The Communist Party of China is on the one hand firmly in control of China's foreign policy ambitions and economic plans for the future but on the other hand they know that they are walking a tightrope where a misstep or unforeseen emergency could jeopardize their own future. Buddhism will not disappear, nor will Islam in their northern provinces. Other religious beliefs refuse to go away and pose problems but it is Christianity that is their main concern. It grows....in spite of persecution it grows!
What are they to do? The economy has to grow or they face internal insurrection from the people where they would have to use force...and you know what that means. If they can take advantage of President Trump for economic benefit it may secure their power for quite some time. Otherwise there would appear to be only one answer and that would be to inflame nationalism and a return to Mao's strategies.
So where does Kim Jong-un come into this? The relationship between the two communist countries is frayed because North Korea is making a difficult domestic situation in China even more difficult but there is another aspect of this whole thing that if push comes to shove may determine what happens. Communist China surprised everyone once before in 1950 by sending 300,000 soldiers across the Yalu River in support of the communists in North Korea. Do they just walk away from this history? Do they coordinate a coup against Kim Jong-un to diffuse the situation and retain a communist neighbor? Or will circumstances dictate something even more drastic?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has his own problems and will have to decide on how to commemorate the centennial of the October 1917 Revolution. Putin no longer uses the word communism but the mindset is still there. Both Xi's China and Russia have moved military forces to the Korean border.
No one knows for sure if Kim Jong-un is crazy enough to use nuclear weapons or to wage a new Korean War. No one knows for sure what the generals under the dictator will do in a power struggle. If you play chess then you know that a game can go on and on seemingly headed to a draw but can with one move turn into pieces falling everywhere with one king coming out on top.
The book of Revelation is an endgame. I hesitate to use the word game, for God's plan is not a game, but the last few years before the return of our King will see pieces falling everywhere with only one victor...the "Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End"...Jesus Christ!
What are they to do? The economy has to grow or they face internal insurrection from the people where they would have to use force...and you know what that means. If they can take advantage of President Trump for economic benefit it may secure their power for quite some time. Otherwise there would appear to be only one answer and that would be to inflame nationalism and a return to Mao's strategies.
So where does Kim Jong-un come into this? The relationship between the two communist countries is frayed because North Korea is making a difficult domestic situation in China even more difficult but there is another aspect of this whole thing that if push comes to shove may determine what happens. Communist China surprised everyone once before in 1950 by sending 300,000 soldiers across the Yalu River in support of the communists in North Korea. Do they just walk away from this history? Do they coordinate a coup against Kim Jong-un to diffuse the situation and retain a communist neighbor? Or will circumstances dictate something even more drastic?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has his own problems and will have to decide on how to commemorate the centennial of the October 1917 Revolution. Putin no longer uses the word communism but the mindset is still there. Both Xi's China and Russia have moved military forces to the Korean border.
No one knows for sure if Kim Jong-un is crazy enough to use nuclear weapons or to wage a new Korean War. No one knows for sure what the generals under the dictator will do in a power struggle. If you play chess then you know that a game can go on and on seemingly headed to a draw but can with one move turn into pieces falling everywhere with one king coming out on top.
The book of Revelation is an endgame. I hesitate to use the word game, for God's plan is not a game, but the last few years before the return of our King will see pieces falling everywhere with only one victor...the "Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End"...Jesus Christ!
