Man Predicts World War 3 to Start Next Week, Does It Line Up With Other End-Time Prophecies?
Villegas explained the predicted World War 3 is in line with what the Lady of Fatima said in 1917. Google Commons
In
a few days, the world will witness the beginning of World War 3,
according to a self-proclaimed "messenger of God," but how does his
prediction line up with other end-time prophecies?
Horacio Villegas, a Roman Catholic, said
the war will start on May 13, which coincides with the 100th anniversary
of the apparition of the Lady of Fatima in Portugal. He also foretold
when the war will end: October 13.
Villegas said the revelation was given to him in a dream, wherein he
saw "balls of fire," or missiles, falling from the sky and causing much
devastation.
"I saw balls of fire falling from the sky and hitting the Earth," he told
Daily Star. "I believe these were symbolic of the nuclear missiles that will fall on cities and people throughout the world."
He also saw people frantically trying to escape the terror.
Villegas said World War 3 will happen just
as the Lady of Fatima said, that if Russia will not be converted to the
Catholic faith, then God will use it to bring great destruction on
earth.
Before giving this prophecy, Villegas correctly predicted two recent
events. The first is Donald Trump being installed as U.S. president. The
second is the bombing of Syria by the U.S., which he foretold would
happen between April 13 and May 13 and would involve Syria and North
Korea.
However, where does his prediction fit into other end-time prophecies?
In the book of Matthew, Jesus says that in the last days, "you will
hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for
this must take place, but the end is not yet." (Matthew 24:6)
Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have recently intensified.
On Tuesday, North Korea issued a warning against the U.S. saying its
actions are driving the situation closer to war.
"Due to the U.S. military provocations that are becoming more
explicit day by day, the situation in the Korean peninsula ... is being
driven to a point close to nuclear war," a broadcaster
announced over state media.
Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor Greg Laurie said North Korea's
threat to the U.S. should not be taken lightly. He said the end-time
prophecies in the Bible do not refer to a nation that resembles North
Korea, but he believes Iran, which is mentioned in these prophecies,
could get its weapons from North Korea.
"Here is what concerns me. We do not find the reigning superpower on
the face of the Earth anywhere in the Last Days scenario. Other nations
emerge. So where is America? I pray we are not out of the picture,
because we have been in some kind of nuclear conflict," Laurie
said.
End-time prophecies do not focus only on wars but also on what the
condition of some churches will be. The Bible mentions of believers
becoming "lukewarm" and desiring to listen only to what they want to
hear.
In 1968, a 90-year-old woman from Norway prophesied that before World
War 3 begins and Jesus Christ returns, the church would experience
"lukewarmness without parallel," a "falling away from true, living
Christianity" and a great moral degradation.
Christians, she said, wouldn't want to "hear of sin and grace, law and gospel, repentance and restoration."
"There will come a substitute instead: prosperity (happiness)
Christianity. The important thing will be to have success, to be
something; to have material things, things that God never promised us in
this way," she said, according to
Charisma News.
"Churches and prayer houses will be emptier and emptier. Instead of
the preaching we have been used to for generations -like, to take your
cross up and follow Jesus-entertainment, art and culture will invade the
churches where there should have been gatherings for repentance and
revival," she said.
She added that these signs will increase as Jesus' return becomes imminent.
Despite all these, the Bible says the end times will be marked with a great harvest.
Christian author and prophet Dutch Sheets recently said God's enemies
are becoming "fearful" and evil spirits are manifesting because they
know the church has entered into "a season where we can experience great
breakthrough."
"In fact, some of the breakthroughs that we have been crying out for
and interceding for, for years, maybe decades - we are in a season where
we can experience the fullness of that breakthrough," he
said.
While Sheets acknowledges the seriousness of the situation with North
Korea, he said he is not alarmed by it. He urged believers to "pray for
the overthrow of the evil regime" in the rogue nation.
"I believe God wants to save the North Korean people, to reunify the North and the South," he said.
Sheets said this is a time when Christians should diligently pray for government leaders.
"I believe He wants enough stability in the earth that will allow Him
to bring forth the harvest that He has intended for this season," he
said.
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