Road to the Rapture: Israel & China
May 2020, Updated July 2021
The year 2020 is already a year of plagues and pandemic with fires, earthquakes, locusts and the global coronavirus pandemic. The health and economic catastrophe is like a woman in labor. In 2017, there was a sign of a woman in the sky. See Revelation 12. Now the whole world seeks peace and safety.

September 2019 began a possible seven year window before the final seven years as God prepares the world for the Tribulation. The Rapture occurs on the 1st of Tishri (September-October) but what year? Two nations take us down the road to the Rapture: Israel & China.

Of the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write to you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).

Israel: Peace

From April 2019 to June 2021, the Israeli parliament was stuck by their broken election system. March 2021 was the fourth election with thirty-nine parties running and thirteen winning seats. Eventually, leftist Yair Lapid and religious right Naftali Bennett formed an anti-Benjamin Netanyahu coalition. Bennett is prime minister until August 2023 and then Lapid leads (Jeremiah 23:5-6).

The top issue in 2020 is the implication of the Trump peace plan revealed January 28, 2020 with corresponding 7.7 Caribbean earthquake shaking South Florida. In July 2020, Israel planned to annex a third of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and two-thirds are reserved for a future Palestinian state. In September 2020, annexation was delayed but Trump makes peace with a few (Bahrain. United Arab Emirates). After the Rapture, the covenant is confirmed in the fall. When Antichrist makes peace with many, Israel will have peace and safety for a short time.

The 5th of Iyar (April 28-29) was the 72nd anniversary of Israel's Independence Day. The 28th of Iyar (May 21-22) is the 53rd anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Of all the nations, Israel is the least likely country to be superpower but Jesus Christ appears at the Second Coming. Add seven years of Tribulation and we are at seventy-nine years. Come, Lord Jesus.

Learn a parable of the fig tree; When its branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh: So likewise, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled (Matthew 24:32-34).

Since the United States is the world's leading superpower, why does the lion/bear/leopard lead during the Tribulation instead of the US, China or India? The road to the Rapture is Israel and China. The US is pushing a peace plan that divides Israel. The covenant that takes Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and gives the land to Palestine causes the fall of the United States, the Tribulation and Armageddon. See Covenant.

I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat [in Jerusalem]. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land (Joel 3:2 NIV).

China never lets a good crisis go to waste. They start the coronavirus pandemic, hoard personal protection equipment and sell it for a fortune while showing good public relations and helping nations in disaster. During the economic crisis, they buy undervalued companies around the world. While the US citizens are divided over peace and safety, the economy is in recovery after the shutdown and military is distracted, China takes advantage of the situation by crossing the Euphrates River and taking over oil in the Middle East. See Trumpet 6.

The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice ... saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. The four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, day, month, and year to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred million: and I heard the number of them (Revelation 9:13-14, 15-16).

There are two key prophecies: Israel's covenant to divide the land and China's plan to be the world's only superpower. Israel and China lead to the Tribulation. Kadesh Barnea (9th of Av) is a day of disaster for Israel and the world. Watch July and August to see if see if China starts its march to the Euphrates.

9th of
Av in Jewish History: Judgment Day
  •  Kadesh Barnea Rebellion (1524 BC)
  •  Jewish temple destroyed by the Babylonians (587-586 BC)
  •  Jewish temple destroyed by the Romans (70 AD)
  •  Jews persecuted by the Romans (70, 135), Crusaders (1095), English (1290), French (1306), Spanish   (1492), Russian (1914) and Germans (1942, 1943)
  •  World War I begins - July 31-August 1, 1914
  •  Iraq War I begins - July 30-31, 1990
  •  Israel evacuated Gaza and Samaria - Augus 2005
  •  Hurricane Katrina, US evacuated the Gulf Coast - August 2005
  •  World War III - Starts ~July-October 202_? (China vs United States)
Euphrates River
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China: Safety

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, China's goal is to be the leading superpower. They are using economic, military and political resources for currency manipulation, intellectual property theft, unfair trade practices, disputed territories and artificial islands in the South China Sea, "string of pearls" at key commercial and military ports from China to the Red Sea and manufacturing of critical medications and equipment. China is using its financial and political influence at the United Nations to leverage power.

Here are lessons learned about China and US actions during the pandemic.
  • China lied about the 2004 SARS pandemic.
  • In March 2018, US State Department warned of safety issues at Wuhan Institute of Virology.
  • COVID-19 probably came from mishandling the virus at WIT in Wuhan, China.
  • China silenced doctors, destroyed evidence and covered up events of the spread of the virus.
  • At the start, China stopped travel from Wuhan to cities in China but not to other countries.
  • China's 91,810 cases and 4,636 deaths are severely under reported.
  • China supported the appointment of World Health Organization Director Tedros Ghebreyesus.
  • Despite WHO's initial claim, the virus is spread human to human.
  • WHO recommended no interference with international travel.
  • WHO waited too long to declare a global health emergency and later global pandemic.
  • In February 2020, the US CDC sent out faulty virus testing kits that wasted valuable time.
  • In February 2020, the US FDA resisted private labs processing tests.
  • Coronavirus is highly contagious with more asymptomatic cases but less deadly.
  • Two major virus strains hit the US. The weaker west coast virus came directly from China but the stronger east coast virus came from China through Europe to New York.
  • Seniors 65 and above are highest risk with 78 percent of deaths (502,863), a third of deaths in US are nursing home residence.
  • Children and young adults 0-17 are less likely to catch and spread the disease. In this group, 441 died but most all children suffer from educational learning loss.
  • United States has the most cases of coronavirus reported excluding China. However, European Union  countries have a comparable outbreak per population.
  • Coronavirus response should be based on science not political science.
  • During the 1968 Hong Kong flu pandemic, no state shut down essential businesses and an estimated 100,000 people died. During the 2020 COVID-19, 42 US states closed all nonessential business but only 8 states went with less drastic precautions.
  • Shutdowns started with "flatten the curve" then "wait until a vaccine" but now "fear the variant".
  • Coronavirus cases have increased among younger adults but death rate has drastically fallen.
  • Coronvirus death counts are overstated because of governmental financial incentives to hospitals.
  • Medical advisers want a vaccine before reopening. The 1918 Spanish flu and 1968 Hong Kong flu pandemics passed with no vaccine and ~30,000 people still die of the flu in the US every year.
  • There is a major conflict between health and the economy. In the US, over 34 million people tested positive for coronavirus but 47 million people filed for unemployment.
  • Forty percent of cases have no symptoms because the novel virus is not so new. SARS-CoV-2 is in the same virus family as SARS, MERS and four cononavirus colds.
  • The coronavirus will stop when it cannot spread because of a combination of immunity, vaccines, effective preventive measures and medical treatments to achieve herd immunity.
  • The promised two weeks has been extended into 2-3 months and 2-3 years.
  • COVID is worldwide. Without global herd immunity, the virus launches waves for years to come.
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You brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness (1 Thessalonians 5:4-5).

References: 21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars: Chapter 20 - Players in the Game, Chapter 21 - Four Horses on the Run, Chapter 23 - World Wars, Cold Wars, Chapter 25 - World War III, Coronavirus Outbreak, Potential Superpowers, String of Pearls

Statistics updated July 1, 2021.
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