Imam, Jewish Messiah, and the Return of Jesus Christ

I saw this article this morning, and there was a part of it that struck me in particular.
On the one hand, you have protestant extremists who believe the following:

That is because Christian Fundamentalists believe that the state of Israel is a creation of God and has a key role to play in the Final Battle between Good and Evil, as foretold in the Book Revelations in the Bible.

They believe that this Final Battle— which may have already begun—will reach its zenith in the hills around the valley of Megido (from which the word “Armageddon” is derived) and as a result, “the valley from Galilee to Eilat will flow with blood” and 144,000 male, virgin Jews will convert to Christianity, and this will be the signal for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
So Israel has to be defended at all cost because it has a special role to play in their apocalyptic vision of the End Days, even if most of the Jews will be wiped out.

On the other hand, you have extremist muslims who believe the following:

On the other hand, there is a sub-sect in Shia Islam that has a similar apocalyptic vision. Shia Muslims trace their doctrinal roots to Imam Hussein, a prophet and martyr who was killed by the Sunnis at about 834 AD in the holy city of Kerbala in what is now Iraq. This Shia sub-sect also believs in a Muslim version of the End Days, including the Second Coming of Imam Hussein.

What this particular article doesn't hit on is the fact that the Jews are still waiting for their messiah, and according to their tradition, He will be a conquering messiah.

So, what we have is a military situation brewing over three distinct, extremist mentalities focused on certain prophecies that are all very similar, awaiting similar "Messiahs" who will help their individual cause.

Here's where it gets interesting. According to a letter attributed to Albert Pike, three world wars were designed to bring about a one world government. While certain aspects of the letter seem to indicate that it may have been written sometime between WW I and WW II, the part of the letter that is of particular interest is the part on WW III; not because of what it says about the middle east, but the manner in which it suggests the use of terrorism and the lead to disillusionment with Christianity and atheism.

"Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view."

Whether or not the letter is a forgery, Pawns in the Game (the book referencing the letter) was written in 1956, long before terrorism was anywhere near being a household term, and well before anyone gave any thought to the Middle East as being a world political problem anytime in the near future. And to say that citizens (implying that they, and not military forces would be the targets) around the world would have to defend themselves from a world minority (referring to islamic forces; ie terrorists) is quite the prediction. But what is most revealing is that Christians, atheists, and the rest will follow the "true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer," after the conflict. While I can't verify the authenticity of the letter itself, it does paint a rather chilling vision of the future (which seems to be unfolding right in front of us).

But this all begs the question, "Why would all these extremist groups suddenly follow the same ideal, or the same man?" It seems to me that they would follow the same man because they all thought he was the fulfillment of their own prophecy. What if the Imam Hussein claims to also be Jesus returned to earth, and also claims to be the Jewish Messiah? What if his claim is that they are all parts to a greater whole, and calls for "unity"? Could it be that the anti-Christ referred to by Cardinal Giacomo Biffi may be this individual calling for religious unity? It's hard to say, but when one contemplates the religious and political pushes throughout the world, there are two that stand out the most: the push for universal open boarders (global governance), and the push for a synchretistic, unified world religion.

I'm certainly not saying that this is the case, though in many ways, it makes a whole lot of sense of a whole lot of things.