I saw satan fall like lightning from heaven...

The Mahdi allows the destruction of "big Satan" at the hands of its creditors. Whether this destruction occurs literally remains to be seen although I see no reason to see Revelation 18 as symbolic when the text can be taken for what it is worth. The collapse of the USA as the lone superpower and alongside it the world's current reserve currency would be a sign to the muslim world that whoever manipulated this "from within" is to be perceived as the messiah. That a muslim would be able to penetrate/infiltrate the ranks of the world's superpower is already a sign. That he would be the catalyst in the demise of it is a major sign. Given that darkness operates in secret, the mahdi will never come out and say " I am the mahdi, worship me". By doing so it would go against the principles of darkness. That Islam and socialism have one thing in common is one very interesting idea. That a New World Order would be socialist in nature is another. The one thing that prevented a New World Order from giving birth in the past was the obstacle of how to get the muslim middle east to come along. That obstacle has now been erased by the likes of Baracko himself. As Tony Blair stated..."The forces shaping this world are very strong...and they point in one direction".