Before Christ's return, Babylon the Great will nearly obliterate the U.S. and British-descended nations during the Great Tribulation—a traumatic time for the entire world (Matthew 24:21), for God's Church, and especially for the physical nations comprising the modern-day descendants of Jacob.
World leaders—ranging from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to U.S. President Barack Obama—have spoken out against violence and crimes against humanity.
As the world enters 2009 and a new President takes office in the United States, slogans of "Change" and "Hope" have crashed into worsening economic and geo-political realities. The harbinger of economic catastrophe unprecedented since the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930s haunts world leaders and citizens alike.