Prophecy Update: Friday December 14th 2018
Military history teaches us that wars start for a variety of reasons but militaries prepare for those wars years in advance. It is not that the generals know the future but they anticipate better than most how their enemies think and plan for war. For instance, there is always a reaction to the development of new weapons. These new weapons initiate a response from those who feel threatened by enemies. Two nations that are not friendly are the USA and Russia. These two nations have been at war in one way or another since the end of World War 2. I am interested in military doctrine and preparation because it is at the heart of many biblical prophecies. I believe that Russia and America are going to war sometime in the near future and that will be a game changer. This will give occasion to the rise of Anti-Christ. Russia has developed a new weapon that is a game changer and may be used in one or more of the Biblical Wars predicted by the Lord.
The weapon that Russia has developed is called the Satan 2. Business Insider magazine had this headline in March of this year:
“Putin has touted an ‘invincible’ nuclear weapon that really exists — here’s how it works and why it deeply worries experts. The nuclear weapon, called the RS-28 Sarmat or Satan 2, has been in development since 2009. Putin claimed the ICBM is “invincible” to missile defense systems. He also presented animations of several other weapons, including what some call a “doomsday” drone submarine. According to the Center’s Missile Defense Project, the Satan 2 “is reported by Russian media as being able to carry 10 large warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or up to 24 YU-74 hypersonic boost-glide vehicles.” That means one Satan 2 ICBM could pack as much as eight megatons of TNT-equivalent explosive power. That’s more than 400 times as strong as either bomb the US dropped on Japan in 1945 — both of which, combined, led to roughly 150,000 casualties.”
At that same speech, Putin showed a video of the Satan 2 hitting Florida and destroying the state. The room went into wild applause telling me that the Russians cheer for the deaths of Americans living in Florida. That is sick and satanic. No wonder the missile is called Satan 2. Putin has set a vision for Russia that the nation is happy to pursue. That vision is to expand its borders.
Expanding the influence of Russia is a major goal since the fall of the Soviet Union. The Soviet empire was very large and included the Baltic States and many of the Muslim countries to Russia’s south, they include, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. That is 14 countries and it gets worse for them because of the fall of the “Eastern Block” nations like East Germany, Poland, and Romania to name a few. The influence and strategic alliances that existed until 1991 are now gone and Putin is not happy about it. Neither are most Russians. One reason is that many of the “Eastern Block” nations have turned to the US alliance and NATO.
A fascinating article on this topic was on the history channel website in February of this year, here is part of the article:
“The Humiliation that Pushed Putin to Try and Recapture Russian Glory”
From Soviet apparatchik to self-styled macho superhero, Putin embodies Russia’s struggle for power and relevance. His personal bearing and his style of rule may have changed over that time, but Putin’s actions over the years have been guided by one simple principle: to restore Russia’s global importance. The 65-year-old Russian president is motivated by a strong sense of history, and like many of his generation, he was deeply affected by the Soviet collapse. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union stood for nearly half a century as one of the two lodes of power globally, and when it dissolved in 1991, it left Russia as an irrelevance. During the 1990s, Putin rose from a mid-ranking cog in the periphery of the KGB to become the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, and then in 1996 was called to Moscow to work for President Yeltsin’s Kremlin. He saw close up how weak the new Russia had become. In 1998, when Bill Clinton called Yeltsin to tell him the United States was considering air strikes on Serbia, Yeltsin was furious. He screamed at Clinton that this was unacceptable and then hung up. The bombing raids went ahead anyway.”
I remember well those days and how foolish our nation was to attack Serbia. The Serbians were just a little confused because they always felt that they were an ally of the USA. They wanted Christian influence and the West to succeed. They saw the betrayal as a win for Islam and the expansion of fascist Islamic doctrine to take over the West. Putin was greatly influenced by the war and the fall of the Soviet Union. Here is what he said:
“A few days before he became president, in late 1999, Putin wrote an article in the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, outlining his task as he saw it. “For the first time in the past 200–300 years, Russia faces the real danger that it could be relegated to the second, or even the third tier of global powers,” Putin warned. He called on Russians to unite to make sure that the country remained what he called a “first-tier” nation.”
I watched Putin speak at the dedication of a monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn two days ago, December 11th. It was the 100 birthday of Solzhenitsyn and it reminded me of why Putin is still very popular in Russia. When Putin renounced communism he did it by recommitting himself to the Russian Orthodox Church and he met with Solzhenitsyn. The Russians view Putin as a savior who turned Russia from the evil of anti-Christian communism and towards a nationalistic pro-Christian vision of the future. Putin is anti-globalist and pro-Russian and that gives the Russians hope. The enemy is the Americans who are hurting their economy with sanctions and threatening them by intruding on their territory. For people in Russia who still want communism, Putin and Solzhenitsyn are traitors.
Here is what Putin said: “Solzhenitsyn loved the fatherland and argued for the unconditional value of the morals that provide for a healthy society. The most important thing is that Solzhenitsyn voice is still being heard, popularizing his work, encouraging and introducing new young readers to it is the best thing we can do and must do to honor his memory.”
I only wish that God would do that for us in America. Solzhenitsyn became a believer when a Christian doctor shared the good news with him before surgery. They were in prison together and Dr. Kornfeld was killed the next morning by the communists. Here is a quote from Solzhenitsyn about his conversion to Jesus: “And so it happened that Kornfeld’s prophetic words were his last words on earth and directed to me they lay upon me as an inheritance. You cannot brush off that kind of inheritance by shrugging your shoulders.” (Gulag Archipelago pg.613) Solzhenitsyn wrote a poem about his conversion called ‘Ascent’ and it catalogued the history of his life. How he had become a communist and renounced Christianity. Now that Jesus had changed his life he said at the end of the poem: “And now as I sip with new found moderation from the lifegiving waters I see, that my faith is restored O Lord of Creation! I renounced you but you stood by me.” I have read much of Solzhenitsyn books and my two favorites are “Warning to the West” and “The Oak and the Calf.” My hope is that God will send a revival and save many people before the war comes!
My philosophy for many years now is that America and Russia have to be out of the way so that Anti-Christ can rise. The Bible gives me the answer about Russia when Ezekiel 38-39 describes their destruction. There is a clue in this text that tells me something about America. Ezekiel 38:13 says, “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto you, Are you coming to take a spoil? Have you gathered your company to take a prey, to carry away silver and gold, cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” Notice that the west only complains and they do nothing. That does not fit the circumstances while Pres. Trump is in office.
Vladimir Putin is playing a vast chess game with NATO, and his next move I believe will be to invade the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. That could lead to a direct war between the US and Russia. The U.S. articulated a doctrine according to which there are six phases of war: “shaping” the pre-war environment (phase zero), “deterring” the enemy (phase one), “seizing the initiative” (phase two), “dominating” the battlespace (phase three), “stabilizing” the post-battle environment (phase four), and after-action enabling of civil authority (phase five). It has since become clear that the first two phases, shaping and deterrence, are the arenas where the United States and NATO prefer to operate, and Putin has taken advantage of this tendency. Notice the weakness of this approach—there is no vision and no desire to win. This is a recipe for continuous war. Russia understands the weakness in this approach.
Russia has been exploiting the weakness of the USA and NATO. Commentary magazine had an article about this in September. The title was, “Can NATO Survive and Thrive.” Without the USA, NATO is weak and not a worthy opponent to Russia. I think that Russia has a goal of removing the USA from NATO either by war outright, which will include nukes, or by continuing to poison the relationship between Washington and the capitals of the European Union. However it is done, the USA will be out of the picture as the protector of Israel when the GOG MAGOG war kicks off. Praise God that He will be the only ONE who will be given the credit for saving Israel when that war commences. (Ezekiel 38:23 39:21) Pray that you are ready for the coming war. However it commences, we will be effected. Hard times are coming, that Jesus predicted for the end times. Stay faithful until the end. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
