchs and ministers—whether **Jew or Gentile**, **democrat or dictator**—a pattern emerged:

They all eventually make their way to **Rome**.

Not to the **Archbishop of Canterbury**, Not to the **Patriarch of Constantinople**, Not to the **Chief Rabbi**, nor even the **Ecumenical heads of Geneva**.

But to **Rome’s monarch**—a man crowned in white, not by ballot, but by conclave—**the Pope**.

U.S. Presidents from both parties fly across oceans and bow—not figuratively, but literally—to **kiss a ring**. They do not ask for policy advice. They seek **blessing**. Prime Ministers of secular nations refer to him as “His Holiness.” The media, even in nations with a **First Amendment**, call him “Holy Father.”

Even when visiting Japan—home to Shinto emperor-worship—or entertaining the Dalai Lama, a figure of mystical Eastern theosophy, our leaders grope for **spiritual approval**. But when they walk into the Vatican, it’s different.

They don’t come to counsel. They don’t come to debate. They come to **acknowledge**.

The modern world, for all its claims of democracy, secularism, and open society, still kneels before a throne. **And it is not Christ’s**.

“All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.” – Psalm 138:4 (But they do not yet.)

The pope doesn’t need to hold office in Brussels. He already rules in symbolism, in conscience, and in the quiet surrender of world leaders who claim no religion, yet bow to a man with a cross and a crown.

What Hitler failed to do with tanks, and what bankers have done with treaties, **Rome now prepares to inherit with reverence**. The world is not secular. It is spiritual—**and deceived**.

On May 8, 1945

He Has No Army, Yet He Has a Throne

The Vatican City State—the smallest nation in the world—has no military, no GDP to boast of, and no obligation to the European Union. Yet today it uses the Euro, mints coins with the Pope’s face, and sits at the center of every major European ideological debate: migration, ethics, economics, and religion.

By all measures, the Vatican is an outsider. But by its influence, it is more like an insider kingmaker—invited to the table, yet never accountable to it.

The Coin That Speaks
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No other religious leader in modern history has had his image printed on a continent’s common currency. Not Luther, not Calvin, not even kings. But the Pope’s face graces the Euro, legal tender across Italy, and collectible throughout Europe.

This is more than symbolism. It is acceptance. Acquiescence. Allegiance.

Though the Vatican is not a member of the EU, it has more influence than most member states. It has a **monetary treaty**, **diplomatic channels**, and an army of **spiritual loyalists** in nearly every European capital. In a time of crisis, who better to unify the fractured European order?

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A Throne Reserved?

In the EU, the Presidency of the Council rotates. But the deeper integration grows, the more **a single, enduring voice of moral clarity** is desired. If the Vatican were granted observer status—or honorary elevation—**the Pope could be positioned as a neutral spiritual unifier**, leading a coalition of kings, technocrats, and bankers.

And with his face already stamped on their money, who could say no?

“They have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” — Revelation 17:13

The old fascism fell. But what arose was not liberty—it was globalism, bureaucracy, and religious technocracy. And at its center stands a throne still cloaked in white, still speaking peace, but preparing for power.

Not with tanks. But with treaties. Not by force. But by consent.

And he already has a coin.

A Prophetic Snapshot: From Empire to Antichrist

The scriptures warned us long before the smoke of Berlin cleared.

Daniel saw a kingdom diverse from all the rest—iron mixed with clay, strong in bureaucracy, weak in unity. John saw ten kings who receive power one hour with the beast, and a woman—drunken with the blood of the saints—riding upon that beast. He saw a system, clothed in scarlet and purple, full of gold and precious stones. He saw a spiritual force disguising itself as peace, but leading to destruction.

And what do we see?

A Europe unified by treaties, not truth.

A currency held together by debt and deception.

World leaders—presidents, monarchs, ministers—kneeling before a throne not of Christ, but of compromise.

A religious figure whose power is not political, but moral and mystical—ready to step in “for peace” when war shakes the nations again.

This is not speculation. It’s repetition. Babylon doesn’t need to reinvent itself. It just needs to modernize. The beast is the same—it simply speaks now in technocratic tones, wears a papal robe, and signs agreements instead of invasions.
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But the time is coming—soon—when the false unity will collapse. When the Antichrist will rise. When Jacob’s trouble will begin. And when Christ Himself will return not as a suffering lamb, but as the King of kings with fire in His eyes.

“And then shall that Wicked be revealed… whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.” — 2 Thessalonians 2:8

The treaties are signed. The coins are minted. The kings are aligned. All that remains is the revealing.

Watch, Stand, and Speak

We are not called to rewrite history—but to remember it rightly, speak it boldly, and live as if truth matters more than comfort. The kingdoms of this world are falling into place. The man of sin will rise. But so will the cry of God’s watchmen.

May 8, 1945 was not the end. It was the unveiling. The beast now wears a suit. But his heart is unchanged.

“Be not deceived… for the mystery of iniquity doth already work.” — 2 Thessalonians 2:7

Sidebar: Mussolini—the Man Who Gave the Vatican Its Throne

Most people don’t realize that **Vatican City—the world’s smallest country and religious superpower—was created by a fascist.** On February 11, 1929, Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, signed the Lateran Treaty with Pope Pius XI, formally establishing the Vatican as a sovereign state.

He gave the Pope political sovereignty.

He paid the Church 1.75 billion lire in cash and bonds.

He helped set up the Vatican’s financial and banking autonomy.

This was not just a handshake. It was a pact between **Roman Catholicism and Italian fascism**—a trade of power for legitimacy. Mussolini got religious credibility. The Pope got a throne, a treasury, and a passport to global influence.

And so the Vatican—cloaked in religion, built on gold, and untouched by war—stepped into the modern world not by revival, but by treaty with tyranny.

“Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” – Matthew 22:21

But what happens when Caesar and the Church sign contracts?
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