Sunday, December 15, 2013

Russia's Rise and America's Fall

New York City Mayor Elect Bill de Blasio

New York City mayor-elect Bill de Blasio states that liberalism is eventually going to prevail throughout the United States of America.

Of course, when de Blasio uses the term "liberalism" he really means communism. Liberalism is to communism what a silk dress is to a pig. Liberalism is the proverbial silk dress that covers the ugly, foul-smelling pig.

And de Blasio and his liberal comrades are the foul-smelling pigs that want to impose communism upon America so that they can enjoy unbridled power and wealth while ordinary Americans suffer in the poverty and destitution of hopelessness, high unemployment, inflation, and a terrible health care system.

Of course, "liberals" will never admit to that. However, look back at every society in recent history that has employed a Marxist style economy and you'll see what I mean. The only folks who get rich in that economic system are the dictators, despots, their insiders and the lackey propagandists who are paid to tell everyone how wonderful Marxism is. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin certainly knows a thing or two about communism. He served in the KGB during the days of the old Soviet Union, and he realizes that a Marxist financial system doesn't work, never has worked and never will work. 

He saw how that system ruined the economic infrastructure of Russia that is still trying to recover from its Marxist-Leninist curse over 20 years after the Soviet Union finally drew its last breath. 

Here's what Putin recently said during a speech that mocked the moral relativism of the United States and the western world: "This destruction of traditional values from above not only entails negative consequences for society, but is also inherently anti-democratic because it is based on an abstract notion and runs counter to the will of the majority of people."

After Putin declared that Russia will not treat good and evil as moral equals, he took a backhanded slap at the gay lifestyle by claiming that strong family values offer the best protection against "so-called tolerance--genderless and infertile."  

Putin may be a thug, but he understands power. And he realizes that when nations are morally weak, they become economically and militarily weak. 

Many people in the western world simply yawn when Putin speaks. But they shouldn't. He's a dangerous man on a mission to remake Russia into an economic and military powerhouse. 

And he realizes that with the United States in a moral and economic free-fall, the time is right for Russia to make her move to usurp America as the world's next superpower. 

How powerful is Russia? When the Ukrainian government recently canceled plans to sign an association agreement with the European Union at the behest of Russia, then you can understand how powerful Russia is becoming.

Russia's rise to world prominence is prophetic. Nearly 2,600 years ago, the ancient Hebrew prophet Daniel revealed the rise of a powerful nation that would become the head of a world government in the last days. Daniel described that nation as a northern kingdom. (Daniel 11)

Why would that kingdom be Russia? Because the Bible always places Israel at the center of its geographical map. Russia is located furthermost to the north of Israel and is a rising and dangerous superpower.

Furthermore, Putin is an Orthodox Christian and he often consults with the Russian Orthodox Church on matters of faith and morality. Daniel also revealed that the dreaded Antichrist will come from Russia. 

Is Putin the Antichrist? No. Many events still must take place such as the rise of a world government (Daniel 7:7, Daniel 8:23-24, Revelation 13) and the rise of a one-world religion (Revelation 17) before he appears.

But Putin is a very good prototype. Especially when he says things like this: "Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen. Russia will respond to all these challenges, political and military."

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