thetrumpet--2020-02-26--Hamburg: Another Election Blow amid Germany’s Leadership Crisis

India began 2020 with several increases to its military power .
On January 1 , Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Army Chief Bipin Rawat as the chief of Defense Staff , a newly created role for significantly increasing coordination between air , navy and army forces during wartime .
Three weeks later , India test-fired a new submarine-launched , nuclear-capable ballistic missile .
The next day , the nation showcased its new Tigershark fighter jet squadron .
India has the world ’ s fastest growing major economy , second-largest population and fourth-strongest military , armed with nuclear weapons .
Its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advanced weapons , is preparing it to become an important part of a biblically prophesied 200 million-man army ( see Revelation 9:16 ) .
During his January 15 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly , Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the most sweeping changes to his nation ’ s constitution since the document was put into force in 1993 .
Immediately after , Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the rest of the Russian cabinet resigned to allow Putin to implement the changes .
The proposed amendments will make the office of president far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minister and state council chairman .
After Putin ’ s presidential term expires in 2024 , Putin may assume one of these positions or a new position leading the “ Union State of Russia and Belarus , ” which he is in the process of developing .
Putin has ruled Russia with an increasingly tight grip for this entire century .
The Trumpet forecasts that whatever strategy he pursues , he will remain the true power over Russia and one of the world ’ s foremost despots .
As far back as 2005 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be strong enough to force him from power .
The Trumpet has consistently forecast the opposite message regarding the former spy agency officer : “ Putin Won ’ t Just Survive , He ’ ll Thrive.
” Now almost every analyst agrees with this view : Putin is czar for life .
To understand what the Bible says about Putin specifically , order your free copy of Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry ’ s booklet The Prophesied ‘ Prince of Russia.
’ Iran has continued its clandestine work on building a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if it suddenly begins openly pursuing its first bomb , it could succeed in as little as two months .
On January 18 , the Daily Mail reported that Iran has intended to build nuclear warheads since at least 2002 , when a “ senior Iranian official request [ ed ] the parameters of a warhead fitted on a missile.
” Despite Iran ’ s claim that its nuclear program is solely for civilian purposes , the Daily Mail reported that the program has always had a “ military dimension.
” Iran also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program .
Satellite launch vehicles and intercontinental ballistic missiles share much of the same technology .
It is currently attempting , so far unsuccessfully , to launch into orbit a 550-pound payload , five times larger than what it has successfully put into orbit in the past .
These payloads could easily be replaced with nuclear warheads .
Iran has the will to develop nuclear weapons through defiance , negotiation , deception or whatever means necessary .
It also has the will to use them .
It is showing the character it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of “ king of the south , ” which is forecast to ignite a world war ( Daniel 11:40-44 ) .
Read more in our free booklet The King of the South .
Data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on January 27 reveals that China is now the world ’ s second-largest weapons producer .
China now spends between $ 70 billion and $ 80 billion each year on its armaments industry , according to its official figures .
It also keeps some of its weapons spending secret .
Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 38 billion .
China is still dwarfed by America ’ s $ 227 billion in weapons production , but it is becoming increasingly formidable .
Through decades when China was weak and suffering domestic turmoil , the late Herbert W. Armstrong consistently forecast that China would rise to become a major power .
He based that forecast not on economic data or military analysis , but on Bible prophecy .
To learn more specifics about his forecasts , request your free copy of He Was Right .
Thanks to President Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Donald Trump implored European nations to contribute more to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , some nations are complying .
Germany ’ s Die Welt reported that the International Institute for Strategic Studies database shows that overall European military spending “ rose every year in the Trump era ” ( February 9 ) .
But the result of the increased spending will not be to President Trump ’ s liking .
France and Germany want their military budgets to go toward protecting Europe “ with respect to China , Russia and even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as French President Emmanuel Macron put it .
He told the Economist that the U.S. “ is turning its back on us .
What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato.
” Watch for Macron ’ s desire for a “ true European army ” to become a reality , with the brains and leadership coming not from the United States or France , but from Germany .
Kenya and Ethiopia are suffering their worst desert locust infestation in 70 years .
Experts estimate there are billions of the insects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United Nations triggered emergency protocols on January 17 .
Its Food and Agriculture Organization characterized the situation as an “ unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods ” across the entire Horn of Africa .
A comparatively small swarm of locusts can consume enough food to feed 35,000 people .
The crisis is worsening hunger in the already underfed region , which recently experienced crop-destroying rains .
These rains provided ideal conditions for locusts to breed , which means the infestation could worsen in coming months .
Exodus 10 shows that God has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to punish and correct .
For more information , request a free copy of Why ‘ Natural ’ Disasters ?
The United States Congressional Budget Office released its 10-year projections for federal revenues and spending on February 6 , and the report shows trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see .
This fiscal year , the federal government will borrow $ 1 trillion , raising the national debt to $ 23.8 trillion by the end of the year .
The deficit will exceed $ 1 trillion every year for the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grow faster than the economy .
The borrowed money will be consumed by health care , welfare and social security , with these expenses accounting for 84 percent of tax revenue by 2030 .
About 14 percent will be owed in interest , leaving only 2 percent for the military , infrastructure , education and all other expenses .
This will necessitate borrowing even more money and/or increasing taxes dramatically , which would slow the economy and could easily reduce overall tax revenue .
These projections assume that the interest rate on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If interest rates increase beyond that , America could soon be spending more than $ 1 trillion per year on interest alone while struggling to finance both an army and a massive welfare state .
“ When any nation begins to look to its government to provide , that nation is on a greased toboggan-slide to decay and oblivion , ” wrote Plain Truth founder Herbert W. Armstrong in 1956 .
“ It brought about the fall of Rome .
It brought about the fall of proud Babylon long before .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of America today.
” Deuteronomy 28 warns that debt problems are one of the many curses that come from disobedience to God ’ s laws .
Like its debt , America ’ s sins are gigantic in scale .
Germany ’ s Military Counterintelligence Service is investigating around 550 cases of alleged right-wing extremism in the German Army .
Counterintelligence president Christof Gramm told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that 360 cases were added to the investigation in 2019 .
Perhaps hundreds or thousands of other extremists go unreported or hide their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been reported in the Army ’ s Special Forces Command , an elite division that is seen as a role model for other personnel .
But Special Forces members have five times more right-wing extremist cases than other soldiers .
Extreme Security author Caroline Walter told Deutsche Welle that the recent revelations are likely just the “ tip of the iceberg.
” She said : “ The problem in the Bundeswehr is that whoever points out right-wing extremism is still a backstabber who ’ s violating the spirit of the brigade.
” Bible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become dramatically more powerful and more forceful in the near future .
Much of its strength and destructiveness will come from an explosion of extremist sentiment .
Continue to closely watch Germany—and its military—for this prophesied resurgence to emerge .
On January 8 , United States President Donald Trump called on “ nato to become much more involved in the Middle East process , ” with U.S. forces taking a less active role .
Since then , Germany has increased its involvement in the Middle East .
On January 14 , Germany , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Iran nuclear deal Dispute Resolution Mechanism expressing their concern over Iran ’ s failure to comply with the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action .
Their joint statement said : “ We have therefore been left with no choice , given Iran ’ s actions , but to register today our concerns that Iran is not meeting its commitments.
” The whole dispute process could take a little over two months to resolve and could result in sanctions being reimposed on Iran .
Germany also became one of the eight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mission in the Strait of Hormuz which provides military escorts to European and international oil tankers and cargo ships traversing the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz off the Iranian coast .
On January 19 , Germany hosted a diplomatic conference to discuss solutions to the civil war in Libya .
Though the meeting was a failure , it highlighted the need for German intervention .
German involvement in the Middle East is barely getting started .
Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry writes in The King of the South : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it has been working on a strategy for a decade or more .
That strategy is almost complete.
” The clash between Germany and Iran , prophesied in Daniel 11:40 , is rapidly approaching .
France ’ s first frigate began patrolling the Persian Gulf on January 30 as part of a new European naval mission to deter Iranian attacks on European and other international shipping .
This mission is supported by Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Greece , Italy , the Netherlands and Portugal .
The European Maritime Surveillance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military escorts to oil tankers and cargo ships in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz carrying , among other things , about 30 percent of global seaborne crude oil .
Most of the coast is controlled by Iran , and the strait is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point .
Last year , several attacks occurred against oil tankers and against oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia , with the evidence implicating Iran as the culprit .
France has pushed Europe to become more active in the region to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany and the United Kingdom triggered the Dispute Resolution Mechanism of the Iran nuclear deal on January 14 .
This could lead to reimposing United Nations sanctions on Iran .
Watch for Europe to become much more involved in the Middle East , and expect Germany to emerge from the shadows to take the lead economically , politically and militarily .

Germany’s strongest political party, the Christian Democratic Union (cdu), won only 11 percent of the vote in the Hamburg state elections over the weekend. This is the cdu’s worst result in 70 years in Hamburg. In the last few years, the party has experienced many blows, such as Chancellor Angel Merkel’s resignation from the party leadership. The blow from this election hits especially hard since it comes as the party is in the middle of debating who its next chancellor candidate should be.
The Social Democrats (spd) won the Hamburg election with 39 percent of the vote, followed by the Greens with 24.2 percent, the cdu with 11 percent, and the Left party with 9.1 percent. The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and the Free Democrats won 5.3 percent and 5 percent, respectively.
“This result should wake us all up and show us that, right now, there’s a lot at stake,” said German Health Minister Jens Spahn. “It’s Hamburg. It’s Thuringia. It’s the poll results. It’s the position of the party.”
The leading contestant for cdu party leadership and possible successor to Merkel, Friedrich Merz, described the Hamburg election result as a “disaster” for the party. Merz called for an analysis of the election and said the Greens are probably the cdu’s main opponent in the next federal election.
Following a right-wing terrorist attack in the state of Hesse, the AfD saw its support fall. Many partially blamed the attack on the party’s xenophobic rhetoric. The AfD is currently represented in all 16 state parliaments, as well as in the Bundestag.
National opinion polls indicate that while the cdu is still Germany’s strongest party, it is followed closely by the Greens, with the AfD and spd contesting for third place.
While the Greens appear to be the cdu’s primary opponent in Western Germany, the AfD and the Left are on the rise as its main opponents in Eastern Germany. This is forcing the cdu to fight for voters on both fronts of the political spectrum. The current political turmoil has no doubt slowed the country down significantly. Such a crisis demands strong leadership—something Germans are groaning for—but the party is divided over who should fill this vacuum.
Germany will get its strongman. Revelation 17 contains an end-time prophecy about the Holy Roman Empire. This evil empire is prophesied to rise seven times before being destroyed at Jesus Christ’s Second Coming (verses 10, 14). We are approaching this time—meaning this prophecy is for our day. (For more detailed information, request The Holy Roman Empire in Prophecy.)
For this prophesied strongman to come on the scene and the Holy Roman Empire to rise, Germany will need to undergo a drastic political change. The current turmoil is preparing the way for this change.
Verse 8 shows that one overarching leader—a strongman—will lead this 10-nation European combine, known as the Holy Roman Empire. Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has often pointed out that this leader will most likely be German. He writes in A Strong German Leader Is Imminent:
This man is discussed again in Daniel 11:21: “And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.” Notice how this man is characterized. He has a “fierce countenance,” meaning he’s mighty, powerful and cruel. He has an “understanding [of] dark sentences.” As Clarke’s Commentary says, he’s “very learned and skillful in all things relating to government and its intrigues”—a skilled politician. He inherits the throne of Europe “peaceably,” obtaining his kingdom by “flatteries.” He’s crafty and sly, with an engaging, attractive personality. The Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary says “the nation shall not, by a public act, confer the kingdom on him, but he shall obtain it by artifice, ‘flattering.’” In other words, a deceived public, or a group of European leaders, likely invites this man into power.
The current crisis could pave the way for a strong German leader to take power.
Revelation 17 says there will be 10 kings, each ruling one nation or group of nations. This could mean that there is a separate leader in Germany plus this overarching leader. Considering the current political turmoil, this leader could deal with many of Germany’s domestic challenges, allowing the supreme leader of the Holy Roman Empire to deal with Europe’s global challenges.
In his booklet, Mr. Flurry urges us to watch Germany closely because, “[a]lthough Bible prophecy gives us the outline of how it will unfold, we don’t know the details.” Request a free copy of A Strong German Leader Is Imminent to learn more about these prophecies and to receive the necessary guidance to watch Germany closely in the coming months.


thetrumpet--2020-02-26--Farmers, Churchgoers and Walmart Shoppers

Democratic presidential hopeful Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg arrives for the tenth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute at the Gaillard Center in Charleston , South Carolina , on February 25 , 2020 .
After another chaotic , argumentative Democratic debate last night , commentators are again declaring President Donald Trump the big winner .
Benjamin Netanyahu ’ s primary opponent , Benny Gantz , appears to be sliding in the polls in Israel .
Is Mr. Netanyahu on his way to securing another term as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus is spreading throughout Asia .
Recently , Italy and Iran experienced alarming outbreaks as well .
What does the Bible say about the spread of disease in the last days ?
President Trump has nominated dozens of judges to district courts around the United States .
He ’ s virtually flipped the traditionally liberal 9th Circuit .
A video surfaced recently of Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg describing how easy it is to teach farming .
It ’ s not the first time Democratic elites have belittled average American workers as being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has an excellent article this week about elitist snobbery and condescension .
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After another chaotic, argumentative Democratic debate last night, commentators are again declaring President Donald Trump the big winner.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s primary opponent, Benny Gantz, appears to be sliding in the polls in Israel. Is Mr. Netanyahu on his way to securing another term as Israel’s prime minister?
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The coronavirus is spreading throughout Asia. Recently, Italy and Iran experienced alarming outbreaks as well. What does the Bible say about the spread of disease in the last days?
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President Trump has nominated dozens of judges to district courts around the United States. He’s virtually flipped the traditionally liberal 9th Circuit.
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A video surfaced recently of Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg describing how easy it is to teach farming. It’s not the first time Democratic elites have belittled average American workers as being simplistic and dumb. Victor Davis Hanson has an excellent article this week about elitist snobbery and condescension.
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thetrumpet--2020-02-26--Corona Caps Iran’s Catastrophic Start to the Year

Could an event as violent as the Russian Civil War ever happen in the United States of America ?
As America approaches the November 2020 presidential elections , the nation is deeply divided .
And this division is not just between Republicans and Democrats .
The Democratic Party itself is deeply divided between moderate socialists like Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bloomberg and radical socialists like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders .
This divide is reminiscent of the divide between the Mensheviks and the more radical Bolsheviks during the “ October Revolution , ” or Bolshevik Revolution , in Russia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to understand .
The Bolshevik Revolution unleashed some of the most violent events in world history .
Vladimir Lenin and his supporters overthrew the Russian government in 1917 , then forcibly reorganized the Russian empire into the world ’ s first socialist state .
This revolution unleashed a civil war that killed 10 million people .
The Bolsheviks won , consolidated their power , and established a Soviet state that slaughtered another 50 million people .
All told , the Bolsheviks murdered as many as were killed in World War ii .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bad , according to some paid staffers working for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders .
These radical socialists say that while launching another Bolshevik Revolution in the United States is not preferable , it may be necessary .
One field organizer for Sanders , Mason Baird , said in a video recorded secretly by Project Veritas : “ We would need a federal government and labor union movement that is working together to strip power away from capitalists and preferably directing violence toward property … .
A militant labor movement is kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other means .
… After we abolish landlords , we don ’ t have to kill them , that ’ s my feeling , I think it ’ s damaging to the soul , but there were plenty of excesses in 1917 I would hope to avoid .
… I ’ m not excited about the prospect of armed struggle.
” This man is not talking about political strategy or which “ battleground ” states are key for his candidate to win the most votes in .
He is talking about actual battlegrounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be torn down , he says .
If you can do it without large-scale killing , great ; but if you can ’ t , you can always resort to your backup plan and kill 10 million men , women and children .
Shockingly , despite being exposed in this video , Baird remains a full-time paid member of the Sanders campaign .
Even more shockingly , Baird was actually one of the more moderate people revealed by Project Veritas investigators .
The average American probably thinks that an event as violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States .
But he does not realize that there is an organized , active , powerful movement working to abolish the U.S. Constitution and establish a Communist system of government .
History and Bible prophecy show that if Americans do not turn to God in repentance , they will suffer a civil war many times worse than the Bolshevik Revolution .
Mason Baird is far from the only Communist working for Sen. Bernie Sanders .
Another field organizer in South Carolina , Daniel Taylor , told Project Veritas reporters that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We don ’ t want to scare people off .
You first have to feel it out before you get into the crazy stuff , ” he said .
“ You know , we were talking about more extreme organizations like Antifa , you were talking about , Yellow Vests [ French protesters ] , all that , but we ’ re kind of keeping that on the back burner for now .
… Change won ’ t come easily , regardless .
Even if Bernie is elected , change will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ connections we make now in the campaign with people , and volunteers , it ’ s important we retain that regardless of the outcome .
It ’ s unfortunate that we have to make plans for extreme action , but like I said , they ’ re not going to give it to us , even if Bernie is elected.
” Taylor did not detail the kind of “ extreme action ” he was considering .
But an Iowa field organizer for the Sanders Campaign , Kyle Jurek , told Project Veritas reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities will “ burn.
” “ The only thing that fascists understand is violence , ” Jurek said , referring to Trump supporters .
“ So the only way you can confront them is with violence.
” In another conversation , Jurek suggested that supporters of President Trump should be reeducated in prison camps .
“ There ’ s a reason Joseph Stalin had gulags , right ?
” he said .
“ Actually , gulags were a lot better than what the cia has told us that they were .
Like , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in gulags ; they had conjugal visits in gulags .
Gulags were actually meant for , like , reeducation .
Greatest way to breaking a … billionaire of their , like , privilege , and the idea that they ’ re superior : Go out and break rocks for 12 hours a day .
You ’ re now a working-class person and you ’ re going to … learn what that means , right ?
” Incredibly , Jurek may not be the most radical Sanders employee caught on tape .
When Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Project Veritas undercover reporters what he would do if Sanders lost the election , he answered , “ I ’ ll straight up get armed .
I want to learn how to shoot and go train .
I ’ m ready for the … revolution , bro … I ’ m telling you .
Guillotine the rich.
” Bernie Sanders , who is trying to become president of the United States , has not condemned these comments .
He has retained all who made them as paid staffers in his campaign .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government controls the economy .
It owns not just the Postal Service , it owns everything , without competition : mines , mills , refineries , builders , railroads , automakers , carriers , distributors , ports , airlines , telecoms , news media , banks , schools , hospitals , farms , groceries , restaurants , stores—everything .
Most American socialists say the government doesn ’ t have to literally own all businesses as long as it controls them through heavy regulations and taxes .
People like Senator Sanders emphasize that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which means that this enormously powerful government they want to create will be voted in by a majority of the people .
Sanders says this to distance himself from the violent atrocities committed by “ authoritarian communism ” in the Soviet Union .
Some take comfort in this distinction .
They shouldn ’ t .
Vladimir Lenin joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902 .
He said that the masses must be led by a “ vanguard ” party , the vanguard party must be led by central leadership , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most of the people in the party agreed .
They began calling themselves Bolsheviks , from the Russian word for “ majority.
” Those who wanted party leadership to remain decentralized were called Mensheviks , from the Russian word for “ minority.
” At that time , the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was a small party of young intellectuals .
In 1907 , there were only 38,200 Mensheviks and 46,100 Bolsheviks .
Three out of four Bolsheviks were age 30 or younger .
After Czar Nicolas ii abdicated in 1917 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new Russian Provisional Government .
These calls sparked the Bolshevik Revolution on November 7 , when Red Guard militia retaliated against the government for shutting down one of their printing presses .
The Bolsheviks marched against pro-government forces in Petrograd , now called St. Petersburg .
Yet the Bolshevik Party still ran candidates for office in elections that November , hoping to conquer Russia by democratic means .
But these “ democratic socialists ” received only 23 percent of the vote .
Rather than accept the results of the election , they claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the only way to fix it was to establish a new system of government run by councils of working-class citizens called Soviets .
When the Bolsheviks declared the 1917 election illegitimate , their insurrection erupted into full-scale civil war .
They changed the name of their party to the Russian Communist Party and recruited a Red Army to fight the anti-Communists and their White Army .
The war continued for five years until the Bolsheviks defeated the anti-Communists and achieved their dream : The Soviet Union was established .
Former American Communist Whittaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that separates Communists from the millions of socialists who are an unwitting part of communism ’ s secret strength .
“ Have you the moral strength to take upon yourself the crimes of history so the man at last may close his chronicle of age-old , senseless suffering and replace it with purpose and a plan ?
” he asked in his book Witness .
“ The answer a man makes to this question is the difference between a Communist and those miscellaneous socialist , liberals , fellow travelers , unclassified progressives and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ share a similar vision , but do not share the faith because they will not take upon themselves the penalties of the faith.
” The “ miscellaneous socialist ” is different from the true Communist only in that he lacks the will to commit acts of violence .
Socialism can not be permanently established by democratic means .
Most people will ultimately reject it—if you give them the chance .
At that point , socialists have to either give up their dream or start shooting people .
An American-style Communist revolution with American-style @ @ @ @ @ @ @ camps sounds impossible to many .
But to one of the top contenders for the American presidency and many of his paid campaign staff members , “ extreme action ” is merely on the “ back burner.
” The late Herbert W. Armstrong explained in his book The United States and Britain in Prophecy that the peoples who settled the U.S. and Britain descended from the ancient Israelites .
God made an unconditional promise to Abraham to give his descendants great material wealth .
God kept this promise by giving the U.S. and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s usable resources and wealth during the peak of their power .
But God did not promise to keep blessing these nations if they turned away from Him .
A prophecy in Leviticus 26 states that if the descendants of Israel came to despise God ’ s statutes , He would strip away their blessings and allow their cities to be laid waste .
In a January 1949 Plain Truth article , “ The Plain Truth About Communism , ” Mr. Armstrong specified that communism is a tool of the devil to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The real goal of the Communist plotters is the violent overthrow of the United States and the British Empire .
Why ?
We are the real ‘ capitalist ’ nations .
We possess nearly three fourths of all the world ’ s ‘ capital ’ —its developed and usable resources and wealth .
… The plain truth , known by so few , is that we possess greater wealth and national resources than any other nation ever did , because Almighty God gave us this wealth in fulfillment of His birthright promise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And communism is the devil ’ s effort , through his demon-inspired human tools , to take from us this greatest national and economic blessing God ever conferred on any people !
And since this blessing from God is the world ’ s ‘ capital ’ atheistic communism shouts , ‘ Down with capitalism.
’ ” Mr. Armstrong based his forecast of future events and trends on Bible prophecy .
Hosea 7:8-9 predicts that the modern-day descendants of ancient Israel would mix themselves with foreigners and , by extension , their foreign ideologies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democratic Party today are not based on traditional American culture , which is largely based on the Bible .
They are ideas that were brought to America from German and Russian universities .
For decades , these anti-Bible ideologies have subversively “ devoured ” America ’ s strength while the average citizen “ knoweth it not.
” Soon , the atheistic ideals of Communist philosophy will ignite a violent revolution .
‘ You Will Revolt More and More ’ “ Ah sinful nation , a people laden with iniquity , a seed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : they have forsaken the Lord , they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger , they are gone away backward .
Why should ye be stricken any more ?
ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick , and the whole heart faint .
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds , and bruises , and putrifying sores : they have not been closed , neither bound up , neither mollified with ointment .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are burned with fire : your land , strangers devour it in your presence , and it is desolate , as overthrown by strangers ” ( Isaiah 1:4-7 ) .
This passage describes cause and effect .
The people are “ laden with iniquity , ” or sin , therefore the “ whole head is sick.
” The government is corrupt and the nation is faint .
As a consequence , the people “ revolt more and more.
” This revolution intensifies until strangers burn down cities and tear down America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Investigation informant Larry Grathwohl infiltrated the Weather Underground Organization in the 1970s , he reported that these radical Communists estimated they would have to kill 25 million people establish communism in America .
That is a lot more than died during the Bolshevik Revolution , yet the Bible shows that the death count will actually be far higher still .
A sobering prophecy in Ezekiel 5:12 reveals that one third of the population of end-time America and Britain will die from the pestilence , famine and violence that will result from civil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million deaths from rioting and warfare in the U.S.—10 times more than in Russia !
( Request our free book Ezekiel : The End-Time Prophet for more explanation of this prophecy . )
Today , socialism is gathering strength .
What people don ’ t understand about “ democratic socialism ” is that its purpose is the same as the purpose of “ dictatorial socialism ” : to overthrow constitutional government , by violence if necessary .
Bible prophecy shows that America ’ s great blessings will indeed be taken away—not just because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American people as a whole have turned away from God .
This has opened the door to communism and many other attacks inspired by the devil .
The coming violence in America ’ s cities is punishment , but it is punishment with a purpose .
God will use it to show us the result of sin and turning away from Him to our own ways of thinking .
He will use it to lead us to Him ( Ezekiel 12:17-20 ) .
God blessed Abraham for his obedience to His law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow his example .
Only after people learn this lesson will God bless America—and all nations—with peace , joy and prosperity .
It is a matter of life-and-death importance that everyone who hears this message take note of the seriousness of the times , evaluate their lifestyle and turn to God in heartfelt repentance .

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Iran has eclipsed South Korea to record the highest tally of deaths, outside of China, from the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Three more people died in Iran on Tuesday, bringing the number to 15 deaths, with another 95 people infected.
But that is just the official tally. The real figure of those infected is likely far higher.
One Iranian lawmaker from the city of Qom, the epicenter for the Iranian outbreak, said on Monday that already 50 people had been killed from the infection in that city alone, although state-run media has since worked to silence the claim.
Nevertheless, Iran’s neighbors are not taking any risks. Turkey announced over the weekend that it suspected Iran had at least 750 cases of the coronavirus as of Friday. Indeed, if the ratio of infections to deaths is similar to other locations, Turkey’s figure might actually be on the low end of what’s taking place in Iran.
Turkey made the announcement as it closed its borders to transit from Iran in order to protect its citizens. Other nations in the Middle East have since followed suit. Iraq, Armenia, Pakistan, Kuwait and Afghanistan have all shuttered their borders to Iran or instituted stringent border checks.
Internally, Iran is attempting to slow the spread by closing schools, universities and other gathering places in almost half the country. Many sporting activities have been canceled, and those that haven’t are being played without spectators.
But for many Iranians, the regime’s deliberately delayed response to the deadly virus comes far too late.
The first reported death from coronavirus came last Wednesday. However, instead of introducing the rigorous quarantine and containment measures that other nations have done, Iran downplayed the significance of the outbreak and enacted a media blackout on information about the spread of the virus until after the much-anticipated parliamentary elections took place on Friday.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed hope for a “massive participation” in the election to show solidarity with the direction of the regime.
So, instead of doing what any normal country would do—canceling the elections, alerting the public to the dangers associated with the outbreak, and the need to avoid large public gatherings—Iran muzzled the media and went ahead with its regime-endorsing vote.
The result?
The turnout for the vote was the lowest in the country’s modern history.
According to Interior Minister Abdolreza Ramani Fazli, only 43 percent of Iran’s 50 million eligible voters came out, 30 percent lower than a vote in 2017.
In hindsight, the dismal election turnout might actually be a good thing for the regime, as it now directs its attention to containing the outbreak. The low numbers mean that only 21 million Iranians were mixing together on election day rather than the 40 million people who came out in 2017.
It is still completely unclear how vast the coronavirus has already spread through Iran.
2. Today the deputy health minister—who’d “been briefing briefing officials & journalists”, presumably without a mask—casually announces he’s tested positive. This lack of seriousness and transparency exacerbates the government’s legitimacy crisis https://t.co/BAv0QdX1JH — Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) February 25, 2020
With the election over, Iran has opened its borders to teams of scientists and experts to help contain the virus. But it’s hard to see a result where things don’t get a lot worse for Iran before they start getting better.
But that seems to be the year Iran is having.
The dismal showing at the ballot box in a rigged election and the forthcoming spread of coronavirus are only the latest massive setbacks for the Iranian regime.
On January 3, the United States assassinated Iran’s terrorist mastermind Qassem Suleimani, as well as his chief deputy in Iraq. Massive protests in Iraq and Lebanon continue to destabilize Iran’s hold on those nations. Iran-backed forces have killed almost 600 Iraqis to maintain its control over the nation.
In November, Iran had to turn its guns on its own population to put down massive internal protests over an increase in fuel taxes. In that instance, Iranians were outraged that the government would increase taxes on the citizens, while Iran reported increases in spending to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In those protests, 1,500 Iranians were killed by the regime in order to slow down a revolution.
Then came Iran’s failed attack on U.S. bases in Iraq in late January. The missile strike was meant to be retribution for Suleimani’s death but failed to kill a single American.
Then, in the process of that same missile strike, Iran accidentally shot down a commercial Ukrainian airliner as it took off from the airport in Tehran. In typical regime fashion, Iran failed to accept any blame for the disaster, which killed over 100 people. Later, Iran was forced to admit its culpability when video evidence of the downing became overwhelming.
Add to those failings the continued strain on the Iranian economy brought on by American-led financial sanctions, and the regime probably could not have imagined a worse possible start to the year.
“For Khamenei,” wrote Bobby Ghosh for Bloomberg on February 24, “the only silver lining here is that Iranians too frightened to leave home for fear of the virus are unlikely, at least for now, to resume the anti-regime street protests.”
No doubt, public discontent is building in Iran against the regime. Plenty of brave Iranians are taking to social media to voice their outrage. And Iran’s continued course supporting international terrorism is further weakening and isolating the regime, cutting it off from world trade.
By any metrics, the Iranian regime looks to be on the downward spiral toward total failure and perhaps revolution.
It is astounding then, given all Iran’s present woes, that we at the Trumpet consistently forecast Iran’s rise to dominate the Middle East.
We hold true to that forecast because it is not based on the consistently shifting sands of Middle East geopolitics. It’s not based on economic performance, nor on the rise and fall of U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
Rather, our forecasts are based on the bedrock of biblical prophecy.
At times like this, when it looks like the Iranian regime is under serious threat, or may even falter, it is good to remember what the Bible says of Iran’s future. Based on Bible prophecies, we actually forecast that Iran will grow strong enough to make a military push that will be felt in places far from the region.
The coronavirus, mass protests, economic sanctions and international isolation will not bring the Iranian regime down. Indeed, the lengths to which Iran went to keep the knowledge of the spread of coronavirus from its own people shows how committed the regime is to its grand scheme.
Iran may be temporarily restrained through current circumstances, but the Bible indicates that only superior force will remove the regime from power. Please read Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry’s free booklet The King of the South for a detailed explanation of our Bible-based forecast.


thetrumpet--2020-02-26--Falklands and Gibraltar: Is Brexit the Clincher?

History reveals just how gravely wrong the press can be .
A free and fair press is critical to our freedom .
When this is compromised , nation-destroying dangers result .
The media in America and Britain have become political tools .
They no longer take a dispassionate , objective view of events .
Far too many in the media have embraced a far-left political view , to the point that they can not even recognize how grossly partisan they have become .
Media empires are extremely powerful .
The left-wing media are in a power struggle to get control—and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they have grown too powerful for politicians to challenge .
To directly challenge the mega-media often leads to political death .
The one exception has been United States President Donald Trump .
He has single-handedly challenged the press and exposed a great deal of its bias .
Yet this has only caused the press to double down on its opposition to him and its advocacy for leftist politics .
Many in the media have forgotten their obligation to tell the truth !
They have forgotten how noble it is to always seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth can set us free ( John 8:32 ) .
A similar problem seized Britain in the decade leading up to World War ii .
This is history with extraordinary relevance for today .
The media and leaders of Britain and America should have learned some critical lessons , but most did not .
There has been no repentance for their shameful failure .
As a result , they are repeating the same mistakes .
We can not even calculate how much damage this is doing to our nations .
The consequences this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Adolf Hitler had publicized his toxic views years before he came to power in Germany , but almost nobody believed him .
The free media were dangerously manipulated by Hitler .
They have probably never been more deceived—until today !
In 1933 , during disarmament talks in Geneva , U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt proposed a ban on all offensive weapons .
Hitler loathed the idea , but he pretended to love it .
He promised to scrap all of Germany ’ s offensive weapons along with other nations—even its entire military establishment !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud , of course , but it was the work of a master swindler , and it took almost everyone in , ” William Manchester wrote in The Last Lion : Alone .
“ London ’ s Daily Herald , the official organ of the Labour Party , declared that Hitler , as a trustworthy statesman , should be taken at his word .
The conservative weekly Spectator called him the hope of a tormented world ; to the Times his claim was ‘ irrefutable ’ ” ( emphasis mine throughout ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ madman !
Meanwhile , many signs showed that events in Germany were swiftly moving in a dangerous direction : The ruling party was organizing massive public book burnings .
Trade unions were banned and union leaders were imprisoned .
All non-Nazi political parties were wiped out .
Jews were being mistreated and abused , and concentration camps were filling up .
But these realities were of no interest to Britain ’ s ruling class and its press .
It ’ s hard to fathom how pathetic the Times had become in kowtowing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editor wrote , “ I should like to get going with the Germans .
I simply can not understand why they should apparently be so much annoyed with the Times at this moment .
I spend my nights in taking out anything which I think will hurt their susceptibilities and in dropping little things which are intended to soothe them.
” Such reasoning reflects a profound sickness !
This is the ultimate in a defeatist attitude , and it leads to the death of nations !
Examples abound of the intellectuals ’ disgraceful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Once Hitler had been sworn in and his Strassenkämpfer began unsheathing their long knives , the British government took the remarkable position that the detailed reports from two of its most eminent ambassadors , describing conditions in the Third Reich , were based on misunderstandings , distortions and unconfirmed rumors , ” Manchester wrote .
“ According to one Wilhelmstrasse document which came into British hands when Berlin fell in May 1945 , [ British Prime Minister Ramsay ] MacDonald assured Germany ’ s ambassador to Britain , Leopold von Hösch , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no beatings , no desecration of synagogues—that everything England ’ s own envoys had reported , was , in short , a lie.
” They believed the Nazis rather than their own envoys !
That defies logic !
“ According to the Times , Baldwin told Hösch that England was ‘ entirely willing to work closely … with a Germany under the new order ’ —die Neuordnung .
It is startling to read this Nazi phrase , so freighted with evil , quoted by a once and future prime minister in the columns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not grasped its implications .
But he should have .
And he should have spoken out .
His silence , his refusal to see , hear and speak … evil of the Nazi chancellor was characteristic of the response among England ’ s ruling classes [ led by the media ] .
If they offended him , they told one another , he would become hostile , and his hostility would blind him to reason ” ( ibid ) .
How repugnant and shameful !
These leaders were terrified of offending Hitler and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was unstable and vicious , yet somehow thought everything would work out if they could just not offend him .
This is how quintessentially compliant and passive Britain ( and America ) had become in the 1930s !
And the media led the way .
This history is painful and embarrassing .
But what did these leaders and the media learn from it ?
All the while , Winston Churchill was delivering a very different message .
He was doing everything possible to warn and save his country and the world from Adolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he gave a speech saying that while he believed in Britain ’ s institutions , difficulties always came from “ the mood of unwarrantable self-abasement into which we have been cast by a powerful section of our own intellectuals ” —many of whom were in the media , as they are today .
He criticized their “ defeatist doctrines.
” “ What have they to offer but a vague internationalism , a squalid materialism , and the promise of impossible Utopias ?
” he asked .
“ Nothing can save England if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we lose faith in ourselves , in our capacity to guide and govern , if we lose our will to live , then indeed our story is told.
” This is the same problem so many of our journalists and people have today !
Intellectuals wallow in self-abasement .
They are hostile toward America and Britain exercising real leadership and strength .
They lack the will to fight even our worst enemies !
Several nations today pose serious political , economic and military threats .
Yet the intellectuals pretend the world is better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that the best way to ensure peace is through disarmament , negotiation and compromise .
They pretend the world is full of reasonable peoples , and that peace is possible by international consensus .
This is perilously delusional !
“ The British left , led by Clement Attlee and pledged to pacifism and disarmament , deeply distrusted [ Churchill ] , ” Manchester wrote .
“ Thus he outraged M.P.s on both sides of the Commons .
… Afterward he said there had been ‘ much mocking in the press ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political cartoonists in Punch , the Daily Herald , the Express and above all David Low in Beaverbrook ’ s Evening Standard were brutal .
Public appearances became an ordeal for him .
Chosen rector of Edinburgh University , he was unable to deliver his rectorial address ; students hostile to his calls for a strengthened national defense repeatedly shouted him down until he gave up and left the platform ” ( op cit ) .
These students had never learned about freedom of speech , and Hitler almost took it away from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in such institutions .
The pacifists were dead wrong .
And if not for Churchill , most of them would have ended up just plain dead in the war !
Are our pacifists today leading us to a similar fate ?
Hitler was skilled at taking advantage of the naiveté of British leaders .
“ Hitler , deciding that Europe needed more reassurance , summoned the Reichstag on May 21 [ 1935 ] and delivered another Friedensrede , declaring that Germany would never dream of threatening other countries , that the Reich ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frontiers , ’ including the renunciation of ‘ all claims to Alsace-Lorraine , ’ and—at a time when Nazi Strassenkämpfer were storming through the streets of Vienna , clubbing Austrian pedestrians who had failed to greet them with the stiff-armed Hitlergruss—that ‘ Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affairs of Austria , to annex Austria , or to conclude an Anschluss.
’ ” This directly contradicted Hitler ’ s clear statement in Mein Kampf that he would force Austria into the Reich .
But the media believed his lies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s speech “ reasonable , straightforward and comprehensive.
” “ No one who reads it with an impartial mind can doubt that the points of policy laid down by Herr Hitler may fairly constitute the basis of a complete settlement with Germany—a free , equal and strong Germany instead of the prostrate Germany upon whom peace was imposed 16 years ago , ” it wrote .
It was doing public relations for Hitler as well as Hitler ’ s own propaganda minister .
Soon after , Germany took over Austria , plainly exposing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deceit .
Churchill gave a powerful message about the Austrian crisis .
He warned the House on March 24 , 1938 , against becoming complacent because of a brief easing of tensions .
Every time Germany made a move , it waited a while before making another .
“ After a boa constrictor has devoured its prey , it often has a considerable digestive spell , ” he said .
“ Now , after Austria has been struck down , we are all disturbed and alarmed , but in a little while there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] f there is a pause , then people will be saying , ‘ See how the alarmists have been confuted ; Europe has calmed down , it has all blown over , and the war scare has passed away.
’ … The Times will write a leading article to say how silly people look who on the morrow of the Austrian incorporation raised a clamor for exceptional action in foreign policy and home defense , and how wise the government were not to let themselves be carried away by this passing incident.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ he argued .
He finished by warning , “ For five years I have talked to the House on these matters—not with very great success .
I have watched this famous island descending incontinently , fecklessly , the stairway which leads to a dark gulf .
It is a fine broad stairway at the beginning , but after a bit the carpet ends .
A little farther on there are only flagstones , and a little farther on still these break beneath your feet .
[ I ] f mortal catastrophe should overtake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , historians a thousand years hence will still be baffled by the mystery of our affairs .
They will never understand how it was that a victorious nation , with everything in hand , suffered themselves to be brought low , and to cast away all that they had gained by measureless sacrifice and absolute victory gone with the wind !
Now the victors are the vanquished , and those who threw down their arms in the field and sued for an armistice are striding on to world mastery.
” How did people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very day , the Evening Standard decided to stop printing Churchill ’ s articles .
His syndicated column would no longer appear in over 50 newspapers around the world !
Churchill was denied his media platform to warn the world .
Within days , the syndication manager wrote Churchill : “ I have received expressions of regret from all the papers in England from which we have had to withdraw the series .
All the editors are agreed that the articles were unusually highly appreciated by their readers.
” It would be hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media , and of academia , which produced these leaders !
The people were much wiser , less biased and far less arrogant than the media !
It wasn ’ t long before Hitler began agitating for Sudetenland , part of Czechoslovakia , which was in an alliance with Britain .
Astoundingly , the press , especially the Times , argued that the Czechs should give in to Hitler .
They said the main threat to peace was the obstinancy of the Czechs !
But the only reason the Czechs were obstinate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give Germany a large portion of their country !
What these leaders and the media did in dealing with Hitler before World War ii was despicable !
Events make this inescapably clear .
Almost all the media refused to see him for what he really was—until it was almost too late !
Britain nearly lost World War ii .
The world came dangerously close to being slaughtered and enslaved by Nazi Germany .
Finally Hitler forced them to see how evil he really was !
They didn ’ t see until they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forget that !
As Churchill worked furiously to save Western civilization , most of the media worked equally hard to destroy it !
They inflicted horrendous evil on Churchill because he was trying to save the world from tyranny !
This was a severely criminal act that should never be forgotten !
And it should have caused the media to bitterly repent .
There should have been sweeping changes after World War ii , turning from such dangerous thinking .
Yet no such repentance ever took place .
The media simply moved on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And don ’ t expect them to voluntarily repent today .
The left-wing media today are making even bigger mistakes , and so are our politicians , educational institutions and religious leaders .
What does this portend for the survival of Britain , America and the Western world ?
The media today are much further left than in the 1930s .
Their reporting is even more biased and dangerous .
They have an even more entrenched hatred for American and British power , deeper commitment to pacifism and failed internationalism , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evil .
They attack the Trump administration for punishing Iran , the world ’ s number one state sponsor of terror .
When the president ordered a strike on top general Qassem Suleimani , who had killed hundreds of Americans , they called that a dangerous provocation and depicted that murderer like a beloved saint !
They are angry with President Trump for standing up to China on economic and trade policy .
They are enraged by his forcing Mexico and Latin American countries to stop encouraging immigrants to illegally flood into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protect and defend American interests , they condemn .
The left-wing media are almost always against using our military might to stop the Hitler-types and to do good in the world .
That means they provide very little context in their reporting .
They give their biased opinion and often fail to tell the whole story .
They fight against the truth and blind many of our people to reality .
This means our leaders almost always lack the support to fight the real enemy , even if they have the will .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ own warped human reasoning .
They are a danger even to themselves , and a grave danger to the many people who trust them .
They are destroying the military spirit that defends our people !
They are destroying the security of America , Britain and Israel .
Our military power is of little value if we lack the will to use it .
We have degenerated into unparalleled selfishness and fear .
Why should our most courageous young men and women risk their lives while most of the media condemn what they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are fulfilling a prophecy where God says He will “ break the pride of your power ” —or will to use that power—because of our sins ( Leviticus 26:19 ) .
This is the real problem we must confront , regardless of our political philosophy !
In the age of nuclear , biological and chemical weapons , such weakness leads to the death of nations !
The media ’ s goal is to change the people to their way of thinking .
And they are having frightening success .
They arrogantly believe they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think .
Their goal is not to get the facts to our people , which journalists should be doing .
They want to rule—not inform .
They are tyrants and terrorists of the intellect !
It ’ s the 1930s all over again .
As Churchill said , we never learn from history .
That means history is going to repeat itself !
And the next time , there will be no political leader to save us !
The left-wing media scorn history .
That is why they never seem to learn lessons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to World War ii .
If the “ appeaseniks ” had won in their battle with Winston Churchill—and they almost did—there would be no media freedom in the Western world !
The left-wing media learned nothing from that mega-disaster .
Media leaders still can not see and will not repent of their glaring faults .
They are simply too arrogant .
Leaders of the powerful media must have abundant humility , or they are a deadly danger to their nation and the world !
So who can we trust ?
The Bible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many curses !
( e.g .
Jeremiah 17:5 ) .
In many ways , the threats in the world today are even more menacing than Hitler was .
Think about what rogue states and terrorists can do with weapons of mass destruction .
This issue gets to the heart of the survival of our peoples .
That is how important it is .
Some people are going to scorn this analysis , but not for long .
Words will not bring people out of this darkness .
It will take a jolt like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only reason Winston Churchill came to power .
And if we don ’ t wake up , we are going to be hammered by a far worse World War iii of nuclear bombs to wake us up !
Falsehood enslaves us—it takes us into a black world of deceit .
It is less violent than what terrorists fight for—but it is still slavery !
It is a slavery of the intellect .
We become enslaved to error , evil and fantasy and call it truth and freedom .
This issue gets to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ love truth and freedom .
Anything less than the truth is just another form of slavery and terrorism .
The self-willed , arrogant , left-wing media are trying to enslave us , just as the world ’ s worst terrorists are !
It is just another form of terrorism .
Whether it comes from the right or left , it is still repugnant .
The more we see such hatred of the truth , the more we ought to see how precious truth is .
Whether we realize it or not , God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But no such political watchman will be used to save us today .
Many Bible prophecies warn that only repentance of our many sins can save us now .
God will give His blessings and protection to any individual who will learn this lesson .

The United Kingdom officially exited the European Union on January 31 in a stunning fulfillment of what the Trumpet has been forecasting for decades. Now, Brexit seems to be precipitating the realization of another Trumpet forecast: Britain’s loss of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
Spain has worked to regain Gibraltar for years, but it has been relatively unsuccessful. Yet it has maintained the struggle, emboldened by weakening British resolve epitomized by former Prime Minister Tony Blair who tried to hand Gibraltar over to Spain in an effort to improve UK-EU relations.
Ever since Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain under the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, it has been working to regain control of the valuable island, recently demanding the “decolonization” of the territory.
In the 19th century, Britain’s naval base in Gibraltar was an important stopping point for vessels en route to India. During World War ii, British possession of Gibraltar gave the Allies key control of access to the Mediterranean Sea. Today, as a British possession, it is one of the wealthiest areas of the European Union.
On April 14, 2015, Gibraltar’s chief minister, Fabia Picardo, said that remaining in the EU would be in its best economic interests. Gibraltar’s independent economy does more trade with Europe than with the UK; therefore, staying in the EU makes financial sense for Gibraltar. But despite having voted to remain a part of the EU, the inhabitants of the island are incredibly patriotic, with 99 percent of the population voting to remain part of Britain in its most recent referendum.
But now, with the precipitous decline of the British Empire, Brexit seems to have further muddied the waters.
Article 50 of the EU Council declares that any decision to be made on the future of Gibraltar would have to be decided by Britain and Spain, without Gibraltar’s involvement. Those living in Gibraltar responded with outrage. Spain, however, welcomed it as the first step toward finally reclaiming “the Rock.”
Now that Brexit has actually happened, Spanish authorities are claiming to have an “advantageous” position in regards to the acquisition of Gibraltar. Britain’s weakening resolve is encapsulated in the “memorandum of understanding” it struck with Spain, which recognizes the need for Spain’s approval between any future EU-Gibraltar agreements. In addition, Article 50 states:
After the United Kingdom leaves the Union, no agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom may apply to the territory of Gibraltar without the agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom.
Brexit has emboldened Spain in its pursuit of Gibraltar. It has allowed the EU to be partial to Spain in the negotiations, not neutral as it had been when the UK was still part of the EU. With some help from Britain, Spain seems to be as close as it has ever been to successfully reacquiring Gibraltar.
Britain is facing a similar situation with the Falkland Islands in South America. In 1982, Argentina attempted to illegally seize the islands from Britain’s control. Although Britain came out the victor, in the 38 years since, Argentina has not given up its claim to the islands.
In 2006, then Vice President Julio Cobos declared that Argentina’s aim was to “recover this territory that is ours, that belongs to us.” Brexit seems to have made this easier.
Argentine officials believe that Brexit provides a boost to their claim over the Falklands. Daniel Filmus, Argentina’s secretary of Malvinas (Argentina’s name for the Falklands), said, “Brexit changes European politics.”
Herbert W. Armstrong, editor in chief of the Plain Truth magazine, predecessor to the Trumpet, used the Bible to predict the UK would eventually leave the EU. He also predicted it would also lose the valuable sea gates of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
As far back as 1956, Mr. Armstrong wrote that “Britain will be no part of [the European Union].” He based his predictions on Bible prophecies about modern-day Israel, mainly the United States and Britain today (for detailed proof, request his free book The United States and Britain in Prophecy).
These nations were to be the recipients of unconditional promises made to Abraham. One such promise was that his “seed shall possess the gate of his enemies,” referring to sea gates or strategic passageways (Genesis 22:17). Indeed, since the 1800s, America and Britain have possessed the world’s major sea gates.
But just as the Bible prophesies America’s and Britain’s rise, it also foretells their fall. God warned His people that if they disobeyed His law they would be cursed for their sins (Deuteronomy 28:15). Today, America and Britain are breaking God’s perfect law of love. And as such, they are destined to lose control of the world’s strategic sea gates—one of the curses for sin (verse 52). The U.S. and Britain have lost control of the Suez Canal, Panama Canal, Singapore, Malta, Hong Kong and South Africa. Only Gibraltar and the Falklands remain, but these too are about to be lost.
Mr. Armstrong correctly prophesied, decades ago, that Britain would leave the EU; and he also prophesied that the United States and Britain would lose all of their strategic sea gates. This is another major prophecy on the verge of being fulfilled. To fully understand these prophecies and why they are important in this end time, read “Changing of the Guard” in our free booklet He Was Right.


thetrumpet--2020-02-25--Brace for Change in Europe

Brace for Change in Europe

The Holy Roman Empire has made pivotal and defining contributions to Western civilization—but its many reincarnations have also come with @ @ @ @ @ European leaders aim to unite the fractured continent of Europe by reviving the legacy of @ @ @ @ @ One of the great lessons of this empire is that it always comes back .
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The Holy Roman Empire is not just a relic of history .
It is @ @ @ @ @ role in world events .
Coming to understand about the nature and character of this @ @ @ @ @ much about the future as it does about the past .

The Holy Roman Empire has made pivotal and defining contributions to Western civilization—but its many reincarnations have also come with painful and catastrophic consequences. European leaders aim to unite the fractured continent of Europe by reviving the legacy of this extraordinary church-state combine. One of the great lessons of this empire is that it always comes back. There is always another resurrection. The Holy Roman Empire is not just a relic of history. It is about to play a central role in world events. Coming to understand about the nature and character of this powerful institution tells you as much about the future as it does about the past.


thetrumpet--2020-02-25--Coronavirus Scare Rattles Global Markets

A man in Germany rammed his car into a crowd at a carnival injuring 50 people .
German police haven @ @ @ @ @ about the attacker , and even arrested one man who filmed the attack in order @ @ @ @ @ out .
After almost 20 years of spending its military strength in vain , America @ @ @ @ @ could be numbered .
In just one day , the coronavirus scare wiped out $ @ @ @ @ @ the global markets .
Bernie Sanders is the logical extension of Barack Obama ’ s @ @ @ @ @ .
The big difference is that Sanders is open about his radical vision for America @ @ @ @ @ We Want the Truth ?
( 20 minutes ) Gerald Flurry has written that the @ @ @ @ @ leader is that he always tells the truth .
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A man in Germany rammed his car into a crowd at a carnival injuring 50 people. German police haven’t published any details about the attacker, and even arrested one man who filmed the attack in order to prevent footage from going out.
After almost 20 years of spending its military strength in vain, America’s days in Afghanistan could be numbered.
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Bernie Sanders is the logical extension of Barack Obama’s vision of fundamentally transforming America. The big difference is that Sanders is open about his radical vision for America.
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thetrumpet--2020-02-25--Iran: The Source of Houthi Power

Iran: The Source of Houthi Power

The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group claimed on February 15 that it shot down a Tornado fighter jet belonging to Saudi Arabia .
Houthi spokesman Yahya al-Saree said on Houthi-run Al-Masirah television that the jet was downed in the Al-Jawf governorate in northern Yemen by an “ advanced surface-to-air missile.
” Later that day , Saudi Press Agency released an official coalition statement claiming that the Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado aircraft “ crashed ” while supporting the Yemeni government forces .
One of Al Jazeera ’ s senior political analysts called the Houthis ability a “ very significant ” development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be a game-changer.
” Since 2017 , Houthi rebel forces have shown a significant rise in military capabilities .
Its ballistic missiles are capable of traveling over 800 miles before striking their target , its drones now carry explosive payloads , it has advanced sea mines to hinder travel through the nearby Bab el-Mandeb strait , and now the rebels may even have “ advanced ” surface-to-air missile batteries capable of shooting down Saudi jets .
This raises questions : Where are these technical advancements coming from ?
How could a group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” comprised of shepherds and simple craftsmen now have such advanced military equipment ?
The Houthi ’ s military power comes from one primary source : the Islamic Republic of Iran .
In 2017 , an unnamed Iranian official told Reuters that Iran ’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( irgc ) held a meeting to discuss ways to “ empower ” the Houthi militia .
At the meeting , the irgc “ agreed to increase the amount of help , through training , arms and financial support.
” United Nations sanctions prevent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Houthi movement in Yemen .
This has forced Iran to illegally smuggle the equipment , which makes the shipment process take even longer .
London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Aug. 13 , 2019 , that Iran summoned Saree and Houthi Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdel Salam Felita to Tehran where the Houthis were assigned a new terrorist mission in the Red Sea .
Following the meeting in Tehran between irgc commanders and Saree and Felita , Houthi rebels threatened to use a new Iran-made air defense system .
This month ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the result of that advanced Iran-made air defense system given to the Houthis .
Not all shipments make it through .
Several intercepted weapons shipments en route to Yemen in the Arabian Sea have yielded anti-tank guided missiles , munitions , rifles and rocket launchers .
While conducting maritime security missions in the Arabian Sea on February 9 , the uss Normandy boarded a stateless traditional sailing vessel it caught smuggling a large cache of Iran-made weapons bound for the Houthis .
According to the United States Central Command ’ s official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapons seized include 150 Dehlavieh anti-tank guided missiles … three Iranian surface-to-air missiles , Iranian thermal imaging weapon scopes , and Iranian components for unmanned aerial and surface vessels , as well as other munitions and advanced weapons parts.
” “ Many of these weapons systems are identical ” to those seized in a similar circumstance on Nov. 25 , 2019 , when the uss Forrest Sherman seized a vessel carrying 21 anti-tank guided missiles and five “ near-fully assembled ” surface-to-air missiles , the Central Command explained .
“ Those weapons were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assessed to be destined for the Houthis in Yemen.
” U.S. Navy Capt .
William Urban told reporters on February 19 , “ If the weapons were manufactured in Iran , then they came from Iran .
… They are illicitly smuggled for a purpose , and that purpose is the spread of lethal assistance to the Houthis , to Iranian proxies.
” Urban said this month ’ s seizures “ fit a consistent historical pattern ” of Iranian weapons transfers to the Houthi rebels .
According to the Wall Street Journal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receive “ significant Iranian support ” and have increased “ the lethality and range of their systems.
” A Jan. 25 , 2019 , UN report to the Security Council stated that “ in August 2018 , a substantial consignment of assault rifles was seized by a warship of the United States of America from a boat heading toward the southern coast of Yemen , ” likely from Iran .
The UN report also stated that a small number of Yemeni companies were acting as front companies for Iran to “ donate ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Iranian Technology Transfers to Yemen , ” Conflict Armament Research ( car ) found in March 2017 that “ Iran continues to provide enhanced military capabilities to Houthi and Saleh-aligned forces.
” The report concluded that Houthi drones are “ imported , rather than designed or manufactured in Yemen , ” and “ produced by Iran ’ s [ state-controlled ] Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company.
” The February 2020 car report highlights the similarities between Houthi and Iranian drone and missile parts .
In “ Evolution of uavs [ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” car found that while the Houthis previously relied solely on importing drones from Iran , they have recently begun building their own hybrids .
Because the drone frames are large and distinctly shaped , they are more prone to discovery .
To work around this difficulty , the Houthis “ continue to rely on smuggling smaller components , whose design and construction are increasingly sophisticated.
” Iranian experts have taught the Houthis how to assemble the parts and fabricate the airframes .
The car report also found that some parts found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identical ” to those found in Iranian drones and missiles .
The analysts found the use of similar companies such as Germany ’ s W3 motors , Ireland ’ s Tillotson carbonators , Korea ’ s Hitec servomotors , Woer heat-shrink sleeves , and quality control stickers .
They also found that the Houthi Qasef-1 drones use a model V10 vertical gyroscope whose serial numbers were “ close in proximity to an identical gyroscope found in an Iranian-made Abiabil-3.
” The V10 gyroscope appeared to be “ of the same make—yet not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recovered from the wreckage of the Sept. 14 , 2019 , attack on the Aramco oil processing facility in Abqaiq , Saudi Arabia .
The report stated that according to drone experts familiar with the technology , “ such vertical gyroscopes have not been observed in any uavs other than those manufactured by Iran.
” No other nation could be more responsible for the Abqaiq attack , and no other nation could be more responsible for the Houthi force ’ s military power .
Iran is the head of the terrorist snake .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mullahs in Iran believe that they can hasten the arrival of their version of the Messiah by causing chaos and destruction .
They do this through several means , primarily by exporting terrorism .
Iran relentlessly supports the Houthi rebels for a very specific purpose : to aid it in causing destruction .
Yemen borders the Bab el-Mandeb , which National Interest calls the world ’ s most dangerous shipping lane .
Roughly 4.8 million barrels of crude oil and other petroleum products passed through the strait per day in 2016 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
More than half of that trade sailed north into the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe and North America .
If Iran were to threaten the shipping lane , trade vessels would have to reroute around the southern tip of Africa .
This delay would increase the sailing time from the Persian Gulf to Rotterdam , the Netherlands , for example , by 78 percent .
It would triple the sailing time from the Persian Gulf to Italy , which imported 19.7 percent of its crude oil from Iraq in 2016 .
These delays @ @ @ @ @ @ @ causing severe problems for the global economy , especially Europe .
The Abqaiq attack caused oil prices to immediately surge by 20 percent , the largest jump in 28 years .
Bloomberg called it “ the single worst sudden disruption ever.
” And that was only one facility .
The damage Iran could cause by shutting down an entire shipping lane , such as the Bab el-Mandeb , is incalculably worse .
This is why Iran has consistently supported the Houthi rebels .
By establishing the Houthis in Yemen and supplying them with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drones and sea mines , Iran is slowly gaining the power to threaten the Bab el-Mandeb .
This is a trend the Trumpet has been following for years .
In the April 2015 Trumpet issue , editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote , “ The Houthi takeover in Yemen proves that Iran is implementing a bold strategy to control the vital sea lane from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea .
We need to understand the gravity of this new situation in Yemen !
” A prophecy in Daniel 11:40 says , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end shall the king of the south push at him ….
” This is a prophecy for the time we are living in right now .
Just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ , a radical Islamic group of nations in the Middle East and Africa , led by the Islamic Republic of Iran , is prophesied to rise .
This prophecy says that Iran will have a very pushy foreign policy as it supports terrorism and pushes to develop the nuclear bomb .
Verses 42-43 show that Iran will virtually gain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In “ Iran Gets a Stranglehold on the Middle East , ” Mr .
Flurry continued : “ Now that Iran controls Yemen , it can virtually close or open this spigot on Middle East oil bound for Europe .
And Europe is taking notice !
” In Djibouti—a small nation just 18 miles across the strait from Yemen—several different nations , such as China , France , Japan and the United States , have military bases to protect this shipping lane .
Nevertheless , the Bible says that Iran will gain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sea .
When it does , Europe will react with force .
After Iran pushes at Europe , Daniel 11:40 continues , “ the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind , with chariots , and with horsemen , and with many ships ; and he shall enter into the countries , and shall overflow and pass over.
” Europe sees the Iranian threat and has begun taking steps to protect its trading vessels .
On January 30 , the first French frigate began patrolling the Persian Gulf as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ naval mission , supported by Belgium , Denmark , France , Germany , Greece , Italy , the Netherlands and Portugal .
Europe and Iran are on a collision course .
Soon , these two nations will clash in a terrifying world war , and Iran ’ s belligerence will finally be put to an end .
For more information about this coming clash , read the November-December Watch Jerusalem cover story , “ How Iran Will Be Conquered , ” by Gerald Flurry .

The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group claimed on February 15 that it shot down a Tornado fighter jet belonging to Saudi Arabia. Houthi spokesman Yahya al-Saree said on Houthi-run Al-Masirah television that the jet was downed in the Al-Jawf governorate in northern Yemen by an “advanced surface-to-air missile.”
Later that day, Saudi Press Agency released an official coalition statement claiming that the Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado aircraft “crashed” while supporting the Yemeni government forces. One of Al Jazeera’s senior political analysts called the Houthis ability a “very significant” development, claiming that this new capability “would be a game-changer.”
Since 2017, Houthi rebel forces have shown a significant rise in military capabilities. Its ballistic missiles are capable of traveling over 800 miles before striking their target, its drones now carry explosive payloads, it has advanced sea mines to hinder travel through the nearby Bab el-Mandeb strait, and now the rebels may even have “advanced” surface-to-air missile batteries capable of shooting down Saudi jets.
This raises questions: Where are these technical advancements coming from? How could a group once dismissed as a “ragtag militia” comprised of shepherds and simple craftsmen now have such advanced military equipment?
The Houthi’s military power comes from one primary source: the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Smuggling
In 2017, an unnamed Iranian official told Reuters that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (irgc) held a meeting to discuss ways to “empower” the Houthi militia. At the meeting, the irgc “agreed to increase the amount of help, through training, arms and financial support.”
United Nations sanctions prevent Iran from openly exporting military equipment to the Houthi movement in Yemen. This has forced Iran to illegally smuggle the equipment, which makes the shipment process take even longer.
London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Aug. 13, 2019, that Iran summoned Saree and Houthi Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdel Salam Felita to Tehran where the Houthis were assigned a new terrorist mission in the Red Sea. Following the meeting in Tehran between irgc commanders and Saree and Felita, Houthi rebels threatened to use a new Iran-made air defense system.
This month’s downing of a Saudi jet could be the result of that advanced Iran-made air defense system given to the Houthis.
Not all shipments make it through. Several intercepted weapons shipments en route to Yemen in the Arabian Sea have yielded anti-tank guided missiles, munitions, rifles and rocket launchers.
While conducting maritime security missions in the Arabian Sea on February 9, the uss Normandy boarded a stateless traditional sailing vessel it caught smuggling a large cache of Iran-made weapons bound for the Houthis.
According to the United States Central Command’s official statement on February 13, “The weapons seized include 150 Dehlavieh anti-tank guided missiles … three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, Iranian thermal imaging weapon scopes, and Iranian components for unmanned aerial and surface vessels, as well as other munitions and advanced weapons parts.”
“Many of these weapons systems are identical” to those seized in a similar circumstance on Nov. 25, 2019, when the uss Forrest Sherman seized a vessel carrying 21 anti-tank guided missiles and five “near-fully assembled” surface-to-air missiles, the Central Command explained. “Those weapons were determined to be of Iranian origin and assessed to be destined for the Houthis in Yemen.”
U.S. Navy Capt. William Urban told reporters on February 19, “If the weapons were manufactured in Iran, then they came from Iran. … They are illicitly smuggled for a purpose, and that purpose is the spread of lethal assistance to the Houthis, to Iranian proxies.”
Urban said this month’s seizures “fit a consistent historical pattern” of Iranian weapons transfers to the Houthi rebels.
Evidence
According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. defense officials say that Houthi rebels receive “significant Iranian support” and have increased “the lethality and range of their systems.”
A Jan. 25, 2019, UN report to the Security Council stated that “in August 2018, a substantial consignment of assault rifles was seized by a warship of the United States of America from a boat heading toward the southern coast of Yemen,” likely from Iran. The UN report also stated that a small number of Yemeni companies were acting as front companies for Iran to “donate” fuel to the Houthi rebels.
In “Iranian Technology Transfers to Yemen,” Conflict Armament Research (car) found in March 2017 that “Iran continues to provide enhanced military capabilities to Houthi and Saleh-aligned forces.” The report concluded that Houthi drones are “imported, rather than designed or manufactured in Yemen,” and “produced by Iran’s [state-controlled] Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company.”
The February 2020 car report highlights the similarities between Houthi and Iranian drone and missile parts. In “Evolution of uavs [Unmanned Aerial Vehicles] Employed by Houthi Force in Yemen,” car found that while the Houthis previously relied solely on importing drones from Iran, they have recently begun building their own hybrids.
Because the drone frames are large and distinctly shaped, they are more prone to discovery. To work around this difficulty, the Houthis “continue to rely on smuggling smaller components, whose design and construction are increasingly sophisticated.” Iranian experts have taught the Houthis how to assemble the parts and fabricate the airframes.
The car report also found that some parts found in Houthi drones and missiles are “identical” to those found in Iranian drones and missiles. The analysts found the use of similar companies such as Germany’s W3 motors, Ireland’s Tillotson carbonators, Korea’s Hitec servomotors, Woer heat-shrink sleeves, and quality control stickers.
They also found that the Houthi Qasef-1 drones use a model V10 vertical gyroscope whose serial numbers were “close in proximity to an identical gyroscope found in an Iranian-made Abiabil-3.” The V10 gyroscope appeared to be “of the same make—yet not the same model”—as the V9 gyroscopes recovered from the wreckage of the Sept. 14, 2019, attack on the Aramco oil processing facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia.
The report stated that according to drone experts familiar with the technology, “such vertical gyroscopes have not been observed in any uavs other than those manufactured by Iran.”
No other nation could be more responsible for the Abqaiq attack, and no other nation could be more responsible for the Houthi force’s military power. Iran is the head of the terrorist snake.
Because of its Twelver Shiism beliefs, the mullahs in Iran believe that they can hasten the arrival of their version of the Messiah by causing chaos and destruction. They do this through several means, primarily by exporting terrorism. Iran relentlessly supports the Houthi rebels for a very specific purpose: to aid it in causing destruction.
The Red Sea
Yemen borders the Bab el-Mandeb, which National Interest calls the world’s most dangerous shipping lane. Roughly 4.8 million barrels of crude oil and other petroleum products passed through the strait per day in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. More than half of that trade sailed north into the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe and North America.
If Iran were to threaten the shipping lane, trade vessels would have to reroute around the southern tip of Africa. This delay would increase the sailing time from the Persian Gulf to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for example, by 78 percent. It would triple the sailing time from the Persian Gulf to Italy, which imported 19.7 percent of its crude oil from Iraq in 2016. These delays would raise prices and restrict supply, causing severe problems for the global economy, especially Europe.
The Abqaiq attack caused oil prices to immediately surge by 20 percent, the largest jump in 28 years. Bloomberg called it “the single worst sudden disruption ever.” And that was only one facility. The damage Iran could cause by shutting down an entire shipping lane, such as the Bab el-Mandeb, is incalculably worse.
This is why Iran has consistently supported the Houthi rebels. By establishing the Houthis in Yemen and supplying them with air defense systems, ballistic missiles, drones and sea mines, Iran is slowly gaining the power to threaten the Bab el-Mandeb.
This is a trend the Trumpet has been following for years. In the April 2015 Trumpet issue, editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote, “The Houthi takeover in Yemen proves that Iran is implementing a bold strategy to control the vital sea lane from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. We need to understand the gravity of this new situation in Yemen!”
A prophecy in Daniel 11:40 says, “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him ….” This is a prophecy for the time we are living in right now. Just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, a radical Islamic group of nations in the Middle East and Africa, led by the Islamic Republic of Iran, is prophesied to rise. This prophecy says that Iran will have a very pushy foreign policy as it supports terrorism and pushes to develop the nuclear bomb. Verses 42-43 show that Iran will virtually gain control of the Red Sea shipping lane.
In “Iran Gets a Stranglehold on the Middle East,” Mr. Flurry continued: “Now that Iran controls Yemen, it can virtually close or open this spigot on Middle East oil bound for Europe. And Europe is taking notice!”
In Djibouti—a small nation just 18 miles across the strait from Yemen—several different nations, such as China, France, Japan and the United States, have military bases to protect this shipping lane. Nevertheless, the Bible says that Iran will gain some form of control over the Red Sea. When it does, Europe will react with force.
After Iran pushes at Europe, Daniel 11:40 continues, “the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”
Europe sees the Iranian threat and has begun taking steps to protect its trading vessels. On January 30, the first French frigate began patrolling the Persian Gulf as part of Europe’s new anti-Iranian naval mission, supported by Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal.
Europe and Iran are on a collision course. Soon, these two nations will clash in a terrifying world war, and Iran’s belligerence will finally be put to an end.
For more information about this coming clash, read the November-December Watch Jerusalem cover story, “How Iran Will Be Conquered,” by Gerald Flurry.