The communist Chinese president met with the communist North Korean dictator and much of our media interpreted that as being Xi Jinping merely showing Kim Jong-un who the boss is. Kim went back to his hermit kingdom and had fun at his very own rock concert. America is going to need Communist China to stand aside if hostilities break out....for as the following post states....North Korea's most important fortress, Mt. Paektu, straddles the border with China.....where Chinese mountain climbing enthusiasts actually start their climb in Communist China. So what does President Trump at this time decide to do? He rattles and already shaky Communist China economy. Why....it's not an emergency....according to him the American economy is doing great? The answer may be that he wants more. He wants political capital! The more likely reason for the meeting was Xi Jinping telling Kim Jong-un what the plan is....and how they are both going to proceed.
The Flip Side
Seoul currently has the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy powered by over 10 million people. It's ranked 6th in the world on the Global Power City index. It is roughly the same distance from Seoul to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as it is from Pittsburgh to Cleveland....and there are North Korean missile sights closer to Seoul than that. An active volcano....Mt. Paektu....the site of possibly the world's biggest volcanic eruption back in the 10th century....straddles the border with China. There are purportedly thousands of tunnels in and under this mountain with thousands of nuclear facilities in and around it.....and this is where Kim Jong-un would most likely go for safety in the event of war.
It's a little more than a marathon run from the Korean DMZ to Seoul....but often pointed out that the North Korean military has a lot of outdated weaponry. Be sure to remind the South Koreans of that if hundreds of thousands of army regulars were to be double-timing it to Seoul during a war. Does anyone remember the television show MASH? More recently than the Korean War....North Vietnamese tanks were not even a threat until the Easter Offensive of 1972....and finally.....the world's economy would most likely collapse if Seoul were to be overrun....even temporarily.
Former Deputy Commander of US Forces Korea retired (2012-2014) Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas sent a letter this past November to three Democrat members of Congress in which he highlighted the flip sign of the 'my nuclear button's bigger' opinion. Is this man a liberal or liberal leaning....probably....but we need to be aware of his thoughts.....not so much that it should influence a final decision.....but that it would prepare the American public for what may be ahead.
A best case scenario still causes tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of casualties and probably many American prisoners! There had been a lot of press late last year on a possible invasion of the North but little to none on the North invading the South. I'm posting this because we need to hear more than just that of our own military power.....and our churches need to hear the very real existential threats that we face....dangers that we brought upon ourselves because of our extreme and prolonged rebelliousness to God....and how these dangers can escalate to unmanageable proportions in a day.
The following is from a 2016 post:......"It is far too late to avoid the consequences of our rebellion to God, but it is not too late to humble ourselves before Him and seek His steady hand in the approaching whirlwind, of which He has control....not us. May God have mercy upon us so that our pulpits will wake up from their dreamy state to preach not only our King....but our coming King....not only glory but woe....and not only rejoicing but introspection and repentance."
I'd like to go to the other side of the world to add this post:
Israel....Blessing and Cursing
The United States with Harry Truman as its president immediately recognized the state of Israel on May 14th, 1948 after the provisional government led by David Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israel to be an independent nation. This was an example of another nation 'blessing' Israel. Failing to do this would have been an example of 'cursing' Israel." As for 1948, God was regathering Israel who is today as rebellious to God as we are. The 70th anniversary of this is only weeks away and although we may interpret this any way as our conscience leads us....to not see the prophetic implication of the new state of Israel.....and the 70 year period....is to miss for whatever personal theological bias....something that should be not only obvious......but a source of rejoicing that our Lord's Return must be near!
President Trump announced in December that we would be officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and that moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would signify that. This is neither blessing nor cursing Israel....nor does it have anything to do with it being God's special plot of land. What it may do is have significant prophetic significance.
To my evangelical brethren.....God could care less what city Israel calls its capitol.....Jerusalem is Jerusalem to him....capitol or not....and He also takes absolutely no pleasure in the Masonic architecturally designed, obelisk and near-temple structured fetid swamp of our capitol with its hideously designated Washington National Cathedral as our 'National House of Prayer.' What he has done is that he has placed a hook in the mouths of Israel's enemies. Populist President Donald Trump is but a world leader placed where he is for a particular purpose.....a purpose that the evangelical misconstrues as making America great again."
America had to one degree or another continued to bless Israel through the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, H. W., Clinton, and W. administrations. We began to curse Israel under President Barack Obama. Whether President Trump blesses or curses Israel will depend on, one....how truthful and transparent he is right now with Israel's government.....and, two.....if he keeps America's commitment as an ally.
The Flip Side
Seoul currently has the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy powered by over 10 million people. It's ranked 6th in the world on the Global Power City index. It is roughly the same distance from Seoul to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as it is from Pittsburgh to Cleveland....and there are North Korean missile sights closer to Seoul than that. An active volcano....Mt. Paektu....the site of possibly the world's biggest volcanic eruption back in the 10th century....straddles the border with China. There are purportedly thousands of tunnels in and under this mountain with thousands of nuclear facilities in and around it.....and this is where Kim Jong-un would most likely go for safety in the event of war.
It's a little more than a marathon run from the Korean DMZ to Seoul....but often pointed out that the North Korean military has a lot of outdated weaponry. Be sure to remind the South Koreans of that if hundreds of thousands of army regulars were to be double-timing it to Seoul during a war. Does anyone remember the television show MASH? More recently than the Korean War....North Vietnamese tanks were not even a threat until the Easter Offensive of 1972....and finally.....the world's economy would most likely collapse if Seoul were to be overrun....even temporarily.
Former Deputy Commander of US Forces Korea retired (2012-2014) Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas sent a letter this past November to three Democrat members of Congress in which he highlighted the flip sign of the 'my nuclear button's bigger' opinion. Is this man a liberal or liberal leaning....probably....but we need to be aware of his thoughts.....not so much that it should influence a final decision.....but that it would prepare the American public for what may be ahead.
A best case scenario still causes tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of casualties and probably many American prisoners! There had been a lot of press late last year on a possible invasion of the North but little to none on the North invading the South. I'm posting this because we need to hear more than just that of our own military power.....and our churches need to hear the very real existential threats that we face....dangers that we brought upon ourselves because of our extreme and prolonged rebelliousness to God....and how these dangers can escalate to unmanageable proportions in a day.
The following is from a 2016 post:......"It is far too late to avoid the consequences of our rebellion to God, but it is not too late to humble ourselves before Him and seek His steady hand in the approaching whirlwind, of which He has control....not us. May God have mercy upon us so that our pulpits will wake up from their dreamy state to preach not only our King....but our coming King....not only glory but woe....and not only rejoicing but introspection and repentance."
I'd like to go to the other side of the world to add this post:
Israel....Blessing and Cursing
The United States with Harry Truman as its president immediately recognized the state of Israel on May 14th, 1948 after the provisional government led by David Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israel to be an independent nation. This was an example of another nation 'blessing' Israel. Failing to do this would have been an example of 'cursing' Israel." As for 1948, God was regathering Israel who is today as rebellious to God as we are. The 70th anniversary of this is only weeks away and although we may interpret this any way as our conscience leads us....to not see the prophetic implication of the new state of Israel.....and the 70 year period....is to miss for whatever personal theological bias....something that should be not only obvious......but a source of rejoicing that our Lord's Return must be near!
President Trump announced in December that we would be officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and that moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would signify that. This is neither blessing nor cursing Israel....nor does it have anything to do with it being God's special plot of land. What it may do is have significant prophetic significance.
To my evangelical brethren.....God could care less what city Israel calls its capitol.....Jerusalem is Jerusalem to him....capitol or not....and He also takes absolutely no pleasure in the Masonic architecturally designed, obelisk and near-temple structured fetid swamp of our capitol with its hideously designated Washington National Cathedral as our 'National House of Prayer.' What he has done is that he has placed a hook in the mouths of Israel's enemies. Populist President Donald Trump is but a world leader placed where he is for a particular purpose.....a purpose that the evangelical misconstrues as making America great again."
America had to one degree or another continued to bless Israel through the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, H. W., Clinton, and W. administrations. We began to curse Israel under President Barack Obama. Whether President Trump blesses or curses Israel will depend on, one....how truthful and transparent he is right now with Israel's government.....and, two.....if he keeps America's commitment as an ally.
