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(Century II, Quatrains 3 and 4) |
During continuing unrest in the Middle
East, one of the leaders will be able to get a hold of an nuclear bomb.
He will go to the greatest lengths over the smallest things and will not
hesitate to use the weapon because his obsessions with deadly warfare.
The people he is warring against retaliate with a nuclear weapon. The
country has a coast on the Mediterranean.
One of the bombs will land in the
Mediterranean instead of the land, poisoning all the fish. The passages
of trade in the region will be disrupted so that the people on the other
coast of the Mediterranean will be desperate for food and will eat the
fish anyway. It will happen near the east coast of the Mediterranean in
a region of dark-colored cliffs.
The nuclear weapon being dropped by one
of the Middle Eastern countries will spark off yet another war on top of
that war. European and Western nations will try to interfere to diminish
the threat to oil supplies. When the European countries try to
interfere, the crazed leader who earlier dropped the nuclear bomb will
use the rest of his arsenal on Europe, most striking the closer southern
part.
The European Mediterranean coast,
particularly that of Italy and France, will be almost uninhabitable, and
Italy will get the brunt. This leader is not the Antichrist but helps to
set the stage for the Antichrist to rise to power with little or no
opposition. The Antichrist will wield great power and authority; no one
can argue with him.
Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods,
droughts, famines, rioting
(Century IV, Quatrain 67)
A very bright, previously unknown comet
will appear and coincide with the time of great geological troubles,
with earthquakes and volcanoes erupting and disrupting weather systems.
This will cause widespread famines and droughts, and social upheavals in
unexpected places. Nations that are considered prosperous and powerful,
particularly western nations, will be weakened. They will be torn with
civil strife and rioting as people migrate to areas that have water and
can support crop-growing. The social upheaval and weakening of political
structures will help the Antichrist come to power.
A great and rich power will be subject to serious
natural disasters, particularly earthquakes and flooding, and rend the
nation from end to end, causing enormous conflict, despair, and misery.
The wealthy power will be bankrupted attempting to deal with its
disasters. Three other great nations will send aid to help the citizens
survive.
(Century VIII, Quatrain 29)
Earth changes will take place that will
help the Antichrist's drive for world conquest. In central Europe,
southern Europe, and in the Near East, particularly around the eastern
end of the Mediterranean, there'll be severe floods. As a result of the
disruption to local governments by the natural disasters, the Antichrist
will move his troops in under the disguise of helping the people restore
civil order, but really use this as a device to take over countries, and
to use the populations like slaves.
Serious economic problems will persist
along with great social unrest, contributing to the ease with which the
Antichrist can seize power. The frightened and hopeful populace will be
vulnerable to his demagoguery. The Antichrist will use the disasters as
opportunities to overthrow governments and sneak spies into a country.
Martial law will be declared in many areas to stop rioting and looting.
The Middle East, the source of his power, will not be as devastated as
the rest of the world. He offers assistance to other countries trying to
recover but he will eventually stab them in the back.
Fiasco from communication breakdown
between two superpowers
(Century II, Quatrains 35 and 48)
Through a mistake by a leader an
international incident will occur. The main problem will be a breakdown
in communications between the two powers involved. The situation is a
lot more complex than will appear on the surface. The chief, the leader
involved, will feel great regret about what happened and will want to
continue his career and help correct the situation, to help make up for
the adverse affects of it.
But he will be hung, symbolically, by
others wishing to take his position in the organization. He will be hung
so far as politics and his career are concerned. It will almost be like
committing suicide because in the end he will be a broken man and not be
able to do anything about the situation. The entire event will be viewed
as a fiasco from both sides. It will have very harmful and even
cataclysmic consequences.
The situation develops when an enemy or
one who is against the U.S. will take advantage of the incident in an
unethical way, by sending a horde of agents working for their side into
this area. The world will be outraged by the action.
A breakdown in communications between
the US and Russia will result in a misunderstanding and deep resentments
between the Kremlin and the White House. Some will risk their careers to
try to tame the situation but will be silenced, and "burned" such as by
demotions to obscure positions.
Death of world leader and revolt
coincides with comet
(Century II, Quatrain 62)
The death of a world leader will
coincide with the appearance of a comet. The comet will be clearly
visible where the leader dies. The country is in the Middle East. The
death of the leader and widespread crop failures and hunger in that year
will provoke a revolt. It will start when the comet is visible but will
continue for five hundred days. Also, a hundred people will contribute
to the revolt in such a way that it will break forth and become open
enough and wide-spread enough to capture the world's attention.
Russian/American submarine/naval
confrontation
(Century II, Quatrain 48)
In the southwest quadrant of the
Atlantic Ocean, missiles will splash into the ocean near a partially
submerged ship and a submarine. The submarine commander is antsy to
engage fire. An American surface ship will be in danger. The Russian
commander of the sub will have secret orders the rest of the crew is not
aware of, which are to antagonize and provoke. He gets carried away.
The American commander has been ordered
to defend the coast of the US but to avoid starting a war. In the
process of defending his ship from the submarine, he strikes the
submarine and feels he may have sunk it, and agonizes that the action
would be interpreted as starting a war and not an act of defense. The
event will lead to the time of troubles and will have large historical
significance when seen in retrospect.
Third world country leader creates
strife
(Century III, Quatrain 60)
A "young dark man" will arise as a
leader in a Third World country; his main goal is to unite the other
Third World countries to do battle with the superpowers. The area of
conflict will be in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, particularly
around he Adriatic and the Caspian seas and the eastern Mediterranean.
No definite winner will emerge but the strife will help set the stage
for the Antichrist. Some prophecies in the Bible refer to events in this
region ( Israel will be involved).
Antichrist profits from radar research
in Europe
(Century I, Quatrain 6)
Research on a more sophisticated type
of radar and sensing devices will give greater information to the
operator, i.e. an airplane pilot. But the first experiments with the
technology will fail in a disastrous accident, when the "sympathetic
vibrations" emitted by the device cause the chassis of the plane to
become weakened and dangerous due to dissolved bonds of the molecules in
the metal. The scientists involved with the research will have to
temporarily abandon the research because of diplomatic breakdowns, the
threat of war, etc.
This will take place before the
Antichrist comes to full power. It will happen in Europe at the time the
Antichrist is strengthening his base of power in the Middle East. The
devices are currently under development but have not been tested yet.
But this is another historical event that will permit the Antichrist to
take over Europe.
War game simulation by Britain in
Europe leads to disaster
(Century II, Quatrain
2)
In a war-game maneuver involving Great
Britain and European troops a malfunctioning circuit in a computer will
cause the "real-world" situation to play out instead of the simulation.
The teams are labeled "white" and "blue". As a result of the error
actual defenses will be activated and real bombs will be
American Electoral College voting
stalemate
(Century VII, Quatrain 41)
The presidents of the U.S., a
supposedly free country, have been abusing their power to an
increasingly greater extent. During a time of social unrest even more so
than the period of Vietnam and Watergate, the Electoral College will be
evenly split over the election of the new president. The process will
stalemate, with many people clamoring for whichever candidate they voted
for, causing enormous tension in the country. Internationally it will be
a sensitive situation.
Because of the split, and the extremely
volatile and explosive social unrest, putting either candidate in office
instead of the other could start a civil war or a revolution. After a
long time of impassioned speeches invoking patriotism and the founding
fathers, a compromise solution of holding another election will be
taken, and a candidate will be installed without disaster.
