We need to take very seriously Xi's ambitions with regard to ultimately controlling Taiwan. That doesn't, however, in our view, mean that a military conflict is inevitable. We do know, as has been made public, that President Xi has instructed the PLA, the Chinese military leadership, to be ready by 2027 to invade Taiwan. But that doesn't mean that he's decided to invade in 2027 or any other year as well.
---- CIA Director William Burns on CBS' Face the Nation, February 2023
Seven Trumpets: Since Revelation 8-9, 11 refers to seven wars and five trumpets are five past wars on Jewish holy days, then the China-US War is inevitable, uncontrollable and devastating. This war begins as a conventional regional war about Taiwan but quickly expands to a MAD (mutually assured destruction) nuclear war to control Iraqi oil. Tribulation prophecy is the world's future (
Isaiah 42:9).
World War III Begins: (August-October). Revelation 9 describes the 6th trumpet, a larger 200 million army that marches toward the Euphrates River in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. China, India and Islam have the population but only China is aggressive and united. World War III could begin on the
9th of Av and fifty days later, God grabs us out on
Trumpets before the war goes nuclear. A second option is October 1 (26th of
Elul -
Teshuvah), the 75th anniversary of Communist China, just days before Trumpets on October 4-5 (1st of
Tishri).
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).
Red Horse vs Black Horse: The Chinese communist fight the United State capitalists and our Far East allies (Australia, India. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan). China, India and United States are the most populated countries and the war kills 1/3 of humanity (~2.7 billion people). When they fall, the lion/bear/leopard (United Kingdom/ Russia/Germany) gives power to the Antichrist who controls the Beast (world government) (
Revelation 13:2, 17:12-13). See
Daniel's Dream.
Revelation Is Not Sequential: If the 6th trumpet begins near the start of the Tribulation, what happened to the earlier seals and trumpets? The seals, trumpets and bowls are not sequential but are parallel all ending at the
Second Coming repeating lightning, thunder, earthquakes, great hail and voices (
Revelation 8:1, 5, 11:15, 19, 16:17-18, 20-21, Ezekiel 38:19-20, 22). See
Revelation Views.
We are at the end of the
Church Age and can see into the
Tribulation. It is so close.
Four horses are on the run (
apostasy, communism, capitalism, Islam) and five trumpets have sounded (World War I & II, Cold War, Iraq War I & II). So the next big event is the 6th trumpet know as World War III.