{"id":7803,"date":"2011-07-16T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T17:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=7803"},"modified":"2011-07-16T10:17:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T18:17:25","slug":"thousands-mourn-otto-von-habsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/religious-news\/thousands-mourn-otto-von-habsburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Mourn Otto von Habsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/HolyRomanEmpCrown.jpg\" alt=\"Crown of the  Beast of Revelation?\" \/><br \/>\nCrown of the &#8220;Holy Roman Empire&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Otto von Habsburg&#8217;s death is being mourned today:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">Reuters &#8211; July 16, 2011<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">VIENNA &#8211; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">Thousands of mourners joined European royalty on  Saturday for the funeral of Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, the eldest son of the last  Austrian emperor.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">..\u201cHe always knew that there is much more which unites  us on the European continent than divides us. It was a most important message  for all of us,\u201d Poland\u2019s Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, told  Austrian television.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">Habsburg was a member of the European Parliament for  the German state of Bavaria for two decades and gave lecture tours around the  world on politics.\u00a0 <a title=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/16\/thousands-mourn-son-of-last-austrian-emperor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/16\/thousands-mourn-son-of-last-austrian-emperor\">http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/16\/thousands-mourn-son-of-last-austrian-emperor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><\/p>\n<h3>Habsburg eulogized in elaborate funeral ceremony<\/h3>\n<p>AP &#8211; July 16, 2011  excerpt<\/p>\n<p>In a message read by Papal Nunzio Peter Stephan Zurbriggen,<strong> Pope  Benedict XVI<\/strong> praised the gaunt, bespectacled scion of the Austrian  empire who was also a member of the European Parliament as a &#8220;great European &#8230;  who engaged himself tirelessly for the peace and coexistence of peoples and for  a fair system on this continent.&#8221;\u00a0 <span><a title=\"http:\/\/m.ctv.ca\/topstories\/20110716\/funeral-otto-von-habsburg-110716.html\" href=\"http:\/\/m.ctv.ca\/topstories\/20110716\/funeral-otto-von-habsburg-110716.html\">http:\/\/m.ctv.ca\/topstories\/20110716\/funeral-otto-von-habsburg-110716.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/herbertwarmstrong.htm\">Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> used to believe that Otto von Habsburg was one to watch as a leader in Europe.   Otto von Habsburg was quite influential in helping put together what is now the 500,000,000 person empire called the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>In the 21st century there are Habsburg&#8217;s (sometimes spelled Hapsburg) with political influence in at least Austria, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Ukraine, and the European Parliament.  Perhaps I should mention that many of the queens of France and Portugal were daughters of Habsburgs (as well as some in other lands as well) (see also <a title=\"Habsburg Family Still Influential in and Near Europe\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/prophecy\/habsburg-family-still-influential-in-and-near-europe\/\">Habsburg Family Still Influential in and Near Europe<\/a> for more details).<\/p>\n<p>Here is some of what Rod McNair of the Living Church of God reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong>Otto von Hapsburg Dies at 98.<\/strong> The oldest son of  Austria-Hungary\u2019s last emperor died   last Monday.  Otto von Hapsburg  became the head of the Hapsburg family in 1922,   at the age of nine,  when Charles I, his father, died.  In the latter half of the   20th  century, Otto von Hapsburg became a key force for the European    integration we are seeing today.  European Commission President Barroso  called   him \u201ca great European&#8230; who gave an important impetus to the  European project   throughout his rich life\u201d (<a title=\"http:\/\/www.abc6.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc6.com\/\">www.abc6.com<\/a>).     As an acquaintance and guest of Mr. Herbert Armstrong, Otto von  Hapsburg visited   Ambassador College in the 1980s and shared his vision  of a united Europe in   interviews published in <em>The<\/em> <em>Plain Truth<\/em> magazine.<\/div>\n<div>The passing of this fascinating and influential man\u2014the   son of an  emperor\u2014reminds us of the pivotal times we are living in.  The world    is waiting for one final king to rise over a united Europe, who will  exercise   great authority and will \u201ccontinue a short time\u201d (Revelation  17:10).  Ten other   \u201ckings\u201d will give their sovereignty to him and  fight against the returning Jesus   Christ (verses 12-14).  But the  \u201ccalled, chosen, and faithful\u201d saints will be   with Christ, and share  in His victory over this coming dictator.  Brethren,   these are  incredible and historic times!  As these events unfold, we must never    lose sight of who we are, why we are here, and what\u2019s just ahead!<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All the emperors of the old &#8220;Holy Roman Empire&#8221; were part of what has  been known as the Habsburg line.  Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy  Roman Emperor,   reputedly with  the crown shown above, by Pope Leo III  in Rome on Christmas Night, 800   AD.  And now, over 1200 years later,  the descendants of that family are still influential in and near Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Although he does not have the word &#8220;Habsburg&#8221; in his incredibly long name, Baron Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob  Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg&#8217;s mother was a Habsburg which means that the Baron is a descendant of that line too.  He is one to watch in European politics as I have often written.  He, for example, may just become the final one that the Bible refers to as the King of the North (Daniel 11:21-45) and Beast (Revelation 13).  If the Baron is the one, Having influential distant relatives may assist his attainment to power.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy of Otto von Habsburg is likely to be favorable towards Karl zu Guttenberg.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/kingofthenorth.htm\">Who is the King of  the North?<\/a> Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies  point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of  the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to  happen to the English-speaking peoples of<span> the  United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand<\/span>?  When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and  half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic  collapse will affect the United States?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/europa.htm\">Europa, the Beast, and  Revelation<\/a> Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to  do with the Book of Revelation? What about &#8220;the Beast&#8221;? Is an emerging  European power &#8220;the daughter of Babylon&#8221;? What is ahead for Europe?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/karl-theodor-zu-guttenberg-king-of-the-north.htm\">Might German Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg become the King of the North?<\/a> Is the German Defense Minister one to watch? What do Catholic, Byzantine, and biblical prophecies suggest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crown of the &#8220;Holy Roman Empire&#8221; COGwriter Otto von Habsburg&#8217;s death is being mourned today: Reuters &#8211; July 16, 2011 VIENNA &#8211; Thousands of mourners joined European royalty on Saturday for the funeral of Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, the eldest son of the last Austrian emperor&#8230;\u201cHe always knew that there is much more which unites us on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religious-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7805,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803\/revisions\/7805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}