Bad Russia Rising

A Russian Akula Nuclear Submarine

Biblical prophecy clearly reveals that Russia is going to become a dominant world superpower in the last days directly preceding the return of Jesus Christ. (Daniel 11, Ezekiel 38-39)  Many prophecy experts believed that Russia was finished forever as a world power after the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago.

But after several years of economic destitution that resulted from the failed economic policies of communism, Russia is once again on the rise as a world political, economic and military superpower. However, unlike the old Soviet Union that was content to control Eastern Europe, the new Russia under President Vladimir Putin aims to control the entire world. And that's a very bad thing. Vladimir Putin may be a thug, but he's also a brilliant man who can quickly size up an opponent and determine just how strong or weak he is.

Putin has struck gold with U.S. President Barack Obama who will go down as one of the weakest, if not most inept presidents in American history. In 2009, Putin discovered just how weak Obama was when he bullied America's 44th president into canceling a planned missile shield for Eastern Europe. Putin was Russia's "Prime Minister" at the time under President Dmitry Medvedev, and he threatened to destroy the missile sites if the U.S. implemented them. Then in 2010, Putin coerced Obama into signing a terrible strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty (START) that not only ensured the Russians would gain a huge advantage over the U.S. in strategic nuclear weapons, but didn't mandate any third party oversight to guarantee that the Russians would obey the terms of the treaty.

And recently, the U.S. Navy discovered that a Russian Akula nuclear submarine had been cruising undetected for weeks in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Navy officials, the Akula is a literal killing machine that carries cruise missiles such as the SSN-21 and the SSN-27 that can travel up to 1,900 miles and deliver several nuclear warheads. That nuclear submarine was in a strategic position where it could have launched a missile attack against any major U.S. city before it was detected. That's frightening. Furthermore, that oversight followed incursions made by Russian strategic bombers that invaded American airspace near Alaska and California in June and July. (Washington Free Beacon, 8/14/2012) And those incursions followed a 2009 incursion into the Gulf of Mexico by a Russian Akula.

Certainly, the Russians had no plans to launch an attack against the U.S. with their latest incursion into the Gulf of Mexico. This incursion was merely designed to test the United States for a response. Since there wasn't any response, the Russians now know they can push the United States around militarily. If Obama is reelected in November, look for the Russians to turn up the heat on America even more because they know that Obama is a weak president who is beholden to his radical antiwar base.

The Bible not only reveals Russia's rise as a global superpower in the end times, but it also reveals that the dreaded Antichrist is going to come from that nation. And biblical prophecy also reveals that he will be an extremely violent man who will murder hundreds of millions: "He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does." (Daniel 8:24) 

Vladimir Putin isn't the Antichrist. But he has the spirit of the Antichrist living in him. His Deputy Premier Dmitri Rogozin recently announced that Russia plans to build 10 new attack submarines and 10 new missile submarines by 2030 along with new aircraft carriers. Those military vessels have one purpose; to kill and destroy. With the United States rapidly disarming under Obama, the Russians are soon going to be the baddest military players on the world stage. That's prophetic. And when the Antichrist appears, he will have an arsenal of mass-murder weapons to threaten the world into doing his bidding.