World War Three fears ignited after ‘Israeli strike’ takes out Iran’s top commanders

Part of Israel–Hamas war, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Israel–Hezbollah conflict and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict – 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus

Metro, April 2, 2024

Event

Fears of a conflict in the Middle East which could ignite World War Three have intensified after Iran accused Israel of bombing the Iranian Embassy in Damascus. Away from Vladimir Putin’s threats to Nato and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s pledges to build more nuclear weapons in 2024, attention is now on the air strike on the consulate in the Syrian capital. Footage circulating online shows the destruction of a building next door in the Mezzeh district, just a few meters from the Embassy of Canada. Israeli F-35 fighter jets came from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights, Syria’s defence ministry reported. International experts have since warned that Israel’s alleged actions could lead to a all-out war in the region. Seven Iranian military advisers, including three senior commanders, were killed in the attack. General Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), was named among the victims. Iranian state media reported that he was the target of Israel’s attack.

Comment

Israel has long targeted Iran’s military installations in Syria and those of its proxies, but this was the first time it has hit the vast embassy compound itself.  Israel said the building in Damascus is not an official consulate, but a military hub for the Iranian regime. There are many experts who think this attack could ignite a major response from Iran which could lead to a wider war. The issue is that usually embassies are “off limits” because technically they are a nation’s territory in another country.

The Bible says that “the Medes” will be “stirred up” and that they will use their “bows” to “dash young men to pieces.” The Medes are the Iranians and they have been stirred up. As the verse says below – they care nothing for silver or gold – they are ideologically

Bible quote

Behold, I will stir up the Medes [Iranians] against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.  Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. (Isaiah 13:17-18)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

 

Biden: Only two-state solution will guarantee Israel’s security

The Times of Israel, March 8, 2024

Event

The U.S. and Israel stand at a diplomatic and military crossroads. Israel says it needs to finish the war against Hamas in the key Gazan city of Rafah, yet the U.S. is threatening that Israel won’t be able to use American weapons if Israel launches its military campaign against the Hamas stronghold.
On the northern border, Hezbollah continues to fire rocket volleys on Israeli communities. In his State of the Union address, President Biden put the burden on Israel to protect Gazans.

“Israel has an added burden because Hamas hides and operates among the civilian population like cowards under hospitals, daycare centers, and all the like. Israel also has a fundamental responsibility, though, to protect innocent civilians in Gaza,”

Biden declared. He added what he says is the solution:

“As we look to the future, the only real solution to the situation is a two-state solution (between Israel and the Palestinians) over time.”

Comment

Turmoil in the Middle East poses a risk to President Joe Biden’s re-election bid and might help Trump into office again. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is impacting politics around the world.

In the UK there has been a recent byelection that has seen an ultra antisemitic candidate have a landslide win. Such was the shock, the prime minister delivered a speech condemning the vote in front of No10. All this is causing nations to rethink their support of Israel. There is growing pressure to unliterally declare a two state solution – in other words divide Israel in two and have half the land as a Palestinian State and half for Israel. But it will not bring peace – it will only bring more war.

Joel 3 says that the nations have “parted” or “divided” my land. In the following verses we read of all nations being gathered to Israel to battle – it is coming….

Bible quote

I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted [divided] my land. (Joel 3:2)

The nations may well announce a division of the land – but in the next verse God says

“what has Philistia to do with me?”

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

British parliament plunged into chaos over Gaza cease-fire vote

Politico, February 21, 2024

Event

Angry MPs staged a walkout in the House of Commons Wednesday night and vented their fury at Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, as a symbolic vote on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas descended into chaos. MPs had been set to vote on a motion from the Scottish National Party calling for an “immediate” cease-fire in Gaza. The SNP used its dedicated “opposition day” in the Commons to push the motion. But Hoyle intervened to allow the opposition Labour Party — which feared a rebellion from its own MPs amid pressure over its response to the conflict — to put forward its own amendment to the motion, which also backed an  “immediate humanitarian cease-fire” but included softer language on Israel’s conduct in the war.

The Prime Minister gave his own views on the Gaza votes controversy in a short broadcast interview on Thursday afternoon.

“I think the important point here is that we should never let extremists intimidate us into changing the way in which Parliament works. Parliament is an important place for us to have these debates. Some people may want to stifle that with intimidation or aggressive behaviour.”

Comment

The chaos seen in Britain’s parliament was down to one thing – fear. MP’s are fearful of the violent consequences if they are not seen to be backing Gaza and the Palestinians. It has come to light that many MP’s are receiving threats if they don’t vote ”the right way” and condemn Israel.

A staff member for an MP said it was “only a matter of time” until “the worst happens”. This is why the UK prime minister said that some want to stifle debate though intimidation and aggression.

The Bible says that Jerusalem would become a burdensome stone for all people and those who try to move it will be cut to pieces. In other words Jerusalem will become an insolvable issue that brings destruction.

Bible quote

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. (Zechariah 12:3)

Don’t forget the Hamas war is about Jerusalem. They call this conflict The Al Aqsa Flood – Al Aqsa is the Muslim name for the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

Doomsday Clock unchanged at 90 seconds to midnight – amid ‘unprecedented level of risk’

Daily Telegraph, January 23, 2024

Event

The Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight, the experts predicting the likelihood of a global catastrophe have said. It comes after a year that saw conflict in Ukraine rage on and war in the Middle East flare up. Scientists say there is a

“continuing unprecedented level of risk”

from threats including war, the climate crisis and the “dramatic advance” of AI. The countdown is a metaphor for global collapse agreed on by experts at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 2023, the clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight – the closest to global collapse it has ever been. While the clock has not edged closer to midnight this year, scientists warned that was not an indication of stability. Rachel Bronson, president of the bulletin, said:

“Make no mistake: resetting the clock at 90 seconds to midnight is not an indication that the world is stable. Quite the opposite.

Comment

The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It was created in 1947 after the nuclear bombings of Japan. During the 1980’s with nuclear treaties etc the clock moved back to 17 minutes to midnight.

They now say it is 90 seconds to midnight. It is interesting the end of time is set at midnight.
The Bible talks about midnight in several places in relation to the time of the end. In Matthew 25 it is at midnight that there is a great cry made and the bridegroom is announced as arriving. This event by the way wakes up all the virgins from their sleep! Mark 13 speaks of midnight as being one of the times Jesus could return. The final plague upon Egypt (death of the firstborn) came at midnight.

We are close to midnight.

Bible quote

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. (Matthew 25:5-7)

Andy Walton, Weekly World Watch

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1. Could it be that we are living in the Last Days
2. Time to be prepared and to put your armour on for the coming battle

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Additional reading

1. Why are the End Times taking so long
2. Mount Olivet ProphecyToday’s thought “I will bring distress …” (December 15)Today’s thought “Remember the predictions of the holy prophets” (December 15)
   Gog
   King of the North
3. US to station nuclear weapons in UK to counter threat from Russia
4. Left in the dark or being in the dark seeing light
5. The Coining of the Lord Draweth Nigh
6. The Sign of the Son of Man
7. Signs of the last days when difficult times will come
8. Matthew 24 about temples or Houses of God and the end of the age
9. Matthew 24:36-41 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: About That Day and Hour
10. Separation of local judgment regarding 70 CE from the global ultimate-coming prophecies of the Second Coming and Final Judgment
11. Matthew 24:42-51 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: Stay Awake!
12. The no one or nothing in the darkness
13. Making sure to be ready and to belong to the escaped ones

 

Unprecedented Danger”: Russia-Ukraine War Pushes Iconic Doomsday Clock Closest to Midnight Ever in its History.

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2. Is the world close to ending?
3. Civilizational Collapse: The End of the World?
4. What you must know about the end times
5. Last Days Priorities
6. The Doomsday Clock
7. Time to End Wasting Time
8. Revelations
9. Ninety Seconds to Midnight! From Both a Secular and Biblical Perspective We Are Living in Dangerous Times!
10. Politics And The Day Of The Lord
11. No Time for Timid Faith by David Wilkerson
12. The Doomsday Clock forewarns of impending doom
13. Doomsday clock reset ; 90 sec before catastrophe
14. Awaiting Doomsday 2024 ‘Prediction’
15. Doomsday Clock Pt.1 – Minutes To Midnight
16. Doomsday Clock freezes at 90 seconds to midnight
17. ‘Doomsday Clock’ kept as close to midnight as ever
18. The end is getting closer due to the Gaza conflict
19. Opinion: Doomsday Clock still set at 90 seconds to midnight
20. Exploring the Doomsday Clock: A Symbol of Global Concern
21. 90 Seconds, Still
22. The Doomsday clock is at 90 seconds to midnight
23. Doomsday Clock: Is Time Ticking?
24. Why is the 2024 doomsday clock still stopped at 90 seconds?

Iran’s attacks are heightening fears of a wider Middle East war

The Telegraph, January 18, 2024

Event

Tit-for-tat cross-border exchanges between Pakistan and Iran this week marked the latest escalation in the Middle East, a region already dangerously on edge as a result of Israel’s war with Hamas. The fallout from the terror group’s Oct 7 attacks and Israel’s military response has spiked tensions in a range of simmering flashpoints involving Israel’s arch-foe Iran, leading diplomats to fear a wider conflict may yet erupt. Those concerns were heightened in recent days when Iran began to flex its military muscles, attacking targets in a string of other countries. Iran has launched missile attacks on “spy headquarters” and “terrorist” targets in Syria and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, where it claimed to hit Israeli espionage headquarters. Then Tehran hit what it said were Sunni militants hiding within Pakistan. Tehran anticipates tensions with its number one enemy, Israel, are “going to increase” this year with the Israel-Hamas war set to drag on, said Sanam Vakil, a director with the Chatham House think tank.

Comment

This week Iran launched missile strikes on three different countries – Iraq, Syria and Pakistan. Also its proxy militant groups (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis) continue to target U.S. and Western interests and fight Israel. Iran’s attack on Syria was against ISIS militants in response to scores of people killed at a commemoration service in Iran last week. Iran’s attack on Iraq was said to be against Israeli spy sites. Iran’s attack on Pakistan was against a group that killed some Iranian security forces. All the attacks were using long range accurate missiles. It is probable that all this is to demonstrate to Israel that Iran is able to attack where and when it wants to. Isaiah 13 speaks of the Medes (Iranians) being stirred up and used the bows (missiles) to dash men to pieces.

Bible quote

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.  Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. (Isaiah 13:17-18)

Isaiah 13 has a latter day fulfilment. It is not only about ancient Iraq and ancient Iran – it is also about modern times.

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

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3. A treacherous geopolitical outlook for President Joe Biden
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Russia-Iran axis is fomenting war in the Middle East

Event

Daily Telegraph, October 9, 2023

Russia and Iran, united by mutual geopolitical, military and economic interests as well as a determination to oppose US influence, have good reason to destabilise the Middle East by enabling Palestinian aggression against Israel at this particular time. Iran wants to disrupt Israel’s burgeoning relationships with Arab countries and especially diplomatic normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which appeared to be drawing closer in the days before this war. That might now be put on hold with Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman likely fearful of Arab street protests as Israel is forced to defend its people, probably with a ground offensive into Gaza. For Russia, a key element of Putin’s strategy is to wear down the vital Western support that has helped keep Ukraine in the fight, and to open up division among donor nations. Moscow sees violence in the Middle East as an effective way to divert US political bandwidth from the Ukraine war, as well as military resources.

Comment

The Russia-Iran axis symbolises a growing challenge for the West as emerging totalitarian alliances work to undermine the democratic order. For Russia, a key element of Putin’s strategy is to wear down Western support that has helped keep Ukraine in the fight, and to open up division among donor nations. Moscow sees violence in the Middle East as an effective way to divert US political bandwidth from the Ukraine war, as well as military resources.

The Bible says that Russia and Iran will be allied against Israel. We can see how everything is aligning as God said it would. Surely current events are what we have been waiting for for so long. We watch to see if the inner ring war develops….

Bible Quote

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:  (Ezekiel 38:4-5)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton

 

 

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Putin affirms ‘unwavering support for the Palestinians’

Could it be that we are living in the Last Days

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Additional reading

1. Russian government has the power to shut down any sort of organisation they do not like
2. The decline in Israel-Russia ties
3. Under pressure in Ukraine, Putin lashes out at US in Syria
4. You stopped a civil war, Putin tells his forces
5. US/UK send navy ships and planes to support Israel
6. Russians shunned and made silent
7. Dissident Voice: Pro-Israel and Ukraine Groups Use Identity Politics to Attack Free Speech
8. Israeli Leaders Say ‘Now Is Time for War’ and Vow to Wipe Hamas ‘Off the Face of the Earth’
9. Horror for a cornered people

Putin affirms ‘unwavering support for the Palestinians’

Israel National News, July 2, 2023

Event

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation on Saturday (July 1), discussing the latest developments and ways to boost bilateral ties, the Xinhua news agency reported. During the phone call, Putin extended Eid al-Adha greetings and wishes to Abbas and the Palestinian people, the report said.

Being briefed on the latest developments of the Palestinian Arab–Israeli conflict, Putin affirmed Russia‘s

“unwavering support for the Palestinian people in achieving their aspirations for freedom and independence by establishing an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

Abbas, for his part, expressed his keenness to restore stability to Russia and wished the country further progress and prosperity. Putin has in the past expressed a desire to host an Israeli-Palestinian Arab summit to revive the stalled peace talks between the sides, but nothing has materialized yet in this regard.

Comment

Mahmoud Abbas the Palestinian Authority chairman has regular meetings with Putin. Last October he met Putin urging Russia to take an active role in resolving the conflict with Israel. He told Putin he mistrusted Washington and wanted Putin to take a greater lead in negotiations.

Abbas said he was “completely satisfied” with Russia’s position towards the Palestinian Arab people. This week they have spoken again and once more Putin has said the Palestinians have his full backing and that he sees east Jerusalem as becoming a future capital for them. In Ezekiel 38 we read that

“after many day thou [Gog] shall be visited.”

The word ”visited” means

“sought after, needed, required.”

Putin has been visited and is being sought after to get involved with Israel….

Bible Quote

After many days thou [Gog] shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.  (Ezekiel 38:8)

Andy Walton

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The corpus separatum and Mahmoud Abbas

At UN, Abbas Gives Israel One-year Ultimatum

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Additional reading

1. Palestine 1787-1917-2006 – Maps and Christian population
2. Former president says American Jews are ungrateful for all he has done for Jewish state
3. European Eye on Radicalization: How An Opposition Victory Could Affect Turkey’s Relations with Non-State Actors in the Middle East
4. Signs of the times – “Gaza – once more a flashpoint”

New Iranian and Hizballah bases south of Damascus

Event

Two new military centers are under construction south of Damascus by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Hizballah, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. They are designed to consolidate their access to Lebanon and the Golan.

Satellite and Western intelligence have recorded the new projects. Acting for Iran, the Imam Hussein Brigades, an Iraqi militia assigned by the IRGC to the Damascus region, began in mid-June building a string of bases in the Khan al-Shih district. Twenty kilometers away, Hizballah has been constructing on the large tract of land it occupies another network of military facilities south of the Syrian air force’s Mezzeh Military Airport. All this construction work is designed to bring Iran’s military and its proxies closer to the Israeli border, the Golan and Lebanon. The Iraqi militia is focusing its effort on new military staff headquarters and hangars for storing weapons and ammo not far from its own bases at Zaynab, where Iran has established its main command center in Syria.

Comment

This report in Debkafile (an Israeli military intelligence website based in Jerusalem) brings together a number of key themes in the Bible in relation to the initial inner ring war. This war that precedes the Gogian invasion is a conflict between Israel and her immediate, surrounding neighbours as detailed in Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and Zechariah 12.

Piecing the puzzle together we can see the likes of Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Palestinians etc launching a coordinated assault on Israel especially in the north. Syria is also involved and Damascus in this war is completely destroyed. Iran is the nation behind this war as it funds and directs all elements of the inner ring war. A great void is left in the Middle East with the demise of Syria. Gog descends into that void…

Bible quote

A prophecy against Damascus:

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins. The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.  The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; (Isaiah 17:1-2 NIV)

Andy Walton

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Vladimir Putin’s war has exploded into Sudan

Daily Telegraph, April 16, 2023: event:

With more than 50 civilians and many more military killed already in the power struggle between rival governing factions that erupted in Sudan over the weekend, there is no good side in this battle. But as with so many other conflicts in Africa and the Middle East in recent years, one thing we do know is that Russian troublemakers are not far from the action. The fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country was triggered by clashes between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese armed forces, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, or “Hemedti” for short. Hemedti is commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Rather unsurprisingly, the RSF has been linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group – Putin’s de facto private army. Wagner is believed to have been brought into Sudan by Bashir to help shore up his faltering regime in 2017, following a meeting with Putin in which Bashir promised to make the country Russia’s “key to Africa”

Comment

If you look on a map you will see there is Sudan as a nation and a South Sudan. The country split in two in 2011. “North” Sudan is mainly Islamic whilst the South is mainly Christian. Putin is heavily invested in North Sudan. He wants a port on the Red Sea and is using his private army (Wagner Group) to get hold of Sudan’s gold mines. Russia’s alignment to Sudan is foretold in Ezekiel 38. The AV translates a place called “Cush” in the Hebrew as Ethiopia. Cush isn’t really Ethiopia. Cush at the time of Ezekiel corresponds almost exactly to Sudan. Or to be even more accurate North Sudan. From 1070 BC to AD350 the area we now know as North Sudan was called the Kingdom of Kush. Kush = Cush = Sudan. Cush will be one of the nations joining forces with Gog…

And I will turn thee [Gog] back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:  Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Almost all versions translate Ethiopia as Cush (Ezekiel 38:4-5)

Andy Walton

Weekly World Watch Apr 16th – 29th 2023

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Sukkoth, Gog, Magog, Armageddon, a covenant and Jerusalem

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Additional reading

1. Signs of the times – “Locust invasions”
2. After ten years of horror still no solution and peace for Syria
3. South Sudan and North Uganda 2021 update
4. Going to the end of 2022 having to see an ongoing invasion
5. 2022 the year of fearing some wars
6. Signs of the Times – A boost for Israel
7. A year of courage, caring, pain, hope, endurance and above all a year of unity (1)
8. Ukraine What we know on day 383 and day 384 of the invasion
9. No one, not even Putin, knows how this war will end
10. 2023 March 14 Ukraine update
11. Begin April 2023 Russia and Kremlin actions
12. The Developments for the second half of April
13. Evacuation from Sudan
14. Rai al-Youm: The proxy war in Sudan
15. Asharq Al-Awsat: If the Sudanese Had the Means to Escape
16. The Developments for the second half of April

Liz Truss: We may support a tribunal to try Putin over war in Ukraine

Event

The UK is considering supporting a special international tribunal to try President Putin for the war in Ukraine, Liz Truss has said. In a conversation with Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian MP, on Times Radio, the foreign secretary said that ministers were looking at the “most effective way” of holding Russia’s leaders to account for “appalling war crimes”. The Ukrainian government wants a special international tribunal to be established to try Putin and other members of the Russian government for the crime of aggression against Ukrainians. Asked by Goncharenko whether she would support the move, Truss replied:

“Well, we are very clear that Putin and all of those who’ve been behind the appalling war crimes that are being committed in Ukraine need to be held to account, and we’re working very closely with the ICC [International Criminal Court]. We’ve sent support into Ukraine to help collect evidence, from witness statements to video evidence.”

Comment

Britain wants Putin to be held personally accountable for the terrible conflict in Ukraine. Back in March, Dominic Raab, the UK justice secretary, pledged the “full support” of the British state to build a war crimes case against Putin and his military commanders in Ukraine. This week the UK foreign secretary has said that Britain will hold Putin to account.

The Bible says that the king of the south (US/UK) will push at Gog – the Russian ruler of Daniel 11 verse 36-39. This push is a personal provocation of the king and we see how personal it is for the UK. Britain is leading the way in pushing and provoking Putin. Britain has supplied thousands of Brimstone missiles that are destroying Russian tanks with pinpoint accuracy. Russia accuses the UK of fighting a proxy war against it. After the push the “king of the north” (Russia itself) invades Israel.

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)

Andy Walton

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Pushing Russia

US bolsters Europe with 3,000 extra troops

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Additional reading

1. Gog
2. King of the North
3. Russia choose to start a war
4. Putin’s Moves Toward War in Ukraine Show How Dangerous He Has Become
5. Weapons of War as Fuel
6. Majority of US weapons promised to Ukraine in February delivered

Germany backs EU proposals for Russian oil ban

The Times, May 3, 2022

Event

The European Union is moving towards a ban on Russian oil by the end of the year amid divisions over the speed of phasing out imports and the impact of the embargo on the cost of living in the West. EU energy ministers held emergency talks in Brussels yesterday before European Commission proposals on new sanctions that are expected over the next 48 hours. In a significant U-turn, Germany is backing the planned oil ban, but there are still difficulties, particularly for small, landlocked central European countries dependent on crude oil supplies from Russia. The German energy ministry hopes to achieve “total” independence from Russian oil within weeks, chiefly by importing more through Rostock in northeast Germany and the Polish port of Gdansk.

Comment

Europe is switching off Russian oil and gas as soon as it possibly can. When this happens it will be an enormous blow to Putin as 37% of its total trade comes from the EU. 40% of Russia’s total revenue comes from oil and gas. Without the flow of this money Russia would quickly go bankrupt. One country the EU is looking to to replace oil and gas is Israel! There is already a pipeline planned from Israel to the EU. Putin will see this as Israel taking his lost income and decide to take it back – hence coming to Israel to take a spoil. Germany (lead nation in the EU) is heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas. It is planning to stop all oil trade with Russia by the end of the year. Germany has also just begun building its first terminal for importing liquefied natural gas from the US and the Middle East. Germany is not part of the Gogian invasion of Israel. Germany invades Israel after Christ has returned and the saints have been judged…

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: (Revelation 17:12-14)

Andy Walton,

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Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict

Sanctions are crippling the economy of ‘Fortress Russia’

EU to snatch Kremlin’s oil and gas profits to rebuild Ukraine

As Europe Sends $300 Million per day to Russia for Oil and NatGas, TotalEnergies Looks After Customers in Tricky Decision

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Additional reading

1. A useless but very dangerous challenge game
2. Russia invades Ukraine: A dark day for Europe
3. The first week of February 2022
4. Screws turned on Vladimir Putin & Russian oil and gas industry
5. Northern Hemisphere time of Spring & War in Ukraine
6. The Guardian’s view on Ukraine for the second half of April 2022
7. The Telegraph’s Weekly view 2022 April 30 – May 6
8. The Week from 01-07 May 2022 according to The Week
9. G7 agreed to ban or phase out Russian oil and gas imports
10. Stories to read in the week of 2022 May 05-11
11. Signs of the Times – “Distress of nations …”
12. Will the Russian War in Ukraine reset World diplomacy?
13. Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict
14. Ukraine Crisis Reading List
15. EU must fight in the diplomatic and economic frontline
16. President of Ukraine met with the Speakers of the Parliaments of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia who arrived in Kyiv
17. Can turning down our radiators turn up the heat on Putin?
18. Trade surpluses vs Most sweeping set of sanctions ever aimed at a country since World War 2

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3. Russia, The US, and Crude Data
4. Russia is cutting off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
5. Russia’s retaliation on gas raises stakes for U.S.
6. Europe announces ban on Russian oil imports
7. A problematic oil embargo against Russia
8. Biden to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine war
9. 01/31/22 Antiwar: NATO ‘Concerned’ About Europe’s Reliance on Russian Gas
10. Cutting off Russian gas is going to cost the EU, here’s why
11. Gas shortages expected in Europe as Russia imposes sanctions, Ukraine halts flow
12. Banning Russia oil would hit US prices hard
13. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says efforts to isolate Russia ‘are doomed’
14. Are sanctions on Russia failing?
15. The Russia-Ukraine War and the fate of Financial & Foreign Assets!
16. US and EU officially begins to sanction the Russian Federation after invading Ukraine
17. Treasury Secretary Yellen says the U.S. is ‘unlikely’ to let Moscow continue making debt payments, forcing Russia into default
18. U.S. Eyeing Russian Energy Sanctions Over Ukraine War, Officials Say
19. U.S. may take a hugely controversial step to stop Russian oil exports funding the war in Ukraine
20. Energy watchdog prescribes a miserable return to the 1970s to solve the oil crisis: car-free Sundays and crawling speed limits
21. Russian Gas – Illegal Drugs
22. Vladimir Putin demands Russian gas be paid for in roubles
23. 04/06/22 Antiwar: Breaking With EU, Hungary’s Orban Says He Would Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
24. Putin’s Ruble Standoff With Europe Risks De Facto Gas Embargo
25. New Sanctions on Russia Could Trigger a Default That Will Be Felt Across the Global Economy
26. Cost of living crisis exacerbates Europe’s quest for consensus over Russian oil embargo
27. EU: VI Russia sanctions package blocked
28. Oil price up as EU gets set to ban Russian crude
29. Shell is already backtracking on its boycott of Russian oil
30. Ukraine’s Zelensky says EU should ban Russian oil
31. WTI regains $111.00 on surprise API inventory draw, fears of EU’s Russian oil embargo
32. U.S. reaches out to Venezuela amid possible Russia oil embargo
33. NC elected officials support oil-import ban against Russia
34. EU proposes Russian oil ban as Ukraine loses contact with soldiers in Azovstal steelworks
35. Floating liabilities: Western authorities grapple with the cost of seizing oligarchs’ superyachts
36. Most Americans are willing to pay more at the pump for Ukraine

Pushing Russia

Push Russia out of whole of Ukraine, says Truss

BBC, April 28, 2022

Event

Russian forces must be pushed out of “the whole of Ukraine“, the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said. In a keynote speech in London, Ms Truss said victory for Ukraine was now a “strategic imperative” for the West. This amounts to the clearest statement yet of Britain’s war aims which have, until now, been limited to stating that President Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine

“must fail and be seen to fail”.

She said Western allies must “double down” in their support for Ukraine.

“We will keep going further and faster,”

Ms Truss said,

“to push Russia out of the whole of Ukraine.”

This implies that Russian forces must leave not just the territory occupied in recent weeks since their invasion on 24 February but also those areas they invaded and annexed eight years ago, such as Crimea in the south and parts of the eastern Donbas region. Not all western powers may share Ms Truss’ ambitious target, fearing it is unlikely to be achieved either by arms or negotiation.

Comment

We are reading in this BBC headline the exact same headline written in the Bible 2500 years ago in the book of Daniel.

In the WWW for over a decade we have been saying that Daniel 11 verse 40 – which reads

“at the time end of the end the king of the south shall push at him”

should be interpreted like this…..

“at the time of the end the US / UK will militarily provoke Gog / Putin.”

And now we have the exact headlines before us. The UK is leading the way in “pushing” at Putin the ruler of Russia. We don’t know how far this push will go. But as each week passes the push gets stronger and Putin’s rhetoric increases too. The “push”(Hebrew word for “gore”) causes the king of the north (Russia itself) to descend into the Middle East – specifically into Israel and also Egypt.

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)

U.S. push for Ukraine “win” raises the stakes for Russia

The Economist April 29

Event

President Biden‘s request for an additional $20 billion in military assistance is intended to equip Ukraine for the next five months of war. It’s part of a broader mission to ensure “they have what they need to win this war,” an administration official told reporters.

“We gotta move at the speed of war,”

declared Lloyd Austin, America’s defence secretary, as he signalled a new, more intense phase in the West’s effort to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion. It involves providing more and heavier weapons, sustaining the effort for months and, above all, embracing the belief that Ukraine can now “win”. The Ukrainians, Mr Austin said,

“have the mindset that they want to win; we have the mindset that we want to help them win.”

What is more, he said,

“We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.”

Comment

The US is also “pushing” Putin. Biden is asking for an astonishing $20 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. This sort of money can help tip the balance. Last month, the United States Congress approved $13.6bn in assistance to Kyiv, but the Biden administration has said it already used much of the funds. So does this “push” from the king of the south immediately lead to Russia invading Israel?

There is a clue in the text that there is a slight gap between the push (in Ukraine) and Russia invading Israel. Notice the colon at the end of the phrase “push at him:” A colon denotes a time gap. Usually a fairly short time gap. After the colon the king of the north (Russia) comes down into Israel. It is in this colon time gap that the initial inner ring war happens around Israel. Russia won’t invade south until it is victorious (somehow or other) in Ukraine…

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)

Andy Walton

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Britain warns Russia over Ukraine

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Additional reading

1. Chemical warsite and Pushing king of the South
2. Swallowing up Crimea, who is next
3. Weekly World Watch 24th – 30th May 2015
4. Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican
5. WWW on our position 50 years after Israel captured Jerusalem during the Six Day War.
6. Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
7. President Biden threatened to impose personal sanctions on President Putin if Russia moves to invade Ukraine
8. Majority of US weapons promised to Ukraine in February delivered
9. Sergey Lavrov dismisses Liz Truss meeting as ‘like talking to a deaf person’
10. Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify Russian invasion of Ukraine
11. Russia choose to start a war
12. Putin’s Moves Toward War in Ukraine Show How Dangerous He Has Become
13. Liz Truss does not see any evidence the Russians are withdrawing from border regions near Ukraine
14. Is the war with Gog and Magog different from Armageddon?
15. Surrounded by war crimes performing Russians
16. The Guardian’s view on Ukraine for the first half of April 2022
17. Russia vows to target British weapons as UK missile downs helicopter
18. Pledges to send more military assistance to Ukraine and Russian warnings
19. How long will it take before Conservative MPs will reach the conclusion that the prime minister needs to go?

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Related

1. Daniel chapter 11
2. Daniel 11
3. The final battles and who will survive.
4. a diverse beast
5. a king of the north 
6. Who Is the King of the North?
7. a king of the south 
8. a commander 
9. a key to understanding 
10. Putin Has Awakened the Beast
11. a prince
12. a beast like no other 
13. He Shall Magnify Himself

EU to snatch Kremlin’s oil and gas profits to rebuild Ukraine

Event 6 April

The European Union is planning to seize a share of Russian energy revenues from gas and oil imports to Europe to pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Under the plan a chunk of revenues, which have totalled €19 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine, will be diverted from Russian energy companies to an “escrow” bank account before being used for aid to Kyiv. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, signalled the escalation in sanctions when EU ambassadors met to discuss a ban on Russian coal imports and a possible timetable for an oil embargo.

“These sanctions will not be our last sanctions. Yes, we have now banned coal. Now we have to look into oil and the revenues that Russia gets from these fossil fuels,”

she told the European parliament.

“We really have to make an effort, for example to take a share to an escrow account, so that we will really limit the source of revenues of Russia from fossil fuels. This has to end, and this is the next step we will have to take together.”

Comment

Russia relies on selling gas to pay its bills. Russia will earn nearly $321 billion from energy exports this year, an increase of more than a third from 2021. However this calculation changes completely in case of an embargo on energy sales. The invasion of Ukraine has shocked Germany and its European Union allies into a radical shift in energy policy, and the bloc is rushing to cut its dependence on Russia. The war in Ukraine is therefore driving a wedge between the East (Russia) and the West (EU). This division is what we expect to happen.

Revelation 16 makes clear that the dragon (Russia) and the beast (the EU) are separate entities when Armageddon happens. There is no mention of the dragon in Revelation 17 only the beast. This is because the dragon does not exist (is not part of the beast) when it makes war against Christ /saints.

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast [not Russia]. These shall make war with the Lamb, (Revelation 17:12)

Andy Walton

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Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict

Debkafile, March 17, 2022

“Unacceptable and unforgivable,” was the Kremlin’s response to the US president’s branding of Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal,” on Wednesday, March 16.

Incensed rather than cowed by sanctions and international condemnation, the Russian president is likely to double down on his war offensive against Ukraine – regardless of the spreading death, human misery and ravaged cities. An expanding confrontation therefore cannot be ruled out for the foreseeable future. President Joe Biden spoke after the horror of Russia’s bombing of a theater in Mariupol where more than a thousand people including many children were sheltering against the constant shelling. The death toll is unknown as are the numbers still buried under the rubble while rescuers are prevented from reaching the scene.

Moscow was seen in Washington as expanding its targets beyond the Ukraine border with the assault by 30 Russian cruise missiles on the large Ukrainian military facility outside Lviv near the Polish border.

So far this war has been a war between Ukraine and Russia. But many military analysts and commentators are saying World War 3 has never been closer. Western powers have maneuvered extremely carefully to avoid direct conflict with President Vladimir Putin, the man who controls the world’s largest nuclear arsenal and has shown no qualms in boasting about it. But many believe there is now a grave danger that the United States and other NATO allies could be drawn into the war.

It is possible that we do look back and date the start of WW3 or the “time of trouble” from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia has overnight become a pariah state. Instead of backing down the Bible says Putin will continue to destroy until he himself is destroyed by God.

He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people. He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant This is describing a latter day Antiochus Epiphanes (the ancient king of the north) who lives at the time of the end. Putin clearly fits every description of this man. (Daniel 8:24-25 NLT)

Andy Walton

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Additional reading

1. Ukraine from 2022 March 16-20
2. Cool hand Vlad or Crazy Ivan?
3. Russian army wants to make Ukraine the Syria from Europe
4. Despicable actions that endanger entire regions and historical monuments in addition to citizens
5. Full speech of President Vladimir Putin delivered on 18.03. 2022 in the Great Sports Arena of the Olympic Complex Luzhniki

Sanctions are crippling the economy of ‘Fortress Russia’

March 4, 2022

A shuttered stock market, close to default, business boycotts and a rush to the cash machines: the Russia economy is on its knees just eight days into the invasion. The scale of the looming economic collapse has clearly alarmed Russia’s business elite following a tidal wave of Western sanctions with oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin breaking cover to criticise the invasion. JPMorgan warned on Friday that the country is facing a hit as great as Russia’s 1998 financial crisis, predicting an 11pc peak-to-trough GDP plunge. The Centre for Economics and Business Research expects a 14pc hit in lost output in Russia over two years.
Oil and gas is still flowing from Russia to Europe, keeping a vital revenue source for its economy and the Kremlin intact.  But shoppers and industries, including banking, shipping, aviation and retail, are already feeling the heat as the West severs economic ties and turn Russia into a pariah state.

In just over a week Russia has suffered an economic meltdown. And worse is too come. The Economist said this week that the sanctions introduced by the US / UK / EU on the 26th February are causing “financial mayhem” in Russia causing Putin to increase Russia’s nuclear alert level. With incredible foresight, Brother John Thomas wrote these words in 1848,

“Let the Russian treasury be as empty as it is said to be, and its expenditure exceed its revenue by double the alleged deficit, it will only operate as a pressure from within, causing her autocrat [Gog], to enter into countries, and to overflow and pass over, and to enrich himself with the spoil of those he is destined to subdue.”

Ezekiel wrote

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords (Ezekiel 38:4)

The hook in the jaws is the lure of spoil in Israel (gas/oil) required by Gog to replace lost revenues in Europe…

Andy Walton

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Looking at a “Man from the North” endangering the world

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Additional reading

1. 2022 Political hotchpotch
2. Ukraine Crisis Reading List
3. Nuclear-War Risk Minimized in Rare Statement by Weapon States
4. Putin puts Russia’s nuclear force on high alert
5. US insight from the Independent for the first week of March 2022

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2. Is A Third World War Likely?
3. The end is here
4. Is this how the End of the World begins?
5. Kooks with nukes
6. Nuclear War and unaskable questions
7. When did national leadership become synonymous with global destruction?
8. Prominent Russian Journalist Quits, Says She Fears ‘We’re On The Brink Of A Nuclear War’
9. Should using nuclear weapons be a war crime?
10. The World Failed To Take Adolf Hitler Seriously And Paid The Price, We Would Do Well To Take Putin Seriously And Get Prepared For Nuclear War
11. War and prejudice
12. NATO is dead as is our leadership
13. Dallas Professor: American Concern About Ukraine ‘Inexorably Intertwined With Nuclear Weapons’
14. “Close the sky!”
15. The Letters of Last Resort
16. I do not believe that nuclear war will take place: Russian Foreign Minister informed
17. Rescuing the Future | Me and (I hope) you vs The Apocalypse
18. Why we don’t want a nuclear conflict
19. Is Russia Intentionally Losing Soldiers So That Putin Can Convince His Generals To Unleash The Nukes?
20. What if the nuclear missiles were to hit in 20 minutes?
21. Frida Berrigan: Worried about nuclear war? You can actually do something to prevent it
22. Stop chattering about nuclear war!

Russia takes issue with Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights and Jerusalem

Moscow took issue with Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and Jerusalem just prior to its attack on Ukraine.

“Russia doesn’t recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights that are part of Syria,”

Central Israel and Area C (blue), the part of the West Bank under full Israeli control, 2011

its deputy ambassador, Dmitry Polyanskiy, told the UN Security Council, which held a debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the end of last month. The monthly Security Council meeting took place as the General Assembly debated the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Polyanskiy spoke just hours after Israel broke its neutrality on the conflict, as it gave a nod in support of Ukraine.

Moscow has presented itself in its conflict with Ukraine as the supporter of the Russian-speaking population in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. At the Security Council, Russia reminded Israel that it stands with Syria, where it is militarily entrenched, regarding Damascus’ demand that Israel returns the Golan, which the IDF captured during the defensive Six-Day War in 1967.

Israel has said it

“supports the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of Ukraine,”

and once again expressed concern for Israeli citizens and the Jewish community in the affected regions. Israel’s Foreign Ministry expressed “concern” over the “serious escalation.” Israel has very close relations with Ukraine and also with the United States so it has to side with Ukraine. But this in turn drives a wedge between Israel and Russia. Incredibly on the day Russia invaded Ukraine they made a statement at the UN that Russia does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights. Also in the statement they mentioned Tel Aviv not Jerusalem in relation to the government of Israel.

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces Jerusalem will become the centre of the conflict – this happens before Russia invades. (Zech 12:2)

Andy Walton

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Additional reading

1. Palestine, Israel, God’s people and democracy
2. Signs of the times – “Gaza – once more a flashpoint”
3. Signs of the times – “Israel’s security and the Golan Heights”
4. Signs of the times – “Israel’s security”
5. Signs of the times – “The US, Israel and the Golan Heights”
6. WWW on our position 50 years after Israel captured Jerusalem during the Six Day War.

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1. Israel plans to double settlement in occupied Golan Heights
2. Nd: Golan Heights plan
3. Israel’s leftist Meretz party is on board– for flagrant colonialist war crimes in the Golan
4. naftali bennett: Israelis will double in the Golan Heights; New project approved – Israel vows to double occupants in golan heights says prime minister naftali bennett
5. The Jordan Times: Another nail in the coffin of the ‘peace deal’
6. The Hindu: Far from over: On Israel missile strike on Syria
7. Prophecy Foreshadowed on the Golan Heights
8. A Picture of Bible Prophecy from the Golan Heights
9. Now Russia Sets Its Sights On Israel, And Tells Them That They No Longer Recognize Jewish Sovereignty Over The Golan Heights In Northern Syria
10. Russia Rejects Israel’s Claim to Golan Heights

US bolsters Europe with 3,000 extra troops

The US is deploying an extra 3,000 troops to Germany, Poland and Romania amid fears about President Putin’s intentions as he continues to amass Russian forces around Ukraine. In his delayed phone call with the Russian president on Wednesday February 2, Boris Johnson urged Putin to stop the “current hostile activity on the Ukrainian border”. He warned that any Russian incursion would be a “tragic miscalculation”, adding that Ukraine — like all European democracies — has the right to “aspire to Nato membership”, according to a Downing Street spokesman.

“The leaders agreed that aggravation was in no one’s interest.”

The US troops are in addition to 8,500 put on standby last week. The Pentagon said they were requested by Poland and Romania, both of which have long borders with Ukraine, reflecting nervousness over Russia’s build-up amid no clear intelligence of President Putin’s plans.

The United States and Russia have both said they have no interest in fighting a war over Ukraine, yet the two nations have spent the past several weeks building up military forces and inching them closer together on the European continent. The Biden Administration had initially relied on diplomacy to resolve the deteriorating situation, but the lack of progress—and continued build-up of Russian forces—has prompted the U.S. to draw up more aggressive strategies to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Bible says that the king of the south (US/UK) will push at Gog (the king of verse 36-39 in Daniel 11). The word “push” is the Hebrew word “gore” – as in a horned animal like a goat or ram goring someone. If a goat was to “gore” you it would be extremely painful. But probably not life threatening. For this reason we see the push or the goring as a military provocation. The US sending its forces is part of the push against Putin.

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. (Daniel 11:40)

Andy Walton

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Preceding

Risk of accidental war with Russia highest in decades, general warns

A lot of talk about a war beginning soon

Boris Johnson warns Putin against Ukraine invasion

Britain warns Russia over Ukraine

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Additional reading

1. PM warns Vladimir Putin against ‘tragic mistake’ as tensions rise with Ukraine
2. Moscow lists demands for defusing Ukraine tensions
3. Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
4. Sings of the times – Difficult moments at the borders of Europe
5. Biden predicts Russia will attack Ukraine but warns Putin of a ‘stiff price’
6. Putin is sabre-rattling at the West’s moment of maximum weakness
7. Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify Russian invasion of Ukraine
8. Key element to the Ukrainian-Russian conflict
9. Russian government planning a “false-flag” operation
10. Joe Biden warns Russia could attack next month
11. President Biden threatened to impose personal sanctions on President Putin if Russia moves to invade Ukraine
12. Israel weighing options amid deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis
13. A Brief Look at NATO and Russia’s Push to Reform the Old Soviet Union
14. Wars and Rumors of War…Russia Moves into Belarus
15. RAF jets in Russia warplane alert for second day

Gas supplies from the Gulf may come with a catch

The small Gulf state of Qatar sits atop the world’s largest bubble of natural gas. Even so, it cannot keep all the planet’s power stations running all at the same time. President Biden will meet Emir Tamim, Qatar’s hereditary and absolute ruler who was educated in British public schools, in the White House on Monday to ask him to send more gas if President Putin cuts off supplies. Qatar, home to US central command in the Middle East and with strong historic and financial ties to Britain, has indicated it does not mind helping the West out. But it is not quite as easy as that. Qatar has no major gas pipelines and so its exports are all LNG. The tiny Gulf state is already a significant supplier of to Britain, meeting just under a tenth of the country’s needs. But whereas most of Britain’s gas comes from the North Sea and Norway, about a third of Europe’s gas and more than half of Germany’s comes from Russia.

The world is frantically looking for new gas supplies as Russia could easily turn off the taps if war breaks out. The tiny gulf Arab state Qatar has the largest gas reserves so Biden is turning to this nation for help. This is incredibly interesting with Bible in hand. We often talk about the “king of the south” being the US / UK. But these nations are NOT south of Israel. But the Bible says the “king of the south” is made up of Sheba and Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish and the young lions. Tarshish is Britain and the young lions are her offspring – the English speaking nations – US, Canada, Australia etc. Sheba and Dedan are Gulf Arab states SOUTH of Israel. The article above states that Qatar (Gulf Arab state in the area od Dedan) is home to the US central command in the Middle East. And so we see the “king of the south” powers coming together to try to counteract Gog i.e. the head of the king of the north. Events are aligning quickly….

Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her young lions] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’(Ezekiel 38:13)

Andy Walton

 

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Trilateral naval drills between China, Russia and Iran started on Friday

Friday 21st of  January

China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills on Friday, a public relations official from Iran’s armed forces told semi-official ISNA news agency on Thursday.

The “2022 Marine Security Belt” exercise will take place in the north of the Indian Ocean and is the third joint naval drill between the three countries, Mostafa Tajoldin added. Since coming to office last June, Iran’s hardline President Ebrahim Raisi has pursued a “look east” policy to deepen ties with China and Russia. Tehran joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in September, a central Asian security body led by Beijing and Moscow.  China, Russia and Iran started joint naval drills in 2019, and will continue them in the future, Tajoldin said.

“The purpose of this drill is to strengthen security and its foundations in the region, and to expand multilateral cooperation between the three countries to jointly support world peace, maritime security and create a maritime community with a common future,”

the Iranian official told ISNA.

The key nations that are opposed to the West are coming together in a show of force. They are all sensing weakness in the West and have therefore decided to show their own military prowess and abilities as they prepare for conflict.

The Bible says that Russia and Iran will be allied together when they invade Israel in the war detailed in Ezekiel 38. China isn’t mentioned there but the Bible is interested in nations that impact Israel directly – and due to distance China clearly cannot do this to the extent Russia and Iran can. Daniel 11 also says that Russia will come with ”many ships”. Russia on Thursday announced sweeping naval drills in several parts of the world. The exercise will involve over 140 warships and more than 60 aircraft, and will be conducted in many areas including the Mediterranean, north-eastern Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean.

Andy Walton

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Britain warns Russia over Ukraine

Britain warned Moscow on Thursday that it was working with Western partners on high-impact sanctions targeting Russia’s financial sector should it invade Ukraine. Russia has massed some 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border and though Moscow says it has no plans to invade its neighbour, President Vladimir Putin has demanded legally-binding guarantees that NATO will not expand further eastwards.

“We will not accept the campaign Russia is waging to subvert its democratic neighbours,”

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told parliament.

“They have falsely cast Ukraine as a threat to justify their aggressive stance.”

“Russia is the aggressor here,”

Truss said.

“NATO has always been a defensive alliance.”

Truss said that any further military incursion into Ukraine by Russia would bring “massive consequences, including coordinated sanctions to impose a severe cost on Russia’s interests and economy.”

There are crucial talks this week between Russia and American diplomat. Last week has seen the US and UK threaten severe sanctions on Russia if it does invade Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Moscow of “massive consequences” if it continues what he called aggressive actions in Europe. Britain’s Foreign Secretary also used the same language of “massive consequences”. Russia has responded saying it would be a “colossal mistake”.

We do know that eastern Ukraine was once part of Magog. And for this reason it makes sense scripturally for Putin to control this area at the time of the end. We also know in Daniel 11:40 that the king of the south (US/UK) will push (militarily provoke) Russia. It is this push that causes Russia to descend south to Israel. Ukraine might be where the push happens. We watch and await developments.

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.  He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: (Daniel 11:40-41)

Andy Walton

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Risk of accidental war with Russia highest in decades, general warns

A lot of talk about a war beginning soon

Boris Johnson warns Putin against Ukraine invasion

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Additional reading

1. Russian take-over of Crimea (Our World) = Russian take-over of Crimea (Some View on the World)
2. Swallowing up Crimea, who is next (Our World)  = Swallowing up Crimea, who is next (Some View on the World)
3. Christadelphian brothers and sisters in Ukraine
4. Entering a new period of ‘Cold War’
5. Russia reacting to attempts to break ‘strategic parity’
6. Signs of the times – “Ukraine under pressure”
7. Andy Walton’s Weekly World Watch of October 17 – 23, 2021
8. Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine update
9. Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
10. Are we shambling into WWIII?
11. PM warns Vladimir Putin against ‘tragic mistake’ as tensions rise with Ukraine
12. Britain in talks to sell missiles in first arms deal with Ukraine
13. President Joe Biden speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin to expect a clarification about the troop build up at the Ukraine border
14. Russia has ‘no trust’ in Nato over Ukraine
15. Tensions increase along Ukrainian frontlines amid Russia conflict
16. Moscow lists demands for defusing Ukraine tensions
17. Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russian troop movements
18. If Russia chooses to fail to de-escalate
19. Putin and Xi form a new axis against Nato
20. Looking at 2021 in a nutshell
21. From a communist country to a capitalist dictatorship
22. The world on the very brink of conflict

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