On New Year's Day at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, Pope Benedict warned that terrorism and fanatic fundamentalism threatened world peace and he called for individuals, governments, and institutions to work together to combat these enemies of peace in a world even more marked by the vast phenomenon of globalism.
Tens of thousands of people standing under a carpet of umbrellas to guard against a downpour came to hear Pope Benedict issue New Year's Day greetings on the day the Catholic church celebrates annually as its world day of peace, January 1st every year. The Pope called terrorism and fanatic fundamentalism the most insidious threats to peace and he said that entire populations, international organizations, as well as world powers must assume responsibility to promote peace in the world today.
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
A world known religious leader in Rome calling for everyone to work for peace in our world today is a page from Bible prophecy for the last days. Pope Benedict, on January 1st, World Peace Day, calling for world leaders, international organizations, and even individuals around the world to rise up against terrorism and fanatic fundamentalism is exactly along the lines for the last three decades of Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul, who annually called for world peace.
Pope Benedict has joined other world leaders like: United States President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Saudi Arabian king, King Abdullah in a call to fight terrorism and fanatic fundamentalism; what these leaders say are the enemies of peace in our world today.
As I stated earlier, a world-reknown religious leader from Rome calling for world peace is a page out of Bible prophecy for the End Times. The ancient Jewish prophet, Daniel revealed in Daniel 9:27 that during the seven year Tribulation Period, a time of trouble upon the earth in the future, a religious leader from Rome will surface and establish a world-wide peace; that individual will be the Antichrist, a false messiah, that indeed does setup a period of peace howbeit a short-lived peace
The only true peace on this earth will come when Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace comes back, but until then only a pseudo peace will take place on earth. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.
