Osama Bin Laden: The Antichrist? (Landov/Reuters)

Nostradamus' Les Propheties depicts the rise of this man, referred to as Mabus in some passages, in Century 5 Quatrain 55:

"Out of the country of Greater Arabia
Shall be born a strong master of Mohammed...
He will enter Europe wearing a blue turban.
He will be the terror of mankind.
Never more horror."

The seer later goes on to document the sudden and violent death of Mabus, marking the beginning of the apocalypse.

"...there will come
A horrible undoing of people and animals:
At once vengeance one will see vengeance,
One hundred hands, thirst, famine, when the comet will run."

Using the same logic as in the earlier prophecies, Nostradamus conceals the name of the last antichrist in an anagram. However, if we begin to decode this veiled speech and transpose the letter "b" for the letter "a" we can clearly see that Mabus rearranged easily becomes Usamb, just a single letter off from Usama, the frenetic pronunciation of Osama.

The Death of Mabus and the Broken Seal

Mabus' story does not really begin until his death. After Mabus dies, the prophecy indicates many horrific events will occur, including drought, worldwide hunger and global destruction at the hands of an errant comet colliding with earth.

The seven seals prophecy perfectly mirrors these events, describing plagues, devastation and death as "stars of the heaven fell to the earth... and every mountain and island - out of their places they were moved."

A large comet referred to as Elenin is expected to pass closest to earth on Oct. 16, 2011, just shy of six months following the killing of Osama Bin Laden, exactly as both texts describe.

Is it possible that with the sudden death of this generation's most malevolent public figure we have inadvertently triggered the countdown to mankind's doom? We'll soon find out.

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