Driven from the earth?

Well, things have been moving along. You may remember from
an earlier post, that Daniel 7:4 says of the lion that it was lifted
up from the earth, but that the Septuagint, which often resolves
mysteries in the Masoretic text, says


"The first was like a lioness, and it had wings like an eagle. I
looked until its wings were plucked out, and it was DRIVEN
FROM THE EARTH and made to stand on human feet: and a
human heart was given to it."


"the earth," eretz, is sometimes better translated the land, and in
this case certainly can't mean eradicated from the whole world,
since events happen to it after this driving out. So it is something
that operates in the Middle East but is driven back out of the
Middle to wherever it came from.


Trump, buying into the neocon lies about Russia, has launched
a strike on Syria however ineffective, because of the gas attack
most likely done by rebels. (Also apparently believes the lie
that Russia annexed Crimea when in fact Crimea declared
independence and asked Russia to take it back in, it having been
Russian for 300 years until Kruschev moved it from Russian to
Ukrainian jurisdiction.)


Although he warned everyone incl. Russia of the strike, except
China, Russia is real angry and has said it will respond militarily
to the next such move.


This is a framework in which the prophecy could play out, the
USA could be driven from the Middle Eastern eretz.

China military base in Africa

https://sputniknews.com/military/201703151051623494-new-base-africa-us-concerns/?utm_source=adfox_site_41917&utm_medium=adfox_banner_2017685&utm_campaign=adfox_campaign_626010&ues=1


Hitherto Chinese presence in Africa has not been military. now it is. the
reason is Somali pirates.

new developments with China

Well, its 2017. my last post was August 2016. The two candidates
for the leopard were a future Kurdistan and China. The former looks
increasingly unlikely, and would need to duplicate Chinese development
in various lands to fit the picture.


China in the meantime has more trouble from the radicalized Uighurs
and has added 5,000 troops into the Middle East. Supposedly only
trainers and assistants. But this is a slow buildup. They have been present
for many years quietly in the Middle East.


It is only a matter of time before they have to take the fight against
jihad home to its origin and might have war with neighboring countries
in this matter. Though presently friends with Pakistan, Pakistan has
functioned as trainer and protector of jihadis for decades and the
friendship might crumble. Russia is getting into Afghanistan maybe,
and China could also.


The time could come when the borders of both these lands reach,
because of conquest in a defensive/reactive war, into the Middle East.
In any case they are likely to be a permanent presence in the Middle
East and be major players whether obvious or behind the scenes.

China to help Syria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4EO_onxAqw


this is more military training than boots on the ground, but they already send a ship or two
plus marines to the Mediteranean to back up Russia in preventing American shelling
of Damascus.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpL99gfPI-o China already quietly present in the Middle
East for years, the aid to Syria now is an increase of what they were doing already. China has
been building footholds in Africa.

Second Rib?

http://tass.ru/en/politics/887032
http://tass.ru/en/world/883822
seems Transdnistria that eastern strip of Moldova is unhappy with Moldova
trying to keep the borders as is, and has already had a referendum with
"97.1% of participants voted for independence with subsequent free-will accession to Russia."


this being a strip of land would be like a rib. Crimea might be the first rib, it is not
long but is curved. Uncertain if South Ossetia would qualify.


the vision of Daniel shows a bear reared up on one side, and the grammar according
to one writer indicates that it is doing this in response to an outside threat. There
are three ribs in its mouth, and the RIBS ARE SAYING that the bear should "arise,
devour much flesh." Daniel 7:5 KJV.
So what looks to a viewer like a victim is cheering the "victimizer" on. This is
exactly the situation developing now, Crimea declared its independence then asked
Russia to take it in. Russia accepted. this is what the western press calls unilateral
annexation, but in the same western press while this went on slipped out the truth.


so when three such events have occurred, there will be advise to annex more, to go
to war, perhaps to protect the "annexed" lands from recovery by the nations they
split from.


UPDATE and correction. http://tass.ru/en/politics/887141 south Ossetia is looking
to have "accession" to Russia in the future, Russia isn't that interested. I was unclear
about the status. http://www.eurasianet.org/node/71076 Abkhazia is moving in this
direction with Russia. If Crimea, for its bulbulous shape with a curve doesn't
qualify as a rib, Abkhazia and TransDniestria would qualify since elongated. South
Ossetia is another blob shape.  On the other hand, anything could be viewed as a "rib"
if it is viewed as captured from the perspective of outsiders.


Given that a rib is the result of some meat stripping and chewing, this situation of
warfare might take a while to develop, hence the appearance as ribs, on the other hand
this would be a picture that conveyed the number of acquisitions better than chunks
of flesh would.


Basically, assuming that Crimea is the first rib, once any two more accessions into
Russia are done, WW 3 might break out.

Ramapo and New Madrid faults ready to go?

http://politicallyunclassifiable.blogspot.com/2016/05/ramapo-and-new-madrid-faults-ready-to-go.html

a good thing to read to help figure things out

http://remarkablyprescientforecasters.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-remarkably-prescient-group-of.html