Apocalyptic Developments

This is about developments in the scenario described in the two parallel postings, "The End Of The World As We Know It" and "Inducing The Apocalypse", both June 2025.

The Rapture didn't happen this week and the world didn't end. Remember that Jesus stated that no one knows the exact day, although we will know the general time, and there will be a lot of false predictions and falseness and deception in the Last Days.

Donald Trump has achieved about all that he can in this world, becoming a billionaire and two-term U.S. president and the most colorful character in the world, and is now near eighty years old. But his place in world history pales in comparison with his potential place in eternal history. The second half of the seven-year reign of the Antichrist will be the worst time that the world has ever seen. But when it is over, the Kingdom of Jesus will be established on earth. If Donald Trump could induce the emergence of the Antichrist by shaking up the world, such as he did with the U.N. this week, his prominent place in eternal history would be sealed.

Donald Trump really castigated the United Nations as falling far short of it's potential. The leader of the U.N. is the Secretary General. But how many people can name the Secretary General of the United Nations? It is, by design, a somewhat obscure position. That's what the Pope was like until it all changed with John Paul II, in 1978. What if the U.N. could undergo a similar makeover, with it's General Secretary being an A-list celebrity? I have written about this here previously.

At the time of the United Nations General Assembly there were demonstrations, particularly across Europe, in favor of Palestine, and a number of nations have joined those who have already recognized Palestine. But the Government of Israel, supported by Donald Trump, have resisted. This has become a more contentious issue than the war in Ukraine, even though it is not a direct threat to Europe. The only solution seems to be for Europe to band closer together, with a powerful leader who can deal with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.

In June, Israel and the United States bombed Iran's nuclear capacity. This week it was in the news that Russia has signed a nuclear reactor deal with Iran. We know that Iran will be allied with the power that will invade Israel, in the Last Days, from the "uttermost north" to start the final series of wars of the world. This can only be Russia and Moscow is due north of Israel.

Since the Antichrist will be the greatest dictator that the world has ever seen, we would expect that there would be a decline in democracy. It was thought that the end of the Berlin Wall, in 1989, was the triumph of democracy. We now see that it was actually the peak of democracy, with global democracy being in slow decline ever since. But we are not looking for democracy to go away altogether, because the Antichrist will certainly take power by the will of the people. The general decline in democracy continued this week as Donald Trump made a statement that broadcast networks whose hosts criticize him could have their licenses revoked.