NOTE: The following post gives more details on the topics covered below: “The Daniel 11:22 War”, “Sheep/Goat Nations”, “Satanism”, “London = Babylon the Great?” https://dangreenup.com/geopolitics-and-bible-prophecy/
The Daniel 11:22 War
Recently, Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled that it was legal to amend the constitution to allow Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036. This has led some people to ask: is Putin the Antichrist?
For starters, the Antichrist is known as Gog. Gog is of Magog and the ruler of Meshech and Tubal at the time of the end. Do these names refer to places or ethnicities? Genesis 10:1-2 says these three guys were sons of Japheth, one of Noah’s sons. So, Magog, Meshech and Tubal are people groups, not geographic locations. Put differently, these names are referring to specific ethnicities. Ezekiel 38:8 makes it clear that Gog’s invasion will happen in the final years before Christ’s return, which means it’s important to find out where the descendants of Magog, Meshech and Tubal eventually settled.
In his book The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors, Bodie Hodge did a lot of excellent research on this very subject. As it turns out, they settled in many places, but they all have strong connections to Russia. Magog is commonly associated with most Slavic-speaking peoples, including Russia, Meshech is commonly associated with the Moscow region of Russia and Tubal is commonly associated with Siberian Russia, reflected in the name of the Siberian city Tobolsk. Look at pages 179-180 of Bodie Hodge’s book The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors for details. Obviously, Russia is about as far north of Israel as you can get and Ezekiel 38:15 tells us that Gog will come from “the remote parts of the north.”
By the way, Daniel 11:21-45 calls the Antichrist the King of the North. While that seems to confirm a Russian Antichrist, this title actually described the leaders of the Seleucid Empire, which was based in Syria and Iraq. Daniel 8:9 says the Antichrist will rise out of the western part of the Seleucid Empire, Syria. This is discussed in detail in our Daniel 11:21-45 series. Putting Ezekiel 38 and Daniel 11 together, the Antichrist will be the ruler of Russia at the time of the end who comes to power in Syria. Is that Vladimir Putin? It’s tough to say, but his intelligence background, strategic mind and general cunning make him an attractive candidate.
Sheep/Goat nations
The United States is done being the world’s policeman. Our navy isn’t defending global shipping lanes anymore and we’re no longer giving the world unrestricted access to our market. It’s not a new era; it’s a return to a world without a global policeman. With uncertainty about the safety of shipping routes and restricted access to America’s market, many countries will be in danger of collapse. Like it was before the US decided to protect the world and share its wealth, there’ll be wars of expansion.
President Trump always planned on destroying the Chinese Communist Party by decoupling America’s economy from China’s economy. Through tariffs and certain trade deals, President Trump has already been incentivizing reshoring, the return of American companies manufacturing in the US. It’s becoming too expensive to export their products to the American market. Since the US is the world’s biggest consumer market, over time these companies will shift most or all of their production to the US to avoid costly tariffs. Well, the Wuhan virus has only accelerated America’s decoupling from China. President Trump issued an executive order in July of 2019 on buying American, but he’s going to issue a more extensive one in response to the Wuhan virus fiasco.
This gradual decoupling, which appears to be speeding up, will throw China into serious economic upheaval and domestic unrest. With China’s economy in shambles and the Chinese Communist Party dealing with serious domestic unrest, Russia will become the most influential foreign power in the Middle East and Africa. It will lead to several wars, including the Antichrist’s violent conquest of the Middle East and many African nations north of the Congo River. Most importantly, it will set the stage for the Daniel 11:22 War.
Satanism
Worshipping the creation, not the Creator, leads to foolishness and depravity. Romans 1 explains, “For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” The passage adds, “Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.”
It’s fitting, then, that an Indian Hindu group “hosted a cow urine drinking party” because “they believe it wards off the coronavirus.” I’m not a medical doctor, but drinking animal urine probably isn’t going to help fight off a virus. In fact, besides tasting absolutely awful, it’s likely to do more harm than good. Yet, “many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine believing it has medicinal properties.” People underestimate the civilizing influence of a biblical worldview. They take it for granted, but as more countries gradually drift from God, expect depraved, foolish behavior disguised as religion to become more commonplace.
London = Babylon the Great?
A while back, comedian John Cleese tweeted that London isn’t really an English city anymore. He also talked about the drawbacks of cultural replacement, including political correctness, knife crime and “Russian dirty money laundering.” Most notably, Cleese refused to apologize for his English upbringing, saying that he “found it calmer, more polite, more humorous, less tabloid, and less money-oriented than the one that is replacing it.” English culture is being systematically replaced. Secular globalism, with its empty materialism, disdain for Christian traditions and totalitarian thought control is the new London.
Despite Brexit, things likely aren’t going to change. Quite the opposite, the United Kingdom recently issued “a new points-based immigration system, ensuring that the UK continues to attract the brightest and the best from around the world, including India.” In addition, “The new single global system will treat EU and non-EU citizens equally, giving top priority to those with the highest skills and the greatest talents, including scientists, innovators and academics.” Given that the British economy is going to boom once Britain leaves the EU, largely due to a free trade agreement with the United States, a merit-based system of immigration naturally will attract Europe’s top talent. Not only are European businesses going to flock to Britain to take advantage of tariff-free trade with the United States, but European workers are going to want to be a part of the United Kingdom’s labor market. Naturally, this brain drain is going to increase tensions between the UK and Europe.
Just as a reminder, Babylon the Great is going to be an economic powerhouse and financial center. Consequently, it will rule “over the kings of the earth.” This creates resentment and allows the Antichrist to lead a coalition of ten rulers that destroys Babylon the Great. The ten kingdoms come out of Western Europe. In time, the Antichrist takes control of this ten-kingdom coalition and remove three of the rulers. They’ll then attack Babylon the Great together. Put differently, Europe’s resentment over Britain’s post-Brexit success is consistent with London being Babylon the Great.
LINK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-new-points-based-immigration-system
That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading and Godspeed!