{"id":12947,"date":"2012-08-29T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T02:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=12947"},"modified":"2012-08-30T05:31:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T13:31:27","slug":"germanys-merkel-in-china-a-prelude-to-daniel-1139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/germanys-merkel-in-china-a-prelude-to-daniel-1139\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Merkel in China: A Prelude to Daniel 11:39?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Angela_Merkel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"331\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Angela Merkel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Chancellor Merkel is meeting in China Thursday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>30 August 2012<\/p>\n<p>BERLIN\u2014German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in China on Thursday at the head of the largest German business delegation ever to visit the country, underscoring Germany&#8217;s growing economic dependence on the world&#8217;s most populous nation amid Europe&#8217;s economic stagnation.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Merkel&#8217;s second trip to China this year, and the sixth since she became chancellor, will revolve mostly around economic ties, German officials said, a sign of Ms. Merkel&#8217;s willingness to play down thorny issues such as human rights and patent protection. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10000872396390444506004577618272934149832.html\">\u00a0http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10000872396390444506004577618272934149832.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong>German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to make her second trip of the year to China this week, with her eyes on getting Chinese support for the European debt crisis.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">Germany is China&#8217;s top trade partner in the EU &#8211; nearly half of all European exports to China come from Germany. Meanwhile, Germany buys nearly a quarter of all China&#8217;s EU imports.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/national\/20120828-44625.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/national\/20120828-44625.html\">http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/national\/20120828-44625.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other than<em> perhaps<\/em> selling out on human rights issues, will there be a bigger cost for China helping to at least partially bail out the Europeans?<\/p>\n<p>Daniel 11:39 shows the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god<\/strong><strong>, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two Hebrew words translated as \u201cthe strongest fortresses\u201d in verse 39 do not appear together anywhere else in the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Something is, thus, unique here.<\/p>\n<p>Who has the strongest fortresses?<\/p>\n<p>Looking further down in this chapter in Daniel, we must eliminate the King of the South, because that King is not attacked until the next verse. We must also eliminate those in the North and East, as they do not get involved until verse 44.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the rest of Africa\u00a0nor Latin America\u00a0has anything resembling \u201cthe strongest fortresses.\u201d \u00a0The strongest fortresses belong to the United States, and to a much lesser degree, its English-speaking allies.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Daniel 11:39 is describing when the Anglo-English-American nations are destroyed, and their lands are divided and distributed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What might this have to do with Germany and China?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is also an ancient Chinese\u00a0prophecy that <em>could<\/em> hint that\u00a0 areas like Australia\u00a0and\/or New Zealand\u00a0could end up as part of China.\u00a0 The ancient Chinese\u00a0prophecy states, \u201cPopulation mouth takes territories south of the Yangtze river.\u00a0 The capital is moved again.\u00a0 The two divide up the territories, of which each maintains and defends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As I wrote some time ago, this may be related to a deal that perhaps the Chinese will make in the future with Europe, as opposed to military conquest.\u00a0 It also may be related to the taking of Australia\u00a0or New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>As I warned about and then reported about, the Chinese, in reaction to a deal made by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Barack Obama to station U.S. Marines in Darwin, have indicated that this and the expanded military cooperation between Australia and the U.S.A. is putting Australia at risk of attack by China.<\/p>\n<p>China may be granted lands like Australia in partial repayment for the debts that the U.S.A. owes it, as well as in full payment for any debts Europe itself may incur with China (it is likely that China will loan money and\/or increase investments in Europe).\u00a0 It is also possible that a country like Japan may get some Anglo-dominated land (New Zealand comes to mind) in partial repayment for the debts that the U.S.A. owes it (and also possibly Europe) since the King of the North will divide land for gain (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/usa-canada-uk-australia-new-zealand-divided.htm\">Will the Anglo-Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves?)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it should also be mentioned that the dividing of the conquered lands also seems to be foretold in the Bible in Lamentations 4:16 and Joel 3:2.<\/p>\n<p>The trip by the German Chancellor may be a step towards that, despite the fact the Germans (who seem to have descended from among the Assyrians, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/germany-in-the-bible.htm\">Germany&#8217;s Assyrian Roots Throughout History<\/a>) would not think so (cf. Isaiah 10:7), that could lead to China ending up with some current Anglo-lands.<\/p>\n<p><em>For details on those prophecies, check out the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/europa.htm\">Europa, the Beast, and Revelation<\/a> Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about \u201cthe Beast\u201d? What is ahead for Europe?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/germany-in-the-bible.htm\">Germany&#8217;s Assyrian Roots Throughout History<\/a> Are the Germanic peoples descended from Asshur of the Bible? Have there been real Christians in Germanic history? What about the &#8220;Holy Roman Empire&#8221;?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/kingofthenorth.htm\">Who is the King of the North?<\/a> Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of<span> the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand<\/span>? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/karl-theodor-zu-guttenberg-king-of-the-north.htm\">Might German Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg become the King of the North?<\/a> Is the German Defense Minister one to watch? What do Catholic, Byzantine, and biblical prophecies suggest?<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/clicks.aweber.com\/y\/ct\/?l=INfOR&amp;m=3j39ESpFGqUGArj&amp;b=9h80OmuvTHIPH6oZnRO47g\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomorrowsworld.org\/magazines\/2007\/sep-oct\/resurgent-germany-a-fourth-reich\">Resurgent Germany: A Fourth Reich?<\/a> Who are the German peoples and where did they come from? What is Germany&#8217;s role in end time prophecy?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/china.htm\">China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters<\/a> Where did the Chinese people come from? This article provides information showing that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/china2.htm\">China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God&#8217;s Witness in China<\/a> When did Christianity first come to China? And is there early evidence that they observed the seventh day sabbath?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/china3.htm\"> Asia in Prophecy<\/a> What is Ahead for Asia? Who are the &#8220;Kings of the East&#8221;? What will happen to nearly all the Chinese, Russians, Indians, and others of Asia? China in prophecy, where? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/britishisrael.htm\">Anglo &#8211; America in Prophecy &amp; the Lost Tribes of Israel<\/a> Are the Americans, Canadians, English, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo (non-Dutch) Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? What will happen to Jerusalem and the Jews in Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/usa-canada-uk-australia-new-zealand-divided.htm\">Will the Anglo-Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves?<\/a> Will the lands of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand be divided? What about Jerusalem? What does Bible prophecy teach? Are there non-biblical prophecies that support this idea? Who will divide those lands? Who will end up with the lands and the people?confirmed by a European leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Merkel COGwriter Germany&#8217;s Chancellor Merkel is meeting in China Thursday: 30 August 2012 BERLIN\u2014German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in China on Thursday at the head of the largest German business delegation ever to visit the country, underscoring Germany&#8217;s growing economic dependence on the world&#8217;s most populous nation amid Europe&#8217;s economic stagnation. 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