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“China's Prophetic Military Build - Up”
by Prophecy News Watch
December 8th, 2014

What should be made of the tremendous and rapid military growth of China? What does it mean for the stability of rest of the world, and particularly the United States? Does the Bible have anything to say about China and her role in end-time Bible prophecy?

In a recent analysis titled ‘Is China’s Current Military Build-Up Prophetic?’ published in Concerning the Times, Howard Green attempts to answer these questions. Green explains that a resurgence of Russian and Chinese military power has over the past two decades or so begun to rival U.S military supremacy. It started with Russia but China is the country that has more recently reflected a challenge to U.S economic and military domination. Green proceeds to give some additional reasons for this:

1. On October 14th of this year, the IMF reported that China just surpassed the U.S as the world’s largest economy. The significance of this is that the continued growth of China’s economy fuels its massive military buildup and thirst for expansion to gain additional natural resources such as island chains and waterways, and especially oil.

2. US allies including the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan have all been the target of bullying by a robust Chinese navy despite U.S presence and disapproval. There have also been a number of ‘close calls and provocations’ by the Chinese. It may not be long before there is a miscalculation or a provocation that will set off a chain of events and the result could be a regional conflict or war. China may not necessarily win but could inflict major damage.

3.Some defense analysts project China will match the U.S in military strength within 20 years.

4.China is forging greater military ties with Russia and other U.S adversaries.

5.China has engaged in cyber warfare against the U.S in numerous ways in recent years, including through hacking into a defense contractor’s system and stealing the information to make its own aircraft.

6.The communist nation is aggressively planning, producing, and deploying hypersonic weapons that could overwhelm U.S missile defense systems, and place U.S aircraft carriers, land based targets, and allies at much greater risk than ever before.

More bad news about the Chinese threat has been reported in other emerging news. According to Investors.com, China now also has the capacity to knock out the entire U.S. power grid. The director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael Rogers, has so warned a congressional panel about the Chinese cyber threat, stating that China and "one or two other nations," after performing constant "reconnaissance" missions on U.S. utility companies, were now in a position to blow out the U.S power grid. It would be an act of war that would leave the U.S. powerless to retaliate and, worse still, powerless to identify the perpetrators.

And in terms of Bible prophecy, the growth of the Chinese military is part of the process via which China is assuming its position as a key player in the culmination of history. The U.S is thought not be a key end-times player, but could still be part of a confederacy of nations originating and based in Europe. As Green puts it: “Perhaps America’s dominance will be reduced by terrorism, war, or a global economic crisis and it would be the natural flow of events to swap its sovereignty and belong to a coalition of nations. I believe this coalition of 10 regions (revived Roman Empire) will be the geographical power base of the antichrist.

Ultimately the Chinese….and perhaps other armies from Asia will constitute the kings of the east. The vast army from Asia will move westward, cross the Euphrates River, and move on toward Israel. The news of the advancing army will trouble the evil world leader. Here is the picture the Bible paints for us about the military campaign:

“At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. (Daniel 11:40-45)

How close are we to these events taking place? Green concludes: “Just a few short decades ago….this didn’t seem possible because China was just another emerging if not struggling country stuck in the past. Now with its economic dominance, aggressive political posture, and military power…..China appears to be situated for its role in the final page of history…We see signs pointing to the Lord’s return and we must tell the people we come into contact with to get ready. Those of us who love His appearing know that we have little time left to warn others to repent because Jesus is coming back soon.”

Or as it is written: He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! (Revelation 22:20).

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13