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The 200-Million-Man
Army Is the Sixth Trumpet of Revelation 9 already sounding? By Ken Raggio 
In Revelation 9:16, John saw the largest army ever assembled. He said, "I heard the number of them."
Two hundred million!
The prophecy is about the Sixth Trumpet of the endtime. The event it speaks of is a horrible calamity that would kill fully one-third of the earth - more than two BILLION people ! This incomprehensible battle, according to the prophecy, starts with the loosing of four angels in the region of the Euphrates River. It is easy to identify the nations of this prophecy: Iran, Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Those are the nations touched by the Euphrates River. They are also the nations that are RIGHT NOW engaged in an endless war against Israel and the West. 
This prophetic scenario seems to describe an
alliance between China AND the Muslim nations of the Middle
East. In this article, I will show you HARD EVIDENCE that there IS a massive alliance forming between China, Russia and the Islamic nations. But first, I have to introduce the basic elements of the Bible prophecies so you can see their significance.The Euphrates River flows through the territories of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. As it converges with the Tigris River, it also borders IRAN. These are extremely volatile trouble spots for military conflicts nowadays. It seems to imply that the nation of Iraq, once the regime of Saddam Hussein, will be a major part of this final showdown as well. Due to explosive economic growth in China, China's need for oil is growing at a staggering pace, and the Middle East may be where she gets it, perhaps even by force. The Euphrates area is fabulously oil-rich. China has a long history of co-operation with Iran and Syria, economically, politically and militarily. Chairman Mao boasted in the 1960’s of an army of two hundred million men.  Many Bible students have for decades suspected that the two hundred
million man army would come from China. Until the Islamo-fascist uprising of
recent years began, it seemed that no other nation on earth could accomplish that feat.Now, it is increasingly likely that China will be tightly leagued with Russia and many of the Islamic nations in a powerful new anti-Israel political and military alliance from which this 200 million man army will ultimately come. I am going to show that actual alliance to you in this article. What could precipitate a battle of such magnitude? We are looking for motives to provoke 200 million soldiers to march into the Middle East to battle. Today’s sophisticated weaponry of jets, missiles, tanks, plus high-tech warfare tools as spy satellites, reconnaissance planes, aircraft carriers, and more, hardly leaves any place for conventional ground warfare of this magnitude. The link between China and the Muslim world smacks of anti-Semitic and anti-Western hostilities. China has already demonstrated to the world its eagerness to act swiftly in matters pertaining to political upheavals among its neighbors. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, have all felt Beijing breathing down their necks in modern times. China strongly desires to maintain and expand dominance in the Asian community. (The Gulf War, however, may have taught them a painful lesson about what happens when modern warfare is waged with the advanced weaponry of Western powers against outdated weaponry such as theirs.) China has conducted Nuclear Testing more recently than the other superpowers, and appears anxious to flex its muscles to assert its presence in the region. They conducted intimidating military exercises against Hong Kong during its transition from British rule to Chinese. New threats are developing in the region. In November, 1997, unexpected election results in Taiwan raised the possibility of an international crisis. The old communist KMT government was suddenly unseated by the Democratic Progressive Party, and the consensus was boiling to declare independence from Beijing. Eight of Washington’s elite military and diplomatic personalities were rushed to the region to try to diffuse any potential flare-up of tensions from Beijing. The United States has recurrently warned China not to interfere with Taiwan, and China has recurrently warned the United States not to interfere. Obviously, the risk of serious trouble is running pretty high. But the real showdown between China and the West may end up being in the Middle East if and when the Muslim world enlists China's assistance in the anti-American, anti-Israeli confrontation. The record shows that China has already been engaged in illicit sales of nuclear armaments to Muslim nations. Many of the Muslim nations in the Middle East are client states of China. The de facto alliance already exists. Both China and the Muslim nations have a similar interest in maintaining control of the oilfields of the Middle East. It may be that China joins with the Muslim nations in a cataclysmic confrontation with both Israel and the West in the near future, probably over the oil wealth of that region. Nuclear Powers in India and Pakistan In the summer of 1998, both India and Pakistan conducted Nuclear testing in their countries. Meanwhile, China, in July, 1998, deployed six new ICBMs, loaded with nuclear warheads. That adds to 14 others that were already deployed. While the United States is certainly one of their perceived enemies, no one can deny that the entire Asian region is a hotbed of potential conflict. CHINA, PAKISTAN, and INDIA are all potential nuclear forces to be feared. Most alarming, is the possibility that a nuclear showdown between these nations could EASILY KILL ONE-THIRD of humanity. There are 2.68 BILLION people living in the region. That could become a fulfillment of the prophecy of Revelation 9:15, "And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." The very next verse introduces the 200,000,000 man army (China). Many Asian leaders hold the view that the United States must remain politically, economically, and militarily engaged in the Asian-Pacific to ensure stability. Others believe, however, that the US will ultimately withdraw, leading to regional instability. Consequently, many countries are attempting to forge new ties with the United States. China has "New World Order" connections.
Some students of prophecy would recognize the connection with behind-the-scenes international banking forces. This suggests that China is moving toward compliance with, and may actually be complicit with New World Order operatives (i.e., Big Brother). China
possesses the worlds’
largest conventional,
low-tech army. China could, at least
theoretically, potentially engage the largest army of
foot-soldiers in the history of the world. The combination of its own
interests in competing with the West for OIL DOMINANCE in that region,
and winning the good will of the oil-rich Muslim nations of that
regions, could ultimately spell the creation of a POWERFUL POLITICAL
AND MILITARY AXIS between China and the Muslim nations.
Iran
and Pakistan are hotbeds of Islamofascist extremists, including Al
Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden, and the terrorist Iranian Revolutionary
Guard, which supports the enormous terrorist extremists,
Hezbollah. Together, they are Israel's public enemy Number One. Pakistan
is arguably the most explosive political situation in the world today.
It is a nuclear-empowered country that is in grave danger of falling
into the hands of the likes of the Taliban and Osama Bin Lauden. For
more commentary on this situation, please read my brand new article on PAKISTAN
IN BIBLE PROPHECY. This
is a convoluted mess. On one hand, it seems impossible to predict what
may happen when these nations join forces, but I can't see how it can
possibly be good news for either Israel or the United States and
Western democracy. It seems inevitable (to me) that China,
Russia, Iran, Syria, perhaps Pakistan and Afghanistan will team up to
finally squash the entire Zionist and American presence in the Middle
East. This would definitely fit the description of the SIXTH TRUMPET WAR!! And it
is ESCALATING even as we speak! Do not forget that these nations are the homeland to the world's most oppressive and despotic governments. Furthermore, several of them are the host nations for the world's worst terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban. These nations share massive "underground" networks trafficking opium, heroin, and other illicit drugs that support the terrorist organizations. Their drug lords and mafia-like war-lords wield enormous power in these countries. Additionally, illicit arms traders in both China and the Muslim nations where the Taliban and Al Qaeda operate could easily provide all the missing links to a Sixth Trumpet scenario. If and when this happens, it could very easily fulfill all the prophecies of the Sixth Trumpet War. Only God knows the potential holocausts that could ensue if Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan or Syria drag China into the fray. If a nuclear war breaks out, the entire Middle East could easily go up in smoke. FOUR SPIRITS LOOSED IN THE
EUPHRATES Revelation 9:14 speaks of four spirits being loosed in the area of the Euphrates River, which runs through Iraq, (especially Baghdad and Babylon) In verse 15, "And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." The very next verse introduces the 200,000,000 man army. I believe that the FOUR HORSES of Zechariah 6 and Revelation 6 are those four spirits. They are converging RIGHT NOW on the Middle East. This unspeakably horrific SIXTH TRUMPET war is developing RIGHT NOW as a CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS between Capitalism, Communism, Catholicism and Islam in the area of the Euphrates River. It is NOT going to be pretty, but it IS going to fulfill Bible Prophecy, and it IS going to IMMEDIATELY PRECEED the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ at Armageddon.HERE IS AN
INTERESTING ASIDE, for what it's worth: Revelation 9:17 says,
"And
thus I saw the
horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of
fire, and of
jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads
of lions; and out of
their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone."
Do these colors reveal the powers behind a 200-million-man army? I will remind you that global politics, however influential, are nevertheless subservient to global economics. Let me state that in other terms. Before you get TOO worried about who will win the struggles between CAPITALISTS and COMMUNISTS, remember that BOTH SIDES are controlled by Central Banks and the International Banking System. Remember Mayer Amschel Rothschild's historic, albeit infamous statement: "Give me control of a nation's banks and I care not who writes the laws." With that, let me remind you that the New World Order rules the world through the banking system. That means, they control capitalist nations, communist nations, Muslim nations and Christian nations all the same. By further deduction, the NWO rules the central banks in the US, CHINA, IRAN and ISRAEL all the same. (For what it's worth, the new President of Israel, Shimon Peres, is a SOCIALIST.) I know that a lot of people cringe at such "conspiracy theory babble" but there can be no denying - through the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of International Settlements, the World Trade Organization and a hodge-podge of other extremely powerful international financial institutions, every nation on earth has become slaves to the money-mongers. Whether you want to believe it or not, the international bankers truly rule the world. With that said, I am going to also remind you that the Bible prophesies that the seven-headed, ten-horned beast of Revelation (representing the Antichrist, the Mark of the Beast, and World Government) was SCARLET. That means RED. That means SOCIALISTIC. Expect the end-time World Government to be entirely Socialist. That spells GLOBAL SOCIALISM. In a word, the New
World Order fully intends to paint the globe RED - Socialist. That
means that America is NOT going to succeed at turning the Middle East
into a Democratic Republic. That means that SOCIALIST COMMUNISTS are
going to prevail in the Middle East. Do not be surprised to see the New World Order marching a
SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST army into the Middle East to "settle" all the
conflicts. Two
major Bible prophecies support this
conclusion:
Revelation 9:17 says, "And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads
of lions; and out of
their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone."
The COLORS of these breastplates (shields) were RED, BLUE and YELLOW:
The New World Order has evolved from its roots in the International Banking System established by the
Rothschilds The very name, Rothschild,
means RED SHIELD. The shield and colors of the Rothschild family on their coat of arms is BLUE and YELLOW. China is firmly controlled by a sophisticated Central Banking system that is fully compliant with the Bank for International Settlements in essentially the very same way as the US Federal Reserve controls America. Was John telling us that the 200 million soldiers would be marching under the NEW WORLD ORDER colors? Or New World Order directives? Can it be that the secretive New World Order will use these primitive conventional means of warfare to attempt to crush the Middle East and convert it entirely to Socialism? I think so.Additional support for that theory comes from the fact that China has recently overhauled the Central Bank. The Central Bank is Big Brother’s number one power tool over any government. That indicates the increasing control of the New World Order gang, even inside the Great Wall. Simply put, the entire NEW WORLD ORDER is headed for Scarlet-colored Socialism (including America) that will be complicit with Islam in rising up ominously against Israel. The pro-Israel American stance that was the hallmark of the 20th Century will be forever gone. Israel is destined, by prophecy, to see all the nations of the world come against her to destroy her. THAT is when Jesus will come.
It is going to be very interesting, to say the least, at how these scenarios actually unfold. Stay tuned to this website for more insight. If you have not subscribed to the DAILY BIBLE STUDY, please do so now! I am continually writing new content for this site. Please return often for more material, and tell your friends about www.kenraggio.com , too! THANKS! And God bless you! Ken Raggio 
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China's
former Premier, Zhu Rongi, a radical
reformer, was elected with a mandate to save
the nation's industry and
banks from collapse. Zhu's strategy included reorganizing
the central bank along the lines
of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
If China finally aligns itself more favorably
with the
international community, and against the United States, it could become
increasingly active in the UN Security Council (photo), and ultimately
dominate the UN strategy in a Middle East showdown. As long as China
holds its
seat there, its power can should
never be underestimated!
In
reality, this is already happening. The SHANGHAI COOPERATION
ORGANIZATION might be described as the Eastern powers' emerging answer
to the Western NATO alliance. The SCO was founded in Shanghai, China in
2001. It is, above all, a cooperation between China and Russia, with
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as members. More
significantly, however, (with regards to Bible prophecy) is the SCO
"observer status" of IRAN, PAKISTAN, India and Mongolia. 
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