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This is the end? Pope gives up cryptic hint
Comments on short papacy show possible awareness of ancient forecast
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 An author who successfully predicted Pope Benedict XVI's resignation now is suggesting Pope Francis may be a believer in an ancient prophecy that foretells disaster for the Roman Catholic Church.
The pope unleashed an international frenzy of speculation when he recently commented, "I have a feeling my pontificate will be brief. … It is a vague feeling I have that the Lord chose me for a short mission."
Bestselling author Tom Horn, featured on the blockbuster movie, "The Last Pope?," told WND in an exclusive interview that the statements imply the man once known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio sees himself as part of a prophecy.
Horn stated, "The comments by Pope Francis regarding possible assassination or retirement and that he may not be the pontiff much longer make me wonder if he is a believer in his role as the last pope (pope No. 112 in the 'Prophecy of the Popes'), which speaks of the destruction of Rome."
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St. Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes" is said to be based on his prophetic vision of the next 112 popes, beginning with Pope Celestine II, who died in 1144.
Malachy presented a description of each pope, culminating with the "final pope," "Peter the Roman," whose reign would end with the destruction of Rome and judgment.
But other Catholic prophecies also speak of the final subversion of the Roman Catholic Church.
As Horn notes, "Even St. Francis of Assisi – the current pope's namesake and one of the most venerated religious figures in hi150401pope – gathered his devotees shortly before his death and prophesied, 'At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavor to draw many into error and death. … Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it under foot and deny it. … for in those days Jesus Christ will send them not a true pastor, but a destroyer.'"
Horn believes Francis may also see his fate revealed as part of one of the famous "secrets of Fátima."
"The final secret of Fátima was supposedly given to three Portuguese children, Lucia dos Santos, Jacinta Marto and Francisco Marto, when they saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Fátima) in 1917."
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As Horn observed, "There is a great deal of controversy over whether the third secret was ever completely released by the Vatican, but part of what was released describes a city, which some believe to be the Vatican City. The city is attacked and many priests, including the pope (described as the 'Bishop in White'), are killed by fighters who could easily be interpreted as members of ISIS."
This section of the prophecy reads, … before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way [and] on his knees at the foot of the big cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other bishops, priests, men and women religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. ISIS has vowed to "conquer Rome" by 2020 and has called for an alliance with the radical left to further its objectives. ISIS has also included Catholic countries like Spain in its vision of the restored caliphate.
Pope Francis seems aware of the danger posed by the terrorist group. Only a few days before musing on the likely brevity of his papacy, the pope spoke fatalistically about the danger of assassination. The pope declared his life or death is "in God's hands" and joked, "I have said to the Lord, 'You take care of me. But if it is your will that I die or something happens to me, I ask you only one favor: that it doesn't hurt.'"
Such levity, says Horn, conceals more disturbing questions about the nature of Francis' papacy and the manner in which he obtained his office.
Horn explains the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano claimed to have uncovered a plot in 2012 to assassinate Pope Benedict XVI because of an internal power struggle. Horn asks, "Is that why Benedict 'retired' officially in 2012, though not publicly until 2013?"
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Pope Francis is doing his best to convince the world about the stability of the papacy. Despite his reputation as an innovator, the pope has expressed opposition to an age limit for future popes.
New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi also wonders about instability in the Vatican. In an interview with WND, Corsi said Pope Francis' comments about a short papacy surprised him.
"With Pope Benedict resigning, a new model of the papacy seems to be developing. Granted, Benedict is not day-to-day active, but he appears to give advice to Pope Francis when consulted. Do we already have two popes?"
"In the future, will popes have terms for which they serve, as presidents in the USA have term limits?" Corsi wondered. "Is Pope Francis the last pope to be appointed for life? Will Francis step down as Benedict did? We do appear to be in a new age where the papacy is undergoing redefinition."
But Horn said the events in progress may be something far more substantial than simply organizational changes.
"Francis appointed Pietro Parolin as his secretary of state, an Italian (Roman) whose name is Peter," Horn said. "If the Vatican were attacked or Francis and his Camerlengo (papal administrators) were to be killed at the same time or taken out of the way, this man would sit on the pope's throne and literally be known as 'Peter the Roman,' the final line in the Prophecy of the Popes."
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End-times prophecy watchers are marveling over recent news reports out of Jerusalem that the Altar of the Lord has been reconstructed by the Temple Institute.
The Institute, based in the Old City of Jerusalem, announced it has finished building an altar that is essentially "ready for use" in sacrificial services.
The altar is the most ambitious project to date toward the goal of rebuilding the Jewish Temple. The massive outdoor altar, which took several years to build, can be operational at little more than a moment's notice, reported the Israeli magazine Matzav Haruach.
The altar is the last major component needed for the long-obstructed sacrifices to resume in a future Jewish temple.
 Carl Gallups, a Baptist pastor in Florida, Bible prophecy expert and author of "Final Warning: Understanding the Trumpet Days of Revelation" details his views that show a startling correlation between Bible prophecy and contemporary reality.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray daily for its reconstruction atop the holy hill known as Mount Moriah or the Temple Mount.
Bible scholars say the rebuilding of the ancient temple is predicted throughout scripture, starting with Daniel's vision in Daniel 9:27. Jesus echoed Daniel's warning about an abomination standing in "the holy place" in the last days in Matthew 24:15, followed by the Apostle John's vision of the Temple in Revelation 11:1-2. Paul mentioned it in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.
Most people don't realize the temple had two altars -- the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. The largest was the altar of burnt offering, placed in the outer court of the priests. Designing and building it to exact biblical specifications required quite an undertaking.
It was approximately 5 meters (16 feet) tall and 16 meters (52.5 feet) wide, with four "horns" or raised corners, and a ramp.
The altar is the central focus of the sacrificial services that were halted with the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 A.D.
The Temple Institute has prepared all the priestly garments and sacred vessels for the rebuilt temple, which can be viewed on its website. It even trains members of the priestly family to be ready to serve as soon as the Temple is constructed.
Carl Gallups, a Baptist pastor in Florida, Bible prophecy expert and author of "Final Warning: Understanding the Trumpet Days of Revelation," told WND the announcement about the altar will be seen by many Christians as a huge step toward fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
"This announcement will surely excite prophecy watchers around the world," he said. "Regardless of one's eschatological leanings, every sincere student of the Word of God knows there are at least hints, if not clear declarations, of something happening just before the return of the Lord that involves altar sacrifices and the distinct possibility of a rebuilt temple on the Temple Mount."
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Jonathan Cahn, author of "The Harbinger" and "The Mystery of the Shemitah" also sees the announcement as significant.
"We know that end-time prophecy cannot be fulfilled without the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem," Cahn, a Messianic Jewish rabbi in New Jersey, told WND. "The abomination desolation prophesied in Daniel and in the Gospels, must take place within the Temple precincts. So, too, the apostle Paul speaks of the 'man of sin,' or the Antichrist, sitting in the Temple of God. What many people don't realize is that along with the Holy of Holies, the altar of the Temple is the most central and critical part of the Temple."
Cahn said it is the altar that is the center of the abomination causing desolation.
"It was specifically the altar of the Temple that was desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes in the days of the Maccabees that comprised the first abomination desolation and the foreshadowing of what will take place in the end-times," he said. "So any progress made toward the rebuilding of the altar is worthy of our attention."
 Mark Biltz, author of "Blood Moons: Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs" and pastor of El Shaddai Ministries, says prophecy watchers should not forget, however, that the Temple Mount is under the control of the Muslims for a reason.
"Religiously, you have the Temple Institute and they are ready to rebuilt it," he said.
In previous years, there have been attempts to sacrifice a goat on the Temple Mount at Passover, something that enrages Muslims who consider the hilltop the third most sacred spot in Islam.
"They could actually do sacrifices without a temple, some sacrifices. And Passover is one of them. There's always been a drive to sacrifice a lamb on the Temple Mount," Biltz said. "They would do it in a heartbeat. But it's just like here in America where the ACLU wants nothing to do with religion or religious groups. So it's the same there. The Israeli government doesn't want to cause any uproar among the various religious factions, especially with elections coming up."
The Temple Institute represents the views of the Ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up a small percentage of Israel's population, about 4 percent.
"They would love a temple but the broader population wants to keep church and state separate, and there is a lot of animosity toward the Ultra Orthodox," Biltz said. "But they don't need some big elaborate temple, they could start to do the sacrifices with a tent or some sort of makeshift tabernacle. It's all very interesting and it's all coming to a head. I believe you're going to see a major war first, which would redraw alignments and allegiances."
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A Jew is coming back to rule the world
 WASINGTON – Most Christians agree Jesus is coming back some day.
But what form will that return take?
Will believers just be spontaneously "raptured" into heaven like the movies and best-selling novels depict?
How will Jesus judge individuals and the nations?
What role will the modern nation of Israel have in His return?
Those are some of the topics in a groundbreaking new book by New York Times bestselling author Joel Richardson provocatively titled, "When a Jew Rules the World: What the Bible Really Says About Israel in the Plan of God."
There's only one conclusion you can draw by taking the prophecies of the Bible literally, says Richardson. It may be quite shocking to many who call themselves Christians: Someday soon, a Jew named Yeshua – or Jesus, as He's known in the West – will rule the world from Jerusalem.
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 In "When a Jew Rules the World," Richardson paints a vivid picture of what a 1,000-year reign will be like, along the way blow-torching the notion that Gentile Christians have "replaced" the Jews and Israel as the people of promise. Richardson lays out the tragic hi150401pope of anti-Semitism within the church form the very beginning in what may be the most thorough repudiation of what has become known as "Replacement Theology," or, as Richardson calls it, "Supersessionism."
Joseph Farah, founder of WND.com and WND Books, calls "When a Jew Rules the World" one of the most important books of our time – a chance for Christians to rediscover their true identity as fellow heirs of promise with the House of Israel, the wild olive branches grafted into the tree of the Abrahamic Covenant. The Apostle Paul explained how we are grafted into that tree. The tree is not dead. It hasn't been uprooted. It's still very much alive, as Richardson so masterfully demonstrates through scripture."
"I am as excited about this book as any I have ever been involved with – as either an author or publisher," says Farah. "When Jesus came 2,000 years ago, many of His brethren didn't recognize Him. He wasn't what they were expecting. I think it is critically important that those expecting His return will recognize Him. This book will be a much-needed prophetic wakeup call to most of the church."
 Richardson is best known as the New York Times bestselling author of "The Islamic Antichrist" and its sequel "Mideast Beast." More recently he was the inspiration behind the documentary movie "End Times Eyewitness," in which he went on location in the Middle East to film the upheaval of the so-called "Arab Spring," conduct interviews with persecuted Christians and pastors and meet with Islamic scholars who compare their eschatology with what the Bible predicts about the Second Coming.
"Richardson is a breath of fresh air within the Bible prophecy community and has broken new ground by simply going back to the Bible with a literal view toward what it says about the last days, rather than recycling the teachings of men," said Farah. "It was, after all, the teachings of men that so confused the people of Israel in the time of Jesus-Yeshua. Richardson's books and movies get us right back to the unadulterated Word of God."
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'End Times Eyewitness' picked for
Christian Worldview festival
 Joel Richardson's documentary "End Times Eyewitness: Israel, Islam and the unfolding signs of the Messiah's Return," by WND Films, was chosen as an official selection for the 2015 Christian Worldview Film Festival.
"As a first-time film director partnering with WND, it is truly an honor that our film has been chosen as an official selection for the 2015 Christian Worldview Film Festival," Richardson said. "From the onset, we have only desired to convey the urgency of the hour that we're now living in.
"Our hope has been that many within the church will return to that sobriety and focus possessed by so many of the early believers who were able to turn the ancient world upside down in just one brief generation," he said.
Filmed in the turbulent geopolitical landscape of the Middle East and featuring a multitude of prominent Islamic voices, the movie shows viewers how the region, since the Arab Spring, has been aligning with biblical prophecy. Richardson calls attention to the apparent fulfillment of several prophetic signs that suggest Jesus Christ may soon return.
"We trust that being selected for the festival will help to further get the message out and spark a growing passion for evangelism, missions, holiness and a deeper longing for the return of Jesus, our blessed hope," Richardson said. "For this, we are truly grateful to the selection committee, and we are excited to see what the future holds, not only for this film, but many forthcoming projects as well."
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Richardson, the New York Times bestselling author of "The Islamic Antichrist" and expert on biblical prophecy, interviewed global Christian leaders, pastors, theologians and missionaries for the film. He also featured testimonies from some of the most prominent Islamic scholars in the world and leading Jewish thinkers, including:
• Rabbi Yehuda Glick, the Temple activist recently shot in an assassination attempt;
• Adnan Oktar, the bestselling author in the Muslim world and host of a major TV show in Turkey, who is promoting the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, stating the Muslim messianic "Mahdi" figure is alive and well on planet Earth and that he is in communication with angels about his imminent appearance to the world;
• Sheik Ekrima Said Sabri, the son of the late and notorious grand mufti of Jerusalem, who explains the Islamic eschatological belief that Jesus will return to lead a caliphate and require Christians to convert to Islam.
WND Films has produced other award-winning works. "Disinformation: The Secret Strategy to Destroy the West," a 2013 documentary that revealed ongoing Soviet-era disinformation campaigns against America, received a bronze Telly Award last year.
 "Blood Moons," a documentary featuring pastor Mark Biltz discussing the biblical links between cosmic phenomena and events on Earth, was an official selection at the 2014 Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival.
And "The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment," Rabbi Jonathan Cahn's documentary on the relevance of one Old Testament passage to America's future, was a selection at the 2013 Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival.
"Since WND Films launched with the debut of bestselling 'The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment' in 2012, the industry has begun to notice the exceptionally high quality of our work," said Joseph Farah, founder and chief executive officer of WND.
He continued: "That's a testament to the great leadership of veteran filmmaker George Escobar and also to adventurous and courageous partners like Joel Richardson, who was caught in one riot and another revolution during the making of 'End Times Eyewitness.' Interviewing Muslim leaders in person in their own homelands is also something you don't see in most Christian movies."
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