Submitted by M Tovey (United States), May 8, 2017 at 11:39
From times decades ago, when Ronald Reagan was hailed as the conservative conquering hero and Mikhail Gorbachev was marked as the beast, speculations of the Revelation sort were as rampant as the Soviet incursions into the same region of Khyber as is now being fought over; and when, many asked, would it go nuclear? Careful Scriptural scrutiny revealed: not yet.
Twenty years, more or less, later, the ancient environs of Babylon were central to an American version of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, spurred by the next round of attacks sponsored by the Iranian declaration of war against the west, America being sought out as the main obstacle to the objective, destruction of Israel and take over of the world at Jerusalem.
Now, with the Ezekiel players in position and confirmation of the principle antagonists of Psalm 83 petitioning the United Nations (the world) to declare the land of Abraham to be 'Palestinian,' what is now being revealed as the secondary fulfillment of Jeremiah 25:20, 47:1 et seq; and corollary passages from Isaiah 14: 28-32; 17:1-14 is in preparation to the LORD roaring out of Zion and bringing the enemies of the LORD to His footstool.
Now the question you pose (indeed many are as anxiously wary of this, but not necessarily from the Christian community): what does all of this mean? Does the Trump Presidency actually present as many in the Christian community speculate, an answer to prayer that America is in a revival mode and could actually make another run for peace in the world? From this observer's perspective: NO.
Just as the Jewish influences of the world from 3500 years ago to the 70AD triumph of the Romans over Jerusalem depicted judgment from rejecting the love of Almighty God to serve so many lesser gods, modern Christianity failed by compromising the WORD of the LORD, thereby not understanding the mysteries that have been revealed and thus not able to understand the remaining mysteries to be experienced upon the preparations for the arrival of Yeshua HaMashiach, Ben David. A Trump Presidency serves to obscure the role of Mystery Babylon in this sense.
The Christian message has remained the same from the ascension to today: preach the Gospel and teach His love until His return; first for His faithful in the true Church (and not the Mystery Babylon); then for the faithful who remained true during the following tribulation; then finally, for judgment to purge the Temple for His renewed Triumphal Reentry, not on the colt of two thousand years ago, but on HIs White Charger, leading the faithful to His place on the mercy seat; His Throne.
Then THAT will be the OBVIOUS thing to see, Jesus Christ the Righteous Branch.
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