2025 China War - Prelude to World War III

US Air Force General Michael Minihan, commander of the Air Mobility Command, predicts a possible regional war with Communist China in 2025. He is focused on preparing the Air Force for winning that war. Chinese President Xi told his military leadership to be ready by 2027.

Here are reasons for the timing of the war.

Chinese Leadership: In October 2022, the Chinese Communist Party gave President Xi Jinping a third term. Xi has consolidated power in the CCP.

Taiwan Election: In January 2024, Vice President Lai Ching-te was elected president and takes office in May. China may use the election results as an excuse to start a war.

US Election: Joe Biden and Donald Trump are headed for a 2020 rematch but both are under investigation and may not last. Primaries start in January with conventions in the summer and voting ends November 5. Each election gets more contentious, dividing the nation deeper.

US Presidential Transition: If a new person becomes president, the transition puts the country at its weakest. The current president would be a lame duck for most of 2024. Then a new president would assemble a new administration with 4000 appointments of which 1200 need Senate approval. Many positions in the new administration would be vacant for some of 2025.

October Surprise: China could pick the late summer/fall of 2024 to interfere in our elections and exploit our weakness. Since World War I, major wars have started on Jewish holy days between the 9th of Av to Tabernacles (July-October). The war may begin with Taiwan but lead to Iraqi oil. Revelation 9 describes the 6th trumpet, a larger 200 million army that marches toward the Euphrates River. God grabs us out on Trumpets before the war goes nuclear.

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 (Revelation 9:13-14, 15-16).

About this time of year, we remember what happened in the previous year and look forward to the new year. A part of remembering the past year is to learn from our successes and failures. Then we change priorities, make improvements and plan for success in the coming year.

Since September 2019, we have been in a possible seven year window before the final seven as God prepares Christians for heaven and the world for the Tribulation.

2023 Israel War - Prelude to World War IV

On Saturday, October 7, 2023 (8th Day of the Assembly), Hamas brutally targeted civilians of Israel and other nations, shot 6000+ missiles, massacred over 1,400, raped women and kidnapped 240+ people (Leviticus 23:34-36). This is the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) is a terrorist organization that governs the Palestine territory in Gaza but financially supported by Iran and other countries.

In 1947, the two-state solution divided the land between Israel and Palestine. Israel took their land but Palestine refused. After the Six Day War in 1967, Israel captured all of Israel, Jerusalem and Sinai. In 1987, Israel returned the Sinai to Egypt and in 1993, gave Palestine self-rule over parts of Gaza, Judea and Samaria (West Bank). In 2005, Israel surrendered Gaza and in 2006, Hamas defeated Fatah in the last election. Hamas has two key principles: conquer Israel and replace it with an Islamic state and reject any permanent peace plan.

Before the war, Israel and Saudi Arabia were negotiating peace. The Hamas invasion was supposed to be a coordinated attack of Iran proxies Hamas from Gaza and Hezbollah from Lebanon that overwhelm Israel. Instead, Hamas started early without Hezbollah. Israel sent a warning to Iran that if Hezbollah attacks from the north, Israel would hold Damascus accountable. China, Russia and Iran (Axis of Evil) are united for future wars against the European Union, Far East and United States (globalists).

Since Israel is the center of Bible prophecy, where does this war lead? The answer is from the end of the Church Age into the seven years of Tribulation through the Covenant, Antichrist, Armageddon that ends with the Second Coming.

Russia-Ukraine War - Red Russia vs Black Globalists

In 1994, Ukraine agreed to destroy nuclear weapons but Russia, United Kingdom and United States reneged on their promise to keep out of Ukraine. In 2014, President Viktor Yanukovych, backed by Red Russia was ousted by the pro-European movement/black globalists. See Seals. Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea on March 20, 2014 (Purim) and supported rebels in the eastern provinces of Ukraine. The European Union, dependent on Russian energy, complained and kicked Russia out of NATO. The opposite of "Peace through Strength" is "War through Weakness".

2nd Seal - Red Horse of War: There went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword (Revelation 6:3-4).
3rd Seal - Black Horse of Trade: I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a [denarius], and three measures of barley for a [denarius]; and see you hurt not the oil and the wine (Revelation 6:5-6).

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, escalating the war. What side are we on? The Russian bear is back to its old Soviet ways. They fight to keep their oil and gas monopoly with the EU. The globalists (German, United Kingdom, United States) use Ukraine as a pawn. See Daniel's Dream. Since Ukraine's independence, their government has been corrupt and people suffer from Russian aggression while western countries' energy imports and weapons fund both sides of the war (Joshua 5:13-14).

There is a reason world events are aligning to prophecy in this decade. Jesus Christ was born ~7-1 BC and died ~27-33 AD, then ~2027-2033 could be the Second Coming. So the years ~2019-2026 is a possible seven year rapture window as God prepares Christians for heaven and the world for seven years of Tribulation, within the margin of calendar errors. Since we are at the end of the Church Age, work but also watch for Jesus Christ to rapture His people.

Knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed (Romans 13:11).

References: 21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End Wars - Chapter 14: Israel's Time Out, Chapter 18: Spring Forward or Fall Back?, Chapter 20: Players in the Game, Chapter 25: Iraq War III, 21st Century View, Bible Chronology Charts, Ukraine: EU vs Russia, Russian-Ukrainian War, 2024 US Election, Covenant, Rapture, Tribulation, Revelation