OBJECTS REPRESENTING THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE – HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF VIENNA 1683

The objects pictured are currently on display at a national museum in Vienna, Austria. I copied the photos and information from that site and Wikipedia for the history of St. Mauritius. We have been discussing the formation of the Holy Roman Empire from a Biblical and Historical perspective. The following information, in my opinion, confirms the Roman Empire as the final empire as described in the Book of Daniel chapters 2 and 7.
http://www.kaiserliche-schatzkammer.at/en/visit/collections/secular-treasury/

Events in Europe appear to be leading towards an expulsion of Muslims in countries that will form this future Holy Roman Empire during the final years of this age. Read the links below for important background information.

https://www.thetrumpet.com/17557-austrias-imperial-presidency

https://www.thetrumpet.com/17669-the-holy-roman-empire-goes-public-big-time

My goal is to allow the Bible to interpret itself and history to confirm. Austria, Poland, Germany and Hungary are kicking against the inflow of Muslim immigrants and the resulting loss of European culture. I believe we will see an expulsion of Muslims from Europe at a future date.

I am reporting what I believe the Bible and history are telling us is coming. I've been praying and seeking the Lord on this topic since 2009. So far, events in Europe and America (President Trump’s policies), are falling in line with what is prophesied in the Bible concerning the tribulation period. Read the news and decide for yourself. How long this takes to develop is only known by our Father. No man knows the day--but we can discern the season!

These relics and objects represent how Europe views themselves and their Roman Catholic identity. Due to immigration from Muslim nations many European nations are concerned about losing their cultural identities. Watch for a backlash against Islam in these countries.

                                                                                     

The Holy Lance - The Spear of Destiny                                                   The Imperial Cross

The Lance itself went through various interpretations and was regarded as both a Lance of Emperor Constantine and Spear of the Empire Saint Mauritius. In the course of the 13th century, it finally became the Lance of Longinus, which had added to the page wound Christ and which was wetted with his passion. Its value as a relic was downright terrific and can be explained by the need to do the same Byzantine Emperor, who owned the most important relics of Christ, and to assure a relic treasure of divine derivation of the Empire. domestically, its legitimacy and its invincibility. The Holy Lance was long regarded as a symbol of imperial violence and was the Chief Reichsinsignie, whose miraculous power even battles victories were attributed to. Her status as a precious relic of the passion was thereby taken into account, that they from the early 11th century in the cross-beam of the Imperial Cross (Inv.-No. SK_WS_XIII_21) was kept. Emperor Charles IV. (r. 1346-1378), of the Lance deeply adored, installed the gold sleeve with the inscription "Lance and nail of the Lord" and the introduction of a public holiday in honor of Lance and nail was the Pope.

The Imperial Cross represents a high point of medieval Goldsmith's art and was founded in the reign of Emperor Conrad II (1024-1039). It is dense with precious stones on the front and Pearl occupied, while the reverse shows a drawing of the twelve apostles, of the apocalyptic lamb, as well as the four evangelist symbols running in Niello.

As the Imperial Crown, the Imperial cross deep symbolic meaning is met. It is a symbol of Christian triumph first, as Christ overcame his crucifixion through the resurrection. Since Emperor Konstantin bridge (312) under the protection of the cross had won his victory at the Milvian, the cross was viewed as emblem of the Roman Empire, an idea that was deliberately continued by Charlemagne and the also the Ottonian and early salian rulers. The Imperial cross is therefore as a sign of Christian triumph of victory as well as the Imperial representation to interpret.

 St. Maurice - According to the hagiographical material, Maurice was an Egyptian, born in AD 250 in Thebes, an ancient city in Upper Egypt that was the capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt (1575-1069 BC). He was brought up in the region of Thebes (Luxor)

Career - Maurice became a soldier in the Roman army. He was gradually promoted until he became the commander of the Theban legion, thus approximately leading a thousand men. He was an acknowledged Christian at a time when early Christianity was considered to be a threat to the Roman Empire. Yet, he moved easily within the pagan society of his day.

The legion, entirely composed of Christians, had been called from Thebes in Egypt to Gaul to assist Emperor Maximian to defeat a revolt by the bagaudae. The Theban Legion was dispatched with orders to clear the Great St Bernard Pass across Mont Blanc. Before going into battle, they were instructed to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods and pay homage to the emperor. Maurice pledged his men’s military allegiance to Rome. He stated that service to God superseded all else. To engage in wanton slaughter was inconceivable to Christian soldiers he said. He and his men refused to worship Roman deities.

Martyrdom - However, when Maximian ordered them to harass some local Christians, they refused. Ordering the unit to be punished, Maximian had every tenth soldier killed, a military punishment known as decimation. More orders followed, the men refused as encouraged by Maurice, and a second decimation was ordered. In response to the Theban Christians' refusal to attack fellow Christians, Maximian ordered all the remaining members of his legion to be executed. The place in Switzerland where this occurred, known as Agaunum, is now Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, site of the Abbey of St. Maurice.

So reads the earliest account of their martyrdom, contained in the public letter which Bishop Eucherius of Lyon (c. 434–450), addressed to his fellow bishop, Salvius. Alternative versions have the legion refusing Maximian's orders only after discovering a town they had just destroyed had been inhabited by innocent Christians, or that the emperor had them executed when they refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods.

The Battle of Vienna – Prelude - Capturing the city of Vienna had long been a strategic aspiration of the Ottoman Empire, because of its interlocking control over Danubian (Black Sea to Western Europe) southern Europe and the overland (Eastern Mediterranean to Germany) trade routes. During the years preceding this second siege (the first was the 1529 Siege of Vienna) under the auspices of grand viziers from the influential Köprülü family, the Ottoman Empire undertook extensive logistical preparations, including the repair and establishment of roads and bridges leading into the Holy Roman Empire and its logistical centers, as well as the forwarding of ammunition, cannon, and other resources from all over the Empire to these centers and into the Balkans. Since 1679 the plague had been raging in Vienna

The Battle took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 after the imperial city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Habsburg Monarchy, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire, under the command of King John III Sobieski against the Ottomans and their vassal and tributary states. The battle marked the first time the Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire had cooperated militarily against the Ottomans, and it is often seen as a turning point in history, after which "the Ottoman Turks ceased to be a menace to the Christian world". In the ensuing war that lasted until 1699, the Ottomans lost almost all of Hungary to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.

The battle was won by the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the latter represented only by the forces of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (the march of the Lithuanian army was delayed, and they reached Vienna after it had been relieved). The Viennese garrison was led by Ernst Rüdiger Graf von Starhemberg, an Austrian subject of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. The overall command was held by the senior leader, the King of Poland, John III Sobieski, who led the relief forces.

The opposing military forces were those of the Ottoman Empire and Ottoman fiefdoms, commanded by Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha. The Ottoman army numbered approximately 90,000 to 300,000 men (according to documents on the order of battle found in Kara Mustafa's tent, initial strength at the start of the campaign was 170,000 men). They began the siege on 14 July 1683. Ottoman forces consisted, among other units, of 60 ortas of Janissaries (12,000 men paper-strength) with an observation army of some 70,000 men watching the countryside. The decisive battle took place on 12 September, after the united relief army had arrived.

Historians suggest the battle marked the turning point in the Ottoman–Habsburg wars, a 300-year struggle between the Holy Roman and Ottoman Empires. During the 16 years following the battle, the Austrian Habsburgs gradually recovered and dominated southern Hungary and Transylvania, which had been largely cleared of Ottoman forces. The battle is noted for including the largest known cavalry charge in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

It is truly amazing how the Holy Roman Empire has continued as the final empire as prophesied in the book of Daniel. Most refuse to recognize what is happening in plain sight because they don't believe it and have not researched history. Hitler's 3rd Reich was the last and most recent attempt since the creation of the European Union. Watch how future events will unfold!