17:3-4 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,
Revelation 17:8-11 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
‘Seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.’ = NEOM Babylon sits on the seven (7) tallest mountains in the Midian Mountain range in the Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia. Tallest mountain is Mount Sinai. These mountains are scarlet and purple colored due to volcanic origin and related minerals deposited in rock. NEOM is a $500 (5) billion technological/hedonistic paradise. No mention or acceptance of Christ.
Revelation 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
5G + Biometric Facial / Hand Scanning + Digital / Cashless Transactions + Mark of Approval / Authorization = Tomorrow’s Economy (2020-2027)
Biometric scanning used for migrant/border control, secure identity verification and approval, government benefits, domestic and international travel security, economic inclusion of everyone, buying/selling transactions and fund transfers, instantaneous speed of transaction and convenience, VAT/taxation collection, mobility, social credit score and ranking, population movement and tracking, monitoring political and religious ‘extremism’ (terrorists). ‘Mark, number or name’ for verification and approval.
NEOM: Fully ‘touch-free’ consumer experience for tourists, including“CASHLESS PAYMENT EXPERIENCES.”
The New Normal, Seven (7) Days Before Halloween, EXACTLY THREE (3) YEARS since the Beast Announced his NEOM Babylon. TO THE DATE. October 24, 2017 to October 24, 2020. Why 5G holds the key to Saudi Arabia’s digital future in NEOM (Babylon).
Fadhel Isa, chief technology officer at Ericsson Saudi Arabia, says 5G will help Saudis lead healthier, more fulfilled lives
October 24, 2020 Arabian Business
At the dawn of a new decade, we have continued to leverage our technology towards our customers and achieved a significant milestone by securing the company’s 100th commercial 5G contract. As we celebrate this momentous occasion, we also celebrate being on the forefront of the 5G race and take a moment to look ahead at the mountains we must still climb.
Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries in the Middle East region where we collaborated with local operators to launch 5G. That is because Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an important driver of Saudi Arabia’s digital economy which supports Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 toward economic diversification.
Above all, our 5G leadership will enable service providers champion technology that will help people of Saudi Arabia live healthier, more fulfilled lives, communicate wherever, and whenever, in real time and stay connected to the world around them with unlimited possibilities.
With 56 live 5G networks and 58 5G public contracts, Ericsson’s end-to-end 5G platform enables Saudi service providers to develop new 5G capabilities at a pace that matches their own business strategy – boosting current 4G business by making best use of existing infrastructure while evolving to the new technology.
This transformative collaboration between leading telecommunications service providers in Saudi Arabia and Ericsson is allowing the kingdom’s people, businesses and society to fulfill their potential and create a more connected future.
A futuristic vision
As part of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia’s government aims to develop ICT infrastructure, especially high-speed broadband, expand its coverage and capacity within and around cities and improving its quality. Its specific goal is to exceed 90 percent housing coverage in densely populated cities and 66 percent in other urban zones.
Hence, Saudi Arabia is developing building standards to facilitate the extension of broadband networks as well as strengthening the governance of digital transformation through a national council. Key drivers for immediate 5G deployment include increased network capacity, lower cost per gigabyte and new use case requirements.
Additionally, the kingdom is working on establishing an effective partnership with telecom operators to better develop this critical infrastructure. In doing so, Saudi service providers face four key challenges while offering mobile broadband:
To manage exponential data traffic growth
To cater for rising speed and quality expectations
To monetise added customer value.
Nationwide 5G coverage
By enabling massive and highly cost-efficient capacity expansion & Ericsson Spectrum Sharing (ESS), 5G can help operators to address these challenges, while also creating significant economic benefits. Through advanced technologies that support digital transformation, Saudi service providers can align their digitisation strategy with Saudi Arabia Vision 2030.
This has wide regional ramifications, as there are great economic benefits in taking advantage of a new wireless technology first, highlighted by the boom in the app economy in the region after its adoption of 4G.
A digital transformation
5G is the backbone for transformation in transportation and industries both in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East and Africa– driving economic value in areas from enhanced mobile broadband to digital industry to helping combat climate change.
With unique ecosystems, advanced universities and high-tech companies, Saudi Arabia’s major cities (NEOM is the largest) are the perfect locations to launch 5G services with unprecedented speed and flexibility to empower innovation and a variety of use cases. For service provides, it offers tremendous potential for new and better customer experience while improving revenue streams.
Nowhere was this more evident than the holy pilgrimage of Hajj in 2019. Ericsson expanded local network coverage and enhanced end-user experience with the aim to provide one of the best networks during Hajj pilgrimage, which hosted around 2.5 (5×5) million pilgrims. As a result, the pilgrims connected 24/7 with higher throughput than previous years.
As a network that caters for current and future services, 5G holds an immense potential for driving industry digitization and pioneering innovation. 5G will provide capacity to handle growing data traffic, as well as present opportunities for operators to grow top-line and improve their consumer business.
Mobile communications and the introduction of 5G could become significant enablers for Industry 4.0. In addition to facilitating the delivery of next-generation mobile broadband, cloud, and providing support for massive Internet of Things (IoT) deployment, 5G will also support new industry use cases thanks to increased throughput and reduced latency.
With a proactive approach on the evolution to 5G, investments in 5G-IoT use cases such as smart factories, connected vehicles, tactile shopping and smart cities will generate opportunities worth billions for Saudi service providers.
That said, Saudi Arabia’s 5G future ultimately depends on consumer expectations. Our research has helped us to understand how consumers both experience and think when it comes to 5G usage. In times of crisis such as the current pandemic, when connectivity is important for consumers to carry out work- and leisure-related activities, expectations for better network experiences become higher.
Given its continuous investment in advanced networks that support next generation technologies we believe that Saudi Arabia is on its way to solidify its role as a centre for innovative excellence and it gives us great honor and pride to play a role in this journey by supporting the local communications service providers in the kingdom.
Fadhel Isa is chief technology officer at Ericsson Saudi Arabia
Revealed: how big will 5G be in the Middle East?
Ericsson says 5G subscriptions are expected to mostly come from advanced markets such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE
5G is expected to reach 30 million subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) by the end of 2024, representing 2 percent of total mobile subscriptions.
This will make 5G the fastest generation of cellular technology to be rolled out on a global scale, according to the new regional edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report.
Key drivers for 5G deployment include increased network capacity, lower cost per gigabyte and new use case requirements, the report said.
It added that the majority of the 5G subscriptions in the MEA are expected to come from advanced ICT markets like the GCC countries Saudi Arabia and UAE while in Africa, considerable momentum is building up in South Africa.
From a mobile data traffic point of view, the region is globally the highest with nine times growth forecast from 2018 to 2024 (SIX 6 YEARS) and mobile broadband subscriptions to double from 860 to 1,630 million in the same period.
The report said the MEA region’s telecom market is characterised by increasing uptake of LTE and there is a high usage of apps.
Economies in the Middle East and North Africa have shown signs of recovery in 2018 and are expected to grow by 3.9 percent in 2019 as oil exporters benefit from the improved outlook for oil prices.
The report noted that continued economic growth in the region, coupled with a young population, favorable policies and lower cost devices will drive investment in the telecoms sector, increasing uptake of ICT services.
LTE subscriptions will have the highest growth at 23% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2018 and 2022, driven by increased mobile communications service provider investment in 4G networks as well as rising usage of data-intensive mobile services in the region.
The combination of increasing usage of mobile video applications on higher resolution screens and better network throughputs will lead to a rise in the data traffic per active smartphone from 2.9GB per month in 2018 to 15GB per month in 2024, the report added.
Rafiah Ibrahim, head of Ericsson Middle East and Africa, said: “As 5G now hits the market, its coverage build-out and uptake in subscriptions is expected to be faster than for previous generations. At the same time, cellular IoT continues to grow strongly. As networks mature and ecosystems evolve, service providers need to become increasingly agile to achieve the goal of profitable growth.”
Saudi Arabia announces plans for largest 5G roll-out in Middle East
Announcement at Mobile World Congress will see 10,000 (5+5) 5G base stations provide Saudi consumers with region’s fastest and most extensive 5G coverage
Saudi Arabia has announced the largest 5G commercial roll-out in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with an additional 400 MHz in mid-band (3.5Ghz) spectrum being released to commercial operators in March 2019, according to Abdullah Alswaha, Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology.
Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Alswaha said the roll-out will make over 1,000 Mhz total spectrum available for cellular services, while around 10,000 5G base stations will provide Saudi consumers with MENA’s fastest and most extensive 5G coverage.
In 2018, Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia was the first city in the region to test a 5G network. The technology is expected to contribute over $19 billion to the country’s GDP and create almost 20,000 new ICT jobs by 2030. It is also projected to support almost 50 (5) million new Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the kingdom, creating a market worth more than $12bn by 2030.
The roll-out will take place thanks to the introduction of over 30 structural reforms to the telco sector implemented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) over the past 18 (6+6+6) months, which have delivered a market capitalisation increase of over $18bn (6+6+6) over the past 13 months (to January 2019) – according to independent figures.
The reforms have also allowed Saudi Arabia to triple mobile internet speed across the kingdom, increase fibre optic internet coverage by 50% and ensure 100% internet access for rural areas.
The reforms which took place in less than two years have helped create the largest and fastest growing tech market in MENA, with a growth rate of 7% CAGR and a projected value of $35bn by 2030.
Alswaha said the announcement is proof that Saudi Arabia is becoming “MENA’s tech hub.”
The kingdom’s current telcom market is the 12th largest in the world, with revenue valued at $24bn. In 2017, it saw $8bn in broadband investments, with $5bn from the private sector.
The recently announced $450bn National Industrial Development & Logistics investment programme is also expected to boost the kingdom’s tech sector.
Night Watchman Note; We are to ‘be watchful’ in helping to understand today’s events as related to biblical prophecy. That is what ‘watchmen or women’ do. Jesus made clear that when He actually does come for His disciples, His wise and faithful servants would be aware of the time because they would be watching. They would know the season of the times by WATCHING those things ‘coming to pass or occurring’ as Jesus said they would. The ‘BENCHMARK SIGN(s)’ always point towards Israel / Jacob. God’s prophetic timepiece. The FALSE PEACE COVENANT confirmed by the Prince/Beast among MENA (the many) is the ‘key sign’ of the times or the season of the times. Yes, we are in that period. The Prince/Beast will likely confirm and enhance the current ‘normalization’ agreement with Jacob to be a ‘peace’ agreement, to be extended to 7 years from the current 5 years, to include some agreement permitting the rebuilding of the third temple in exchange for ‘some portion of Jerusalem.’ The current ‘investment’ period for the Palestinians stands at five (5) years. This will likely occur AFTER the Bride, Disciples or True Church is removed from the earth via the Rapture / Harpazo / Redemption / ‘Twinkling’.
Seven (7) References to ‘BE WATCHING or WATCHFUL.’
Matthew 24:42; Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 25:13; Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Mark 13:35; Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning.
Luke 21:36; Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man
Luke 12:37-39; Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4; For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (Be Watching).
John 13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John 14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
‘Increasing Like Labor Pains.’ ‘Fearful Sights.’ ‘Perilous Times.’ ‘Men’s hearts failing with fear.’ Great Convergence of Signs.’ REDEMPTION IMMINENT.
In His Service,
Night Watchman
Paul Rolland
Night Watchman Ministries
Make Your Decision for Christ NOW!!!!!!! Time is Up!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:
The ABCs of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)
A. Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.
. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).
. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).
B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that Jesus Christ is who He claimed to be; that He was both fully God and fully man and that we are saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. Put your trust in Him as your only hope of salvation. Become a son or daughter of God by receiving Christ.
. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
C. Call upon His name, Confess with your heart and with your lips that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.
. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).
. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).
. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).
. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).
. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).
. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).
. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).
. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).
. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).
. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).
True Church / Bride of Christ Spared from God’s Wrath:
Romans 5:8-10. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jeremiah 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.