Pope in Middle East

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The Pope arrived in the Middle East today:

Pope hopes church can play role in Mideast peace

Associated Press – May 8, 2009
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI said Friday he hopes the Catholic church can play a role in the Middle East peace process as he began his first trip to the region with a stop in Jordan, where he hopes to improve frayed ties with Muslims…

“We are not a political power but a spiritual power that can contribute,” Benedict told reporters on the plane before he landed in Amman.

The pope was met at the airport by Jordan’s King Abdullah, Queen Rania and Muslim and Christian leaders. A Jordanian army band equipped with bagpipes and drums played the Vatican and Jordanian national anthems before the pope and the king inspected the honor guard.

Benedict’s three-day stay in Jordan is his first visit to an Arab country as pope. During his time in the country, Benedict is scheduled to meet with Muslim religious leaders at Amman’s largest mosque—his second visit to a Muslim place of worship since becoming pope in 2005. He prayed in Istanbul’s famed Blue Mosque…http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98220O80&show_article=1.

The Bible speaks of a time when a peace treaty will be made in this part of the world and then broken:

26b And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate (Daniel 9:26-27).

While this deal will not happen yet, the stage for this is now being set.

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