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
Last week, The Guardian whined, “Russian troops have expanded their presence across north-eastern Syria, the result of an agreement between Ankara and Moscow that should end Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-led forces at the price of ending the Kurds’ dreams of local autonomy.” President Trump, on the other hand, touted the development. He pointed out, “Big success on the Turkey/Syria Border. Safe Zone created! Ceasefire has held and combat missions have ended. Kurds are safe and have worked very nicely with us. Captured ISIS prisoners secured.” Make no mistake, this was a smart move by the Americans, because the Turks have no leverage. They were always going to play nice.
After all, like our roundup from July 22nd-28th observed, “Turkey is a big importer of natural gas. For importing natural gas, there are really only two options: the US and Russia. The US is the world leader in consumption and production of natural gas. Russia is second in production and the world’s top exporter.” Well, “60 percent of Turkey’s natural gas imports come from Russia. Indeed, Turkey embraced Russia’s TurkStream pipeline project, making them more dependent than ever on Russia.” Meanwhile, the United States has shown it can destroy Turkey’s economy quite easily. In 2018, after Trump imposed massive tariffs, Turkey’s economy absolutely collapsed and Turkey agreed to release American pastor Andrew Brunson from prison. Ultimately, Turkey relies on the United States and Russia. The Turks can’t risk alienating them, so they’ll play ball.
Sheep/Goat nations
Recently, several African leaders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia. This isn’t a surprise, because Russia has been focused on increasing its investment in Africa for some time. Having deployed its military to the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo, former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton noted that the Russians are selling “arms and energy in exchange for votes at the United Nations” and are looking to “extract natural resources from the region for its own benefit.” Given their strategic location in the Central African Republic, the Russians could expand their operations in Africa with ease. Of course, the Antichrist is the leader of Russia in the end times and he’s going to conquer Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya. At some point, Russia will become the most influential foreign power in the Middle East and Africa.
Interestingly enough, this summit was co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. This is significant because Egypt is the Antichrist’s biggest threat in the Middle East. Daniel 11:25-26 prophesies that the Antichrist will attack Egypt and win. Daniel 11:27 suggests they talk about invading Israel, but nothing comes of it. They will make a truce of sorts, but it won’t last. After the Antichrist’s successful invasion of Israel, Egypt will start some trouble, according to Daniel 11:40. On his way to do battle, Daniel 11:41 says the Antichrist conquers most of the Middle East and North Africa. Daniel 11:42-43 says that he’ll specifically conquer Egypt. Considering Russia and Egypt co-chaired this summit, it’s already clear that the battle for regional supremacy will involve these two nations.
LINK: https://www.voanews.com/europe/russia-seeks-stronger-more-positive-ties-africa-sochi-summit
Satanism
The other day, The Chicago Tribune published an article titled, “Chicago’s witches: A craving for magic and meaning drives millennials to spells, potions and rituals.” Marty Severino, a self-proclaimed witch, credited the rise to people “trying to regain some sort of power within themselves when they have no power in their environment.” Put differently, secular, left-leaning millennials are losing a lot lately. They need spiritual power to counteract the success of President Trump, who is overwhelmingly backed by evangelical and charismatic Christians. It’s why New York witches tried to put a hex on US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It failed, because God is more powerful than demons.
Yet, undeterred, The Washington Examiner reported that “opponents of President Trump will gather in the thousands to cast a spell on the administration.” It also failed, but let’s not ignore the following: Leftists have openly embraced occultism as their preferred religion. It’s a pretty stupid move. They’ve opened themselves up to demonic affliction because they dislike President Trump and Christianity. It’s time to start binding the demons afflicting these deceived souls and loosing the Holy Spirit upon them. They need serious help.
London = Babylon the Great?
The United Kingdom remains a very attractive place to do business. A few days ago, Breitbart London reported, “The UK has climbed from ninth to eighth in the World Bank’s list of most friendly countries to do business as the nation prepares to leave the EU.” Brexit may be delayed, but it’s inevitable. Whenever the UK does leave the European Union, their economic situation will only improve. For starters, the United States plans on negotiating a free trade agreement with the UK, likely with tariff-free movement of goods both ways.
In such an arrangement, European companies would flock to the UK to get tariff-free access to the US market. Likewise, US companies would have tariff-free access to the EU by shipping to the UK. On top of that, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is in favor of the UK signing a free trade agreement with Australia, with movement of goods “absolutely free of tariffs or quotas.” Current Primer Minister Scott Morrison agrees. True free trade agreements with the US and Australia would turn the UK into Europe’s biggest economy again. It would also reestablish London as the world’s trading hub. Revelation 18:11-20 describes Babylon the Great in exactly the same way. With this in mind, it’s best to ignore the political games being played by Britain’s political class. Brexit is going to happen and the UK is going to experience a massive economic boom because of it.
That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading and Godspeed!