{"id":54548,"date":"2026-08-27T12:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=54548"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:04:48","slug":"by-our-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/by-our-own-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"By Our Own Hands","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-54549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/By-Our-Own-Hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/By-Our-Own-Hands.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/By-Our-Own-Hands-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/By-Our-Own-Hands-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/By-Our-Own-Hands-768x947.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" 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)<\/span><span id=\"more-49782\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-19712762\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1172402\/episodes\/19712762?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\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\/Y0zqgvv5cf8\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"mks_dropcap_letter\" style=\"font-size: 60px; color: #2d2d2d; \">T<\/span>here have been a few key words over the years upon which this writing apostolate revolves. One of them, as long-time readers are well acquainted with, came to me out of the blue some 20 years ago as I watched a storm rolling across the prairies:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>There is a Great Storm coming upon the earth like a hurricane.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, I was led to read Revelation Chapter Six and the passage of Christ opening the &#8220;seven seals.&#8221; As I began to read, another word resounded in my heart: &#8220;<em>This IS the Great Storm.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0But there has always been a kind of footnote to that &#8220;now word&#8221; along this line:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The labor pains are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">man-made<\/span> chastisements.\u00a0<\/em>(see Matt 24:5-8)<\/p>\n<p>As I watch the headlines unfold today, it&#8217;s incredible to see \u2014 not only these seals of Revelation unfolding before our eyes \u2014 but also how they are indeed of our own making&#8230;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>The Seven Seals of Revolution<\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54014 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Into-the-Storm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Into-the-Storm.jpg 1753w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Into-the-Storm-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Into-the-Storm-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Into-the-Storm-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Into-the-Storm-1536x1139.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/>I have addressed the content of these seals in detail in numerous writings and podcasts.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-seven-seals-of-revolution\/\">The Seven Seals of Revolution<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-day-of-light\/\">The Great Day of Light<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/brace-for-impact\/\">Brace for Impact<\/a>,<\/em> etc.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Briefly, after what appears to be a time of mercy (first seal; explained in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/timeline\/\">Timeline<\/a>) is that peace is then taken from the earth (second seal); inflation and economic collapse follow (third seal); the fallout is the \u201csword, famine, and plague\u201d \u2014 that is, social unrest, food shortages, and new \u201cpandemics\u201d (fourth seal); a violent persecution ensues (fifth seal); and then comes the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/eye-of-the-storm\/\">eye of the Storm<\/a>\u201d, a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-day-of-light\/\">warning<\/a>\u201d and a moment of decision for humanity (sixth and seventh seal) reeling from utter chaos. It will be a decision to ultimately choose whether to follow Jesus Christ and be marked for Him (Rev 7:3)&#8230; or choose the wide and easy road, and be marked for the Antichrist (Rev 13:16-17). The <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church\u00a0<\/em>adequately summarizes this decisive moment in the future:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Before Christ&#8217;s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the &#8220;mystery of iniquity&#8221; in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. 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.<\/span> <\/strong>\u2014n. 675<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I call the above the &#8220;seven seal of\u00a0<em>revolution&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>precisely because they are borne in a\u00a0<em>revolt\u00a0<\/em>against God, His laws, and the laws of nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>A Word on the Revolution<\/h5>\n<p>Now, note again the choice of words the Catechism employs: that this supreme deception is a &#8216;pseudo-messianism&#8217; where man ultimately puts himself in the place of God (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-dark-proofs\/\"><em>The Dark Proofs<\/em><\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The chief antagonists of this messianism, as pope after pope has warned in the previous two centuries, are the men behind a global plot to dismantle Christendom and replace it with a Marxist ideological framework:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>You are aware indeed, that the goal of this most iniquitous plot is to drive people to overthrow the entire order of human affairs and to draw them over to the wicked theories of this Socialism and Communism\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014POPE PIUS IX,<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.papalencyclicals.net\/Pius09\/p9nostis.htm\">Nostis et Nobiscum<\/a><\/em>, Encyclical, n. 18, DECEMBER 8, 1849<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-42106 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/greatresetimage2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/greatresetimage2.jpg 959w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/greatresetimage2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/greatresetimage2-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/greatresetimage2-640x481.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/>Today, the machinations of this scheme are no longer plotted in the backrooms of secret societies, such as the Illuminati or Freemasons. They are now hidden in plain sight within the framework of the United Nations, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization, Central banks, and so on. They even call this overthrow of all things the &#8220;Fourth Industrial Revolution&#8221; or the &#8220;Great Reset.&#8221; They smooth over their diabolical aims with catch phrases such as &#8220;sustainability and development,&#8221; &#8220;climate change,&#8221; and &#8220;inclusiveness.&#8221; As has been noted by several spiritual authors, their <em>modus operandi<\/em> is to utilize division, war, and economic instability \u2014 in a word,\u00a0<em>chaos\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 to achieve their iniquitous goals. <em>Ordo ab chaos \u2014\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;order out of chaos&#8221; is actually their motto. In the words of French Freemason and philosopher Voltaire:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026when conditions are right, a reign will spread across the whole earth to wipe out all Christians, and then establish a universal brotherhood\u00a0<em>without<\/em>\u00a0marriage, family, property, law or God.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Stephen Mahowald,\u00a0<em>She Shall Crush Thy Head\u00a0<\/em>(Kindle Edition)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is precisely the urgent and painful warning the Blessed Mother tried to convey to the Church in 1917 at Fatima. As Dr. Thomas Petrisko notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mary hoped \u201cto prevent\u201d\u2014 she explained on July 13th [1917] \u2014 the \u201cerrors of Russia,\u201d an approaching atheistic scourge foretold by her to come out of that country and \u201cspread throughout the world.\u201d In Russia, this \u201cerror\u201d would come to life in the form of Communism, as a militant, Masonic funded Marxist revolution explodes in Petrograd on October 25, 1917 \u2014 just two weeks after the closing apparition at F\u00e1tima.<\/strong> \u2014<em>Twilight of Marxism: Medjugorje, the Downfall of Systematic Evil, and the Fulfillment of the Secret of Fatima<\/em> (p. 27), Kindle Edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Without sufficient conversion, Russia would spread its errors throughout the world, causing untold persecutions, trials, and even the annihilation of nations, Our Lady warned. And, just as Voltaire predicted, this final revolution has indeed been about an attack on the very foundations of civilization:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The final battle between the Lord and Satan will be about marriage and the family because it is the decisive issue.<\/strong> \u2014Sr. Lucia of Fatima in a letter to Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, 1983; Ibid., (p. 743), Kindle Edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is all to say these are man-made chastisements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>By Our Own Hands<\/h5>\n<p>Now that you have the backdrop of why and who is behind a global revolution spreading across the world like a cancer, let&#8217;s briefly return to the seals of Revelation Chapter 6 to see exactly how.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54150 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storm-Shore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storm-Shore.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storm-Shore-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storm-Shore-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Storm-Shore-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The <em>second seal<\/em> speaks of a rider upon a red horse who was given a great sword to take peace away from the earth. While I will refrain from suggesting any single conflict is a fulfillment of this Scripture, the present war with Iran in the Middle East is dangerously fomenting the definitive opening of the following seals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <em>third seal<\/em> speaks of hyperinflation or economic collapse, such that an entire day&#8217;s wages is only enough to buy a cup of wheat (Rev 6:6).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I have been listening to a broad spectrum of analysts this past week who are all predicting a new &#8220;Great Depression&#8221; of sorts. Bond markets, they say, are going to burst the stock market bubble;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/the-bond-market-is-going-to-burst-the-stock-market-bubble-1c6f0971\">marketwatch.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> the United States, now over 40 trillion dollars in debt,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-debt-clock.com\/\">us-debt-clock.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> is dangerously close to a currency collapse;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/global-markets\/prepare-for-a-historic-economic-collapse-peter-schiff-explains-why-king-dollars-reign-is-coming-to-an-end\/4089369\/\">financialexpress.com<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is causing an energy crisis, and the price of diesel,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefocalpoints.com\/p\/severe-diesel-shortage-coming-soon?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1119676&amp;post_id=212851505&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=rreeb&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">thefocalpoints.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> upon which the entire world bases most of its commerce and transport, will skyrocket.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PArr9-RMYSg\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Personal bankruptcies are surging in America<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/us\/money\/personal-bankruptcy-debt-americans-b3035825.html\">independent.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> while previous alliances between countries have deteriorated and new trade wars have ensued, driving up the costs of consumer goods.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/canada-trade-trump-ontario-53c4f83c8365c14b372b314396ae8179\">apnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his dialogues with Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta, Jesus seemed to describe the precise hour in which we are living:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Almost all nations live relying on debts; if they do not make debts, they cannot live. And in spite of this they celebrate, they spare themselves nothing, and are making plans of wars, incurring enormous expenses. Do you yourself not see the great blindness and madness into which they have fallen? <\/strong><\/em>(May 26, 1927)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Almost a century later, Our Lady would echo this warning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Humanity is heading towards the abyss of self-destruction that men have prepared with their own hands. Lack of love for the truth will lead humanity to the spiritual abyss.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>\u2014to Pedro Regis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/pedro-humanity-heading-towards-abyss-of-self-destruction\/\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>fourth seal\u00a0<\/em>seems to describe the fallout of war and economic collapse in the classic biblical formula of self-induced chastisement: the &#8220;sword, famine, and plague.&#8221; It takes little imagination to see that the sword may not only represent ongoing war, but anarchy with roaming gangs and street warfare.<\/p>\n<p>What about famine? According to bankers JP Morgan, a global food crisis could be on the horizon with massive fertilizer shortages coupled with the impacts of a historic <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/08\/1168079\">El Ni\u00f1o<\/a> weather trend.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/slaynews.com\/jpmorgan-sounds-alarm-looming-global-food-crisis\/\">slay.com<\/a>; &#8220;Strengthening El Ni\u00f1o to push 49 million more people into acute hunger&#8221;, cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/08\/1168079\">un.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_9', 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>And plagues? What can be said about the continued use of flawed (if not fraudulent) PCR tests to inflate the dangers of a bird flu pandemic to justify the widespread culling of animals and birds; Ebola is out of control in the Congo;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/congo-ebola-spread-vaccine\/a-78457248\">dw.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> chronic wasting disease (CDW) is spreeading through deer herds in North America;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slaynews.com\/biologists-sound-alarm-incurable-deadly-threat-humans\/\">slaynews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and scientists using artificial intelligence have recently created 16 new pathogens \u2014 a technology that could easily be utilized to manufacture bioweapons.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sciencetech\/article-16035817\/Artificial-Armageddon-AI-designs-16-new-VIRUSES.html\">dailymail.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_12', 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>The\u00a0<em>fifth seal,<\/em> again, speaks of what appears to be a tribulation well in progress, of those &#8220;who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne&#8221; (Rev 6:9). St. John sees these souls crying out to God, pleading: &#8220;How long will it be, holy and true master, before you sit in judgment and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?\u201d (v. 10). Statistically, &#8220;There have been more Christians martyred in the past century than in all the previous centuries,\u201d said Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Pope&#8217;s representative to France five years ago.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2020\/08\/30\/there-are-more-christian-martyrs-now-than-in-all-the-previous-centuries\/\">aleteia.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Today, that cry is heard no more clearly than in Africa (particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-nigerian-gift\/\">Nigeria<\/a>) where families are being regularly butchered, their homes razed, and churches burned to the ground.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-16071761\/Jihadists-slaughter-kidnap-dozens-people-not-practicing-true-teachings-Islam-Friday-prayers-Nigeria.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2026\/08\/nigerian-christians-mass-burials-have-become-way-life\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Violence towards Christians is spreading not only in places like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-16077745\/Massacre-church-40-dead-executed-terror-gang-Haiti.html\">Haiti,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/talibans-apostasy-laws-put-afghan-christians-at-risk-of-genocide.html\">Afghanistan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/catholic-leaders-urge-protection-for-christian-village-attacked-in-bangladesh\">Bangladesh<\/a>, but even in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worthynews.com\/116753-violence-against-christians-churches-rising-across-europe-monitor-says-worthy-news-in-depth\">Europe<\/a>. Arguably, the first stages of a Christian persecution is well underway in North America; in Canada alone, over 33 churches have been burned to the ground in just the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, all of the above Jesus describes as only &#8220;the beginning of the labor pains&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Matthew 24:8<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> that seem to crescendo with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-day-of-light\/\"><em>final sifting<\/em><\/a> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/when-the-weeds-begin-to-head\/\"><em>When the Weeds Begin to Head<\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/a> through the sixth and seventh seals. Why? Perhaps, at least in part, because the ultimate goal of this global revolution is a plan to <em>depopulate<\/em> the earth.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-labor-pains-depopulation\/\"><em>The Labor Pains: Depopulation?<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> This is hardly a so-called &#8220;conspiracy theory.&#8221; Globalists like Henry Kissinger,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;Depopulation should be the highest priority of U.S. foreign policy towards the Third World.&#8221; \u2014National Security Memo 200, April 24, 1974, \u201cImplications of worldwide population growth for U.S. security &amp; overseas interests\u201d; National Security Council\u2019s Ad Hoc Group on Population Policy<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Bill Gates,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;The world today has 6.8 billion people. That\u2019s headed up to about nine billion. Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent.&#8221; \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_gates_innovating_to_zero\/discussion\">TED talk<\/a>, February 20th, 2010; cf. the 4:30 mark<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and university professors<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_20');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_20');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_20\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[20]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_20\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">&#8220;Society globally has to collectively decide that we need to drastically lower our population very quickly.&#8221; \u2014Arne Mooers, Simon Fraser University biodiversity professor and a co-author of the study: <em>Approaching a state-shift in Earth\u2019s biosphere<\/em>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terradaily.com\/reports\/Study_predicts_imminent_irreversible_planetary_collapse_999.html\">TerraDaily<\/a>, June 11th, 2012<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_20').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_20', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> have long lamented what they claim to be the overpopulation of the earth.\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">In fact, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/sd.71358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study<\/a> published this month by a group of international scientists is pushing to slash the Earth&#8217;s population by a staggering 4 billion people to achieve what they describe as a \u201csustainable\u201d future for those selected to remain on Earth.<\/span><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_21');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_21');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_21\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[21]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_21\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slaynews.com\/scientists-push-plan-slash-global-population-4-billion\/\">slaynews.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_21').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_21', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> &#8220;Among the benefits,&#8221; they conclude, &#8220;are habitat recovery and conservation of wild species, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, reduced conflict over resources, and the reduction of global poverty.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_22');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_22');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_22\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[22]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_22\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see study: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/sd.71358\">Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_22').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_22', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> By the way, that&#8217;s exactly the agenda of the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of Pope Benedict:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026we must not underestimate the disturbing scenarios that threaten our future, or the powerful new instruments that the \u201cculture of death\u201d has at its disposal.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI,\u00a0<em>Caritas in Veritate,\u00a0<\/em>n. 75<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Instruments, for example, such as so-called &#8220;mRNA vaccines,&#8221; according to the former Vice President of Pfizer himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Biotechnology provides you with limitless ways, frankly, to injure or kill billions of people\u2026. I\u2019m very worried\u2026 that pathway will be used for mass depopulation, because I can\u2019t think of any benign explanation\u2026 <\/strong>\u2014Dr. Mike Yeadon, former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy &amp; Respiratory at Pfizer, interview, April 7th, 2021;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/exclusive-former-pfizer-vp-your-government-is-lying-to-you-in-a-way-that-could-lead-to-your-death\">lifesitenews.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41578 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/commrevolution.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/commrevolution.jpg 856w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/commrevolution-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/commrevolution-768x897.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/commrevolution-640x748.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/>As such, the current, and I would say clearly suicidal trajectory of global leaders to bring all our systems to a grinding halt, bears all the hallmarks of deliberately fomenting a <em>revolution<\/em>. War gives way to energy and economic crises; hyperinflation and fuel shortages give way to famine, disease, and societal chaos; these, in turn, foment a revolutionary spirit against authority, including <em>spiritual<\/em> authority; and if left unabated, the conditions become ripe for another &#8220;pseudo-messianic&#8221; communist reign. <em>Create the problems, present the solutions<\/em>. After all, haven&#8217;t globalists, since COVID, been promising in a synchronized chorus that they will &#8220;build back better&#8221;? Well, they have to tear it all down first in order to achieve what the Prime Minister of Canada, a leading globalist, recently called &#8220;the New World Order.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_23');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_23');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_23\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[23]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_23\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=04foFAvsN6Q&amp;pp=ygUWY2FybmV5IG5ldyB3b3JsZCBvcmRlcg%3D%3D\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vksJ7m2PjbM&amp;pp=ygUWY2FybmV5IG5ldyB3b3JsZCBvcmRlcg%3D%3D\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_23').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_23', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>Our Lady Pleads<\/h5>\n<p>And yet, all of this, according to Our Lady, can be mitigated \u2014 not only through our prayers and fasting, but most especially by our personal conversions \u2014 one soul at a time. It can be mitigated because these travails are, first and foremost, the fruit of a Church and world that has, by and large, forsaken the Gospel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>The day will come when many will repent, but it will be late. You will yet see horrors on Earth. Men have defied the Creator and will drink the bitter chalice that they prepared with their own hands. <\/strong><\/em>\u2014a message alledgly to Pedro Regis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/pedro-chastisement-by-mans-own-hands\/\">May 3, 2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53256 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mary-Storm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mary-Storm.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mary-Storm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mary-Storm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mary-Storm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mary-Storm-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>In a message to Italian seer, Simona, the Blessed Mother says, <em>&#8220;If you are immersed in my love, if you strengthen yourselves with prayer, if you live the holy sacraments, if you bend your knees and adore my beloved Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, evil cannot do anything to you. You will not fall into its traps.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>She adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>But alas, my children, if you do not do all this, you are easy prey. \u2014<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/simona-the-barriers-that-protect-you\/\">January 8, 2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To Angela, a seer at the same apparition site, Our Lady confirms that these chastisements are self-inflicted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>My dearly beloved children, everything bad that happens is not a chastisement from God. God is not sending chastisements [at the moment]. Everything bad that is happening is caused by human wickedness.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.countdowntothekingdom.com\/angela-do-not-blame-god\/\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sr. Lucia, one of the three seers of Fatima, also came to this conclusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8230;Russia has invaded the world with her errors. And if we have not yet seen the complete fulfillment of the final part of this prophecy, we are going towards it little by little with great strides\u2026 And let us not say that it is God who is punishing us in this way; on the contrary it is people themselves who are preparing their own punishment\u2026<\/strong> \u2014letter to the Holy Father, May 12th, 1982<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As I said recently in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-dark-proofs\/\">The Dark Proofs<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>we are witnessing what happens when entire nations abandon God. As the prophet Hosea said, &#8220;When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_24');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_54548_1('footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_24');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_24\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[24]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_24\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Hos 8:7<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_1_24').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_54548_1_24', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Great Storm is a hurricane of our own making.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Jesus is Lord of this Storm<\/h5>\n<p>But let&#8217;s avoid the temptation to think that Satan is all-powerful. On the contrary, God is using, and will use these tribulations to draw us back to himself. As Our Lady said to Mirjana of Medjugorje, who was permitted to see the Devil one day&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><i>Excuse me for this, but you must realize that Satan exists. One day he appeared before the throne of God and asked permission to submit the Church to a period of trial. God gave him permission to try the Church for one century. This century is under the power of the Devil, but when the secrets confided to you come to pass, his power will be destroyed. Even now he is beginning to lose his power and has become aggressive. He is destroying marriages, creating division among priests and is responsible for obsessions and murder. You must protect yourselves against these things through fasting and prayer, especially community prayer. Carry blessed objects with you. Put them in your house, and restore the use of holy water.<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50753 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee-1236x1536.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rembrandt_Christ_in_the_Storm_on_the_Lake_of_Galilee-1648x2048.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/>If Providence has permitted this Great Storm, it is entirely out of love for His poor, wretched creatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>The human weakness is so much that many times he does not care about My Graces, he is deaf to My Voice, he laughs at My Love. But it is enough to touch his skin, to remove the things necessary to natural life, that it abases his haughtiness. He feels so humiliated that he makes himself a rag, and I do what I want with him. 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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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\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_54548_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_54548_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_54548_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_54548_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_54548_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-seven-seals-of-revolution\/\">The Seven Seals of Revolution<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-day-of-light\/\">The Great Day of Light<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/brace-for-impact\/\">Brace for Impact<\/a>,<\/em> etc.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/the-bond-market-is-going-to-burst-the-stock-market-bubble-1c6f0971\">marketwatch.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-debt-clock.com\/\">us-debt-clock.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/global-markets\/prepare-for-a-historic-economic-collapse-peter-schiff-explains-why-king-dollars-reign-is-coming-to-an-end\/4089369\/\">financialexpress.com<\/a>, <\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefocalpoints.com\/p\/severe-diesel-shortage-coming-soon?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1119676&amp;post_id=212851505&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=rreeb&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">thefocalpoints.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PArr9-RMYSg\">YouTube<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/us\/money\/personal-bankruptcy-debt-americans-b3035825.html\">independent.co.uk<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/canada-trade-trump-ontario-53c4f83c8365c14b372b314396ae8179\">apnews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/slaynews.com\/jpmorgan-sounds-alarm-looming-global-food-crisis\/\">slay.com<\/a>; &#8220;Strengthening El Ni\u00f1o to push 49 million more people into acute hunger&#8221;, cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/08\/1168079\">un.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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.dw.com\/en\/congo-ebola-spread-vaccine\/a-78457248\">dw.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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:\/\/slaynews.com\/biologists-sound-alarm-incurable-deadly-threat-humans\/\">slaynews.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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.dailymail.com\/sciencetech\/article-16035817\/Artificial-Armageddon-AI-designs-16-new-VIRUSES.html\">dailymail.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2020\/08\/30\/there-are-more-christian-martyrs-now-than-in-all-the-previous-centuries\/\">aleteia.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-16071761\/Jihadists-slaughter-kidnap-dozens-people-not-practicing-true-teachings-Islam-Friday-prayers-Nigeria.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2026\/08\/nigerian-christians-mass-burials-have-become-way-life\/\">here<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">Matthew 24:8<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/when-the-weeds-begin-to-head\/\"><em>When the Weeds Begin to Head<\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-labor-pains-depopulation\/\"><em>The Labor Pains: Depopulation?<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">&#8220;Depopulation should be the highest priority of U.S. foreign policy towards the Third World.&#8221; \u2014National Security Memo 200, April 24, 1974, \u201cImplications of worldwide population growth for U.S. security &amp; overseas interests\u201d; National Security Council\u2019s Ad Hoc Group on Population Policy<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_54548_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_54548_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_54548_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\">&#8220;The world today has 6.8 billion people. That\u2019s headed up to about nine billion. 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