As touched upon in my December article the behaviour of the United States Government has sent shudders through world markets. When the U.S. is “tottering on the brink” financially, then that is not the time for internal fighting and playing politics. Should the economy of the American market collapse there will be catastrophic financial disaster throughout the money markets of the world. The very same situation prevailed after the Wall Street crash which enabled Hitler to rise to power. The US Senate has finally came to an emergency arrangement which passed a bill which succeeded in yanking the US back from the brink of budgetary disaster but only for a short time until the 7th of February, when it will all be in the melting pot again. However this temporary solution will be before the fiercely divided Republicans and Democrats when the senate reforms after Christmas and they will need to sort it out then. Senate Democratic Majority leader Harry Reid is quoted as saying “Lets be honest, this is pain inflicted on a nation for no good reason and we cannot make the same mistake again.” To add to this the US Treasury has been using what it has called “extraordinary measures” to pay bills since the nation reached its current debt limit in May 2013.
(Reuters) – Upset by President Barack Obama’s policies on Iran and Syria, members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family are threatening a rift with the United States that could take the alliance between Washington and the kingdom to its lowest point in years. Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief is vowing that the kingdom will make a “major shift” in relations with the United States to protest perceived American inaction over Syria’s civil war as well as recent U.S. overtures to Iran, a source close to Saudi policy said recently. Prince Bandar bin Sultan told European diplomats that the United States had failed to act effectively against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was growing closer to Tehran, and had failed to back Saudi support for Bahrain when it crushed an anti-government revolt in 2011, the source said. “The shift away from the U.S. is a major one.” The source close to Saudi policy is quoted as saying. “Saudi doesn’t want to find itself any longer in a situation where it is solely dependent on the US.”
The United States and Saudi Arabia have been allies since the kingdom was declared in 1932, giving Riyadh a powerful military protector and Washington secure oil supplies. The Saudi criticism came days after the 40th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab oil embargo imposed to punish the West for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur war. That was one of the low points in U.S.-Saudi ties, which were also badly shaken by the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Incidentally most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals.
The recent financial crisis in the U.S. has occasioned much concern with the use of the $US in world wide oil sales. Saudi Arabia has indicated it will cease to use the $US as a means of exchange. The $US is used as a means of international exchange world wide, and one of the worlds main oil suppliers moving away from the use of the $US would send alarm bells ringing throughout the trading nations. Should as threatened by several countries, including Saudi Arabia, a move be made to use the Euro as an international trading exchange, the chance of complete collapse of the $US is very likely. With the international debt of the US as high as it is, the chances are that the world would start to spiral into a financial abyss. This would affect the European economy, and as the Wall Street crash did for Hitler, so this crisis would open the way for the Antichrist to appear and sort out the worlds economy opening the way for his world wide domination.
As the US Government is bent on removing from public display any Scripture and slogans including, God in the wording, they are not likely to fore know the outcome of their careless and ignorant actions. For all the warnings that are before them they do not seem to see the dangers brought about by their actions, actions that might affect the whole world. China and Russia are building up reserves of gold bullion that will buffer them against the world wide financial collapse when it comes. The same events could occur again as happened with Germany in the 1930’s where the USA’s economy collapses and Europe’s economy is again imperiled. It will see the Antichrist, a man driven by Satan, as was Hitler and his henchmen, and as the Bible tells us, will spend a great deal of money on armed forces [Hebrew: Mauzzim or Munitions][Dan 11:38], and bring about the revitalization of European industry. Next time you see military equipment on television, watch who the manufacturers are. Some is from the US, but a large amount of military vehicles, ambulances and fire engines are of European manufacture particularly evident in Africa, the Middle East and Oceania.
As Jesus said; “Even so, when you see all these things, you know it is near, right at the door” [Matt 24:33 NIV].And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption is drawing near”. [Luke 21:28 KJV].
Maybe this is the year when we will all be caught up to be with the Lord for ever, and ever, and ever and ever… Amen. Are you looking up ready for that day?
Brian D. Papworth
Representative for the Prophetic Witness Movement International in the South Pacific.