{"id":53603,"date":"2026-03-03T13:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=53603"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:31:19","slug":"the-line-in-the-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-line-in-the-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line in the Sand","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-53604 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/America-in-the-Way.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/America-in-the-Way.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/America-in-the-Way-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/America-in-the-Way-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/America-in-the-Way-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>I have been sitting on this article for weeks, waiting for the right moment to publish it. Recent events in Iran seem to be the cue. I will get back to my reflections on evangelization shortly&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div id=\"buzzsprout-player-18785757\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1172402\/18785757.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-18785757&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">or on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KitXJIoqAXs\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"mks_dropcap_letter\" style=\"font-size: 65px; color: #3a3a3a; \">D<\/span>id you hear it? Did you hear the line being drawn in the sand at the Davos gathering in Switzerland? Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, <span class=\"ml-rte-link-wrapper\" data-redactor-span=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JimFergusonUK\/status\/2013915195584782695?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a><\/span> to the annual World Economic Forum meeting of elites what they did <em>not<\/em> want to hear: &#8220;Globalization has failed the West&#8230;&#8221; he said, and then affirmed the &#8220;America first&#8221; approach (nationalism), which is the antithesis of globalization.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52385\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/king-and-carney\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52385\" class=\" wp-image-52385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/King-and-Carney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/King-and-Carney.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/King-and-Carney-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/King-and-Carney-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/King-and-Carney-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">King Charles &amp; Mark Carney &#8211; leading the &#8220;Great Reset&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobalist.com\/mark-carney-the-west-new-emmanuel-macron\/\">Mark Carney<\/a>, on the other hand, <span class=\"ml-rte-link-wrapper\" data-redactor-span=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/LqSbnkC1vA0?si=M8869AMm6iNOXaaF\">responded<\/a> to the Davos gathering<\/span> of the rich and powerful, saying that globalization is now &#8220;in the midst of a rupture.&#8221; He was clearly referring to America under President Donald Trump, who has apparently disrupted the &#8220;transition&#8221; towards &#8220;mutual benefit&#8221; as outlined by the World Economic Forum&#8217;s neo-communist agenda. The MAGA (&#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221;) vision of controlled borders, self-reliance, and self-determination is an afront to what Carney and his Davos colleagues have planned. Carney is a key \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/authors\/mark-carney\/\">Agenda Contributor<\/a>\u201d to the World Economic Forum and one of the architects of the &#8220;Great Reset.&#8221; Just days earlier, with<span class=\"ml-rte-link-wrapper\" data-redactor-span=\"true\">\u00a0dramatic pause<\/span>, Carney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/Mrd-tHq-IvU\">declared<\/a> that Canada is entering a &#8220;<em>New World Order<\/em>&#8221; \u2014 with Communist China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In direct contrast, Trump has withdrawn from numerous global agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Health Assembly (WHA) Pandemic Treaty process, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement (IPCC), and the World Economic Forum (WEF), while repealing key tax subsidies for solar, wind and electric vehicles, and then imposed global tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Carney \u2014 apparently leading by example \u2014 opened Canada to tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles while maintaining Canadian targets for reduced carbon emissions. Summarizing the strategy outlined in Carney&#8217;s own book, <em>Value(s): Building a Better World for All, <\/em>journalist Peter Foster concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mark Carney draws inspiration from, among others, Marx, Engels and Lenin, but the agenda he promotes differs from Marxism in two key respects. First, the private sector is not to be expropriated but made a \u201cpartner\u201d in reshaping the economy and society. Second, it does not make a promise to make the lives of ordinary people better, but worse. Carney\u2019s Brave New World will be one of severely constrained choice, less flying, less meat, more inconvenience and more poverty: \u201cAssets will be stranded,<\/strong><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">ie. fossil fuels must ultimately remain in the ground<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><strong> used gasoline powered cars will be unsaleable, inefficient properties will be unrentable,\u201d he promises.<\/strong> \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/peter-foster-mark-carney-man-of-destiny-arises-to-revolutionize-society-it-wont-be-pleasant\"><em>National Post<\/em><\/a>, Jun 05, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, Carney adds, we will &#8220;build something bigger, better, stronger, more just.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see full speech <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCQOr9FcSf-M%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExblZMVEx5Y2U2NXREakJ5b3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6SEEr2yBzc7flQmVy5TSBn-kv_Kj2kQaX7BdEUtiR2BAcLQA57WAB7Uzdrug_aem_72vQxuI_Qo42WE1W3wmXLQ&amp;h=AT3aVCPX_la4fz2NG1uEZYfu70LHyIhGQp-1AV6AU0DKBobktELGTiXxSheYz_zE-7iBDFWdq_bBP2HXM6P_uOVSN26Wp2L0_qYoAwpo7VCAVe_42x5CSSVSTDzq-WO62SdTdl3_ucitZlzB1DwKLQ&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT1yem9grR93TyDzw9kZOYWpXNhUkufIJIXg13F8e_RuHpp6jk4oIXATqZ2P7UJlHVQ8c1KNXgjEMdN9IrnEBI6e1XN1dvNC_GeDrHBgAwyi_kLH5DtX8poCqTs_z6-lSBxQOtzL2WzI27B30C3a-kg63iZ4Y1JOiJPUZMk6CuSl9V84eP9diFZ1BVdtsJDvJ5KcCgJlw2vL27h5uBk\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Well, it doesn&#8217;t sound just to me at all, rather, more like what Pope Pius XI warned about many decades ago in his encyclical <em>On Atheistic Communism<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>For the first time in history we are witnessing a struggle, cold-blooded in purpose and <em>mapped out to the least detail<\/em>, between man and &#8220;all that is called God&#8221; <\/strong>(2 Thess 2:4)<strong>. Communism is by its nature anti-religious. It considers religion as &#8220;the opiate of the people&#8221; because the principles of religion which speak of a life beyond the grave dissuade the proletariat <\/strong>[working class]<strong> from the dream of a Soviet paradise which is of this world.<\/strong> \u2014<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_19370319_divini-redemptoris.html\">Divini Redemptoris<\/a>,&#8221;On Atheistic Communism&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>n. 22<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By the way, Pius XI footnoted those comments to St. Paul&#8217;s passage on the Antichrist in 2 Thessalonians 2.\u00a0 Indeed, Carney and the World Economic Forum are promoting the so-called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-new-tree-of-knowledge\/\">Fourth Industrial Revolution<\/a>,&#8221; which is their utopian vision for the world. But the <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church\u00a0<\/em>warns:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>The Antichrist\u2019s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope that can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment&#8230; The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u2014<em>CCC,\u00a0<\/em>n. 675<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But apparently, Trump \u2014 whether you love or hate him \u2014 has seemingly &#8220;ruptured&#8221; their messianic hopes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-53855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Line-in-real-Sand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Line-in-real-Sand.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Line-in-real-Sand-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Line-in-real-Sand-1024x267.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Line-in-real-Sand-768x200.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>How Much Longer?<\/h5>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/in-one-hour\/\">question<\/a> I raised last year, and again now, is <em>how long will these globalists let the United States and Donald Trump impede their centuries-old agenda?<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/global-revolution\/\">Global Revolution<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Do we really think that what Pope Benedict called &#8220;the great powers of the present day&#8230; the anonymous financial interests&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;We think of the great powers of the present day, of the anonymous financial interests which turn men into slaves, which are no longer human things, but are an anonymous power which men serve, by which men are tormented and even slaughtered. They are a destructive power, a power that menaces the world.&#8221; \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Reflection after the reading of the office for the Third Hour this morning in the Synod Aula, Vatican City, October 11, 2010<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> are simply going to go away? Do we really think the global financiers who start and end wars, funding both sides in order to leverage their power and wealth, are going to fold their hands in defeat at the foot of a red MAGA ball cap?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Catholic author Ted Flynn observed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The encroachment year after year <\/strong><strong>of well-placed globalists advocating <\/strong><strong>socialism and Communism, <\/strong><strong>with world bodies attempting to eradicate Christianity, <\/strong><strong>is well organized. <\/strong><strong>It is relentless, intrusive, insidious, and Luciferian, <\/strong><strong>catapulting civilization to a place <\/strong><strong>it has never aspired to, nor worked towards. <\/strong><strong>The goal of self-appointed global elite <\/strong><strong>is total replacement of biblical values <\/strong><strong>in Western Civilization. <\/strong>\u2014author Ted Flynn, <em>Garabandal, The Warning and the Great Miracle,\u00a0<\/em>p. 177<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a word, <em>a &#8220;Great Reset.&#8221;<\/em> In a recent podcast, Glenn Beck opined:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Trump is not trying to manage the post-World War II order, he&#8217;s trying to kill it before it kills us&#8230; we are looking at the possible end of America and the Western civilization&#8230; I was fighting for my country, but I believe Western civilization is at stake. And [Trump] is mobilizing all of the resources that he has to prepare for that, so when that big battle comes, when that thing breaks, we don&#8217;t go the way of the Great Reset. <\/strong>\u2014January 19, 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ru39OmXdscA\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All of this is starting to make more sense in light of the Book of Revelation and St. John&#8217;s vision of a harlot who rides a beast&#8230;<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>The Beast and the Harlot<\/h5>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/mystery-babylon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/a> and my study of America&#8217;s foundations, the United States (if not all the West) is a prime candidate for what St. John calls &#8220;mystery Babylon,&#8221; which is also called the &#8220;harlot&#8221; riding a beast. Let me briefly describe each entity to put everything else in context.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-40753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/secrtscty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/secrtscty.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/secrtscty-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/secrtscty-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/secrtscty-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/secrtscty-640x640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>First, the &#8220;beast with seven heads and ten horns&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Rev 17:3<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> was addressed by Our Lady in the revelations to Servant of God Fr. Stefano Gobbi:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>The seven heads indicate the various masonic lodges, which act everywhere in a subtle and dangerous way. This Black Beast has ten horns and, on the horns, ten crowns, which are signs of dominion and royalty. Masonry rules and governs throughout the whole world by means of the ten horns<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>\u2014alleged message to Fr. Stefano,<em>\u00a0To the Priest, Our Lady\u2019s Beloved Sons<\/em>, n. 405.d-e<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the beast that ultimately prepares the world for the coming of Antichrist. How? As Our Lady says, the beast is a Masonic empire. The late Dr. Stanley Monteith explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>America would be\u00a0<em>used<\/em> to lead the world into the philosophic empire. You understand that America was founded by Christians as a Christian nation. However, there were always those people on the other side who wanted to <em>use<\/em> America, <em>abuse<\/em> our military power and our financial power, to establish enlightened democracies throughout the world and restore the lost Atlantis.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"> [<\/span>Atlantis represents the archetype of the &#8220;Perfect Society&#8221;, built upon sacred secret knowledge \u2014 geometry, ethics, natural law, and the unity of science and spirituality. The \u201clost Atlantis\u201d of Masonry is therefore the forgotten blueprint of a spiritually ordered civilization, to be rediscovered and rebuilt by &#8220;the enlightened.&#8221;]<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u2014<em>The New Atlantis: Secret Mysteries of America\u2019s Beginnings\u00a0<\/em>(video); interview Dr. Stanley Monteith<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;enlightened democracies&#8221; are those nations that would receive the benefits of &#8220;international aid&#8221; contingent upon them embracing the <em>form<\/em> of democracy \u2014 but the <em>content<\/em> of an anti-gospel: contraception, abortion, gender ideology, and most notably, human trafficking.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-fall-of-mystery-babylon\/\"><em>The Fall of Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Very often, this also involves so-called &#8220;regime change&#8221; which, ironically, has led to the rise of forces like Al-Qaeda and ISIS,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. \u201cISIS: Made in America\u201d, June 18th, 2014;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/isis-made-in-usa-iraq-geopolitical-arsonists-seek-to-burn-region\/5387475\">globalresearch.ca<\/a>;\u00a0cf.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2014\/09\/how-u-s-weapons-made-it-to-isis\/\">wnd.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> who went on to carry out the slaughter of Christians. Thus, we also read of this harlot that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In her was found the blood of prophets and holy ones and all who have been slain on the earth.<\/strong> (Rev 18:24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-fall-of-mystery-babylon\/\"><em>The Fall of Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/a>, I go into detail about exactly how America has been &#8220;used&#8221; to both spread the<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-42014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Babylonfallen2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Babylonfallen2.jpg 1389w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Babylonfallen2-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Babylonfallen2-1024x967.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Babylonfallen2-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Babylonfallen2-640x605.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/> agenda of the beast <em>and<\/em> incorporate it at home through politics, education, and entertainment. In the words of Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937), who founded the Italian Communist Party: \u201cWe\u2019re going to turn their music, art, and literature against them.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">from <em>Agenda: the Grinding Down of America,\u00a0<\/em>documentary by\u00a0<span class=\"st\">Idaho Legislator Curtis Bowers;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/63749370\">www.vimeo.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> American Catholic and author Stephen Mahowald writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>America has been converted \u2014 she gave up, without even a fight, just as Gramsci\u2019s plan said she would<\/strong>. \u2014<em>She Shall Crush Thy Head,\u00a0<\/em>Stephen Mahowald, p. 126<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The main point is that this neo-communist Masonic beast not only uses but <em>hates<\/em> the harlot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>The ten horns that you saw and the beast will hate the harlot&#8230;<\/em><\/strong> (Rev 17:3)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stunningly, we see how vast portions of American youth have been educated to &#8220;hate&#8221; the flag, &#8220;hate&#8221; their skin color, &#8220;hate&#8221; everything good about their history, and even &#8220;hate&#8221; democracy.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/exposing-this-revolutionary-spirit\/\">Exposing This Revolutionary Spirit<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Perhaps the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/exposing-this-revolutionary-spirit\/\">fiery revolutions<\/a> we&#8217;ve seen in American streets are a foreshadowing of the Beast&#8217;s ultimate intent:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>They will leave her desolate and naked; they will eat her flesh and consume her with fire. The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her [Mystery Babylon], because there will be no more markets for their cargo&#8230; wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human beings.<\/strong> (Revelation 17:16, 18:11-13)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the so-called &#8220;Epstein files&#8221; continue to shock the world due to both their grotesque crimes against minors and widespread <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-53859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trafficking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trafficking.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trafficking-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trafficking-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trafficking-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Trafficking-1536x1097.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>association with global elites, it is hard not to read Revelation 18 in a new light:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for demons. She is a cage for every unclean spirit, a cage for every unclean bird, a cage for every unclean and disgusting beast. For all the nations have drunk the wine of her licentious passion. The kings of the earth had intercourse with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her drive for luxury..<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>. and slaves, that is, human souls. (Rev 18:3, 13) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict spoke more than once on this passage of the trade in human lives:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>There is a market in child pornography that seems in some way to be considered more and more normal by society. The psychological destruction of children, in which human persons are reduced to articles of merchandise, is a terrifying sign of the times.<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/speeches\/2010\/december\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20101220_curia-auguri.html\">Address to the Roman Curia<\/a>, December 20, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Because of these great sins, the glory and might of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/mystery-babylon\/\"><em>Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/a> is reduced in &#8220;one hour&#8221; (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/in-one-hour\/\"><em>In One Hour<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The kings of the earth who had intercourse with her in their wantonness will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her pyre. They will keep their distance for fear of the torment inflicted on her, and they will say: \u201cAlas, alas, great city, Babylon, mighty city. In one hour your judgment has come.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(Revelation 18:8-10)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>We are Being Judged<\/h5>\n<p>We in the West are being judged (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/judgment-of-the-west\/\"><em>Judgment of the West<\/em><\/a>). Nearly 99,000 unborn babies are killed in abortions <em>each month<\/em> nationwide in America.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/99000-babies-are-killed-in-abortions-every-month-in-america\/\">lifenews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In 2026 in Canada, assisted suicide will have claimed the lives of over 100,000,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/02\/20\/canada-is-about-to-euthanize-patient-number-100000\/\">lifenews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> as a new trade in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/usnewsmag.com\/canadas-shocking-organ-harvesting-operation-exposed\/\">organ harvesting<\/a>&#8221; has emerged; reports say that people can kill themselves the same day they request it.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/02\/20\/canada-is-killing-people-in-assisted-suicide-the-same-day-they-request-it\/\">lifenews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">It&#8217;s estimated that over a million have died by drug overdose in North America since 2016.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/vsrr\/drug-overdose-data.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cdc.gov<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/datalab\/national-surveillance-opioid-mortality.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health-infobase.canada.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> But even more <em>spiritually\u00a0<\/em>die each day through pornography.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The United States is the leading producer of porn,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldmetrics.org\/internet-pornography-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worldmetrics.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> an industry that has grown by some estimates to a quarter-trillion-dollars annually.<\/span><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covenanteyes.com\/pornstats\/\">covenanteyes.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> As for Europe, it has utterly abandoned its Christian heritage as it replaces the Gospel with the goals of a handful of global elites. Thus, said Benedict XVI:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The\u00a0<em>Book of Revelation<\/em> includes among the great sins of Babylon \u2014 the symbol of the world\u2019s great irreligious cities \u2014 the fact that it trades with bodies and souls and treats them as commodities<\/strong>\u00a0(cf.\u00a0<em>Rev<\/em>\u00a018:13)<strong>. In this context, the problem of drugs also rears its head, and with increasing force extends its octopus tentacles around the entire world \u2014 an eloquent expression of the tyranny of mammon which perverts mankind. No pleasure is ever enough, and the excess of deceiving intoxication becomes a violence that tears whole regions apart \u2014 and all this in the name of a fatal misunderstanding of freedom which actually undermines man\u2019s freedom and ultimately destroys it.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, On the occasion of Christmas Greetings, December 20th, 2010;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/benedict_xvi\/speeches\/2010\/december\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20101220_curia-auguri_en.html\">http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, we&#8217;re destroying ourselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind.<\/strong> (Hos 8:7; cf. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/timeline\/\">Timeline<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-47137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/europe-judgmentBG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/europe-judgmentBG.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/europe-judgmentBG-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/europe-judgmentBG-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/europe-judgmentBG-768x582.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/>Years ago, I heard in my heart the words, &#8220;<em>For the sin of abortion, your sons will be called to war.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>I pray with every breath, with every bead, with every tear that this would not be so. But St. Paul writes, <em>&#8220;Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.&#8221; <\/em><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Galatians 6:7<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Hence, Pope Benedict recalled the vision of the children at Fatima:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The angel with the flaming sword on the left of the Mother of God recalls similar images in the Book of Revelation. This represents the threat of judgment which looms over the world. Today the prospect that the world might be reduced to ashes by a sea of fire no longer seems pure fantasy: man himself, with his inventions, has forged the flaming sword.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014<em>The Message of Fatima<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html\">vatican.va<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last June (2025), CBS News reported that the FBI had increased efforts &#8220;to monitor possible domestic sleeper cells linked to Hezbollah \u2014 a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization backed by Iran.\u201d<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-administration-monitor-iran-backed-cells-trump-weighs-strikes\/\">cbsnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In the past few days, there <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-53861 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mosque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mosque.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mosque-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mosque-443x1024.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>have been reports that these Islamic &#8220;sleeper cells&#8221; in the United States, and likely across the West, are being put on &#8220;standby&#8221; to attack at a coordinated &#8220;zero hour.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/2026\/03\/sleeper-cells-on-standby-security-experts-issue-terrifying-warning-watch\/\">lifezette.com<\/a>; Leo Hoffman wrote: &#8220;In my book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/stealth-invasion-leo-hohmann\/1125470624?ean=9781637580462\">Stealth Invasion<\/a><\/em>, I referred to Muslim Brotherhood documents which prophesied about a \u201czero-hour event.\u201d Zero hour can be any event that sets off panic and chaos among the masses, and at this point the Islamic terrorists all join hands to attack the infidel, whether that be Jews in Israel or Christians in the West. All the terror cells get activated.&#8221; (October 8, 2023;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leohohmann.com\/2023\/10\/08\/globalists-open-second-front-in-world-war-iii-attack-on-israel-activates-zero-hour-around-the-world-and-america-is-not-immune\/\">leohohmann.com<\/a>) <\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Indeed, two senior Shiite religious authorities in Iran issued <em>fatwas<\/em> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">rulings based on Islamic law<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> calling on Muslims worldwide to take revenge for the recent killing of the Iranian Ayatollah by US-Israeli air strikes.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[20]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani and Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202603010955\">iranintl.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even before the Iranian attacks, an imam at a local Shiite mosque in northern Virginia closed his prayer with the earnest plea: &#8220;May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers&#8230;.&#8221; He asked for this victory &#8220;before the arrival of Imam Mahdi.&#8221;&#8216;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[21]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chasing-apocalypse-radical-shiite-clerics-american-soil-preach-prophetic-showdown-us\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In Islamic theology, the Mahdi is their messiah. But there is also a shadowy figure known as \u201cthe Dajjal\u201d who roughly corresponds to the figure of the Antichrist in Christianity. In this prophecy, the Islamic &#8220;Mahdi&#8221; will emerge to battle the Dajjal in a final battle of Armageddon.<\/p>\n<p>For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is the Dajjal<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[22]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chasing-apocalypse-radical-shiite-clerics-american-soil-preach-prophetic-showdown-us\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_22', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> \u2014 and an apocalyptic war is exactly what they want.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>The Edge of the Abyss<\/h5>\n<p>Recall the approved revelations at Rwanda when Our Lady told the children:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>The world hastens to its ruin, it will fall into the abyss\u2026 The world is rebellious against God, it commits too many sins, it has neither love nor peace. If you do not repent and do not convert your hearts, you will fall into the abyss.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u2014to visionary Marie-Claire on March 27, 1982,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181211223940\/http:\/\/www.catholicstand.com:80\/lady-kibeho-listening\/\">catholicstand.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This was echoed again by Pope Leo XIV just days ago regarding the wars now erupting all over the planet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE LEO XIV, March 1, 2026,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/angelus\/2026\/documents\/20260301-angelus.html\">Angelus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I also keep hearing this week the words: <em>&#8220;Pride before the fall.&#8221;<\/em> As President Trump continues to openly boast of both his economic and military<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/in-one-hour\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-51965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/statue-of-liberty-1617617_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/statue-of-liberty-1617617_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/statue-of-liberty-1617617_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/statue-of-liberty-1617617_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/statue-of-liberty-1617617_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/statue-of-liberty-1617617_1920-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a> accomplishments, we ought to heed Jesus&#8217;s words in today&#8217;s Gospel:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.<\/strong> (Matthew 23:12)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have nothing to boast of when the most egregious crimes, such as abortion, are still being committed on our soil. As Benedict XVI said to all the bishops in 2005:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The threat of judgment also concerns us, the Church in Europe, Europe and the West in general\u2026 the Lord is also crying out to our ears\u2026 \u201cIf you do not repent I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.\u201d Light can also be taken away from us and we do well to let this warning ring out with its full seriousness in our hearts, while crying to the Lord: \u201cHelp us to repent!\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI,\u00a0<em>Opening Homily,<\/em>\u00a0Synod of Bishops, October 2nd, 2005, Rome<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If we don&#8217;t repent, we might very well see it all come down in &#8220;one hour.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_23');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_53603_1('footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_23');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[23]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_23\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/in-one-hour\/\"><em>In One Hour<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_23').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53603_1_23', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<em>Now <\/em>is the time for us to personally repent.\u00a0<em>Now\u00a0<\/em>is the time for fasting and prayer. <em>Now,<\/em> is the time for us to &#8220;come out of Babylon&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Then I heard another voice from heaven say: \u201cDepart from her, my people, so as not to take part in her sins and receive a share in her plagues, for her sins are piled up to the sky\u2026\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(Revelation 18:4-5)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parish-Mission-Poster-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parish-Mission-Poster-sm.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parish-Mission-Poster-sm-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parish-Mission-Poster-sm-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parish-Mission-Poster-sm-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parish-Mission-Poster-sm-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>Related Reading<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/mystery-babylon\/\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Mystery Babylon<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-fall-of-mystery-babylon\/\"><em>The Fall of Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-collapse-of-america\/\"><em>The Collapse of America<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-agitators-part-ii\/\"><em>The Agitators &#8211; Part II<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/in-one-hour\/\"><em>In one Hour<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/judgment-of-the-west\/\"><em>The Judgment of the West<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/rwandas-warning\/\"><em>Rwanda&#8217;s Warning<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>The Chastisement Comes &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-chastisement-comes-part-i\/\">Part I<\/a><em> &amp; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-chastisement-comes-part-ii\/\">Part II<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">So grateful for your prayers and support.<br \/>\nThank you!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To journey with Mark in\u00a0<strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word<\/strong><\/em>,<em><br \/>\n<\/em>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/>\nYour email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-768x250.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Now on Telegram. 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helvetica, sans-serif;\">Listen on the following:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thenoword.buzzsprout.com\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thenoword.buzzsprout.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/buzzsprout3-cutout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-now-word\/id1519573192?uo=4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/apple-podcasts2-cutout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6sXnpNwaMtd5ja4MyA1YgX\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-43899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spotifyPodcasts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spotifyPodcasts.png 740w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spotifyPodcasts-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spotifyPodcasts-640x163.png 640w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/spotifyPodcasts-720x189.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"f6hij\" data-offset-key=\"7ormq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7ormq-0-0\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_53603_1();\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_53603_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_53603_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_53603_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">ie. fossil fuels must ultimately remain in the ground<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">see full speech <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCQOr9FcSf-M%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExblZMVEx5Y2U2NXREakJ5b3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6SEEr2yBzc7flQmVy5TSBn-kv_Kj2kQaX7BdEUtiR2BAcLQA57WAB7Uzdrug_aem_72vQxuI_Qo42WE1W3wmXLQ&amp;h=AT3aVCPX_la4fz2NG1uEZYfu70LHyIhGQp-1AV6AU0DKBobktELGTiXxSheYz_zE-7iBDFWdq_bBP2HXM6P_uOVSN26Wp2L0_qYoAwpo7VCAVe_42x5CSSVSTDzq-WO62SdTdl3_ucitZlzB1DwKLQ&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT1yem9grR93TyDzw9kZOYWpXNhUkufIJIXg13F8e_RuHpp6jk4oIXATqZ2P7UJlHVQ8c1KNXgjEMdN9IrnEBI6e1XN1dvNC_GeDrHBgAwyi_kLH5DtX8poCqTs_z6-lSBxQOtzL2WzI27B30C3a-kg63iZ4Y1JOiJPUZMk6CuSl9V84eP9diFZ1BVdtsJDvJ5KcCgJlw2vL27h5uBk\">here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/global-revolution\/\">Global Revolution<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&#8220;We think of the great powers of the present day, of the anonymous financial interests which turn men into slaves, which are no longer human things, but are an anonymous power which men serve, by which men are tormented and even slaughtered. They are a destructive power, a power that menaces the world.&#8221; \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Reflection after the reading of the office for the Third Hour this morning in the Synod Aula, Vatican City, October 11, 2010<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Rev 17:3<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-fall-of-mystery-babylon\/\"><em>The Fall of Mystery Babylon<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. \u201cISIS: Made in America\u201d, June 18th, 2014;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/isis-made-in-usa-iraq-geopolitical-arsonists-seek-to-burn-region\/5387475\">globalresearch.ca<\/a>;\u00a0cf.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2014\/09\/how-u-s-weapons-made-it-to-isis\/\">wnd.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">from <em>Agenda: the Grinding Down of America,\u00a0<\/em>documentary by\u00a0<span class=\"st\">Idaho Legislator Curtis Bowers;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/63749370\">www.vimeo.com<\/a><\/span><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">see <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/exposing-this-revolutionary-spirit\/\">Exposing This Revolutionary Spirit<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/01\/19\/99000-babies-are-killed-in-abortions-every-month-in-america\/\">lifenews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_11');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/02\/20\/canada-is-about-to-euthanize-patient-number-100000\/\">lifenews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_12');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/02\/20\/canada-is-killing-people-in-assisted-suicide-the-same-day-they-request-it\/\">lifenews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_13');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/vsrr\/drug-overdose-data.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cdc.gov<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/datalab\/national-surveillance-opioid-mortality.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health-infobase.canada.ca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_14');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldmetrics.org\/internet-pornography-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worldmetrics.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_15');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covenanteyes.com\/pornstats\/\">covenanteyes.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_16');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>16<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Galatians 6:7<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_17');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>17<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-administration-monitor-iran-backed-cells-trump-weighs-strikes\/\">cbsnews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_18');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>18<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/2026\/03\/sleeper-cells-on-standby-security-experts-issue-terrifying-warning-watch\/\">lifezette.com<\/a>; Leo Hoffman wrote: &#8220;In my book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/stealth-invasion-leo-hohmann\/1125470624?ean=9781637580462\">Stealth Invasion<\/a><\/em>, I referred to Muslim Brotherhood documents which prophesied about a \u201czero-hour event.\u201d Zero hour can be any event that sets off panic and chaos among the masses, and at this point the Islamic terrorists all join hands to attack the infidel, whether that be Jews in Israel or Christians in the West. All the terror cells get activated.&#8221; (October 8, 2023;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leohohmann.com\/2023\/10\/08\/globalists-open-second-front-in-world-war-iii-attack-on-israel-activates-zero-hour-around-the-world-and-america-is-not-immune\/\">leohohmann.com<\/a>) <\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_19');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>19<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">rulings based on Islamic law<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_20');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>20<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani and Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202603010955\">iranintl.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_21');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>21<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chasing-apocalypse-radical-shiite-clerics-american-soil-preach-prophetic-showdown-us\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_22');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>22<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chasing-apocalypse-radical-shiite-clerics-american-soil-preach-prophetic-showdown-us\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_53603_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_53603_1_23');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>23<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/in-one-hour\/\"><em>In One Hour<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_53603_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_53603_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_53603_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_53603_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_53603_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_53603_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_53603_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_53603_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_53603_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_53603_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_53603_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_53603_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_53603_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_53603_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have been sitting on this article for weeks, waiting for the right moment to publish it. 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