Devil's Hegemony

"To begin with, I'll paint the town red",
says the Devil to Washington DC USA,
The Judge Magazine, 1885.

God's End Time process is similar to a chess game with Satan; move and counter-move.

Earth has been Satan's domain for quite some time, likely soon after the Fall of Adam & Eve.  The Bible tells us that Satan has a prince in control or influencing most or all kingdoms.  For example:

• Apostle Paul wrote, "We have a wrestling, not against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
   
• One of God's Angels sent to Daniel was delayed by 21 days, saying, "The prince [ie. devil overseeing] of the royal realm of Persia was standing in opposition to me for twenty-one days.”​—Daniel 10:2, 13.
• This same Angel subsequently said he would once again have to fight against “the prince of Persia” and another demon prince, “the prince of Greece.”​—Daniel 10:20.

When one government is exercising power and control over a different sovereign government, it's called hegemony.  Hegemony can be practiced by military, economic, energy, food, currency, cultural, political, trade, and many other avenues.

Babylon, Medeo-Persia, Alexander The Great, Greece, Imperial Rome, Papal Rome, England, and United States have all been recognized as leading hegemonic powers in their days.  I suggest Satan and his evil princes have been at or near each of these thrones of power; as well as the secondary powers who opposed the obvious leader.

Today, Satan battles with currency exchange, world finance, food, wealth concentration, and military arms.  To see what Satan is up to, let's look at some of the currency wars going on today.  If we are truly in End Times, today's currency hegemony should closely align with the Biblical prophecies for End Times.

Turkey

Turkey's Inflation Rate, as reported by government
propaganda, and by PPP (Purchasing Power Parity).
As of May 2018, annual inflation rate was 39.2%

Foreign Exchange Rate between US$ and Turkish Lira

Turkey has a population of 80.8 million, is a NATO ally, 98% of the population are Muslim, and 85% are Sunni Muslim (ie. similar to Saudi Arabia).

More & more for the last 2 decades, there has been a growing riff between USA and Turkey.  US hegemony is in high gear trying to exert pressure on Turkey to stay away from Russia, and fully align with US foreign policy.

While this hegemony rages, the people of Turkey suffer more and more.  Inflation, as measured by PPP, rages as high as 39.2% per annum in May 2018.

US$ to Turkish lira exchange rate has exploded in a similar fashion, from 1.18 Lira/US$ in Aug 2008 to 7.0 Lira/US$ in Aug. 2018; a 593% increase in 10 years.  Purchases of foreign energy, technology, vehicles, and food are the hardest hit.  There is a limit on how long this will be allowed to continue.  Either the people will riot against their leaders (who risk a coup), or the government will force the people to rally behind them by some propaganda program or war.  The choices are limited, similar to the Arab Spring in 2010.

Iran

Iranian inflation, as reported by government propaganda
and PPP measurements now top 78.5%/yr as of June 2018

Iran has 80.3 million people, 99.3% who are Muslim, and 93% are Shia Muslims.  Similar to Turkey, Ian suffers under US hegemony.  The US has held a grudge against Iran since the coup against the CIA-installed Shaw in 1979, and the storming of the US Embassy and hostage taking for 444 days from 1979 - 1981.  The latest excuse for US persecution is the allegation that Iran is building a nuclear bomb.  When the 2015 nuclear deal between Tran and world powers was rejected by US President Trump in May 2018, economic, financial, and trade sanctions were snapped back into place, partly in August 2018, and the balance on Nov. 5, 2018.

Iranian Riel - US$ exchange rate was heavily wounded in 2013
when their Central Bank was forced to devalue the currency
by half.  Further slow decay has occurred ever since, with
extreme cuts in Iranian standard of living

Under previous sanctions, the people of Iran suffered greatly.  There have been spontaneous riots in Iranian streets with no need for CIA involvement.  Recently the streets of Iran have heard spontaneous chants of "Death to Khomeini".  As crowds were leaving an Iranian soccer stadium, chants of "Death to the Dictator" were reported.

Knowing what the life-long sanctions have been like in the past, Iranians will do almost anything to avoid them again.

It is unclear how Sunni Turkey and Shia Iran (sworn enemies of each other), may suddenly agree to work co-operatively against Israel and USA.  Perhaps it's as simple as "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

It has been reported that US is ready to pull out of Syria as soon as Iran has left Syria.  Putin has agreed to turn a blind eye towards US Special Forces and Israeli Air Force acting against Iranian troops and supplies inside Syria.  Hezbollah has had a falling out with the Iranian Major-General responsible for training troops inside Syria, so Hezbollah has pulled all their troops out of Syria and returned to Lebanon.  This cut the troops under the Iranian Major-General in half.  As Iranian operations inside Syria are attacked, and Iranians at home are squeezed by US sanctions, a breaking point will soon be reached.

Iran has almost 200,000 GPS-guided rockets ready to launch against Israel.  They have obtained Sarin nerve gas, Mustard Gas, and Liquid Chlorine gas for adding to these rockets.  Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has the Iron Dome anti-missile system deployed, but it doesn't have the necessary capacity against the 200,000 rockets of Iran, Hezbollah (Lebanon), and Hamas (Gaza Strip).  Once the conflict begins, experts estimate Israel can last up to 72 hours.  After that, if the rocket barrage continues, especially with poison gas warheads, Israel may be forced to go nuclear.  The US may be forced to step in to save Israel from certain destruction.

Under this scenario, Psalm 83, Ezekiel 38, 39, 29:10-12, Isaiah 17:1, and Zechariah 12:2-3 are highly correlated with recent history and God's End Time process.

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