"The King of the North" in Times of the End - A NEW KING OF THE NORTH RISES

After the second world war, the Communist government of the  Soviet Union took control of the vast territories it had captured from Germany, and it became the king of the north.  Like the totalitarian  Nazi regime, the Soviet Union showed great hostility toward any one who put the worship of the true God ahead of absolute obedience to the state.

Soon after World War II ended, the new king of the north, the Soviet Union and its allies launched its own assault on God's people.  In harmony with the prophecy recorded at Revelation 12:15-17, this king banned our preaching work and sent thousands of Jehovah's people into exile.  In fact, throughout the last days, the king of the north has poured out "a river" of persecution in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the work of God's people.

Read Daniel 11:37-39. In fulfillment of that prophecy, the king of the north did not show any "regard for the God of his fathers."  How so? The Soviet Union, with the goal of eliminating religion, tried to break the power of the traditional organizations.  To achieve that goal, the Soviet government had already back in 1918 issued an order that laid the foundation for atheism to be taught  in schools. How did this king of the north "give glory to the god of fortresses"?  The Soviet Union spent and enormous amount of money building its army and producing thousands of nuclear weapons to fortify the realm. Both the king of the north and the king of the south eventually gathered together enough firepower to kill billions of people!

Next time: "The King of the North" in the Times of the End - A RARE ACT OF COOPERATION

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