Year 2020
6 Trump Peace Plan
On January 28, 2020, the Trump Peace Plan was revealed. Israel and Palestine will divide the land into separate nations without uprooting people. On the same day, an ominous 7.7 earthquake in the Caribbean shook South Florida. This covenant that the Antichrist confirms leads to the fall of the United States, the
Tribulation and
Armageddon (
Daniel 9:27, Joel 3:2).
5 United Kingdom Brexit
On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union. After three prime ministers and two elections, parliament finally agreed to leave on January 31, 2020. By December 2020, they negotiated trade, fishing and transportation. However, the British lion, Russian bear and Germany leopard will lead during the Tribulation (
Revelation 13:2). See
Daniel's Dream.
4 Coronavirus Pandemic - World
In December 2019, coronavirus began spreading from China into Asia, Europe and United States. By the end of January 2020, first cases were officially reported. Parts of Lombardy in Italy were locked down February 22. On February 24, the virus was no longer contained and the stock markets began to crash. Then on March 8, Saudi Arabia started an oil price war with Russia. By March 8-9, Italy was the first country to lockdown and Spain, France and United Kingdom followed. Cases peaked in April and July 2020, January and August 2021, pushing hospitals to the limit.
Two major virus strains hit the United States. The west coast type came directly from China but the stronger east coast type came from China through Europe to New York. From March 15 to April 4, forty-two states issued stay at home orders closing most businesses and churches. In April, New York metro area was hardest hit and experts predicted the virus would be just as severe throughout the nation. However more rural red states were less affected. For example, Texas is 2nd and Florida is 3rd in population but as of September 2021, 22th and 17th in deaths per population. The United States is first in cases but within European Union numbers. Although schools were closed, 80 percent of all deaths are seniors and a third occurred in nursing homes. Since December, vaccines slowed cases and death. However, COVID is a global disease that can launch new variants for years to come (
Matthew 24:7-8).
3 Israel Election
From April 2019 to December 2022, 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. Leftist Yair Lapid and religious right Naftali Bennett formed an anti-Benjamin Netanyahu coalition. After the fifth election in November 2023, Netanyahu returned in December 2022 (
Jeremiah 23:5-6).