MY THOUGHTS
The events of the past few weeks have been breathtaking. I want to focus on the EU's role in the world. Growing up no one really cared about Europe in Kentucky (sorry Europe). Most parts of the United States did not follow events because the United States was the superpower, minus the Soviet Union which was in decline in my childhood. As the Bible states, the unfathomable happened which was the power of the EU's economic engine is mightier than any place on earth. It seems Greece is heading toward a default and it could be a hard landing. If the landing is harder than Europe hopes the whole world may go down with Europe, and things will change.
No other time in history could one small country in Europe dictate so much in the world, and it is because the Euro and the EU itself produces and consumes so much of the world's economy. As God states in His Word, the EU will rise to power to be the last superpower on earth. It may not be what we think of a military might, but with the United States backing, the EU has become the economic superpower it always wanted to be since the days of Rome. Europe's strengths and weaknesses move the markets within minutes, and its leader vacuum is causing extreme headaches for world powers. It is going to take a leader coming up from the EU to take control of the mess when it does get out of hand.
Greece may be the catalyst. There is a rumor that a Greek default is March 23rd because two main Wall Street bankers have been tipped off that is the date. The dirty little secret is the bailout money is not for Greece, but Spain, Italy, and France to save off contagion when Greece does default. The EU also wants to bypass Greek elections and install and pro-EU government. If Greece has a hard default then the world's economies are going to suffer and a new economic system may have to be in place. You put that with a possible Iranian strike on Israel (Ezekiel 38/39), and Passover Holy Days on April 6th-11th, we may have major prophetic fulfillment in the near future.
Of course all of this is speculation on my part, but as a watcher we all must have our eyes on Greece, Iran and its allies, and Israel's response to the continuing tit for tat. This morning Israeli authorities revealed that Defense Minister Barak had an attempted assassination the other day. That in itself raises the stakes. There are reports gas masks are beginning to be distributed in Israel which gives evidence war is on the horizon. Anyone from Israel or have knowledge of this please let me know through email. Time will tell.
Bro. Brian
Note: Both sources are not mainstream (which can be very good), and take it for what it is worth. In time, we will know if the sources below are correct.
NEWS LINK
Foreign embassies in Israel have recently started to formulate contingency plans to evacuate their citizens from the Jewish State in case of a missile attack on Israel. In the framework of the preparations for possible fallout in case of an Israeli strike on Iran, foreign diplomats stationed in Israel requested that the Foreign Ministry equip them and their family members with gas masks.
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=8481
ANOTHER NEWS LINK (Need to read all of article)
A written document giving firm dates and detailed actions for a planned Greek default has been in the possession of two top Wall Street bank currency trading bosses since the second week in January. The Slog has separate but corroborative sources affirming the existence of the document, and a conviction among senior bank staff that - at least at the time - the plan represented "a timetable, not a contingency". The plan gives a firm date of March 23rd for default to be announced after the close of business.
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/
