{"id":5,"date":"2007-06-10T06:41:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wcg-news\/china-in-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2007-06-11T06:28:55","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T14:28:55","slug":"china-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/china-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"China in the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the latest edition of the Living Church News,<\/em> LCG’s<\/a> RC Meredith reported on his visit to China:<\/p>\n

The next morning, we headed for China! While planning the trip to the Philippines, I had noted on the map that China appeared to be only a two-and-a-half or three-hour flight from Manila. Since I have for years wanted the Work to somehow get into China, I thought it would be worth the time and the effort on my part\u2014even at the end of this strenuous trip\u2014to visit that part of the world and get a \u201cfeel\u201d for the people of China. Remember brethren, more than one-third of the world\u2019s entire population lives in either China or India! These fellow human beings must be reached with the message of the soon-coming Kingdom of God (see Mark 16:15). So it is vital that we start making plans as to how we can best reach this one-third of all humanity.<\/p>\n

…The Chinese people are very industrious and, on the surface, reasonably happy. But the poor air quality and the polluted water were obvious in the Chinese cities we visited. Especially in Beijing, the government is trying to put its \u201cbest face forward\u201d in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. We found Beijing to be more pleasant than Shanghai, however, because there was a little less air pollution and somewhat less crowded conditions.<\/p>\n

Many publications have suggested that the 21st century will be \u201cChina\u2019s century.\u201d Even though the Chinese are fiercely moving forward, and their progress in developing their industries is obvious, these publications are dead wrong for two reasons. First, the inspired word of God describes specifically how a coming European Union will be the dominant force in this world\u2014obviously within the next several years. Therefore, brethren, I would like to focus your mind on this matter so you can more intelligently \u201cwatch\u201d world events along this line as they unfold before your very eyes. In the coming years, you will perhaps even see a revolt of the peasants in the outlying Chinese cities, who have lagged far behind the standard of living afforded those who have moved to Beijing and Shanghai. Plus, the tremendous pollution of the water, air and foodstuffs may bring about massive disease epidemics and other problems for the Chinese.<\/p>\n

In addition, distracting wars and other events may\u2014 as God chooses to guide it\u2014greatly undermine the material progress now being made by the Chinese. Meanwhile, you will soon see the European Union evolve into an absolutely powerful and dynamic force in the world\u2014 ultimately to become the \u201cBeast\u201d as revealed in Revelation 17 in your own Bible!<\/p>\n

So the 21st century will not be the \u201cChinese century!\u201d Rather it will appear to become the European century for a few years, until the magnificent return of Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords. From then on, the 21st century will be, indeed, \u201cChrist\u2019s century!\u201d And all of us who are able to understand the \u201cBig Picture\u201d of world events from God\u2019s point of view should be preparing to help straighten out the appalling degree of suffering, starvation and misconduct we find on this earth today in virtually every nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Portions of the above and other comments were added to the articles China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God’s Witness in China <\/a>and China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 3: China in Prophecy<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the latest edition of the Living Church News, LCG’s RC Meredith reported on his visit to China: The next morning, we headed for China! While planning the trip to the Philippines, I had noted on the map that China appeared to be only a two-and-a-half or three-hour flight from Manila. Since I have for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prophecy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t