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Update on prophecy in the news

The world continues to spiral into war and chaos. I look at the situation in light of the prophetic timing of 2024. This year is the 70^th Jubilee (7 x 490 years) since the Jordan crossing under Joshua. The number 70 is the number of the restoration of all nations. Recall that the beginning of nations in Genesis 10 lists 70 nations.

When Joshua crossed the Jordan to fight the Canaanite nations, he was commissioned to judge Canaan according to Noah’s curse that was pronounced 828 years earlier (2 x 414). This, combined with the fact that he was given a physical sword to deal with Canaan, brought potential genocide to the Canaanites. In fact, this genocide may well have occurred, had it not been for God’s intervention. In Judges 2:3, God told Israel that He would NOT drive out all of the Canaanites. In fact, the Gibeonites were spared to serve the Lord God of Shem, as promised in Genesis 9:26, 27.

The year 2024 is 70 Jubilees after the Jordan crossing. Timing has a beginning and an end, linked by a time cycle. Hence, there is a parallel between these dates. So it is not surprising to see Netanyahu’s genocidal war against the Palestinians. He functions with an Old Covenant mindset and so he sees genocide as a sacred principle.

We, however, follow the greater Joshua, Yeshua the Christ, who was the Mediator of the New Covenant. His commission, as given to His disciples, was to teach the word to all nations and baptize them (Matthew 28:19). Baptism is symbolic death and resurrection. It is the New Covenant method of conquering the nations.

Those of us who have a New Covenant mindset abhor the genocide that Netanyahu has unleashed upon the Palestinians. It unveils the tragedy that occurs when men reject the New Covenant. Such people do not possess the Sword of the Spirit and are thus left with the physical sword. Unfortunately, many Christians too have failed to understand this basic principle and end up supporting the Palestinian genocide as if it were a godly act. See how important it is to understand the word of God, which is our “sword.”

On a more positive note, 2024 is also a Jubilee, dating from the Jordan crossing. It is the start of the restoration of the nations. This seems to imply an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, without which this restoration would not be possible. Having a New Covenant mindset, we see the salvation of the nations, not their destruction.

The Ukraine war has been very destructive in the past 2 years, but I think this will end later this year. Last July, Biden announced that Russia had lost the war and was running out of men and ammunition. Now it is admitted that Ukraine has lost the war and has run out of men and ammunition. Ukraine would have lost the war much earlier, except for all the aid it received from the West. Now the West has war fatigue and is tired of sending huge sums of money for foreign wars while their own citizens need help.

Because Ukraine is losing the war, France’s Macron now wants to send troops to Ukraine. This would amount to a declaration of war with Russia—a huge escalation. Of course, they already have troops in Ukraine, but not officially. Last month Russia destroyed a hotel housing French special forces, killing about 75 of them and wounding many more. This made Macron angry and is probably why he is now wanting to escalate the war.

Most of Europe has very little ammunition and war equipment left, having sent it all to Ukraine where it was systematically destroyed. If Russia were to attack Europe, the Europeans would run out of ammunition in about 2 weeks. That frightens them, but fortunately, Russia has no desire to take over Europe. In fact, Russia lacks sufficient troops to occupy a single European nation. The idea that Russia will occupy Europe if they take Ukraine is sheer propaganda designed to raise more money to prop up Ukraine.

The UK can’t find enough recruits to run its aircraft carrier. It can’t even find an admiral to take charge of it.

Finland and Sweden just joined NATO. There’s nothing like coming aboard a sinking ship. NATO was formed during the early stages of the Cold War when the Soviet Union was a genuine threat. That ended with its collapse into chaos in the 1990’s, and NATO then became largely irrelevant. The new Russia wanted to be our friend and join with Europe. But the neocons in our own government wanted an enemy in order to remain relevant.

They also coveted Russia’s resources and wanted to break up Russia into 5 smaller countries, so that their resources could be bought up by western corporations for pennies on the dollar. In fact, in the 1990’s Russia was near broke, and so it sold off many of its state-owned businesses for pennies. This created a class of wealthy oligarchs, which invested its money in the West, leaving Russia hard pressed to find funding for its own businesses.

Putin later had to get the oligarchs under control, and so he became known as an “authoritarian.” Finally, when the West sanctioned Russia 2 years ago, the oligarchs were no longer able to transfer their profits to Europe. They had to invest in Russia itself, and the Russian economy grew accordingly. The sanctions raised the price of oil and gas, which helped Russia as well. Russia’s economy today is better than any European country, thanks largely to the sanctions.

Russian cities today are beautiful, clean, modern, and enjoy a very low crime rate. Compare them with America’s large cities as a result of US policies.

Meanwhile, Europe suffers from a shortage of energy, particularly oil and gas, which they refuse to buy directly from Russia. They have to buy it from places like India, which in turn buys it from Russia. The middlemen make profits, and Europe pays higher prices. Europe’s industries are no longer competitive, and many German companies are being forced to move to China or America just to stay in business.

They blame Putin, rather than the sanctions.

From a prophetic standpoint, we are witnessing the fall of Babylon that is centered in the West. God has raised up the kings from the east (Russia and China) to overthrow Babylon. See Revelation 16:12 and 19. The prayers of the saints are being answered in the same manner as they were in the time of Daniel when God raised up the kings from the east (Medes and Persians) to overthrow Babylon. God’s purpose is to set His people free.