Matthew 24:21. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Mark 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Joel 2:11 The Lord gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; Who can endure it?

Nearing Midnight: Daniel’s Dream Developing, the ‘Last World Government’

– Terry James –  September 28, 2021

Daniel went before King Nebuchadnezzar to interpret his strange dream that none of the soothsayers could even describe, much less interpret, to the worried king. Daniel did this in great detail, laying out the precise order of kingdoms that would develop right up until the time Christ returns to destroy the wickedness of man-made governmental structure. He told how the entire system—the evil, Babylonian system—would meet its end.

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:31–35)

The gigantic man-image represented the kingdoms that would come and go. Daniel described how a final world kingdom, represented by the feet and toes of the image, would come into being at the very last of human history. He said a massive stone would fall on the image, strike the feet and toes, and topple the whole monstrous structure. The stone would then crush it to powder and the winds of history would blow it all away as dust, completely and forever destroying all vestiges of human government. The ten toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream-vision represent ten kings and kingdoms yet to be formed at the very end of the age just before Christ’s return.

The ten toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream-vision represent ten kings and kingdoms yet to be formed at the very end of the age just before Christ’s return. Many prophecy scholars and others have thought this might be a certain configuration of nation-states strictly out of Europe—thus representing the revived Roman Empire.

The feet and toes of iron mixed with miry clay could be viewed as forming in order to build Antichrist’s final world empire this side of the Second Advent. That governmental structure—whatever its constituency—will be wicked beyond anything mankind has experienced. Forced vaccines and all other overreaches will seem as nothing when the “man of sin” takes over the reins of the final form of the Babylonian system.

 Jesus will be that “stone” that will bring that thoroughly beastly rulership down in thunderous collapse.

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Revived Roman Empire (European) 10 ‘Nation States’ (toes) of both weak and strong (iron mixed with clay) militaries to serve the Beast – as a ‘rent-an-army’ for one hour, they are not kings yet. But the Beast will make them ‘as kings’ (gives them sovereignty) to act on his behalf throughout the world, for short periods of time. The ancient Roman Empire extended as far as down ‘into Saudi Arabia.’

Paul Rolland, Night Watchman, Night Watchman Ministries

Revelation 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

1. Fight Islamic Terrorism in countries around the world (beginning of the tribulation).
2. Destroy/Burn false religious idols, temples, mystery religion (mid-point of the tribulation).
3. Fight against Christ on His Second Coming to Earth (last day of the tribulation).

Night Watchman Note; The ‘revived 10 nation EU military coalition of strong (iron) and weak (clay) ‘nation-states’ will be involved in fighting ISLAMIC terrorism around the world, on behalf of the Beast. MbS has PUBLICALLY gone on record, and it is well documented, that he wants to fight Islamic terrorism (for political and rulership reasons). MbS has also PUBLICALLY gone on record stating, quote … “Islamic terrorists give my religion, ISLAM, a ‘bad name.’” This is true, Islam is NOT a religion of peace, but is the exact opposite.

Islam / Muslims; ‘Those who worship the dragon [Allah, Satan, God of this World], and SOON the Beast [Antichrist / Mujaddid].’

Revelation 13:3-5

3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” 5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.

Prophetic Discernment; Satan ALWAYS presents a ‘counterfeit’, not only through his Son of Perdition, Man of Lawlessness, That ‘Wicked’, Prince, Beast, 8th King, Defiler (abomination of desolation), Confirmer (among MENA, the ‘many’), Mujaddid, Blasphemer, Perfection of Deception, et.al. ISLAMIC TERRORISTS are a satanic ‘decoy.’ How so? Simple, rightly so, terrorism is in fact … extremely evil. However, Satan’s pretext or lie is that Islamic Terrorism is the world’s ‘greatest evil.’ Virtually all governments (and politicians, world leaders…including authoritarians) would strongly AGREE. The world’s attention will be focused on eliminating this rising threat in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia and perhaps other parts of the world. This draws the world’s attention AWAY FROM THE RISE of the BEAST. The Beast will appear to be ‘honorable’ for defending ISLAM (its ‘reputation’), and for ‘taking a stand’ against terrorism. The Beast/Antichrist will give the ’10 kings who are not yet kings’ the AUTHORITY (sovereignty) to act on his behalf, with his permission, to enter other countries national or sovereign borders to fight against and destroy Islamic cells embedded everywhere. The 10 nation military coalition of ‘iron and clay’ armies will be allowed to militarily enter any and every country under threat or activity of Islamic Terrorism, in the previously mentioned areas. NO POLITICAL LEADER will argue against this strategy. How many African, Middle East or Asian countries have the resources or military strength to launch an all-out military assault or campaign against worldwide Islamic Terrorists? NO SINGLE COUNTRY HAS THIS ABILITY. But, the Beast will give the ’10 King EU Military Coalition’ the ability, authority and sovereignty to do just this. This is NOT world war three. The Bible is clear that they do the Beast’s bidding ‘for an hour.’ An hour is not months or years, like the first or second world wars. An hour is a relatively short period of time. Islamic terrorist cells will be quickly identified, targeted and eradicated. This does not involve nuclear weapons or such, but rather a ‘quick strike, flexible, coordinated (act in ‘unison’)’ military force. This is EXACTLY how the EU is developing its ‘unified military defenses.’ I have documented this extensively over the past three (3) years. Macron is a ‘ring-leader’ regarding this effort. It is also no coincidence that Macron is BFF’s (Best Friends) with MbS. Don’t believe me? I challenge you to run a ‘google search’ under Macron and MbS and discover how many ‘selfies’ they have taken together. Notice who is the ‘dominant’ friend of the two (Yes, Your Highness!).

Let me bring this in for a landing on the Charles DeGaulle. MbS is the world’s ‘REAL EVIL’ as the current BEAST and coming Antichrist / One World Leader. Islamic terrorists (although very evil) are in fact, a DECOY. They ‘terrorists’ give MbS a reason to form his relationship with and use (for an hour) of the coming EU Military Coalition of 10 strong (iron) mixed with weak (clay) nation-states. This is nothing more than a ‘rent-an-army-for-an-hour.’ Keep in mind the first horseman of the apocalypse rides a ‘white Arabian horse,’ wears a royal crown, has a white robe and has a bow … but NO arrows. He doesn’t rule the world by military force, but rather by lies, deception, false agreements, lying covenants, back-stabbing, self-interest, self-promotion, delusion, back-room deals, under-cover ‘friendships’ and assorted other dark arrangements. This is all part and parcel of his deception of the world, as he rises to worldly power, ultimately coming to a head as the Antichrist. He will talk like a savior, act like a savior, speak like a savior, look like a savior … but HE IS NOT. MbS, ‘Man by Satan.’

Ten Nation Confederacy of the Beast’s Kingdom (Rev. 13:1, 17:12, 17:13, 17:14, 17:16, 17:17). Throughout the book of Revelation, there are many references to ten (10) horns that represent ten (10) kings or nations making up a confederacy. The Bible indicates that they will have one mind and give their power and strength (political/military) to the antichrist. Although these leaders are not kings, in return for their allegiance to the antichrist’s system, they receive power as kings from the antichrist for a short period (one hour). Lastly, the Bible says in Rev. 17:17, “For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.” The military strength of this ten (10) nation confederacy will be unrivaled in the Western Hemisphere. Russia’s strength is decimated by the Gog/Magog battle. The United States strength is inconsequential because it is no longer in NATO or the Middle East, its political and leadership will is split and the Rapture/Harpazo of the Church has gutted the military and its leadership ranks. The beast’s/antichrist’s ten (10) nation confederacy has no military or political equal in the West.

Ten (10) Evil Horns/Crowns (Kings) of the Beast’s Empire:

1. … “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” (Rev. 12:3). (Emphasis added).
2. … “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.” (Rev. 13:1). (Emphasis added).
3. … “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.” (Rev. 17:3). (Emphasis added).
4. … “And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and beast that carrieth her, which hat the seven heads and ten horns.” (Rev. 17:7). (Emphasis added).
5. … “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power of kings one hour with the beast.” (Rev. 17:12). (Emphasis added).
6. … “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.” (Rev. 17:16). (Emphasis added).

Commentary: These 6 (six) verses describe the political and military backbone of the beast’s evil empire. The 10 (ten) kings are a consortium of political leaders that collectively give up their political and military sovereignty to the beast/antichrist. In exchange, he grants them “power as a king.” It is commonly believed that these ten political leaders who will be given “power as kings for one hour” will come from what is currently represented as the European region. The above reference in verse 17:12-14 indicates that these ten (10) political leaders act in a collective unison (with one mind), and give up their political and military might (power and strength) to the beast (based upon the will of God). This verse also continues on to indicate that these kings “for one hour” are active military participants against Jesus Christ on the Lord’s Day at the battle of Armageddon. Two verses reference the influence that these 10 (ten) kings have on Mystery Religion Babylon. Verse 17:7 indicates that these kings act in collective unison and purpose in supporting (and enforcing) the worldwide acceptance of the whore, Mystery Religion Babylon for 3 ½ years. They are the “muscle of the means” or the part of the beast that supports (carries) the domination of the mystery religion worldwide. The last reference, verses 17:16-17, indicate that midway through the Tribulation, these ten (10) kings turn on and destroy the whore, the Mystery Religion of Babylon.

Why would these ten (10) kings, who have worked for 3 ½ years to build up and support the whore, the worldwide mystery religion system, suddenly turn on her to “make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire?” The answer lies in the religious or spiritual ‘bait-n-switch’ that Satan pulls off on evil mankind. At the beginning of the Tribulation, to gain easy acceptance and domination over the world’s peoples, Satan allows them to worship anything and everything (but God and Jesus Christ) and to also enforce his worship through the beast/antichrist and false prophet. The worship of anything and everything (but God and Jesus Christ) is known as Mystery Religion Babylon, which also includes Satanic, Hindu and Islamic worship. Halfway (3 ½ years) into the Tribulation, Satan physically indwells the beast and commits the “Abomination of Desolation” in the rebuilt Jewish Temple. The satanically indwelt beast places himself in the holiest part of the rebuilt temple and declares himself to be God and demands to be worshipped directly as such, under the pain of death and beheading of not doing so. As a result, men who have taken the mark of the beast and perhaps have been worshipping idols of gold or silver, have no choice but to give up their mystery religion and are forced to worship Satan/beast exclusively. Most of those deceived men who have already been worshipping the beast and his image will have no problem in continuing to worship the satanically indwelt beast. Their worship will just be more of the same, except that Satan is now the direct object or recipient of their worship. Conversely, those men who were actively participating in the mystery religion of worshipping whatever they wanted, now have to turn their worship exclusively to Satan. Thus, Satan has effectively pulled-off a successful religious ‘bait-n-switch’ of historical proportions. Evil men thought they could get away with chasing whatever they wanted, and now, Satan/beast has a firm grasp of them ‘bait-hook-line-sinker.’ Evil men have to worship him, they are forced to worship him under threat of death. They have physically and satanically defiled themselves through taking the beast’s mark (or name, number) and thus, they have given themselves over totally, completely and whole heartedly to the beast’s kingdom and system. Now, the whole mystery religion system has been destroyed “burned with fire, flesh consumed,” and replaced with the singular, exclusive worship of Satan. The ten (10) kings that helped carry the whore throughout the whole world, and conversely, helped destroy her when the time was right and dictated by Satan. Just as the beast and false prophet are puppets of Satan, the 10 (ten) kings are the ‘puppet thugs’ or ‘heavy muscle goons’ that carry the beast’s system and mystery religion (for 3 ½ years) throughout the world.

US-Saudi ties at an all-time low. This week’s edition is ‘7’ about Saudi Arabia’s place in the world. Joe Biden’s had ‘7’ a very difficult relationship with Saudi Arabia. The Saudi move has is (5) part of a broader reorientation (5) of the country’s international relationships (5) taking place under Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia is trying to diversify its relationships. Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi has been rethinking its global role. Mohammed bin Salman doesn’t want Saudi Arabia to be just the leader of the Islamic and Arab worlds.

Gideon Rachman Thu, October 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Gideon Rachman Hello and welcome to the Rachman Review. I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times. This week’s edition is ‘7’ about Saudi Arabia’s place in the world at a time when its relations with the United States are under unprecedented strain. My guest is Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies here in London. So, as the Ukraine war fractures the international system, whose side (5) is Saudi Arabia really on?

From the outset of his presidency, Joe Biden’s had ‘7’ a very difficult relationship with Saudi Arabia. During the 2020 election campaign, he talked of turning the Saudis into a pariah state. An intelligence report released by the Biden administration pinned the blame for the brutal murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi firmly on Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, (5) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who’s universally known as MBS (Many by Satan ‘MbS). Khashoggi himself, when alive, had highlighted how (6) MBS controlled everything in Saudi Arabia.

Jamal Khashoggi He is creating an environment of intimidation and fear. Saudis are being silenced. Things are not being transparent. And that is not a good recipe for reform in Saudi Arabia. And he needs to do something about that.

Gideon Rachman But the energy price shock created by the Ukraine war forced Biden into a humbling about-face. In July, he visited Saudi Arabia and fist-bumped the crown prince before the television cameras. However, Biden’s visit did not pay dividends. In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia and a group of countries known as Opec+ have announced plans to restrict oil supplies and so force up prices. That move has been greeted with fury in the US. Here’s Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, telling CNN that it’s ‘7’ time to get tough with the Saudis.

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‘7’ Paul Rolland, Night Watchman, Night Watchman Ministries:

Seven (7) verses of the evil Beast / Antichrist (6) who martyrs the Christian Saints, during the coming seven (7) year Tribulation and Great Tribulation:

Matthew 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

Daniel 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Revelation 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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Chris Murphy I mean, listen — for years, we have looked the other way as Saudi Arabia has chopped up journalists, has engaged in massive political repression, for one reason: we wanted to know that when the chips were down, when there was a global crisis, that the Saudis would choose us instead of Russia. Well, they didn’t. They chose Russia. They chose (5) to back up the Russians, drive up oil prices, which could have the potential to fracture our Ukraine coalition, and there’s got to be consequences for that.

Gideon Rachman For their part, the (5) Saudis insist there was no (5) political motivation behind their decision (Dark (5) Sentences, Political Language, Lies, Deception). Here’s their minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, talking to Fox News.

Adel al-Jubeir Saudi Arabia does not politicise oil or oil decisions. Oil is not a weapon. It’s not a fighter plane. It’s not a tank. You can’t shoot it. You can’t do anything with it. We look at oil as a commodity and we look at oil as important to the global economy in which we have a huge stake. The idea that Saudi Arabia would do this to harm the US or to be in any way politically involved is absolutely not correct at all.

Gideon Rachman Emile Hokayem worked for many years in Washington, then based himself in the Middle East and now works here in London. And he believes that the Saudi move has to be understood as part of a broader reorientation of the country’s international relationships taking place under Mohammed bin Salman. I began our conversation by asking Emile how things stand between the US and Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Opec+ decision.

Emile Hokayem I think the relationship is at an all-time low. There’s no trust in Washington or in Riyadh. The relationship has (5) become very cold, very transactional. It used to be the case that what mattered was the rapport between the king or the crown prince and the president, whoever is sitting in the White House. Mohammad bin Salman is on record saying he doesn’t care about Biden’s view. And on the American side, there is also a lot of negativity, a lot of resentment toward the Saudis. So I would argue that this is possibly even worse than after 9/11. Of course, after 9/11, Saudi was vilified, tarnished and so on. But strategically, the Saudis and the Americans agreed that al-Qaeda was a major threat, that something needed to be done. Whereas here, you feel because of this lack of trust, every move by any of the two actors is interpreted in the worst possible way. And the Opec+ cuts are quite revealing in this sense.

Gideon Rachman Yeah. I mean, I was gonna ask you about I guess the American interpretation of the Opec+ cuts is, firstly, it’s a deliberate humiliation of Biden who’d gone to try to patch things up with MBS, and then it’s with Russia, which is even worse. And then the timing makes some people suspect that this is almost an interference in American politics to try to damage Biden ahead of the midterms. You’re shaking your head.

Emile Hokayem I mean, I’m not surprised, and I think it’s reasonable for lots of Americans to interpret it this way. I look at it differently. I think the Saudis were primarily motivated by their economic financial interests. They’re now hooked on oil prices above $80, a hundred dollars. MBS has a positive economic story to tell for the first time in many years now. So I think the Saudis knew that the second-order effect would be to rile up the US, but in a way they were comfortable with that because of the status of the relationship. So Riyadh didn’t do this because they wanted to upset the US. I think they knew it would upset the US and they were fine with it, which is a different interpretation. Perhaps, you know, some people will say it’s a too-generous interpretation, but that’s because of an inability to look at things from Riyadh’s perspective. You know, what matters in terms of the economic diversification, but most importantly, Riyadh’s strategic diversification.

Gideon Rachman Hmm. And how far can US-Saudi relations deteriorate? Or to put it another way, in the end, that both sides are gonna have to come back because they need (5) each other for security reasons.

Emile Hokayem I think there is a floor to that deterioration. Ultimately, there are two things that the US will always care about, which is counter-terrorism co-operation and the containment of Iran. And in both cases, Saudi is central to these plans, and in a way the Saudis know that, which is why . . . 

Gideon Rachman Interestingly, neither of those are oil, which was what we would have said 20 years ago.

Emile Hokayem True, I mean, there is an oil dimension to which I’ll come back in a second. But in terms of hard security interests, Riyadh knows that these two files matter massively to the US. So Riyadh will always think — the Americans won’t really retaliate. You know, the Americans can signal their displeasure in many ways. They can downgrade levels of attendance at meetings, they can delay things, they can stop weapons sales, and so on. All this will be painful, but from a Saudi perspective, we’ve seen that in the past few years. So in a way, it’s more of the same. On the oil issue, and that I think is both important and ironic, is a lot of Americans, if you listen to American senators, a very prominent one and others, say, well, our relationship with Saudi Arabia was always oil for security and now we’re not getting oil, so therefore, Saudi shouldn’t get security. I go to Riyadh often, and what I hear from there is that, well, okay, it’s all for security. And in 2019, when our key oil facilities were struck by the Iranians — Abqaiq and Khurais — well, the Americans didn’t retaliate. So, you know, we continued pumping the oil, we come back on market, but we didn’t get that security. Now, of course, the irony is that it was President Trump who was in power then, and he was supposed to be Riyadh’s best friend, and he didn’t do it. So the Saudis need to think hard about the ‘7’ reliability of some of their preferred relationships. But in a way, this is how they look at it. They go back to Americans and say, “Where are you when we’re being bombed, whether from the Houthis in the South or from the Iranians in the north? We’re exposed. You are our partners. We invested tens of billions of dollars in American defence systems and others because we want the security cover, and we’re not getting it”.

Gideon Rachman Yeah. And on the hard security side, I mean, I guess one reason the Americans might be reluctant to walk away is the Saudis, as you said, are massive buyers of American weaponry.

Emile Hokayem The Saudis think of their relationships with key western countries, most notably the US, as like an insurance policy. They buy weapons, they invest in western countries, they try to bring investors, they sometimes overpay and so on, because of the hope that all this translates into a de facto security umbrella. And that has been key. Now, there are increasing questions across the Gulf, not just in Saudi, but how real that is. Western countries are not going to automatically embrace Gulf security concerns and not gonna automatically do something when something bad happens. The Gulf states are slowly waking up to that reality.

Gideon Rachman And also, there’s been an ongoing argument about Yemen and that war that the Saudis started. Explain what’s going on there.

Emile Hokayem Saudi should be criticised for its conduct of the war in Yemen at the military front. Saudi should also be criticised in terms of its diplomatic failures there. At the same time, the Saudis in the past couple of years have really tried to de-escalate, and I think they mean it on this one. They tried to demonstrate to their western partners who have been quite critical that they’re willing to get somewhere and that the real problem lies on the other side, the Houthis. And the reality is that the ceasefire ended a few days ago, and as many people expected, the Houthis used that time to regroup and push against Taiz and especially Marib. And if Marib in particular falls, then that’s essentially the end of the anti-Houthi alliance, and that’s essentially the takeover of Yemen by the Houthis except for an important region in the south around Aden. So the Saudis are trying to say, do you really want this to happen?

Gideon Rachman And then beyond this US-Saudi relationship, which remains key, I mean, you said earlier that Saudi Arabia is trying to diversify its relationships.

Emile Hokayem I mean, under Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi has been rethinking its global role. Mohammed bin Salman doesn’t want Saudi Arabia to be just the leader of the Islamic and Arab worlds. He wants Saudi Arabia to be a modern G20 power. There’s nothing that he loves more than the G20 setting where Saudi Arabia can present itself as a modern economy. Now, the viability of his economic plans at home, which are extremely ambitious, depends on the building of relationships with all these important economic powerhouses around the world, primarily in Asia. For instance, Japan is a key partner of Vision 2030, for instance. So he’s trying to place Saudi in a different box, you know, not the leader of poor, needy nations, mostly in the Arab and Muslim world, but a peer among G20 nations. And the counterpart of that is — I want the investment, I want the technology. And that requires him to develop not just economic but also security and political relations. And what we’ve seen in the past six, seven years is a significant investment in this kind of outreach across the world. (2015-2022 = ‘7’ Years)

Gideon Rachman I know you mentioned Japan, which obviously the Americans would have no problem with. But he’s also developing relations with China, which must get people nervous in Washington. What’s going on there?

Emile Hokayem The key point here is that, for Saudi, like other Gulf states, their security lies in the west (Europe) and their prosperity lies in the east (China). So there is a great desire to invest more in the east, to understand Asian countries better, to, you know, build refineries in China and to invest in Malaysia and Indonesia and to be present in South Korea and so on. Gideon Rachman And when you say that prosperity lies in the east, simply because Asia represents more and more of the world’s economy.

Emile Hokayem Exactly. It’s a bigger market, but also because the sense that the energy transition in the west is going to go much faster than elsewhere. And so they need to secure those markets. They need this market share. They need to build relations now. At one point, the US talked about the Middle East as — understandably, given the pain and the misery of the past 20-plus years — as a distraction from greater strategic objectives, except that global competition is happening in the Middle East. And so the US has to be involved there. And this is what we see with Saudi flirtations with China and also Emirati flirtation with China and so on. And the Gulf states see this as an opportunity, in a way, as saying, “Okay, what do you give us, Chinese are offering this?”

Gideon Rachman Yeah. Multipolarity widens their options.

Emile Hokayem Yes, except that this strategic diversification at the moment doesn’t answer what they see is their biggest threat: Iran. Because there is no prospect China or Russia will ever extend security guarantees. It’s only westerners who mind, and they’ve done that. At least they can go back to 1990 and say, “We’ve done it once. The blood of young Western soldiers was shed in the name of the sovereignty of Kuwait and Saudi and so on. So please value this relationship a bit more. Understand that we’re here and there are expectations in return.”

Gideon Rachman Just a little bit more on the relationship with China. I mean, how deep does it go in a practical sense? Are the Saudis building drones for the Chinese?

Emile Hokayem Well, the Chinese have a production line. It’s one of the first projects of the new Saudi defence industry — SAMI, Saudi Arabia Military Industries. And they have an assembly line of CH-4 in Saudi, which is quite notable. One way to look at it is to say the Saudis are looking for technology that the Americans denied them. But it was not just the Americans who denied this to the Saudis: the MTCR regime, that prevents the sale of armed UAVs.

Gideon Rachman UAV is unmanned vehicles, ie drones. MTCR?

 Emile Hokayem MTCR, it’s the regime that limits the sale of specific weaponry, missiles and UAVs and so on. It has to do with payload and range and so on. So anyway, the US has denied, because of the MTCR regime, certain arms systems to the UAE and to Saudi and to other countries. In turn, those countries have turned to China primarily to procure those systems. The Wing Loong that was deployed in Yemen and in Libya, for instance. In Ethiopia, by the way, these days, there is CH-4 as well. None of these systems today is of comparable quality to American Reapers and other armed drones. And by the way, during the final days of the Trump administration, there was a push to sideline the MTCR regime completely to open the sale of these armed UAVs to Saudi and other countries. So the point is, there is a military defence rationale there, but there is a technology rationale there, which is Saudi saying: “You know what, we want access to technology to build our own defence base, to build our own industrial base. If and when denied this by one country, we can go elsewhere. And if the Chinese want to do it, great.” The issue down the road for the Chinese is going to be, well, could those capabilities ever be used in a possible Saudi-Iran contest? Because suddenly, you know, it becomes much more uncomfortable for China because at the moment the Chinese sell this because Saudi says it’s for counterterrorism and for counterterrorism, you’d do anything.

Gideon Rachman And another aspect that you’ve written about is the way in which Mohammed bin Salman’s modernisation project extends also to foreign policy, and that he’s ditching some of the traditional Muslim causes that Saudi was associated with. Ditching is too strong, but playing down commitments to the Palestinians, to Pakistan and elsewhere.

Emile Hokayem If you’re in Riyadh and you look at your portfolio of relationships in the past, you know, four, five (5)  decades going from Pakistan to North Africa, what you see is that there is no real return on investment. You pour massive amounts into Pakistan, into Lebanon, into Syria. And where is your influence today? I mean, it’s quite limited or it’s contested or it is bruising to be in those places. There’s no economic return. There’s no necessarily a political return. There’s no automatic loyalty in those countries to the Saudi foreign policy agenda. Pakistan and Egypt refuse to send troops to Yemen. Lebanon has stood in opposition to Saudi over Iran, for instance, and harbours Hezbollah, which is in direct conflict with Saudi. And the list is long. So I think the Saudis sat down and said, “We need to rethink how we’re deploying our political capital, our money, our charity, our financial assistance and so on. We want to see a return. We can play tough from now on — we will cut relationships, we will downgrade them if need be. We don’t want people to take us for granted. And with this extra time, this extra political capital, this extra money we invest elsewhere, we look for new opportunities. There are places, whether it’s in Africa or Europe or Asia that are perhaps more worth it.”

Gideon Rachman So it’s less ideological and more pragmatic.

Emile Hokayem I think it’s very pragmatic. I think Mohammed bin Salman doesn’t value the image of Saudi Arabia as an Islamic and Arab champion as much as a powerful modern G20 nation. Now, I don’t wanna suggest that this is necessarily a winning bet. The problem is, first, internally, domestically, there are a lot of people, including the king himself, who are not necessarily on the same line. And we saw that King Salman himself has been a lot more supportive of the Palestinian cause, for instance, has been more interested in maintaining some of these relationships. And second, what Mohammed bin Salman learned in 2018 at the height of his isolation is that those relationships are useful. These are the countries that will rally just after a phone call to show their support for Saudi when no one showed up at the 2018 investment conference in Riyadh. It was the Lebanons and the Pakistans and African countries and so on who showed up and allowed Mohammed bin Salman to say, “Look, I’m not isolated.”

Gideon Rachman I mean, the way you portray it makes Mohammed bin Salman sound like really quite a rational actor and in some ways a bit of a visionary. And yet the popular image of him in the west, I think mainly because of the Khashoggi murder, but also because of the war in Yemen and just generally the sort of impetuosity — the youth, the bullying, all of that, is that this guy is a loose cannon, not a profound thinker.

Emile Hokayem I think he’s strategically rational but he’s operationally ruthless. And that is the fundamental tension there. This in no way means that I start to subscribe to this or that. It’s just that when you look at what Saudi seeks to achieve and wants to achieve today, it makes sense so that Saudi is more prosperous, more stable and so on. The process of getting there is extremely bumpy, to say the least. If you are Mohammad bin Salman, one of the reasons you’re really angry with western countries these days is the following. During the time of his predecessors, Saudi Arabia was probably sliding towards a really bad place. There was no economic reform. There was a lot of social turmoil. There was no sense of the medium and long term. So he came and said, “Well, I’m thinking about those horizons that the others haven’t, and I’m doing the hard work and it’s painful.” He wants recognition for that. Obviously in the west, the attention to the dark side of that agenda is very strong.

GIdeon Rachman But is it the dark side of the agenda or just the dark side of the personality?

Emile Hokayem Well, I mean, they’re linked. (5) The agenda is the personality. But I think in large part, there is a frustration that we are not valuing the modernisation dimension of his agenda the way he thinks we should.

Gideon Rachman How complete, though, is his rehabilitation? Because you said he values the G20 and obviously there was that moment when he came to a G20 summit and I think had a hug with Putin, of all people. But I suspect by the next G20 summit, there are other pariahs in the room. You know, he’s kinda back. And you mentioned also that famous investment conference where people didn’t show up. And I remember talking to western businessmen at the time and I said, “You know, is this forever?” And they said, “No, no, just as soon as the Khashoggi murder is like forgotten or off the front pages even, we’ll be back.” And are they?

Emile Hokayem Well, they’re back. I mean, business is booming in the kingdom. Very senior businessmen are making the trip there. Their line is that MBS is taking responsibility for it, although he did not give the order and that that’s behind essentially. The other thing today is Prime Minister Johnson (then Prime Minister Johnson) went to Riyadh. President Macron met Mohammed bin Salman, Biden did and I can go down the list. Charles was just in Riyadh and so on. I think the era of western ostracisation of MBS is behind us, but that never was the case with non-western countries. I mean, even Japan continued engaging him personally. The late Prime Minister Abe was one of them. He really deepened relations with Modhi, with Abe, with Putin, with Xi Jinping and so on. The thing is, right now, there’s another element to all that — the Saudis are voting at the UN to condemn the Russian invasion. And they were very vocal in reminding Americans that, okay, we may have cut production, but we’re still condemning the invasion. But there’s something else that works in Saudi’s favour. Today you have Iranian drones bombing Ukraine. Right? The point was the Saudis was always to say, “Look, we want to be good global citizens, but you’re the ones who try to accommodate Iran, who close your eyes after 2015 and the deal to that. And we had our eyes on that. We suffered from Iranian missile and air and UAV attacks. And you didn’t listen to us. Well, now you have Iranian technology wreaking havoc in . . .”

 Gideon Rachman  . . . in this conflict that you’ve put front and central.

Emile Hokayem Exactly.

Gideon Rachman So the other thing we haven’t mentioned, which is very, I think, central to American thinking about this and probably in the plus column for MBS, is the Abraham Accords, where, you know, obviously Israel’s fate looms very large in American thinking. And it’s this huge breakthrough, not directly yet with Saudi, but with the Gulf states, with the promise that at some point MBS might even normalise with Israel. I mean, how big a step is that? It gets headlines in America. How big is it in Riyadh’s world view?

Emile Hokayem In Riyadh, there is a widely shared understanding that Saudi Arabia has to extract a much greater price for a normalisation agreement with Israel. I suspect that there is a desire to normalise with Israel, but there is, in understanding that if Saudi where to compromise Palestinian rights to statehood and to sovereignty and so on, this will not fly well. And it’s probably one of the most contentious issues in Riyadh. I would say there is also a strategic issue here that is not necessarily well understood. For Israel, the priority when it comes to Iran is the nuclear programme, because Israel assesses that it can deal with militias and missiles and so on. The problem is the existential fear of an Iranian nuclear capability. For the Gulf states, the nuclear programme is secondary to their concerns about Iranian influence, shu militias in particular, and political partners and missiles, UAVs, etc. because they’re experiencing it. So there is a bit of strategic disconnect between Israel and its new Gulf friends. In 2019, for instance, Saudis basically say that they paid the price for America’s maximalist strategy, which, of course, they supported. But they’re saying, well, because Iran couldn’t hit America, they hit us. It’s a very uncomfortable place for them to be, even though there is a convergence in terms of threat assessment and actually agreement on the nature of the Iranian regime and so on.

Gideon Rachman This is convergence between Jerusalem and Riyadh.

Emile Hokayem Exactly. It doesn’t necessarily flow that you’re gonna have operational cooperation and they’re gonna agree on everything.

Gideon Rachman Okay. You said that in a sense, all of this is of a piece that Mohammed bin Salman is making a big bet on really transforming Saudi Arabia as he would see it, modernising it both in its international relations and in its domestic relations. And as he pointed out, they look like they’re in long-term decline and long-term trouble before he came along. How do you think Saudi Arabia’s future prospects over the, say, the next generation look? Do you think he’s gonna succeed?

Emile Hokayem I think it’s gonna be extremely hard to pull off some of the big, big projects that he has in mind. At the same time, you have quite a lot of interesting things happening in the kingdom. My concern is that the transformation of the Saudi economy, which is central to all that may be hampered by the dominance of the state, by the dominance of PIF, the sovereign wealth fund. You see a lot of positive energy, but everyone wants money from PIF, everyone wants to have PIF be a shareholder and so on. So that PIF economy may actually hurt the development of a private sector that is so essential for the success of Vision 2030. And I think that’s the real difficulty for him on the horizon. How much of it should be state-led and how much of it should be empowering the private sector, extending financing, you know, rethinking regulatory frameworks and so on? And sometimes the easy way is just to empower the people closest to you because they’ll tell you, we can do this, we can deliver on that and it’s all large-sized projects. So it looks really real when what you actually want is to incentivise the private sector. You’re talking about small and medium businesses and even larger businesses, by the way, which, you know, in Saudi right now are wondering what their places is in the economy.

Gideon Rachman We will talk about the opportunities there. But what about the threats? I mean, you said to me when we were just chatting beforehand that in some ways you think Saudi Arabia is kind of uniquely vulnerable geopolitically, which I hadn’t really thought of it in that way. Why?

Emile Hokayem No, what I was saying is that the Gulf states in general are very vulnerable to the shifts in the global balance of power because they seek protection from the big guys (Europe). When there are tensions among them, they worry. The Saudis are not happy right now to see that there’s no consensus on the Security Council because if tomorrow, let’s say there is a showdown with Iran, whereas the legal, the Security Council cover, is it possible that the Russians will close their eyes if something were to happen or even encourage the Iranians because, you know, there are shared interests on other battlefields. So they were very worried about global governance in that sense, but they’re also concerned about the economic picture. Their sovereign wealth funds invest massively in western countries. So they’re not happy about western recession. Well, then perhaps don’t cut oil production. That’s the answer to that. But for them, it’s very hard to calibrate this given how geopolitics has come back in the calculations. ‘7’ It’s just becoming overwhelming at this point. So it is vulnerable in the sense.

Gideon Rachman That was Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies ending this edition of the Rachman Review. Thanks for joining me and please listen again next week. 

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Paul Rolland, Night Watchman, Night Watchman Ministries;

Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and POWER was ‘GIVEN’ him (Prince, Beast, Antichrist) over ALL kindreds, and tongues, and NATIONS.

Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

Commentary; the rider is the ‘beast’ or ‘antichrist’. His being clothed in white suggests ‘3’ false righteousness, false peace and false authority. He has a bow, but no arrows. He rules with lies and threats, but no military or arms. He conquers and subjugates, not with force but with ‘5’ lies, deception, false covenants and false agreements and false promises. He is the world’s greatest ‘political’ leader and deceiver. He is the one who ‘confirms the false covenant of seven years with Jacob’ which starts the tribulation. You should know now of who I speak. His ‘crown’ represents authority, rulership and position. It even literally represents his ‘position’ as Crown Prince, once the tribulation begins. My discernment is that the ‘white horse upon which he sits’ is symbolically a white Arabian stallion.

23 “ And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.” (Daniel 8:23-25)

The One World Government Leader Has Power OVER ALL THE NATIONS of the EARTH.

WHO is the Abraham Accords ‘Confirmer,’ the BEAST, the Eighth (8^th) King, the ‘ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT LEADER’, the FIRST RIDER OF THE APOCALYPSE who goes to Perdition (Utter Destruction), The LAST CAESAR, PHARAOH or ANTICHRIST?

Revelation 13:2-4

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon [Satan, Allah, Prince of the Power of the Air] which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast [Antichrist, Man-by-Satan ‘MbS’], saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? (Emphasis mine. Discernment mine.)

Five (5) references to ‘beast.’ 5 denotes satanic influence over evil men.

Jesus Identified the Sign of the Antichrist: He is NOT Macron, Biden, Obama, Trump, Putin, Jinping, Gates, Pope Francis or Klaus Schwab. The ‘Beast’ has been identified NOW, and his role changes to the Antichrist 3.5 years into the Tribulation.

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.

The seven and eight kings are in reference to the genetic lineage (bottomless pit of evil) of the House of Saud. These are ALL the modern kings since the foundation of modern Saudi Arabia.

Proof of the ‘line of’ of the 8 kings.

Kings of Saudi Arabia (1932–present)

 1.        King Ibn Saud. 9/22/1932 – 11/9/1953. Kingdom founded by conquest. Had six (6) sons that became Kings of the Kingdom. Six (6) is the number of evil man/men. The ground work for this kingdom was being created at the same time as the ground work for the State of Israel. Satan started establishing his ‘chosen people’ (those who worship the dragon and beast) at the same time God was re-establishing his ‘chosen people’ (the Jews) over the 1930’s to late 1940’s. 1 of the 5 ‘fallen/dead’ kings.

2.         King Saud. 11/9/1953 – 11/2/1964. 2 of the 5 ‘fallen/dead’ kings.

3.         King Faisal. 11/2/1964 – 3/25/1975. 3 of the 5 ‘fallen/dead’ kings.

4.         King Khalid. 3/25/1975 – 6/13/1982. 4 of the 5 ‘fallen/dead’ kings.

5.         King Fahd. 6/13/1982 – 8/1/2005. 5 of the 5 ‘fallen/dead’ kings.

6.         King Abdullah. 8/1/2005 – 1/23/2015. The king ‘that is.’ This is the 6th king revealed by the Holy Spirit to John the Apostle. He is the signpost for the ‘season of the times’ of the latter days, prior to the tribulation. A sign for the evil Gentile nations.

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7.         King Salman. (King 2015 – ?). 1/23/2015- (2022) This is the 7th and ‘future’ king revealed to John the Apostle who will reign for a ‘short time or while’. If his reign lasts for 7 years, from 2015 on into 2022, it will truly reflect a short reign and denotes God’s divine completion to his plan or purpose for the seven kings, including the seventh king. King Salman is the LAST of the six (6) sons of Ibn Saud to be King of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Is The De Facto King Amid Concerns Over Father’s Health

8.         Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. He is the 8th and final ‘future’ king revealed to John the Apostle. He is the ‘beast’, comes from seven (7) kings/lineage before him and goes to perdition. His reign is over the seven (7) years of the tribulation. Born 1985, he will be 35 (7×5) years old in 2020. Seven (7) denotes God’s divine completion to His plan or purpose. Five (5) denotes Satanic influence of men and kings. God’s influence over men in greater than Satan’s influence over men 7>5. Notice that MBS will be the FIRST king who is NOT a direct son of founding King Ibn Saud in 1932. Becoming the 8th king, MBS represents a ‘new epoch’ a ‘new future’ for the kingdom that forms an ideological break from the past. Eight (8) denotes a new beginning, new timeline, new season, new plan. God is addressing the evil status quo of the House of Saud (bottomless pit of evil, wealth, influence, power, corruption) and ushering in the time of great wrath, the tribulation for Gentile nations. From a spiritual perspective, MBS not being one of the six (6) sons of the founding King Ibn Saud, now holds claim to being the son of perdition under the power and influence of the dragon (Satan). MBS has no allegiance to his family tree, tradition, other family princes and historical political protocol. Only an extremely evil, pathological soul manipulated by Satan would turn on his own family. In Satan’s plan, he used the ‘bottomless pit’ of evil House of Saud to raise MBS, the beast, the son of perdition to be in the positions he both currently and in future, will hold. Just as Jesus Christ had an earthly family tree and lineage, Satan used the House of Saud as the earthly family tree, lineage for his son of perdition, the beast, the coming Antichrist.

At the time John the Apostle was in the Holy Spirit and given a ‘vision’ of the future, 5 of the Saudi Kings were already dead (fallen). He was shown the sixth king, and told that a future 7th and 8th king were coming. The sixth king was a ‘sign post’ of the beginning of the ‘end times’ prior to the tribulation. The 7th King ‘short while’ in current King Salman, the last son of founder Saud. Mbs, Mohammed bin Salman is ‘Crown Prince’ and will become the 8th king (goes into perdition). MbS is the ‘Beast’ who rules during the seven (7) year tribulation and great tribulation (last 3.5 year period.) MbS (Beast now), becomes the Antichrist midway during the 7 year tribulation, at the occurrence known as the ‘Abomination of Desolation.’

King Salman brought his son, MBS into the kingdom’s political arena in 2015. 2015-2020 is also a 5 year period of Satanic influence on MBS, as he has grown in power and worldwide influence and stature among not only Western countries, but among ‘Kings of the East’, and those who worship the dragon and the beast throughout Middle East / North African countries (MENA – the ‘many’ Arabic and Islamic countries).

Mohammed bin Salman (named Crown Prince, June 2017). He is referred to scripturally as both a Prince and as a King. This is extremely unique and mentioned for a very real reason. He plays a prophetic role as Prince (when he confirms the false peace covenant among many nations throughout MENA regarding Israel and the Palestinians). Please consider that many, if not all, MENA countries are either Arabic and/or Muslim and are financially and politically beholden to Saudi Arabia in one form or another. Religiously, all these countries are beholden to the House of Saud, because it is the ‘custodian’ of Islam’s ‘holiest’ sites in Saudi Arabia. All Muslims must come for Hajj in Saudi Arabia at some point in their life, if capable (those who worship the dragon and the beast). Satanic influence is woven together and throughout ALL of these counties. They will agree to MBS’ confirmation of the covenant, as Crown Prince. They dare not come against the Crown Prince’s wish and confirmation. Thus, they will abide by his confirmation. They have every reason to accept his confirmation, because of their political, financial and religious vested interests with Saudi Arabia. ‘Who can make war or come against the Beast?’

MBS also plays a prophetic role as Saudi Arabia’s 8th King. This will likely occur before he enters the rebuilt Jewish 3rd Temple and causes the Abomination of Desolation (claims to be god and demands to be worshiped as such). Poor man wants to be rich, rich man wants to be prince, prince wants to be king, king wants to be god and rule everything. As such, MBS will likely be the Saudi’s 8th King once he sets foot in the rebuilt Jewish temple half way through the tribulation. After all, he is already the focus of ‘those who worship the dragon and the beast.’ He now wants the Jews to worship him along with the rest of the world (via the destruction of his previous accommodation and approval of the worshipping of the false mystery religions.) It’s not enough that Satan has deceived almost 2 billion Muslims. He now wants to be worshipped by the rest of the earth by Hindus, Buddhists, et.al.  Satan destroys the false ‘mystery religion’ being propagated by the False Prophet, so he can be the only focus of mankind’s worship. These false religions served their satanic purpose by deceiving men and leading men away from Christ, now is time to throw these other false religions into the fire so men are forced to worship Satan, through MBS exclusively.

Hence, MBS’ role will have changed from beast/prince to king to Antichrist at this point. He is indwelt by Satan in order for Satan to satisfy his claim that he will rise to be like the true God and to be worshipped as such. As a spiritual entity, Satan can only possess and indwell a flesh and blood human man. Satan has done everything in his power to raise MBS up through the evil bottomless pit of the House of Saud, to become a Crown Prince, to become a King, and now that Satan has possessed him to become the world-wide Antichrist. At this point, MBS is completely under Satan’s authority and power and ensues to blaspheme God and Jesus Christ.

The timing of when MBS became Crown Prince is known (June 2017). When he becomes king is when his father succumbs the throne to MBS (this could be through death or a short political reign for one reason or another – health?). The actual timing is unimportant, all we are told is that the 7th king’s reign is for a ‘short time or while.’ His term could be 5, 6, 7 or 8 years.

Where else is there a family/political dynasty on earth that has had seven (7) consecutive kings that rule a country from the same genetic line? In the Middle East? During the time of Israel’s rebirth from a valley of dry bones to a budding fig tree? Saudi Arabia’s current 7th king and future 8th king fit the Biblical narratives set forth by the Word of God. 7th and 8th kings from the bottomless pit of evil, money, power, influence, corruption (5 Satanic influences). MBS is prince when he confirms the covenant. MBS becomes an Antichrist when he is worshiped as a mujaddid by Muslims, and then becomes the worldwide Antichrist when he is indwelt by Satan.

The timing of John the Apostle’s vision regarding the 8 Kings from the bottomless pit of the House of Saud – 5 ‘fallen’, 1 ‘is current’, 2 ‘are future’.

Why is this even a topic worth mentioning? What is the point? Is there a point? Yes, there is a point. And it is VERY important, from a prophetic viewpoint. In that, it is a ‘viewing point’ of the latter days, leading up to the tribulation. How so?

First, as Christians, we know that the Triune God gave John the Apostle a vision and knowledge of many things pertaining to the days leading up to and into the tribulation and after. The Holy Spirit carried him into the future, from his particular life in time, to witness things that he then explained in his Revelation of Jesus Christ. One of the visions he was given, while in the Holy Spirit, was of the 5 kings that were fallen, a 6th king he was being shown, and that of a 7th king who had not come (but would rule for a short while at some point in the future). Lastly, he was shown a future and last 8th king known and described as the Beast who would be sent to perdition, udder destruction, the lake of fire and brimstone, the second death … alive.

I have attempted to confirm who the 7th and 8th kings are from our point in space and time, relative to the ‘season of the times.’ What about this mysterious sixth king, the king ‘who is’. Why is this king important that John the Apostle was directly being shown? And what possible prophetic importance can he have? Of the 8 kings, why would God single out this particular man?

Consider that God, through the Holy Spirit, could have shown John any or all of the Kings in future ‘real time’. He was not permitted to see the 7th or 8th kings, but only the sixth. What perhaps was God’s reason for this?

The reign of 6th King Abdullah was from 2005 to 2015. This snapshot of time and space is important because it suggests that this time frame is important for us, for Gentiles alive in the final generation. To know that we are indeed in the ‘final season’ prior to our harpazo/rapture and the onset of the tribulation, without any doubt or hesitation. We know that Israel’s prophetic time clock began in 1948. God’s prophetic time clock for the tribulation of Gentile nations suggests that it started during the time of this sixth king. It is beyond the scope of this letter to go into details about what has occurred throughout the entire earth during the time of the sixth king’s reign. Many prophetic things started being revealed over the 5 year period from 2010 to 2015. The time of the sixth king’s reign is a sign post, a flashing light, a notice of when the final season begins and is upon the earth for Gentiles. God has given signs in scripture and the heavens for Jews, and Gentiles alike. The September 23, 2017 occurrence of the ‘great sign in heaven’ is an example of a sign for the Bride of Christ. The 6th Saudi king is a Gentile and a member of the House of Saud and the bottomless pit of evil. His reign (along with all the other past 5 kings and 2 future kings) has been orchestrated by Satan during the growth of this kingdom and the discovery of its bottomless wealth (oil). To a logical mind, clear and sober, this would indicate that God is saying that the age of grace for all Gentiles on earth is coming to a close. It is not important that we don’t know if God considers 2005 or 2015 to be the beginning of the ‘season of the time before the tribulation.’ Just as God spoke generically about the rebirth of Israel, as when you ‘see the fig tree bearing fruit’, he was referring to a time frame or process developing over time. In His divine plan, things develop and take time to grow until their divine timing is ripe to be revealed. Those who can discern can watch this occur, as it happens in ‘real time’ and understand appropriately and accordingly. As God gave a general timeline for Israel, commencing in 1948, he gives a Gentile timeline commencing in 2015. This of course is BEFORE the arrival of the future 7th and 8th kings who would indicate perhaps the middle and end of the ‘Fall Season’ or Season of the Times’ prior to the rapture/harpazo for the Bride and the onset of the tribulation.’

The 7 year period from 2015 to 2022 does indeed represent a 7 year period denoting God’s divine completion to his plan or purpose for the modern kingship lineage (line of) of Saudi Arabia. Time for the ‘Age of Grace’ has almost ended.  As I write this letter, there is exactly only three (3) months remaining in 2019 before the world enters 2020 and a ‘new’ decade. Time is running out before the time begins of God’s great wrath on mankind and Gentile nations. We can know this with certainty by looking at the time frame witnessed by John the Apostle of the 6th king from the House of Saud. Six (6) denotes evil man/men. Seven (7) denotes God’s divine completion to his plan or purpose. Eight (8) denotes new era, new epoch, new season, new time span, new series of events. The 7th Saud King indicates that God is finished with Satan’s status quo in Saudi Arabia and of the evil Gentile world. The 8th Saud King indicates that God is ushering in a new time of tribulation and trial for mankind, Jews and Gentiles. Remember, the seven (7) year tribulation is also referred to as the ‘time or week of Jacob’s trouble.’ A week being seven (7) years and Jacob being a reference to Jews and Israel. God is turning his attention back onto Israel, the redemption of the Jews, wrath towards the Gentile world and arranging the coming Millennial Reign of Christ on Earth.

But how can they call on him (Jesus Christ) to save them unless they believe in him (Jesus Christ)? And how can they believe in him (Jesus Christ) if they have never heard about him (Jesus Christ)? And how can they hear about him (Jesus Christ) unless someone tells them?” —Romans 10:14

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.