My friend Dustin told me this story last night about President Monson:

Rumors have it that President Monson is from the tribe of Levi. The fact that he became a bishop so early in his life is proof of this, according to some people. When he became prophet, there was a lot of talk that he would be the last prophet before the Second Coming because in section 13 of the Doctrine and Covenants, John the Baptist gives Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdrey the priesthood and says:

“…and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.”

And so, the fact that we may or may not have a Levite prophet has sparked the imagination of many people concerning the Lord’s timeline and Christ’s return. Any minute now, President Monson will re-institute Levitical sacrificial rites in the temple and “offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness,” sparking the Second Coming.

According to the rumors, anyway.