THE CONTENDING KINGS NEAR THEIR END; CHAPTER SIXTEEN

REFLECTING on the political climate of the United States and Russia, the French philosopher and historian Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in 1835:   "One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude.  Their .. .paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems  called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world." How did this prediction fare in the wake of World War Ii?  Historian J.M.Roberts writes:  "At the end of the second World War the destinies of the world did, indeed, at last appear to be likely to be dominated by two great and very differing systems of power, one based in what had been Russia,  one in the United States of America." 

During the two world wars, Germany had been the chief enemy of the king of the south-the Anglo-American  World Power-and had occupied the position of the king of the north.  After World War II, however, that nation stood divided.West Germany became an ally of the king of the south, and East Germany aligned itself with another powerful entity-the Communist block of nations headed by the Soviet Union.  This bloc, or political entity, stood up as the king of the north, in strong opposition to the Anglo-American  alliance. And the rivalry between the two kings became a Cold War that lasted from 1948 to 1989. Previously, the German king of  the north had acted "against the holy covenant." (Daniels 11:28, 30) How would the Communist block act with regard to the covenant?

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From the book: PAY ATTENTION TO DANIEL'S PROPHECY! 1999