In
Revelation 16:12, the Bible predicts that the Euphrates
River
will be dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the east to invade Israel.
This will happen at the time of the battle of Armageddon according to verse 16
of the same chapter. The battle of Armageddon will be the final battle at which
time Jesus will return and fight on the side of the nation of Israel.
Immediately thereafter He will establish His kingdom and usher in His one
thousand-year reign of peace. On January 13, 1990, the Indianapolis Star
carried the headline “Turkey Will Cut Off Flow of Euphrates for One Month.” The
article stated that Turkey had built a huge reservoir. While filling up the
reservoir, the flow of the Euphrates would be stopped for one month and a
concrete plug for a diversion channel built. These things have now been done.
With this newly built dam, Turkey has the ability to stop the Euphrates River
at will. The conditions for fulfilling this 1,900 year-old prophecy are now in
place.
In
Revelation 13, the Bible prophesies that a world dictator will soon rule over a
world government. He will cause all people in the earth to receive a number
without which they will be unable to buy or sell. We are seeing this prophecy
fulfilled before our eyes in a most astonishing way. Nearly every human being
in the world now has been assigned a number. In America it is our Social
Security number. In the past few years, we have seen this number extended to
newborns. A child without a Social Security number cannot be declared as a
dependent on an income tax return. We have seen the emergence of electronic
money, shopping with credit cards, and many people urging the abolishment of
cash. All of these things could not possibly have been fulfilled until this
present time. Only after the invention of the computer could such a worldwide
numbering system be administered.
In
Revelation 9:15-16, the Bible prophesies that an army of 200 million soldiers
will launch a war which would kill “the third part of men.” Never in the
history of the world until our present generation has there been a power on
earth that could field 200 million soldiers. However, the late ruler of China,
Mao Tse Tung boasted in his diary that he could field an army of 200 million.
The CIA World Factbook reports that in the year 2001, it is estimated that
China has 200,886,946 men of military age, and this number is growing by 10
million per year.
Revelation
13:7 and Daniel 7:23 prophecy the establishment of a world government. The term
“New World Order” has become a prevalent phrase in the world’s political
culture. Mikhail Gorbachev made the term famous, and Pope John Paul II has
referred to it repeatedly. In the September 12, 1990 issue of the Chicago
Tribune, our former president George Bush said, “Iraq is the first test for the
New World Order.” He emphatically stated that the Iraq War is Saddam Hussein
against the world. The United Nations’ troops are continually referred to as
the multi-national forces. The decision has been made to establish an
interdependent community of nations that will rule the world under United
Nations authority. The Bible says that this will lead us into a great world
government. The formation of this government is at hand. Is it coincidental
that all of these major prophecies pertaining to the last times are being
fulfilled simultaneously?
Coincidence,
Hardly!